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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Eromero at June 07, 2026 02:04 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 02:05 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 07, 2026 02:05 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (/enuJ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)
Accept the occasional burn.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 02:07 PM (UcW11)
Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 02:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (XeU6L)
CBD,
It's too funny your post is about potholders.
Yesterday I was doing some baking and looking at my potholders and was trying to decide whether to wash them or buy new ones.
I think I'll buy new ones.
Posted by: four seasons at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Weasel at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (vt7xw)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 07, 2026 02:05 PM (aJQbY)
Your plan is a good one!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (iERP6)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 02:09 PM (UcW11)
I've done lot's of foundry work. Keeping people from burning themselves was a big thing.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:09 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)
These, or high-heat kitchen gloves. The gloves I have have silicone knubs on the the fingers and thumbs to improve holding friction. Not waterproof, though. But very flexible. Mine allow you to easily grasp cups and other small containers out of the oven or microwave, using the thumb plus one or two fingers. Not designed to let you hold a 450 F pan for a long time, but who does that?
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 02:10 PM (5rh/l)
Use cheap illegal Aztec labor to sew them mitts?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (l3cgK)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)
NSFW
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 02:12 PM (qx7Zg)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)
NSFW
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)
Colonoscopy prep kits are sold out this month...probably.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (IP7s4)
I've done lot's of foundry work. Keeping people from burning themselves was a big thing.
If heat were the only consideration, you'd wear asbestos pipe insulation or space shuttle tiles. There are competing needs, though. You want thermal isolation, and that's pretty easy if you don't care about tactile fidelity or the ability to insert your fingers into a loop handle. If you do care about the other qualities, then you have to select something that still allows you to grip, and tell when you're picking something up.
A folded towel provides adequate isolation, and can be folded different ways to lessen or enhance the thermal isolation.
I may be overthinking this.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (6wpGE)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)
NSFW
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)
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Not safe anywhere!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (3UbC6)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (3uBP9)
... ribbed for my oven's pleasure! haha!
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:15 PM (6wpGE)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)
NSFW
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)
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Not safe anywhere!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (3UbC6)
I thought maybe you had found a source for CBD's oven mitt. But nooo....
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:16 PM (6wpGE)
Amazon
Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (ZxPkt)
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Been using them for years in the kitchen and with the grill.
Mrs. BD doesn't like them for some reason and insists on using half destroyed mitts like those discussed here.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:16 PM (3UbC6)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:15 PM (6wpGE)
Yeah I got autocucumbered but I'm glad someone got it.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (6wpGE)
Suggest dynamite!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Three thinks I learned in chem class at the JC: How to make a fertilizer bomb (for stumps...trees, but if you're not careful, your hands/feet), distilling alcohol, and treating cyanide poisoning (sodium thiosulfate)...
Oh, and antimony can be used as an emetic (stibnite)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:19 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (3uBP9)
I caught it but last time I commented on something like that...
The repercussions are still ongoing.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:19 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (6wpGE)
It's actually a complicated design, with three layers of different thin protective material.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 02:22 PM (iERP6)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)
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@fbiSnitchLine
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:22 PM (3UbC6)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:23 PM (nbLIj)
Anyway, I see the first problem, that is not an oven mitt.
What you need are professional grade Z-rated hot pads.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)
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@fbiSnitchLine
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:22 PM (3UbC6)
; )
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:25 PM (6wpGE)
My FWP: When I return my cart to the cart corral in the parking lot, I find the corral is set up to contain only two rows of carts, and the rows are not marked for size. Should I:
a. Go ahead and shove my cart into a row, all higgily-piggily and willy-nilly?
b. Carefully sort the carts out by size, placing them in rows, and leave the smallest row outside the corral?
c. Act like a Democrat and just abandon my cart in the parking lot and let somebody else worry about it?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:25 PM (TR4+2)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:26 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 07, 2026 02:26 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 02:27 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:24 PM (/lPRQ)
It MIGHT be an oven mitt. CBD's not letting us see the other side.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:27 PM (6wpGE)
I was working the grill while intoxicated and burned three of my fingers on a 600deg grill and decided it was time to get some fancy new gloves. They are worth every penny.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (pSkMS)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:26 PM (ZxzYs)
That's scary, to me.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 02:30 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2026 02:30 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:30 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 07, 2026 02:30 PM (XvL8K)
Certain types of bears.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (viF8m)
I was just thinking that the other side of the mitt might look ghey.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:31 PM (6wpGE)
In cart corrals around here, the normal size generally ends up going in one column, the small size (which I very much prefer) go in the other, and the extra small size, if such exists, goes in the supermarket lobby or just past the entrance, because they are designed for kids and not for real shopping (alternate theory: they are designed for AlexTheChick, whose custom all supermarkets must compete to attract).
I do not know if this organization is set up by the SMPTB or arises naturally from customers, but it does seem to work well. Which column is which appears to be random, which is a reasonable check on over-regimentation.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 02:31 PM (kYmoU)
Back when I get there maybe
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:31 PM (Ia/+0)
I always go for the small cart. Maneuverability wins out over payload every time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 02:33 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (6wpGE)
"Okay now set it there and get the next one."
"What? No way. That's rubber."
"It'll take it. Set it down we have to be quick."
Sets down pie tin and waits.
"Damn. It did it."
"I said QUICK!!"
Posted by: Reforger in training at June 07, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxzYs)
Because we have the loonie coins up here, in my part of Ontario, the carts have a slot you put in a loonie to release a chain attached to the cart in front. When you put your cart away, you chain it up and get your dollar back.
It's annoying when you forget about that but I keep loonies in the car just for that.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 02:35 PM (Sco7b)
My FWP: When I return my cart to the cart corral in the parking lot, I find the corral is set up to contain only two rows of carts, and the rows are not marked for size. Should I:
a. Go ahead and shove my cart into a row, all higgily-piggily and willy-nilly?
b. Carefully sort the carts out by size, placing them in rows, and leave the smallest row outside the corral?
c. Act like a Democrat and just abandon my cart in the parking lot and let somebody else worry about it?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:25 PM (TR4+2)
"Get on the cart!"
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:35 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:35 PM (nbLIj)
Words never spoken in Costco.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 02:36 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:35 PM (nbLIj)
yum
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:36 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:37 PM (ZxzYs)
Wow. A dollar. Aldi's uses the same system and it's only a quarter.
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 02:37 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Conniving Capitalist at June 07, 2026 02:37 PM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: Eromero at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (LHPAg)
A profitable refinery did not collapse. It escaped. Valero chose to spend $1 billion to exit California, shutting down its Benicia refinery years ahead of schedule and taking roughly 8% of the state’s refining capacity off the map. Punishing fines, unpredictable carbon credit rules, and relentless regulatory pressure made staying in business more costly than walking away from a billion dollars. When a World War II-era refinery with skilled workers, existing infrastructure, and real output cannot attract a single buyer, the conclusion is hard to avoid: California’s energy policies are not just squeezing industry, they are driving it out.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (lwhHh)
Words never spoken in Costco.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Kroger got rid of the hand baskets where I'm at. Nothing but carts. Don't know why.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:41 PM (ZxzYs)
Wearing the gloves is like a constant reminder that I'm dumb and need to be careful. I think that's the biggest way they passively help me. I put them on and keep them on until I think I'm completely done with the oven.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:41 PM (3uBP9)
Words never spoken in Costco.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Kroger got rid of the hand baskets where I'm at. Nothing but carts. Don't know why.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (XvL8K)
To sell more, I'd think. You fill a hand basket and there's one more item you'd get, but your hand basket's full.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (6wpGE)
*squints sourly*
Ribeye's what?
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (guGkK)
ribeye's today
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (6wpGE)
Maybe your supermarket is selling carts for $1 CDN
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (V0/Sp)
Words never spoken in Costco.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Kroger got rid of the hand baskets where I'm at. Nothing but carts. Don't know why.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (XvL8K)
My guess is that they can't easily guilt you into putting them back, and have to have employees do it from the checkout lanes.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (qx7Zg)
own a gun
There are people who stop at one?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 02:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (6wpGE)
They've probably got hours and hours of video people trying to stuff a frozen pizza into one after a round through the store and just leaving the pizza behind.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:45 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 02:37 PM (lJ0H4)
Checked the loonie/dollar exchange rate recently?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:45 PM (TR4+2)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:45 PM (3uBP9)
+++
Aldi stores in the US do that. It requires a quarter.
It makes a lot of sense. No rouge carts doing damage in the parking lot and you don't have to pay employees to keep rounding them up.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 02:46 PM (CJnkZ)
I always choose the rouge carts over the carmine carts.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 02:47 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 07, 2026 02:48 PM (bss/y)
*squints sourly*
Ribeye's what?
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (guGkK)
Good catch. Not sure why my apostrophe muscle memory kicked in at that moment. Can't be too careful with spelling and grammar around here, given the unfounded tumo - I mean, rumors that have been flying around here...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:48 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 02:47 PM (kYmoU)
Rogue versus Rouge. I had to look it up.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (TR4+2)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
>Don't forget the AOSHQ steak sauce.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (pSkMS)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (CJnkZ)
oven mitt (British English oven glove)
noun
a padded mitten for handling hot dishes and pans.
mitten
noun
a glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 02:51 PM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: LASue at June 07, 2026 02:51 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: LASue at June 07, 2026 02:51 PM (lCppi)
Neat name.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (pSkMS)
Is that like bum gravy?
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Graham Platner at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (f3DLx)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Graham Platner
You go, boy!
Posted by: Harvey Weinstein, ficus fucker at June 07, 2026 02:54 PM (rzEIv)
Posted by: The Limping Gourmet at June 07, 2026 02:54 PM (f3DLx)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:54 PM (TR4+2)
noun
a glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers.
Posted by: m
Since we are arguing about definitions of simple words that even grade school kids know....
... connected by a string which runs through the shirt or coat sleeves so mama's precious little spawn won't lose a mitten and burn its whittle handses.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (lwhHh)
Smart people there at Valero. Generally conservative; know Newsome is no bueno and finally had enough.
Posted by: LASue at June 07, 2026 02:55 PM (lCppi)
Noticed that the latest
MiladyJo did not get this intentionally. She wonders if this is all they're going to offer in the future. I wonder if there's a ½" additional "unusable surface" waste. For rea$ons.
Wavy perforations: the biggest improvement in
Posted by: mindful webworker - use the rabbit at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM (dn9xm)
A cloth insulating sleeve solved the problem because it doesn't weigh too much.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 07, 2026 02:58 PM (neMKr)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (pSkMS)
Is that like bum gravy?
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (3uBP9)
I'm not a steak sauce guy, but just before pulling them off the grill, I'll hit them with a rosemary herbed butter. I do not do this with strips and Tbones, but ribeyes and filets really seem to benefit with a bit of rosemary or oregano..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:59 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: LASue at June 07, 2026 02:51 PM (lCppi)
These slip on and off in a flash...that's one reason I like them so much.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 02:59 PM (iERP6)
Easy to clean.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 02:59 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:59 PM (pSkMS)
Don't get me started on paper towels.
Why must all paper towels be rectangular now?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 03:00 PM (CJnkZ)
PIT maneuver to stop their car
dragged out and horse-whipped
video posted online
as a warning to the others
Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 03:00 PM (ZxPkt)
It's annoying when you forget about that but I keep loonies in the car just for that.
Posted by: Stateless
Not often I go to those stores, but I usually get lucky and see a cart in the parking lot closer than the cart return, back my cart up to it, make a little shopping cart 69, and score a quarter.
Years later.... the carts are probably still out in the parking lot as the stores are too cheap to pay some kid to round them up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (3UbC6)
Musk has this problem already solved. Self-driving carts that put themselves away. I had one the last time I went to the grocery store. Apparently it needed to be stored in the chocolate aisle.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (kYmoU)
How does "hooking the front wheels of the cart over the aisle divider curbs" qualify in this scheme?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (guGkK)
Didn’t realize that the water in the cloth would turn to steam as soon as it made contact with the pan, and par-boil my hand!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (3mtTi)
You start letting shopping carts make their own decisions and you're just asking for trouble.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:04 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: mindful webworker
They're supposed to make it easier to tear?
I thought they were just decorative.
Actually, I figured some Charmin employee earned himself a bonus check for filing the patent for "Method and Apparatus for Sine-Wave Perforation Patterns on Sanitary Tissue."
Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2026 03:04 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Oven Mitt Romney at June 07, 2026 03:04 PM (f3DLx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 03:05 PM (kpS4V)
It has lots of other issues
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 03:05 PM (qEb4U)
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Oh no, mister. You get back in the kitchen. Oven mitts - end of life - not CBD.
Posted by: scampydog at June 07, 2026 03:08 PM (41CYW)
Fire trucks, ambulance, EMTs...the whole eight and a half yards.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 03:09 PM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: The Limping Gourmet
Just the rump.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 03:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Noticed that the latest toilet paper bathroom tissue was the "new, improved" type with wavy (vs straight) perforation. It may actually tear a little more cleanly, but they probably could've improved the straight perfs so they actually tear more easily.
MiladyJo did not get this intentionally. She wonders if this is all they're going to offer in the future. I wonder if there's a ½" additional "unusable surface" waste. For rea$ons.
Wavy perforations: the biggest improvement in toilet paper bathroom tissue since the cardboard core!
Posted by: mindful webworker - use the rabbit at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM
Rolled crapping paper.......what a luxury.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 07, 2026 03:11 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - use the rabbit at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM (dn9xm)
No perforations needed.
I can tear TP almost like it is made of tissue paper.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Refineries stink and cause cancer.
Rich states don't want them
We would rather pay an extra 10 cents per hal and have poor Ted states do it
Posted by: Paul at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (6PD/b)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 07, 2026 03:11 PM (0N4FZ)
Yep. We were so poor that my mom forced us kids to go out in the neighbor's yard to drag our butt on the grass like a dog.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (yEL0o)
Then we come here and find it, relatively, is also a food thread. Not so sure about the "art," though.
Discussions in the food thread should be about books. And art. And boobs, of course.
https://bit.ly/pierced-cupcakes
Posted by: mindful webworker - careful on that image search, podner at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (dn9xm)
Fire trucks, ambulance, EMTs...the whole eight and a half yards.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 03:09 PM (CJnkZ)
wow
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (6wpGE)
Why must all paper towels be rectangular now?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"
My dad hates those too. To save the planet, I guess. Never mind they are made from a renewable resource.
Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 03:14 PM (vFG9F)
Tipping Fatigue Explodes as Diners Rebel Against Ever-Present Gratuity Prompts
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 03:14 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:15 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at June 07, 2026 03:15 PM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 03:15 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 07, 2026 03:11 PM (0N4FZ)
Yep. We were so poor that my mom forced us kids to go out in the neighbor's yard to drag our butt on the grass like a dog.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (yEL0o)
You lived next to a neighbor with a lawn!?
Luxury!
Posted by: The Game is a Foot at June 07, 2026 03:15 PM (f3DLx)
Texas Rangers to Hold “Faith and Family Night” Instead of Celebrating Pride Night
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (ndZc7)
My wife goes through them like lightning. She's a bit of a germaphobe and after wiping her hands on one, it's trashed. A roll lasts, maybe, 10 days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
If the two rows are of different size, the largest carts go in the larger row, of course. In the smaller row, if there are already small carts but you have a smallest cart, you are supposed to pull all the carts out and sort them by size, then push them back in.
Then go back to the store's service desk and demand wages.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's all so simple, really at June 07, 2026 03:17 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy"
What happens in other parts of the country does affect everybody else and that's why there needs to be more Federal regulation of elections, even state ones.
Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 03:17 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 03:17 PM (pSkMS)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 03:18 PM (3UbC6)
Fire trucks, ambulance, EMTs...the whole eight and a half yards.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
She could just tell them she was cooking up some meth...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 03:18 PM (/lPRQ)
We would rather pay an extra 10 cents per hal and have poor Ted states do it
Posted by: Paul at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (6PD/b)
In actual fact California will now be getting much of its gas from Mexico and Indonesia, places with no environmental protections at all. This is what feel good “environmentalism” does; it actually creates much worse environmental issues while allowing foolish wealthy people to feel good about their moral purity.
And in the end, California will pay twice for gasoline what the rest of the country is paying.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 03:19 PM (3mtTi)
Write-in campaign.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)
Drive-in campaign. Rent cars and show up with trunks full of ballots.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 07, 2026 03:19 PM (R+iUD)
Write-in campaign.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)
Your trust in the system is ... charming.
Posted by: The Ones Who Count The Votes at June 07, 2026 03:19 PM (yEL0o)
My wife goes through them like lightning. She's a bit of a germaphobe and after wiping her hands on one, it's trashed. A roll lasts, maybe, 10 days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
I go through paper towels quickly also. That's why I always have 5 or 6 rolls in reserve. I buy the big multi packs.
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 03:19 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 03:20 PM (vFG9F)
Le Creuset Pot Grips (williams-sonoma.com)
Caraway Pot Holder (carawayhome.com)
Choice 8" Round Terry Cloth Pot Holder (Webrestaurantstore.com)
Search for "Pot Pinchers" rather than "Pot Holders"
Visit Etsy for various mini pincher mitts
Posted by: Kathy at June 07, 2026 03:20 PM (MOK4W)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 03:20 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 03:20 PM (qEb4U)
Posted by: RandomDave
What's this 'match' crap?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 07, 2026 03:22 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:22 PM (yEL0o)
The Democrat Party Is The Party Of Violence And Hatred, And They Are Proving It Every Day
[Hat Tip: TC]
Graham Platner, the likely Democrat Senate candidate for Maine, who got an SS Nazi tattoo and lied about most of his past, and cheated repeatedly on his wife while she was undergoing IVF was featured in a New York Times article describing how he had abused an ex and discussed raping people. And raised $200,000 making it his biggest fundraising haul since Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the race. A whole lot of Dems and lefties are voting with their bucks and supporting what they like .
Violence against women? Rape as a tool of power? That is perfectly acceptable for the Democrat party because the acquisition and exercise of power over the people is the only thing that matters, and any tool that allows them to achieve those goals is perfectly reasonable. How else to explain Platner's fundraising haul? All of those middle-aged blue-haired lunatic women who find him exciting are curiously quiet when it comes to his casual misogyny. And if they find rape to be acceptable, they certainly won't blink an eye at his Jew-hate. 'What else do we have?' Maine Democrats signal they'll stick with Graham Platner, some with regret That is a clear signal that power is more important to any ethical standards in the Democrat Party. They would rather have a violent rape-fantasizing Nazi than cede the election to a milquetoast ersatz Republican.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: doug at June 07, 2026 12:02 PM (Hy+R4)
Because there are rules to follow
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 12:04 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 12:06 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 12:06 PM (ndZc7)
Because there are rules to follow
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:03 PM (Ia/+0)
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Don't wear Totenkopf tux before 6:00 p.m.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 12:06 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 07, 2026 12:07 PM (rkZTG)
Because there are rules to follow
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:03 PM (Ia/+0)
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Don't wear Totenkopf tux before 6:00 p.m.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 12:06 PM (kpS4V)
if you're allergic to Totenkopf, don't use Totenkopf...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 12:07 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 07, 2026 12:07 PM (rkZTG)
He's the type that'll wait at the bottom of an outhouse pit with a video camera...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 12:08 PM (l3cgK)
FoxNews is covering Platner now.
MS Now - Velshi and Senate races to watch.
CNN - GOP pushback against Trump!!! From the most loyal. I'm sure.
CBC - Brace yourselves. There was violence in the Middle East, which is a huge part of CBC broadcasting. Otherwise irt would be curling results.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 12:08 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 07, 2026 12:09 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: windbag at June 07, 2026 12:09 PM (tMgrj)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:09 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 12:09 PM (l3cgK)
It was really really long ago, but weren't Nazis allies with Fascists? I keep hearing that we're being ruled by fascists nowadays. So is that good or bad?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 07, 2026 12:10 PM (n7rxJ)
Any revulsion shown by them is performative at best.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 12:10 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 12:11 PM (WTnTn)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy
I find this disturbingly true, in more ways than I care to think about.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 07, 2026 12:11 PM (Q/FnY)
The normalization of violence and class/racial/ethnic hatred is a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. Consolidate power, then kill your enemies is the tried-and-true playbook, and the reality is that nothing else will work.
Just look at what segments of the "black community" are doing in response to the Austin Metcalfe murder. A completely nonpolitical figure, a nonpublic figure, a noncontroversial figure, a nobody outside of his own community, stabbed to death for being white. And celebration and money flowed forth to the murderer and his parents. They're standing outside the trial chanting the only good white is a dead white.
Posted by: Bosnia redux? at June 07, 2026 12:12 PM (TbWk/)
It was really really long ago, but weren't Nazis allies with Fascists? I keep hearing that we're being ruled by fascists nowadays. So is that good or bad?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 07, 2026 12:10 PM (n7rxJ)
Fascists, Notsees, and Commies, oh my!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 12:12 PM (l3cgK)
I fear the effect on the country of two pending trials, Mangione and Karmelo Anthony.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 12:13 PM (ndZc7)
Question: What do you get when you wear your Pickelhaube upside down!
Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at June 07, 2026 12:13 PM (967/Q)
Molotov and Ribbentrop say YES
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:13 PM (guGkK)
LBJ inflicted the mortal wound and The Dogeater poured acid on it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:15 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 07, 2026 12:16 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Bosnia redux? at June 07, 2026 12:12 PM (TbWk/)
I read about crap like that and want the pendulum swinging back to be sharply edged and slicing throats....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 12:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: DaveA at June 07, 2026 12:16 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Jen the original at June 07, 2026 12:17 PM (FL/4Y)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 12:17 PM (pSkMS)
We heil, heil, right in Graham Platner's face
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:18 PM (guGkK)
Tells you all you need you need to know about the two parties.
Posted by: Heroq at June 07, 2026 12:18 PM (tNkpt)
That's a state of mind that's alien to moral, fair-minded people. The two mentalities are literally incomprehensible to one another.
Worth a regular re-read:
The Unbridgeable Abyss: Why Reason and Truth Shatter Against the Leftist Mind
The left, as currently constituted in its activist, academic, and media incarnations, operates under constraints that render genuine dialogue impossible. They do not process truth because they cannot; they do not want it because it threatens the psychic and social scaffolding of their identity. And the venom here is deliberate: this is not mere disagreement…it is civilizational self-sabotage wearing the mask of compassion.
https://tinyurl.com/52678z89
h/t LGD on A♠
Posted by: mindful webworker - still waking up after all these years at June 07, 2026 12:18 PM (dn9xm)
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They're likely to kick off a race war. Perhaps just in the immediate area, but still. Whites have had enough of this sort of shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 12:19 PM (jehhT)
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Kill the Boer, American style.
Posted by: Heroq at June 07, 2026 12:20 PM (tNkpt)
I'd like to know how Platner keeps stray dogs out of his yard.
"I fuck 'em once and they never come back"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:20 PM (guGkK)
To start, Fascism is the government and everyone works for the state, Communism is more a class warfare as it was stated, of course by 1930s when National Socialism got stsrted it really exchanged Royalist for government. The 2, German Socialists and Russian Communism actually worked together in 30s up to 1941 when Germany invaded Russia.
That day on anyone not a Communist was a Fascist
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:20 PM (Ia/+0)
she oh like elect be out you questionable tattoo it little don't a 23 yo marine me life your over trump stay read poisoned you gop brand
Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at June 07, 2026 12:21 PM (LaDYU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:22 PM (guGkK)
Questionable tattoo is a tattoo of a naked chick or something. This is a fucking NAZI ratio. It’s a bit beyond questionable.
Posted by: Heroq at June 07, 2026 12:23 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 12:23 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Bosnia redux?
Damn selfish white people just don't want to get raped and murdered!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 12:23 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Socratease at June 07, 2026 12:23 PM (YgfoU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:24 PM (guGkK)
If they do elect him despite the questionable tattoo he got as a 23 yo Marine it will be because Trump has completely poisoned the GOP brand.
Posted by: Paul at June 07, 2026 12:21 PM (LaDYU)
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So you're saying that Maine's independent voters are as numbskulled as you. OK. Valid argument.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 12:25 PM (WTnTn)
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They're likely to kick off a race war. Perhaps just in the immediate area, but still. Whites have had enough of this sort of shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 12:19 PM (jehhT)
I think a commenter here mentioned that the huge crowds at the trials are probably paid people trying to influence juries. I don't folliw stuff like that but thought it was an interesting point.
I don't know about the 'kill whitey' crowd but I could see that too.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 12:27 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 07, 2026 12:27 PM (lxEw/)
Kid was most likely stealing since he fell out the crib.
Posted by: Chocolate Payday at June 07, 2026 12:27 PM (z20w/)
All that's needed for that political ideology is a few people like Platner in office who'll actually do what they claim. Then the herd instinct kicks in and... well, the proverbial shit hits the fan.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 12:28 PM (jehhT)
They are desperate for a reaction by conservatives, or just anyone who has had enough. They will push and push until they get one, probably just before the midterms. Then the media propagandists will go into overdrive.
So plan accordingly.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2026 12:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: It's me donna
Paul is the salad tosser of the bunch.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 07, 2026 12:35 PM (qZb7K)
I think a commenter here mentioned that the huge crowds at the trials are probably paid people trying to influence juries.
It was mentioned here that the Karamelo crowd is tiny.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 07, 2026 12:36 PM (Cqx++)
For instance, look at what Israel has done to the people of Palestine.
Posted by: But...It's Different at June 07, 2026 12:38 PM (Q/qow)
Posted by: Virtue isn't its own reward, or any at all at June 07, 2026 12:38 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 07, 2026 12:16 PM (w/O5Q)
Partied afterwards at Mustafa Mike's. Awesome band and that night was the wet burka contest! Great times...great times.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2026 12:39 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: G. Platner, part-time Oysteman and ful-time Obergruppenfuhrer at June 07, 2026 12:40 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Diogenes
You'll get some T&A.
Toes and ankles.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 07, 2026 12:42 PM (qZb7K)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 07, 2026 12:43 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 07, 2026 12:43 PM (d9Cw3)
Posted by: Socratease at June 07, 2026 12:23 PM (YgfoU)
Yes...exactly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 12:43 PM (iERP6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 12:47 PM (qFVoe)
Posted by: Wendi Riser at June 07, 2026 12:47 PM (/+XXk)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 07, 2026 12:43 PM (d9Cw3)
Someone should tell Jews that because the overwhelming majority still vote and support Democrats wholeheartedly.
Mamdani (!!) got a majority of Jewish votes for those under 40 years old.
Posted by: Heroq at June 07, 2026 12:50 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 12:50 PM (qFVoe)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Please tell me they were wearing slim black cocktail dresses and matching 5" heels. Lie if you must.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 12:52 PM (qx7Zg)
But, MHOO, if the "news" was down the middle, a huge percentage of the "left" would decide they really don't belong there.
There are maybe 10% actual crazies out there. The rest just want to be nice, and be mean to those icky Trumpites.
How many folks in NYC actually knew what Mandami really is? Who in Maine knows the least bit about Platner?
The solution is MORE information... but, you can lead a horse to water...
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2026 12:52 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 12:53 PM (qFVoe)
This Platner is the best they can do!
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2026 12:54 PM (q6tQZ)
I still believe this summer will be a horror show in the big cities. Add that to the abhorrent candidates the Dems have, Platner, Talarico, whichever person wins the Dem Sen primary in Michigan and the independents will move right in November
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 07, 2026 12:55 PM (zj5z7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Suggested edit
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2026 12:56 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 07, 2026 12:43 PM (d9Cw3)
I agree. And what is fascinating is that the vast majority of Jews in American politics are thoroughly assimilated, and even that isn't enough for the left.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 12:56 PM (iERP6)
Then he started in on how that was the republicans.
So we spent the whole of band practice with me proving to him that the only factor between the all but identical political philosophies of communism and nazism is who is in charge.
The socialist who didn't get killed in the street fights and purges in Germany became nazis.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 12:58 PM (ZxzYs)
Curiously, it wasn't enough for Hitler either.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:59 PM (guGkK)
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Clip last night of the 'problems' in NJ. One of them threatened death upon one of the Cops. Amazing how they can physically overcome the protester line when they want to. They walked through that line and yanked him up. He went straight to jail.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:01 PM (UcW11)
Posted by: Loserville at June 07, 2026 01:01 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:59 PM (guGkK)
He kept some around. Anton Flettner, the inventer of the attack helicopter, managed to keep his family alived.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:03 PM (ZxzYs)
Another Beau
Indiana Democrats chose Beau Bayh as their secretary of state nominee Saturday, sending the first-time candidate — with one of the state’s most recognizable political names — into a race that party leaders see as their best opportunity for a statewide seat in more than a decade.
The victory sends the attorney and former Marine Corps infantry officer into a general election contest that Democrats hope can capitalize on mounting Republican turmoil surrounding incumbent Secretary of State Diego Morales and an increasingly tumultuous GOP nomination fight.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 07, 2026 01:04 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2026 01:04 PM (IP7s4)
Curiously, it wasn't enough for Hitler either.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Something the Right doesn't understand about dealing with the moose limbs. Not Justifying, just saying -technically-, if you want to get rid of something you do it thoroughly.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:04 PM (UcW11)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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California waves, Hi.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:06 PM (UcW11)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:04 PM (UcW11)
*types*
kudzu
*deletes*
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 01:06 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
I mean especially the party insiders who selected and promoted him, but it will apply to some extent to Democrat voters too. With our cultural bifurcation, they might literally not have a single living friend or family member who served, so they wouldn't know any better.
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 01:07 PM (Sy6m/)
Republicans want to prove that they are the opposite, so they let the Democrats run right over them and their families.
This is why women vote Democrat most of the time. They see them as the alpha party.
Republicans need to use violence against the Democrats. Just remember, if you hurt a random Democrat, you hurt someone who supported raping Sarah Palin for not aborting her baby. They are demons.
Posted by: Ken at June 07, 2026 01:08 PM (TTVd4)
The news isn't that the Democrats are corrupt and cheat like hell to win. We've all known that for years. The big news is we now have a President who is making it THE topic of conversation.
A taste.
https://tinyurl.com/fe72c73m
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 01:08 PM (viF8m)
We heil, heil, right in Graham Platner's face
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 12:18 PM (guGkK)
Hah. Dad used to play the Spike Jones' song, "In Der Fuhrer's Face"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 01:11 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim
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All of these insults during Pride month are being noted.
Posted by: Ernst Röhm at June 07, 2026 01:12 PM (XeU6L)
JackStraw,
I just read the transcript of the interview.
The witch kept saying "but we traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview."
FO witch. What does that have to do with the interview?
Posted by: four seasons at June 07, 2026 01:13 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: jim
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All of these insults during Pride month are being noted.
Posted by: Ernst Rohm at June 07, 2026 01:13 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ernst Rohm at June 07, 2026 01:14 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 07, 2026 01:14 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
That conclusion could also be drawn from my shelves. My grandson is amazed.
"You've read all those?"
"Most."
I get pissed though when people start splitting hairs about the ideal of socialism blah blah blah. It's the same turd, idiots. Same result. Lots of people die.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:14 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 01:14 PM (PV+Zw)
I still believe this summer will be a horror show in the big cities. Add that to the abhorrent candidates the Dems have, Platner, Talarico, whichever person wins the Dem Sen primary in Michigan and the independents will move right in November
Absolutely Correct and prescient. November will be the LIB's finale to their Independance-Day like countdown for Trump which will officially start once Spenser Pratt's Candidacy is stolen from him, and the pre-planned sequence of events from FIFA to the 28'Olympics forefeiture will be blamed on Trump rather than Lord BASSura.
With Susan Rice at the helm of the nu-purge, ALL NORMAL PEOPLE will become the target -- because the Truth of the Matter is a Liability to them which they would reduce the world to a cinder rather than admit their culpability.
TRUMP needs to realize this, sooner rather than later -- which he usually does, overreacting in the very way they have set their trap at -- with adamSchiff/darvo/Davos/DARVORs piroutting in delight!
LordBASSura as ZARDOZ --the gift of the Gun! go forth and.... Who's the Deplorable?
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-SaveDaWorldTakeTheGun
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-lordBASSuraHasSPOKEN
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 07, 2026 01:15 PM (XSBsr)
Looks like a Stormfag.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 07, 2026 01:14 PM (1z8ji)
speaking of cornholing...I hear they get lots on Thursdays in Prision...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 01:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
That conclusion could also be drawn from my shelves. My grandson is amazed.
"You've read all those?"
"Most."
I get pissed though when people start splitting hairs about the ideal of socialism blah blah blah. It's the same turd, idiots. Same result. Lots of people die.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:14 PM (ZxzYs)
As Ronald Reagan said, “How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 01:17 PM (l3cgK)
Crime by county dot com/[State name] gives 2022 rate of crime, violent and property, for all counties in a State.
Wikipedia gives 2020 vote percent, Trump, Biden, and other, by county.
Correlation(2022 violent rate, 2020 Trump%)
Wyoming: +0.04
Ohio: -0.49
Kansas: -0.52
Georgia: -0.34
Colorado: -0.28
Correlation(2019-2023 mean county-level homicide rate, 2020 Trump%)
New Jersey: -0.45
I would like to have 2020 homicides, by county, but not all States supply these statistics.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the level of violence is higher in D-voting counties.
Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at June 07, 2026 01:17 PM (VrQ+c)
>>I just read the transcript of the interview.
>>The witch kept saying "but we traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview."
>>FO witch. What does that have to do with the interview?
They are used to being in control and having Republicans who will not fight back. They have no idea what to do with a guy like Trump who calls them liars and frauds right to their faces.
They can complain about Trump all they want but he will punch back twice as hard and what really scares them is they know there are 10s of millions of us cheering him and wanting him to hit back even harder.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 01:17 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:18 PM (ZxzYs)
https://tinyurl.com/5f88tmfa
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:19 PM (5rh/l)
They make Wisconsin sound as inviting as Antartica, don't they.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 01:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:18 PM (ZxzYs)
Certainly in their wheelhouse, that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 07, 2026 01:21 PM (1z8ji)
During previous wars our enemies at least had the honor of wearing a uniform and opposing us openly. When I patrolled the East German border during the Cold War the Soviets were bad guys but they at least had the honor of wearing the uniform and presenting themselves openly as the enemy. The fuckers inside our country slink around in the open masquerading as our neighbors but ready to kill you at the sight of you wearing a MAGA hat.
This is becoming intolerable.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 07, 2026 01:23 PM (XjQMV)
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They make Wisconsin sound as inviting as Antartica, don't they.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 01:19 PM (qx7Zg)
She's doing the meme of that old New Yorkey cover.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 07, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
Communism is Socialism with a side of beets and vodka.
Naziism is Socialism with a side of potatoes and beer.
Fascism is Socialism with pasta and Chianti.
Maoism is Socialism with fried rice and rice wine.
The Democrat party is Socialism (Sides extra).
Posted by: JB1000 at June 07, 2026 01:24 PM (sORf4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 07, 2026 01:25 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: Socratease at June 07, 2026 12:23 PM (YgfoU)
I have been saying for some time now, leftists only have preferences, not principles. The closest they get are the pseudo-'principles' of Power & Clique. They will unhesitatingly compromise every single other value they claim to hold, if it gets in the way of the only two they truly hold dear. And they would do away with Clique if they could, but Power requires it.
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 01:25 PM (Sy6m/)
Here's a video that may help you out about German aviation fuels in WW2, responding to one of your comments in the book thread.
https://tinyurl.com/9cwx7tt6
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:25 PM (5rh/l)
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While it was amusing to see her grovel, I have to wonder who in Trump's orbit keeps giving the ok for this sort of shit. Quit talking to the likes of ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN.
The only people who'll give a fuck about that are other members of the chattering class.
Trump's not getting the milage out this sort of confrontational dressing down of media whores he thinks he's getting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 01:25 PM (jehhT)
The Maine Dems have a nuclear option I guess. If Platner was to win but then drop out for some reason, probably with a boatload of cash and some excuse, then the Dems could apparently just select someone to run in his place.I thought that's how it went.
Still, like that would EVER happen!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 01:27 PM (Sco7b)
Irate Trump storms off NBC set mid-sentence as he blasts 'dishonest press'
President Trump blasted the reporter, calling her a liar to her face before he walked off.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 07, 2026 01:28 PM (NpAcC)
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He made it a topic of conversation after the 2020 steal. Where did it take us? To California stealing elections in 2026 even more out in the open than usual.
Posted by: Heroq at June 07, 2026 01:28 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 01:30 PM (Ia/+0)
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He made it a topic of conversation after the 2020 steal. Where did it take us? To California stealing elections in 2026 even more out in the open than usual.
Posted by: Heroq at June 07, 2026 01:28 PM (tNkpt)
Some ballots are worth more than others...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 01:32 PM (l3cgK)
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While it was amusing to see her grovel, I have to wonder who in Trump's orbit keeps giving the ok for this sort of shit. Quit talking to the likes of ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN.
The only people who'll give a fuck about that are other members of the chattering class.
Trump's not getting the milage out this sort of confrontational dressing down of media whores he thinks he's getting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 01:25 PM (jehhT)
I believe one of Trump's goals in doing Hostile Media interviews is to demonstrate he's not afraid of tough interviews, unlike all Lefties. Lefties who get unexpected questions or tough follow-up questions bitch more on-camera about the interviewer and the questions than Trump does in his interviews by Lefties.
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:32 PM (5rh/l)
The only people who'll give a fuck about that are other members of the chattering class.
Trump's not getting the milage out this sort of confrontational dressing down of media whores he thinks he's getting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Trump is still a man of his era. As much as he rails against the msm, he still in the mentality where NBC or CBS is important and if it happens there it matters. Same with wanting his name of the Kennedy center. Who gives a fuck? Well he does because for his generation still like that matters.
Posted by: Heroq at June 07, 2026 01:32 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 01:33 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: 496 at June 07, 2026 01:33 PM (WOWuu)
64 In a dozen years there will be no room for elected Jews in the Dem party.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 07, 2026 12:43 PM (d9Cw3)
What are you talking about? That day is here already. The ones that are there, like Schumer, are just Kapos left over from the old days before the Jew hate was out in the open.
I find it darkly amusing when people talk about Rahm Emanuel as a potential candidate - the day when he or anyone like him could be nominated for any high office by the Dems is long past.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 01:34 PM (3mtTi)
To him being the 47th President and yes California being so blatantly cheating the entire world now sees it no matter what they say.
We are in a completely different world than we were in 2020 or 2016. We didn't get to this place in one election and we aren't getting out of it in one election. Tearing down the infrastructure, inside and outside the government, that perpetuated the corrupt process we've been living in is huge task and it will require years of fighting back. Doesn't mean we haven't come a long way already and we are now fully on offense.
I bet we will see the DOJ go after California hammer and tong over this corrupt election. That's new.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 01:34 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw
Hope he knows it too!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2026 01:35 PM (IP7s4)
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During previous wars our enemies at least had the honor of wearing a uniform and opposing us openly. ...
This is becoming intolerable.
LIBs would have you pity the Devil for being EVIL.
A Terrorist has the integrity to brandish their weapons and lay claim to their seige, LIB politico's keep their weapons concealed to ensure maximal damage and thein feign ignorance -- so sorry!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsChickenRun
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell
Cruise Ship deployed Dung Slinging Balistas may be insufficient; An actual Cruise Ship sized balista would not only be supersonic at launch, be orbital capable as well.
YES, there is Profit in WAR but only at a Distance.
as the Newly Reformed/SorosSonspored/Hunter Biden circles the minefield in his gryo-copter to waylay travelers who's cooked yams he does not like.
LET's GO BRANDON!
Idict and expose Brennnan as Epstein enabler
Depose Dimon as war capitalist
Freeport/Cuba as replacement for Kharg
Close Malacca if China closes their strait -- and they'll eat each other!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 07, 2026 01:39 PM (/rrz5)
Doing it this nakedly and openly builds contempt and hatred for the Dem party among a broad range of nornies, not just us, and that will be very useful as the chaos gets worse through the year.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 01:40 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 01:42 PM (qx7Zg)
64 In a dozen years there will be no room for elected Jews in the Dem party.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 07, 2026 12:43 PM (d9Cw3)
What are you talking about? That day is here already. The ones that are there, like Schumer, are just Kapos left over from the old days before the Jew hate was out in the open.
I find it darkly amusing when people talk about Rahm Emanuel as a potential candidate - the day when he or anyone like him could be nominated for any high office by the Dems is long past.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 01:34 PM (3mtTi)
More so because he served as a civilian service volunteer for two weeks aiding the IDF, repairing trucks, in 1991 during the 1st Gulf War. He did that service in an IDF base in northern Israel. The Leftists will call him a baby-killer if he runs and that label will stick.
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:43 PM (5rh/l)
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While it was amusing to see her grovel, I have to wonder who in Trump's orbit keeps giving the ok for this sort of shit.
...
All the more rationale to construct the cruise ship sized balista, to return that which was freely given.
LET's GO BRANDON! they're coming for YOU first! and then the rest of US just like DeepState/SusanRice proudly announced.
TRY AND STOP THEM IF YOU THINK YOU CAN!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 07, 2026 01:44 PM (NURNI)
https://tinyurl.com/fe72c73m
Posted by: JackStraw
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Picking on a person's looks is not a fair thing.
But when a person intentionally presents themselves in a manner unbecoming it's fair game.
Opening scene, she looks like a piranha.
I think she wants to look that way; threatening.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:45 PM (UcW11)
Posted by: JB1000
>The Democrat party is Socialism with raw cheeseburgers at a weekend cookout.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 01:45 PM (pSkMS)
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 01:07 PM”
I believe you’re correct. If you’ve ever known a true pathological liar (fortunately they’re rare) they get to where they are compelled to lie about everything, while also lying to themselves most of all. I had a boss once who would lie even objectively he would have been in a far better position just by telling the truth. (He finally got fired when his sucking up to his superiors couldn’t cover up how many screwups he was lying about)
Anyway Democrats are they - they’ve completely broken with objective reality. Everything is a big socialist LARP to them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 01:46 PM (3mtTi)
it's heinous what's going on in LA
oh well.
meanwhile a wonderful young man was just murdered going home from an NBA watch party. 22 years old, right in front of his house.
by misguided youths.
no I cannot get over this. nope. not supposed to happen in South Philly.
can we get the Mafia back?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 07, 2026 01:46 PM (j+aD2)
I will not ever understand the hatred towards Jewish people.
I know we've talked about that many times and I don't expect any responses.
Some of the finest people Hubby and I have known are Jewish.
Posted by: four seasons at June 07, 2026 01:46 PM (x4yF4)
Sometimes we need to sit back and enjoy the show!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 01:46 PM (iERP6)
The Red Army didn't just give up after Stalingrad. Sure, they won, but they didn't destroy Nazism in one battle. This will be a generational battle, but it's one we can win.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 01:51 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 01:27 PM (Sco7b)
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Robert Toricelli at June 07, 2026 01:51 PM (XE5AP)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 01:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 01:52 PM (3uBP9)
Here's a video that may help you out about German aviation fuels in WW2, responding to one of your comments in the book thread.
https://tinyurl.com/9cwx7tt6
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:25 PM (5rh/l)
Thank you. I've seen that one. Will watch again though when it gets to hot for yardwork. It post dates the discussion I was refering to. There is a lot more to it.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxzYs)
Sometimes we need to sit back and enjoy the show!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 01:46 PM (iERP6)
It will be another year or so until Dems begin declaring they are POTUS candidates. SAme with Republicans officially declaring. IIRC, the timing is no earlier than this each cycle due to FEC campaign financial reporting rules for a formally FEC-registered campaign.
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:55 PM (5rh/l)
Trump's not getting the milage out this sort of confrontational dressing down of media whores he thinks he's getting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Trump is fighting for every single vote.
He fought at hundreds of rallies while O'Biden was president. If he doesn't fight for every eye and ear he loses. Nay sayers ought to give it up and get on his side.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:56 PM (UcW11)
He needs to be ready with two questions:
1) What are the odds that after a time when the votes were split roughly equally, you would get tens of thousands of votes for only one candidate?
2) In any of the prolonged, post-election vote "counts", how many went in favor of the Republican?
Let her hem and haw for awhile with that.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 01:56 PM (Riz8t)
FO witch. What does that have to do with the interview?
Posted by: four seasons at June 07, 2026 01:13 PM (x4yF4)
Wow. All the way to Wisconsin, you say? Sorry to have pulled you away from your 3 AM Thai noodles just so you could catch the flight. Not all heroes wear capes, I guess...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 01:56 PM (nbLIj)
Here's a video that may help you out about German aviation fuels in WW2, responding to one of your comments in the book thread.
https://tinyurl.com/9cwx7tt6
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:25 PM (5rh/l)
Thank you. I've seen that one. Will watch again though when it gets to hot for yardwork. It post dates the discussion I was refering to. There is a lot more to it.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxzYs)
A book by British author Callum Douglas may help you on this topic. I cannot recall the title. It was published within the past 5-7 years.
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:58 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 01:59 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 01:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 01:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 01:52 PM (3uBP9)
I stopped counting California for several years now.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 02:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Even if she wanted to present controversial questions, manners count. Manners that she is void of. Interrupting and contradicting the President appeals only to the anointed left.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 02:03 PM (UcW11)
He fought at hundreds of rallies while O'Biden was president. If he doesn't fight for every eye and ear he loses. Nay sayers ought to give it up and get on his side.
From now through election day in November Democrat cheating in CA is going to be on the minds of millions of voters across the country. And I've got a feeling we'll be hearing more from GA and perhaps AZ as well. Trump is making the public deal with it when the left would like nothing better than the entire topic to be dropped.
The left can't win without cheating, even in frigging LA. There is no more important issue to be dealt with than free and fair elections. It doesn't matter how good our candidates and policies are if we can't win.
That's why Trump goes into the lion's den and pushes it in their faces. He's going to force them to talk about it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 02:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: pookysgirl has 11 days of shots left at June 07, 2026 02:07 PM (Wt5PA)
He seems to struggle with any aspect of adulthood, or even decency.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 01:11 PM (l3cgK)
A filmed performance. Flashing the bird.
https://tinyurl.com/ycy5m8p7
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (5xuJ/)
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This is not why homosexuals were banned from the military.
Well, not directly...
Homosexuals banned specifically because that dynamic would be lost lost in the 'fog of war'.
It is not about 'rape', nor who one could make suck their cock (proverbially), but whose cock one could suck climbing to the top.
Traditional power dynamics require one to be the best Kamala Harris one can be to reach the top.
Homosexuals really really fog that up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (/lPRQ)
I will not ever understand the hatred towards Jewish people.
I know we've talked about that many times and I don't expect any responses.
Some of the finest people Hubby and I have known are Jewish.
Posted by: four seasons at June 07, 2026 01:46 PM (x4yF4)
Consider in Orwell's 1984, there was a ritual Two Minutes Hate directed at Emmanuel Goldstein. Orwell was himself a disillusioned socialist, and understood it quite well. It's a Failure Factory, because it's a confidence scheme based on lies about human nature itself; it literally *cannot* work, and will never reform itself, because the point is power for the insiders.
They do not care at all about the nation's success; that's just part of the scam patter they use to Con the Rubes. Since they will never fix the problems, they need a scapegoat to redirect the public's anger at, and con artists like to reuse old schemes that worked before. (That's why they keep going back to gnosticism, just tarting it up in new clothes like Christian Science or Critical Theory.)
And, as insular outsiders everywhere, the Jewish Diaspora from the Roman subjugation of Israel was always a convenient target for nasty rumors.
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 02:20 PM (Sy6m/)
She also founded Ladies for Kavanaugh.
Her relationship was so bad it only lasted 2years. He broke up with her
He never flew on Epstein's plane
Posted by: Paul at June 07, 2026 02:26 PM (6PD/b)
Platner seems to be attracting more support from the vets. Maine has one of the highest per capita vet populations of any state.
CBD doesn't have a good understanding of that voter cohort.
Pls continue to call him a Nazi.
Posted by: Paul at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (6PD/b)
Hitler and Stalin made a deal to split up Poland. Before that Nazis and Commies were bitter rivals, and both knew they would eventually fight. Stalin just didnt think Hitler would attack that fast, and Stalin didnt think the USSR was ready yet or he would have attacked
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 07, 2026 03:02 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Charles Manson at June 07, 2026 03:08 PM (qFwJc)
Stupid, ignorant people hate that.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Jeff at June 07, 2026 03:22 PM (vNLae)
Book Thread: June 7th, 2026 (MP4)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 09:00 AM (Ia/+0)
A crew attacks a galleon that has a Cardinal on board. He doesn’t really pronounce a curse on the pirates, but after stealing his cross, bad things start to happen to the pirate who takes it. Suffice to say, everyone who acquires it comes to a bad end. The story is full of rousing sea action and a fight to the death to possess the cross. If you like stories of that type, you’d probably like this one.
Also read “Vengeance is Mine,” by George W. Ogden, a pulp-era western tale concerning a driver escorting a railroad man through a region of the West with sheepherder and cattlemen trouble. The driver tells about his time running sheep and a confrontation with a cattleman in the past that cost him dearly. A man who resembles someone who was just at the camp while the driver was elsewhere. The driver goes to find the man and returns later, having not taken revenge. A storm breaks out, leading to a strange ending for the cattleman. Coincidences abound, but they don’t detract from the story.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (5UTWB)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 09:02 AM (kpS4V)
Lovely pic up top.
I read Nine Goblins by T.Kingfisher the other day. This was her first self-published book, and her first non-kids book, written for fun. It is fun, and author says she was inspired by Terry Pratchett.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 09:02 AM (fE6HJ)
Very slowly reading Carl v.Clauswitz's On War
And am convinced those in the White House and Pete's people should be reading the same thing
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 09:03 AM (Ia/+0)
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These are just the sort of historical books I find fascinating
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 09:03 AM (fE6HJ)
Thanks, MP4, for once again hosting an excellent Sunday Morning Book Thread!
I don't have too many books about food, but I do have James Lileks "Gallery of Regrettable Food" and its sequel "Gastroanomalies."
Both are a hilarious look at hideous culinary creations of the past.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:04 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:04 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:05 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:05 AM (0U5gm)
Both are a hilarious look at hideous culinary creations of the past.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:04 AM (gnNyN)
Poor fella's in a bad way right now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wethal at June 07, 2026 09:06 AM (gihWY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:07 AM (1Ff7Z)
MP4, I love the artwork. I'm thinking it's Toulouse-Lautrec, but now I'm doubting myself.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:07 AM (h7ZuX)
And, of course, The Deplorable Gourmet, with great recipes & wit.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 09:08 AM (NcvvS)
Yes, I'd say a waistline of 48 in. is obese, whether in 1905 or now! I love to eat, but cooking is something that I have rarely dabbled in. I heat things, via oven or microwave, but mixing or blending diverse ingredients is beyond me at present. So cookbooks have rarely figured in my reading or as any part of my library.
When I have to write a scene where people are eating out, or even at home, and are preparing something unusual, I have to research it, even if it is in the present day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:08 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Guy at the table at June 07, 2026 09:08 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 07, 2026 09:09 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:10 AM (0U5gm)
Books about food, though, especially historical, are always interesting to me.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:10 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Zoltan at June 07, 2026 09:10 AM (VOrDg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 09:10 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:11 AM (bXbFr)
I don't have it but remember it coming out.
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 09:11 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026 09:11 AM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 09:12 AM (/HDaX)
-dude with hat
Posted by: Eromero at June 07, 2026 09:12 AM (LHPAg)
I don't have it but remember it coming out.
Posted by: Skip
I bet the sailors remember that, too.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:12 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 09:13 AM (rj6Yv)
I finished off the Isaac Asimov collection, Nightfall and Other Stories, which has several very solid stories in it. His robot collection -- I, Robot with connecting material between the widely spaced stories -- is next, and then the second in S.M. Stirling's alternate-universe series about a Burroughs-like Venus and Mars, with humans, Neanderthals, sabertooths, and dinosaurs, in the late 1980s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:13 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:13 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:00 AM
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We have a few, but I never use them. We have a book of family recipes that I consult on specific dishes, but mostly I cook by habit or instinct. My grandmother did this - so that there was always a bit of variation in the same dish.
Obviously, most of the food we eat is pretty standard fare, especially in the summer: hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill. But even when using taco mix, we sometimes spice things up and my youngest (who is doing more cooking these days) is experimenting in her own way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 09:14 AM (dE3DB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:08 AM (wzUl9)
If I was going to create a You Tube channel, I think I'd make one called "Real, plain, food." Teach those bache types how to make their own food instead of spending money on premade stuff. It's cost too much money and you'd need a good kitchen set up to do it with good camera angles. Nothing fancy with sissy ingredients, just show how to make your own burgers, ribs, chicken. You know, real food.*
*Narrator: "He will, in fact, not create a You Tube channel.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:14 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026
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"First, catch the newt . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:14 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 09:15 AM (vFG9F)
Hello to MP4 and thanks for an interesting topic.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 09:15 AM (yTvNw)
Still haven't decided on a series or big book to read next, so am revisiting a book of interviews with Robert Silverberg and am a couple of chapters into the new translation of Simenon's The Cat.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 09:16 AM (q3u5l)
I don't have it but remember it coming out.
Posted by: Skip
"Garnish with weevils."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 09:16 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 09:17 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 09:12 AM (/HDaX)
Lileks? Is he sick?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 09:14 AM (dE3DB)
Yeah. A year or so ago, his wife texted him that she wanted a divorce. While he was on vacation in England.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
I downloaded three new books, from an author I had never read, on a topic I rarely follow. And they entertained me mightily.
They are three novellas in The Garden at the End of the Galaxy series, by Jon Kiln. Old Man's Patch, Old Man's Vines, and Old Man's Bloom. These are about gardening in a science fiction setting, with a curmudgeonry old man (no resemblance, since I don't garden) and his cucumber garden, with a fiesta older woman neighbor who verbally spars with him, and then stuff happens.
Well drawn characters, fluid writing, and nice plot twists enhance these stories. These could easily be dreary tales of woe in an indifferent universe. But they were heartwarming instead.
I gave the stories 5 stars, something I rarely do.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 09:18 AM (CJnkZ)
This is definitely postwar; in a 1946 story, a World Congress of top scientists gathers to discuss how to control a (stolen) formula for a deadly biological agent and lesser weapons, such as the atom bomb.
Rip Kirby was promoted as a cultured intellectual -- he wears glasses, plays piano, and smokes a pipe -- who is handy with his fists or guns. Other than the first story, a murder mystery, I've seen a lot more adventuring than detecting.
(Bio of Alex Raymond to follow.)
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 07, 2026 09:18 AM (tIPDA)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 09:18 AM (5P5DO)
One of the church ladies has been giving me specialty foods and ingredients recently - cheeses, homemade pastas, and the like. She loves to cook but it's only her now and cooking for one is difficult.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026 09:19 AM (jnTpz)
Gent in the background looks like he's checking out the side view, which will likely annoy the lady who seems to be talking to him.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 09:19 AM (NcvvS)
"FBI fires several analysts tied to disputed ‘Catholic ideology’ memo"
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5n8mkzcb
Hat tip to renowned author of fiction, Sarah Hoyt.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 09:19 AM (rj6Yv)
It is a strange case, beginning with a murder victim being found with his right arm removed in a surgical manner. As they pursue the leads, many of the idiosyncratic quirks of Pendergast are already beginning to appear; his manner of dress, his affectations of language, as well as his esoteric tastes and interests.
We also get a glimpse farther back, along with that of his aide-de-camp Proctor, who re-enters Pendergast's life in an unusual way, years after they had served together in a secretive military outfit. The situations they encounter are tense, despite the fact that we know they survive, since they appear later in time in other Pendergast books. As the case progresses, Pendergast and Chambers begin to wonder if they are just chasing a serial killer, or something even more sinister is going on.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:20 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 07, 2026 09:21 AM (tIPDA)
I hope by the time I return I find a classy and witty bunch of comments to read and savor. Like you'd find if you spent an evening with the panel of What's My Line?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:21 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:20 AM (0U5gm)
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I've been debating whether to read that one...
Is it worth it?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:21 AM (gnNyN)
Creative Wok Cooking (1976) was also a mainstay.
Of course, The Deplorable Gourmet.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 09:21 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
Oof. Although it does raise the question of why he was vacationing in England w/o his wife.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 09:21 AM (/HDaX)
Imagine my surprise when I found I had independently reinvented chicken parmigiana.
I will also "supercharge" chicken soup with canned chicken. I saute the canned chunks first, sprinkling paprika and chili powder on it, while the soup heats in the MW. Then I stir the grilled chunks into the soup, and voila. Same with canned chili; chunks of grilled, seasoned chicken in that make for a solid meal.
Angel hair pasta plus sauce atop a microwaved beef & bean burrito, I call "Mexitalian," or "Italomex" (which last term sounds like a wall cement, but it's very tasty).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:22 AM (wzUl9)
Although, I was at the library yesterday to pick up Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. On the shelf next to it was a small volume that caught my interest: The First CELEBRITY SERIAL KILLER in Southwest Ohio: Confessions of the Strangler Alfred Knapp.
Probably can't go wrong with a historical account of a regional serial killer.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:22 AM (h7ZuX)
It seems he asked for a seat with a view.
Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 09:15 AM (vFG9F)
Yes, I thought it was Monday all of a sudden...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:22 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 09:23 AM (qRla/)
Anyway, every time I looked at records on this family, I felt an intense desire to stop reading and head over to IHOP.
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 07, 2026 09:23 AM (Z2Qim)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 09:23 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:23 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 07, 2026 09:24 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:24 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Hey Bennett, how's things going with The Famous Writers School? Any new bullshit you preparing for the gullible public?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026 09:25 AM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 09:25 AM (q3u5l)
Creative Wok Cooking (1976) was also a mainstay.
Of course, The Deplorable Gourmet.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 09:21 AM (RIvkX)
Home Ec was one of my favorite classes. Did I care about sewing? No. The cooking? Hell yes.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 07, 2026 09:25 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 09:26 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:27 AM (bXbFr)
Hasty pudding.
Hasty pudding is a pudding or porridge of grains cooked in milk or water. In the United States, it often refers specifically to a version made primarily with ground corn. It is mentioned in the lyrics of "Yankee Doodle", a traditional American song of the eighteenth century.
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2026 09:28 AM (adGdA)
Is it worth it?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Yes, it is surprisingly good. The only knock I can give it is that it doesn't read like a first book in a series, more like someone you know well relating an old story. The authors already developed their style with Pendergast books, and it is probably impossible to unlearn that.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:29 AM (0U5gm)
Hasty pudding.
Hasty pudding is a pudding or porridge of grains cooked in milk or water. In the United States, it often refers specifically to a version made primarily with ground corn. It is mentioned in the lyrics of "Yankee Doodle", a traditional American song of the eighteenth century.
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2026 09:28 AM (adGdA)
Doesn't beat spotted dick...
Posted by: Ken Starmer at June 07, 2026 09:29 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
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I used to read him regularly as part of my daily blog tour, but after a while his schtick got really dull.
I have to say that this is not surprising because being professionally Very Online can't be good for relationships with actual humans, especially talking in such detail about one's family. If memory serves, his kid is probably out of the house, which is one of the classic Danger Zones for modern marriages. Sad.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 09:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 09:31 AM (RIvkX)
The TMC novel involves something Wolfe is trying to get the recipe for, "saucisse minuit," which I think means "small sausage."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 09:18 AM (5P5DO)
Hadn't heard of him. I looked him up and his pictures are nice, though the women seem a bit 'book illustration' to me. Thanks!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 09:32 AM (qRla/)
The book compiles many of Glick's media columns published worldwide between around 2003 and 2007. The material covers the post-9/11 world, including the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions and Israel's 2nd Lebanon War - and Iran's nuclear threat to the world. It points out the obvious failures of most everyone but especially of Israel, especially Prime Ministers Barak and more so Olmert (yuk!).
It's deja vu all over again. You could lightly edit some of these essays and republish them now. In 2026, it's practically an entire book of unintended I Told You Sos.
The last section of the book contains some of Glick's essays written as she travelled during battle in Iraq with US troops.
Whether it's Bush, Powell, Rice, Olmert, Netanyahu or US military brass and personnel - or to Glick herself, for that matter - the one thing everyone got wrong and still doesn't get is that you can't fix Islam.
Regards from northern Israel.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:33 AM (5UTWB)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:33 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 07, 2026 09:33 AM (YGJ8E)
Pigeons.
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 07, 2026 09:33 AM (YGJ8E)
my solution to both pigeons and hungry homeless is feeding pigeons to the hungry homeless...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:34 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026
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Larry Niven said that the Famous Writers School taught him to recognize when he was a real writer. It was when his name appeared on a magazine's or publisher's check.
I've always been amused by Bennett Cerf's name since I learned that his last name means "deer" -- the male deer, which can also be translated as "stag" or "buck."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:34 AM (bXbFr)
No bread, no meat, no condiments?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 07, 2026 09:36 AM (R+iUD)
Pigeons.
Posted by: Will Robinson
With an attitude.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)
Pigeons.
Posted by: Will Robinson
Colloquially known as rats with wings.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:36 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)
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I suspect it can also work the other way around as well...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:36 AM (gnNyN)
I think we have that one in a ring binder format which is nice. Not haute cuisine but very good for day-to-day type cooking.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 07, 2026 09:36 AM (vTZFs)
He's a professor of mediaeval studies and the book is an adaptation of lectures he gave while in residence at the University of Tyumen in Siberia. Very nicely written, and the chapter on "Sloth" has given me a lot to ponder.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 09:36 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 09:23 AM (/HDaX)
I really wasn't getting it, at first. I don't know what I expected. I finally realized it is an examination of faith and how it carries humanity through all the things humanity does to itself. I think I'll probably re-read it soon.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (bXbFr)
History will never know the name
(Though the guy is deserving of fame)
He's the very first man
To pry open a can
And cook beans o'er an open flame
Canned chili (you'll get used to the stink)
Is tastier than at first you might think
Whether morning or noon
Just grab a big spoon
And eat 'em leaning over the sink
Posted by: muldoon at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)
Holy Shit!! So many dramatic developments, call-backs to much-loved characters from the spinoffs and some of the earliest-established characters.
"The galaxy is a dumpster fire" indeed! I love this series abd highly recommend that anyone who likes military sci-fi should try to read all 46 books in in-universe chronological order.
About to start "Platform Decay," the 8th book in Martha Wells' excellent MurderBot series.
Good morning, Book Nerds!
Posted by: Sharkman at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (/RHNq)
Posted by: muldoon at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)
Cookbooks are fun, especially historical ones. I had some kid-friendly ones growing up that I read more than I cooked from them, got hooked on reading about historical foods with The Little House Cookbook (with recipes for foods mentioned in the Little House books, adapted for modern kitchens), and eventually graduated to collecting cool cookbooks and looking things up on Gode Cookery and Feeding America. It makes for useful detail in fiction, too, especially when there's a culture clash involved--I'm planning a scene in Loyal Valley: Diversion in which a British character gets introduced to the chili queens of San Antonio, which should be good for comic relief.
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Now, for the reason I'm delurking: could anybody use an editor? I'm not teaching this summer for the first time since '22, which would be great were it not for the fact that health problems and a paucity of classes to teach over the last ~3 years mean that I can't afford to take the summer off entirely but don't have the energy to go hunting for projects. The good Perfessor has my email, if you want to get in touch.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (azG9/)
Some are have great recipes and are also gorgeous like the Kent Rollins books: history of chuck wagon cooking, beautiful photos of the area, society of cowboys on a cattle drive. Every one of the recipes I've tried have been delicious and not too complicated.
The Deplorable Gourmet is always a good starting point for greatr recipes and fun reading.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:38 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 09:38 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)
What did those poor pigeons ever do to deserve that?
Feed hobos to the pigeons!
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 07, 2026 09:38 AM (YGJ8E)
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Pigeons.
Posted by: Will Robinson
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Colloquially known as rats with wings.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026
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I'd hope that Wolfe's chef Fritz gets his pigeons from someone who breeds healthy ones, not hapless city birds in the park.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 07, 2026 09:40 AM (VCgbV)
"As I look at it today, I can only stand, hat in hand, and now my head in reverence for the imagination, as well as the capacity, of that earlier day."
Blue points, soup, fish, broiled leg of mountain sheep, wild Turkey, leg if moose, loin of elk, cinnamon bear, black-tail deer, loin of venison, saddle of antelope, opossum, black bear, and duck. The list of birds takes two more paragraphs.
"The National Geographic Society evidently did the shopping for meat on behalf of the hotel."
Benchley, a portly gentleman often on a diet who felt like a crook when sneaking a furtive forkful of potato, rightly opined that constantly being cross and hungry might not be better than the occasional Victorian excess.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 09:40 AM (kpS4V)
Doesn't she write for the Jerusalem Post or is she a freelance writer?
Posted by: dantesed at June 07, 2026 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)
I have an odd fascination while reading with descriptions of food and people eating.
My favorite FB site is Eating History, showing menus from the late 19th and first half of the 20th century from restaurants, inns, resorts, trains, steamships and social club dinners. Mutton, pigs feet, clams and shrimp cocktail, I notice, are now out of style.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:40 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 07, 2026
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Please don't tell me they have a centerfold . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)
Taste like chicken eggs but only a quarter of the calories.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:41 AM (5UTWB)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 09:41 AM (azG9/)
https://x.com/EmpireEnjoyer3 /status/2062747187251933472
[images]
Note one of the routes shown in the lower right image...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 07, 2026 09:41 AM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026
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The balding fellow with the van Dyke beard? Oh, yeah.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)
My mom had the Recipe Jubilee! cookbook from The Junior League of Mobile. Stained, dogeared and held together by rubber bands it was the inspiration for some of the best gumbo on the planet. And then there was the best thing of all: West Indies Salad.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 09:42 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 09:42 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 07, 2026
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Please don't tell me they have a centerfold . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)
Gordon Ramsey on an Ottoman...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: dantesed at June 07, 2026 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)
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Certainly used to publish in the JPost. Dunno if she still does. Have not seen her writing pop up for a while now, though I've seen event advertisements where she is a featured speaker.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (5UTWB)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Sharkman at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (/RHNq)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:24 AM (l3cgK)
Some of us use them more as a guideline. I rarely buy a cookbook, unless from the thrift store. Check them out at the library a lot.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (h7ZuX)
Taste like chicken eggs but only a quarter of the calories.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:41 AM (5UTWB)
Given the size compared to chicken eggs, I'd expect the calories per egg to be much less than 1/4...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Where does one buy fresh West Indians these days?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (5UTWB)
I also bought sausage with cheese filling, something else she doesn't like. That will be today's lunch, along with store- ought potato salad.
My complaint about recipe books is that they cheat. "Preparation time: 20 minutes," and then one ingredient is diced green peppers. Uh, that didn't account for the time needed to dice the peppers.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (tIPDA)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:24 AM (l3cgK)
Some of us use them more as a guideline. I rarely buy a cookbook, unless from the thrift store. Check them out at the library a lot.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (h7ZuX)
I think she liked the pretty pictures, and had the full intention of cooking from them...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)
"Shucked and boiled in water, sweet corn is edible and nutritious; roasted in the husk in the hottest possible oven for forty minutes, shucked at the table, and buttered and salted, nothing else, it is ambrosia. No chef’s ingenuity and imagination have ever created a finer dish."
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (adGdA)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (lFFaq)
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I really hope he gets back to MHI soon.
He left that series on a rather significant cliffhanger.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 09:45 AM (5P5DO)
Taste like chicken eggs but only a quarter of the calories.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:41 AM (5UTWB)
Given the size compared to chicken eggs, I'd expect the calories per egg to be much less than 1/4...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)
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Where's Captain Obvious when you need him!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:45 AM (5UTWB)
Recommended: The Taste of War by Lizzie Collingham, a history of the role of food (civilian and military) in World War II.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 09:45 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 09:45 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026 09:46 AM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:46 AM (bXbFr)
The writer dojo fb group seems to frequently need editors.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 09:47 AM (GhIJO)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 07, 2026 09:47 AM (vTZFs)
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You don't WANT to know what squab is. Oil, greasy, smelly when they're prepared … and not much in the Flavor & Fun departments, either. Mom fixed 'em once when my brother brought about a dozen home from his hunting trip - then she told him to never bring 'those things!' home again. No mo' squab.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:47 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 09:47 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 09:45 AM (5P5DO)
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Love hot spice. Learned from my late father.
Even had fresh green chili peppers added to my salad for lunch today.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:47 AM (5UTWB)
What SHE thinks: Just hangin' out havin' a bud.
What HE thinks: Cruise shiped dung flinging balista's surrounding the LIB BASSholes and, firestarting BASStards...
And when the filth and corruption foams up around their waists and they all look up an cry "Save Us" TRUMP will whisper: NO.
Too late to save the LA Election/2028 Olympics -- and thus his legacy. Not to late to interdict the FIFA/False flag engineered to make BASSura the hero that she's not.
YES! Hunter Biden swooping in on his gyrocopter/hang-glider like Super Chicken! (but in real world: more like Kite Man)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKss2pBYQ6Y
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsChickenRun
LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 07, 2026 09:48 AM (PfkJ2)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 09:48 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 07, 2026 09:49 AM (lFFaq)
The "real cookbooks" I still use are the Frog Commissary one, a really fun Disney restaurant recipes one from ages ago, an Aruban cooking one, and one that the IHM Sisters put together with their own favorite family recipes.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 07, 2026 09:49 AM (j+aD2)
It was a was distinctive style, but not one I would enjoy for a whole novel.
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 07, 2026 09:49 AM (3v7ra)
44 I read almost exclusively on my iPad using Kindle these days. Still have all my books, but I've read them.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)
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This 100 percent! Kindle has been a Godsend for my aging eyes.
I will sometimes purchase the Kindle editions of books I already own the hard copies of if I want to re-read them: Lord of the Rings, Brother Cadfael series are some examples.
Right now I am in the middle of re-reading on Kindle a 47 book series of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories. Just finished Book 19, Murder by the Book. Written around 1950.
I try to read something different in between the books (right now my daughter in law's recommended Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters), but I love immersing myself in Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe world. When I take a break I find myself missing Archie Goodwin and Fritz and Saul and Inspector Cramer, and I can hardly wait to get back!
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at June 07, 2026 09:49 AM (TPFQA)
On the face of it, credit to the PLAN for managing invasions with sailing vessels, but crossing 20 nm straits under cover of darkness against an enemy without radar (or radio communication) is a bit different than the Taiwan Strait.
And of course the spirit of innovation, the freedom to improvise and cut corners, commanders being empowered to take huge risks for huge reward - those qualities are anathema to Xi Jinping's regime.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM
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Right next to the store where you can get fresh monkey for making Monkey Bread.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (CJnkZ)
This particular recipe, originating from The Nero Wolfe Cookbook ...
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (adGdA)
22 years old, heading into his senior year at PSU.
heartbreaking
bad things still do happen in Philadelphia
thanks Krasner
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 07, 2026 09:51 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 09:46 AM (bXbFr)
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Grok with the details:
https://tinyurl.com/yc6tbad9
To the pooL!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:51 AM (5UTWB)
The novel is set in WWII New Mexico in a town modeled on Santa Fe. It's a coming-of-age story; but unlike the usual ones of that ilk, it's laugh-out-loud funny. Sagrado, the town, is filled with bizarre and quirky characters, and 17-year-old Josh, the narrator, is a fast man with a quip -- as are his friends.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 07, 2026 09:51 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (lFFaq)
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I really hope he gets back to MHI soon.
He left that series on a rather significant cliffhanger.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)
https://monsterhunternation .com/2025/08/07/wip/
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 07, 2026 09:51 AM (R+iUD)
That's a VERY underserved market.
I think Twilight Zone pretty much killed interest in the topic.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 07, 2026 09:51 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: dantesed at June 07, 2026 09:52 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 09:52 AM (dE3DB)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 09:52 AM (azG9/)
Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces
Can't say I'm enthralled with a lot of her choices so far.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 09:52 AM (GseMx)
Our honorary niece (we've known her since she was three months old) got married last year. (How the hell did she get into her twenties? Last week she was a toddler.) She and her husband are Tolkien fanatics. Her mom made a wedding cake that looked like the entrance to Bag End. Part of their wedding gift from us was several Middle-Earth related cook books. They've made quite a few of the recipes so far.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 09:52 AM (yTvNw)
That's a VERY underserved market.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Could be fascinating. What DO they eat in the outlying galaxies?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:53 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
The fact that she wasn't with him on his vacation might have been a clue.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 07, 2026 09:53 AM (syz1S)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 09:53 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 09:43 AM (5UTWB
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She is in the PMO!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)
American Paladin.
I saw a post of the first paragraph and I am already invested.
I think Nick Searcy will narrate the audiobook
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 09:54 AM (fE6HJ)
I once made a dish from the 14th Century called, "Hindle Wakes".
It came from a cookbook titled: "Great British Cooking: A Well-Kept Secret". The recipe for "Hindle Wakes" has survived basically unchanged since Ye Olde 14th Century, and gives you a good idea of eating among Their Betters as the average Brit peasant at that time probably ate at diet of turnips, weeds, and dirt.
Anyway, it's a very odd tasting chicken dish to the modern palate. Not really any seasoning beyond vinegar and prunes. I looked up some other medieval type dished and they all seem to run in that same neighborhood.
I fixed it for the family and everyone hated it. Not so much that it tasted bad but it was the alieness of HN. Anywho, I thought it was pretty good but have never felt the desire to remake the dish.
So, in summery- Take a time trip to the ancient world of Albion, and whip up a batch of handle Wakes.
So it now.
Now!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 07, 2026 09:55 AM (FMtrg)
Anne McCaffrey edited one called Cooking Out of This World, in which a bunch of sf writers presented some of their favorite recipes.
And then there's To Serve Man, inspired by the Damon Knight story. It's exactly what you think it is.
I don't know of any others.
Richard Brautigan's novel The Abortion is set in part in a strange library where people can leave the never-to-be-published books they've written and the librarian will add them to the collection. One guy drops off a book of recipes culled from the works of Dostoevsky, and says "I've eaten everything Dostoevsky ever cooked."
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 09:55 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 09:21 AM (/HDaX)
Back.
Don't know if anyone's said, but...
James is from Fargo ND. There was a woman named Peg (can't recall last name) who made it big in radio and tv in the 50s. He found out she was still alive a decade or so ago and made contact with her and became a family friend. Peg's daughter and husband live in England and he goes to visit them multiple times a year. Maybe the wife thought something was going on and decided to divorce him over it? They seemed to occasionally take separate vacs over the years and she might not have liked England. But yeah. I'd probably not spent as much time there as he did.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 09:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
Not to be confused with Adventures in Good Drinking, by Drunken Hines.
> Larry Corriea's new series is only on book 2,so you may not want to get started on it.
It sounds like you're talking about the "Academy of Outcasts" series. It's pretty good.
He's actually got yet *another* new series dropping June 23, "American Paladin". From the opening paragraph:
No one likes getting pulled over for speeding, but that feeling's a whole lot worse when there's a dead pedophile in the back of your truck.
But man...close to $30 for a Kindle book, though. I'll have to think that one over. Academy of Outcasts is on Kindle Unlimited.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 09:56 AM (IG3/x)
That Kenji Alt Lopez communist got his start there but far exceeded them. Talk about fussy and complicated! But he has the science to back his methods up. The Food Lab is the cookbook, it's expensive and weights about 20lbs. but it will teach you about the science behind what cooking does to food and why it tastes good.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 07, 2026 09:56 AM (VCgbV)
"You're Sure You're Rich?...Well then, Sir, If You Don't Like This View. Check Me Out From the Other Side of the Table"
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (rj6Yv)
I try to read something different in between the books (right now my daughter in law's recommended Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters), but I love immersing myself in Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe world. When I take a break I find myself missing Archie Goodwin and Fritz and Saul and Inspector Cramer, and I can hardly wait to get back!
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at June 07, 2026
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Murder by the Book is one of his very best, along with Might As Well Be Dead, The Mother Hunt, and the Arnold Zeck trilogy. Stout really found his voice with NW & AG after the war and the move to Viking Press. Somehow the earlier books don't seem quite the same, as he was feeling his way. Always entertaining, but they are not at quite the same level.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)
Can't say I'm enthralled with a lot of her choices so far.
Posted by: polynikes
Yeah, the lovely Mrs. bought that for me a few years ago. I was completely underwhelmed. It sits collecting dust next to a book on Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment. The contrast is striking - The good sister posts one paragraph on some mediocre work and then I have a few hundred pages on ONE of Michelangelo's paintings.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (jnTpz)
That's a VERY underserved market.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Could be fascinating. What DO they eat in the outlying galaxies?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:53 AM (h7ZuX)
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There are several Star Wars cookbooks out there...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (gnNyN)
Based on moron recommendations (IIRC) I started Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. Only one chapter in but so far, so funny. A comic novel(?) that’s laugh out loud funny. Reminds a little of Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad
Posted by: Who Knew at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (0QMbS)
I would have bought a copy had the authors been less barking-mad commies, and more interested in just telling the history of food in France!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (iERP6)
Recommended: The Taste of War by Lizzie Collingham, a history of the role of food (civilian and military) in World War II.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 09:45 AM (O0L8i)
An army travels on its stomach.
Posted by: Napoleon at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:24 AM (l3cgK)
Same here. It was somewhat difficult putting all of her cook books in the trash for pickup, but it had to be done. I don't cook and I'm slowly, but persistently decluttering my home.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 07, 2026 09:58 AM (J4Dwc)
"Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans" by Garrett Ryan is not just one of the greatest book titles, it's a new genre for me: highbrow bathroom reading. You know, short blasts, high volume.
BTW, the gladiators were fed a protein paste of mashed up bean soup and barley gruel to put meat on their bones, as a layer of fat was thought to protect the fighter from injuries.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 09:58 AM (kpS4V)
And later, he asks Wolfe, "What will you do in the meantime?" Wolfe: "Sit here." Cramer: "Someday you'll get chair sores."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Napoleon at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (T6aVk)
The more they eat, the more they shit.
Posted by: Mao at June 07, 2026 09:58 AM (T6aVk)
That's a VERY underserved market.
Posted by: Dr_No
That is a bit disconcerting, given that I have left instructions in my will to donate my body to science fiction.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 09:59 AM (0U5gm)
That's a VERY underserved market.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Could be fascinating. What DO they eat in the outlying galaxies?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:53 AM (h7ZuX)
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There are several Star Wars cookbooks out there...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (gnNyN)
I wonder how much longer the "Mandalorian Menu" will last at Burger King.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 07, 2026 09:59 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2026 09:59 AM (adGdA)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 07, 2026 09:25 AM (jnTpz)
Now, now. There were a couple of people who came out of it with contracts. Had more than one book published. Besides, Rod Serling pitched the school, too. If you can't trust Bennett Cerf and Rod Serling, who can you trust? Hal Block?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:00 AM (1Ff7Z)
That Kenji Alt Lopez communist got his start there but far exceeded them. Talk about fussy and complicated! But he has the science to back his methods up. The Food Lab is the cookbook, it's expensive and weights about 20lbs. but it will teach you about the science behind what cooking does to food and why it tastes good.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 07, 2026 09:56 AM (VCgbV)
Shirley there's an earlier book like that:
https://shorturl.at/QJldV
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 07, 2026 10:00 AM (R+iUD)
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There are many themed and tie-in cookbooks out there geared toward the fantasy/SF crowd.
My favorite title is The Necronomnomnom
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 10:00 AM (kpS4V)
I would have bought a copy had the authors been less barking-mad commies, and more interested in just telling the history of food in France!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (iERP6)
I shoulda wrote a cookbook.
Posted by: Frederic Bastiat at June 07, 2026 10:01 AM (T6aVk)
I like we call the various proteins we eat by a variation of the French word because the Normans conquered England. All except Fish which sounds like poison in French.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:01 AM (GseMx)
I finally started re-reading The Camp of the Saints, this time the 2025 Vauban edition translated by Ethan Randell. Jean Raspail apparently released three different editions of CotS, and this one omits some of the scenes that had become outdated by the 2000s. The man was either a prophet or had keys to a time machine.
Posted by: PabloD at June 07, 2026 10:02 AM (K1RVP)
Sooner or later I expect to dip into Galaxy's Edge.
However it will be in publication order as required.
(Fictional future sci-fi universe)
Chronological order would be acceptable for a historical series.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 10:02 AM (KaHlS)
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 07, 2026 10:02 AM (tIPDA)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
Yeah, Nat is out on her own in Boston. Has a career in advertising.
He bitched a couple weeks ago about the wife complaining he had an easy life. She's a high powered attorney, he was just a guy who wrote stuff....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:03 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 10:04 AM (rj6Yv)
I also liked the class warfare menu in the movie Passengers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:04 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 09:16 AM (ndZc7)
Place meat in a wooden cask along with fifty pounds of salt, then send it on round trips to the West Indies by sailing ship until done (approximately 3-5 years, or when dysentery develops after trying a small sample).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:05 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 07, 2026
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Right! That was the one Tim Hutton and his producers used as the first episode of the A & E series back in the late '90s. GS has actual action scenes in it -- fairly rare in Stout's intellectual brand of mystery.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:05 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: To Serve Man at June 07, 2026 10:05 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
LOL. No, but they have beautiful back covers suitable for framing.
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 10:06 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 10:00 AM (kpS4V)
*snort
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 10:06 AM (h7ZuX)
I also liked the class warfare menu in the movie Passengers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026
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"What's this? Green leaves?"
"Dr. McCoy ordered your diet card changed, sir. I thought you knew."
"Bring some for the doctor, too."
"Oh, no. I never eat until the *crew* eats."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)
My favorite title is The Necronomnomnom
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 10:00 AM (kpS4V)
I can't get over Cryptonomicon having 10 pages dedicated to how to properly prepare and eat Cap'n Crunch cereal.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 07, 2026 10:06 AM (T6aVk)
I kept thinking of another Spencer, Winston Churchill, whose headmaster at St. George's flogged boys so viciously that the walls of his study were flecked with blood.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 10:07 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:01 AM (GseMx)
The French word for fish is puse'.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026 10:07 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Ask your local library to get a copy. There's usually a form.
Most libraries wont get Correia books because he's so actively anti-woke, but if you request they have to justify saying no, and may find it easier to buy it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 10:07 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:03 AM (1Ff7Z)
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Wife out-earning/working husband? Another huge red flag.
Almost always fatal to a marriage.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:07 AM (ZOv7s)
Not a new thing. I have a couple of reproduction Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind cookbooks from the 30s.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 10:07 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 10:08 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:01 AM (GseMx)
Meat
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 07, 2026 10:08 AM (T6aVk)
I really wasn't getting it, at first. I don't know what I expected. I finally realized it is an examination of faith and how it carries humanity through all the things humanity does to itself. I think I'll probably re-read it soon.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (h7ZuX)
I've read it a number of times and no matter how hard I try, I keep coming back with a pessimistic view of humanity rather than an optimistic one.
Oh well.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 10:09 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:01 AM (GseMx)
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The French word for fish is puse'.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026
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I thought it was poisson.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:10 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 10:10 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:10 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 10:08 AM (Ia/+
You should have socked Burgess Meredith .
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:10 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 10:10 AM (bXbFr)
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Alec Waugh's first book, The Loom of Youth, was about his time at Sherbourne and was considers so scandalous that he was kicked out of the alumni society (crucial for networking) and his brother Evelyn barred from attending.
About 15 years later, in Goodbye to All That, Robert Graves observed that the boarding school system seemed designed to create homosexuals.
The purpose of a thing is what it does.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
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There are many themed and tie-in cookbooks out there geared toward the fantasy/SF crowd.
....
My favorite title is The Necronomnomnom
Veganomicon, real book, real Fast, real FEAR!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 07, 2026 10:10 AM (+U3bF)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026
ISWYDT. I think.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:11 AM (GseMx)
That's a VERY underserved market.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Well, I'm sure there a Klingon bookbook out there, if you're interested in eating 'gagh.' Be warned, there isn't much 'cooking' involved...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 07, 2026 10:12 AM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026
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Was that the Jack Douglas who, with his Japanese wife, was *always* guesting on Merv Griffin (the old Westinghouse show)?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: PabloD at June 07, 2026 10:12 AM (K1RVP)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 10:13 AM (0U5gm)
Oh well.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 10:09 AM (/HDaX)
So, you focused on the things humanity does to itself. Heh.
I kept expecting various bishops to be power-hungry and acting in self-serving interest, but they kept just wanting what was best. I must have been expecting the conflict and diabolical tendencies of modern Rome.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 10:13 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: PabloD at June 07, 2026 10:12 AM (K1RVP)
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Don't leave it out in the rain.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)
The purpose of a thing is what it does.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
A philosophy happily adopted by the American Public School System.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026 10:14 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)
He's eating tangerines (or oranges). Two on the plate, closest to the "lady". One, peeled and half-eaten in front of him. She has orangey hair, and her breastworks are orange. She is also wearing an orange sash and a dress with orange stitching. I suspect the approving fellow facing the viewer is the artist's self-portrait.
Orange.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 10:15 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 07, 2026 10:12 AM (3v7ra)
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One of the concepts I enjoyed from Babylon 5 was the 'fact' that every sentient race makes a form of Swedish meatballs. I believe the Narn called them "spoo".
I also liked the way the various races told ethnic jokes about each other.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:16 AM (ZOv7s)
Winnie's exam scores were such that he wasn't qualified for the Upperclass Twit's Own Dining Club, but was still qualified for the cavalry. Amazing coincidence, eh?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:16 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:16 AM (GseMx)
Yep, that was the Douglas. I think he's out of print now. In the late 70s or early 80s Pocket Books reprinted a bunch of his stuff but I don't think his books are currently available. Haven't checked for Kindle editions.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 10:16 AM (q3u5l)
I recall that in several of his westerns he talks about the books pioneers took with them or kept at their ranch. Space and weight in traveling were at a premium so they had be judicious about the books they carried and focused on fundamental books, history and classic literature. Also, that the books were treasured.
His opinions about how education should work would benefit society today on many levels. I suspect if he wrote a book about a school board or teachers union, they would have been the villains.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)
He left that series on a rather significant cliffhanger.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)
Agreed. Maybe I should remind him on Twitter next time he teases GRR Martin for being unable to finish a series, not that I have any sympathy for Martin.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 07, 2026 10:17 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)
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One of the virtues of the book is that it is well written. The style is very Southern, and that adds a lot to the experience of reading.
Nothing makes me quit a book faster than terrible writing style. Stephen King is my paragon for this. Don't care about his stories, his writing to me is like fingernails and a blackboard.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 10:18 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
To each his own, I guess.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026 10:19 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026
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I hope his writing is better than his guesting persona. At age 13, I was already forming opinions on entertainment (and much too pleased with myself for doing so), and I thought he and Reiko (?) were dull.
Pocket Books used to produce quite a lot of stuff. I fondly recall their 2001 Insults for All Occasions, which gave me a lifelong appreciation for the smart crack and the pun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:19 AM (wzUl9)
It is not a dry military history. The book supplies many large and small details about Custer's life and mid-19th Century life on the Central Plains for both whites and Indians. It is very readable.
It is largely based upon, and provides quotes from, first-person sources on both sides. Connell provides their takes on the battle and many other events, often contradictory. Illustrating how different people will recall large and small events differently. Some no doubt shading their accounts to make them look good or others look bad.
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 10:20 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 10:07 AM (qRla/)
I can hardly ... Oz recipe. Scarecow's sour apple fritters (he's vegetarian). Tin Woodman's monkey liver pudding? Munchkin yellow lemon marmalade?
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2026 10:20 AM (adGdA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)
That was probably Truman Capote's influence. I do wonder how true the rumors were that he helped her write it.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:21 AM (GseMx)
Orange.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 10:15 AM
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There was a sale on orange paint.
I overbought!
Posted by: Joseh Engelhart at June 07, 2026 10:21 AM (CJnkZ)
That's a VERY underserved market.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Where the hell are you going to find a Sehlat to roast? Helluva long way to Vulcan....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:21 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)
That was probably Truman Capote's influence. I do wonder how true the rumors were that he helped her write it.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026
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Truman was a witty fellow in real life, but the works of his I've read, aside from his memoirs, were hardly comic. There's some happy humor in "A Christmas Memory," and maybe a few funny lines in Breakfast at Tiffany's (not sure), but they are not strong in that department.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:23 AM (wzUl9)
"There is no obligation to read a work of fiction."
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 10:23 AM (q3u5l)
While I've put down books which are well regarded because I just didn't like how the writing style flowed.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:24 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 10:24 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 09:52 AM (azG9/)
I sent an email to Perf. I'm here now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:24 AM (1Ff7Z)
I laughed, because of course! We didn't get to go the the movies very often, and all of the kids at school were talking about it, so I had to read it to be able to be in on the conversation.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 10:24 AM (h7ZuX)
Squabs are pre-flight pigeons. They are removed from the nest or perch before they can fly.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 10:04 AM (rj6Yv)
Squab is tasty.
When one of the youngsters and I went to Old Blighty, we went to a famous olde restaurant that's been around for a couple of centuries as the big splurge for the trip.
The kiddo had the squab in season, fresh from the hunt and fixed in Ye Olde Fashion though I doubt they aged it till the tail feathers fell out(!).
It was delicious.
I suggest that you eat squab today.
Right now!
Do it!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 10:24 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 10:07 AM (LmPA0)
Hmm... I'll keep an eye out for it. The local library doesn't seem to have a problem stocking Correia... three pages of results in the catalog.
But then this is Alaska, where you can recognize liberals by the fact they don't own anything larger than .357 Magnum.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:25 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2026 10:20 AM (adGdA)
Some actual recipes:
"Miss Gulch's Sour Cherry Kuchen"
"Talking Trees' Apple Biscuits"
"Cowardly Crudites With Goat Cheese Dip"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 10:25 AM (qRla/)
He was dining at a restaurant, prob. in NYC, when a drunken man wove his way to TC's table and began berating him. "Big-time author! Big shot!", etc. The guy then proceeded to whip out his, er, equipment and snarled: "My wife wants your autograph. Okay, autograph *this*!"
Truman's reply was audible all over the restaurant. "I don't think I can autograph it, but I can initial it. . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)
Never saw Douglas on the tube, but some of the stuff in My Brother Was an Only Child was deranged enough to appeal enormously to 12-year-old me. Ran across a copy of that one a little over a decade ago and grabbed it; still funny IMHO, which is either a tribute to Douglas or a comment on my continuing immaturity.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 10:26 AM (q3u5l)
Did you tell her the book was a little more risqué and the movie changed up the character interactions?
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:26 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 07, 2026 10:27 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 10:20 AM (5rh/l)
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There has been a lot of revisionist scholarship surrounding WW II tank performance in the past few years. Veterans' recollections are valuable, but often very biased by factors not immediately obvious.
On paper, the Sherman was a mediocre tank and it had its flaws, but it was mechanically very reliable, and while technically inferior to many of its opponents, the vast majority of tank losses did not come from other tanks. The classic duel was a rarity.
A friend read a memoir by a US tank corps officer, and remarked that the number of Tiger tanks the guy claimed to have encountered in 1944-5 exceeded Germany's available inventory.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:28 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 10:28 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:16 AM (GseMx)
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1914 put an end to the Bell Epoque with an exclamation point. No God, no thirst for Truth and Beauty after the Somme, Verdun, Passchendaele, and the Argonne Forest. Ever since, Mankind has been bound, beaten, and butchered into servitude and the current state of Approved "Art" reflects that.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 10:28 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:24 AM (GseMx)
Finnegans Wake or any other book by James Joyce.
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2026 10:28 AM (adGdA)
I laughed, because of course! We didn't get to go the the movies very often, and all of the kids at school were talking about it, so I had to read it to be able to be in on the conversation.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026
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I read it in the Reader's Digest Condensed Books version, about a year before the movie came out. I was very pleased that the movie jettisoned all the soap opera elements (such as Hooper the shark expert having an affair with the Chief's wife!), and just gave us the essential adventure: Three men in a boat go out to catch a deadly fish as big as the boat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)
"What's this? Green leaves?"
"Dr. McCoy ordered your diet card changed, sir. I thought you knew."
"Bring some for the doctor, too."
"Oh, no. I never eat until the
- Excerpt from "The Lifa and Times of Ace: An Ewok's journey"
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 10:29 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:24 AM (1Ff7Z)
Ah, great! Is the email on the main page still the best for info on the writers' group?
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 10:29 AM (azG9/)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at June 07, 2026 10:30 AM (tRYqg)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026
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I'd probably love it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:30 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 09:55 AM (q3u5l)
(Looks at finished works)
Where's this place, again?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:30 AM (1Ff7Z)
ugh.
Really slacking on my reading lately.
Been writing furiously and studying one of them furrier languages for our vacation this year.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 10:30 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: It's me donna
I saw that there is a movie coming out based on the book. It stars Sally Field.
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 10:30 AM (lJ0H4)
It's called "Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels". I have a copy. Given my aversion to spoiled food and weevils in the bread, I read it for information not recipes. O'Brian deals with the difficulty of getting provisions for a sea voyage in several of the books, not just food but all sorts of materials. Talk about specialized knowledge.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 10:31 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 10:30 AM (lJ0H4)
It's on Netflix which I don't get
Posted by: It's me donna at June 07, 2026 10:31 AM (FtULh)
The Sherman relied on speed. Of course our military procurement process is frustrating. Only second to France as the worst ( at least we admit our mistakes eventually)
We shunned the American who invented the tank suspension and sloped armor so he sold it to Russia.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:31 AM (GseMx)
There has been a lot of revisionist scholarship surrounding WW II tank performance in the past few years.
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Given the tank doctrine at the time and the constraints of shipping (which limited the size), the Sherman was a fine tank, especially after modification to wet storage.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 10:31 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 10:32 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 07, 2026 09:56 AM (VCgbV)
On Food And Cooking by Harold McGee is a spectacular book that puts commie-Kenji to shame!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 10:32 AM (iERP6)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Well, they didn't have to worry about developing diabetes or heart disease in later life.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)
Overslept again. Think it was carbs at dinner.
Finally did some serious reading this week, meaning I actually finished two books and started something new.
Death in a Darkening Mist by Iona Whishaw is second book in her Lane Winslow mystery series. It is set in rural Canada just after WWII. Lane is a former British war intelligence operative with a mysterious past in a small nosy community who often helps the local constabulary with dead bodies that keep turning up. No cell phones, no DNA searches, no internet, just police work in an environment where everyone was touched by the war in one way or another. Well done.
I found this in the condo library but book 3 not there so checked my library and more available on Hoopla. She's written at least 6. They remind me of the interaction between Strike and Robin in the Rowling books. This is pure mystery genre.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 07, 2026 10:33 AM (kJmSS)
181 Re: Murder By the Book, Cramer has two of his best lines in it. He looks at Archie and says, "You know who's opinion I'd like to have of you? Darwin's. Where were you while evolution was going on?"
And later, he asks Wolfe, "What will you do in the meantime?" Wolfe: "Sit here." Cramer: "Someday you'll get chair sores."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)
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If Cramer and Wolfe ever actually aged, I can imagine an elderly retired Cramer with a cane precariously navigating the the seven steps to the Brownstone just so he and Wolfe could grump at each other and Cramer could toss a chewed cigar on the office floor.
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at June 07, 2026 10:33 AM (TPFQA)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)
OrangeEnt,
I haven't looked into this much, but I understand there have been attempts to set up just such a creature. Google "brautigan library." I just did, and there are hits.
I may have to check this out myself.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 10:34 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:26 AM (GseMx)
I didn't. If she reads it, she'll find out!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 10:35 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:35 AM (GseMx)
It also helped that Detroit was cranking 'em out like God makes poor folk. Quantity has a quality all its own.
Likewise planes and ships.
Fifth-generation German craftsmen polishing products one at a time under a loupe got curbstomped by a bunch of hillbillies with rivet guns and sheet metal presses.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:36 AM (IG3/x)
LOL! Reminds me of a time in a record store (remember them?). A teenybopper asked her friend if she knew Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings. (Sigh!)
I agree with Wolfus. The movie was much better than the book for getting rid of the soap opera stuff.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 10:36 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: It's me donna
I saw that there is a movie coming out based on the book. It stars Sally Field.
Posted by: Tuna
Mrs. Wrecks loved that book and had me watch the movie. Definitely a chick flick but OK if you're willing to suspend sufficient disbelief.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)
If Cramer and Wolfe ever actually aged, I can imagine an elderly retired Cramer with a cane precariously navigating the the seven steps to the Brownstone just so he and Wolfe could grump at each other and Cramer could toss a chewed cigar on the office floor.
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at June 07, 2026
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Good point!
Have you ever seen the A & E series with Timothy Hutton (Jim's son) as Archie? The casting of the main actors was superb, and Bill Smitrovich as Cramer was the best.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:37 AM (wzUl9)
Alien: the Official Cookbook (Turkey Tenderloin Chestburster, Avocado and Bacon Stuffed Deviled Alien Tea Eggs, etc.)
The Official Wednesday Cookbook (Snake Hair Soup, Paint It Black Beans, Like Lamb Shanks to the Slaughter)
A Star Wars cookbook somewhere, that used sweet pea flowers to dye udon noodles bright blue. I need to try that one.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 10:37 AM (kpS4V)
It's called "Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels". I have a copy. Given my aversion to spoiled food and weevils in the bread, I read it for information not recipes. O'Brian deals with the difficulty of getting provisions for a sea voyage in several of the books, not just food but all sorts of materials. Talk about specialized knowledge.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 10:31 AM (yTvNw)
O'Brian read the archived daily logs of many, many Royal Navy and merchant ships active during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The details in his Aubry/Maturin novels are based on or come straight from those ship's logs.
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 10:37 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Who Knew at June 07, 2026 09:57 AM (0QMbS)
After it was published, there was a craze for a while in England to follow the story while doing the journey itself.
The program, Cribb (US version, Sgt. Cribb) had an episode about that. It's available on YT:
https://tinyurl.com/cctbzubc
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:37 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Glenn at June 07, 2026 10:38 AM (vneJl)
If the Germans had Germans producing their tanks instead of slave labor they may have been a bit more reliable. That said I don't know how accurate post evaluation of their production was. Could just be winners writing the history.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:39 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:37 AM (wzUl9)
Mr Dmlw! and I really love this series, and the cast. It's like comfort food for him--if he's not interested in anything else, or just wants something fun and familiar, he puts that on. It's oft-quoted at our house. Great musical selections, also.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 10:39 AM (h7ZuX)
He has a new book: Leaky Aqueducts, Battle Pigeons, and Mystery Cults: More Frequently Asked Questions About the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:40 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: polynikes
Supposedly, that was because the Sherman ran on gas rather than diesel as did most German tanks. I don’t understand that as diesel must be easily combustible if it's used for fuel.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
Yes, Academy of Outcasts. The story is interesting, I suspect the genre was a spite choice, since that seems to be his thing lately. There's a lot of standard modern swearing, which I think is unfortunate and somewhat detracting from the experience. Ironically, if it weren't such an interesting story it wouldn't matter as much that the series isn't finished.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 07, 2026 10:41 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 07, 2026 10:41 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 07, 2026 10:41 AM (vTZFs)
Just for knowledge, the Sophiensaal is a banquet hall in Vienna that has been used for gala events since the 1830s.
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Decca used it for recording the Vienna Philharmonic, preferring it to the Musikverein. Neglected for many years, the interior was destroyed in a fire and later rebuilt.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 10:41 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 10:28 AM (rj6Yv)
Yep. That's precisely why I start my lecture on the Moderns with a brief discussion of World War I. Mind you, The Fat Electrician maintains that the reason the Moderns became Approved "Art" was a CIA psyop during the Cold War to prove to the Soviets that American artistic freedom was superior to state-controlled art, even though a lot of the artists were Commies themselves.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 10:41 AM (azG9/)
"The chandelier breathed; laughter curdled into whispers as the Sophiensaal's gilt teeth watched, patient — secrets slithering beneath satin, hungry for one more dance."
Posted by: Your friendly neighborhood AI search engine at June 07, 2026 10:42 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 10:42 AM (pSkMS)
Mrs. JTB is reading that now and enjoying it. She's read all the others in the series. I am amused. It fits Douglas and Preston's sense of humor to call the final Pendergast book "The Beginning".
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 10:42 AM (yTvNw)
Oh and that was so true with Hitler's obsession building his battleships. Wasted a lot of steel and good labor for nothing.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:42 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026
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A diesel engine works by compressing the fuel to make it combustible, I understand. The pure diesel is not as flammable as gasoline.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 07, 2026 10:43 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 10:44 AM (rj6Yv)
I note it had gone rogue prior to WW1.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:45 AM (GseMx)
That's a VERY underserved market.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 07, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Well, I'm sure there a Klingon bookbook out there, if you're interested in eating 'gagh.' Be warned, there isn't much 'cooking' involved...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 07, 2026 10:12 AM (3v7ra)
It's called gagh, because that's the noise you make eating it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:45 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:39 AM (GseMx)
One of the drawbacks to many German tools of war was over-engineering. Tolerances were so tight that even slight deviations from them tended to disrupt the whole system. It's just the way Germans build things.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026 10:46 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
Diesel is less volatile than gasoline, so it is somewhat safer as a fuel.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 10:46 AM (0U5gm)
The US built around 50,000 Shermans.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:46 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:39 AM (GseMx)
One of the drawbacks to many German tools of war was over-engineering. Tolerances were so tight that even slight deviations from them tended to disrupt the whole system. It's just the way Germans build things.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026 10:46 AM (g8Ew
Yeah, I've heard things about BMWs...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:46 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 07, 2026
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We would often get Spenser's reaction to the areas he drove through, though. In the second book, I think it was, he heads up from Boston toward Cape Cod, and notes the endless series of tire shops, fast food places, and other examples of 1975 charm along the highway. He comments to himself, "Maybe Squanto made a mistake."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:46 AM (wzUl9)
German armor doctrine took a fatal hit after US WWII aircraft production hit its stride.
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Now, now. Sir Max Hastings will tell you that German equipment, tactical doctrines, officers and personnel were all superior to the Americans and British, who unimaginatively bumbled their way almost to Berlin.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 10:47 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2026 10:09 AM (/HDaX)
Had to take the wife to work too, huh?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:47 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:40 AM (1Ff7Z)
I have a similar book, A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire, by J.C. McKeown. He also wrote a similar book about Greece.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 10:47 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
Diesel is much like kerosene - you can drop a lit match into a bucket of it and it will just go out, as opposed to gasoline which will explode. Has to do with the outgassing of combustible fumes, which in gasoline is very high. Also why diesel engines never used carburetors.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 10:48 AM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026
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Yeah, I've heard things about BMWs...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026
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They have some peculiar ideas about engineering. If the 23rd Century Germans build the Enterprise, Scotty will have to take the entire engine nacelles off to change the dilithium crystals every 20,000 light years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:40 AM (1Ff7Z)
I have a similar book, A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire, by J.C. McKeown. He also wrote a similar book about Greece.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 10:47 AM (qRla/)
the difference between cult and culture is three letters...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:48 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JTB
I wonder if the customer response to their decision to stop Pendergast books put them in a position where they need to tell more stories from earlier times, rather than to just stop writing about him.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 10:48 AM (0U5gm)
Yes and the precision required in production wasn't always followed by the slave labor intentionally. Again could just be revisionism.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:49 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026
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Yeah, I've heard things about BMWs...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026
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They have some peculiar ideas about engineering. If the 23rd Century Germans build the Enterprise, Scotty will have to take the entire engine nacelles off to change the dilithium crystals every 20,000 light years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:48 AM (wzUl9)
LOL! My son owns a BMW motorcycle...he traded his last one for an older model due to issues with changing the oil...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:49 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 10:50 AM (eT41E)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:51 AM (IG3/x)
I read that German automotive engineering focuses on how people should drive while Japanese engineering focuses on how people actually drive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 10:51 AM (O0L8i)
Showing off those apples and oranges!
Betcha a dollar that’s hoard mentality right there!
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 07, 2026 10:51 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:51 AM (IG3/x)
Wow! This is cheap AND dangerous! Lets use this instead!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:51 AM (l3cgK)
I wish they'd hold these things earlier in the day during hot weather.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:52 AM (wzUl9)
Have you ever seen the A & E series with Timothy Hutton (Jim's son) as Archie? The casting of the main actors was superb, and Bill Smitrovich as Cramer was the best.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:37 AM (wzUl9)
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I have not seen any dramatizations of the Nero Wolfe sagas. I was thinking I might attempt seeking some out after I finish this re-read.
I have such a fixed idea of the characters in my mind, how they look and how they sound, that I haven't been prepared to dilute that with someone else's vision.
But after this re-read, maybe I will be willing to chance it. I'll remember about the A and E series.
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at June 07, 2026 10:52 AM (TPFQA)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
At the risk of turning a food thread into a gun thread, the Luger pistol was a good example of this. They are made with such tight tolerances that changing the extractor requires filing and test fitting, or the pistol will not function properly. Now add dust and dirt from the battlefield into the mix.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 10:52 AM (0U5gm)
I read that German automotive engineering focuses on how people should drive while Japanese engineering focuses on how people actually drive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 10:51 AM (O0L8i)
What does that say of British automotive engineering?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:52 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:51 AM (l3cgK)
Yep...they were real men back in those days. Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:53 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 07, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
The fear of many an unpublished writer, I'd wager. How do I know my writing is any good if no one will read it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:53 AM (1Ff7Z)
No, they called them Ronsons, because the Ronson ad motto was "Lights first time, every time."
I was at the site of a tank skirmish with US and German veterans, and a bazooka-loader related how he'd failed to stop a King Tiger. I knew there had only been a handful of King Tigers in his area, and a German vet volunteered that it had almost certainly been a Panzer Mk IV, a good tank but no King Tiger (also, the Germans referred to that as 'an Austrian tank with a German gun.') The ex-GI allowed as how once you had seen one King Tiger, every German tank looked like a King Tiger to you from then on.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 07, 2026 10:55 AM (zdLoL)
Maybeline was named after the founder's sister who combined coal dust and Vaseline to make mascara. Vaseline being a byproduct of oil production. Petroleum Jelly.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:55 AM (GseMx)
Showing off those apples and oranges!
Betcha a dollar that’s hoard mentality right there!
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 07, 2026 10:51 AM (1FEc1)
No pumelos or melons were used in this painting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:55 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026
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My '86 and '97 Mercedes were easy for me to change oil on. I had a suction kit that drew the oil out through the dipstick -- much like the units the dealership used -- and the oil filter was right on top.
Eight quarts were needed for the '86 V-8, though, and six for the '97 4-cylinder. They really believe in LOTS of oil.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 10:56 AM (CJnkZ)
Maybeline was named after the founder's sister who combined coal dust and Vaseline to make mascara. Vaseline being a byproduct of oil production. Petroleum Jelly.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:55 AM (GseMx)
"It tastes awful on toast!"--blonde
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:56 AM (l3cgK)
It certainly seems like the "public schools" of Britain were much better suited to creating the humiliation fetishists we see than anything else. I wonder when it changed from "the playing fields of Eton" creating real leaders. I suspect it was longer ago than we think, if Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster stories were at all accurate. The world it shows is essentially a matriarchy.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 07, 2026 10:56 AM (lFFaq)
If you could spare a thought for me tomorrow, I would appreciate it. I'm going into Boston to check out a clinical depression study. I hate driving into the city and I also have no idea what to expect from the assessment.
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 10:56 AM (qRla/)
Thank you . You are correct of course. I thought Zippo was wrong but couldn't think of the other famous lighter.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:56 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:49 AM (GseMx)
I agree. Slave labor as it was then had no chances of building a Swiss chronograph. Perhaps a Timex.....maybe.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026 10:56 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 10:57 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:45 AM (GseMx)
Granted, but I cover the Impressionists and the Expressionists (and maybe the Decadents) in my lecture on the Victorians. The trauma of WWI drove art way off the rails into the really bonkers stuff like Dadaism and Cubism.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 10:58 AM (azG9/)
What does that say of British automotive engineering?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 10:52 AM (l3cgK)
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British engineering focuses on people not driving at all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 10:58 AM (O0L8i)
I have such a fixed idea of the characters in my mind, how they look and how they sound, that I haven't been prepared to dilute that with someone else's vision.
But after this re-read, maybe I will be willing to chance it. I'll remember about the A and E series.
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at June 07, 2026
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They are done as period pieces, set in the 1946-1955 era, with period cars, hats, suits and dresses. So don't fear that the A & E series "modernized" the stories.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)
Garrett Ryan has two more books in that series out now.
He also has a Youtube channel "toldinstone" that is well worth watching.
Posted by: John F. MacMichael at June 07, 2026 10:58 AM (aYnHS)
German tanks were not diesels. They just plain were not.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 07, 2026 10:59 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 10:29 AM (azG9/)
Yes, and I have the email open.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:59 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:35 AM (GseMx)
Tommycooker.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (ZxzYs)
The US built around 50,000 Shermans.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2026 10:46 AM (IG3/x)
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There are several recent YT videos that go into depth on the Sherman M2 v German armor stuff.
One of the major points was the US standardization of parts for the Sherman and the easy access to those parts in the field. A Sherman could be disabled by enemy fire, and as long as the hull was repairable, the tank could be back in service in as few as 48 hours. A German tank, because they were constantly modified at the factory and then sent to the front with few or no spare parts, usually had to be sent back to the factory for repair. This meant days or weeks before the tank was repaired. Enemy air superiority made even these delays ... speculative.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (rj6Yv)
In one of his essays (collected in Musings and Meditations, I think) Silverberg said that after years and years of reading, he had formulated what he regarded as a set of principles for good fiction writing and proceeded from there. He said they could probably be put down on a single page, but he had never let himself be talked into putting that page into print.
Wish he had -- I'd pay to read it.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (q3u5l)
It was an optional “classic” to read in my high school days, but I read it as an adult.
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (1FEc1)
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Very best of luck to you, MP3. {{{hugs}}}
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
All of the Narnia books are available on audio, and are very well done. Also, Devil in the White City was a good audio book.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (0U5gm)
There has been a lot of revisionist scholarship surrounding WW II tank performance in the past few years.
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Given the tank doctrine at the time and the constraints of shipping (which limited the size), the Sherman was a fine tank, especially after modification to wet storage.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026
Shipping volume of vehicles, equipment, and supplies was a significant factor in creating the Standard Tables of Organization and Equipment for all WW2 US Army units, from division on down. I read the official US Army history of creating and equipping standardized Army units able to fight anywhere in Europe and in the Pacific. Estimated available shipping volume, combat power, and mobility had to be carefully balanced. Lt. Gen. Leslie McNair, Chief of Army Ground Forces, was ruthless in trimming equipment and especially vehicles from units. An excellent account of the high-level logistics factors of fighting modern overseas wars the US way.
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 11:01 AM (5rh/l)
Dadaism yes . Cubism was a decade before WW1. But I agree WW 1 was a catalyst. I love Franz Marc by the way.
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 11:01 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 11:03 AM (Ia/+0)
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In Dean Koontz' One Door Away From Heaven, the carzy/evil drug addict mom is obsessed with In Watermelon Sugar. I read Brautigan in the late '60s/early '70s and did enjoy it but that was in my hippy days.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 11:04 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:35 AM (GseMx)
Tommycooker.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (ZxzYs)
The Red Army had similar nicknames for Lend-Lease US and British tanks.
Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 11:04 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 10:35 AM (GseMx)
Tommycooker.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (ZxzYs)
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Once Shermans were equipped with "wet" storage for the ammo, the fire problem was largely mitigated. Survival rates for Sherman crews were far higher than those in German and Soviet AFVs.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2026 11:04 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2026 10:52 AM (0U5gm)
On the other side of the coin though was the German 88. An excellent, powerful, and versatile gun. We should have copied it.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 07, 2026 11:04 AM (g8Ew8)
My immigrant grandmother was a cook at a mining camp in the Black Hills pre-WW I, and I have often thought, after learning some of her recipes and techniques, and listening to stories of wood and coal stoves, and the doctor accepting her rye bread during the depression in lieu of cash, what it meant to be a "good cook", considering the ingredients and methods available.
No wonder it was an appellation of honor!
My MIL gave me her mother's Swedish cookbook, and it is a history and geography lesson as well as a cooking one.
Some very strange dishes in there (Christmas Eve lutfisk recipe begins with a dried ling and a barrel of lime water on December 8th), and some very good ones as well--if you can acclimate to making almost everything out of herring, root vegetables (VERY heavy on the beets), ginger, cloves, and cream.
(Had a moment when going through MIL's store of Swedish cookbooks after her passing, when I saw a recipe for herring cocktail that I thought for a moment meant the kind you drink. I would not have been surprised, as every one of the books had one for herring pudding.)
Posted by: barbarausa at June 07, 2026 11:05 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 10:34 AM (q3u5l)
Eh, they want your real name. Forget it. I use pseudonyms.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 11:06 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 11:06 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)
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That's good to hear!
I just looked them up and saw they were produced about a quarter of a century ago, so they've got that going for them as well!
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at June 07, 2026 11:08 AM (TPFQA)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 11:09 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 10:59 AM (1Ff7Z)
Email sent. Thanks!
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at June 07, 2026 11:10 AM (azG9/)
I read Brautigan in college and for a few years after (graduated in 71), and haven't read him since. Don't know how he'd read now. But there are fragments that have stuck in my memory ever since those first readings. The setting of the library of unpublished books. Releasing the baby alligators into the pond to make the frogs shut up in A Confederate General from Big Sur: "The frogs are gone." "Yeah. Nothing in there now but alligators." A few bits from the poems.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 11:10 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 10:58 AM (O0L8i)
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We have people to do that for us!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 11:11 AM (kpS4V)
Some scholars aver that fin-de-siecle madness had already begun to catch on a generation before the War, and that if anything the oddities of the war culture were an outgrowth of a mental and cultural illness already greatly at large in the world. A film called "The White Ribbon" (2009) kind of plays with this.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 07, 2026 11:11 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 11:11 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 07, 2026 11:12 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 11:13 AM (NcvvS)
Starts out talking about Hiram Maxim jr...?
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 11:13 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 11:13 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 07, 2026 10:47 AM (qRla/)
So many different books out about ancient history. Lit Prof said nothing left to study in ancient literature except the uses of cheese in the poems of Tibullus.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 11:14 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 09:55 AM (q3u5l)
I really enjoy reading Richard Brautigan, however I stayed away from "The Abortion" for years because I assumed it would be distasteful in the extreme.
But, no it was what I assumed it was at all or what would happen. I wound up liking it a lot.
Brautigan's one of those very misunderstood authors. He was adopted by the hippies as one of their own, buuuuut-
if you read his stuff, it's clear he hated hipp9ies with a passion.
"Trout Fishing in America" is a good intro to Brautigan if you're curios about him.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 11:14 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 11:17 AM (iJfKG)
Based on moron recommendations (IIRC) I started Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. Only one chapter in but so far, so funny."
I had to stop reading that in public. I couldn't stifle my laughter and some overly sensitive people were bothered by a big old guy laughing out loud to himself.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 11:18 AM (yTvNw)
Dittoes. I hope you find the answers you need, probably not tomorrow but eventually.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 07, 2026 11:20 AM (vTZFs)
page one; order chicken tenders
page two; order taco bell
page three; order pizza
There is a warning flag that civilization is precariously balanced on a straight edge.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 11:20 AM (pSkMS)
Posted by: Sharkman at June 07, 2026 09:37 AM (/RHNq)
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That's next on my to be read list! Love that series as well!
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at June 07, 2026 11:21 AM (TPFQA)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 11:21 AM (q3u5l)
To quote the Chinese guy it was over before it started
Posted by: save the wails at June 07, 2026 11:21 AM (jrgJz)
Three Men in a Boat
and the sequel-
"Three Men on a Bummel"
are both hilarious and-
BONUS! Great Peeks into the past...
...before Old Blighty turned itself into an anti-white racist tyranny. irony is ironic, ain't it?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 07, 2026 11:21 AM (iJfKG)
Hard not to envision some mad-doctor psychobabbler rubbing his bony fingers in glee at forcing people to be screened for clinical depression by submitting themselves to the most clinical and depressing environment imaginable.
There's a Philosophy of Science: Experimental Design thesis in this somewhere. "I'm a doctor. I don't have to care about that."
Good luck.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 07, 2026 11:23 AM (zdLoL)
Loved that series. When it was cancelled it was one more reason to get rid of cable. We have the whole series on DVD. The use of the ensemble cast is brilliant.
Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2026 11:23 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Davis Middleton III at June 07, 2026 11:23 AM (A7YPA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 11:23 AM (ndZc7)
It was an optional “classic” to read in my high school days, but I read it as an adult.
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (1FEc1)
The ones I've read and posted about here are from "Deej" from Raconteur Press emails. They may be on their substack.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 11:26 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 11:29 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 07, 2026 11:12 AM (kJmSS)
(shrieks)
That's no way to open a novel!!! It's wrong, wrong, wrong!!
Posted by: You Tube Writing Teachers at June 07, 2026 11:31 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 11:32 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 07, 2026 11:12 AM (kJmSS)
Was his name Jason Bourne?
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 11:33 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 11:35 AM (kpS4V)
https://tinyurl.com/y82jmhkk
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 11:23 AM (ndZc7)
I also read he paid for kids airfare instead of suck the sweet Big Govt teat.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 07, 2026 11:37 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: barbarausa at June 07, 2026 11:37 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 11:37 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 11:38 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June
Just yesterday heard what must be a new cover, some female, of McArthur Park.
Heaven help us.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 07, 2026 11:39 AM (sl73Y)
Indonesian village rocked by detonation of a bomb left over from WWII, leaving five dead and more wounded
https://tinyurl.com/4b6vjnve
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Apparently, they don't know the type or whether it was the good guys or the bad guys.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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The Joe Pickett series by CJ Box
Saga of the Forgotten Warrior by Larry Correia
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 07, 2026 11:47 AM (kfkXh)
There is a whole long book to be written on that. All I can find are research papers. I worked for one of the scientists who was part of the alternative fuel program. Brought here by operation paperclip.
An aviation buff and I have discussed this at length. I told him about Rudolf Gunnerman and he dove down a rabithole to make sure the historically accurate models he had built over the years were correct in their markings. Some were some weren't.
I need to call that dude.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 11:47 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)
Donald Trump, having mastered time travel for his own evil purposes, went back and planted it there as part of his globe-spanning conspiracy to do...something or other.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 11:48 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: It's me donna
I saw that there is a movie coming out based on the book. It stars Sally Field.
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 10:30 AM (lJ0H4)
Who will voice Marcellus? That is important casting.
And the book was great. Lonely widow works as a night cleaner at the local aquarium. Marcellus the octopus starts taking an interest in her and the book sets out his thoughts about her life and where he thinks things went wrong for her...but I don't want to spoil the plot. A very good summer read.
Posted by: Wethal at June 07, 2026 11:50 AM (gihWY)
Thanks again for the thread, MP4.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 07, 2026 11:55 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 11:56 AM (kpS4V)
I'm in it for the splodey heads. You ain't votin your way outta this
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 07, 2026 11:57 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 11:57 AM (kpS4V)
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These are just the sort of historical books I find fascinating
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 09:03 AM (fE6HJ)
I cannot remember the title, but I recall a book containing recipes for preparing food at royal court. It was things like "prepare and roaste seven great haunchef of fyne meates" kind of stuff. The scale of everything was what struck me. It was like cooking for a battleship galley or something.
Posted by: History can be tasty at June 07, 2026 11:58 AM (TbWk/)
That time of day again. The end of the Book Thread. Now what do I do?
(wanders off morosely)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 12:00 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: It's me donna
I saw that there is a movie coming out based on the book. It stars Sally Field.
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 10:30 AM (lJ0H4)
Who will voice Marcellus? That is important casting.
And the book was great. Lonely widow works as a night cleaner at the local aquarium. Marcellus the octopus starts taking an interest in her and the book sets out his thoughts about her life and where he thinks things went wrong for her...but I don't want to spoil the plot. A very good summer read.
Posted by: Wethal at June 07, 2026 11:50 AM (gihWY)
I saw the netflix movie. I won't spoil who voices Marcellus but it's a really good choice. It's overall not bad, a tad maudlin, but Sally Field always delivers.
Posted by: A but sappy but in a non-repulsive way at June 07, 2026 12:01 PM (TbWk/)
There have been at least two movie versions of the book. One in 1956 with Laurence Harvey, and one in 1975 with Tim Curry and Michal Palin. Both are sometimes available on Youtube.
BTW, "Three Men in a Boat" was the favorite book of the teen-aged hero's father in Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel," and it's quoted from at least once.
Posted by: Pope John 20th at June 07, 2026 12:04 PM (7ZRgl)
I'll check my library's Libby app to see what's available.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 12:13 PM (CJnkZ)
and the sequel-'Three Men on a Bummel' are both hilarious and-BONUS! Great Peeks into the past..."
Jerome K Jerome was a bit of a literary man of many parts; he worked variously as an actor, playwright, writer and magazine editor. Most of his stuff is light and humorous, but like many Victorians he also had a mawky and sentimental side. Even "Three Men in a Boat" has a few bits that, are (IMHO) a bit out of tune with the comic theme of the book. Jerome's play "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" was very famous and popular at the time (also a movie for those interested), but also very unlike his light and funny pieces.
Jerome mostly wrote short, humorous magazine pieces that were light and fluffy, with the intellectually equivalent nutritional value of a marshmallow, but they were well-written and funny. For those interested in reading Jerome's short pieces, "Idle Thoughts of An Idle Fellow" and "Further Thoughts of An Idle Fellow" are easily available from the usual out-of-copyright sources. For Jeeves and Wooster fans, Plum Wodehouse cited Jerome as an influence on his writing and even has a comic reference to Jerome in the novel "Smith in the City."
Posted by: Pope John 20th at June 07, 2026 12:46 PM (7ZRgl)
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In something of a cosmic intersection, I have a copy of that here within reach. Read it long ago, took it with other books yesterday to sell to the local used book store. They turned it down.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2026 01:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)
Looks more like a transactional occasion to me...
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 07, 2026 01:13 PM (UWN7z)
Posted by: John F. MacMichael at June 07, 2026 01:14 PM (aYnHS)
Posted by: Pope John 20th at June 07, 2026 01:21 PM (7ZRgl)
Looks more like a transactional occasion to me...
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 07, 2026 01:13 PM (UWN7z)
I was gonna guess Moulin Rouge!
Thanks!
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (6wpGE)
I am surrounded by LDS, and they are all nice people (their theology is strange, but, then again, viewed objectively, who's isn't?), but Part 2 of the story is not at all kind to the Mormons of the late 1800s.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 07, 2026 02:57 PM (ezP9C)
Daily Tech News 7 June 2026
Top Story
- I mentioned before how PCIe switches - at least ones operating faster than PCIe 3.0 - are prohibitively expensive and reserved for enterprise customers except for the ones built into every mainstream PC motherboard. All but the cheapest models have a chipset, and that chipset's primary function is to act as a PCIe switch.
And hobbyists have started tinkering with using AMD's B650 chip, which is a serviceable and reasonably priced example - plus one that already works because every operating system has drivers to support it.
Now it's moving beyond a hobby. (Tom's Hardware)
Raspberry Pi shop WisdPi announced its PROM21 All In Expansion Card - the codename for the chip in the B650 chipset is Promontory 21. For $199 - not cheap, but it's a small production run - you get four extra M.2 slots, five 10Gb USB 3 ports, a selection of USB 2 headers, and an OCuLink header that can provide four PCIe 4.0 lanes or through an adaptor cable four SATA ports (the magic happens in the chipset, so the cable is easy). And it's a single slot half-height half-length card so it will fit easily into any PC.
Minisforum is preparing a similar card.
This would have been much more interesting before storage prices went into orbit, but at least it exists.
Tech News
- Speaking of things more interesting in the Before Times, the Zima Cube 2 is a worthy successor to the old Cobalt Cube, though a little larger and disappointingly unblue. (Notebook Check)
It has an Intel 1215U or 1235U processor, two DDR5 SODIMM slots (so up to a nominal 64GB and a theoretical 128GB), one M.2 slot on the motherboard for the boot device, four more M.2 slots in a removable bay for storage, 6 3.5" drive bays for more storage, two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports plus a 10Gb port in the Pro model, HDMI, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt 4, two regular USB ports, and two PCIe slots, all in a compact, roughly 9" cube.
The Qube was a little less than 8" on a side so the newer device beats it in every respect except that.
$799 for the basic model with 8GB RAM; $1299 for the Pro model with 16GB.
Also, the power supply is pretty limited so if you want to add a graphics card you need one that doesn't require any more than the 70W it can draw from the motherboard.
- AMD has expanded on its continued support for its current AM5 motherboards, stating that new products will arrive for that standard until 2029. (WCCFTech)
AM6 with support for DDR6 memory and the PCIe 6.0 bus will arrive only when it "makes sense". PCIe 6.0 devices for the enterprise are trickling out now, but DDR6 isn't expected to appear until 2028.
- CXMT is coming to the rescue in the memory drought. (WCCFTech)
Unfortunately it is rescuing itself, raising prices to match the Big Three.
- And Lexar's regional manager for Australia and New Zealand says that memory prices are expected to double by the end of the year. (Tom's Hardware)
On top of the already 5x increase, making the 128GB kit I bought a year ago one of the most valuable items I own.
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Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 199
... was born and raised near Tremont, a small town in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by her mother, stepfather, and maternal grandparents. ... In 1967, she had her first commercial success with the single "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad".Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)
> On top of the already 5x increase, making the 128GB kit I bought a year ago one of the most valuable items I own.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM
Matthew 25:29 "For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away."
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 04:54 AM (Sy6m/)
400 Live cam showing the reflecting pool filling up
https://tinyurl.com/bduutu2d
Posted by: Piper
****
Currently too dark to see the pool.
Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 04:58 AM (FLIKO)
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 05:02 AM (V0/Sp)
In 1967 I was ten years old and if I was in the car with Mom that song was going to be blasting. I don't know why but she loved that song.
Posted by: Case at June 07, 2026 05:03 AM (4Pn+V)
looking for answers I discovered https://znayka.com.ua.
I couldn’t find practical upgrade instructions on most websites. Many sources were confusing.
On this site I found clear explanations about RAM compatibility, along with images that made everything much easier to understand.
Now I definitely recommend this website if you want reliable information about laptops and hardware upgrades.
Posted by: Andrey Ivanchenko at June 07, 2026 05:08 AM (EzY64)
Another gorgeous day up here in north Israel. Did some house maintenance this morning. Lunchtime with some of the pups and grandpups at a restaurant we all like.
Maybe l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 05:13 AM (V6c7t)
In 1967 I was ten years old and if I was in the car with Mom that song was going to be blasting. I don't know why but she loved that song.
Posted by: Case at June 07, 2026 05:03 AM (4Pn+V)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun!
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:13 AM (6wpGE)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 07, 2026 05:18 AM (AMvSw)
I was able to fix my browser issue mentioned yesterday.
After spending about an hour through the week trying to fix it I restarted with most simple ones suggested yesterday.
When I went into settings of clean Chrome browser, there was an alert that once clicked resolved the issue. I'd spent much more time earlier in Brave & Windows settings.
Link from Comrade Flounder saved much more aggravation.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 05:19 AM (KaHlS)
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 05:20 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 07, 2026 05:21 AM (hcPzc)
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 05:20 AM (V0/Sp)
haha!
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:21 AM (6wpGE)
FLIKO sounds like an television series spy organization, like CONTROL or KAOS.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:24 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:24 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)
400 Live cam showing the reflecting pool filling up
https://tinyurl.com/bduutu2d
Posted by: Piper
****
Currently too dark to see the pool.
Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 04:58 AM (FLIKO)
5:35am
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 05:39 AM (O0L8i)
Washington Monument Cam
Check out the view from the highest point in the nation's capital - the Washington Monument. 24/7 views over the National Mall in Washington, DC are delivered in higher resolution than ever by EarthCam’s specially designed 5G camera, embedded in a secret, 3" diameter hole drilled by engineers in 2011 to allow climbers to rappel down the monument to inspect earthquake damage.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:39 AM (6wpGE)
I don't know if any of you remember, but Tammy Wynette and the young Burt Reynolds once had an affair. Early '70s, I think, around the time he did his controversial Playgirl centerfold. He also had an affair with Dinah Shore around then. Apparently he had a thing for older hot ladies.
And for cute-cute ones; I recall he and Sally Field were an item at one time too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026
***
Hmph. Those upstarts.
Posted by: Thrush Supreme Council at June 07, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 07, 2026 05:50 AM (diia5)
And I really do need to work out this morning. I've been off since Thursday, and you get rusty if you don't work out regularly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 06:12 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 07, 2026 06:13 AM (amcLV)
"Young man plunges to his death from scenic California cliff overlooking nude beach"
The report says that it was unclear what the young man was doing on the cliff overlooking the nude beach.
Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 06:19 AM (vFG9F)
covfefe
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:24 AM (6wpGE)
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The "t" is silent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 06:12 AM (gnNyN)
THANK YOU!
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 06:19 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)
Coffee in hand but its very hot
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)
_____________
Most of us use cups.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 06:25 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 06:28 AM (NcvvS)
Needs must take Her Majesty to the airport this morning. Afternoon Mass today, which I don't much like, but people are falling over each other arriving and leaving the morning ones.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 06:34 AM (O0L8i)
What was the text of the alert you got?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 06:40 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 07, 2026 06:41 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 06:40 AM (O7YUW)
Browser warrantee was expired.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 06:44 AM (1Ff7Z)
* all the curse words ... and more *"
I might start using "Hynix", "Samsung", and "Micron" as curse words.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)
I don't know what that means, but:
OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 06:44 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Just Wondering at June 07, 2026 06:54 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: the crows at June 07, 2026 06:57 AM (vFG9F)
If anyone could spin up a memory fabrication facility in a lot less time than the "years" the big three (now big four?) existing memory manufacturers claim it would take, it'd be him.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 07:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Propane and Propane Accessories at June 07, 2026 07:02 AM (O7YUW)
I'd been avoiding 10 to 11 upgrade obviously, but had installed the prolonged support which will expire in October. The only thing I'm happy with is that the upgrade did not force me to add a log-in password for start up.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 07:02 AM (KaHlS)
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Which I think is right next to Yoknapatawpha County.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 07:11 AM (CJnkZ)
And for cute-cute ones; I recall he and Sally Field were an item at one time too.
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And then of course, there was Loni Anderson. I recall seeing Sally Field on something a few years back where she conveyed a story that Burt had told her she was the love of his life. The one.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 07:11 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 07:14 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)
Sorry, reading something.
InspiredHistoryMike's trouble with his browser was because its extended warranty had expired. Just like his car's....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:18 AM (1Ff7Z)
So if one state says that only Democrats can be on the ballots, the Feds can do nothing. If one state says that anyone can vote in federal elections, everyone else has to live with it.
Posted by: the crows at June 07, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
For a morning sashay around the kitchen:
https://youtu.be/R9T2H8QJjlw
Reveillez-Vous
Peter White
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 07:25 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)
Sorry, reading something.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:18 AM (1Ff7Z)
I thought an OrangeEnt might know what this means (which I don't):
Disclaimer: Orange-lemon.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 07:25 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:29 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 07:25 AM (6wpGE)
Oh, thought you meant my "joke" about Mike's browser trouble.
I think Pixy was thinking "green" for a password reset. Either that, or he was riffing on making "American lemonade" like all the influencers have been doing on YT. And mostly doing it wrong.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:31 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)
I wonder what the net gain in time from using Microsoft software is. There seems to be a lot of time-sucking care and attention needed to get it to run right.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 07:34 AM (OYsYV)
Hynix sounds like a generic version of Hydrox... and just as tasty.
Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 07:37 AM (XuXeR)
Greetings to you, FenelonSpouse, and FenelonSon.
I was going through my stickies yesterday, and I came across my offer to fund FenelonSon for a first date to a nice restaurant. You told me to wait.
Hopefully that offer is no longer needed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)
@TheBritLad
🚨BREAKING: Multiple reports are coming in that Britain citizens are kneeling inside local police stations across the country.
7:19 AM · Jun 6, 2026
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I hope it doesn't end there...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:39 AM (5P5DO)
SanFranpsycho, Good morning. You haven't whined up any delectable treats lately.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:29 AM (5P5DO)
____________
"If you make me blueberry pancakes, I'll give you some of my strong loving tonight."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 07:40 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at June 07, 2026 07:40 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 07:41 AM (KaHlS)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (5P5DO)
PM Stammer is squealing like a pig, per the movie Deliverance. VP Vance said the truth, and he could not handle it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)
I'm trying to maintain dietary discipline over the weekend and blueberry pancakes just aren't part of that plan.
Sadz.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)
Depends on what they're kneeling for. Sounds like submission to me. Is this some kind of satiric protest? Offering their necks to the knife? I don't think this kind of protest will embarrass and shame the police into protecting Britons over their soon to be masters.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
I'm working on my electroviscous fan clutch controller for my truck now but I can already think of another project after I figure this out.
Posted by: Defenestratus at June 07, 2026 07:43 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)
I just wonder if calling him Quisling might be more effective than Der Starmer?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:46 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (1Ff7Z)
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They are demonstrating the double standard considering all the kneeling done in honor of a foreign criminal who died of an OD in police custody.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)
I agree. But the replacement possible will not change the course of Labour governance. A new government is needed.
Nigel needs to be in charge to even give the UK a recovery path.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)
Perhaps because Starmer kneeled for George Floyd and this is a response to the death of Henry Nowak through the utter negligence of British police.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 07:48 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)
I love this time of a weekend morning, when nobody's up but me and Tank. Nice and quiet.
Big day ahead, it's cooking day, but Sunday morning is all mine.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 07:50 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:51 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 07:48 AM (n3VHW)
Could be. Certainly PM Keir Quisling needs to be mocked about it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:51 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (5P5DO)
Blueberry is divinely enhanced with lemon zest.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 07:53 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)
I saw those two vids. He seems more hopeful in them than the ones on SF. We used to camp in the summers at Sunset Beach as a kid. Haven't been in SC for a long time. Not in this millennium.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:54 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)
Has SC ever been known for making anything? Always been a tourist town, as far as I can remember. I know it's a prime strawberry area, but don't know there was ever any manufacturing there.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:01 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 07, 2026 08:02 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:01 AM (1Ff7Z)
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I don't mean manufacturing, I mean commerce. There are no new good being sold, just junk. No banks, few non franchise eateries, no drug stores, no shoe stores...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 08:07 AM (5P5DO)
A lot of people here are dry farms.
Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2026 08:08 AM (T8bqm)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:08 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Hillzabub Clinton at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (NCDB7)
Posted by: Yusuf Islam at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (z20w/)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (VyBeY)
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It sounds precious. Deer are beautiful animals to me anyway, but the fawns just melt my heart. We have woods behind us and Mr. Black leaves corn feed out for the deer all the time. I hate seeing them splattered on the road from being hit by cars. A definite problem here.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)
May sunshine light your path today. And your cooking skills bring happiness to others.
I am going to see the play Grease in a nearby town with one of the widows I walk with. She wanted to go. And I said yes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/y3m2ba5h
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 08:12 AM (n3VHW)
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That whole story turns my stomach. There are many people that need to be skinned alive for what happened to that young man. From the politicians to the DEI-soaked police to the POS that killed him.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:13 AM (VyBeY)
That's nice iod your husband . We have the same problems here with them flattened by cars, and I'd be sad if the tiny fawn or his mom got killed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 08:14 AM (n3VHW)
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That whole story turns my stomach. There are many people that need to be skinned alive for what happened to that young man. From the politicians to the DEI-soaked police to the POS that killed him.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)
I guess, like in the US, perjury doesn't have the penalties it's supposed to have...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 08:16 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:16 AM (VyBeY)
~~ Memorandum Newsletter
===================
or, don't believe your lying eyes.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:17 AM (X1vwc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:19 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 07, 2026 08:19 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:21 AM (X1vwc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:19 AM (VyBeY)
Nope. It's just Europeons have carbonated lemonade, not still watered like ours. Quite a few YTers have made it and compared it to what "lemonade" is in those benighted countries.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:22 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)
Will you know who won before July 1st?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:22 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:19 AM (VyBeY)
Nope. It's just Europeons have carbonated lemonade, not still watered like ours. Quite a few YTers have made it and compared it to what "lemonade" is in those benighted countries.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:22 AM (1Ff7Z)
Root Beer...
My wife's ex-boyfriend was from France, and the first time he saw root beer, he tried it and was unpleasantly surprised it was not beer...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)
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Heh, we can't get rid of Graham, but we at least do that right. Should know by evening who won the R primary.
Graham's up for reelection too, and I won't be voting for him Tuesday. But alas, I fear we will be stuck with this pustule for another 6 years...
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:23 AM (qBdHI)
My wife's ex-boyfriend was from France, and the first time he saw root beer, he tried it and was unpleasantly surprised it was not beer...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)
Most Euros don't like root beer. They think it tastes like toothpaste. Why the heck would you make tp out of sasparilla instead of mint like nature intended?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:25 AM (1Ff7Z)
****
Yes, it is. I did not know there was a camera that could see the pool. It looks like it has been filled now.
Fixing the pool was a no-brainer but PDJT is the only one to do something about it. There have been several projects quietly done and the enemedia says nothing about them.
Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 08:26 AM (FLIKO)
Miss Lindsay will never get my vote again.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 08:27 AM (qFwJc)
It's laughable.
Legs splayed apart presumably for stability while maintaining a two-handed death grip on the wheel as though he's sailing through a Nor'easter, when the water around him clearly shows a sea state of about a 2 on the Beaufort Scale
https://tinyurl.com/msmnjmjf
Posted by: one hour sober at June 07, 2026 08:28 AM (J4Dwc)
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Encouraging equal treatment under the law is now "Christian Nationalism" according to Two Tier Kier.
Can we just say "what an asshoe" and have done with him?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:28 AM (fGoax)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 08:28 AM (Ia/+0)
Nancy Mace is the only one I have heard of, because she is active on X
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (fE6HJ)
Totally nuts.
And yet, as a properly cultured American I can use mint toothpaste and still enjoy the flavor of mint in various confection.
Europeans are so unsophisticated.
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 08:28 AM (Ia/+0)
======================
So, you're saying, "nothing will happen"?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (fGoax)
Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (FLIKO)
Posted by: The person who always says that at June 07, 2026 08:32 AM (CJnkZ)
No reporter's name, no other byline...
Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)
It's laughable.
======================
What you don't see is the photographer, Pelley's "significant other".
Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge? at June 07, 2026 08:33 AM (fGoax)
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (V0/Sp)
Indeed. Barbarians.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:33 AM (1Ff7Z)
No reporter's name, no other byline...
Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)
AI generated news is the most accurate news!
Posted by: AI Newscaster at June 07, 2026 08:33 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (fE6HJ)
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That's certainly one way to describe her
Posted by: Her Therapist at June 07, 2026 08:34 AM (fGoax)
I might crossover to vote for a Dem locally in fact
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 08:35 AM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 07, 2026 08:36 AM (bfy6w)
No reporter's name, no other byline...
****
It used to be that no name on the article would mean one of the staff would do the writing. Evidently, it seems that it is just someone prompting a program.
Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 08:36 AM (FLIKO)
It's laughable.
++++
There's a blowhard joke there somewhere. But I'm not fully awake yet.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 07, 2026 08:36 AM (Lo97M)
~~the California Post
====================
Just steal it already.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:38 AM (fGoax)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:38 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: And has been for years at June 07, 2026 08:39 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (X8xt3)
The only man that will say he is "European" is a German because they are ashamed of their history.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (FLIKO)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)
Everything is about The Revolution.
Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2026 08:41 AM (8jVAy)
~~the California Post
====================
Just steal it already.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:38 AM (fGoax)
The process is the punishment. Do it too quickly and you don't extract the maximum pain.
Posted by: AI Newscaster at June 07, 2026 08:41 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: California Demonrats at June 07, 2026 08:41 AM (qFwJc)
The only man that will say he is "European" is a German because they are ashamed of their history.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (qFwJc)
Only because they lost...
Posted by: AI Newscaster at June 07, 2026 08:41 AM (l3cgK)
shorter: Icky Catholic convert is also shamelessly patriotic!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:42 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Captain Pelley at June 07, 2026 08:42 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 08:42 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 08:42 AM (5P5DO)
You wanna REALLY troll them, send it to Israel to reimburse for their proxies' attacks from Lebannon and Gaza...
Posted by: AI Newscaster at June 07, 2026 08:43 AM (l3cgK)
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You vill haff der Big Mac and you vill like it!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 08:44 AM (ndZc7)
Rape is bad....
Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)
It is? Nobody told me it was bad...
Posted by: Psycho-the-Rapist at June 07, 2026 08:44 AM (l3cgK)
*Gasp*
This would start to remove the incentives to be a tyrant and bleed your own country dry for your personal wealth generation.
Deep State will not like this, at all.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)
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You vill haff der Big Mac and you vill like it!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 08:44 AM (ndZc7)
Wait until it makes you buy the anti-Jew Notsee fries...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)
Nice boat. Morris 36 I believe.
Selling your soul can be profitable.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: The AI-Powered Ice Cream Machine at June 07, 2026 08:47 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 08:47 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:48 AM (fGoax)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)
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Arbeit Macht Fries! 🍟
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 08:50 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 07, 2026 08:51 AM (CJnkZ)
Yup.
Worse, the ballot ratios post election day are completely different than those cast on or before election day. Nithya Raman was training third, but magically, she's now by far the biggest vote-getter, ensuring she overtakes Pratt without nearing Bass.
WEIRD!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)
Selling your soul can be profitable.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
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Only the best for the self-satisfied commentariat.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:52 AM (fGoax)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)
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Arbeit Macht Fries! 🍟
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 08:50 AM (kpS4V)
Indeed!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:53 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
+++
Funny how the count drags on and on and on. But as soon as the dim goes in front, the counting is over and the dim won.
Every single time.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 07, 2026 08:53 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:53 AM (lwhHh)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 08:54 AM (Ia/+0)
Worse, the ballot ratios post election day are completely different than those cast on or before election day. Nithya Raman was training third, but magically, she's now by far the biggest vote-getter, ensuring she overtakes Pratt without nearing Bass.
WEIRD!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)
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I'm pretty sure that there's a conspiracy between Bass and Raman. Raman will be handsomely rewarded with a consolation prize for throwing the final race to Bass.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (gnNyN)
Yup.
Worse, the ballot ratios post election day are completely different than those cast on or before election day. Nithya Raman was training third, but magically, she's now by far the biggest vote-getter, ensuring she overtakes Pratt without nearing Bass.
WEIRD!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)
It takes a great deal of coordination to get so many people (living, dead, illegal, imaginary) into one small address for voting purposes. How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? How many voters can reside in a one-bedroom apartment?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (l3cgK)
Californians are weird.
Posted by: East Coaster at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (CJnkZ)
82 years +1 day.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:53 AM (lwhHh)
Happy belated birthday! You share a birthday with my Dad, whose 100th was yesterday (he passed less than 5 years ago).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Not my bday. D Day.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (lwhHh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (qFVoe)
Californians are weird.
Posted by: East Coaster at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (CJnkZ)
No, no. That's Ramune. It's some crazy Japanese drink.
Hm. I really didn't need the adjective before Japanese, did I?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Not my bday. D Day.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (lwhHh)
Oh. D-day was Dad's 18th birthday...he was inducted a few months later...high school class of 1944...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:58 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anna Puma
This. Until they get their shit together.
No statehood for you! Come back. One year!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:58 AM (lwhHh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 08:58 AM (qFVoe)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Oh wow. Salute! 🫡
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:59 AM (lwhHh)
Gah, what stupid time
Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2026 09:00 AM (T8bqm)
Californians are weird.
Posted by: East Coaster at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (CJnkZ)
No, no. That's Ramune. It's some crazy Japanese drink.
Hm. I really didn't need the adjective before Japanese, did I?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (1Ff7Z)
Japan: the land of tentacle pron, eyeball licking, and weird vending machine products...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 08:58 AM (qFVoe)
That Bass Ramen is the fishy dish...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)
BOOK NOOD
Ow where are my glasses?
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Prolly on yer head...but it'll be the last place you look, because it would be stupid to keep looking after you've found them.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:02 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: East Coaster at June 07, 2026 09:04 AM (CJnkZ)
Posted by: Colin at June 07, 2026 09:16 AM (CiQE7)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:21 AM (X1vwc)
; )
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (6wpGE)
I was able to fix my browser issue mentioned yesterday.
After spending about an hour through the week trying to fix it I restarted with most simple ones suggested yesterday.
When I went into settings of clean Chrome browser, there was an alert that once clicked resolved the issue. I'd spent much more time earlier in Brave & Windows settings.
Link from Comrade Flounder saved much more aggravation.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 05:19 AM (KaHlS)
Glad you hot it resolved. And yes, Windows is a relative time suck.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 07, 2026 11:50 AM (dK+Kv)
Saturday Night Club ONT - June 6, 2026 [D Squared]
A four chin teller. What do you call a dwarf psychic who escaped from prison?
A small medium at large. Every Psychic I ever visited was either a bit depressed or way too excitable..
It's really hard to find the happy Medium
1 1/4 oz. Champagne
1 oz Rum
1 1/4 oz. Vermouth - Fill a shaker halfway with ice cubes
- Add all ingredients, shake till perfectly chilled
- Fill glass and dream of ways to make evil Jenny miserable
A village on New York's Long Island is facing a highly unusual mayoral election after no candidates registered to run for the office. Bayville Mayor Steve Minicozzi announced in April that he would not be seeking reelection, and Christopher Vivona, the village's deputy clerk-treasurer, confirmed no one else registered to run. Vivona said June 16 will mark the first time he knows of that the village of approximately 7,000 people will go to the polls to vote for mayor with a blank ballot. Officials said the election will be decided by write-in votes. John Taylor, who ran against Minicozzi in 2022, said he would be willing to serve if he gains enough write-in votes. "[If] some guy comes up there with 50 of his friends, he's your mayor," Watson told NBC New York. "If 100 people get one write in each it's a tie. So it's a strange situation."Any Morons live in Bayville?
Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223, known as "the Bulldogs," celebrated the conclusion of nearly 40 years of operational history with the AV-8B Harrier II during a public ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Wednesday. The ceremony marked an important moment in time for VMA-223 and also signaled the end of an era for Marine Corps aviation as the service continues its transition to an all-5th generation tactical aircraft fleet.
Colloquially known as a "jump jet" for its ability to take off and land within short distances, the AV-8B is a V/STOL aircraft designed to support the Marine Air Ground Task Force commander by destroying surface targets and escorting friendly aircraft. The AV-8B's lethality and V/STOL capability made it uniquely suited for deployments in support of Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs). VMA-223's final detachment of Harriers to support a MEU returned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point last month after supporting operations with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Caribbean. In fiscal year 2028 VMA-223 is scheduled to reactivate as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA)-223 and will begin flying the F-35B Lightning II. VMA-223 is the last Marine Corps squadron to operate the Harrier.Farewell Harrier.
Smarty for Club ONT Smarties
This all sounds like a fairly unsurprising origin story, save for one thing - the original candies were made using old wartime pellet machines designed to compress gunpowder into ammunition. That's right! Instead of making bullets, Dee made candy.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)https://youtu.be/2Gg6Seob5Mg
Posted by: mindful webworker - essential non-entity at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: four seasons at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 06, 2026 10:02 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 06, 2026 10:02 PM (2C9lS)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 10:03 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 10:03 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 06, 2026 10:03 PM (uTEOj)
When CharlieBrownsDildo makes you toss the salad, though...
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 10:04 PM (kpS4V)
Thank you Ds
Still counting ballots here in California, but the weather was perfect today!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 06, 2026 10:04 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:04 PM (2GVsD)
I don't even want to know what happens when someone orders 'flaps down'.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2026 10:05 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: huerfano at June 06, 2026 10:05 PM (VJX5o)
I want to be like my cat and just slap the shit out of everything that irritates me.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:05 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 10:05 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
Everyone just knows the chorus.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
I could eat myself into a sugar coma with either of those.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)
Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for ONE of my comments to make the list....
***taps foot impatiently, cries into non alcoholic beverage***
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (2C9lS)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
It was a little place called Midway.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)
Ah, phooey. Guess I'll wait for the Book Thread....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 06, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)
I have a little tray of Sweettarts right here. I stock up at Walgreen's on Senior Day.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or something like a Schoolhouse Rock song at June 06, 2026 10:08 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
You kids are cute
Posted by: Giant Pixie Sticks at June 06, 2026 10:08 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 10:09 PM (bfy6w)
Thank you Ds
Still counting ballots here in California, but the weather was perfect today!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 06, 2026 10:04 PM (QGaXH)
Do the new ballots still get delivered by Buicks, or did they upgrade to Cadillac sedans for a trunk?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 10:09 PM (1z8ji)
"Our lips are sealed."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:09 PM (2GVsD)
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Internationally Acclaimed Douchebag Noam Cho sky?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or something like a Schoolhouse Rock song at June 06, 2026 10:08 PM (dn9xm)
Nobody of good breeding knows those lyrics. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 10:10 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 06, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 06, 2026 10:10 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 06, 2026 10:10 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
I was wondering why the CoBs were all wearing shiny new Crocs.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
You kids are cute
Posted by: Giant Pixie Sticks at June 06, 2026 10:08 PM (w/O5Q)
All hail the Straw of Awe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 10:11 PM (snZF9)
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Should have tricked them out to be UAVs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT doorman dino at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (afA7R)
Posted by: Anna Puma
36 Nobody of good breeding knows those lyrics. lol
Posted by: Berserker
The dreaded Hordemind self-own.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: it's a cruel summer at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 06, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)
Only in an Ahnold movie. He sent a muslim through a building.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (/ly7b)
British Harriers, a little thing called Operation Corporate in the South Atlantic.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
*Ring, ring*
Operator "Hold for The Emperor"
Admiral Yamamoto "(天皇陛下
Your Majesty the Emperor"
Emperor Hirohito "So, how'd it go?"
Yamamoto "Um. . . . . . "
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2026 10:13 PM (jnTpz)
It was a little place called Midway.
It's onry a fresh wound!
Posted by: Admiral Isoruko Yamamato at June 06, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)
The Moron comments are outstanding!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 06, 2026 10:13 PM (D/6p1)
However, if you think those tunes are OLD rock, I've got lots of news for you!
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 06, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 10:04 PM (kpS4V)
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Does she hate Todd Pirro or what?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)
https://tinyurl.com/29ajcuba
Includes kudzu, front porch, and the Mason jar.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (qx7Zg)
I am not a stargazer do I have no idea what they are
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Case at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (4Pn+V)
Sheesh!
Who's counting these things? The LA Elections Committee?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: scampydog - occasional contributor at June 06, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (0kM66)
And now, the descendants of many of these people are surrendering their countries without a fight, or are actively aiding the spiritual heirs of the Austrian.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 06, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
Both are selling an anime cel. Which is way cool. Except both cels have the same freaking sequence code in the upper right corner, the image is identical, and both have the same colored douga sketch.
That is impossible.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)
I am not a stargazer do I have no idea what they are
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (fE6HJ)
ALIENS!!!!!
... in the west just after sunset? Jupiter and Venus.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (R+iUD)
I'm mayor in my oh so awesome mind.
Yeah baby!
Hi lovely Ds....for what it's worth...🦖 DOOF!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (uTEOj)
Sheesh!
Who's counting these things? The LA Elections Committee?
Posted by: Diogenes
******
Obviously not, or we wouldn't have the results until August!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (afA7R)
Posted by: Sam Adams
Like taking a picture of a mirror - all you see is what it is reflecting.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Isaroku "Curly" Yamamoto at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: tankdemon
That's a chuckleworthy one, tanks.
Posted by: mindful webworker - struggling with churchkey at June 06, 2026 10:18 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 06, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)
We had them in Somalia.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 06, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Yes, the irony certainly dampens the memory.
EU > Das dritten Reich
but not by very much.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LRob in OK
In the 80s and 90s, the "oldies station" played rock music from the 50s and 60s.
So, in the 2020s.....
Posted by: mikeski adjusts his ear-trumpet at June 06, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
I am not a stargazer do I have no idea what they are
Posted by: vmom deport deport depor
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Careful, if those lights blink at you like Christmas lights (white ones, of course), it means you have been selected.
Posted by: scampydog - occasional contributor at June 06, 2026 10:20 PM (41CYW)
Sheesh!
Who's counting these things? The LA Elections Committee?
Posted by: Diogenes
******
Obviously not, or we wouldn't have the results until August!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (afA7R)
***
Point taken.
I was thinking they all arrived in last nights ballot drop.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 06, 2026 10:17 PM (R+iUD)
Thank you!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 10:20 PM (fE6HJ)
(shoves message through window from outside the club)
Is it really a Pixie stick if it's giant? Pixie's are small.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 06, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 06, 2026 10:20 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: tankdemon
If you turn it enough it will come off.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 10:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (0kM66)
Eighty-two years ago today, thousands of ordinary young men from America, Britain, Canada, and other nations climbed down into landing craft and broke the laws of physics when Normandy didn't go black hole from the collective mass of those huge balls.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 10:21 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (/ly7b)
How’s your hand?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 06, 2026 10:21 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Sam Adams
Like taking a picture of a mirror - all you see is what it is reflecting.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
***************
I'm guessing it looks spectacular. If it looked bad, the pictures and video would be everywhere.
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 10:22 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
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They all do! The poor guy tries too hard.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 10:23 PM (kpS4V)
"The direction of the war has not gone entirely to Japan's advantage..."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2026 10:23 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2026 10:23 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 10:24 PM (GseMx)
MERCUROCHROME WASN'T JUST MEDICINE.
IT WAS A BRIGHT RED BADGE OF HONOR.
MOM PAINTED IT ON YOUR OPEN WOUND, IT BURNED LIKE BATTERY ACID, AND YOU WENT RIGHT BACK OUTSIDE TO PLAY.
After a few times, you didn't bother Mom unless it was bad.
(Yep, I need to find an iPad app to correct case.)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:25 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Not to be competitive or anything, but gotta use these hooks when I get 'em:
My own take, from a while back. Currently, we're in Xerograff.
Zordiac
Conditions may vary depending on your hemisphere.
https://bit.ly/zordiac
Posted by: mindful webworker - illustrated at June 06, 2026 10:25 PM (dn9xm)
I surely love this ONT.
I simply can't keep up...
I so dig you guys...gonna step out and lurk...😧
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 06, 2026 10:25 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 06, 2026 10:25 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)
So, in the 2020s.....
Posted by: mikeski adjusts his ear-trumpet at June 06, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
..they play led zeppelin to sell cars to geezers
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 10:25 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 10:26 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2026 10:23 PM (u/oMr)
Could have gone better.
Posted by: George Armstrong Custer at June 06, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 06, 2026 10:25 PM (VCgbV)
We should compare notes...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 06, 2026 10:27 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 06, 2026 10:27 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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It's not completed until it's filled with water.
https://tinyurl.com/bdek4rw5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:27 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2026 10:23 PM (jnTpz)
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People think Gutfeld is Jewish
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)
Here's Trump holding up a photo of it.🤪
https://youtu.be/ks46Aasx24Y
Posted by: mindful webworker - i got yer picture at June 06, 2026 10:29 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:28 PM (77rzZ)
That was covered in the last thread. Sorry you missed it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)
Hitler's mentor was named Rosenberg.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 10:29 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Orson at June 06, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Sam Adams
The last time I walked along it, it was vile.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)
The Rockwell XFV-12A was such an example that seemed to have escaped the comics page.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD)
I am not a stargazer do I have no idea what they are
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (fE6HJ)
ALIENS!!!!!
... in the west just after sunset? Jupiter and Venus.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Jupiter is ever so slowly getting closer to that dirty little hussy, Venus.
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 10:31 PM (bfy6w)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:32 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2026 10:23 PM (jnTpz)
Sounds like Saint Leibowitz from A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 06, 2026 10:32 PM (ZVgZ4)
https://tinyurl.com/bdek4rw5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Thank you. I would swear I saw pictures of them beginning to refill the pool several days ago.
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 10:32 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
I love you, sweet lady. Can I join you in the corner at out little wobbly table? Rat sends his love. He’s having a …. Struggle.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 10:32 PM (ikoqu)
Posted by: lin-duh
We should compare notes...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
My wife's grandmother had an illegitimate son in the middle of all of her other children with a cousin's husband. I tried to draw the whole thing out once but nah. . . . too weird.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2026 10:32 PM (jnTpz)
Every man has that moment, I think: "No way, man!" Or, "Fuck it! Let's go!"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)
I'm in my computer room, half below ground level and I'm on the computer. Snowflake just came up to the window, looked in and meowed to come in. She's inside now on top of the bookcase looking outside, Ralphy the dog is sleeping on his quilt and blanket. Cute scene.
Back to my projects. Everyone have a great night and rest of the weekend.
I finally turned my AC on in my part of Canada. There were 2 days a while back but now it's getting hot....
Good night.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 06, 2026 10:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)
Didn’t know boob talk was allowed in the gun thread.
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:32 PM (77rzZ)
Movie thread, Bulg. 80's movies.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:35 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)
For me I'd have to have reconcile with myself that I'm going to die in order for me to function freely.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 10:36 PM (GseMx)
Thanks for the reminder, Art Garfunkel singing "Bright Eyes" for Watership Down.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:37 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 10:37 PM (ikoqu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)
Every man has that moment, I think: "No way, man!" Or, "Fuck it! Let's go!"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)
My father-in-law had three landings in the Pacific. He didn't talk much about them other than to say you just got inside yourself and went out and did your job. Essentially his thinking was if your time was up, your time was up.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)
https://tinyurl.com/bdek4rw5
Posted by: Braenyard
Thank you. I would swear I saw pictures of them beginning to refill the pool several days ago.
Posted by: Sam Adams
I'm working as fast as I can!
Posted by: henchman with a 5-gallon bucket at June 06, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 10:39 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:39 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: scampydog - occasional contributor at June 06, 2026 10:39 PM (41CYW)
And a floor wax.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:39 PM (2GVsD)
And a spacecraft sealant - but only on Saturdays.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:40 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg
All threads are movie threads and boob threads.
But the official gub thread is on Sundays, not Saturdays.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:42 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:42 PM (77rzZ)
You do know the Snowflake has chosen her person…..
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 10:37 PM (ikoqu)
Thanks nurse. Now just because she comes in, sleeps with Ralphy and I until 2 or 4 am then goes outside...oh wait. lol.
I did see 'Zombeavers.' It was alright. We'll see how 'Catnado' is.
Have a very happy week!
All of you.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 06, 2026 10:42 PM (Sco7b)
Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter will occur on the 8th (or the 9th, I forget). But according to the stupid weather forecasts, it's likely going to be cloudy and I won't be able to see Jack. Hell, it's been clouding up every evening before sunset for the past week, and I haven't been able to watch Venus closing in on Jove.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 06, 2026 10:42 PM (w6EFb)
A teller
Posted by: four seasons at June 06, 2026 10:42 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
Never go first.
In the jungle let the other guy take point to clear out the spider webs.
In a landing let the other guy show you it's not too deep.
Minefields... bayonette charge... crossing a rickety old bridge.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 10:43 PM (/lPRQ)
I so love when you stroll over here!
So many cheers!
Love you sweet girl!
*watch out for that wobbly stool*
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 06, 2026 10:43 PM (uTEOj)
. . . So today when I was stringing new wire on my grape arbors . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:42 PM (77rzZ
I thought it was obvious.
Fortune Teller
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 10:43 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)
(shoves message through the window)
Dude, there are ladies present.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 06, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)
"и слава Двоим!"
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 10:44 PM (X+xvk)
Antique malls play 70s and 80s music because they know their audience -- late boomers and early Xers who remember the crap their parents and grandparents had around the house. Last weekend we were in one and the music was "Walk Like an Egyptian."
Posted by: Oddbob at June 06, 2026 10:44 PM (vTZFs)
And that's saying something.
Posted by: mikeski
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That's for sure.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:44 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (cqahf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Case at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (4Pn+V)
And that's saying something.
Posted by: mikeski
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That's for sure.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:44 PM (0kM66)
You guys are getting Viking Rap/hip-hop tracks as well?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)
I think that's where training comes in. Doing the same drill over and over, so you can detach is a way. I was a medic. Even in FTXs and just regular training, you get to the point where it's muscle memory. I think that's what it boils down to: do your job, ignore the noise.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 06, 2026 10:44 PM (vTZFs)
Guys 8 to 80 would like the Hoff's side eye .
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (GseMx)
They are even quoting the dialog from the movie.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:48 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)
The Argie Mirages didn't like to fly low, and the Harriers couldn't do well getting up where the Mirages liked to play.
On the other hand, once the landing fields on the Falklands were interdicted, the Argentine AF could only attack from the mainland and they didn't have the fuel capacity to do the full run. They lost a couple of good pilots trying.
Advantage was probably to the Harriers
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ
You don't have to apologize to someone who doesn't care.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 10:48 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 06, 2026 10:48 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2026 10:49 PM (Cqx++)
They are even quoting the dialog from the movie.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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It's either our culture or Mohammad.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:49 PM (0kM66)
Annoying hippish "Irish" version of what Bill showed So-crates
https://youtu.be/NBdjVUN0Vok
Posted by: mindful webworker - all we are is rust in the hinge at June 06, 2026 10:50 PM (dn9xm)
My most-favorite recent recommendation from The Algorithm:
https://youtu.be/DKXp5uw_YZ8
And something that The Algorithm lobbed at me yesterday, which is exactly weird enough:
https://youtu.be/ng36WuVQIhg
And, since this is a boob thread, one from Wednesday (NSFW, so stop working on Saturday nights):
https://youtu.be/I5exBdSLQ2s
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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I like the one where he goes of on a 5 minute solo.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:50 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)
I like Pacino way more than Deniro.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)
And time to switch the music to anime. Start with Gundam 0083 - "The Winner."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:52 PM (2GVsD)
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*stops flossing*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)
then youtube won't recommend anything the next time you visit, just prompt you to search
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)
Are they Russian?
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 10:53 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 06, 2026 10:54 PM (aJQbY)
My purchases are always advised, with adventure and challenge in my future.
She also sells lottery tickets, but when I offer to buy one together, she says no.
Unethical, she says
Posted by: Miklos on payday at June 06, 2026 10:54 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)
set your browser to dump all cookies when you close out
then youtube won't recommend anything the next time you visit, just prompt you to search
Posted by: Don Black
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Do I have to log into everything all over?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 10:56 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Miklos on payday at June 06, 2026 10:54 PM (6VErX)
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Does she take cheques?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: polynikes
Their lead-singer-slash-swimwear-model is ethnically Russian, at least based on her last name.
But the band is from pixyland. Melbourne.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)
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A railroad track went by, just the other side of the elementary school. I was told not to venture the other side of the tracks or hand out with the kids that lived there; their fathers were drunks, louts and beat their wive's and children. We don't do that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 10:58 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 06, 2026 10:58 PM (uTEOj)
Every man has that moment, I think: "No way, man!" Or, "Fuck it! Let's go!"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)
I've known my dad landed at Normandy on D-Day, and I met the French family he quartered with (once things got calmer) who carried a photo of him in their wallet because he gave them his C-Rats when he stayed with them (they were starving.) This year I learned he was with an ordnance group that marched with patton, fought in the ardennes, he and his group were wounded and captured and he was a POW in a stalag near Dachau. Now I know why he were never talk about anything other than Normandy. And how I better not ever come home married to a Limey.
Posted by: moki at June 06, 2026 10:59 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:59 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Miklosov Miklosevich for Uncle Palp at June 06, 2026 11:00 PM (6VErX)
My wife told me she wanted us to start "eating like our ancestors," so I spent the afternoon sitting on the floor in the dark, eating a raw carrot and grunting at the Wi-Fi router. When she came home with a bag of expensive organic kale, I told her, "Ancestors didn't have credit cards, Karen.
Give me a rock and some dignity." We ended up ordering pizza, which is the true ancestor of all modern happiness.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Do I have to log into everything all over?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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You can specify sites you want to keep.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:00 PM (0kM66)
then youtube won't recommend anything the next time you visit, just prompt you to search
Posted by: Don Black
Do I have to log into everything all over?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
.....probably? I've never gone to that extreme for it.
If you have a google/youtube login, it keeps track in your account there, and not on your computer.
You can go to:
https://www.youtube.com/feed/history
And either "delete all history" on the right sidebar, or click the 3 dots on any particular item in your history to delete just that one. Then those don't color your recommendations anymore.
You can also pause and restart its history-gathering there.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)
Mercury is also trying to joining the evening show, but it will hard to see as the little bugger is so close to the horizon at sunset. Alignment isn't favorable for us in the North this time, but it's much better in the southern hemisphere, and you could easily see Mercury as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 06, 2026 11:00 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don Black
Temp workers + machines = Workplace Disability files
Posted by: Mainly Compliant Miklos at June 06, 2026 11:01 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)
Pixyland used to be an amusement park on hwy 22 between Salem and Lincoln City, poised to take advantage of the holiday traffic to the coast, in Oregon.
Unfortunately there was not enough holiday traffic going from Salem to Lincoln City to turn it into the next Disneyland, and honestly there was not enough traffic to turn it even into the next Enchanted Forest.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:01 PM (rbvCR)
God knows, God knows he wants to break free.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 11:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 06, 2026 11:03 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Unlike the Red Dot Store, she lets me run a tab most times.
Says we'll settle when the stars align or something
Posted by: Miklos got eough damn wimmin to rassle as it is at June 06, 2026 11:04 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Don Black
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Mine dumps when I close the file.
Old, old windoz, one could go through the files - pick and choose or dump.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:05 PM (0kM66)
Well, damn, why don't you just ban me then. After you tell me the Piper situation. Then ban away.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 11:05 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 11:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 11:05 PM (CHHv1)
We can still look in through the window, BC.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 06, 2026 11:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:01 PM (rbvCR)
I would like to buy land near the Petrified Forest, and open the Slightly Apprehensive Forest Amusement Park.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 11:08 PM (bfy6w)
Fortune Teller
Posted by: polynikes
I am design Atom Bombs for you Americans peoples, and only am get such unintellectual humor.
I not only predicted, was also make Fusion Bomb
Posted by: Ede "Edward" Teller at June 06, 2026 11:08 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 11:09 PM (W5mpo)
Why did the hare cross the road? To beat the turtle.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:10 PM (qx7Zg)
A very enjoyable movie.
Posted by: Beartooth at June 06, 2026 11:10 PM (IYeV+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 11:10 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Miklos, 29 and holding at June 06, 2026 11:10 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 11:08 PM (bfy6w)
Heh. That is prolly my favorite Rush song. I got Signals as a teenager. That song hit me hard. Just dang.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 11:11 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
She's chatting with buzzion.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 11:12 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: moki
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Good man.
Family friend, bombardier/photographer shot down over Italy said the chutes opened so hard it slapped the snaps open; the sky was filled with guns, money, maps, every thing.
He was taken in and nursed by a farm family. When he was OK they got him back across the line.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:12 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
She picked a peck of peppers (or passel by some accounts)
OK now though
Posted by: Informative Miklos at June 06, 2026 11:13 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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And the park psychic predicts you will spend $22.50 on a hot dog and soda.
Posted by: scampydog - occasional contributor at June 06, 2026 11:13 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2026 11:14 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Braenyard
I'm getting old. I remember when they were saying "Forty years ago today...." Forty-two years later and it's eighty-two years ago. Damn. Just damn. And a few of those guys are still alive.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 11:15 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:15 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
The beer cooler is just out of shot
Posted by: Relaxful Miklos at June 06, 2026 11:16 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 11:16 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:17 PM (qx7Zg)
I realize that it probably kills you to hear this but we like you.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 06, 2026 11:17 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
We should talk
Posted by: Crazy Miklos' Tzampotli Family Fun Park and Vacation Destination at June 06, 2026 11:17 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Anna Puma
36 Nobody of good breeding knows those lyrics. lol
Posted by: Berserker
I always heard it as "Honest, I'll see ya"
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 11:18 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 06, 2026 11:18 PM (N5734)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
autocucumber first sent everyone off to the laces
Posted by: Miklos does own artisanal typos, thank you at June 06, 2026 11:19 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Oddbob
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Shhhh. You weren't supposed to tell.
Posted by: scampydog - occasional contributor at June 06, 2026 11:20 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026
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Oh. Good. I was worried there for a minute . . . though if something serious had genuinely affected her, the tone of the comments would not have been so lighthearted.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 11:21 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:21 PM (UfDpa)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)
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Oops. Dino and Disco.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:21 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wally at June 06, 2026 11:21 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Anna Puma
36 Nobody of good breeding knows those lyrics. lol
Posted by: Berserker
1982 Belinda Carlisle?
One of the things I actually remember from 1982
Posted by: Miklos liked at June 06, 2026 11:21 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 11:22 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
The beer cooler is just out of shot
Posted by: Relaxful Miklos at June 06, 2026 11:16 PM (6VErX)
If Karmello has angry groupies outside the trial on Monday, I'd like to see a group of older men on on the opposite side of the street, sitting in folding chairs in the shade, drinking beer and shooting the bull. They ignore the groupies unless attacked.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: polynikes
Rolls Royce made the P-51 Mustang what it became
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 11:22 PM (W5mpo)
In fact, there will be a lunar occultation (Moon will pass in front of and cover up) of Venus on June 17th. It will be visible (due the large lunar parallax) only over NA, and then dip down to NE SA. Unfortunately, it's broad daylight (for the eastern US, it will happen a little after 2PM). By sunset, the Moon will have moved on past Venus.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 06, 2026 11:22 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 06, 2026 11:23 PM (vTZFs)
"... percentage-wise maybe 21%-22% of the missiles. That's a lot, but it's not what it was before the war."
_PDJT
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:23 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Miklos slides a cold one Zod's way at June 06, 2026 11:23 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 11:08 PM (bfy6w)
Heh. That is prolly my favorite Rush song. I got Signals as a teenager. That song hit me hard. Just dang.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Yup!
youtu.be/r-_XspE2hcs
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 11:23 PM (bfy6w)
One of the things I actually remember from 1982
Posted by: Miklos liked at June 06, 2026 11:21 PM (6VErX)
The videos or the self-titled album cover?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:24 PM (qx7Zg)
I know a place
Ain't nobody cryin'
Ain't nobody worried
Ain't no smilin' faces
Mmm, no no
Lyin' to the races
Posted by: I'll Take You There at June 06, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
You can drink beer and shoot the breeze just fine with shotguns across your lap.
Posted by: Miklos so visualizes at June 06, 2026 11:25 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:21 PM (UfDpa)
Yo ZOD! Long time. How are you keeping?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji)
Whereas those that embrace regular take off but vertical landing look smashing!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 11:25 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:26 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 06, 2026 11:26 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: polynikes
Which tells you who the suspects are.
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 11:26 PM (bfy6w)
What if Piper made a thread to explain it all? I'd like that. Mostly because I like Piper and would like to know she's OK.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 11:26 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
One live performance that required driving across and back on the old Huey P. Long bridge.
The Vacation video in particular
Posted by: Miklos so recalls at June 06, 2026 11:27 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:26 PM (Dd38x)
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I have so many questions.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:27 PM (RIvkX)
2h
Earlier today, U.S. forces in the Middle East shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
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It's 7 AM in Tehran so, not tonight.
We wait another week, give the market time to rebound? It's just a matter of time.
youtube.com/watch?v=gVpaXi5kuXA
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:28 PM (0kM66)
Do the Arleigh Burke-class of DDGs use Rolls-Royce gas turbines for electrical power generation or are they also used for the main propulsion units?
I did see the RR units aboard DDG 114 but I didn't pay attention to usage.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2026 11:28 PM (jnTpz)
The rumor is (from DIL) he may want to keep this professor. Fine. This was malpractice. Your and DIL's choice and it was she who brought up a new doc subject to me.
He may or may not want to send this precious baby to her daycare germ factory while she is on antibiotics. Not fine. DIL brought this up. I offered to watch her before their vacation in two weeks to try to keep her alive vs a new bug.
People, I cannot help it that I was a RN. A very good one. A smart one by all accounts. I know my stuff. I even looked up if cultures are different now for reports as I could have missed something. Nay. Same as always. This MD did not give this baby an antibiotic for an obvious cathed UA of an infection. Oh, no, she waited almost 48hrs to put her on an antibiotic. I kept asking about the 24hr preliminary report and it was never in the "portal."
This was the sweetest son of mine. Now a hotshot in his field and a contrarian with me. I did not raise a dikhead. Maybe aliens probed him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 11:28 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
wha..
*Sits up straight, tries to look presentable*
Posted by: Miklos says don't listen to all their lies at June 06, 2026 11:29 PM (6VErX)
It's 7 AM in Tehran so, not tonight.
We wait another week, give the market time to rebound? It's just a matter of time.
youtube.com/watch?v=gVpaXi5kuXA
Posted by: Braenyard
================
Before what?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 11:29 PM (n7rxJ)
What if Piper made a thread to explain it all? I'd like that. Mostly because I like Piper and would like to know she's OK.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 11:26
There were 3 threads on it. Maybe 4.
Boo! 👻
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:29 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: polynikes
Which tells you who the suspects are.
Posted by: Puddleglum
Those guys all look alike, anyway.
"Indistinguishable Hoodies" would be a good band name, in an alternate universe. They could open for Men Without Hats.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 11:30 PM (VHUov)
It would be funny to see how many calls and texts came in response.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:31 PM (qx7Zg)
https://youtu.be/I5exBdSLQ2s
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)
Well that’s a new look.
Or maybe it’s a very old look, I’m not sure.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 11:31 PM (3mtTi)
When I was a kid, I thought Circuit City was somewhere in Maryland.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
It's just 30 miles south of Suffragette City.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2026 11:32 PM (Cqx++)
It would be funny to see how many calls and texts came in response.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:31 PM (qx7Zg
If anyone wants to do the crying, mysterious woman in the back of the room dressed in black with a big hat and sunglasses, I will do it for a fee. Slip in, slip out.
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:33 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 11:33 PM (zZu0s)
Thank you for asking. Health concerns that were conquered without mercy. Lost a dog. Garden unproductive. Mower blade needs sharpening. Trismus. Had a strawberry this morning, poached by a fucking bird by lunch. My governor is a communist disgrace. Found a range to sight in the .270 Winchester. Killed clays with the new Beretta A400. Erectile overperformance. Better, stronger, faster.
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:34 PM (UfDpa)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:26 PM (Dd38x)
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I have so many questions.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:27 PM (RIvkX)
-
kale > hell
All your questions have now been answered.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 06, 2026 11:34 PM (ohSsM)
Posted by: Piper
Somehow, I plan to be the lawyer who reads my will to the assembled aspirants
Posted by: Miklos is working on the details at June 06, 2026 11:34 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: P Venkman at June 06, 2026 11:35 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Kindltot
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The Enchanted Forest was a kid's version of Tiger Balm Gardens. It requires a lot of imagination.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 06, 2026 11:35 PM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Elon's numerous exes at June 06, 2026 11:36 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:34 PM (UfDpa)
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Mazel!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 11:37 PM (HmAPM)
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:34 PM (UfDpa)
Ate a stick of rhubarb from the garden. Shot a gopher.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 11:37 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 11:38 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 06, 2026 11:38 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 11:39 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: buddhaha at June 06, 2026 11:35 PM (ezP9C)
There is an Enchanted Forest tourist trap on the Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke, BC. I think it has a hot spring, too. Never stopped there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 11:39 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:39 PM (UfDpa)
I can't help it if I want to keep my grandchildren alive. I don't care what you do as an adult,but they are mine, too. They love us.DIL seems to love me more than my son this week. Or I could be imagining him being a big turd about all I have done or suggested to her as she needed us. He was a day away in Sydney.
I mind my own business unless asked. She was caling and texting me about this baby and all of them when they get sick. Because we love them as much as our sons. We helped her with them, and never mind doing it. Some grandparents, I hear or read, don't help at all.
Tomorrow I shall have the first gin and tonic of the summer and erase memory of this week, whether all is well or not.
And this MD had better be hoping and if she prays, pray, that this baby's kidney's are normal with her renal ultrasound (routine after febrile UTI under 2yrs) is normal. Done a week or two after the antibiotic is completed.
Bloody hell, it's been one hideous week.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 11:40 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
In your pajamas?
Posted by: Miklos asks the necessary at June 06, 2026 11:40 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (X+xvk)
I encountered the same thing last night. And then today I saw an interview, I didn't watch it since I got the gist, a "man on the street" type thing with a local black woman saying that she hated that she liked it. She didn't want to like it, but she had to admit the blue really made the reflection 'pop'. So then I had my answer: TPTB don't want us to see it, because then people would like it, and it would be a Win for Trump.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 11:40 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 11:41 PM (HmAPM)
Posted by: Miklos at June 06, 2026 11:41 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: LRob
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Doesn't matter. It looked bitchin' in True Lies, which, incidentally, is the second best movie Ahhhnold ever made.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 06, 2026 11:41 PM (ezP9C)
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They will survive horrible judgement, poor decision making, and inexperience. We did.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 11:42 PM (x/s3z)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 11:41 PM (HmAPM)
(Commands a regiment of Aztecs to disrobe, form up, and kneel, bowing)
Good to see you, too, Nurse.
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:44 PM (UfDpa)
> "Our lips are sealed."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:09 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2026 11:44 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 10:07 PM (X+xvk)
I encountered the same thing last night. And then today I saw an interview, I didn't watch it since I got the gist, a "man on the street" type thing with a local black woman saying that she hated that she liked it. She didn't want to like it, but she had to admit the blue really made the reflection 'pop'. So then I had my answer: TPTB don't want us to see it, because then people would like it, and it would be a Win for Trump.
Posted by: SciVo
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Wow. That was my first thought when I couldn't find any images of the completed project. Un-effing-believable.
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 11:44 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
You can't fool Mama
Posted by: Miklos may have partaken on rare occasions at June 06, 2026 11:44 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Miklos asks the necessary at June 06, 2026 11:40 PM (6VErX)
No, but I was driving the golf cart.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (1z8ji)
Yes, the whole family is that way.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (UfDpa)
Posted by: Piper
Somehow, I plan to be the lawyer who reads my will to the assembled aspirants
Posted by: Miklos is working on the details at June 06, 2026
You are leaving it all to me, the mysterious woman dressed in black in the back of the room with a large hat and sunglasses, crying quietly.
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (pZEOD)
That was scary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 11:42 PM (x/s3z)
"No, Mom. You're thinking of that Suicidal Tendencies song."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2026 11:46 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
You can't fool Mama
Posted by: Miklos may have partaken on rare occasions
******************
"High and Dry" and "On Through the Night" were better than everything that came after.
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 11:46 PM (X+xvk)
Rolls Royce made the P-51 Mustang what it became
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
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The Brit people have brains, they have invention and engineering in their blood, it's, some how, just like they are trying here, the forces of evil have the reins. They've got to man up and take their country back.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:46 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (pZEOD)
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Is your mascara running?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
If you had shot a goose, you would have gotten a birdie
Posted by: Miklos was ejected from Bushwood at June 06, 2026 11:47 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 11:48 PM (bfy6w)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:48 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2026 11:48 PM (Cqx++)
Seems like a strong case of Murder 2, to me.
It's not going to be a long O.J.-type trial.
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 11:49 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (pZEOD)
You are from (very well) north of the equator.
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:49 PM (UfDpa)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
I'm guessing Mom was a negatory on the Pepsi
Posted by: Miklos is also not crazy like they say at June 06, 2026 11:50 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (pZEOD)
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Is your mascara running?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026
Nope, waterproof. But I am obviously distraught. Unless you want running mascara and maybe smudged lipstick, kinda psycho looking. That is extra.
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:50 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:42 PM (RIvkX)
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This is their third baby. They relied on me, big time, with the first. I doubt either had changed a diaper before. I never questioned any new baby stuff from the professor MD and did as I was told.
My own MIL refused to watch our first baby when I wanted to work part-time (because we were poor). She was busy with her volunteer work and bowling league.
I am the opposite of my MIL. We never asked their advice that I can recall in child rearing as I knew babies and was a nurse, which seems to be the curse of my very existence now to know how cultures work. And that this 9mo old baby could have become septic as she looked bad.
I don't question his decisions on about anything and he doesn't ask. He did not have a hard childhood at all, a good lad. It's only been the last few years of dikhead and we don't know why.
But when the mother of his children ask me I answer and help her when he's a day's flight away.
Shoot me now.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 11:51 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: buddhaha at June 06, 2026 11:35 PM (ezP9C)
My sister's Ex had two kids 8 and 10 that we took to Enchanted Forest, and they had fun, it was a fun day there. In the Haunted Mansion they were scared green and for some reason they ran to me to grab onto instead of their dad. Apparently they thought I was more dependable in an emergency . . . Which may have been accurate.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:52 PM (rbvCR)
>>I had hoped to just keep driving my 2003
You got 23 years of service out of it.
Pretty damn good if you ask me.
If you're above 29, then this new one may out last you.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 11:52 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:52 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (pZEOD)
You are from (very well) north of the equator.
Posted by: ZOD
Correct
A few sobbed words in indecipherably accented English would be so
*Fritz Feld POP!*
Posted by: Miklos sees the scene set at June 06, 2026 11:52 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 11:53 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 11:37 PM (1z8ji)
I canned a batch of rhubarb this week, I was pleased since it is the first year it has been enough to do anything with.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:50 PM (pZEOD)
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All that plus a run in your stockings.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:53 PM (RIvkX)
Nope, waterproof. But I am obviously distraught. Unless you want running mascara and maybe smudged lipstick, kinda psycho looking. That is extra.
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:50 PM (pZEOD)
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I assure you, after the week I've had, that I will die before you next week.
My mascara, a very expensive and awesome brand, is not waterproof. However, I never cry so that helps.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 11:54 PM (WONhk)
Prosecution rested today in the Karmelo trial. Two days-- get in & get out., then sit down.
Shorter than a Perry Mason episode.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2026 11:54 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 11:37 PM (1z8ji)
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I find this very impressive, Peon. Especially if you did both at the same time.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 11:55 PM (WONhk)
I've done that for centuries. I'm sorry, it's a sign of aging. After the first few centuries it won't bother you.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)
IT WAS A BRIGHT RED BADGE OF HONOR.
MOM PAINTED IT ON YOUR OPEN WOUND, IT BURNED LIKE BATTERY ACID, AND YOU WENT RIGHT BACK OUTSIDE TO PLAY.
After a few times, you didn't bother Mom unless it was bad.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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You are obviously under 29.
Mercurochrome was the pussy antiseptic. The active ingredient, merbromin, is water soluble, so mercurochrome stung hardly at all.
Real
It wasn't as spectacular a mark, though, since it left the skin yellow, instead of crimson.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 06, 2026 11:56 PM (ezP9C)
Seems like a strong case of Murder 2, to me.
It's not going to be a long O.J.-type trial.
Posted by: mnw
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If they don't execute him there should be vigilantes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:56 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Like they say-
An incompetent prosecutor can't convict a Ham Burger
Posted by: Miklos likes that Raymond Burr was miraculously healed in a way at June 06, 2026 11:57 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 11:51 PM (WONhk)
You will put on the blindfold and smoke the cigarette.
Do it. Do it now.
Posted by: ZOD at June 06, 2026 11:57 PM (UfDpa)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 11:55 PM (WONhk)
Concurrently. I had to set the mostly-eaten rhubarb stalk on my knee, so i could pick up the rifle, take aim, and get a shot off.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 11:57 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 11:54 PM (WONhk)
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Always Check Spelling Before Commenting!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:58 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 11:59 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: buddhaha
I now realize that our mothers were actually quite familiar with Nietzsche
Posted by: Miklos somehow got stronger, not killt at June 06, 2026 11:59 PM (6VErX)
Nightsie noodles!
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:59 PM (pZEOD)
https://tinyurl.com/3whze5wm
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: SciVo
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Gateway Pundit had a similar testimonial from a TDS vlogger.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 11:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Piper
All that plus a run in your stockings.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
A walk in the woods
and I will try
Something under the trees
that made you cry
It's so erotic
when your makeup runs
https://youtu.be/73O6L90El7c
Posted by: Porcupine Tree at June 06, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: ZOD at June 07, 2026 12:00 AM (UfDpa)
Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 12:01 AM (ZxPkt)
Before what?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Trump usually waits until the market's closed on Friday. That way, the hystericals shall have settled down before opening Monday.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:01 AM (0kM66)
That was scary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 11:46 PM (RIvkX)
***************
I am allergic to everything except a few. So I will go out easy someday.
I was also shocked (and it hasn't taken much) that this doc put my girlie on Keflex, and old drug. I briefly questioned this in my mind but carried on. I am not a big fan of this pediatrician if you cannot tell. She's a professor as well at the med school. Still wearing a mask, so I can guess how she votes.
My husband claims I can't sue her for malpractice if my girl's kidneys are damaged in July for the ultrasound. We'll see about that and I'll burn that bridge when I come to it and hope I don't.
This baby girl is perfection. Never cries. She was pitiful on Tuesday and broke my heart into pieces. And this witch waited two more days before an antibiotic with a cathed UA showing infection.
I need to go to bed and dream of wonderful things or simply pass out.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 07, 2026 12:01 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 12:01 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
You can't fool Mama
Posted by: Miklos may have partaken on rare occasions
She thought you all were on drugs two years before when she caught you all in the basement with a bong and staring at a lava lamp too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Any aircraft that embraces STOL or VTOL always comes off looking odd.
The Rockwell XFV-12A was such an example that seemed to have escaped the comics page.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Hah! You want weird looking - Convair XFY-1.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 07, 2026 12:03 AM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 11:52 PM (XV/Pl)"
The 2003 was bought used, but I did get 18-19 years out of it. I had to replace the injectors when I'd only owned it a couple of years but other than that it served me well. Yup I'm over 29 so it is a good chance that the new pickup will last out my lifetime. I let myself be talked into "platinum coverage" plan. Probably shouldn't have, but I can't kidnap AOP and have him along in case of vehicle issues and I let myself decide it would be good to have Ford on the hook to tow to a dealership and fix anything that goes wrong in the first 7 years.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 12:04 AM (PV+Zw)
About 25 years ago, I started joking that I was allergic to stupidity. In the last 10 years, I almost always have sinus congestion, and it seems to be getting worse as the world gets dumber.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 12:04 AM (qx7Zg)
OK, you started it. The Brits are the only ones who spell judgment "judgement."
It's 'judgment" to SCOTUS & every other court in 'Murica.
Posted by: mnw at June 07, 2026 12:05 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 12:05 AM (GseMx)
You are obviously under 29.
Mercurochrome was the pussy antiseptic. The active ingredient, merbromin, is water soluble, so mercurochrome stung hardly at all.
Real men boys asked for merthiolate, who's active ingredient, thimerosal, is only soluble in alcohol. That stuff gave you a reason to squirm.
It wasn't as spectacular a mark, though, since it left the skin yellow, instead of crimson.
Posted by: buddhaha
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Iodine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:05 AM (0kM66)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 12:07 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 11:45 PM (pZEOD)
You are from (very well) north of the equator.
Posted by: ZOD
Those in the real deep south prefer an open casket set up on a stage with stripper poles and duets of very talented performers during the funeral.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 12:07 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Piper at June 07, 2026 12:07 AM (p4NUW)
Posted by: ZOD at June 07, 2026 12:08 AM (UfDpa)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:05 AM (0kM66)
Sold as "tincture of iodine". Can you still get it? Iodine dissolved in alcohol.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 07, 2026 12:08 AM (1z8ji)
I have had such a weird and bizarre set of stress insanity for six weeks I didn't notice. I really wanted those large plums. The cherries we used to eat by the ton before we discovered white worms or someone told us. Pity. Protein, I guess.
The plums are normally plentiful and gorgeous and very good. I am quickly deciding this is not my year (so far). Unusual. Bad karma has shat all over me for six weeks.
It will get better. It will. This is a test of my limits and I have a lot more. *knocks wood, crosses fingers, crosses self, praying a whole lot
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 07, 2026 12:09 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: mnw at June 07, 2026 12:09 AM (RCjYY)
We were a merthiolate house.
Some had Mercurochrome.
Some had iodine.
The rich kids had Bactine.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 07, 2026 12:09 AM (Cqx++)
Rubbing alcohol, if you were rich. Otherwise, gasoline.
Posted by: ZOD at June 07, 2026 12:10 AM (UfDpa)
Posted by: polynikes
>Iodine was the go-to. And dirt. You can bathe later when you get home.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 12:10 AM (x/s3z)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:11 AM (0kM66)
What a cool mom he had.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 12:13 AM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 12:13 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: ZOD at June 07, 2026 12:14 AM (UfDpa)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 12:15 AM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 12:15 AM (PV+Zw)
You weren't a serious contender if you didn't play through the blood.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 07, 2026 12:16 AM (dK+Kv)
She sat me on the commode and sprayed methiolate and I almost shot through the roof.
Apparently did not clean it super well and it got infected. Or I kept bumping it. Either/or. Have a scar but never cared because my legs were great when I needed greatness.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 07, 2026 12:17 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2026 12:05 AM (GseMx)
It is hard to get Iodine in the pharmacies here nowadays. I think they either use it for brewing meth or curing Covid.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 07, 2026 12:18 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: mnw
I spell it wrong, then.
But most my early reading was Brit Lit, so...
Well, that's my excuse.
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2026 12:20 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Joyenz at June 07, 2026 12:20 AM (2F0/Y)
Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow. And know it's probably a better day than mine is going to be based on recent history.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 07, 2026 12:20 AM (WONhk)
You weren't a serious contender if you didn't play through the blood.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 07, 2026 12:16 AM (dK+Kv)
Chicks dig scars.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 12:21 AM (DR/Xu)
EU > Das dritten Reich
but not by very much.
Only because the EU is incapable of projecting itself other places like the Reich could
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 07, 2026 12:22 AM (3/XaG)
Live cam showing the reflecting pool filling up
https://tinyurl.com/bduutu2d
Posted by: Piper
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Cool!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 07, 2026 12:22 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2026 12:24 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: ZOD at June 07, 2026 12:25 AM (UfDpa)
Sold as "tincture of iodine". Can you still get it? Iodine dissolved in alcohol.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Walmart:
Liquid Iodine Drops | 2 fl oz | 150mcg | Vegetarian Tincture | by Horbaach
NATURALLY FREE OF: Gluten, Wheat, Yeast, Milk, Lactose, Soy, Artificial Color & Flavoring & NON-GMO
(says iodine and Potassium iodide)
It appears to be sold as a food supplement, not an antiseptic.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:25 AM (0kM66)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026
***
Oh. Good. I was worried there for a minute . . . though if something serious had genuinely affected her, the tone of the comments would not have been so lighthearted.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 11:21 PM (wzUl9)
The whole Piper saga started with a typo in Pipers post 255 at 2:00 PM in the Karmelo Anthony thread on June 4; post=420005
Search the thread for Piper and see the whole sorry story....hee hee hee
Vaguely reminiscent of the whole Paul is dead thing with the Beatles...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 07, 2026 12:27 AM (QGaXH)
https://youtu.be/aT0ZZo9aNyM
Posted by: Joyenz
It's up.
Thanks for getting those launches scheduled at more reasonable times. Those early morning launches are rough.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:29 AM (0kM66)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2026 12:31 AM (CHHv1)
@TulsiGabbard
Jun 4
My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma. The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful.
He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain but is finally home resting. Now recovery begins. We’re so grateful for the outpouring of prayers and kind messages from all of you. Our hearts are full.❤️
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:31 AM (0kM66)
https://tinyurl.com/3whze5wm
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
He's a surprisingly good communicator. I mean, I did not know that about him. Does Trump rub off on people, attract fellow rhetoricians, or select for the ability?
In a 41-second video, Burgum made sure to end with a tight closer, "Safe and Beautiful." And he set it up shortly before with "never been safer, never been more beautiful," so it was a callback without dull repetition.
Like the late great Scott Adams, I'm an "enthusiastic amateur" student of the skill. So I know a practitioner when I see one.
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 12:32 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 12:32 AM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 12:33 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 12:32 AM (PV+Zw)
And you protected your thyroid from radiation!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 12:34 AM (DR/Xu)
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That bacteria doesn't go quietly. Here bacteria take some methiolate. Bacteria says, I am fighting back with a blowtorch.
Posted by: scampydog - occasional contributor at June 07, 2026 12:34 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 12:35 AM (Sy6m/)
Eight minutes 45 seconds to orbit. Looked like the grid fins on that booster during landing were getting a bit of a work out.
Not as much as one of the recent launched. I saw a video of that. Apparently there were some cross winds that picked up and those fins were really dancing compensating for all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 07, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 12:32 AM (PV+Zw)
I had a bottle of the military tablets when I was in boy scouts. Yeah, water tasted a tad nasty, but they work.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 07, 2026 12:36 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
She posted seven times in this thread, so if she's not alive, she's doing a great impression of it!
Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)
• Vairt: The Leading Halal Real Estate Investment Platform in the USA
• Vairt (a Sharia-compliant real estate investment platform founded by Jail Ahmed Sukhera) is developing/marketing the 165 acre site,
2558 N 3653 Rd or 3650 Rd, Sheridan, IL 60551
• https://community. > zoya.finance > /t/vairt-real-estate/3131
Vairt - Real Estate - Alternative Investments - Zoya Halal Investor ...
Vairt is a Sharia-Compliant Real Estate Investment Platform, a US-based company currently with offices in the USA, Europe, and the UAE
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:39 AM (0kM66)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 12:40 AM (x/s3z)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2026 12:31 AM (CHHv1)
She was nearly killed by a stray typo. I forget exactly how it started, I think someone joked that she had Saijo's name tattooed, and she swiftly clarified that she did not have any Oriental language tattoos, in case the tumor took off. We were all confused how kanji would harm cancer treatment, but shrugged and went straight to divvying up her stuff. So, heading off one small rumor sparked a bigger one. But her ghost has been a very good sport about the whole thing.
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 12:41 AM (Sy6m/)
I was only miles away.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2026 12:42 AM (CHHv1)
https://tinyurl.com/3whze5wm
Posted by: Kindltot
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Trump fixed it, that's the bottom line.
Don't think they had the tech to get it right when it was built?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:44 AM (0kM66)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2026 12:45 AM (CHHv1)
Wooo... long day... but got the chores done & a shower to wash all the dust & dirt off.
Great tunes, D&D! Thanks for the ONT!
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 07, 2026 12:51 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Open bar
Posted by: Miklos thinks you forgot something at June 07, 2026 12:52 AM (6VErX)
Everyone just knows the chorus.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
This 2:35-long sit-down comedy bit is actually funny and worth the time:
fritzie -
guy at a party who only knows one line of tiny dancer
https://youtu.be/mp2Xh0ONoTM
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 12:52 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Barkeep?
I'll have a tincture of me, please
Posted by: Miklos thinks this might cost at June 07, 2026 12:53 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
* nods *
Nothing classes up an event like synchronized pole dance.
Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2026 12:54 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2026 12:54 AM (PV+Zw)
And some twerking for the coup de grace of class.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 07, 2026 12:55 AM (w6EFb)
Wooo... long day... but got the chores done & a shower to wash all the dust & dirt off.
Great tunes, D&D! Thanks for the ONT!
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Well then, its time for a shot. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 07, 2026 12:56 AM (snZF9)
Don't think they had the tech to get it right when it was built?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:44 AM (0kM66)
even the Panama Canal has required multiple rebuilds in the last century
Posted by: Kindltot at June 07, 2026 12:57 AM (rbvCR)
guy at a party who only knows one line of tiny dancer
https://youtu.be/mp2Xh0ONoTM
Posted by: SciVo
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He does a good impersonation of a female.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:57 AM (0kM66)
https://tinyurl.com/bduutu2d
Posted by: Piper
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Cool!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Compare and Contrast-
Trump fixes reflecting Pool and Fountains
DC spews sewage into the Potomac
Posted by: Miklos does not see mere coincidence at June 07, 2026 12:57 AM (6VErX)
And some twerking for the coup de grace of class.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
>There is only one way to do this right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9V78UbdzWI
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 12:58 AM (x/s3z)
Posted by: Berserker
Damn right!
*shots for both of us!*
Heck, a round for the house!
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 07, 2026 12:59 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot
Trump is a kind of A Man A Plan Panama guy
Kicked the Chinese out
Posted by: Miklos sees non-palindromic significance at June 07, 2026 12:59 AM (6VErX)
I'll have a tincture of me, please
Posted by: Miklos thinks this might cost at June 07, 2026 12:53 AM (6VErX)
??
You want to be dissolved in alcohol?
Um, I don't know if da boss will let me do that for ya...
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Looks like I picked the wrong week to pretend to stop drinking
Posted by: Miklos is unopposed at June 07, 2026 01:01 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: JQ
Slowly
Not the full Jeremy Bentham treatment
Posted by: Miklos likes what is for internal use only at June 07, 2026 01:02 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
>There is only one way to do this right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9V78UbdzWI
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I bet the Ghanaian pallbearers would beat the piss out of any twerking bitches try to interlope in one of their funerals
Posted by: Miklos would pay to see it too at June 07, 2026 01:05 AM (6VErX)
What I think of when I see Zud Imperial
https://youtu.be/eeZaiSVPXTM
Tomorrow night's ONT fashion section by the late Piper will feature fashionable funereal wear and proper mourning outfits, as well as tips on looking dashing in your casket.
And something soft and sweet to lull you to sleep
https://youtu.be/LdLYMqAVZ6Q
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - bless its pointed little head at June 07, 2026 01:07 AM (dn9xm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 07, 2026 01:07 AM (1z8ji)
Um, I don't know if da boss will let me do that for ya...
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
406 Heck, a round for the house!
Posted by: JQ
I was overserved!
Posted by: Puddle of Solution at June 07, 2026 01:07 AM (zZu0s)
https://youtu.be/5XvaDL-laNA
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 01:08 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
This time of year, gets dark early up North
Posted by: Miklos is probably right but too lazy to check at June 07, 2026 01:09 AM (6VErX)
I'm gonna change my nic.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:09 AM (ZxzYs)
He called for the abolition of slavery,[10] capital punishment, and physical punishment, including that of children.... he opposed the idea of natural law and natural rights (both of which are considered "divine" or "God-given" in origin), calling them "nonsense upon stilts"
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String him up!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:09 AM (0kM66)
Posted by: Murderorger at June 07, 2026 01:11 AM (ZxzYs)
Hi fine people.
Nice to meet you.
Posted by: Murderorger
Damn glad to meet ya!
Have a seat
Posted by: Miklos sitting with Sidney, Clayton ang Jugdish at June 07, 2026 01:14 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Kindltot
Amoxicillin (aka obnoxiouscillin) can also give one unending, full-body hives. (Vicodin to the rescue)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 07, 2026 01:15 AM (W5mpo)
Nice to meet you.
Posted by: Murderorger at June 07, 2026 01:11 AM (ZxzYs)
'Sup. Have a beer. Don't cost nothin'.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 07, 2026 01:15 AM (0aYVJ)
guy at a party who only knows one line of tiny dancer
https://youtu.be/mp2Xh0ONoTM
Posted by: SciVo
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He does a good impersonation of a female.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 12:57 AM (0kM66)
Her timing is on point, everything, she really sells it -- but then the kicker is after, when you realize that since she apparently recorded the bit at home, she didn't need to mime holding a drink. She could've grabbed a wine glass. She just didn't want to be accused of being a prop comic, I guess.
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 01:15 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos trying to tell the kids that at June 07, 2026 01:17 AM (6VErX)
Requirements are:
Pooky must sleep in a bed or his back gets messed up.
If I sleep with Pooky, it must be a king size or he'll hit/kick me during a PTSD nightmare. If it's a queen, I won't sleep and therefore won't be safe to drive.
Pookette must sleep off the floor or her hips will hurt and we'll hear about it for the whole two weeks.
Lil Pooky needs space for his playpen. We could try putting him in a bed with Pookette, but neither one of them will sleep for at least the first three hours of that. (Actually, none of us will. There will be too much arguing and/or giggling.)
As I said, nggghhh....
Posted by: pookysgirl is unfortunately the only one who can do this at June 07, 2026 01:18 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
I love it when a joke comes together
Posted by: Col. Miklos Hannibal-Smith at June 07, 2026 01:19 AM (6VErX)
Grandkid had his last soccer game today. Lost 4 to 2. He tries so hard but then doesn't want to hurt anyone so he doesn't kick the ball for fear of kicking the guy getting past him.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:20 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Miklos trying to tell the kids that at June 07, 2026 01:17 AM (6VErX)
It was fun to do the bit. Not least as she was not sure what was going on, having missed the murder of Buzzion by Fen, lo these many years ago.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 01:24 AM (zZu0s)
When I was forced to play soccer as a kid, I made a point of kicking the other kids so they would take me out and I didn't have to do that anymore.
Posted by: generally well-behaved young Miklos at June 07, 2026 01:26 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2026 12:45 AM (CHHv1)
How are you preparing them?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 07, 2026 01:29 AM (w/O5Q)
It was fun to do the bit. Not least as she was not sure what was going on, having missed the murder of Buzzion by Fen, lo these many years ago.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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People forget, that though comely, the ettes can be quite dangerous.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:29 AM (0kM66)
Colorado, you've been f*cked.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 07, 2026 01:30 AM (iwl6y)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 07, 2026 01:30 AM (iwl6y)
I wonder if weed was a symptom or cause. Certainly an accelerator.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 01:32 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 01:33 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: generally well-behaved young Miklos
>When we played street soccer, everybody kicked the shit out of each other, we had no gear and after everybody was bloody, nobody wanted to play anymore.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 01:37 AM (x/s3z)
So was California.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:37 AM (ZxzYs)
Other than that I'm a sweetheart.
Posted by: wth at June 07, 2026 01:38 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:38 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2026 01:40 AM (CHHv1)
Other than that I'm a sweetheart.
Posted by: wth at June 07, 2026 01:38 AM (oq9dX)
Sorry. I'm new hear.
* Rulurks
Posted by: Murderorger at June 07, 2026 01:43 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: wth at June 07, 2026 01:44 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 01:45 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 01:46 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 01:49 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 01:49 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Heroq at June 07, 2026 01:49 AM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Reforger
Whoa, be careful. Mispellings can kill ya ded around here.
Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2026 01:51 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 10:48
The recipe also doesn't say whether to use sweet or dry vermouth. I'm guessing dry?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at June 07, 2026 01:51 AM (55Qr6)
I'm in Alaska for the first time in 45 years. When did Disney turn the place into a tourist trap?
Posted by: Cosda at June 07, 2026 01:52 AM (XfbQK)
Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/Gtffv9bpB-U
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 01:53 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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According to how those trenching tools are used.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 01:57 AM (0kM66)
Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/Gtffv9bpB-U
Posted by: SciVo
I'm 29 enough to have seen that on MTV. Back when MTV played music videos.
The band was called Green Jellö to start with. The Jell-O people sent some lawyers.
Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2026 01:59 AM (VHUov)
Like Beck's Loser.
Or the Mmmmm mmmm mmmm song by Crash Test Dummies.
Or fucking Blind Melon. Fucking kid in a bumblebee costume. Dammit, now I am hearing it in my head!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 02:06 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 02:10 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 02:12 AM (0kM66)
She also sells lottery tickets, but when I offer to buy one together, she says no.
Unethical, she says
Posted by: Miklos on payday at June 06, 2026 10:54
True story...
our local psychic was arrested and sent to prison for something like "financial abuse of a senior citizen".
What a lousy psychic, she didn't foresee that she would get caught.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at June 07, 2026 02:19 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: raimondo at June 07, 2026 02:20 AM (Robvc)
... SpaceX already has an arrangement with AI company Anthropic, which pays SpaceX $1.25 billion per month to lease compute capacity.
_Pixy
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Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 02:24 AM (0kM66)
This song's been going through my mind all week, although I wouldn't say it's a *typical* earworm:
youtu.be/FdzbPX8vrec
Love the piano work. RIP, Allen.
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 02:27 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
See post #188 for the fix.
Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2026 02:33 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent
So are all American kids who ever built a fort in the woods and shot bottle rockets at each other despite certain admonitions
Posted by: formerly well-behaved young Miklos at June 07, 2026 02:35 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
The epistemology of their lyrics leaves certain questions
Posted by: Late Nite Philosopher Miklos (probably just the ouzo talking) at June 07, 2026 02:37 AM (6VErX)
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age (4K Official Video)
https://youtu.be/x5h-LAvQDCQ
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 02:43 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:45 AM (ohSsM)
https://tinyurl.com/b8fytpaw
It makes sense to just look at almost everything the media spews as biased or incorrect.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 02:46 AM (n3VHW)
Many of my relatives on my mom's side are Mormon, or LDS (Latter Day Saints). While I'm not about to read their book or join their church, it is advisable to keep in mind Matthew 12:33, "Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit."
And they are some of the nicest, most generous, most trustworthy, and most reliable people. So the tree that they're fruit of must be pretty alright.
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 02:51 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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He always gets it wrong.
Be well, I'm going to bed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 02:52 AM (0kM66)
We need to make Coptics or Amish edgy again.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 02:52 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 02:53 AM (zZu0s)
https://youtu.be/ZuWkVqum6a8?
si=OLZiCNeQWho9q56D
Jay and the Americans
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 02:55 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Miklos the Bogomil at June 07, 2026 03:06 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 03:08 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2026 02:52 AM (zZu0s)
I'm actually Catholic myself, so that wouldn't work. My parents are Baptist, so good luck slamming 'fundies'. And my sister I think is just a fallen-away unchurched, although we politely don't talk about it, but I wouldn't go all "oh grr those secularists grr argh" either.
Well, the secularists are all wrong, as shown by the fruit of the policies drawn from their values, but it will take time and patient persistence to deal with it. And (human nature being what it is) they'll never admit it. But there's no point in hating, that just makes people dig in and commit harder to their error.
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 03:12 AM (Sy6m/)
I would have done a tiny url, but that's not working right now. The story is on Breitbart. Co
And the girls name is Emily Bickford.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 03:28 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 03:29 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Nonsense. Rock-ribbed conservatives failing to participate in local government beyond the occasional vote is what did it.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 07, 2026 03:29 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Braenyard
The harder they dig, the farther away the commissar is.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 07, 2026 03:31 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: JQ
That song is gorgeous - from the keys to the vocals to the guitar solo
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 07, 2026 03:33 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 07, 2026 03:40 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 03:46 AM (P3X50)
I would have done a tiny url, but that's not working right now. The story is on Breitbart. Co
And the girls name is Emily Bickford.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 03:28 AM (OYsYV)
I got your back!
Exclusive: Girl Kept from Church, Bible, and Christian Friends by Portland Judge Awaits Appeals Court Ruling
Breitbart: https://tinyurl.com/y9ybnym2
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 03:48 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 03:51 AM (n3VHW)
But this one, the song is actually good. You would want to put it on and listen to it while doing things. So why is the video so gay? I looked it up, and only their keyboardist came out as homo later. So I think I may need to trademark this:
They're either gay or pretending. And pretending to be gay is authentically queer.
Faith No More - Easy (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/vPzDTfIb0DU
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 04:16 AM (Sy6m/)
https://youtu.be/4K0mjMRTiec
Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 04:20 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 03:08 AM (Ia/+0)
Three o'clock in the morning
And it looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night
--Crystal Gayle
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:24 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
When California was enforcing its three strikes law it was common practice for Samoan gang affiliates who had two strikes to head north to Anchorage and live with family members so as to avoid accidentally winning the third strike life in prison game.
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The 1980s Movie [Lex]
Why these movies? I deliberately left out blockbusters from the 1980s, such as E.T., Star Wars, and any of the Indiana Jones pictures. Spectacles and blockbusters have been a given since at least the 1920s, so I didn’t feel a high budget movie qualified as representative of any particular decade. Different appetites (sword and sandal, war, sci-fi), yes, but no distinctive aspect that would tie any big-budget series of films to a decade. I also put Academy Award-style films to the side—for the same reason. Movies seeking Oscar glory are always going to exist and don’t necessarily possess anything unique to a decade. Finally, I did not count the burgeoning independent film scene of the 1980s or foreign films. What then, in my estimation, made the films on my list “80s” movies, other than the years in which they were produced? These mainstream domestic pictures, in my opinion, were particular to the 1980s because they were mid-budget fare, well-structured, quite clear in their dramatic purpose, and reflective of the more ordered zeitgeist of the Reagan era.
Many films will mirror the times in which they are produced, but I think there was something more distinctive to a middle grade 1980s movie than in other decades. Of course I have to check my bias. I came of age in the 1980s and am more familiar with the movies of that era, but I think I can dismiss these prejudices with a quick review of film history.
After the silent era, Hollywood entered its golden age, and the studio system, though legally dashed in the mid-1940s, managed to hang around through the 1950s and even into the 1960s. By the end of the 1960s, there were new rules, and the 1970s, many say, was the most free-handed decade for mainstream filmmakers as Hollywood reorganized itself. By the 1980s, order took hold again and corporations edged out the latter-day studio mogul. Thus, you had a decade finally free of old studio rules but somewhat brought to heel by the new, conglomerate powers that be, as well as a Reaganesque social ethos. The result for cinema was the kind of middle tier films on my list. Did this category of film exist in other eras? Of course, but they were more akin to b-roll or schlocky genre movies than solid, medium budget pictures with clean and compelling metaphors. To me, these are the hallmarks of a 1980s movie.This type of movie hung around into the 1990s until the internet came along and probably destroyed quality filmmaking at the mainstream level forever. You’ll never see a movie like Mr. Mom on 3,000 screens again. Blame it on Covid or CGI (now AI) or streaming or the unslakable thirst for prequels, sequels and origin stories, but the simple, effective, and meaningful medium-budget picture of the 1980s is likely not to be produced again—at least for broad consumption in domestic movie theaters. Circling back, I thought I could discuss most, if not all, of the films on my list. But the more I wrote, I realized it would be too long an essay. So, I decided to dissect one movie I believe is emblematic of what I consider a 1980s movie. That film is Cloak and Dagger.
Cloak and Dagger is about a boy and his father (Dabney Coleman) who recently lost their mother/wife and are in the throes of grieving. The father works on an air force base and is frequently absent. The boy, Davey (Henry Thomas), is left to his own devices much of the time and often spins tales about espionage and conspiracies. He’s aided in these fantasies by the fictional character Jack Flack (also played by Coleman), who is a master spy of some kind. He eggs Davey on, much of the time to no good, until of course they stumble upon a real spy ring. But the plot is incidental to the real power of the movie. Davey and his father are still reeling from their loss. Davey needs his father to help him get over his trauma, but the father is too busy—and too wounded himself—to give Davey the support he needs. Thus, Davey descends into the world of imaginary spies and secret missions to salve his wounds. Jack Flack can only be seen by Davey, and the dramatic purpose of the movie is similarly shaded by the plot. Cloak and Dagger is not about a tween boy who [SPOILER ALERT] uncovers a conspiracy to encode secret military plans in a video game cassette. It’s a movie about grief and healing. Cloak and Dagger might seem a little silly to modern eyes, but even its title is an indicator of its deftness. ‘Cloak and dagger’ of course defines the nature of the story, an adventure tale fraught with disguise and menace. At the same time, the title underscores the metaphor of the movie: Davey and his father are themselves caught in a personal caper. Davey needs his widowered, hard-working father to be there for him. He needs his father to be his hero, and that’s why at the very end of the film [SPOLIER ALERT again] the two figures merge with the real father taking the place of the imaginary Jack Flack, and both father and son realizing they will have to behave differently to get past their grief. This movie is not about spies and secret tapes but a boy who needs his father to be his hero, not a mythical, cartoon version of one.
My debut essay on AoS was about the difference between clever and good screenwriting, and Cloak and Dagger epitomizes the style of good writing found in the 1980s, medium-budget range, which is almost a lost art now. In that essay, I explained that a movie need not be a straight drama with a serious tone (from the 1980s think Ordinary People or Chariots of Fire) to be considered “good.” Offbeat films, even silly ones can fall into the good camp of screenwriting as opposed to the “clever,” which means the movie is more about its plot hook and therefore superficial. Perhaps it’s no accident, then, that several of the movies on my list are goofy, veering towards hokey—with Cloak and Dagger the goofiest and hokiest of my choices. Putting aside its playfulness, Cloak and Dagger is a tight, three-act movie with well-rounded characters, effective dialogue, smart pacing, and, above all, a strong dramatic purpose with which viewers can connect. The conclusion, [last SPOILER ALERT], where Jack Flack and the father merge with the father assuming the dominant role is one of the more touching final moments in a movie that I can recall. Cloak and Dagger was a modest financial success and played on almost 1,200 screens. Had it not been up against the Summer Olympics I believe it would have gone wider and done even better business. Much of Cloak and Dagger’s success in the 1980s and its impact since then, I believe, is due to its light touch, and, to me, a great deal of what makes an 80s movie just that is an insouciance mixed into the potage. Saturday Night Fever is a movie that is almost inseparable from the 1970s, but it has many characteristics of an 80s movie—at least according to my definition. Yet there is one key difference which would keep it off my list. Saturday Night Fever’s final moments leave things open-ended. As the credits roll, we don’t quite know what Tony Manero has achieved or if he has changed, but we know when Bender raises his fist at the conclusion of The Breakfast Club that something significant has shifted within him. The same can be said in the concluding frames of Cloak and Dagger, and that’s what defines an 80s movie—the cleanness and assuredness of its arc as a story. This is the effect of Reagan’s America, a little bit square but surely a better and more self-confident era for the United States and filmmakers. There are no loose ends or dumb plot holes in my idea of a 1980s movie, and the stories are entirely believable within the context of the world they establish. It was “morning in America again” or so Reagan said in a political ad in the 1980s. Our movies were also finding themselves again in this decade, and I’m not sure other decades can say the same. Of course, I expect to be challenged on this theory. It is all a little speculative. Were there smaller, compact, issues-pictures in the 1950s, for example? Undoubtedly; but I’m not sure any of them could be called a “50s” movie. Were Magnificent Obsession or All That Heaven Allows or Imitation of Life (three wonderful Douglas Sirk pictures) unique to the 1950s or just produced then? I can see a case either way, and I expect my conceit to be tested. In that spirit, what’s a “1980s movie” I’m leaving out? Or what other decade has a type of film particular to that time period? Prove me wrong, in essence, or point out that the type of movie I’m describing falls in other eras and is not unique to the 1980s. Maybe the 80s will only be remembered for its music or big hair and shoulder pads, but I’m making a case that a certain type of film should also be indelibly written into that decade.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: The Twonky at June 06, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)
omg I not only read the content, I went back to the prior thread and read THAT content.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 07:39 PM (n7rxJ)
We will have Yoko Ono and Sir Mix Alot in concert to celebrate.
Hope you can join us...........
Posted by: Mayor Bass at June 06, 2026 07:39 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 07:40 PM (gnNyN)
80’s movies went back to being fun! I’ll name one that I think of as a great 80’s movie, although a bit more quirky and less well know than those you name - Cherry 2000.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 07:40 PM (3mtTi)
They really believe that fake rape is real rape.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 07:41 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:41 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 07:42 PM (fE6HJ)
I tended to see the indie movies at the indie theaters. I keep thinking lately of Paris, Texas. I don't remember what it was about, so I don't know why it keeps popping into my head.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:43 PM (h7ZuX)
I think Breakfast Club is the most overrated film in history. I hate it more as I get older.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is that way to me. Its just awful and the main character is utterly despicable
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2026 07:43 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 07:40 PM (gnNyN)
We were all trying to remember what movies we saw 40 years ago. It's rough, because we're only 29.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:45 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026
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Gotcha! from the '80s, with Anthony Edwards as a college student who is a strategic expert and winner at a paintball-like game -- and finds himself caught up in spy intrigues in what was still Communist East Germany. A fun film for sure; and you get Linda Fiorentino (Men in Black) as a sloe-eyed secret agent.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:45 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:45 PM (EFkNq)
Where are the cut 3 or so hours.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)
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I have trouble seeing him as a hero, for sure. He has always played the rat and chiseler to perfection.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 07:46 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Lex at June 06, 2026 07:47 PM (y4H1r)
And “The Party” as a typical 60’s movie. If you’re not familiar with “The Party” it’s where a bunch of bored rich people wander around some wealthy persons house drinking and having bland and meaningless conversations for 90 minutes. At some point an elephant shows up. The End.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 07:47 PM (3mtTi)
They Were Expendable with John Wayne
Ike, Countdown to D-Day with Tom Selleck
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)
Everything else is from 1990s onwards (with a few from the late 1960s and 1970s).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 07:47 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 07:48 PM (zZu0s)
Apparently it was just random crap they filmed because they thought it was funny, and someone had to try to make it into a movie. Whoever it was, did heroic work to create a sort of narrative and make it actually a story
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2026 07:48 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 06, 2026 07:48 PM (aJQbY)
*I'll never get those two hours or so back. What a bore.
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Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)
The pod race is about to begin!
Start your engines!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 07:49 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2026 07:48 PM (UZCuZ)
I would love the see that rap
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 07:50 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2026 07:43 PM (UZCuZ)
Agreed. Although not as bad as Breajfast club and rhe rest of Hughes' oeuvre. I do not like any of the characters. Why root for Ferris? He's a shithead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 07:51 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 07:51 PM (l26NL)
Speaking of '80s movies, I just watched _The Last Starfighter_ this morning. It was another attempt to capitalize on the popularity of _Star Wars_ using the hero's journey in space, except the mentor doesn't exactly die and Catherine Mary Stuart seemed much more approachable (and taller) than Carrie Fisher.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 07:51 PM (FDHJL)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Omega Man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 07:51 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Lex at June 06, 2026 07:52 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Max Power at June 06, 2026 07:52 PM (ZaXN4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 07:53 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:43 PM (h7ZuX)
I remember that movie; rated it as “almost good”. There were parts, including the characters, that were very touching and well written. At the same time there were some huge plot holes that annoyed the heck out of me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 07:53 PM (3mtTi)
Also a lot of great comedies released to start off the decade in 1980.
Caddy Shack and Hollywood Knights.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:53 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2026 07:53 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 07:53 PM (l26NL)
Start your engines!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 07:49 PM (gnNyN)
Saw it in the theater. It was one of the 'wtf, contrived as hell toy inserts'- and that was after having to endure the interminable gungan section.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 07:54 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Lex at June 06, 2026 07:55 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:55 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 07:55 PM (qx7Zg)
I remain convinced the 80s were like beer. Perceived differently by everyone according to individual pallet. Sudden Impact and The Dead Pool were made in the 80s. So was The Presidio. Not "feel good flicks". I could go on and on.
I'm not sure experiences across the spectrum were more divergent than the 80s.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:55 PM (EFkNq)
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 07:57 PM (x/s3z)
Posted by: The Twonky
I can't really argue with that.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 07:58 PM (l26NL)
That and the factory sequence where it is revealed that R2D2 can fly (???). Felt so much like a video game level it was painful
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2026 07:58 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)
I'd add Spies Like Us, with Donna Dixon and two male comedians.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 07:59 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:59 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 06, 2026 07:48 PM (UZCuZ)
If I remember the stories about the making of, they looked at the first cut and realized it was a steaming pile of crap. Chevy Chase was supposed to be the comic lead, and he just stood around like a wooden cigar store Indian. The stuff about the caddy’s (much more in the first version) was boring and no one cared.
So the genius move was to bring in Dangerfield and Bill Murray and tell them to ad lib their way through a new set of scenes. And of course, they turned a disaster into a triumph.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 07:59 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 08:00 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 08:00 PM (VHUov)
"Backrooms", "Obsession", "It Follows", and presently "Barbarian" which is kind of two half-movies. Also "Island of Lost Souls" which remains the best of the "Moreau" movies (not that this is high praise).
Of these "Obsession" is the best. It's nuts. I'm half obsessed with this myself.
"It Follows" has some pacing issues, seems more of a mood piece about decaying suburbs of Detroit ("Barbarian" also has this).
"Backrooms" is an existential horror.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:01 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 07:59 PM (3mtTi)
The Murray's were crucial because they had actual caddy experience .
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:01 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 08:01 PM (EFkNq)
Haven't seen it but sounds similar to the Cube movies.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:02 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 07:59 PM (qx7Zg)
And Vanessa Angel's breasts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)
The movie was 'In Pursuit,' and it starred Billy Baldwin as a lawyer of dubious ability. The movie begins with Baldwin being arrested for the murder of some rich jerk. Baldwin was full of righteous indignation at this; he is clearly being framed! The corrupt prosecutor has it out for him! Everything is so unfair, and he has no choice but to break the law to clear his name! ...But, then it was revealed that Baldwin was not only banging the dead guy's wife, but was also in the process of blackmailing the guy for 10 million dollars. Not exactly murder, but it's hard to feel sorry for a crook like Baldwin being blamed for other crimes...The movie then tried to justify Baldwin's actions but...eh. The movie tried to more big twists and reveals, but after that first one flopped, the rest just felt like cheap manipulation...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 06, 2026 08:04 PM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 06, 2026 08:04 PM (FrBdv)
Start your engines!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Saw it in the theater. It was one of the 'wtf, contrived as hell toy inserts'- and that was after having to endure the interminable gungan section.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
After they made bank on a video game of the original Death Star trench run, every SW movie had to have an "and this part will be the multi-million-dollar video game" sequence.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)
Weird that he was so instrumental in two massive musical, societal trends.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 06, 2026 08:04 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 07:59 PM (qx7Zg)
And Vanessa Angel's breasts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)
In their breakout role.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 08:06 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)
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Part of the genius of George Lucas was to cash in on all the tie-in merchandise.
Then Disney came along and destroyed it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 08:06 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:07 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:45 PM (wzUl9)
A fun movie, made better by the fact that when I saw it, I had been to West/East Berlin the year before.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 08:07 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 08:07 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 08:00 PM (VHUov)
Absolutely.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:08 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:01 PM (gKWVE)
I have not seen it (not my type of film) but my 13 year old grandson and his social group swear it’s the best movie they’ve ever seen and are all playing online video game expansions of it.
This doesn’t mean it’s “good”, but it’s definitely going to make a lot of money and be a model for Indy films in the future.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 08:09 PM (3mtTi)
GenX was somewhat primed for this. "Return To Oz" took down the 1939 classic.
"The Wounded Land" trashes the Thomas Covenant series; and if you actually read the whole "Neverending Story" then... yeah. And then there was this music video, sucks for you if you liked the video it closes out.
youtu.be/a3ir9HC9vYg
Posted by: gKWVE's childhood was about watching childhoods be ruined at June 06, 2026 08:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 08:07 PM (h7ZuX)
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Consider it as prepping for tomorrow's Sunday Morning Book Thread.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 08:09 PM (gnNyN)
The typical 60’s movie (not all of course) was stupid and nonsensical (which is why so many have been forgotten now) and the 70’s were marked by a dark, dystopian and often nihilistic ethos.
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I really HATED most big movies in the 70's. Depressing CRAP. But they paved the way for Star Wars, which was the opposite.
Posted by: irright at June 06, 2026 08:10 PM (0jU3V)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 08:10 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 06, 2026 07:48 PM (aJQbY)
I watched Flight of the Navigator a couple times as a kid. It was right at the edge of 'disturbing.'
So was Secret of NIMH, for that matter. Didn't have detailed memories of that one until I re-discovered it in the late 90s....but the slightly-unnerving feel of mouse-inventor's-working from the opening of the movie...that mood really stuck with me.
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 06, 2026 08:10 PM (3v7ra)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2026 08:11 PM (/k3in)
Weird that he was so instrumental in two massive musical, societal trends.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 06, 2026 08:04 PM (MNCvZ)
Prior to the movie, a high school buddy and I drove to Pasadena when we were 16 and attempted to get into Gilley's. I'm glad they turned us away because we were out of our league. I'm just glad we got out of the parking lot.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:11 PM (GseMx)
If western civilization declines, the 1980s might have been the last of the golden ages for a millennium or two.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 08:12 PM (FDHJL)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2026 08:11 PM (/k3in)
I remember liking it a lot. I think the girl was wooden. The villain psychic was good.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:13 PM (GseMx)
And since I've brought up Tarantino, I re-watched True Romance for the first time in a long, long time. It had some isolated, tense scenes (much like Inglorious Basterds) and the style was no holds barred, but I thought it was mainly stupid, writing-wise.
Posted by: Lex at June 06, 2026 08:13 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 08:14 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 08:07 PM (h7ZuX)
Mix in Black 47 for an 1847 Irish John Wick.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:15 PM (GseMx)
That was nothing to The Explorers. Prepubescent body gets molested by an alien. WTF?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:15 PM (gKWVE)
In part because badham went over to political thrillers like blue thunder and wargames
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:16 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 08:16 PM (xX2oA)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 08:14 PM (qx7Zg)
Yup, and uh...Kirsty Alley was nice to watch.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:17 PM (snZF9)
I think Eastwood films have mostly aged badly, especially since the Mandalorian films have ripped off his voice for Pedro Pascal.
Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 08:17 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: huerfano at June 06, 2026 08:17 PM (VJX5o)
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Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:17 PM (gKWVE)
I was going to add Big Trouble in Little China in the general category but I don't know if it was an 80s movie, I think it is kind of timeless.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 08:17 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 08:18 PM (xX2oA)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 08:14 PM (qx7Zg)
Yup, and uh...Kirsty Alley was nice to watch.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:17 PM (snZF9)
I had to see if Bulg was around.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 08:18 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:18 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:19 PM (bXbFr)
Pick any year and there will be at least 2 dozen eminently good films in any given year.
I was scrounging around to liberate some new films to watch and I came up with 5 from 2025 and 3 from 2026.
That's 8 films across 1.5 years that are worth a view.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:19 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)
What did you think was stupid? It's my favorite Tarantino written movie. It's not that I would disagree but just can't think of anything that made me think that's just too stupid. Lot of suspensions of disbelief which is normal in movies but nothing that took me out of it.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: SMOD at June 06, 2026 08:19 PM (O7XEN)
>71 I think 80's movies were pretty black and white, no middle ground.
Amen to those comments, mikeski, and Berserker.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 08:19 PM (FDHJL)
Two movies from 1984 : Night of the Comet and Repo Man. Small fun movies that showed interesting sides of the eighties
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 06, 2026 08:20 PM (5y7pw)
Lost Boys
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 08:18 PM (xX2oA)
Rocky Horror was 1975.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 08:20 PM (T6aVk)
Cherry 2000
Galaxina
All somewhat cheesy, but sooo 1980s.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:20 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:21 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: irright at June 06, 2026 08:22 PM (0jU3V)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:15 PM (gKWVE)
As a kid I liked it for the part before they actually went exploring. When it was about making a spacecraft out of garbage cans. It was captivating for 8-10 year old me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 08:22 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: irright at June 06, 2026 08:22 PM (0jU3V)
Another great comedy of the 80's.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:22 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 06, 2026 08:23 PM (4ZxBh)
Posted by: SMOD at June 06, 2026 08:23 PM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:24 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:24 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 08:24 PM (FDHJL)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:24 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: SMOD at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (O7XEN)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:24 PM (GseMx)
Yup. Seeing I lived 75% of the shit that went on in that movie, I can relate.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Sorry. I didn’t discover it until college in 1986. And it played every Friday night at The Neptune.
It was fun. And odd.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 08:26 PM (xX2oA)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:26 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 06, 2026 08:26 PM (5y7pw)
Saw Cloak & Dagger and liked it well enough, but not enough to buy a dvd and probably won't revisit. (Early Dabney Coleman? - a third season, I think, episode of the Fugitive called "Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet" which was stolen by Pat Hingle, and you almost don't recognized Coleman without the mustache). Probably won't revisit any of the John Hughes stuff either.
Carpenter's The Thing. Aliens. The Princess Bride (though I prefer Goldman's book to the movie). The Color of Money. Kubrick's The Shining (though I preferred King's book to the flick). Stand by Me. Deathtrap. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Movie viewing this week? Battleground & The Young Lions on Memorial Day. Saved The Longest Day for this afternoon. Revisited The Haunting (1963 of course), The Time Machine (1960), the original Thing, and It! The Terror from Beyond Space.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 06, 2026 08:26 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Lex at June 06, 2026 08:26 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:24 PM (XV/Pl)
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Not a good movie.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 08:27 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 06, 2026 08:29 PM (5y7pw)
It is disrespectful to my people not only with murray abrahams robert loggia and oacinos terrible accent oliver stones screenwriting and the overall depiction of miami
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:29 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:27 PM (XV/Pl)
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OK. That one's a classic.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 08:29 PM (gnNyN)
>>Not a good movie.
What are you taking about, good movie?
It's good b movie starring Richard Chamberland and Kate Capshaw.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:29 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 06, 2026 08:29 PM (4ZxBh)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:30 PM (bXbFr)
I saw that in the theater. Scared the crap out of me.
Snuck into Purple Rain because. Rated R. Not old enough.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 08:30 PM (xX2oA)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 06, 2026 08:30 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:31 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:31 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 06, 2026 08:31 PM (5y7pw)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 08:32 PM (ZxzYs)
Obviously the book was a decade or so earlier, and the historical material was from the late 1950s and early 1960s. It did well setting the cultural ground for the sense of expectation of American technological superiority versus the rest of the world.
I was mostly satisfied with the adaptation, although on rewatch a decade or so ago I felt compelled to find the imagery inserted during the breaking of the sound barrier to be completely hokey.
To be fair, the first time I watched it I hadn't flown past Mach 1 yet.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 08:32 PM (FDHJL)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:32 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: davidt at June 06, 2026 08:32 PM (Q+gd/)
Saw Return of the Jedi in the theater and almost fell asleep.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 06, 2026 08:32 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Did that for Raw.
The good old emergency door trick.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 06, 2026 08:33 PM (4ZxBh)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:33 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:33 PM (XV/Pl)
None of that was any different than any other Tarantino movie or most any other action movie imo. But I understand there are somethings in movies that can take someone completely out of it while others can just overlook it as a one off possibility.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:34 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: davidt at June 06, 2026 08:32 PM (Q+gd/)
"Just One Of The Guys" was good.
Posted by: how could she ever have passed for male at June 06, 2026 08:34 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:35 PM (XV/Pl)
He couldnt full capture the first chapter
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:35 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: davidt at June 06, 2026 08:32 PM (Q+gd/)
Best boobs reveal
Just One of the Guys.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:36 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:24 PM (GseMx)
Yup. Seeing I lived 75% of the shit that went on in that movie, I can relate.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (snZF9)
Heh. Alice Cooper quipped that he swears the writers followed his tour., taking notes.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 08:36 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:36 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:35 PM (XV/Pl)
It's crazy, isn't it? I'm not aware of a single movie I've wanted to see in the last several years. I was always going to the movies in the 80s.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 08:37 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: how could she ever have passed for male at June 06, 2026 08:34 PM (gKWVE)
Holy crap. Best horde mind ever.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:37 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: how could she ever have passed for male at June 06, 2026 08:34 PM (gKWVE)
One of the best surprise nudity and 'where the hell was she hiding those?!' Ever.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: polynikes
Between Dreamscape, The Warriors and The Crow, that man played a really good villain.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2026 08:39 PM (/k3in)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (snZF9)
Elploding drummers?
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 08:40 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
I've heard that a few bands found it more a documentary than a comedy.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2026 08:40 PM (/k3in)
Posted by: Doof at June 06, 2026 08:41 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 08:41 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 06, 2026 08:41 PM (TR4+2)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 06, 2026 08:42 PM (mseD3)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:42 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 06, 2026 08:23 PM (4ZxBh)
I got dragged to a midnight showing in a good old fashioned theater way back when and it was a hoot. Most of the audience was in on the show, so it made it fun.
Years later, I tried to watch it on home video. Waste of time. Without the antics of the audience, there isn't much to the movie.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 06, 2026 08:43 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Doof at June 06, 2026 08:41 PM (QMAsf)
Well, you can't have 80085 with out 80.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 08:43 PM (3uBP9)
QT always has stylized dialogue, I'll give you that, but the gangsters of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs were very good and experienced at what they did. I didn't believe Cristian Slater for one second
Posted by: Lex at June 06, 2026 08:43 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: davidt at June 06, 2026 08:32 PM (Q+gd/)
Yup, the invention of the tank top titties. For it is written- All sci-fi space movies will have bra-less chicks in tank tops.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:43 PM (snZF9)
He forgot everything he knew for the predator
Thats true of ridley scott as well
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:44 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 08:44 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Berserker
Star Wars was ahead of its time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an7I7PJtEQ4
Posted by: davidt at June 06, 2026 08:46 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 08:46 PM (3uBP9)
I also despise Quentin Tarantino, and will not watch anything he's directed.
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 08:47 PM (X+xvk)
I guess I was too young to get the 'he's drunk all the time' bit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:47 PM (DR/Xu)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:43 PM (snZF9)
According to Carrie Fisher, George Lucas explained to her that there are no bras in space.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 06, 2026 08:47 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 08:46 PM (3uBP9)
Was the William Katz and the guy from Night Court?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:47 PM (DR/Xu)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 08:48 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 08:48 PM (X+xvk)
My phone evidently did not like him either. Not even going to bother to add his name.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:49 PM (DR/Xu)
And if you want a nice little 1980s horror movie B picture, Night of the Creeps is worth a look.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 06, 2026 08:49 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 08:46 PM (3uBP9)
Was the William Katz and the guy from Night Court?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:47 PM (DR/Xu)
The first one yes. And the movies have had multiple Cheers cast members too.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 08:50 PM (3uBP9)
They Were Expendable with John Wayne
Ike, Countdown to D-Day with Tom Selleck
Posted by: Skip
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John Wayne jumps in the jeep, 'ye haw!'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 08:50 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 06, 2026 08:51 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (snZF9)
It’s a movie like Slap Shot - every minor league hockey player said that was the most true to life hockey movie ever made.
I think my favorite scene was the fight breaking out during the national anthem. (Yeah, 70’s movie)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 08:51 PM (3mtTi)
I also despise Quentin Tarantino, and will not watch anything he's directed.
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 08:47 PM (X+xvk)
You aren't alone. I haven't seen it either.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 08:52 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 08:52 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:53 PM (DR/Xu)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (snZF9)
Elploding drummers?
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 08:40 PM (ZxzYs)
In our case it was a vanishing drummer. Poof, without a trace, as if he was never on earth, gone, never heard from again, or found. Other similarities-
Primitive wireless systems. We didn't pickup air traffic though, instead we got frigging truck drivers on CB Radios
Getting lost back stage in the theater. Yes and no. It was an ancient theater, we decided to do some back hallway and stairs exploring. We got a little turned around, opened a door and found ou selves on a catwalk waaaay up above the stage. We also pulled too much power with the amps and PA, a fire started in the wall and kinda burned down the attached building next to it. Ooops
The controlling girlfriend who couldn't shut her frigging mouth and thought her opinion was worth a shit.
Nigel- My brother from a different mother. Frigging goofball, but was serious as a heart attack when it came to the shows. We both have rooms of guitars, some unplayed. He hated the girlfriend too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:53 PM (snZF9)
Wool by the pool.
That said I think I liked Goon better.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:53 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:53 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:55 PM (DR/Xu)
Posted by: banana Dream
The first was hilarious. It was a kind of teen horror that only took off with VHS sales.
I'd say much of the phenomenon of the '80s movies was because the middle-brow, middle budget movies soared because of the VHS rental era. Those films stuck only on people showing up at Wherehouse/Blockbuster on Friday and saying,"Ok, just get something so we can eat dinner."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 06, 2026 08:55 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 08:55 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:53 PM (bXbFr)
That's why I like it. I watch it when I need silly.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 08:56 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: farquad at June 06, 2026 08:56 PM (CFMhl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 08:55 PM (DR/Xu)
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If we're going with Tim Curry movies of the 1980s, then we have to include Legend on that list...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 08:56 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:56 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:56 PM (XV/Pl)
Ian Faith: I really think you're just making much too big a thing out of it.
Derek Smalls: Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 08:56 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 08:57 PM (3bWKb)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:57 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 08:58 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Braenyard
Omg. Rick Moranis and Steve Martin. Hilarious.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 08:58 PM (3bWKb)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:55 PM (XV/Pl)
De Niro's best acting role .
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:58 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 08:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: farquad at June 06, 2026 08:56 PM (CFMhl)
The Hitcher.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 08:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 08:59 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (snZF9)
It’s a movie like Slap Shot - every minor league hockey player said that was the most true to life hockey movie ever made.
I think my favorite scene was the fight breaking out during the national anthem. (Yeah, 70’s movie)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 08:51 PM (3mtTi)
Yeah I was pretty convinced they interviewed a shit ton of musicians and took notes, and then used the most common of the screw ups. My list is long.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 08:59 PM (snZF9)
Goon has to be your second favorite right?
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:59 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 09:00 PM (3uBP9)
Steve Martin is only palatable in small doses. Which is still better than Chevy Chase, who's not palatable at all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 09:00 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Lex at June 06, 2026 09:00 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 09:00 PM (3bWKb)
I don't get the Ferris Bueller's Day Off hate.
But, y'all do y'all.
I thought the movie was hilarious and a great time at the flex.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:01 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 09:01 PM (h7ZuX)
But the screenwriter wd richter was weird
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:02 PM (bXbFr)
Time to move on to the next phase of this project...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 09:02 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:01 PM (iJfKG)
It hit with a particular demo. High school kids.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 09:02 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 09:02 PM (XV/Pl)
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June
Oh yes! That was a great low budget movie. I wonder how it holds up.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 09:02 PM (3bWKb)
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 09:01 PM (h7ZuX)
That movie was frigging great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 09:03 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 06, 2026 09:03 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 09:03 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 09:00 PM (O0L8i)
Roxanne
Oddest cyrano de Bergerac interpretation ever.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:03 PM (zZu0s)
Wanted dead or alive with gene simmons as the villain, around the same time as runaway
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (x/s3z)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (X+xvk)
Wanted dead or alive with gene simmons as the villain, around the same time as runaway
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (bXbFr)
Fuck the bonus. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 09:05 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 09:05 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:05 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 09:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 09:02 PM (3bWKb)
Probably not well. LOL
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 09:06 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (x/s3
I don't like shitty endings. I don't need edgy.
Otherwise a good movie.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 09:06 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 09:06 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 09:06 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 09:06 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 09:02 PM (3bWKb)
Probably not well. LOL
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 09:06 PM (h7ZuX)
I saw it not long ago. Yeah its still funny as all hell.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 09:07 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:07 PM (bXbFr)
Saw the original and Rocky 2 over the last couple of nights.
"Rocky" is a stone-cold classic. Very well-written, well-acted, great directing, clean linear story, and probably it didn't cost all that much to make.
In that way, I was sort of reminded of "Obsession" not that they're similar but they both have a very clean understanding of plot and movie making.
"Rocky II" is a slight step down in quality because you can see the wheels turning and little personal sidetracks the characters take to keep the length of the movie movie-length.
It doesn't have the clean, organic, feel of "Rocky".
That said. It's great fun and a very good movie.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:07 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 09:08 PM (X+xvk)
>>Hmm, anybody mention Terminator?
The Terminator came out in October of 1984, and wasn't even in the top 20 of films that came out that year.
1984 is the greatest year in the movies, it's the greatest year in music and might be the greatest year across all of the cultural zeitgeist.
Regan won a landslide in 84.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 09:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:07 PM (bXbFr)
The tech and effects just weren't where they needed to be.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 09:10 PM (bfy6w)
*I'll never get those two hours or so back. What a bore.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:49 PM (h7ZuX)
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Exactly! These are the kind of 80's movies I enjoy (yes, even "My Dinner With Andre").
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 09:11 PM (kpS4V)
Rocky (con't)
Just finished seeing "Rocky 3".
My opinion of that movie went up after this watching.
The plotting was clean and psychologically on point. Good acting. Good Directing. Good script.
I was surprised by it's quality because it hadn't thought so much of it when it first saw it decades ago.
Anyway as a movie, I think I'd now rank it above Rocky 2.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:12 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 09:09 PM (XV/Pl)
One of the last times they used blue for GOP?
Also Dennis Miller's line:
'Walter Mondale, huh? What an ass kicking that was. All I know is when I went to bed motherfucker only had three more electoral votes than I had- and I didnt even run!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:12 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I went to the theater back-to-back nights to see that film.
Posted by: scampydog at June 06, 2026 09:12 PM (41CYW)
Also Porky's but just barely, and seems out of place in the 80s.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 09:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 06, 2026 09:12 PM (q3u5l)
Brian de palma didnt really consult anyone in our community and it shows
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:13 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 09:13 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 09:13 PM (bfy6w)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:14 PM (zZu0s)
Sometimes, you just want to be entertained with a story that might be absurd, but the characters are not. If they are real, I can really get lost in a film. Adventures in Babysitting is another one. Don't tell my wife about my crush on Elizabeth Shue.
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 06, 2026 09:14 PM (o3x7F)
Balboa was a great wrap up of the series
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 09:14 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:15 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 06, 2026 09:14 PM (o3x7F)
She can play a babysitter or a call girl.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 09:18 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:19 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:21 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 06, 2026 09:14 PM (o3x7F)
She can play a babysitter or a call girl.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 09:18 PM (GseMx)
She got-em some a nice-a gagas.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 09:22 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 09:13 PM (bfy6w)
A good bit of the Taarna used rotoscoping so there were some boobs there in some form and then drawn over.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 09:22 PM (3uBP9)
Kind of hackmans downer ending in the conversation
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:24 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: polynikes
Or a sheriff during a piranha outbreak in an American lakeside town. Either way, hubba hubba.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:25 PM (l26NL)
Oh, hell. I almost forgot the traumatizing event for all boys of a certain age: The Transformers Movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:26 PM (zZu0s)
When Harry Met Sally
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 09:29 PM (jAs5p)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:29 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 09:29 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: JHP2 at June 06, 2026 09:29 PM (UIvnv)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 09:30 PM (jAs5p)
On page two...
"The Big Red One"
"The Big Chill"
"The Big Easy"
"The Big Trouble in Little China"
I may have tweaked the name of the last.
Further down...
"Blue Out"
"Blue Iguana"
"Blue Lagoon"
"Blue Brothers"
"Blue Velvet"
I may have tweaked a or two.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 09:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 09:32 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 09:32 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: nurse ratched
I wanna say I say Robocop and Full Metal Jacket within a week. Maybe I misremember. What is my major malfunction!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:32 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 09:33 PM (rQIkv)
It's streaming on Criterion.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:15 PM (iJfKG)
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Possibly my least favorite Lynch after the "slow Dougie" segments of the new Twin Peaks series.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 09:33 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026
Such a fun soundtrack!
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 09:34 PM (rQIkv)
And it was pretty graphic for its day
The sequels were progressively worse
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:35 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 06, 2026 09:35 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 09:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 09:04 PM (x/s3z)
Falcon and the Snowman: Penn "plays" a whiny weasel.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 09:36 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:36 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 09:36 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:37 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Lex at June 06, 2026 09:37 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 09:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 09:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JHP2
................................
Magnum PI helped in that. Three of the main characters were Vietnam vets and they were just normal, messy, human beings.
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 09:38 PM (bfy6w)
The rotting ear was 3 stories tall.
Also, I was on acid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 09:40 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 09:29 PM (kpS4V)
Why thank you!
Posted by: Zombie Marcia Lucas at June 06, 2026 09:40 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:40 PM (bXbFr)
3,000 theaters.
I haven't been to a movie in over a year and every time I drive by the one remaining theater in my town, it is never busy. I wonder how it stays open. Is it like this everywhere?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 09:41 PM (2WIwB)
It's streaming on Criterion.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:15 PM (iJfKG)
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Possibly my least favorite Lynch after the "slow Dougie" segments of the new Twin Peaks series.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 09:33 PM (kpS4V)
Yeah, I agree.
I didn't think much of it when I saw it originally, buuuut I thought I'd give it a second chance.
So far, it isn't giving me any reason to change my mind.
I may give up on it if things don't hurry up and improve.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:41 PM (iJfKG)
Oh how can i forget the blues brothers it opened the decade
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:42 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 06, 2026 09:38 PM (bfy6w)
I recall one episode with Wings Hauser as a messed up vet living on the beach. A very sympathetic character. I remember my Grandpa pointing at the TV and saying, now there's a good actor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 09:43 PM (0aYVJ)
The idea of just quietly (or loudly) saying she was the art director for an awesome movie on her resume, seems not to have occurred to this [expletive deleted].
She'll probably call in lawyers :^/
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 09:44 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 09:44 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat bastards at June 06, 2026 09:44 PM (HeR4S)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 09:47 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: EFG at June 06, 2026 09:47 PM (0XzvB)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 06, 2026 09:48 PM (q3u5l)
This carried over to showd like quantum leap and jag
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 06, 2026 09:48 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 09:33 PM (kpS4V)
I am one of maybe a dozen people who liked it. Weird? Yes. Lynch? Yes.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 09:49 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 09:44 PM (gKWVE)
You're only worth what you negotiate. At least in film. She would be able to parlay this into future gigs if she hadn't set it on fire by running her mouth.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:49 PM (zZu0s)
I'm not understanding this comment at all.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 08:25 PM (GseMx)
High Plains Drifter: Dude strolls into town, rapes some chicks sane, kills some dudes, then burns the place down and kills some more dudes.
Perfectly cromulent in today's society.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 09:49 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)
Sturgeon's Law holds true.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 09:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 09:02 PM (XV/Pl)
Whoa! I keep forgetting it came out in the '80s. I think it's because I didn't see it until years later.
Posted by: farquad at June 06, 2026 09:50 PM (CFMhl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:49 PM (zZu0s)
When little auditioned for a feature film, pay was to be about $5K/week. For a major 1/3 character. Non-union.
It's same as with every other performance profession, sports, acting, OnlyFans. Only a very few make insane money.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 09:51 PM (dK+Kv)
I did like John Cleese in it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 06, 2026 09:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)
Perfectly cromulent in today's society.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 09:49 PM (dK+Kv)
Don’t forget that he’s an Avenging Angel.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 09:56 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 09:57 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 06, 2026 09:58 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: mindful webworker - essential non-entity at June 06, 2026 09:58 PM (dn9xm)
Such an awesome, 80's, punk rock movie.
Posted by: EFG at June 06, 2026 09:47 PM (0XzvB)
I thought it was filmed in black and white, but got the DVD some years ago, and it's in color. Someone asked if I had seen it on a b&w TV.
Yup. When I lived in Alaska it was all I could afford.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 10:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 10:00 PM (x/s3z)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (X+xvk)
Original story by George R.R. Martin. $3 million budget and did $1.149 million at the box office. Catherine Mary Stewart starred in it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 10:00 PM (x/s3z)
Agree. A really fun flick.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 10:02 PM (3mtTi)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419988
Posted by: mindful webworker - okay, go ahead and look at June 06, 2026 10:02 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 10:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 09:56 PM (3mtTi)
He's a ghost.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2026 10:04 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor**
YES! This! Exactly! Dear Lord, I hate this movie!
Posted by: SuperCountyJudgeCandidateSuperRonNirenberg-Buff Political Hack, Buff Beyond Buff at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (Wuf2K)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor**
YES! This! Exactly! Dear Lord, I hate this movie!
Posted by: SuperCountyJudgeCandidateSuperRonNirenberg-Buff Political Hack, Buff Beyond Buff at June 06, 2026 10:12 PM (Wuf2K)
I’d be willing to bet y’all saw it as an adult.
I was 14 when I saw it. And I am of the 180 degree opposite opinion. I loved it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 07, 2026 01:17 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at June 07, 2026 01:27 AM (tRYqg)
Posted by: OldManMike at June 07, 2026 11:42 AM (rZ4qs)
Hobby Thread - June 6, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is on target. It spun and spun and ended up deciding on an archery theme for this Hobby Thread.
A what? Yes, an archery thread. This is like the gun thread except with different launching apparatus and projectiles, less bang and boom, and no movies about the wonders of ball bearings. But fundamentals still matter...Watch Japanese craftsman make longbows:
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle sent his sculpture Herakles/Archer to the Paris Salon in 1909, where it was an instant success. The Chazen's Herakles/Archer is a reduction cast from the original life-size bronze now in Paris; after Bourdelle's death his widow authorized this edition of 15.
THIS GUY LIVES UNDER SFO'S TAKEOFF PATH SO HE BUILT A CEILING PROJECTOR THAT TRACKS EVERY PLANE FLYING OVER HIS HOUSE IN REAL TIME
— Om Patel (@om_patel5) June 3, 2026
he uses a cheap $30 radio receiver to pick up the signals that planes broadcast while flying.
then projects them onto his ceiling in real time… pic.twitter.com/77lf8gmxfA
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).
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.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2026 05:36 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2026 05:36 PM
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The ways of the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) are sometimes less strange and mysterious than others.
Posted by: TRex - quivering dino at June 06, 2026 05:40 PM (DIYgl)
One of the more exotic weapons was a "foot bow," essentially a long bow that need BOTH hands to draw back the string. You braced the bow with your feet when you drew the string back.
It had a terrible rate of fire (once every other round), but had an extreme range of 440 yards (about 1/4 mile). And armor was next to useless if you were hit with it at point blank range (40 yards or less).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 05:41 PM (gnNyN)
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Great coping mechanism (tracking flight ID). Lemons....lemonade. I'm sure the noise can be annoying, and he turned it into something that interests him.
This is likely the same type of innovative thinking that led to robotic vacuum cleaners. Vacuuming is annoying. Let's hire a circuit board.
Posted by: Orson at June 06, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)
I'm already wowed by the first tuning comments by Easton... 1" is pretty good...
Back to the video.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 05:44 PM (q6tQZ)
Totes awesome.
Had my picture in the local paper.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 05:46 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: TRex - quivering dino at June 06, 2026 05:40 PM
*lays finger alongside nose*
*nods knowingly*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2026 05:49 PM (Wnv9h)
I wish the Olympics / World Championships would have a bare recurve competition. No sites,no counter weights , etc.
Archery competitions are boring now as it's all tens and you just wait for the rare nine or eight hit to decide the match.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 05:50 PM (GseMx)
The Herakles/Archer sculpture is amazing. You can feel the tremendous tension in the bow, in his body as he braces it against the rock, and in the (invisible) drawstring. Since Heracles, a demigod, was supposed to be the strongest man on Earth, I'd guess that his bow could not be drawn by any lesser mortals, only by gods.
The bow looks to be as tall as a full-grown man, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)
The closest we've come to archery at Schloss Hadrian is naming one of our girls Diana (GCH Soyara's Dark Huntress).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 05:51 PM (O0L8i)
A-holes.
Initially, there were shooting multiple arrows with the exact same setup. Unreal. Any "shoot" has 5 different targets, so you don't get the Robin Hood effect.
They did, indeed, get the Robin Hood and were elated?
Jeebus
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 05:52 PM (q6tQZ)
Uh, no. Sixteen centuries ago.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 06, 2026 05:52 PM (sl73Y)
One of the more exotic weapons was a "foot bow," essentially a long bow that need BOTH hands to draw back the string. You braced the bow with your feet when you drew the string back.
It had a terrible rate of fire (once every other round), but had an extreme range of 440 yards (about 1/4 mile). And armor was next to useless if you were hit with it at point blank range (40 yards or less).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
The "How far can an arrow fly?" video above is about footbows.
The Guinness record holder launched one 2048 yards.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 05:53 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 06, 2026 05:53 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 05:50 PM (GseMx)
Nice. I haven't shot in a while, but I have 20# and a 45# Bear recurve. And I have a project riser, TradTech Titan II, with 20# Samick limbs that I need to spend more time setting up. Too many projects.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 05:53 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)
You're right. With sites, compounds, counterweights...it's like watching the State horseshoe contest. First guy who doesn't hit the ringer loses.
Boring
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 05:55 PM (q6tQZ)
I love the magic bow in the movie The Immortals with Henry Cavill. It was like Clint Eastwood's MP40 in Where Eagles Dare. Infinity magazines. Infinity arrows.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 05:55 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 06, 2026 05:56 PM (mEpiT)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 05:55 PM (GseMx)
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Yeah, that was pretty crazy. At one point he shoots four arrows in a row THAT ALL HIT AT THE SAME TIME.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 05:57 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 06, 2026 05:58 PM (0SdQT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2026 05:58 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: MkY
With that said, I had killed every deer I'd shot at for a few years in a row, and I had a buddy who had started deer hunting with a spear...
So, I bought a recurve. Shot about 100 times, said, "I'm good," and went out.
Shot 3 feet over a doe, 3 feet under her, then 3 feet in front of her.
She never moved.
Next night I had the compound again.
I think with a recurve one needs to shoot 1,000 arrows, and practice often.
I shoot maybe 20 arrow in practice every year with the compound.
I'm just not THAT into it.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 05:59 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 06, 2026 05:59 PM (aJQbY)
Do you own bow and arrow equipment? Have you practiced your bow and arrow fundamentals? Have you made your own? Have you ever split an arrow with another arrow?
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Yes. Not yet this year - late summer/fall. Yes - several times.
Posted by: scampydog at June 06, 2026 05:59 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 06, 2026 05:59 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Paul at June 06, 2026 06:00 PM (GXEn7)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 06, 2026 06:00 PM (mEpiT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:00 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:01 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: on-topic mikeski at June 06, 2026 06:02 PM (VHUov)
I'm also a little surprised no one has mentioned the arrows Eisenhower launched across the English Channel on this day, 82 years ago.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 06:02 PM (qx7Zg)
Darrell Owen Pace (born October 23, 1956) is a former archer from the United States, who won two individual Olympic and World Championships titles each during his career. In 2011, as part of the World Archery Federation's 80th anniversary celebration, he was declared as by the WAF as "Archer of the Century"
Also an amateur radio operator N8FTS
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)
Hah very true. There is a cool bow hunting competition with various stations with various animal targets with greater points based on difficulty. I haven't seen it on TV for awhile though I don't have the outdoor channel anymore. Probably shown on ESPN Ocho 😀.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:06 PM (GseMx)
I love being an archer in Skyrim. Arrows are plentiful, cheap, and easy to craft (improving your Smithing skill).
You can snipe things from halfway across the map if you know what you are doing.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 06:07 PM (gnNyN)
Jarts are for you and your friends to bunch up and one guy throws all the jarts straight up in the air and it's every man for themselves. Young and Dumb ......and fun
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:09 PM (GseMx)
I would say the best of them is Don Quixote and Charlemagne although Marcus Aerulius and Shakespeare are pretty good too.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 06:10 PM (XV/Pl)
Young and Dumb ......and fun
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:09 PM (GseMx)
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Kids were considered expendable back then.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:10 PM (O0L8i)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z77nfYs433w
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 06:12 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 06:14 PM (x/s3z)
We made bows and arrows of course. As well as kites, blow guns, snorkels, spears , whistles, cups, etc.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:14 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Picked up a crossbow last year - had a compound for a long time. Crossbow did the job, first day out.
Posted by: scampydog at June 06, 2026 06:16 PM (41CYW)
Mr. Dmlw! got me one of those Chinese ones some years ago, but thought a 40# pull seemed right. I'm just a girl, ffs. I can barely move the string.
Need to get a different one I guess, and make the dogs stay inside while I play with it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:17 PM (h7ZuX)
I got hired one summer to be the archery merit badge counselor for one of the local Boy Scout camps. It was a hoot. The camp's equipment was marginal (at best). I had to get creative marking the distances to targets and even then had to develop a handicapping system. Whenever I needed to demonstrate something I used my own recurve. Halfway through camp someone loaned me his longbow and while I got hooked on the challenge of it I never could get as accurate with it as with my recurve.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 06:17 PM (FDHJL)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Picked up a crossbow last year - had a compound for a long time. Crossbow did the job, first day out.
Posted by: scampydog at June 06, 2026 06:16 PM (41CYW
When I was 6 or 7 when they said bolts I didn't know what they were talking about for a long time.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:18 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)
I wish my school gym class had done that. It's one of the few things I might ever have liked about gym.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:20 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 06:17 PM
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Hey stranger! Good to see you. Been a while!
Posted by: TRex - compound dino at June 06, 2026 06:20 PM (DIYgl)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:21 PM (GseMx)
Some like a challenge. Not me. I'll smash that easy button all day. Its great fun.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 06:23 PM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:17 PM (h7ZuX)
20# recurve is a pleasure to shoot.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 06:23 PM (dK+Kv)
I do have a recurve bow and some target arrows that match my length of draw. It's a light bow, maybe 30 or 35 pound draw since it was for targets, not hunting. Never did much with it but should pick it up again if only for the exercise. Strengthening my back and shoulder muscles would have a lot of benefits.
Posted by: JTB at June 06, 2026 06:23 PM (yTvNw)
Yeah 40# is pretty tough to pull back for a novice female archer. The 60# is probably too much for me now.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:25 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I don't think the bow changes the range. Deer jump the arrow, regardless. 30 yds is pretty far.
I've read that over 40 or 50, the deer don't react, but I can't see myself even trying a shot like that.
To me, deer hunting is up close and personal, capisce?
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:25 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 06:25 PM (TLhHb)
JTB
Fred Bear famously said any North American game animal could be brought down with a 35# draw.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:27 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 06:23 PM (EFkNq)
Yeah, I think that would work for me, too. Easy, at least until I get some skillz.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:27 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:27 PM (q6tQZ)
Close up and personal.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:28 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Legal for deer in Missouri.
Wanna hunt?
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:28 PM (q6tQZ)
My brother was an archer in his younger days, bagging mule deer and carp. It is truly an art form!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 06, 2026 06:29 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:30 PM (h7ZuX)
That a cave man allegedly created it 15000 years ago makes me think aliens may be real.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:30 PM (GseMx)
So here's the deal. Don't get too much pull - just what is comfortable to you. The beauty of a compound bow - with a site, peep, release, and strap - is it takes ALL hand shake and other involuntary tremors out of the equation. Because your muscles are in slight tension.
Just practice a slow steady squeeze on that release - just like Jeff Cooper taught on a trigger. You simply will not miss at the end of the first day of practice.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 06:31 PM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 06, 2026 06:29 PM
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Thanks for mentioning carp. I had a video of bow and arrow fishing that got left out of the content for space considerations but it warrants a mention.
Posted by: TRex - carp, not crap at June 06, 2026 06:32 PM (afA7R)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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On a compound, you can adjust the draw weight. Adjustment bolts on the risers or limbs.
Posted by: scampydog at June 06, 2026 06:32 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 06:33 PM (EFkNq)
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 06, 2026 05:58 PM
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The definition of success for a camp counselor.
Posted by: TRex - summer camper dino at June 06, 2026 06:33 PM (afA7R)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:30 PM (h7ZuX)
1st - bow itself.
2nd and to a much smaller degree, string length and twist. But strings are sized to the bow, then they are twisted to achieve the proper set up, and the draw weight is near what the nominal draw weight is as specified on the bow.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:34 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 06:35 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Recurve poundages are all measured at 28".
Each person has their own "draw length". Shops take a very light bow, and have you pull the string, hand close to your mouth. When the string touches your nose, that's your draw length.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:35 PM (q6tQZ)
We go to the emergency room, dressed in period, 1350's, costume and covered in blood. Dude is holding a blood soaked grease rag on the side of his head.
"We need to see a doctor"
"Fill this out"
"Lady. I've been shot in the head with an arrow"
Dude puls the rag down and blood goes everywhere.
He got in pretty quick. 13 stiches and a really cool story complete with the scar.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 06:36 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026
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A pre-teen Cro-Magnon boy finds a sturdy vine. He ties it to a branch of one tree, and then to a nearby branch. He swings on it and does pull-ups. Then it occurs to him that the vine has some give, but not much, when he puts his weight on it. He wraps a rock in a piece of hide, pulls back the steadily resistant vine, puts the hide-wrapped rock inside it, and lets the vine go.
The rock flies twenty yards and smashes the face of the boulder it hits. Wow!
Dad sees this and goes, Hmmmm. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:36 PM (wzUl9)
Shot 3 feet over a doe, 3 feet under her, then 3 feet in front of her.
She never moved.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 05:59 PM (q6tQZ)
The Lord spake, "Verily, I saith unto you, this is not your time, my deer. None shall feast on your flesh this day, nor even touch a single hair." And he set his angels around the doe, above her, beneath her, before her and behind her, and to each side; and though her foe strove mightily, she stood sure in the safety of His hand, and did not even flinch as arrows flew.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:38 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:38 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: polynikes
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Very true. My compound is at 72# (I need to drop it down - not as strong as I used to be). Have pulled 80# and damnnnn... it was a lot. Guy that owned that bow is 6' 4" and goes about 270lbs.
Posted by: scampydog at June 06, 2026 06:38 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:39 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Reforger
Great story.
"Why women live longer than men."
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:40 PM (q6tQZ)
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It surprised the shit out of me.
Posted by: Zombie Richard I at June 06, 2026 06:41 PM (jcKbQ)
Posted by: scampydog
I bought my "new" bow in '06. Set it to 72 #'s.
It's now at 62#'s, and I've never touched the 20 yard pin.
A lot of that crap is bragging rights.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:41 PM (q6tQZ)
2nd and to a much smaller degree, string length and twist.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Thanks. Better get a different bow.
One reason I want to learn is because if shit ever hits the fan so hard there's no more ammo, I can always make more arrows.
But also, it looks like fun to me.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:42 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:42 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: polynikes
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Pffft.
Posted by: Odysseus at June 06, 2026 06:43 PM (jcKbQ)
Posted by: fd
You do that here, and you could drink all night for free.
Well, maybe a few demos n shit...
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:43 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:39 PM (vFG9F)
There are YouTube vids of the world champion slinger. Pretty impressive.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:44 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes
Nah. I hate that people always want to give credit to "aliens" for man's own ingenuity.
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 06:45 PM (lJ0H4)
Yep. I was bag shooting at 50 yds in my back yard. Drew, on target, but shifted my weight.
Right into a mole hole.
Missed the bag. Blunt tip went part through a 3" sapling. 55# pull.
I see no need to increase the pull.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 06:45 PM (EFkNq)
It's now at 62#'s, and I've never touched the 20 yard pin.
A lot of that crap is bragging rights.
Posted by: MkY
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I am thinking around 60#. Drew it last year while sitting on a chair and said...nope, time to adjust this.
Posted by: scampydog at June 06, 2026 06:46 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 06:45 PM (lJ0H4)
I was being snarky but it is an impressive lever 'machine' .
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:49 PM (GseMx)
Using natural glues and various woods to make laminates always impresses me.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 06:50 PM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Reforger
Great story.
"Why women live longer than men."
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:40 PM (q6tQZ)
At least it was in the temple, and not the groin. Imagine how much fun he could have gotten out of the extra long erection, and not waiting 4 hours for medical help.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 06:50 PM (qx7Zg)
The guy who invented it was probably run out of town... ala Heinlein quote
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 06:51 PM (q6tQZ)
Using natural glues and various woods to make laminates always impresses me.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 06:50 PM (EFkNq)
Me too. In this case though we were talking about the atlatl.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 06:53 PM (GseMx)
But also, it looks like fun to me.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:42 PM (h7ZuX)
I think the second is a better reason, because unless you're shooting wildly into the dark, it should be pretty easy to buy more ammo than you would survive using in a contested environment. That is to say, how many times do you really think you can shoot at someone who can shoot back, before getting hit and dying?
I think preppers with even 'just' a thousand rounds are wildly optimistic, even if you count them as intended for hunting. How long would it take before a successful hunter would have to use them for defense against the unsuccessful? And as soon as bullets start flying in the wrong direction, it's just a matter of accuracy ratios times volume of fire and the dreaded Statistical Probability, since no one is perfect.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:54 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Tv is out
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Unbelievable. The Kentucky Derby has "My Old Kentucky Home,: the Preakness "Maryland, My Maryland." Dignified, even moving.
The Belmont? "New York, New York". Cheesy and smug. But typical of the whole benighted place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:56 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:54 PM (Sy6m/)
Well, yeah, but I was thinking more of an apocalyptic scenario where there is no ammo left to buy, a fond memory. You know. As if I would survive such a scenario in the first place.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:56 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:58 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:58 PM (O0L8i)
I didn't like him as either but his couple of Tony Roma movies were enjoyable. Much more than Dean Marin's cheesy Matt Helm movies and I really like Dean Martin.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:01 PM (GseMx)
Since I like fountain pens and manual typewriters, I find this hopeful. It's not a huge movement but, from my point of view, it's a step in the right direction.
Posted by: JTB at June 06, 2026 07:01 PM (yTvNw)
Go get a compound bow. You can always buy a case of arrows. Unless you screw up and put one through a tree like I did - you can reuse them.
And unlike ammo - you don't need to scavenge a particular calibre of arrow.
Most important ... as said above ... you'll like practicing. Trust me.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:01 PM (EFkNq)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026
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The natives of the Balearic Islands were renowned as expert slingers, and were often recruited as auxiliaries in the Roman Republican and Imperial armies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:03 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Golden Tempo wins it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 07:04 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 06:56 PM (h7ZuX)
Oh that! Well, I have actually gotten off all prescriptions, which is the biggest thing I think for most people. But getting an apple orchard so I can make my own hard cider in TEOTWAWKI is still just a pipe dream, and I don't even have a pipe either so I don't know what that means.
As a LitRPG fan, I like the idea of learning skills that seem impractical in the modern era, just in case of an Isekai, Portal Event, or (worst of all) System Apocalypse. I'm actually thinking of.. well, it's a business idea, so I won't go into details. But a resource for people like me, who might want to be prepared for the wildly unlikely.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 07:07 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026
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The Tony Rome pictures I've seen recently on Movies!, and they were quite good examples of the private-eye film. Both were based on novels by Marvin Albert. He wrote the novel that the John Wayne flick The Law and Jake Wade was based on, and the one the James Garner vehicle Duel at Diablo came from.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:08 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 07:09 PM (LHPAg)
I liked Sinatra's song choices more than his arrangements. I did enjoy his acting, especially in musicals like Guys and Dolls and Take Me Out to the Ballgame. His guest appearance on Magnum, PI was really good.
Posted by: JTB at June 06, 2026 07:09 PM (yTvNw)
People already do Combat Shooting camps. Tactical Combat camps. There is a real market for these kind of experiences.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:10 PM (EFkNq)
I was thinking what is the percentage of people who know how to field dress game or butcher any farm animal. What are the percentage of farmers and hunters ( minus farmers) is probably the number.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:11 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 07:07 PM (Sy6m/)
Good thinking! My only prescription is for hypothyroidism, so in the event I'm still here for TEOTWAWKI, I'll just be fat and angry. Which could be a plus.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:12 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:14 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:14 PM (wzUl9
I liked Big Jake. I think John Wayne's son was a pretty good actor. I'm surprised he didn't become bigger.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:16 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:12 PM (h7ZuX)
Me too. The levothyroxine worries me more than the BP meds.
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 07:17 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: JTB at June 06, 2026
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As an actor, Frank was usually impressive, even in lightweight films. When he really had something to bite into, like The Man With the Golden Arm and Manchurian Candidate, he was great.
I've often thought, if a script like that of Die Hard had been around in, say, 1960, Sinatra would not have been a bad choice to play the lead. Remember, the novel DH is based on is a sequel to the 1964 novel The Detective, and Sinatra played the lead in the 1966 film of that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:17 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 07:17 PM (LHPAg)
Truly!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:19 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026
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Big Jake was co-written by the fellow who with his wife created Dirty Harry, Harry Julian Fink -- who wrote some of the best and most memorable Have Gun -- Will Travels. And Richard Boone looks to be having great fun as a rather jolly and deadly killer, kidnapper, and train robber.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:20 PM (wzUl9)
Good to "See" you too, TRex! I've been enjoying the hobby threads, keep up the great work!
I picked up RV camping as a hobby and was trying to complete a couple classes on research while managing the RV acquisition and camping trips.
Just to stay on-topic, I haven't exactly figured out how to carry the archery equipment in the limited amount of space in the RV.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 07:20 PM (FDHJL)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 07:17 PM (LHPAg)
I would need BP meds for the first time because my salt intake would be through the roof. Freezed dried food and canned goods not low in sodium.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:21 PM (GseMx)
When compound bows first came out I visited my BIL an he said "Want to try this compound bow I just got?
Sur and we go back to the backyard. He has a couple bales with a target on them. I draw The 80 lb bow and the 50% beak is heaven, I figure it'll have a flat trajectory and let fly. I missed the target but hit the bales just right of paper. I asked for another arrow and he took the bow back. He said " The first time I missed the bales....We laughed about it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 06, 2026 07:22 PM (IP7s4)
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 07:20 PM
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If it helps, we did an RV theme on the Hobby Thread in November 2025.
https://tinyurl.com/wthubhzh
Posted by: TRex - recreational dino at June 06, 2026 07:23 PM (afA7R)
Wanna hunt?
The ONLY deer I've gotten ever was with my aforementioned recurve and in eastern Missouri.
Unfortunately bowhunting is not legal where I hang my hat these days.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 07:23 PM (FDHJL)
Rick Beato Interviews Mark Tremonti: Creed and Alter Bridge's Post-Grunge Guitar Hero
https://youtu.be/CClsbAY9-cM
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 07:24 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 06:25 PM (TLhHb)
Little Glass Butte has an annual knap in for learning to knap obsidian and making and using primitive tools. There is supposed to be competitions on atlatls. It was something I always considered going to when I was driving regularly from the Willamette Valley to Ontario Oregon.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 07:24 PM (rbvCR)
You're welcome to hang out here for a while but don't forget to check back in later for Club ONT.
Posted by: TRex - archer dino at June 06, 2026 07:25 PM (afA7R)
And a "quiet" .22 (subsonic) ain't gonna get you naught but a rabbit or squirrel.
Maybe groundhog if you're real hungry...
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 07:25 PM (q6tQZ)
I would like to get a crossbow.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:25 PM (5P5DO)
I still have a tin of Briar Fox, a couple tins of Mac Baren blends (RIP), and a new one of Peterson's My Mixture 965 English, all unopened. I used to smoke the Sutliff blend made as a cheaper match for it, but that product is gone. Though I did see a jar marked as "MM 965 Match" on the shelf at the Country Squire in Jackson, MS, in late April. If you called them maybe you could order some.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:26 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:26 PM (Ia/+0)
Have you ever started a fire with using natural friction tools?
Haven't tried since I was a teenager but never did succeed.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:26 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16
Same space as a gun case. On top?
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 07:27 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: The Twonky at June 06, 2026 07:27 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:28 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:17 PM (wzUl9)
I did not know that! I will have to check it out.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 07:28 PM (Sy6m/)
Then I noticed the kilt and the pyramid and thought "Oh it's just a silhouette of an Egyptian archer."
Still a very nice pic.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 06, 2026 07:28 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:30 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 07:30 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 06, 2026 07:31 PM (pE12i)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:31 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:32 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:32 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026
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I did not know that! I will have to check it out.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026
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SciVo, the novel is called Nothing Lasts Forever, from 1979 or so, by Roderick Thorp. It is short and fast-moving, much better than Thorp's previous novel about former cop-now private investigator Joe Leland . . . and nearly all the action scenes from the DH film are right there in the novel. It's amazing.
The film of The Detective is much better than the novel, which is slow and filled with elliptical prose so that I had trouble figuring out what was going on. Nothing Lasts Forever is much better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:33 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:31 PM (GseMx)
I might have, being from there and all. Did you find some nice pictures of it?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:34 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:32 PM (5P5DO)
Yes!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:34 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 06, 2026 07:35 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:03 PM (wzUl9)
I have made and used slings, but I am not a good shot with them. I made my first one from a description and it was good enough to fling eggs at a tree, but I started making them from hunks of scrap leather and 550 cord which worked and is more satisfactory for me.
I think the trick is to not try practicing at your best, hardest throw, try 25 feet against a wall to find your range. There are a number of ways to throw, from lobbing underhand to the classic spin and whip.
I used one to practice with to limber up my shoulder after it was screwed back together after a bad break, and the best I can claim is that I mostly hit the river I was throwing at. I can also brag that when I was done, all the roundish rocks were off the shore and back in the river again.
If you use those flat or long rocks, you can get one heck of a spiraling keyhole in flight, and they make the oddest moaning noise going down range.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 07:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ronster at June 06, 2026 07:36 PM (XKmOA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:37 PM (wzUl9)
Interesting idea.
I didn't take any cordless hole punchers with me on the inaugural trip(s), it was all I could manage learning how to plan for towing, how to tow, how to dewinterize, how to sanitize, how to shove 10 or more suitcases' worth of stuff into the thing, where to put the suitcases. That and both the RV and the tow vehicle had significant problems.
The high-velocity-lead-based ballistic equipment (HVLBBE because I like to make up acronyms on the fly), if it can be found and dredged from the location of the most recent tragic canoe accident, will be on subsequent trips.
Hopefully along with the archery equipment.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 07:37 PM (FDHJL)
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 07:38 PM (FDHJL)
Natural Friction is how I ended up with two kids and a mortgage.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:40 PM (EFkNq)
I'd love to have some there with the haybales at different ranges.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at June 06, 2026 07:40 PM (FDHJL)
Haven't tried since I was a teenager but never did succeed.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:26 PM (GseMx)
That is my next task. I am waiting on inspiration and you may have given me it.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 07:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:41 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 07:17 PM (LHPAg)
I would need BP meds for the first time because my salt intake would be through the roof. Freezed dried food and canned goods not low in sodium.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:21 PM (GseMx)
For one thing, sodium is one of those things where it's more of a big problem for a small number of people, rather than the general problem it's sold as. A lot of medical literature is written by mathematical illiterates who cannot tell the difference, and doctors are worse. As long as you also have potassium to run the other side of your cells' sodium/potassium pumps, you should be fine.
For another, I have an extremely dim view of BP meds in general, both for efficacy and for side effects. I deeply question whether they are even a net benefit in total health outcomes at all. It's anecdotal, and my dad is prone to high-sensitivity or even paradoxical reactions, but he seems to do worse on them than off.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 07:42 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:34 PM (h7ZuX)
Yes I did a large painting 36x48 . You can see it under landscapes at Stuppleart.com.
I tried the http link but it doesn't seem to work.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:43 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:45 PM (5P5DO)
I tried the http link but it doesn't seem to work.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:43 PM (GseMx)
I just looked it up. It's gorgeous! That's at Old Man's Cave. Been there many times.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:53 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:54 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 07:34 PM (h7ZuX)
Yes I did a large painting 36x48 . You can see it under landscapes at Stuppleart.com.
I tried the http link but it doesn't seem to work.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 07:43 PM (GseMx)
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Very nice work, Polynikes. "The Moron Still Life" is a solid LOL.
Posted by: mrp at June 06, 2026 08:57 PM (rj6Yv)
I did use a cordless hole puncher to whack a gopher this afternoon, so there's that. The crows and magpies can feast upon it. Earlier, I saw one large crow in the yard being mobbed by a dozen or more Brewer's blackbirds.
I had a Studebaker Lark front fender sitting in the yard, that I had pulled out of storage to rob the parking light assembly from it. I decided "value added is value added" so I drilled out all the spot welds, and separated the outer fender from the inner apron, and chipped all the old undercoating off the inner surface of the outer. It is now a saleable part. And will take up about a third as much storage space as it formerly did. Hobby-related.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 08:59 PM (1z8ji)
We had a lovely time doing fuck-all, which is our best thing. Well, there may have been some cocktails involved.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 06, 2026 09:07 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: John at June 06, 2026 09:25 PM (0DsdP)
Posted by: John at June 06, 2026 09:25 PM (0DsdP)
Well, on the mummies they are all shriveled up, so it's hard to tell.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 09:28 PM (1z8ji)
interview with Chris Nolan about the Odyssey
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 10:01 PM (gKWVE)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 6
Courtesy Terry Glenn
Lots of appreciative comments in the "X" thread. And:Like a butterfly
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) May 31, 2026
Display of the Bohemian Waxwing bird
📹 wildsafarisaga and birdsinbloom
wild Safari Saga pic.twitter.com/Ul7ud6F7Yi
Bohemian Waxwings are just beautiful. Here are some cool facts: They're true nomads—one banded in British Columbia was found 13 months later in South Dakota, while another flew 280 miles in 11 days. Their red feather tips come from carotenoids in berries, and the waxy tips grow bigger as they get older. They have a specialized large liver to metabolize ethanol from fermented fruit, but can still get drunk!
Bun Bun is on the prowl She's literally waiting under the bird feeder. MileyBun Bun looks lovely and nonchalant by the beautiful flowers, some of which are also described in the Gardening Thread.
Hey, KT Summer has arrived in Cowtown. Water lilies, dragonflies and rainbow minnows are flourishing, and bullfrogs have spawned. And the Pancho pup is keeping the squirrels away. R/s CrotchetyOldJarheadGood work, Pancho!
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:Until next Saturday, have a great week!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.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 30 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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(Jump to bottom of comments)Here is a story about a mother cat raising a baby rabbit alongside her kittens:
https://tinyurl.com/mrye4vhd
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2026 03:34 PM (G7WXk)
Small cat update
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
Thanks for the pet thread. The pet morons are cute and enjoying the outdoors.
Posted by: Joyenz at June 06, 2026 03:34 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 06, 2026 03:34 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Those bastards travel in flocks and target my Bing Cherry trees every single summer. The show up all at once and pretty much strip the tree bare if you don't notice their arrival. The, also, help themselves to my raspberries, but you can always tell when one of these ingrates has a few too many fermented berries. They actually sway and stumble.
Nice to look at...a real pain in the posterior otherwise.
Posted by: Orson at June 06, 2026 03:37 PM (dIske)
Willowed from last thread:
I recently learned that Thomas Jefferson kept sheep on the White House Lawn, one of which was a vicious Shetland ram that killed several other rams and injured several people, including a small boy who was killed. Jefferson finally had it put down.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2026 03:38 PM (IG3/x)
Hexie - Sitting on my futon in my office
Penny - Sitting on her cat perch in my bedroom window
Allie - Perched next to my bed in the bedroom
Kaylee - Lurking on my kitchen counter, obviously up to no good
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 03:41 PM (gnNyN)
Back in the dim times when plastic was cheap, Bachmann Corp. offered a series of Birds of the World and Animals of the World plastic assembly kits, snap-together. Each kit came with a palette of the prescribed colors, a brush, and a bottle of thinner. All for .98 or 1.49 for bigger kits. Anyway, the Bohemian waxwing was one of the birds. I don't recall if I ever painted and built that one, but I saw it on the store shelves.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 03:43 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 03:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 06, 2026 03:44 PM (7T8ei)
I've gone looking for Hexie (a gray tabby) numerous times only to realize I've walked by her and she's just been sitting in plain sight--but somehow invisible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 03:45 PM (gnNyN)
Alexander Kerr, Jr., aged 9.
He took a shortcut across the White House lawn on his way home from school (which in itself shows how much times have changed) and was gored by the ram.
Jefferson was extremely distressed and wrote a letter of condolence to the family, also sending them $20 (a lot more in 1808 than it is now).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2026 03:48 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 03:50 PM (LmPA0)
These rooms are where the cats live. There was a black cat with green eyes, a large brown tabby, and a red tabby, all shorthairs; and two longhairs, one a light gray with some white and another with dark gray and white. The light gray was quite sociable; she sniffed my hand, permitted me to pet her, and rolled over on her side when I started to move away, as if saying, "You can't be finished petting me yet!"
They were all quite sociable, for that matter. I expect a person could do a lot worse than to adopt one of them.
Oh, there was a shop cat, another shorthair brown tabby, who strolled about as if on patrol.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 03:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 03:51 PM (gKWVE)
It's been raining steadily since early this morning. MiladyJo did take Daisy Dog out for a walk when the rain let up, a little bit. Daisy the Malinois is not a water dog. For which we are greateful. She's quite cooperative about being dried off after walking in the wet.
Once again I've let a week go by without sending any pet pix in. Among other neglected chores and duties.
Posted by: mindful webworker - fan of four-footed friends at June 06, 2026 03:56 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 03:57 PM (wzUl9)
I've gone looking for Hexie (a gray tabby) numerous times only to realize I've walked by her and she's just been sitting in plain sight--but somehow invisible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
You didn't know "Schrödinger's Cat" was actually a subspecies?
Their existence is indeterminate until carefully observed.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 03:57 PM (VHUov)
That "silent" nail filer-downer was money down the drain. She hears the whrrrrr and slinks away.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 03:58 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: KT at June 06, 2026 04:01 PM (rdeQO)
I know. The system is deeply flawed.
Anyway, stop questioning it and get up. I can see the bottom of my bowl.
Good kitty!
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:02 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: KT at June 06, 2026 04:02 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 04:03 PM (RIvkX)
The Big Dummy's Ohio mom should have taken him to the Canton shows this weekend, but he's suffering from digestive and prostate problems. Nothing serious and he's on medication, but she and Her Majesty thought it best to let him stay home and recuperate.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 04:05 PM (O0L8i)
He's been showing up for quite a while. I'm surprised he hasn't met up with a coyote or a car. As I say, maybe he spends part of his time indoors with somebody who lets him out to roam.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 04:06 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 06, 2026 04:09 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 06, 2026 04:14 PM (7T8ei)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 06, 2026 04:19 PM (kfkXh)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 04:22 PM (gnNyN)
https://youtube.com/shorts/PVDvMA0Urc0
Yes, it's on topic and safe for work.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 04:31 PM (qx7Zg)
Watched a video this morning on our yard neighbors
It said in short, they do recognize us as individuals, determine if we are a threat or not, if not they ignore us for most part, if a stranger run away fast, and if safe don't mind if you see where they are hiding food stash knowing your not going to steal it.
They also let their kind know if your safe or threat.
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 04:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: KT at June 06, 2026 04:01 PM (rdeQO)
They're as big as a hand.
She's also fond of lurking under the Blue Angel hostas, which are well-developed, on their 3rd year. I bought 4 of them at a local greenhouse, and they're all next to the back porch. Two got really big compared to the other two, and I can't figure out why. Same amount of water and sun.
Only thing is, they're wider than I expected them to become and are beginning to get sunburned at the outer edge.
Deer have never approached them, which is a blessing. They generally stick to the edge of the woods.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 06, 2026 04:32 PM (w6EFb)
But who are we kidding here, I love everyone who is posted. They are all adorable!
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 04:35 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Piper at June 06, 2026 04:39 PM (Dd38x)
Daisy, the half-wit Malinois, sometimes gets her synapses crossed and gets into snarling tussles with our kids' dogs. (Not Jarl the generally gentle giant Alaskan Malamute, though.) Mostly snarl not much bite, I guess, 'cause there's no blood.
So one morning we hear what sounds like a couple of dogs fighting in the walk-through closet. MiladyJo got there first and saw it was just our one dog Daisy, and some small critter. Mind you, Daisy could snap a neck and dispatch an opossum in a moment, and has done in a few squirrels. But upon turning on the light, we see, Daisy is apparently attacking our small old black cat Ony! Had to drag Daisy off by the collar.
Ony was not belly-up scratching and biting, just belly-down lying there. Got up, apparently unhurt but wary, and went to her windowsill perch. Inspected closely, we saw no wounds nor did anything seem broken. Just a little fur on the floor. I think Daisy was just surprised and reacted instinctively, but not with deadly force.
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Posted by: mindful webworker - arfff at June 06, 2026 04:40 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 06, 2026 04:40 PM (7T8ei)
A day later, MiladyJo is in the kitchen and Ony is sitting watching her and Daisy is sitting behind Ony. MiladyJo tells Ony that Daisy won't hurt her and that Daisy is sorry for scaring her. I saw Daisy get this chagrined look in her eyes, and immediately turned around and slunk off to her bed, as if she understood and was sad for what she did.
Still young, still learning, but a good smart dog with a good heart. Later saw her going up to Ony and licking her fur, with Ony just lying there taking it. They seem fine.
Posted by: mindful webworker - arfff at June 06, 2026 04:41 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 06, 2026 04:42 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 06, 2026 04:47 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 06, 2026
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There used to be a used bookstore on Chartres Street in the French Quarter (maybe it's still there) with a longhaired shop cat, a Himalayan, I believe. Quite pleased to be petted and fussed over by customers. She passed away some years ago.
Another "new and used books" store in the uptown area has a shop cat who is getting on in years, and spends a good deal of her time on her cushion or in her basket. A shorthair brown or gray tabby, I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 04:47 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: mindful webworker - in the field at June 06, 2026 04:49 PM (dn9xm)
Source: Mami Ben (Facebook reel)
Posted by: Kathy at June 06, 2026 04:54 PM (zuKcR)
https://tinyurl.com/knkdu7j8
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2026 04:55 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 06, 2026 05:03 PM (w6EFb)
Source: Mami Ben (Facebook reel)
Posted by: Kathy at June 06, 2026
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God's lucky. Stirling tries to get me up at 3:45.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 05:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2026 05:22 PM (GseMx)
I love shop cats!
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 06, 2026
___________
Shop cats, clinic cats, office cats, mill cats. I call them "The Boss".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 05:23 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Lucy the Fink sends her regards to everyone. She is currently snoring on her heating pad. It’s thunderstorming and 54 on the beach. I just got in from watching the dueling fronts wage war over the Sound. The different waves of cold air, then warm air battling each other is inspiring. Then the sun and the DARK clouds and the rain and BIG raindrops.
It’s snowing in the mountains.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 05:31 PM (A5RD0)
After the Garden, the Devil created laser pointers to tease the cats.
Posted by: mindful webworker - terrorizing felines at June 06, 2026 05:33 PM (dn9xm)
Anyway, that pretty tortoiseshell reminds me of my stepbrother's old kitty Sophia.
Posted by: logprof at June 06, 2026 05:45 PM (Ain13)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 06, 2026 05:46 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 06, 2026 05:55 PM (mEpiT)
Anyway, thanks KT for a favorite thread of mine.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:21 PM (8dKab)
Posted by: Bitblt at June 06, 2026 06:24 PM (11pZm)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, June 6
My terrace garden is pretty small so each blossoming is a little thrilling.This tiger lily was one tiny plant two years ago. I had trouble getting a good photo because they are in the planter and it is taller than I am. Of course, if you've met me, that is not difficult.Thrilling photos! You did well in compensating for the height of the planter!
Sharon(willow's apprentice)
Hi KT,
The first Hog Wild daylily bloomed, plus white lilies (each stalk is like an entire bouquet). Miley
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By
Pawpaws spotted at the creek yesterday. They are not ripe yet so DO NOT EAT. They will make you really sick. September or so they will be ready. - fd
Hey, KT Summer has arrived in Cowtown. Water lilies, dragonflies and rainbow minnows are flourishing, and bullfrogs have spawned. And the Pancho pup is keeping the squirrels away. R/s CrotchetyOldJarhead
Oregon State University:Always like to see the Silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica) putting on its annual show , looking good in Hyde this morning. pic.twitter.com/n1jmqU4nGm
— Jamie warren (@Jamiewa50042387) January 8, 2025
Evergreen shrub, erect, dense, to 8 ft (2.5 m) high and wide, may be a small tree 20-30 ft (6-9 m). Leaves opposite, simple, elliptical to oval, 4-6 cm long, leathery, margins entire and slightly wavy and irregularly turned under (revolute), glossy, essentially smooth and dark green above, paler and woolly below; petiole stout, to about 13 mm long, grooved and flattened above. Flowers appear in winter, male and female flowers on separate plants (dioecious), male catkin-like clusters are yellowish to greenish then gray, 8-20 cm long ("silk tassels"), female flower clusters are shorter, 5-9 cm long. Fruit are in grape-like clusters, each is round, about 6 mm wide, at first green but finally covered with a purplish-gray pubescence; may be present through the summer if not eaten by birds.
Sun or part shade. Not fussy about soil type, if well-drained. Considered a good foliage plant, can be grown as a hedge, moderate irrigation needed. Prune immediately after flowering. A few male cultivars with especially long "tassels" are available, 'James Roof' (30 cm), 'Evie' (25 cm).
From The Famous Pat*:
Name that tree: Husband and I used to live in the Bay Area of CA, and we strongly believe that tree is Garrya elliptica, also called Garrya, or Coast Silk Tassel. Teresa in Forth Worth (and anyone else with sporadic asparagus): Cook the few spears you get, cut them up and add them to a salad - little tasty surprises as you go. Or cook them with corn or green beans. (We've pretty much given up on our asparagus bed. This year I planted broccolini at one end of the bed. And if I need space next year, I'll just overprint the asparagus some more.)Did autocucumber say "overprint" instead of "overplant"?
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We may need to do a feature on asparagus - choice of variety (for climate), planting and care.
@40 > I have a question for you Morons, I have tried, unsuccessfully, for years, to eliminate Creeping Charlie from my lawn (northern MA). I have tried every weed killer mentioned on the interwebs and have pulled up as much as my old body will permit and yet it thrives. HALP! Triclopyr is your huckleberry.Martha Stewart has some additional advice and a nice photo for those who don't know what Creeping Charlie is. Related to mint, like lots of invasive plants.
(overplant!) From Boise area: lows 48-61 F, highs 72-91. Some heavy wind gusts, lots of sycamore sticks down - so far we've raked up half the lawn. Lots of blooms - fireweed, peony, blue penstemon, bearded iris, chamomile, larkspur, wild rose hedge (I'm gathering petals). Checked the fruit trees - most have no fruit, or just a few. Strawberries are producing! Garlic scapes got cut off. Potato bags had to be topped up. Some of the orange bell pepper starts look very bad, but the reds and poblanos are OK so far. Under Puttering At Home, we bottled beer, a style called Kentucky Common - made with corn, which we hadn't worked with before. It comes out short of 5 percent alcohol, with a very light flavor - what Husband calls "construction beer", and fancy people call "sessionable". (post 2/end)
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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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 06, 2026 01:48 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: KT at June 06, 2026 01:50 PM (rdeQO)
I got some sort of lily for Easter. I took care of it, and I had to go away for a few weeks. I left instructions with my co-habitants for watering it.
They didn't. It was a drooping, moaning sight when I got back. I trimmed the dead parts off and re-watered it. Parts of it came back.
I have a superstitious notion that all plants want to live in the ground, so I asked the gardener to get it out of the pot and plant it.
Now most of it is dead. I'm thinking of getting it out of the ground and putting it into a pot where I can control its water, sun, and soil conditions better. Sort of like a PICU.
I'm telling you, my thumbs, fingers, and toes are RED.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 01:57 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 02:02 PM (LmPA0)
Hopefully I'll capture a photo of my Indigo Dragon daylily for next week. The name is misleading, as the color isn't blue - closer to maroon, with yellow insides.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 06, 2026 02:05 PM (w6EFb)
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If you plant a pawpaw tree it's best to get a named variety, because some of the wild ones taste of turpentine. If there are no others nearby, you will need two different varieties for cross-pollination.
Posted by: KT at June 06, 2026 02:11 PM (rdeQO)
- fd
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This sounds like something the witches gave to Rosemary while she was pregnant.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 02:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 02:14 PM (RIvkX)
I suppose there are different varieties as I have seen some much bigger. These don't taste bad, but you have to catch them right when they are ready to fall off, or already have, and then they don't last long. They taste sweet, mushy, like, uh, pawpaws.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 02:21 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: The Patriarchy at June 06, 2026 02:22 PM (FMtrg)
My wife used to take an artists brush and go back and forth to trees... pollinating away.
They aren't pollinated by bees, but by flies and, to quote one book, "indifferent beetles."
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:24 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: MkY"
I didn't know that. How big does your fruit get?
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 02:27 PM (vFG9F)
Also known as lawnmower beer?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 06, 2026 02:27 PM (IP7s4)
https://ibb.co/bjtMLRVk
These things are all over parts of my yard, but no animal or bird seems interested in the berries on them.
Poisonous?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 02:28 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 02:28 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 06, 2026 02:28 PM (/enuJ)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 02:29 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 06, 2026 02:31 PM (IP7s4)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 06, 2026 02:31 PM (ky7/T)
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Yes, you can cut them back. Just to be safe, leave a couple of leaf joints on each stem. And remove old blossoms and any developing seed pods.
You might try cutting back part of the stems and leaving others longer, on an alternating basis.
Posted by: KT at June 06, 2026 02:36 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: fd
1/2 fist.
2 I bought from a going broke nursery. Quite a few I got from MDC (Conservation dept) and I had some natives.
All the same size fruit.
I know the Japanese had cultivated it, and have larger fruits, but Mo has a long history of introducing the latest thing, only to rue it later.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:37 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: KT at June 06, 2026 02:38 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: The Patriarchy at June 06, 2026 02:38 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: KT
We tried meat. Didn't keep.
Every pawpaw I know of in the City proper has fruit. I figure the trash, dog poop, etc., keeps a better fly population than do the woods.
Dunno
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:40 PM (q6tQZ)
https://ibb.co/bjtMLRVk
These things are all over parts of my yard, but no animal or bird seems interested in the berries on them.
Poisonous?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 02:28 PM (jehhT)
Do they have yellow flowers? We have that in our yard. Like Lirio says, they're not poisonous but they are very bland with a bit of a green banana taste.
Posted by: The Patriarchy at June 06, 2026 02:42 PM (FMtrg)
Little bunnies found the beans again, so I spent the morning trying to seal the fence bottom (electric doesn't go low enough).
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:42 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: The Patriarchy at June 06, 2026 02:43 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 06, 2026 02:45 PM (FMtrg)
More likely a wine, or a flavored mead... I could see that.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:45 PM (q6tQZ)
Not much time even to do other yard chores. Really need to gather up leaves from.lsst year under trees
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 02:50 PM (ZxzYs)
FWIW we've got all sorts of "medicinal" weeds or plants that grow wild. My wife's going to catalog them at some point.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 02:53 PM (jehhT)
Hot and sunny here. Seems it's either 10 degrees hotter than normal or 10 degrees colder.
The colors on that daylily are stunning.
COJH, your garden is so beautiful. It's like a miniature hiking trail or a dreamscape.
I only planted a few co tanker veges but they seem to be doing well. Probably not cost effective but it makes me smile.
🌸🌻🌼😎
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 06, 2026 02:56 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Kt19C)
Don't forget serviceberries, which are also understory. Wonderful fruit.
Not everyone likes pawpaw. Everyone does like serviceberry.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:58 PM (q6tQZ)
There was some question last week I was tempted to answer at 5:00pm, but didn't. And I see we have no link to it.
Oh well.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:59 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 06, 2026 02:59 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:58 PM (q6tQZ)
Yes, that's another possibility I've considered.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 06, 2026 03:00 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 06, 2026 03:02 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 03:02 PM (q6tQZ)
Planted some replacement marigolds. Think that's it for flowers. It's too hot to fuss.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 03:03 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 06, 2026 03:04 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 03:07 PM (UjFD0)
I saw one turtle on the knocked down trunk. He did not look like he was enjoying it at all.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 03:09 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 06, 2026 03:13 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: MkY"
These wild ones are not very big. 3-4" max.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 03:15 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Emmie"
Those wild ones are growing in deep shade underneath old growth hardwoods.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 03:19 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 06, 2026 03:23 PM (Kt19C)
What to they taste like?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 03:25 PM (jehhT)
The pulp is supposed to freeze very well, if anyone winds up with too many.
Dunno... I'm a long way from the pawpaw latitudes here.
Agriculture-related: I recently learned that Thomas Jefferson kept sheep on the White House Lawn, one of which was a vicious Shetland ram that injured several people, including a small boy who was killed. Jefferson eventually had it put down.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2026 03:26 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip
You're planting that?
How long to harvest?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 06, 2026 03:33 PM (IP7s4)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)
She created her own hybrids with daylilies. With the pollen from stamens (male) to the pistil (female) of another plant it will form a seed pod.
After the seed pod turns brown and dry, pick it off the plant and you will have many seeds. Write down the colors of plants and put them into an envelope.
She used to plant in fall as the climate was mild, in pots in the east shade of her house.
She was known to name a daylily after you,whether friend or family. These plants still thrive in many states across the country as she'd give them to you.
She'd try to match some of your looks: I have green eyes and blonde hair. Mine was yellow with a green throat. Our very blonde youngest son's daylily was pale yellow, green throat (eyes), and curly ruffle edge like the beautiful dark pink one above. He had curly hair.
So go forth and do this if you desire and make your own hybrids. I understand how she would get the ruffly edge but not the rest.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 03:37 PM (WONhk)
Don't forget serviceberries, which are also understory. Wonderful fruit.
Not everyone likes pawpaw. Everyone does like serviceberry.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 02:58 PM
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Pawpaws are related to several tropical trees, but survive in colder-than-tropical climates. They host caterpillars of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly, the State Butterfly of Tennessee.
If you are growing either pawpaws or serviceberries for the fruit, it is best to get named varieties. Serviceberries are more tolerant of cold and dry weather than pawpaws.
Posted by: KT at June 06, 2026 03:54 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 06, 2026 03:37 PM (WONhk)
That's AWESOME! We'll have to try that.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 06, 2026 04:06 PM (w6EFb)
Husband caged the Roma tomatoes. Our midget blueberry bushes have a lot of mini-berries, and will produce well - if not suddenly scorched by a heat wave. The larkspurs are starting to bloom. The 2 lavender bushes have grown huge in just one year, and I expect a lot of flowers. The linden tree has buds and I am waiting eagerly for the scent of the flowers. One of my 3 orange bell peppers has croaked, one is struggling, but the third may just make it. I picked strawberries Thurs. and will need to do that tomorrow no matter what I feel like. I don't have the oomph to go pick rose petals today - maybe tomorrow as well.
We did plant a native Golden Currant bush between the 2 stone beds, with a wide, deep plastic collar for the roots, since it can spread by root suckers.
Time for more fluids (me, not the plants).
Posted by: Pat* at June 06, 2026 04:20 PM (TEkjI)
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 04:53 PM (q6tQZ)
Also known as lawnmower beer?
Same theory. Light enough on the ethanol that you can quench your thirst and not end up smashing your thumb / cutting off a finger / runninbg over the wife's favorite bush.
Our Kentucky Common came in at 4% ABV, so it qualifies.
Posted by: Pat*'s Hubbie at June 06, 2026 06:45 PM (TEkjI)
Discussing American Things as we approach the 250th anniversary of the country
The invention was once received with chilly skepticism but has become a fixture of American life
Working inside an office during a heatwave in June. A dinner party in July. Buying chocolate in August. If you talk to Salvatore Basile, author of the book Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything these things wouldn’t have happened in America without the ability to cool the temperature around us. “It has shaped our world to the extent that people can carry on very normal lives during the hot months, which would not have happened before,” Basile says. Today, almost 75 percent of U.S. homes have air conditioning, but for an appliance that has become a near necessity for Americans, one of the first of its kind was surprisingly unconcerned with human comfort.
At the turn of the 20th century, humidity threatened the reputation of Brooklyn’s Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographic and Publishing Company’s high-quality color printing. After two summers of extreme heat disrupted business and caused swelling pages and blurry prints, the printing company found that a nascent cooling industry could offer help. Willis Carrier, a 25-year-old experimental engineer, created a primitive cooling system to reduce humidity around the printer. He used an industrial fan to blow air over steam coils filled with cold water; the excess humidity would then condense on the coils and produce cooled air. “Not only did it solve the problem, but [the cool air] started to make people comfortable, and then the lightbulb went off,” Basile says. Even Carrier knew that his initial invention was not the most effective way to control humidity and continued tinkering with the technology. By 1922, Carrier had created the safer, smaller and more powerful Centrifugal Refrigeration Compressor, the precursor to modern air conditioning. At the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, one of the first practical centrifugal refrigeration compressor’s dating to 1922 is held in historic recognition of Carrier’s feat.
Experts are quick to point out that crediting Carrier as the father of modern cooling technology would overlook decades-long efforts by other inventors who used refrigeration to make hot days more productive or comfortable, though. Long before Carrier was even born, University of Glasgow professor William Cullen evaporated liquids in a vacuum thus creating refrigeration technology as early as 1748. . .The story of the Florida doctor is interesting. And then there is the contribution of the movies to air conditioning . . .
General Motors refrigerator from 1954
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) April 28, 2025
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These 80 included: A general who won the Nobel Peace Prize and also wrote a musical piece performed by classical masters. Fifty years later, with lyrics added, it topped the Billboard charts for six weeks, making an R&B singer the first African American with a #1 hit. Other recordings featured Louis Armstrong, Art Garfunkel, Van Morrison, Merle Haggard, Cass Elliot, Freddy Fender, and countless others. (Videos below.) A person of color who predated Barack Obama and Kamala Harris by nearly a century. A Jewish Christmas tree farmer who lived next-door to a future president who also grew Christmas trees. A man whose friends claimed (almost certainly wrongly) that he was actually President of the U.S. for one day. A world-class plant geneticist whose sharp leftward turn and involvement with astrology and mysticism may have cost him the presidency and who learned botany from George Washington Carver, who lived as a guest in his house. One who was so despised by his fellow senators that he derailed a presidential impeachment. A 20th century diplomat who had been a right-hand man to Abraham Lincoln and was a poet, novelist, and naturalist. A man who rose from stock clerk at GM to Chairman of U.S. Steel in 12 years. Several Confederate officials and/or military officers. A general described by Winston Churchill as “the noblest Roman of them all.” A dying man who spent almost all his heartbeat-away time in Cuba. A wit who said, “What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar.” Another who said the vice presidency “wasn’t worth a bucket of warm piss.” You’ll meet these and many more in the chronology below. . .American history - never boring. Can you identify any of these individuals by the brief statements above, without checking the substack? Have you studied the lives of any of the persons above? Powerline also remembers D-Day
On the whole, it’s been a good week. It’s not every week that serves up the kind of supreme schadenfreudey goodness that comes from the firing of the pompous CBS News blowhard Scott Pelley, with more to follow. Less noticed was that NPR laid off most of its climate change reporters this week, too. If NPR is giving up on the climate crusade, it is well and truly over. The strong showing of Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt (fingers crossed about those “late” votes) is also cheering, though it will still be an uphill fight to November. England continues to spiral down the drain, but after their George Floyd-in-reverse moment, I am cheered to see anti-police riots in Birmingham. Oh, and props to DOCTOR Jill Biden for providing more free entertainment with her memoir. Can Hunter’s memoir be far behind? And Obama’s library opened, with a structure that looks like it belongs in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
March: Semper Fidelis . . . John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) John Philip Sousa composed 136 marches between the years 1873 and 1931, and he described this march as his best one. Memorable and powerful in every respect, Semper Fidelis, composed in 1888, is the official march of the United States Marine Corps and takes its title from the motto of the Corps: “Always Faithful.” The special importance of this march is shown by the fact that Semper Fidelis was played as a funeral march when the Marine Band accompanied John Philip Sousa’s body on his way from the Marine Barracks to the Congressional Cemetery in 1932.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Immigrant from India at June 06, 2026 11:18 AM (djegq)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 06, 2026 11:23 AM (L1JuH)
Posted by: Joe Mama at June 06, 2026 11:23 AM (TezPK)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 06, 2026 11:25 AM (L1JuH)
Posted by: Joe The Plumber at June 06, 2026 11:25 AM (z20w/)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 11:27 AM (FMtrg)
Heating uses considerably more energy than air conditioning nationwide, but you don't see papers in Chicago or Boston denouncing people for heating their homes.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 06, 2026 11:27 AM (aD4fx)
A/C that's what.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 11:31 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 06, 2026 11:31 AM (qFwJc)
In our Frigidaire--
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
With his seat in the meat
And his face in the fish
And his big hairy paws
In the buttery dish,
He's nibbling the noodles,
He's munching the rice,
He's slurping the soda,
He's licking the ice.
And he lets out a roar
If you open the door.
And it gives me a scare
To know he's in there--
That polary bear
In our Fridgitydaire.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 11:33 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:33 AM (0kM66)
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 11:34 AM (q6tQZ)
But I'm pretty sure the most important invention was the printing press.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 11:34 AM (OsdBI)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 11:35 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Paul at June 06, 2026 11:35 AM (+t04h)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Instead, they don't get it, act like it's a civic & moral virtue to not have it, and then complain all summer sweating it out wishing they had it.
They also, apparently, think ice is a luxury.
Maybe they just like living in saunas.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:36 AM (6ydKt)
In 2015, the Washington Post declared that the refrigerator was history's greatest invention, but also noted this important point: "Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid.
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Japan has the same percentage of air conditioners as the US. It also lies within similar latitudes. But no one calls the Japanese stupid. Because the issue isn't air conditioning it's bashing the US.
Japan also has the death penalty. Another thing that never seems to get condemned.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 11:37 AM (O0L8i)
A/C is a great and wonderful invention.
When IO was a wee tad, the day we finally got one of those window units by Frigidaire was a great day.
We had arrived, baby. And had relief from the hot, Texas Summer weather.
Even if it was only in one room.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 11:37 AM (iJfKG)
That actually makes sense.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 11:38 AM (OsdBI)
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Some of them don't even use ice for cocktails... even if the drink doesn't require ice in it, but the recipe says (clearly) "chilled."
A warm Martini is a goddamn crime.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 11:40 AM (jehhT)
But I'm pretty sure the most important invention was the printing press.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 11:34 AM (OsdBI)
__________
Her Majesty would say, heated car seats.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 11:40 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2026 11:40 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 11:41 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 06, 2026 11:31 AM (qFwJc)
Oh, we'd be in the 21st century alright.
We'd just be living in homes with wide open windows with screens, flow-through design from front to back of the house/office for draft, a lot of floor and ceiling fans, and the occasional siesta after noon in the hammock on the porch.
And ice.
Lots of ice.
Ice is good.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:42 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 06, 2026 11:42 AM (4oiEz)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:42 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 06, 2026 11:43 AM (80m++)
Then the airplane.
Then rock and roll and jazz music.
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 11:45 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:46 AM (EFkNq)
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This house was built in 1955. Mrs. Phillips *liked* pink. So pink appliances (among other stuff) were selected. We still use the pink 'Frigidaire, Division of General Motors' cooktop.
As an aside, she was this fellow's aunt:
https://shorturl.at/9wGKm note the redactions.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 11:46 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 11:46 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:47 AM (rbvCR)
I haven't heard anything about JT in a few months. How's he doing? Any birdbath status updates?
When you talk with him, please let him know we miss him.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:48 AM (qx7Zg)
They used a big fan to pull air from a cave underneath.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 11:48 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 11:49 AM (tNkpt)
But I'm pretty sure the most important invention was the printing press.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 11:34 AM (OsdBI)
I would have said trash bags myself, but it was invented by a Canadian.
Failing that, I'd say either the light bulb, or AC and DC current.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 06, 2026 11:50 AM (LavZ9)
We'd just be living in homes with wide open windows with screens, flow-through design from front to back of the house/office for draft, a lot of floor and ceiling fans, and the occasional siesta after noon in the hammock on the porch.
And ice.
Lots of ice.
Ice is good.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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High Ceilings
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:50 AM (0kM66)
"England saw 4,507 heat-related deaths in 2025, the highest number in 35 years, driven by record temperatures exceeding 40°C"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 11:50 AM (XeU6L)
That and the telegraph & telephone really did change the world.
But it must've been an event for people when they first began listening in on invisible transmissions of news, music, and shows from dozens or hundreds of miles away through a box with a speaker in their living room.
Almost like it was magic.
Same for television, I suppose.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:50 AM (6ydKt)
Avg contract price for renewables is 8.5 cents per kwh and locked in for 20 years
Wonder what fossil fuels will cost in 20 years ? Buffet is selling his solar electricity at 5 cents per kwh to Cali
Posted by: Paul at June 06, 2026 11:51 AM (+t04h)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 11:50 AM (0kM66)
Yeah, I guess why the older homes had 10 or 11 foot ceilings on the regular.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:51 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Tall windows, and, transoms...when was the last time you saw a transom?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 11:52 AM (XeU6L)
The back part of the house never got below 65° in the winter (just add more blankets) and never higher than 70° in the summer. A fan blowing warm air down the hall in the winter and turned around to blow cooler air into the great room in the summer. It was comfortable enough.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 11:52 AM (OsdBI)
Sorry ... but AC/DC was invented by the Aussies.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:52 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 11:52 AM (tNkpt)
He does remember the Horde when speaking to him.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 11:52 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:53 AM (EFkNq)
Hint: they do not
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 11:55 AM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 06, 2026 11:55 AM (+mpku)
Not what I'd hope to hear, but I like the truth over having good vibes and bullshit.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:55 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:55 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 11:56 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 11:56 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 11:52 AM (OsdBI)
I've seen some videos of people who've built homes underground.
I like the idea.
It definitely saves on energy costs.
Other than the lack of windows and sunlight it seems like it would be a cool experience.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:58 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: man at June 06, 2026 11:58 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 11:52 AM (OsdBI)
I've seen some videos of people who've built homes underground.
I like the idea.
It definitely saves on energy costs.
Other than the lack of windows and sunlight it seems like it would be a cool experience.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:58 AM (6ydKt)
I wonder how well it would hold up against tornados.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qx7Zg)
A big tower takes the desert breeze and funnels it into the lower rooms or even the basement. This pushes out the air on the bottom which might have been warmed up by human activity or just the hot walls.
The outside air might not be all that cool itself, so a common tweak is to have a pool of water on the bottom, maybe fed by nearby streams. This will evaporate and actively cool the ground floor.
tinyurl.com/4vma7vht
Posted by: gKWVE at June 06, 2026 11:59 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 11:59 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 06, 2026 12:00 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 12:00 PM (vV6n9)
While certainly true, probably wouldn't put the featured window A/C in a bedroom. (Manufactured by Zengshi Life Museum, a Chinese brand registered through Canada, I think.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 06, 2026 12:00 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 12:00 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 12:02 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at June 06, 2026 12:02 PM (xVpNO)
I'm sure it helped, but the heat/humidity combo in places like that is something to experience. Actually hottest/most humid experience was Hanoi in June. The white-gloved guards inside Ho's tomb had to keep hurrying people along, it was clear everyone was enjoying the cool dry air inside after waiting in line outside where it was so hot/humid that it was funny.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 12:03 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 12:04 PM (LHPAg)
There was no air turn over.
Siting was an issue because of ground water problems.
The were popular in SE Ohio and western PA as I recall.
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 12:04 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 12:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:58 AM (6ydKt)
This wasn't completely underground. There are windows in every room. The biggest problem is humidity. The floors were poured concrete covered with linoleum. They were wet in the summer. And mold was an issue. My brother has the house now and is finding mold in every wall. They're basically gutting that house and redoing every wall and floor with waterproof everything. And location is a big deal. The ground slopes toward the house. Over time small cracks develop and ground water seeps in. They're spending the summer and a hella lot of money to fix everything.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 12:04 PM (OsdBI)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 12:05 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 12:06 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 12:06 PM (U/Byj)
Yep. Water wins every time. The only option is to give it somewhere else to go.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 12:07 PM (EFkNq)
It's beyond description how unusual the layouts are but nobody can say it's not unique.
They're also turning them into condos and Airbnbs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 12:07 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 06, 2026 12:07 PM (IP7s4)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2026 12:07 PM (nDXEV)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 12:09 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Ben Had
Heh. When I was younger I liked the idea of converting a decommissioned missile base into an underground home/supervillain lair. These days I still like the idea of subterranean living, just more Hobbit and less Hades.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 06, 2026 12:09 PM (N5734)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 12:07 PM (EFkNq)
Been there, done that. The water still eventually wins again.
I think it cheats.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 12:10 PM (OsdBI)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 12:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:51 AM (6ydKt)
But a bitch to heat in the winter.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 06, 2026 12:12 PM (5xuJ/)
Years ago (can't find now) I saw the annual averages from nearby public university weather station. Mean highs/lows were ridiculously close, about 7 degrees. But exact location matters, houses without the breeze, blocks away, are much hotter. Humidity is rare so I still don't get the amount of AC, but whatever.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 11:56 AM (U/Byj)
Location matters, as does urban planning. I heard endless bitching from Israelis about how Tel Aviv was ruined by running major throughfares from North to South, parallel to the Mediterranean coast, which caused a windbreak effect from the buildings, killing the on-shore breezes making the city a humid, sweltering hell-scape, weather-wise.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2026 12:12 PM (FkdoK)
Also has windows set up to allow cross breezes regardless of which direction the wind is blowing.
Must have been designed by a black transgender lesbian, what being so clever and all.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 12:12 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 12:11 PM (6ydKt)
Or build in a dry climate. Southern Indiana is not a dry climate. Don't build that here unless you are on top of a hill.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 12:13 PM (OsdBI)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 12:15 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 12:15 PM (3mtTi)
Right?
Posted by: Florida at June 06, 2026 12:16 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 11:56 AM (+rSJz)
He successfully commercialized wireless telegraphy. He had nothing to do with the development of adding sound modulation to the signal, or the advent of commercial radio as we know it.
Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian working in Massachusetts, was the first person ever to transmit voice and recorded music by radio.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 12:18 PM (1z8ji)
83 Yeah, I guess why the older homes had 10 or 11 foot ceilings on the regular.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 11:51 AM (6ydKt)
But a bitch to heat in the winter.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 06, 2026 12:12 PM (5xuJ/)
Same reason (well cost, also) that most southern houses were built pier and beam with a 3’ crawl space under the house, and no cellar.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 12:18 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:18 PM (ZxzYs)
All those "cost savings" is in creative accounting.
Best use of your bucks if you want to minimize operating costs up front is in energy conservation like tight construction, insulation, properly placed and shaded windows.
Even in retrofit situations.
But it's a free country. Ain't it great!
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 12:19 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 12:12 PM (tNkpt)
That's how my old farmhouse was. Lots of tall narrow windows, exterior doors everywhere, A wrap around porch to shade the windows and doors. Big old maple trees for shade.
The trees died off. The windows and doors were a huge problem in the winter. And humidity caused a lot of rot underneath the structure. Poor old thing was falling down when we had it demolished. I hated it but we had no choice.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 12:19 PM (OsdBI)
This country has contributed immeasurably to communication and transportation. The airplane will remain my most beloved American invention.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 12:09 PM (T6aVk)
Virtually every product/convenience in the past 150 years or better that makes Western Civilization vastly superior to the alternative was invented by Americans, in America. Jealousy over this truth is the root of the Eurotrash hating the US even more than they hate each other.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2026 12:19 PM (FkdoK)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:19 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 11:35 AM (5P5DO)
68 to 72. My ancestry (DNA) loves cold. Hate summer.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 06, 2026 12:20 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 06, 2026 12:21 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 06, 2026 12:12 PM (5xuJ/)
Tell me about it.
The room I'm in has no false ceiling in it.
The ceiling is sloped at the roof-line.
At the highest point it's about 20 feet.
It looks cool but it's a bear keeping this room cool or warm enough even with a ceiling fan set for winter and summer rotation. It's regularly 4 or 5 degrees warmer (or cooler) in here than the rest of the house.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 12:21 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rex B at June 06, 2026 12:22 PM (rgnea)
Posted by: Joe The Plumber at June 06, 2026 11:25 AM (z20w/)
In the Seattle underground tour, there is a display of the first toilet in the city that was invented by John Crapper. It is somehow appropriate for Seattle.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: The Patriarchy at June 06, 2026 12:23 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:22 PM (2WIwB)
What an unfortunate last name.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:24 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: DanMa'am at June 06, 2026 12:24 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 12:24 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 12:25 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: 8 yo Jonny Crapper at June 06, 2026 12:26 PM (ZxzYs)
From the D-Day memo, A.G. Kirk advising forces on the danger of the mission: "These are not beaches held by apathetic Italians"
Intentional or unintentional humor? In any case, I'm stealing it. Expect to see adaptations in future posts.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 12:26 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 12:26 PM (5P5DO)
I saw an interesting explanation for that. You know how there are wonky predictions about how AI will eliminate most work and create massive universal wealth? Europe believed that about the Industrial Revolution and Ford-style assembly lines. So they stopped trying and missed having a significant position in basically every technology invented post-WW1.
There are almost zero interesting global European companies for computers, the Internet, semiconductor design, social media, or AI. ARM is the most important thing Europe has in any of those spaces, and it's a big deal, but it was also launched on an investment from Apple developing ideas from UC Berkeley and is foreign-owned now.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:27 PM (QZThv)
Other staples of these videos is how nice Americans are to them. And, how much they enjoy the interaction and conversations with complete strangers. They usually talk about how standoffrish Brits are with each other. My favorite is how they can't believe the extreme weather events that Americans just shake off and move on.
Posted by: Orson at June 06, 2026 12:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 12:28 PM (O0L8i)
Make it make sense to me.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 12:28 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 12:28 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Thag at June 06, 2026 12:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:30 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Ia/+0)
I'd kind of forgotten about Reginald Fessenden. He worked for Edison and went to Westinghouse.
Guy had a shit ton of patents.
I love Grok:
Fessenden’s most famous achievement came on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1906, from his experimental station at Brant Rock, Massachusetts.
He conducted what is widely recognized as the world’s first public radio broadcast of entertainment and music:
A Bible reading from the Gospel of Luke
A phonograph recording of Handel’s “Largo”
Fessenden himself playing “O Holy Night” on the violin
Closing remarks wishing listeners a Merry Christmas
The transmission used a high-frequency alternator (developed with Ernst Alexanderson of General Electric) to generate continuous waves, combined with his AM techniques.
Ships at sea heard it clearly—some reports came from as far as Norfolk, Virginia, and beyond (hundreds of miles). Operators were astonished to hear a human voice and music instead of Morse code.
He had also achieved the first two-way radiotelegraphic communication across the Atlantic earlier in 1906 (between Brant Rock and Machrihanish, Scotland).
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 12:31 PM (+rSJz)
It’s the poor and middle class who have no a/c and have to ask the bus or train everywhere.
They don’t live that way by choice, but because they can’t afford the “luxuries” Americans take for granted. Europeans are dirt poor relative to Americans.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 12:31 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 12:28 PM (tNkpt)
Lucky. I get +- 2° of 68 or I better be doing something about it.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:32 PM (ZxzYs)
Other staples of these videos is how nice Americans are to them. And, how much they enjoy the interaction and conversations with complete strangers. They usually talk about how standoffrish Brits are with each other.
Air conditioning has been growing rapidly in popularity in the UK, which is further stressing their ability to appease Greta Thunberg with bird Cuisinarts.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:32 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 12:32 PM (5P5DO)
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The Transistor.
/During Pride Month? REALLY???
Posted by: ShainS at June 06, 2026 12:32 PM (+mTA5)
(Breitbart) Pop Singer Doja Cat Calls Elon Musk a ‘Barrel Chested Ewok’ While Complaining About X Features
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 12:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Fire at June 06, 2026 12:33 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 12:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 12:33 PM (gjFiG)
It was. Brits are the closest of the major European ethnicities to understanding US freedom, which is why I'm constantly surprised that Starmer hasn't been given a free helicopter ride yet.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:35 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 12:33 PM (Ia/+0)
And this is why Britain is lost.
You can bet those mosques have armories.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Seek ye the Whole Earth Catalog. Bermed houses they were called. They were in contest with Fuller's geodesic dome. I think condensation and air circulation problems cut the berm house short.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:36 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 12:04 PM (LHPAg)
Attic fan we had in LA was a gamechanger. Run it for about 30 seconds at dusk to get a whole house air exchange.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 12:37 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:27 PM (QZThv)
ASML is Dutch.
They manufacture the most advanced EUV lithography machines for chip making.
But, yeah, most other Euro tech companies are bit players.
They missed the boat on internet search and social media entirely, for instance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 12:37 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Ia/+0)
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Why they're in bed with at least three Death Cults: The Cartels, The ChiComms, and The Muzzies.
Posted by: ShainS at June 06, 2026 12:37 PM (+mTA5)
/During Pride Month? REALLY???
Posted by: ShainS at June 06, 2026 12:32 PM (+mTA5)
Nukes. Providing 80 years of relative peace on earth.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 12:38 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 06, 2026 12:39 PM (VCgbV)
And when the power goes out (3-4x every winter) I have a wood burning fireplace.
It’s pretty mild out here. Today’s high will be 56. Supposed to get thunderstorms and it’s snowing at the higher mountain passes.
Springtime in the PNW.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 12:39 PM (A5RD0)
They missed the boat on internet search and social media entirely, for instance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 12:37 PM (6ydKt)
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But hey! They invented Legos!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:40 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Thag at June 06, 2026 12:29 PM (2WIwB)
__________________________
I'm going to have to suggest cars and planes as the best (or most impactful) invention. It moved humanity away from Tribalism. Tribalism created friction among inhabitants of each community even in relatively close proximity. By creating a transportation to move well beyond your origin in a personal capacity allowed a flow and coagulation of new ideas which led to innovation. I truly believe that that ability elevated a locale to 1st World, while the Tribalistic communities remained 3rd world (ME, Africa etc.). We still hold onto the instinct for tribalism, but have transferred it onto sports teams and more innocuous facets.
Posted by: Orson at June 06, 2026 12:40 PM (dIske)
We have Google, Apple, Tesla, Intel, Microsoft and 1000 others.
Pretty good trade off I’d say.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 12:41 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: 5Cats at June 06, 2026 12:41 PM (G1Bav)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 12:39 PM (A5RD0)
Is it just me or has this been an unusually cool Spring?
I've only worn shorts twice for Geezer Golf.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:43 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 12:43 PM (vV6n9)
They manufacture the most advanced EUV lithography machines for chip making.
True, but I count photolithography as a pre-WW1 technology. Yeah, the stuff they do now is far beyond what Kodak and Polaroid were doing 110 years ago, but the fundamentals haven't changed.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:44 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 12:44 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Heroq
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Relative humidity and barometric pressure can effect feelings.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:45 PM (0kM66)
We have Google, Apple, Tesla, Intel, Microsoft and 1000 others.
Pretty good trade off I’d say.
I saw a chart a few years ago to the effect that Home Depot is larger than any European company created post 1950.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:45 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:40 PM (2WIwB)
You gotta give it to them.
They've made crap ton of money off of those little plastic bricks.
You'd be hard-pressed to find any person born in the West in the last 60 years who hasn't played with Legos.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 12:46 PM (6ydKt)
I'm taking a Brit shooting Sunday. Told him we were going to asshole mountain and left it for him to figure out where that was.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:30 PM (ZxzYs)
The last time I took guests out shooting was a couple of years ago, Mom and I took my late step-father's Dutch nephew & family to the range. Semi-rural, conservative, and TALL. Their teen-age son was dying to shoot a gun for the first time, so we made a whole day of it. Everyone had a lot of fun, especially his mom, who REALLY got into it, surprising the hell out of all of us.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2026 12:46 PM (FkdoK)
At one point one unit had encountered so many non-German surrendering troops (they couldn't really communicate with them) that someone asked a senior officer back on the beach "just who are we fighting here, sir?".
I think this is where the famous Korean was taken prisoner, marking the end of his journey wherein he fought in 3 armies (Japanese, Soviet, and German).
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 12:47 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 06, 2026 12:47 PM (xIWcS)
I've only worn shorts twice for Geezer Golf.
Posted by: Diogenes
A lot of cool days, I say. At least it was 50 this morning. I brought a hibiscus back in overnight last weekend. It was only 42 deg last Sunday am and the damn potted plant weighs about 90 pounds.
Posted by: Rex B at June 06, 2026 12:48 PM (rgnea)
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Filters, you must change the filters on schedule.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:49 PM (0kM66)
I saw a chart a few years ago to the effect that Home Depot is larger than any European company created post 1950.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:45 PM (QZThv)
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The chart I saw was that the market cap of Home Depot is bigger than that of the 50 most successful EU startups in the last 50 years, combined.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 12:49 PM (O0L8i)
All the cool kids want some of that.
As Crowder likes to point out, Karl Marx was an enthusiastic user of the German version of the N word. If that were better known entire colleges full of septum-pierced young they/thems would be full of exploding heads, Scanners style.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:49 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 12:49 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:45 PM (QZThv)
About the time they started down the road to the EU.
Europe has regulated themselves into this position because they can't control their socialist impulses.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2026 12:50 PM (6ydKt)
I've only worn shorts twice for Geezer Golf.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:43 PM (2WIwB)
Very cool. I'm inland PNW but today the high is only going to be 58 degrees.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 06, 2026 12:50 PM (xIWcS)
Badda boop boop beep beep hey hey hey...bop bop dula be bop...
Posted by: Karen Bass, Low IQ Mayor Of LA For Life at June 06, 2026 12:51 PM (z20w/)
More broadly, because they always listen to "experts".
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:51 PM (QZThv)
Europe simply doesn’t have the entrepreneurial mindset. There’s no Facebook created in a College dorm room in Berlin or Paris. It’s a foreign concept to them.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 12:51 PM (tNkpt)
Coast redwoods (sequoia sempervirens) are, duh, near the coast. Sequoias (sequoia gigantea) are at some elevation, and I'm pretty sure only in CA.
My reco is fly into SFO in late fall (only for tourism/people density, not foliage), head up to Sonoma, wine-taste, walk at the state redwood park near the Russian River, and enjoy the incredibly beautiful area. Then if you want to see the giants head down to Sequoia Nat. Park, which is a drive and different place to visit.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 12:51 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 12:43 PM (vV6n9)
I'll let Nurse add her part, but thought I'd put in my two cents. The Redwoods and Sequoias are native only to California, although you can begin to see redwoods along the very southern Oregon coast. A quick Google search can help you find places to visit. You could fly into Eugene OR and drive south, or I think Sacramento and drive north is probably a better choice.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:52 PM (2WIwB)
Mixer faucets. In the US, the majority of sinks have mixer faucets...where you have one faucet that can be adjusted to the desired temperature. In the UK and the EU...and most other places for that matter....they have a cold faucet and a hot faucet, and you have to do the "slide hand wash"...Oh too HOT....slide over to the cold faucet...too cold, back over to the Hot faucet. It's annoying.
Posted by: Orson at June 06, 2026 12:53 PM (dIske)
Something about American Exceptionalism.
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 12:55 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 12:55 PM (vV6n9)
Redwoods are in northern CA.
The Olympic National Park in western WA has some pretty big trees and a temperate rain forest and a coastline to blow your mind. It is not a hot, sunny, sandy easy access beach with hotels every block. It is remote and cold and windy and rainy and rocky and there’s not a lot of options for overnight accommodations, if any.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2026 12:56 PM (Krwog)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 12:57 PM (3mtTi)
As Crowder likes to point out, Karl Marx was an enthusiastic user of the German version of the N word. If that were better known entire colleges full of septum-pierced young they/thems would be full of exploding heads, Scanners style.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 12:49 PM (QZThv)
Marx also was an unwashed moocher who lived off of Engels' family inheritance. Notorious for his noxious personal hygiene (Marx almost never bathed), it was so bad that he suffered from horrible rashes nearly his whole life.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 06, 2026 12:57 PM (FkdoK)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 12:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Do cars sold in European have air conditioning?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 06, 2026 12:57 PM (iTNuP)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 12:58 PM (x/s3z)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 12:52 PM (2WIwB)
There is a small stand of redwood trees in a beach park near Jericho Beach in Vancouver, B.C. I never knew that until a couple of months ago. Some are pretty big. I expect they were planted there over a century ago.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 12:58 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 12:58 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 06, 2026 12:59 PM (xIWcS)
Posted by: Heroq
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Who knows where the people's minds would go if they were set free. Regulation is a killer.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:59 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Orson
One of a few local NW inventions: the single handle faucet - Alfred Moen, Seattle.
Vinyl- (everybody's favorite albums?) - Waldo Semon Univ of WA. Let his name be the first name in synthetic rubber!
And compact disc technology - James Russell from Bremerton WA.
Posted by: Rex B at June 06, 2026 01:00 PM (rgnea)
His very name and the ideology he founded is a horrible rash on all of humanity.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 06, 2026 01:01 PM (xIWcS)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 01:02 PM (vV6n9)
Something about American Exceptionalism.
Posted by: pawn at June 06, 2026 12:55 PM (+rSJz)
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Europe has a cultural history of monarchies and elites. They were, and are, the ones who made decisions and ran things.
America has a history of a pioneering spirit and rolling up our sleeves and getting shit done ourselves.
We are free enough to dare to try.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 01:03 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Someone here was getting one, never heard the results. Have read they are no more fun than a window rattler. Noisy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 01:04 PM (0kM66)
Marx also was an unwashed moocher who lived off of Engels' family inheritance. Notorious for his noxious personal hygiene (Marx almost never bathed), it was so bad that he suffered from horrible rashes nearly his whole life.
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Sounds like the non-bathing was for a reason other than simply convenience or laziness.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 06, 2026 01:04 PM (iTNuP)
Good thing they wouldn't let us harvest any. They wouldn't have been there to die in the fire.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 01:04 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 01:04 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 01:05 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Ia/+0)
America has a history of a pioneering spirit and rolling up our sleeves and getting shit done ourselves.
We are free enough to dare to try.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 01:03 PM (2WIwB)
The notion of private property, including the right to your inventive and creative works and other fruits of your labor was perhaps the single greatest contributor to the concept of American Exceptionalism.
Of course enemies of America want to tax that into oblivion.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 01:06 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Ia/+0)
Is that wrong?
- Aaahhnold
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 01:06 PM (tNkpt)
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Mr. Moen, I'm sure that you are a nice guy but I can't stand your faucet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 01:07 PM (0kM66)
Posted by: Arnold S from Austria at June 06, 2026 01:07 PM (EFkNq)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 01:07 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 01:08 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Weasel at June 06, 2026 01:08 PM (PVV5z)
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I had one installed in an office setting. The inside unit which has the heating coils and A/C condenser wasn't bad.... but the unit froze up a couple times and made a mess on the wall with the melting ice. The outside unit was real quiet. Inside unit too. If at full blast it could be annoying.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 01:09 PM (jehhT)
Vinyl- (everybody's favorite albums?) - Waldo Semon Univ of WA. Let his name be the first name in synthetic rubber!
And compact disc technology - James Russell from Bremerton WA.
Posted by: Rex B at June 06, 2026 01:00 PM (rgnea)
And the dude (forgotten his name) who invented the little plastic thing (looks like a square guitar pick) that secures the bread bag was from Richland.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 01:09 PM (2WIwB)
Ned Jarrett passed away at 93.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 01:10 PM (qx7Zg)
Of course enemies of America want to tax that into oblivion.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
Not just tax it but turn an entire ge station against it as well. The whole “work life balance” shit is the left sabotaging the American capitalist system.
I’m not saying everyone needs to work 80 hours a week. But the reason Google and Tesla and intel exist and are what they are, is because people worked long hours to make it happen. And were rewarded with unbelievable wealth for it.
Remove that incentive and the next Google or Amazon won’t be created.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 01:10 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 01:11 PM (snZF9)
Do cars sold in European have air conditioning?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 06, 2026 12:57 PM (iTNuP)
Of course not. Car air conditioning belongs in the same hell as dashboard cup-holders. You Americans with your drinking-coffee-while-driving fetish are uncivilized savages.
Posted by: The Germans at June 06, 2026 01:11 PM (FkdoK)
Posted by: PabloD at June 06, 2026 01:11 PM (K1RVP)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 01:12 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 01:12 PM (vV6n9)
When your going to shoot, shoot, don't talk
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 01:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Fly into Fresno or Bakersfield and visit Sequoia National Park.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qFwJc)
Also Germany: we create the weirdest fetish porn your mind can conjure
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 01:13 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 01:13 PM (3mtTi)
Spot on.
Years ago I put the top down on the Beamer and started from Washington state and headed south on the coast highway. (101) drove all the way to Monterey. Dang! A fantastic drive. It is bucket list worthy.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 01:15 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB)
In 2001, I loaded up my '62 Notchback and headed on down for my first job out of undergrad in Silicon Valley. Beautiful summer drive.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 01:16 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 01:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 01:15 PM (vV6n9)
The Horde also excels at dating and medical advice.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 01:17 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 06, 2026 01:19 PM (Kt19C)
I got this idea from some R&D the military was doing in the 80's. Technology today maybe could make it work.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 01:23 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Diogenes
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I used to commute from Monterey to Menlo Park on CA 1, 17 and 101. 100 miles one way.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 01:24 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 01:25 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Lurking Loser at June 06, 2026 01:26 PM (nPp6w)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 01:26 PM (vV6n9)
That sucks.
Posted by: And I Live in Indiana at June 06, 2026 01:29 PM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 06, 2026 01:30 PM (vV6n9)
there should be a school for this
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 06, 2026 01:30 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Marooned at June 06, 2026 01:34 PM (kt8QE)
I do 70 from outside Reno to Lake Orroville quite a bit. 49 is awesome too. There are a lot of "truck routes" that can be really challenging if you're into that sort of thing.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 01:39 PM (ZxzYs)
Do cars sold in European have air conditioning?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Shockingly, they don't even have cup holders.
I discovered this after I went to a Danish restaurant with a friend and we casually said we'd take our coffee To Go. They looked at each other as if they didn't know English after all. In the end, they gave us our coffee in glasses with little paper covers they'd found somewhere, baffled but happy to be of service.
(Then we got out to the car and realized...)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 01:40 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: free tibet at June 06, 2026 01:42 PM (iNp3L)
Another climate-related thread that I can't relate to.
Staying at a relative's in SoCal. She lives in a cul-de-sac near the beach, and it's safe. We open the doors. AC! Close the doors. Warmth! It's enough to make you stay and fight for this state.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 01:46 PM (n7rxJ)
Window screens were arguably more important than A/C because they keep a lot of vermin out of the house.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 06, 2026 01:46 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Heroq
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Who knows where the people's minds would go if they were set free. Regulation is a killer.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:59 PM (0kM66)
Just this morning I watched a YouTube video from a guy who said he couldn't wait to get back to the US after living in France. He said the US is the "land of yes" in contrast to Europe's "land of no."
Posted by: The Patriarchy at June 06, 2026 01:47 PM (FMtrg)
212 Speaking of entrepreneurship...I think a fortune could be made for anyone who invents a device that will blind a phones camera. Every riot has a couple causing trouble and a throng of assholes holding up cameras. Those clowns are half the problem. Someone needs to create a handheld laser or something like that to blind them.”
As you say, a handheld laser. The problem is that if it can do that to a camera, it can do the same to anyone’s eyes. People try to point lasers at helicopters and planes from time to time - not cool.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 01:48 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Nemo at June 06, 2026 01:49 PM (4RPgu)
Just this morning I watched a YouTube video from a guy who said he couldn't wait to get back to the US after living in France. He said the US is the "land of yes" in contrast to Europe's "land of no."
Posted by: The Patriarchy
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I saw that one! What a refreshing break from the channels of Americans fleeing fascist Trumpistan. (I get a train-wreck sort of thrill watching those.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 01:54 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 01:48 PM (3mtTi)
Exactly. There in lay the rub.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 01:54 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 01:46 PM (n7rxJ )
This is not intended to reflect on you of course, but it helps me clarify something I’ve been thinking for a while. For many who choose to live in SoCal, personal comfort is their highest goal. For many who choose to live in uncomfortably hot and humid Texas, personal comfort is trivial, while economic opportunity and personal freedom is paramount.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 01:54 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: free tibet
>Window models kinda suck. They're seasonal. Put them in, take them out without damaging your back, and then there is sealing to keep the bug invasion out. Mini split, you just throw a tarp around the thing if you're concerned about the elements in the off season.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 01:55 PM (x/s3z)
Posted by: Nemo at June 06, 2026 01:49 PM (4RPgu)
On first use-ta-fish, a prototype hull/reactor for the USS Narwhal (SSN-671) in Idaho, the plant had a steam powered A/C chiller that used a Bromine salt solution refrigerant, that by absorption of water, cooled the chilled water, as I recall, and steam was used to drive off the excess moisture, "recharging" the refrigerant.
One of the main drawbacks, as I recall was corrosion.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 01:56 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 01:48 PM (3mtTi)
Exactly. There in lay the rub.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Handheld EMT maybe?🤔
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 06, 2026 01:58 PM (VCgbV)
But first a shout out to my late Father-in-Law.
He fought in the Pacific and while he gave credit to the guys in Europe for D-Day, he had three D-Days of his own. Three different islands and the fighting was brutal.
RIP Al.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 02:00 PM (2WIwB)
About 30 years ago, worked with a guy fresh from the UK (Newcastle-on-Tyne). He arrived in early December, and we were trying to scare him about Midwest winters. Had to translate from F to C, but he was amused that we thought he would have a problem with zero-degree Fahrenheit weather. After all, Newcastle got that cold at times almost every winter. In summer, it could even get up to thirty degrees Celsius! We translated. Um, Peter, in July here you can see forty degrees Celsius. (cont)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 06, 2026 02:00 PM (NcvvS)
He looked at us and said, 'You're joking.' Fast forward to July; one of those mornings where the temp was around seventy and the humidity about the same. He came in looking melted. All he could say for about five minutes was, 'Thank God for air conditioning.'
Posted by: Nazdar at June 06, 2026 02:02 PM (NcvvS)
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People use some sort of laser, with specific power output, to disable Flock security/surveillance/ALPR cameras. A number of Redditors in that sub are quite militant about it too.
I find them to be a nuisance. The cameras. The Redditors are nutz.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 02:06 PM (jehhT)
America, excelled at the innovative applications of these fundamental inventions. We still do. Just look at what everyday items come out of the military and NASA.
Posted by: Orson at June 06, 2026 02:15 PM (dIske)
Just look at their current groundbreaking work on the Self Subjugating Subject. Amazing.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 02:29 PM (EFkNq)
Just look at their current groundbreaking work on the Self Subjugating Subject. Amazing.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 02:29 PM (EFkNq)
They killed off or drove away their most industrious lot.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 02:34 PM (dK+Kv)
No mention at all that Repubs also advanced, which is the much larger story.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 06, 2026 03:15 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 06, 2026 04:24 PM (ZVgZ4)
Or who keep dying in the southwestern deserts.
Or who don't realize our poor states have a higher median income than they do.
They also tend to mock farenheit because they dont grok the reality of seeing 0F to 100F in the same place 2 months apart. Probably don't have much use for temps more granular than 1C anyways if they have fuckall control over their internal building temps, I guess.
Posted by: heya at June 06, 2026 04:41 PM (o18eU)
And, just to rub it in, the same scientists decided the R-134 replacement was also unsafe when THAT patent was about to expire. But I learned my lesson and have a goodly supply for my cars this time
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Kodak Brownie camera. You push the button, we do the rest.
Photography
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The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
2) Be kind. Be nice.
3) Must we address the issue of running with sharp objects?
4) Have a great weekend!
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: 3/28 – 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.
5/16 Update – Hrothgar sends thanks for the prayers for Dan. Thanks to his attitude and the miracles of modern heart surgery, Daniel is back home and in good spirits and mobile. He still has a lot of rehab ahead, but it sounds like a pretty good recovery to be home only 20 days after being on the table! 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!
5/26 Update – Mr. Jordan61 had his last antibiotic infusion on 5/24 and his PICC line was removed on 5/26. He will have follow-up blood work in 2 weeks but for now, all looks good! 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.
6/1 Update – Teresa had a CT scan and has seen the surgeon. Everything looks good/stable. There are no new tumors and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk. No metastises seen. Additional good news is that she can stay on the current medication, and just alternate it with other meds. She continues to respond extremely well to the protocols. She sends her gratitude for each and every prayer. 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.
5/23 Update – Devyn had the biopsy and is waiting for results. Prayers are appreciated. 4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis.
5/2 Update – The gout has cleared and the infection in the lower back is healing.
5/18 Update – Smell the Glove may be out of rehab this week, but still would need wound care at home. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes! 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.
5/2 Update – Mary’s breathing is improving, and they are weaning her off assisted breathing. She is now off the ventilator for 12 hours a day, and they are aiming for 14 hours soon. Many thanks to all of the Moron Horde for the prayers. 5/2 – neverenoughcaffiene requested prayers for parishioners at her church, who lost their newborn daughter, Astrid. 5/7 – turambar asked for prayers for relatives. Mom needs prayers as she was admitted to the hospital to check her heart and cardio. They did not find pneumonia. Two months ago, she fell at her assisted living place, and broke her hip. She also has dementia. Turambar’s uncle fell recently and broke his hip, too. 5/9 – D asked for prayers. He was let go from his IT job and has started a business making and selling lens cleaners to make ends meet. Please contact Annie’s Stew if you’d like more information – either to order lens cleaners, or if you’d like to contact him related to IT job openings (DBA/Network Admin). 5/11 – rez986 asked if anyone had an update on Neidermeyer’s Dead Horse’s health. The last info Annie’s Stew has was from January, 2026, that he’d been given 6 months to live due to heart failure and was being treated and waiting for a transplant at Mayo.
5/16 Update – Dash my lace wings! posted that NDH is recovering well. IrishEi posted that NDH did receive a heart transplant and that she is doing well. She also posted a link to NDH’s X account, and her fundraising page.
5/23 – rez986 sent thanks for the updates on NDH. It is much appreciated. 5/15 – Toad-O requested prayers for his second ex-wife, the mother of his two children. They were divorced 25 years ago, and 3 years later, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the children came to live with Toad-O. The ex-wife is now suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s, and has been living with Toad-O’s daughter and her husband. The ex-wife fell last month and and cracked 2 vertebrae, and just was taken to ER with a rapid heartbeat and low blood pressure due to dehydration. Prayers are appreciated for her and also for the daughter who has sacrificed a lot to care for her. 5/16 – Anna Puma requested prayers for the family of Dan Fordice, who was killed when the aircraft he was flying crashed. He leaves behind a wife, 3 children, and many friends. He was a Warbird flyer, a CEO, and a veteran of the 2/20th SFG. 5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail (again) for drug related crimes. 5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well. 5/20 – E gave an update. She and her family were having financial struggles a few months ago, and asked for prayers. E sends her thanks for the prayers, and wanted to let people know that things are getting better, thanks to the Horde’s prayers and their church family. They have resolved their mortgage issue and her husband has resumed his side gig making deliveries. They are also cutting monthly expenses. They would like continued prayers as they deal with the insurance company of the person who crashed into (and totaled) E’s vehicle. Insurance only offered half the replacement value, so that struggle is still going on. 5/23 – San Franpsycho sent a praise report. His prayer to become a grandad has been answered, and Girl F will have a baby in December. Girl F still plans to attend grad school, but will delay a year, which means they will depend on them for child care. This pleases San Franpsycho to the nth degree! 5/23 – Vmom deport deport deport would appreciate prayers. She has been freaking out about her eyesight. Her eye doctor says she has myopic macular degeneration. 5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/2 Update – I used to have a Different Nic sent in an update. He has been diagnosed with risk group 2 prostate cancer. It appears to be localized to the prostate but this will be verified via another scan. He has doctor appointments lined up for the next month or so before he starts treatment. 5/23 – George V sends his thanks for the prayers on behalf of his wife, when she had a heart valve replacement. The procedure went very well and she is doing great in the rehab program. But prayers are still needed. There are indications of problems in her lymph nodes that showed up in the scans checking her heart. She will have a biopsy in June, as well as a biopsy on a skin lesion that is looking suspicious. Thank you for all prayers. 5/26 – Doof posted a request for prayers for his mom. She is back in the hospital. She is very weak from one or more infections, and is sleeping a lot. She isn’t really talking when she is alert for a few minutes. 5/27 – Grannysaurus Rex asked for prayers for Sherry, a co-worker, who is being tested for possible cancer of the blood. 5/29 – Bulg requested prayers for his sister, her husband, their four children, and the rest of the family as his sister is dying. She is in palliative care in the hospital, with a lot of blood clots, and is not expected to last long. 5/29 – huerfano requested prayers for her brother, R, whose appendix “got hot”. Luckily he was with his daughter, who got him to ER quickly, and surgery was scheduled for 5/29. 5/29 – Beltway Elite posted that s/he had just signed forms for her/his mom to enter hospice. Mom’s quality of life has been declining since she had a stroke several years ago, and she hasn’t been able to speak or swallow solid food recently. 5/30 – RandomDave posted that he would appreciate prayers as he searches for work. He has had some good job prospects/interviews over the past week. 6/2 – Ellipsis (…
sent in an update. We had prayed for a friend of hers who was going through cancer treatment. It’s been a little over a year, and her port is out now and her hell is over. She is battered and bruised, but clear. Thank you to the Horde for prayers, and praise to Jesus.
6/4 – Teresa in Fort Worth’s niece (Amanda) received a heart transplant a few months ago. One of the complications of that was that her kidneys started failing, and she needed a kidney transplant. On 6/3, she received a new kidney and it appears to be working. Hallelujah! The family is so grateful for the gift from the donor’s family.
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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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Boswell at June 06, 2026 07:40 AM (j10i6)
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Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Wnv9h)
Corinthians 10:31
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Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 06, 2026 07:51 AM (DooTB)
Congrats!
Enjoy the festivities
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at June 06, 2026 07:53 AM (CkDaS)
I have a desperate request for some prayers sent to my boss and his wife. Their 1 of three daughters passed away day before her 30th birthday.
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:55 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Remembered all those on the Prayer List and those with needs unexpressed. Not like I have influence Upstairs, but it can't hurt any.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 07:59 AM (O0L8i)
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Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 08:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 08:03 AM (77rzZ)
82d anniversary of D-Day.
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 08:03 AM (77rzZ)
Which was won by black, lesbian codebreakers!!!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 08:04 AM (O0L8i)
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 08:04 AM (O0L8i)
They had to walk to the next town over to pee at the gym that allows trans in the womens locker room.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 08:07 AM (/+uur)
apaslo, then the @, then hotmail.com
Hope that helps!
Posted by: Annies Stew at June 06, 2026 08:07 AM (r4jnk)
More to come, but God is putting miraculous capabilities in our hands.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 06, 2026 08:08 AM (1zcQ9)
82d anniversary of D-Day.
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 08:03 AM (77rzZ)
Which was won by black, lesbian codebreakers!!!
*cough*
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 08:04 AM (O0L8i)
They had to walk to the next town over to pee at the gym that allows trans in the womens locker room.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 08:07 AM (/+uur)
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Sadly, on the 100th anniversary this will all be taken as fact. Probably.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 08:08 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 08:09 AM (hF7Dm)
Have no explanation why it does that
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 08:10 AM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: kingsman at June 06, 2026 08:10 AM (ehY6c)
Casting brendan fraser eisenhower was a bold choice. I can't tell from the trailer whether it paid off.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 06, 2026 08:11 AM (Riz8t)
Oh well
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 08:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 06, 2026 08:13 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Marcus T "
I don't know if it was the prayers or the medicine that put my dog Bruno's lymphoma in remission but thank the Lord and the Horde for both!
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 08:13 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Annies Stew at June 06, 2026 08:13 AM (r4jnk)
We were discussing "Pressure"
The first in a series of five films centered on constituents of the ideal gas law. "Volume" is due to be released next year, and "Temperature" the year after that. Plans are still being drafted for the final two entries, "Mols" and "Gas Law Constant".
A film series for the ages, it will be!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 08:14 AM (s9VOe)
All them greek homos did was steal what was invented in Wakanda.
Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 08:15 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Marcus T "
I don't know if it was the prayers or the medicine that put my dog Bruno's lymphoma in remission but thank the Lord and the Horde for both!
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 08:13 AM (vFG9F)
The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe and the prayer.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at June 06, 2026 08:15 AM (CkDaS)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)
All them greek homos did was steal what was invented in Wakanda.
Posted by: Auspex
Mickle sneaky, them Greek homos!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 08:17 AM (s9VOe)
In the Blue Angels video posted on the ONT, within the first minute after they departed runway 25L at NAS Pensacola, you can clearly see my house. The video is at least five years old because the seawall we had constructed in the summer of 2001 had not yet been installed at the time the video was taken.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 08:18 AM (J4Dwc)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 06, 2026 08:18 AM (AMvSw)
Sadly, on the 100th anniversary this will all be taken as fact. Probably.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 08:08 AM (jehhT)
A couple of days ago, I went over to B&N while Her Majesty was getting her nails done. The history books available were depressing as hell. Nothing but stuff about how terrible America is, how everything was built by slaves and how women won World War II.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 08:18 AM (O0L8i)
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Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 08:30 AM (OOPSg)
I do not understand the "worry" or "fearing the worst" type of comments. At least not from those who claim the name of Jesus.
While when she passes, or if she has already passed, it will indeed be our loss, she is one who I believe belongs to our Lord.
And at her passing will be in His loving arms.
Posted by: TeeJ at June 06, 2026 08:30 AM (N6m+x)
Just back from taking the kids to SFO
{grammie} Hiya JT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Going up near 90° today. Staying in high 80s for rest of week. Warm in mid Hudson
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 06, 2026 08:34 AM (JQmtK)
Are bogus state elections OK?
Apparently they are. Which leads to states using the same harvesting and fraud schemes to rig national elections. This makes no sense.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 08:34 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 08:35 AM (Y8DZL)
Luis Vega, Sessions’s chief of staff, was charged on Wednesday with two counts in connection with the alleged incident that happened days before Christmas last year, according to court documents.
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He forgot he had it in his bag. Oh well, he will not make that mistake again anytime soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 08:37 AM (1cdUq)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 08:40 AM (ZxPkt)
Seems Collective Soul is still touring
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 08:42 AM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)
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. Norbert, you who preached penance to the prideful, pray for us.
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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 08:47 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
Headline: A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?
https://tinyurl.com/yu3rsbab
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:55 AM (Ia/+0)
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May her memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)
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!
Prayers up for all those in our military, both deployed overseas and stateside, protect them from harm as they serve with honor and integrity.
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 NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (hOUT3)
A film series for the ages, it will be!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
LOL. I want to see that one in particular. although I hear the Temperature one will have both a hot Sydney Sweeney and a cold Whoopi Goldberg.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)
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Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 08:34 AM (jehhT)
Practice makes perfect!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at June 06, 2026 08:53 AM (hOUT3)
https://tinyurl.com/yu3rsbab
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (qgHp7)
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Goodness, that is not a fun read. A sea-borne bacteria with up to a 50% fatality rate for those infected. We're gonna need a bigger antibiotic.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 08:54 AM (J7Qx6)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 06, 2026 08:54 AM (fZiTB)
what to watch today?
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Band Of Brothers
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (ZxPkt)
Either The Longest Day if you want to see a bunch of vignettes based upon Cornelius Ryan's book. Or the episode of Band of Brothers covering the D-Day airdrop if you want to see a "worm's eye view."
Skip Saving Private Ryan: it's nihilistic -- the hero is the coward, suckers!!!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 08:55 AM (ksbjf)
The kind person who has been leasing us a vehicle while we wait for the insurance settlement needs it back. None of us thought it would take this long to get things resolved with the at-fault driver's insurance company. I have learned that Arkansas law allows auto insurance companies to treat claimants unfairly.
Anyway, I wanted to put the word out in case anyone knows of a good deal in NW Arkansas or a nearby state. We are looking for a vehicle with a moderate step-in height (like a minivan, SUV, or small pickup) to accommodate my husband's mobility. We need a hitch and 7-pin connector to tow 3,500 lbs. In our price range, we are looking for an older model year, so I would be thrilled to find something that is still reliable after 200,000 miles. And it needs to be cheap. The insurance offered $2600 but I counter offered and asked for $5000. They might respond in about a month. Does anyone know of a good unicorn vehicle we should consider, please?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 08:56 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 08:43 AM (pSHyr)
The "white" wash in that article is an inch thick!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at June 06, 2026 08:56 AM (hOUT3)
Saving Private Ryan, but only watch the first 24 minutes. The rest is dreck.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 08:57 AM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/yu3rsbab
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (qgHp7)
All you need to know is in the headline... "and climate change is accelerating its spread." More panic porn.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 06, 2026 08:57 AM (fZiTB)
59 CBS published a critical description of a long list of Trump administration clean-up actions at the FBI. Personally, I believe the agency is not redeemable but it is satisfying to read of the actions taken.
https://tinyurl.com/4hr77dck
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 08:43 AM (pSHyr)
Wow, was that a slanted article! Makes it sound like Trump is just firing completely innocent analysts. You have to read between the lines to work out what really happened; these analysts were caught collaborating with the SPLC to smear anyone with conservative religious beliefs. Now that the SPLC has been indicted as a criminal organization, their continued employment can no longer be tolerated.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 08:57 AM (3mtTi)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 06, 2026 08:59 AM (aJQbY)
The Longest Day
Band Of Brothers
If me
Watch 1st 1/2 hour od SPR. The rest is not worth time
Longest Day would watch whole movie
BoB best episodes are D-Day to Market Garden
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 06, 2026 08:54 AM (fZiTB)
Crush the uppity peasants, comrade, it has worked so ofter in the past, da!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at June 06, 2026 08:59 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 09:00 AM (J4Dwc)
Headline: A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?
https://tinyurl.com/yu3rsbab
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (qgHp7)
The article blames global warming. I blame mad scientists. Well, maybe not in this case, but we'd have fewer nasty diseases if it weren't for mad scientists.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:01 AM (FMtrg)
My 2011 Honda CRV, my everyday ride, is very reliable. With 169,000 miles on it.
Let me think about this.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 06, 2026 09:02 AM (fZiTB)
https://tinyurl.com/yu3rsbab
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Wouldn't you know it, they're blaming global warming...
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 06, 2026 09:04 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: RandomDave
Better than me telling my Plan to God. He's laugh so hard there would be an injury if he was not God.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 09:05 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 06, 2026 09:05 AM (epiNW)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:05 AM (FMtrg)
IMO
Der Langste Tag fur mich.
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 09:06 AM (ZxPkt)
Headline: A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?
https://tinyurl.com/yu3rsbab
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 08:48 AM (qgHp7)
*shudders
Also, didn't take them long to blame climate change for it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 09:06 AM (h7ZuX)
And at her passing will be in His loving arms.
Posted by: TeeJ at June 06, 2026 08:30 AM (N6m+x)
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b"h
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: frammish at June 06, 2026 09:06 AM (9aT4D)
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Nobody is stopping them from what's obviously happening, so of course they'll do it. Brazen cheating means nothing to them. Why should it when they get away with it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 06, 2026 09:07 AM (qBdHI)
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 June 06, 2026 09:08 AM (ZOv7s)
Saving Private Ryan, but only watch the first 24 minutes. The rest is dreck.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 08:57 AM (u82oZ)
Agreed.
There really needs to be a movie made portraying Brig. General Norman Cota, Asst. Div. Commander, 29th Inf. Div. He's most likely the man that prevented Omaha Beach being a disaster. He rallied the troops, made a reconnaissance run up the bluff with a couple of staff officers and enlisted men, found the way out for the beachhead and came back with over 50 German prisoners.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:09 AM (ksbjf)
This year it's genetically modified ticks and flesh eating bacteria. Last year it was murder hornets and brain eating amoebas. Or something.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 09:12 AM (jehhT)
I do have to think very hard. It has been garaged since bought new. Too bad my wife's car does not have the height needed.
I rate the Honda as a tad more reliable than the Ford Fusion Sport, which has much less milage on it; 49,000.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 06, 2026 09:07 AM (qBdHI)
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There is no mechanism to do this. Yes, lawless judges are abusing their authority in many ways, and then they get slapped down.
But in this case, it is better to let the thing run its full course, taking notes, observing the process, collecting evidence and only then - after documenting the fact that there is no way to prove anything is authentic - move to have it annulled.
This is how evil usually works. People find a way to cheat, to steal from others in a small way, they succeed and then scale things up until their theft becomes impossible to ignore.
Their pride conceals the danger from them, and makes them even more bold and brazen. Another important element is that the issue is now "ripe." Even the most sincere believer that 2020 was flawless now has doubts about California's antics.
The 0 Pratt votes in a batch of 24,000 gave the game away.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:09 AM (ksbjf)
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The Longest Day?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 09:12 AM (jehhT)
Meanwhile Leftism has snuck past our defenses with little to no incitements to panic and done more to infect and rot away the tissues of our body politic than any bacteria.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 06, 2026 09:14 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:15 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)[i/]
The statistics of "random" events is problematic!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at June 06, 2026 09:16 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
LiB's point may be: but gave the game away to whom? To what body of accountability? To what end?
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 06, 2026 09:16 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:18 AM (FMtrg)
https://tinyurl.com/4hr77dck
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 08:43 AM (pSHyr)
...You have to read between the lines to work out what really happened; these analysts were caught collaborating with the SPLC to smear anyone with conservative religious beliefs. Now that the SPLC has been indicted as a criminal organization, their continued employment can no longer be tolerated.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 08:57 AM (3mtTi)
Yes, the now-infamous "Catholics that prefer the Latin Mass are the real domestic terrorists" assessment. That assessment was so ridiculous that it called-out, by name, a little religious order of Trad. Cath. sisters (all 8 or 9 of them), the Slaves of Mary, as a bunch of potential terrorists.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:18 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:18 AM (yz/88)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 09:18 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 08:55 AM (ksbjf)
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I walked out of that film choking with rage. All the hype, all the praise, the saccharine sweet ending, I wanted to puke.
In addition to its incidental crimes against the truth (the War Dept. didn't mass produce condolence letters, commanders wrote them by hand) the entire story was a lie. Private Ryan was reached by a Catholic Chaplain who volunteered to go alone and find him. Why was that part ripped out of the story?
Oh, and I hate the washed-out color palette that every WW II move adopted after it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Doesn't matter. Once a state puts up a vote total - nobody has the will or power to invalidate it.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:19 AM (EFkNq)
California is a one-party state, enforced by cheating. This is not allowed under the Constitution.
I would support raids by the FBI on the LA and CA vote counting locations. Arrest the counters, their supervisors, and the head of elections in LA and the CA Secretary of State, who oversees elections. DHS and a Marine infantry battalion of two can be in support.
Based on finding of obvious fraud, arrest the LA mayor and the CA governor.
This is going all Cromwell on the Communist / nihilist government that is trying to overthrow the basis for the US of A.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)
It does have a little used trailer hitch. But I have not towed anything in a decade.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 09:21 AM (u82oZ)
Pratt had a 10pct lead over Raman on election night, it’s down to 3pct with over 1/2 a million votes left to count.
The Fix as they say is in.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 09:21 AM (DC7Uw)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:15 AM (FMtrg)
Mrs. Cop had a Trailblazer of about that model year. She liked it. It was pretty comfortable and drove well. However, we think we had a lemon because we had to repair the transmission twice.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:22 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 06, 2026 09:16 AM (fZiTB)
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The DoJ was waiting for this, I promise you. I've been having some fun imagining Thune is really an evil genius who screwed over Cassidy and Cornyn and did so without leaving fingerprints, but the confluence of events is remarkable. The SAVE Act has been a national topic for six months, with constant floor action that always leaves a cliff-hanger. As a result, GOP turnout went from comatose to epic, and dozens of RINOs have been shown the door during primary season.
With all that going on California decides to go full retard and just dump transparently fake ballots and brag that taking more than a month to find a winner is totes cool, dudes, right when a SCOTUS case on the vary topic is pending. I think the Election Day ruling might have gone 6-3, but now it will be 8-1 because this is an embarrassment. India can count votes faster than California.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:23 AM (ZOv7s)
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I VOTED FOR THIS
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 09:24 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)
That would be delicious. But it won’t happen. Even Trump won’t do that (or even consider it honestly) and he’s the ballsiest public figure of my lifetime. We have no Pinochet’s or Franco’s in America and actually I think that’s a positive. Once blood starts to spill it’s hard to turn off that spigot. See our American civil war for a prime example
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:24 AM (yz/88)
May God's goodness and mercy shower down upon all of His children this day.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 06, 2026 09:24 AM (D/6p1)
NY State has almost 13%.
So I am waiting to see what the Harris County cheat in the fall for the Senate race will be.
In my 8 years here I have seen the following:
No vote paper.
1 vote paper per voter when 2 sheets needed.
No power. Someone at the school told them they cannot use wall outlets.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 09:24 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:19 AM (EFkNq)
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Last year SCOTUS ruled that losing candidates have standing to bring suit challenging election results. Trump's suits failed in 2020 because all the judges dismissed it for lack of standing.
The rules have changed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 09:25 AM (deJ25)
Posted by: goatexchange at June 06, 2026 09:25 AM (hyS0X)
I've officially reached burnout. On everything in my life. I can see where God has been good but feel like it is immediately drowned in a sea of bad. I have solutions in my grasp only for the decisions of others to yank them away. I do not know how long I can continue like this.
Pray for me, Horde. For us all.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 06, 2026 09:25 AM (LtIPD)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:23 AM (ZOv7s)
NASDAQ processes 1.8 BILLION trades per day with 99.seven more 9s% accuracy.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 09:26 AM (/+uur)
OK - now I gotta' call it. I'll have a toke of what you're having, but no more. Because that chronic is stout.
You are really spreading the copium that this will be the bridge too far for The Wide Latina AND Kagan ?
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:27 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:28 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 09:26 AM (/+uur)
Took me a second, but yes!
Thing is NASDAQ has their OWN skin in the game!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at June 06, 2026 09:28 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:24 AM (yz/8
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Serious question for the pessimists out there. Why?
Why always so negative? Yes, life can be disappointing, you can't get everything you want, but maybe - just maybe - things happen for a reason. God permits evil in order to call the faithful to repent, to bring us closer to Him.
Has that not happened? Are we not seeing a surge in Bible sales? Is faith not returning to the public square? Our enemies are reeling, lashing out, wailing in despair, so why assume that their victory is assured?
I'm fine with being too optimistic. I used to be pessimistic, but I couldn't stand to live there. Even death itself has been conquered, so what do we have to fear?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:30 AM (yz/88)
Sending healing hugs to those of you who are in need. I hope I can give some in person in a couple of weeks at the MoMe.
Had a good n ight's sleep for a change and woke up feeling normal. Wish I could figure out why some nights I toss and turn, get up multiple times and wake up more tired than when I got into bed.
Anyway, no excuse for being unproductive.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 06, 2026 09:30 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:09 AM (ksbjf)
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The Longest Day?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)
It's been quite a while since I've read Cornelius Ryan's book or seen the movie. So, I can't remember if Brig. Gen. Cota is mentioned.
The book by Joseph Balkoski, Omaha Beach: D-Day has the details. The 29th Inf. Div. was a Virgina National Guard division. They trained very hard to be "just as good" as the Regulars in the 1st Inf. Div.
The officers in the 29th tended to know each other. There's a little incident in Balkoski's book where Gen. Cota comes across a junior officer and says something like, "Oh, you're so-and-so's boy. How's your dad?"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:31 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:27 AM (EFkNq)
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I mean, I'm not saying 9-0, that would nuts. But we have had 8-1 on a bunch of stuff lately, it's not like Ace hasn't posted about how KJ is an embarrassment to her colleagues.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
Its not a serious question. Because you spent three paragraphs right after telling us all why "pessimism" is not an option.
But I'll give you the scoop anyway. Its realism. If everything is rolling downhill like a snowball headed for Hell ? I got no time for grinning idiots that want to make slushees.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:32 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:33 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 06, 2026 09:25 AM (LtIPD)
Hang in there Brother Tim, and as you know, there's no one here that couldn't use a prayer, or two!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at June 06, 2026 09:33 AM (hOUT3)
Headline: A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?
https://tinyurl.com/yu3rsbab
Posted by: muldoon
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Climate change!
Abandon all hope.
And if we somehow survive Climate Change.
We're still gonna die from Racism.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 06, 2026 09:34 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
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IIRC, when France fell, FDR declared a national emergency and order the National Guard to active duty. So they got a long period to get back into shape.
Also, Marshall's "plucking board" and the Louisiana Maneuvers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:32 AM (EFkNq)
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So faith is for grinning idiots? Good to know.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:35 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
I’m a very optimistic person in general. But in the case of California I also have to be realistic. I lived there for more than 30 years and watched it go downhill with my own eyes. I was there for the 2020 election and the Gavin Newsom recall; in the latter case, Newsom was unpopular everywhere and still beat the recall 2-to-1… it wasn’t even close. The corruption in that state is way too pervasive to overcome in one election cycle. It may sound pessimistic but I’m telling you that state is not electing a republican this year even if the residents want one. The dem machine is in firm control
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:36 AM (yz/88)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:33 AM (l26NL)
Thanks. All the different vignettes in The Longest Day get a bit lost in my memory. Brig. Gen. Cota needs his own movie.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:36 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Faith is exactly what it is - a belief despite evidence at hand. You've got it. You are certainly not alone here.
Now understand - not everyone operates that way. Not by a long shot.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:37 AM (EFkNq)
Ted Roosevelt Jr pulled strings to be allowed to
Go ashore early at Utah Beach with his troops. Because the boats drifted off target area, he improvised the plan and rallied the troops.
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 06, 2026 09:37 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
I remember Cota (Mitchum) rallying the troops on the beach but not reconnoitering or capturing Germans. They blew a great opportunity.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:38 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 06, 2026 09:38 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Howdy
That is a good two lines. Stealing it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 09:38 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:32 AM (EFkNq)
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So faith is for grinning idiots? Good to know.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:35 AM (ZOv7s)
I'm pretty certain that this is the "Man of Many Nics." He's a cynical contrarian.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2026 09:39 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 09:39 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 09:40 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
I remember Cota (Mitchum) rallying the troops on the beach but not reconnoitering or capturing Germans. They blew a great opportunity.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:38 AM (l26NL)
Gen. Cota made the Germans show him the path through the sea-wall. Since they were all coming from the "German side" he made the Germans go first.
I wonder what the enlisted men thought when a General showed up with over 50 prisoners?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:42 AM (ksbjf)
There are a lot of them for sale on auctions but the trick is to find one that will last and isn't beat like a company truck on salted roads.
They are quite handy.
Here is one of a few in an online auction out of Vernona KY, but the Proxibid site is all of the US. I don't know what sort of towing package you could get on it, and I suspect it is only rated 2000 lbs in the back bay, which is typical of a standard automobile rating, like a Ford Taurus or the like.
Here is a link to an example at Proxibid
https://tinyurl.com/2ta5a3wu
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 09:42 AM (rbvCR)
Most people don't know just how bad shape the U.S. Army was in 1939. It had been systematically starved during the Depression. Its numbers put it on par with Portugal and Romania. Obsolete equipment, obsolete doctrines, obsolete officers. Negligible R&D investment. No industrial capacity to re-equip it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 06, 2026 09:43 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 09:39 AM (J4Dwc)
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Whew, good thing there are any Congressional races there this year!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 09:43 AM (QZThv)
I thought Damien Lewis was an American the first time I watched. Then I later saw him in a British film using what I guess is his natural accent and I thought, "That's the worst British accent I've ever heard".
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:43 AM (l26NL)
Now understand - not everyone operates that way. Not by a long shot.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:37 AM (EFkNq)
A little quibble: Faith is not belief despite evidence. See Hebrews quote below. It is evidence of things not seen… there are all kinds of rational reasons for faith; if (big IF) your faith is in something solid like almighty God. Faith in the tooth fairy is foolish. Faith in our God is the only rational way to live.
Hebrews 11:1-3
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:44 AM (yz/88)
The news cycle this week has been insane. I don't know how DJT stays on top of all these world changing events. Has there ever been a Lresident that can sit day after day and take questions from a hostile media on wide ranging topics without blinking an eye?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 06, 2026 09:44 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
He plays Montgomery in "Pressure".
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 09:45 AM (lJ0H4)
The day the EU formed should have been the day we walked away from NATO.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:45 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 09:46 AM (/+uur)
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My comment upthread about allowing states to continue ballot harvesting and fraud practices (presuming the feds can't properly investigate, or won't get involved in "local" state elections) just means those states will perpetrate fraud in national elections.
It makes no sense to have a "hands off" policy for one set of elections and scrutinize the other one.
California is the posterchild for local, state and national election fraud. Other states follow their methodology.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 09:47 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 06, 2026 09:47 AM (XMwZJ)
Faith is exactly what it is - a belief despite evidence at hand. You've got it. You are certainly not alone here.
Now understand - not everyone operates that way. Not by a long shot.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:37 AM (EFkNq)
*sigh*
Your definition of Faith is incorrect. Faith is a belief in things that cannot be observed. Faith is not irrational.
Because you do not understand Faith, you wallow in cynicism and despair. The sooner the embrace the love that Christ Jesus that offers you, the sooner you will find comfort -- even in suffering.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:47 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:45 AM (EFkNq)
The second best day is Today
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 06, 2026 09:47 AM (/+uur)
1. There is nothing new about Vibrio. Don't eat raw oysters in months without an "R" (May, June, July, August) i.e. warm weather months. Don't swim in warm brackish ponds/streams if you have open skin sores.
2. This is a pseudo-news piece pushed to local news outlets for seasonal filler by a group called Grist or Grist.org which describes itself as a non-profit, independent news organization that focuses on climate change.
3. Note the hyped language such as "surge" "rapid", "dramatic increase" "unprecedented" etc.
4. The early detection system is a self-licking ice cream cone or a computer model that uses known parameters related to Vibrio growth to predict Vibrio risk on a county by county basis, and is not good at identifying "high-risk" counties, mostly because there are very few high risk counties.
5. They are talking about a couple hundred deaths a year. So the kind of surge they are describing is more of a blip and more consistent with periodic fluctuations rather than an ongoing trend
As Ordinary American points out above, more panic porn.
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 09:47 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:36 AM (yz/8
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So was Tammany Hall. All empires fall, and so do all political machines.
If you think you will always lose, you will. If was have seen anything in the last decade it is the impossible keeps happening. It's staggering for me to see stuff I never dreamed of happening, pure fantasies and wishes made real.
America is re-industrializing! How is that possible?! The military is un-wokening! A single fitness standard for all branches mean the whole women in combat thing has been resolved! It just goes on and on. Even abortion has a path forward for an incrementalist approach.
So many wins, such great abundance, an embarrassment of victories, and yet like spoiled children we complain. I can't live like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)
+++
I didn't blink much.
Posted by: Creepy joe at June 06, 2026 09:49 AM (djegq)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 06, 2026 09:50 AM (aJQbY)
Not all believe it. Most don't - for a variety of reasons. But by all means, make all the slushees you wish. Keep mine for yourself.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:50 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 09:51 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:51 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 09:52 AM (O7YUW)
It’s not black pilled to say California is lost, because it is. Most every major corporation and high income industrialist are fleeing the state because of it. They’re not fleeing because they’re scared or stupid, but because they’ve made a cold hard analysis of the situation and Sen no hope for change outside of massive destruction.
And I also see this as a very good thing - Central Texas will become what Silicon Valley was, lwhile also becoming the base of operations for most major corporations, who are moving because of the legal climate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 09:53 AM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:43 AM (l26NL)
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The British have a solid system of producing quality acting talent. We do not. It was always something of ad-hoc arrangement, when people coming over from stage shows, or being "discovered" at a gas station, etc.
But it's now full nepotism/patronage, same as writing. Writers are hired out of a collegiate pipeline, not after going out in the world and writing what they know.
Which is why two films with tiny budgets and no-name casts (and one of whom's director can't even legally buy beer) are dominating the box office while the latest Star Wars slop tanks.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
This. Is. Prayer. Thread.
Why are you complaining about our faith here IN THE PRAYER THREAD?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:53 AM (FMtrg)
I've officially reached burnout. On everything in my life. I can see where God has been good but feel like it is immediately drowned in a sea of bad. I have solutions in my grasp only for the decisions of others to yank them away. I do not know how long I can continue like this.
Pray for me, Horde. For us all.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 06, 2026 09:25 AM (LtIPD)
Don't like the sound of this.... Do you have Friends/Family you can talk to? Will pray for you...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 06, 2026 09:54 AM (5XwF9)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)
And coffee.
Lots of coffee.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 06, 2026 09:55 AM (djegq)
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So many wins, such great abundance, an embarrassment of victories, and yet like spoiled children we complain. I can't live like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)
Just like you, I don't understand the "All is lost!" crowd.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:56 AM (ksbjf)
Two, three days. Fall off by self.
-Dr. Lee
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 06, 2026 09:56 AM (w/O5Q)
The person you responded to with the SCOTUS ruling was speaking to probable fraud against Pratt in the LA Mayor race. I accurately pointed out that the SCOTUS ruling only applies to elections for federal office.
But you keep being you.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 09:56 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Skip
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Yep! I saw them here in SC about a month ago. It was a great show.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 06, 2026 09:57 AM (0SdQT)
I agree Tom. But it’s very sad. California is the most physically beautiful of all the states and the climate is amazing … for most of the years I lived there it was a near paradise. The Dems have ruined it… makes me sad and angry. If I could pick one place to live it’d be SoCal (before the Dem destruction overwhelmed it)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:57 AM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 06, 2026 09:58 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 09:58 AM (Ia/+0)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=gZo2qR8x_n8&pp=ygUPVGhpcyB
pcyBsaWJyYXJ5&ra=m
remove spaces
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:59 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:42 AM (ksbjf)
R.H.I.P?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 09:59 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 06, 2026 09:59 AM (djegq)
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 09:59 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2026 09:59 AM (hcPzc)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 09:59 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 10:00 AM (hLhMb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 10:00 AM (3mtTi)
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He played Steve McQueen in Tarantino's 'Hollywood' movie
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:01 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 09:47 AM (qgHp7)
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*squirts sanitizer*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)
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Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Delaware at June 06, 2026 10:01 AM (djegq)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 09:50 AM (EFkNq)
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My faith is founded on logic and reason. They are what led me to conclude that God is real and active. I did not want to be a Catholic. I was raised to hate the Church, ripped on it all the time, teased Catholics in school, mocked the saints.
And yet...here I am, utterly against my will. There is a certain irony that my fascination with ancient warfare caused my to buy Polybius, Tacitus, etc. and the more I studied them, the more I came to understand that you either have to accept what is written or not.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 06, 2026 10:02 AM (Kt19C)
Why are you complaining about our faith here IN THE PRAYER THREAD?
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1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 10:02 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)
However, the post-WWI draw down had been managed by the officers who dealt with the CF that had been the mobilization for WWI and they tried to set up a skeleton that could be fleshed out for another mobilization. FDR finally got his thumb out of his ass and let industry be industry instead of forcing it to be a piggy bank for his buddies pretending it was a social welfare sector of the economy as well, and that helped an awful lot.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 10:02 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:03 AM (EFkNq)
But you keep being you.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 09:56 AM (J4Dwc)
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As others have already noted, the Constitution and Voting Rights Act cover state elections, and if you think that somehow a federal suit finding a congressional race was fraudulent doesn't have serious implications for state and local elections, I don't know what to say.
I shall pray for you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)
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Standing right here boss.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 09:57 AM (+gA9j)
I grew up in Phoenix, but we vacationed in California every summer. I remember camping in Yosemite when you could still drive in and get a spot with no reservations, my dad renting a condo on the beach in San Diego for $100 a week one summer. No crime, it truly was a paradise.
Well as the words to a song go…
They call it paradise, I don’t know why
Call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 10:05 AM (3mtTi)
I read everything I can from Morganthau. Perhaps unintentionally - he shows FDR to have been one stupid SOB
Per Morganthau - it was a constant battle to stop FDR from nationalizing key industries. As well as having the FED step in and take over all payroll.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:06 AM (EFkNq)
Got results from my blood work. A1C is excellent! BP is... Not.
My short morning walk is going to get longer.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 06, 2026 10:07 AM (OsdBI)
https://tinyurl.com/bdh67ean
CarGurus is another similar site that you can use.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 06, 2026 10:07 AM (kOluj)
This. Is. Prayer. Thread.
Why are you complaining about our faith here IN THE PRAYER THREAD?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:53 AM (FMtrg)
I'm pretty sure it's our least favorite stalker. He's made a number of comments under this current "nic" that I've learned that he really needs Jesus in the worst way. But he's decided that he wants to be separated from God.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)
But you’re remarkably stubborn!
Not to mention that roller coaster is still a lot of fun, even after you go over the big hill at the start.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 10:08 AM (3mtTi)
We had the same problem when a very low mileage older vehicle got hit. Minor damage. They totalled it, and offered about 1/3 what it's worth.
Turned it into my insurance company. Got it fixed, and they sued the other company.
Dunno if this helps, but it may.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 10:09 AM (q6tQZ)
Link in nic if you want to ogle a birdie 😀
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2026 10:09 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 10:10 AM (J4Dwc)
I know she quit commenting due to eyesight issues. But I worry a bit about the absent.
Posted by: current events at June 06, 2026 10:11 AM (Jxl54)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)
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Pratt and Hilton took off precisely because they had a message that things don't have to be that way. The ads showing things as they were, coupled with Trump's transformation of DC have created a radical hope in California that hasn't been there in a long time.
Gee, Trump did the same thing on a national stage. Things that we were told just could not be fixed are now being addressed. All things end, and Gov. Brylcreem is uniquely stupid enough to get caught red-handed, as are all his minions.
Hope is simply being open to the idea that better things can happen, because they can.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)
And I also see this as a very good thing - Central Texas will become what Silicon Valley was, lwhile also becoming the base of operations for most major corporations, who are moving because of the legal climate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 09:53 AM (3mtTi)
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Money goes where money is treated well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 10:12 AM (O0L8i)
CarGurus is another similar site that you can use.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 06, 2026 10:07 AM (kOluj)
Thank you, MKC! I like the item you linked! I haven't determined for sure which auto sales sites do the best job of including family-owned used car businesses. That's where we've had the best luck in our experience.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:13 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 06, 2026 10:13 AM (kJmSS)
Yes, the reasoning in Bost extends beyond federal elections.
The core holding is about candidate standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution.
Nothing in the opinion limits it to federal races. The logic applies to any election in which the candidate is running — including state legislative races, statewide offices (governor, attorney general, etc.), and local elections (mayor, county commission, school board, etc.).
Lower courts have already begun applying Bost to state and local election challenges.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 06, 2026 10:13 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 09:53 AM (FMtrg)
Because his smarmy superiority complex requires it of him. He has nothing else, but the conviction that he is always right, and he told us so, a hundred thousand times, and don't we remember, and why don't we listen, and if we would all only think the way he does, the world would be perfect.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 06, 2026 10:14 AM (h7ZuX)
A Bridge Too Far is still my favorite.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:14 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Delaware at June 06, 2026 10:01 AM (djegq)
Outside of corporate lawyers and a few execs, not many people realize that Delaware completely destroyed it’s once treasured status as a corporate haven when it allowed a State judge to attack Elon Musk’s board approved compensation package just because he wasn’t liked.
To every corporate lawyer in the country, that shouted that Delaware was no longer a safe or trustworthy corporate haven.
Hence the rush of corporate hq’s relocating. Chevron, Samsung, and Exxon have announced moves to Texas recently, and they’re just the big ones.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 10:15 AM (3mtTi)
Posted by: anti-TMJer at June 06, 2026 10:16 AM (Jxl54)
Pluskat's binoculars
'Made In Germany'
https://youtu.be/rPW1x4KgRW8?t=51
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:17 AM (ZxPkt)
Dunno if this helps, but it may.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2026 10:09 AM (q6tQZ)
My husband says our insurance company won't help us, but I wonder if he just hasn't asked the right questions. (Our insurance coverage doesn't include delivery driving, which we learned after the wreck.)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:17 AM (FMtrg)
To every corporate lawyer in the country, that shouted that Delaware was no longer a safe or trustworthy corporate haven.
Hence the rush of corporate hq’s relocating. Chevron, Samsung, and Exxon have announced moves to Texas recently, and they’re just the big ones.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 10:15 AM (3mtTi)
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Yeah, I thought I heard something about that. Delaware is hugely reliant on all the corporations based there and that stupid judge just killed the goose laying golden eggs.
Typical. Leftists gotta leftist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Howdy
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Will you admit that without religion, you live in a universe without meaning, and death ends all? If so, why do you even care about politics when you're facing imminent oblivion? It's religion or nihilism. You seem to want to carve out some make believe in-between which is common to atheists who have not thought things through.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 06, 2026 10:18 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:13 AM (FMtrg)
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You're most welcome! Both AutoTrader and CarGurus host listings from all types of dealerships. Private listings such as the one I posted are more the exception than the norm on these sites, in my experience.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 06, 2026 10:19 AM (kOluj)
They truly believe. They also have faith, one could say. Faith that if they just Communist hard enough, they'll reach Proletariat Paradise. Its not bullshit for the rubes anymore. Just listen to Mamdani. To the dumb bitch in Seattle.
The most dangerous liar is the one that believes his own lies.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:20 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 10:20 AM (yz/88)
https://youtu.be/gZo2qR8x_n8
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 10:21 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 10:21 AM (LHPAg)
v=gZo2qR8x_n8&pp=ygUPVGhpcyB
pcyBsaWJyYXJ5&ra=m
___________________________
Multi line link and spaces?
Have you ever thought of using a link shortener?
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 06, 2026 10:21 AM (YGJ8E)
Typical. Leftists gotta leftist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
There was some commentary in the fringe economics section of the web that Delaware SOS online and recording system is quite leaky and has people who aren't supposed to be getting information getting notified of big corporate moves before it is published. There appears to be no concern that this is an issue from the DE SOS IT side, and this is concerning for corporation who care.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 10:21 AM (rbvCR)
I have to take Her Majesty to the airport tomorrow morning, so I can't go to my usual 7:00 Mass. I will have to get to a later one, which is a pain.
If I go at 7:00, which is the earliest Mass, the rest of the day is cleared out. My parish has six (6) Sunday Masses, such is the local demand for the TLM. If I go to a later one I'm falling all over the people leaving. No fun.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 10:22 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:14 AM (EFkNq)
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There's a Ted Kennedy biopic in the works. They're going to call it A Bridge Too Narrow.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2026 10:23 AM (6/7Fs)
Pluskat's binoculars
'Made In Germany'
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:17 AM (ZxPkt)
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Counterpoint: Germany produced a lot of precision optics for export, and when the British blockade kicked in, those would have been issued out to military units.
Same way export-marked weapons end up domestic service. See also American Mosins with the Imperial crest.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
“Maybe, Maybe Not”: AOC Keeps 2028 White House Speculation Alive
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 06, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 06, 2026 10:21 AM (YGJ8E)
It's a pain in the neck on my phone. Sorry!
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:24 AM (FMtrg)
Horse shit. Thats the typical Evangelical False Choice. I care about what happens here and now because I'm here, now. I care about after I'm gone because others will still be here after I'm gone.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:25 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 10:21 AM (O7YUW)
Thanks, Grumpy!
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:25 AM (FMtrg)
https://tinyurl.com/3prvv466
The Texas Lawbook
The Rise of ‘DEXIT’: Why Corporations are Swapping Delaware for Texas
May 14, 2026 Byron F. Egan
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 10:25 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:27 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Vlad Tepes at June 06, 2026 10:27 AM (jJ+lW)
Most welcome. I figured you might be on a mobile phone from the format of the URL you posted. I'm doing the "Desktop Jockey" thing this morning, where I have a little more control over things than I do over my phone, where the UI regularly has me frustrated.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 10:27 AM (O7YUW)
This year it's genetically modified ticks and flesh eating bacteria. Last year it was murder hornets and brain eating amoebas. Or something.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 09:12 AM (jehhT)
We're gonna have a Plague of Something, dammit!!!
This Trump monster must be exposed for the world destroyer he is!!!!!1!11111!!!11111!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 10:28 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 10:22 AM (O0L8i)
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For a while I was going to the 8 a.m. Mass at the student location for the same reason. I got to enjoy the whole Book Thread rather than punching out around 10:30.
However, if I want others to go with me, it has to be 11 or later.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Howdy
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But the things you care about, in the absence of religion, are nothing but your individual taste. What do you say to the person who has a taste for murder and rape? You have no basis whatsoever for telling that person that they're objectively wrong. All you can say is "Our tastes differ."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 06, 2026 10:29 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:20 AM (EFkNq)
Adler suggested that we shouldn't self analyze because we make up lies to justify our self___ and provide pretexts for why it is OK to do things that don't really fall in line with what is generally accepted as true or moral. God and religion are both touchstones for a society since they are an evolved set of principles on how to operate within a society with maximum openness and cooperation.
"I am smarter than everyone else" is a terrible way to justify rudeness, unless your goal is to start fights and make people unhappy, and abuse people online.
"Everyone needs a wake up call because destroying this community is the only way to force people out of the stupid engrams and the cultural stasis they have fallen into" is both a self aggrandizing moral position to take, and also the position the Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution, and the central group of the Khmer Rouge took as well.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 10:30 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 06, 2026 10:30 AM (kJmSS)
Bridge over the river Kwai its a shame what they did hp the Col
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 10:30 AM (Ia/+0)
He's actually a married man who acts as a guard dog for his wife-not my words-his. The anger is incandescent and the disappointment is palpable.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2026 10:32 AM (IYIYn)
Not surprising. Which means the issue will probably have to be readdressed by SCOTUS when different circuits hold opposite opinions as to whether Bost applies at the state and local level.
But the SCOTUS ruling as we have it now applies only to candidates for federal office.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 10:32 AM (J4Dwc)
NBA Star’s $26.6M Vanishes: Terry Rozier’s Salary Forfeited Over Alleged Game-Fixing Scheme
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 06, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
I'm pretty sure the only reason we DIDN'T have this from Post WW II until the fall of the USSR is because "The Russians" filled the role of bogeyman that - historically - Man writ Large has always needed and when necessary created out of thin air.
1800s Americans were obsessed with impending natural caused as well as spiritual doom according to contemporary writings. Apparently the same all through history.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:33 AM (EFkNq)
Sorry, Biff, but this was dumb. It's been known as dumb since the Akkadians assembled the Epic of Gilgamesh.
The solution to the human condition is to leave a legacy. Not to suck your thumb and hope for a better afterlife.
The latter is an ad for MAID.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 06, 2026 10:33 AM (yYROg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2026 10:33 AM (IYIYn)
Since my stepmother went into hospice, we talk more, every few days or so, and I've gotten to know him a lot better. I finally talked about faith with him not long ago, and he's actually a Unitarian. In fact, he married my other in a Unitarian church. It seems a small detail, but it actually explains a lot about his life. He was raised Methodist, btw.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 06, 2026 10:35 AM (5y7pw)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:35 AM (FMtrg)
"Hey, fatty, I've got a movie for ya - A Fridge Too Far!"
Posted by: PabloD at June 06, 2026 10:35 AM (K1RVP)
I really should just keep my mouth shut.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 06, 2026 10:38 AM (N5734)
Pretty easy ... one's taste should not come at the direct expense of someone else who opposes.
All false choices you are presenting. Fairly typical. You want to establish that we'll all revert to savages unless we all convert. Not gonna' happen.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:40 AM (EFkNq)
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Vote fraud?!!! In California?!!! Why, I never heard of such!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 06, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)
The solution to the human condition is to leave a legacy.
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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Ozymandias
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 10:40 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 10:41 AM (XeU6L)
I really should just keep my mouth shut.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 06, 2026 10:38 AM (N5734)
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Don't worry about it. They clearly have a lot of unresolved anger and need to externalize it.
Happy people are very upsetting to unhappy people and faith enrages the faitless.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: PabloD at June 06, 2026 10:41 AM (K1RVP)
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Well, there's a lot of stupidity and fraud going around.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 06, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:17 AM (ZxPkt)
After the war, Zemke snatched the whole Zeiss plant - the Soviets were getting ready to ship the plant to Russia. The whole works later disappeared into the ether. Book at archive.org.
Book -Zemke's Stalag
Page 128 — My new “command” was more extensive than I had at first appreciated. In addition to the Zeiss plant, my administration extended to the Schott und Genossen Glas-Werke, one of the foremost manufacturers of specialist glass. The Zeiss management had, apparently, been exceedingly cooperative, undoubtedly hoping to preserve their industry for happier times in the future. An advantage for my presence was that I could converse in German whereas Brayer had to rely on an interpreter, although several people at Zeiss were fluent in English. My immediate task was to ensure proper security, particularly against casual British or American personnel who came looking for loot ...
Posted by: 13times at June 06, 2026 10:42 AM (JqbO1)
The glorious fruits of atheism are written in recent history. Death, starvation, terror, economic ruin, a morally-devastated population.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 10:43 AM (kb3W+)
"Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity."
Notice he says "our Republic" not democracy, "our religion" not diversity, and our [Western] civilization. So when some idiot says today's antifa bears any resemblance to our brave fathers and grandfathers who went ashore that day I'll remind them of what's in the balance.
Posted by: Rex B at June 06, 2026 10:43 AM (rgnea)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 10:43 AM (gZZCh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2026 10:44 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: PabloD at June 06, 2026 10:41 AM (K1RVP)
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No, it's the ultimate spiritual "easy button." Just feel good, think good thoughts, there's some kind of God or something, and everything will turn out right in the end.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/3t592bek
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2026 10:44 AM (IeCgc)
Posted by: naturalfake
Stephen A. Smith Begs Donald Trump to Skip NBA Finals: “I Don’t Want Him There”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 06, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 10:44 AM (jehhT)
The solution to the human condition is to leave a legacy. Not to suck your thumb and hope for a better afterlife.
The latter is an ad for MAID.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King
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I'm sorry, but you'll have to explain exactly how this proves an objective moral code can be constructed in the absence of religion. It cannot be done.
And anyway, in a Godless, completely material universe, everything is governed by physics and chemistry. It's all cause and effect. There is no room for free will in such a universe, so morals would not exist at all since there would be no choice to judge. (There are some nutso criminal law reformers who actually take this position.)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 06, 2026 10:45 AM (XvL8K)
Netflix has all the Rocky movies streaming currently.
Saw the original and Rocky 2 over the last couple of nights.
"Rocky" is a stone-cold classic. Very well-written, well-acted, great directing, clean linear story, and probably it didn't cost all that much to make.
In that way, I was sort of reminded of "Obsession" not that they're similar but they both have a very clean understanding and movie making.
"Rocky II" is a slight step down in quality because you can see the wheels turning and little personal sidetracks the characters take to keep the length of the movie movie-length.
It doesn't have the clean, organic, feel of "Rocky".
That said. It's great fun and a very good movie.
Onto to 3 and the others over the next few days.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)
the only rational approach to life is hedonism… enjoy as much pleasure as you can for as long as you can.
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All the monsters in the Marquis de Sade's novels were staunch atheists.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 10:45 AM (kb3W+)
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I want a pony.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2026 10:46 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 10:46 AM (Ia/+0)
Spencer Pratt, Steve Hilton Losing Ground as Mail-In Ballots Pour In Days After California Election
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 06, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)
I really should just keep my mouth shut.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 06, 2026 10:38 AM (N5734)
We are here to share our joys and sorrows and pray for each other. Your post was exactly appropriate.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:47 AM (FMtrg)
https://tinyurl.com/2hru9z8d
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2026 10:47 AM (IeCgc)
Doing my part. Can't watch any less.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:48 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 10:43 AM (kb3W+)
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Something I learned in doing research for Long Live Death is that actual political Anarchism isn't a free-for-all, it's Libertarian Marxism, where interlocking collectives replace the state. Just as violent, just as willing to kill, but the auspices are now based on class syndicates, not formal government.
The creation of the USSR led to the marginalization of Anarchism and its replacement by Stalinism, but in Spain, Anarchist political parties actually took power, the only place where that happened. And there's a reason it never happened again.
Had the Reds won, a lot of Anarchists were going to the camps. Indeed, the May Days purge was the forerunner of what was to come, and almost killed George Orwell.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:49 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 06, 2026 10:49 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 10:49 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 06, 2026 09:56 AM (ksbjf)
Like the little dudes who live in the locker in the Men In Black movie.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 10:51 AM (snZF9)
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna says that Democrats “believe in respecting the equality and the dignity of women” as he campaigns with Graham Platner whose ex-girlfriends said he abused and would rape someone to show dominance.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 06, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)
Liars that believe their own lies are the most dangerous.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:52 AM (EFkNq)
The real fraud isn’t in the open for someone to notice. It’s behind the scenes where ballots are filled out and “mailed” after the election in order to make up votes as needed.
The only way to stop the fraud is to change the entire system. No more mail in ballots, no more drop boxes. Unless that’s done you can 1000 observers and it won’t do shit.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 10:53 AM (tNkpt)
Say, have you considered running for office as a Democrat?
Posted by: Elon channeling Smithers at June 06, 2026 10:53 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes = Elon channeling Smithers at June 06, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)
Former Biden-Harris staffer Ashely Allison on CNN NewsNight unintentionally reveals how the Democrat Party’s world view has become morally corrupt:
“We are living in a hypocritical political environment right now, and it is hard to take any accusation and any stance of moral clarity with any real validity…”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 06, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2026 10:49 AM (LHPAg)
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My paternal grandfather was a teacher in civilian life, and upon being commissioned set up training sites and was then assigned to Fort Knox, where the had the German PoWs.
My other grandfather was a navigated for Air Transport Command. He was technically a civilian contractor working for American Airlines. He logged more than 2,000 flight hours across the Atlantic, both north and south. He flew into liberated Paris and said it was a blast.
The contractors were retroactively given discharges from the Air Force in the 1980s, so he got a military funeral. I was in the Honor Guard and played "Taps" over his casket. He was very proud of his honorable discharge, and it was prominently displayed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06
That's sounding familiar.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 06, 2026 10:54 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:54 AM (FMtrg)
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Stanley Cup Final Game 3 tonight
series tied 1-1
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:54 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 10:56 AM (Ia/+0)
I don't think you can have honest elections that involve Universal Suffrage, the anonymous ballot, and a Balkanized society. Just too much motive and opportunity to cheat.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:56 AM (EFkNq)
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What, no robbery or theft to add? Lightweight.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 10:57 AM (jehhT)
100% true. Even liberal corporations are reincorporating in other states because the judge’s ruling renders Delaware’s famous corporate laws Calvinball. And business hates uncertainty.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 10:57 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 10:53 AM (tNkpt)
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It is the political equivalent of "showing the flag," a public warning that sets the stage for future events.
"Save that evidence, kids! Could spare you from a lot of trouble later on."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 10:58 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip
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Talladega Nights
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 10:58 AM (ZxPkt)
My other grandfather was a navigated for Air Transport Command. He was technically a civilian contractor working for American Airlines.
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Interesting. Ernest K. Gann was a AA pilot and flew for the ATC. Gann said the last thing the Army wanted was that the crews be inducted. A lot more could be accomplished if they stayed civilians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 10:58 AM (O0L8i)
https://tinyurl.com/mrx5fu34
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2026 10:58 AM (SKxYB)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 10:59 AM (EFkNq)
Ford vs Ferrari is very good as well
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 10:59 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:00 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:00 AM (EFkNq)
Democrats have fought hard in the past to prevent observers so draw your own conclusions. Presumably the DOJ observer will have cameras.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 11:01 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:01 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 11:01 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 10:58 AM (O0L8i)
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This is true. They were not bound by military authority and could fly in conditions considered too dangerous for military aircraft. It was a point of pride that they just sort of did what they wanted.
They were issued AAC uniforms with ATC badges and no other rank. My grandmother says that there was a ditty floating around New York "Take your blue star off the window, mother, your son's in the ATC."
Aircrew were given a luggage allowance, and this was used for a toothbrush and change of underwear. The rest went to nylons and booze. Quite the thriving trade went on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 11:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:03 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 10:54 AM (FMtrg)
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Yes, I myself am quite loyal to Toyota and have owned Hondas and Nissans as well. I noticed that one had a trailer hitch, which you had mentioned needing. The other thing I'll do sometimes is expand the search radius to see more vehicles. It may not always be practical, but sometimes an extra 100 or 200 miles can save real $ or increase your chances of finding a good deal.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 06, 2026 11:03 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 06, 2026 11:03 AM (5y7pw)
Posted by: Eromero
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[renders a well-earned salute to Pvt. Eromero]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 11:04 AM (XeU6L)
Ozymandias
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 10:40 AM (O7YUW)
It's so weird watching in real time as so-many of the "giants" of the 20th Century lose their what?...substance?...no, importance and fade away to nothingness.
You especially see it in literature.
Remember John Updike? Every book of his was an event, a must read. Now? Nothingness.
His most famous novel, The Witches of Eastwick, is remembered as a movie by George Miller if anything. and the movie was, uh...not great. So, even that fades.
Other guys like Philip Roth, and even a fave of mine Vladimir Nabokov they're disintegrating before your very eyes. Ol' Vlad's lucky he wrote "Lolita". That keeps Hollywood's attention on him anyway.
And politicians....Pfft!, baby, pfft!
Tempus fugit, people. Tempus is fugitting.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 11:04 AM (iJfKG)
Yes. James Caan version. If its got James Caan - its at least not gonna' be bad.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:04 AM (EFkNq)
The originals, not something with today's "stars".
Posted by: From about That Time at June 06, 2026 11:05 AM (sl73Y)
The guys flying the southern routes brought back rum, which was then traded for bourbon. The rum was then brought to the UK, and traded for Scotch. Nylons were always popular.
My grandfather was a big guy, football player, and he liked to start interservice bar fights by teasing Navy guys, who inevitably would call him out as a civilian, and once fists started flying, all the other Army guys there had to pile in against the Sailors and Marines because without stripes on his sleeve, they assumed they were defending an officer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 11:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 06, 2026 11:07 AM (5y7pw)
The little documentary about Robert Conrad and Gabe Kaplan is pretty good. Conrad seems like a method actor that never turned it off.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:07 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2026 11:08 AM (CUP/i)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2026 11:01 AM (QZThv)
Old school fraud was ballot stuffing, literally stuffing ballot boxes with fake ballots on the spot. In California they don’t need to do that. They have ballots already filled out and “mailed”. The counts are legit, it’s the ballots that are fraudulent.
The law literally says ballots don’t need a legible post mark to count. If its show up with just a scribble that kinda sorta looks like a post mark it’s fine. And how hard is it to get a usps date stamp anyway to say June 1st instead of June 5th? That’s where the fraud is. And it’s not observable at the counting center.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 11:08 AM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Cicero
There was a Chappaquiddick movie a few years ago.
Bruce Dern was excellent as Joe Kennedy.
Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 11:08 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:03 AM (Ia/+0)
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John Houseman at his most sinister.
The part about how libraries are all digital and just disappear unhelpful records is eerily prescient.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 11:08 AM (ZOv7s)
Best sports movie: Slapshot.
Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 11:09 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:10 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:11 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2026 11:12 AM (2WIwB)
8. Laughter reduces pain. Not metaphorically. Physically. It releases endorphins that work the same way mild painkillers do.
9. People who feel they belong somewhere live happier and longer than people who feel alone even if they are surrounded by others. Belonging is not about proximity. It is about feeling seen.
Brother Tim, you belong here. You are seen. No troll can change that.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 06, 2026 11:12 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 06, 2026 11:12 AM (djegq)
North Dallas Forty
Major League
Ford v Ferrari
Grand Prix
Le Mans
Miracle
Friday Night Lights
Caddyshack
The Natural
Posted by: Gref at June 06, 2026 11:13 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:13 AM (Ia/+0)
They has the Big Corp replacing Govt and Modern Bread and Circuses pretty well on.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:13 AM (EFkNq)
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Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Obligatory at June 06, 2026 11:13 AM (djegq)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 11:14 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 06, 2026 11:03 AM (kOluj)
Where I live is notorious for horrible car deals. I always buy out of town. I always buy out of town. I’ve had dealers throw in shipping many times. If not, $200 one way flight and drive it home. Worth it to save several thousand dollars.
Posted by: Heroq at June 06, 2026 11:14 AM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 11:14 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Also receiving votes at June 06, 2026 11:15 AM (djegq)
Posted by: For the kidz at June 06, 2026 11:16 AM (djegq)
Stretch it further -- 'The Sting' is a sports movie. It has horseracing.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 06, 2026 11:17 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 06, 2026 11:17 AM (ZOv7s)
If it counts ... absolutely The Sting. No question.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:17 AM (EFkNq)
I thought "Goon" was a really fun hockey movie.
It's about a fading enforcer in professional hockey up in Canuckland.
Well, worth a watch.
It would probably be on my list.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 11:18 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:18 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 11:19 AM (Ia/+0)
If we're dragging in horse racing.
Then, "The Black Stallion" definitely qualifies as one of the greats.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 11:19 AM (iJfKG)
Actual political Anarchism is "anarcho-syndicalism" where interlocking collectivisms are the whole point. The Asturians and the others in the North were deeply influenced by radical thinking out of Italy.
Political thinking in Italy, where is is true the workers were being exploited by the banking and manufacturing cartels, was the ideal balancing of the workers against the banking and manufacturing cartels would be to put the workers on the same basis by creating a labor cartel. Since this was rejected as a loss of control by the other groups, any political change had to be created by labor actions like strikes, and street violence since the banks and industries had backing from the government. The goal was to create interlocking cartels.
However, this would have pushed into some sort of fascist state, since the state winds up being the arbiter, with no restraint.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:20 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2026 11:21 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 11:21 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 11:21 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Bulg at June 06, 2026 11:24 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 06, 2026 11:24 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:26 AM (rbvCR)
You know, the one with the alcoholic disgraced coach who finds redemption and reunites with his estranged wife as the fans swarm the jubilant players in slow motion.
I LOVE that movie.
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 11:28 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Bulg at
Three Stooges, or Marx Brothers? Maybe both?
Posted by: From about That Time at June 06, 2026 11:30 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 06, 2026 11:32 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: muldoon at June 06, 2026 11:32 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 11:34 AM (XeU6L)
It's the one where Mike (played by Christopher Walken) gives the "King of the Jungle" speech to John (the pool player he's backing, played by Mars Callahan.)
John's coming back from an injury and is doubting himself as to whether or not he can pull off "the big win". Mike needs John to be in the right headspace, and this speech helps to get him where he needs to be.
https://youtu.be/6QEuXDX40bE
All of Walken's scenes in this movie are an absolute pleasure to watch.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 11:36 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 11:38 AM (EFkNq)
Anarchism means without a king, archon, or supreme head. Syndicalism is a theory of economic and political organism based on functional division where those functional groups hold interlocking power.
It is not anarchism as English states it, it is actually a form of cartelism. However the various cartels ALWAYS look to an over-arching government to keep their interlocking partners in control -- with the hope that they can control the government while excluding the others -- and the government always winds up as "king" no matter what the intent.
So it has always turned out to be some form of fascism or corporate state.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2026 11:39 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Mick at June 06, 2026 11:57 AM (WIttU)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 06, 2026 01:40 PM (NcvvS)
It is hard to watch, and I am so very, very angry. So, even if some fraudsters somehow evade justice, I further pray for God to give me (and those in a similar boat) the strength and wisdom to channel this righteous fury into productive (and legal) activities. Amen.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Sy6m/)
more?
Posted by: jamiefirst time on camera at June 06, 2026 10:14 PM (WBmvs)
Daily Tech News 6 June 2026
Top Story
- SpaceX just launched 50 more Starlink satellites into orbit in a single day, using a pair of its trusty Falcon 9 boosters from facilities at Cape Canaveral and Vandenburg. (Space)
And recovered both boosters, with them landing autonomously on the company's two purpose-built drone ships.
I was curious as to how long it took mankind to launch its first 50 satellites into orbit, and the answer surprised me: Withing four years of Sputnik there were over a hundred satellite launches. "Space race" is no misnomer.
Tech News
- Speaking of SpaceX they just signed a deal for Google to pay them $920 million per month for compute capacity in SpaceX's Colossus datacenters. (Tech Crunch)
Which might sounds backwards but illustrates the scale on which the company is operating. SpaceX already has an arrangement with AI company Anthropic, which pays SpaceX $1.25 billion per month to lease compute capacity.
- SK Hynix is planning to double memory production at its factories in Korea and China. (WCCFTech)
By 2030. The drought won't break anytime soon.
- A coalition of trade associations representing the telecommunications, automotive, and medical device industries has urged the Trump administration to do something about that drought. (Tom's Hardware)
Though it's not clear what they can do. Even direct government investment or loan guarantees for Micron - the one American player among the Big Three memory makers - to accelerate expansion can only go so far because it takes years to build and fit out new factories, and the availability of the equipment for making chips is as constrained as the chips themselves.
- The Radxa Dragon Q5E is a small single board computer for embedded projects with a Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-6690 processor. (Liliputing)
(muffled screaming)
Qualcomm is infamous for masking the specs of their processors. For more than a decade every CPU shipped has contained "Kryo" cores according to the company's own datasheets. Those are relabeled Arm cores, but you're not supposed to know which relabeled Arm cores. Could be the A53 from 2012; could be the latest X925. It's all just "Kryo".
It's as if General Motors announced its 2026 Car (TM) with Engine (TM) technology.
Anyway, in this case it has four A720 cores and four A520 cores on a 4nm process, because as soon as one person outside Qualcomm gets their hands on one the real specs leak out.
- Intel is planning to refresh its new entry-level Wildcat Lake processors next year - pushing them solidly into the mid range. (Tom's Hardware)
The cheapest model, the 304, has one performance core, four low-power cores, and one graphics core; the other current models have two, four, and two respectively.
The planned upgrade will bring the count of performance cores to four, a perfectly reasonable number for an everyday laptop.
- Nvidia's on-again off-again 50 Super range of GPUs might be on again? (Tom's Hardware)
Expected at the end of last year, these models would have swapped 2GB GDDR7 memory chips for 3GB models, with some unspecified other minor improvements. The 5070 with its 12GB of RAM - limiting for some recent games - would be supplanted by a 5070 Super with 18GB of RAM.
Rumours now include a 12GB 5060 Super, plus the new 24GB 5070 Ti Super and 5080 Super.
No leaks of when or how much, but not soon and not cheap.
- Brave Origin is a new browser from Brave that costs $60 to remove features from Brave. (Bleeping Computer)
But the features it removes are Brave's own - relatively unobtrusive - monetisation efforts.
(Speaking of which, Tom's Hardware has annoying new ads that fill every inch of whitespace on the page. If you set Brave's adblock to "aggressive" it makes them go away and leaves the page readable again. I don't want website owners to starve but there are limits.)
The $60 is a one-time payment and lets you install the browser on up to 10 systems, so I'd only need two licenses.
And it's free on Linux, so I might only need one.
- Asus has a new 13" monitor on offer with a resolution of 3200x2400 - sort of - and a 35Hz nominal refresh rate. (Liliputing)
It covers around 30% of the DCI-P3 colourspace.
Yes, it's an e-ink display, so take that refresh rate with a pound of salt, and the resolution as well: In colour it is cut by half, so 1600x1200. Which is not terrible for a 13" display you would use mostly for reading text, but worth remembering.
I did some digging on the original 2012 Nexus 7 tablet - which I owned (and probably still have in a box in the garage), and which had notably murky colour thanks to the choice of a budget LCD panel. That still offered something on the order of 60% of DCI-P3 colour.
- Been very busy at work recently, pushing a new project towards release. Got sign-off from both the QA and marketing teams yesterday, so I finally get a weekend off. Ish.
Disclaimer: What did you say to me? No, honestly, I couldn't find a translation. (Apparently it's in Teda, a language spoken in Chad.)
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: clarence at June 06, 2026 04:31 AM (FLIKO)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 06, 2026 04:32 AM (ZVgZ4)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 06, 2026 04:32 AM (AMvSw)
SciVo, you here?
I finally found some video of the reflecting pool at a guy's youtube channel. It shows that thin strip widening as the pool is filled. It looks great. That idiot Newsom, who cannot finish any project larger than a boiled egg, had dissed it on Twitter.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 06, 2026 04:34 AM (n7rxJ)
and a partridge in a pear tree!
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)
****
Protester dumping something into the water in 3..2..
Posted by: clarence at June 06, 2026 04:38 AM (FLIKO)
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
No reason to get up, but we will see
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 04:41 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2026 04:43 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2026 04:43 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)
Hoping you're o.k., Pixy.
Posted by: m
I had to resort to Grok to find the specs of that CPU, and even then it couldn't find it until I told it to cross-reference with this specific single-board computer.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 04:48 AM (Sy6m/)
The new project as it gears up to leave the work premises:
Please release me, can't you see
You'd be a fool to cling to me
To live our lives would bring us pain
So release me and let me love again
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)
Getting into that same situation here. Between the memory crunch and the MS 10 vs. 11 squeeze, there are going to be some tough decisions made.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 04:49 AM (/HDaX)
The new project as it gears up to leave the work premises:
Please release me, can't you see
You'd be a fool to cling to me
To live our lives would bring us pain
So release me and let me love again
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)
maybe ixnay on that fourth line
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 04:49 AM (/HDaX)
Which is kind of why I am thinking of just getting a higher end steam machine (assuming there are steps.) Steam OS is linux based. Use this one for just surfing and what not.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2026 04:55 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 04:58 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 04:58 AM (/HDaX)
Plus, I think I'd like to support steam instead of just buying games that I do not have time to play occasionally.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2026 04:59 AM (bss/y)
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
5h
[excerpts]
Mostly the concern I see on the political right over AI is cultural[,] because there's nothing more that the political left and the Democratic Party wants [than] to get their claws into AI.
Because once an AI is programmed to tell people that boys can become girls it's the death of truth. Data centers being built isn't the problem, the data in those data centers is.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:59 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Good point.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 05:07 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Epobirs at June 06, 2026 05:09 AM (/0z9K)
SciVo, you here?
I finally found some video of the reflecting pool at a guy's youtube channel. It shows that thin strip widening as the pool is filled. It looks great. That idiot Newsom, who cannot finish any project larger than a boiled egg, had dissed it on Twitter.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 06, 2026 04:34 AM (n7rxJ)
Oh, yeah. I don't think I can properly express my contempt for Newsom. When that old photoshoot of him in his fancy scarf (faux-carelessly draped) resurfaced, his response was that he missed it.
Okay, no. I have a scarf with memories. I have the scarf. It's in a box. It isn't hard to keep things.
And if he didn't care enough to keep it, he can buy one just like it, I'm sure. Even if they don't make that precise model anymore (and they probably do), thrift stores and personal shoppers are a thing. I'm sure he could get one just like it if he cared, and if he were not so terminally impotent at Getting. Things. Done.
I sincerely believe that the man is a malignant narcissist, basically a lazy sociopath, who does not care in normal human ways, and also lacks the drive and energy to even get things done for his vainglory.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 05:11 AM (Sy6m/)
Chad's been hanging around dimpled since the 2000 presidential election...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 05:18 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0)
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I worked for him when he was mayor and this checks out.
He is a bot.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:19 AM (RIvkX)
@NR Pax: Reminder - There were some cruel memes I posted in yesterday's tech thread (comment # 89) that you needed to be away from work in order to view, and were looking forward to. Did you get to see those?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (Hbeqj)
Is Tehran burning? Is London?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:00 AM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/_3eC35LoF4U
https://youtu.be/_2I9QNU_u_k
https://youtu.be/kn-8n4QKUS4
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)
No issues with Android devices or win 11 laptop.
Anybody ideas?
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (KaHlS)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 05:25 AM (O7YUW)
Is Tehran burning? Is London?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:00 AM (RIvkX)
I think just Paris? Damn Stan-worshipping Muhammadans.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 05:26 AM (Sy6m/)
No issues with Android devices or win 11 laptop.
Anybody ideas?
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (KaHlS)
My first thought would be to do a virus scan, make sure you don't have some kind of trojan using you for free bitcoin mining and interfering with everything.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 05:30 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:37 AM (RIvkX)
They want to promote the idea this is entirely their product rather than that they're one of many ARM licensees.
Posted by: Epobirs at June 06, 2026 05:44 AM (/0z9K)
https://youtu.be/lE8tNqp7Iuk
Basically this sets you up with proper network proxy detection settings, configures your network settings to use DHCP server assigned IP address AND DNS settings, flushes your DNS cached settings (IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS)
And then there's a couple of new commands I'd never encountered before so I looked those up at Microsoft Learn to be sure they weren't problematic.
winsock reset
Read about that here:
https://tinyurl.com/mt44553c
netsh int ip reset
And read about that here:
https://tinyurl.com/mvef9f2v
Good luck.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)
David Sacks
@DavidSacks
16h
[excerpts]
While I’m no fan of socialism or arbitrary confiscations of wealth, I can see why Bernie Sanders’ proposal (for the government to take a 50% stake in AI companies) resonates, including with many on the right.
Nationalization of AI will accelerate the corporate-government fusion we’re already sliding toward. Conservatives rightly fear a Central Bank Digital Currency. They ought to be even more concerned about Central Government AI — a system with even more totalistic power over information, decision-making, and human behavior.
Conservatives are right to fear where this is all headed but ought to think more carefully about how regulations they are flirting with now (that are widely celebrated among those with a long history of lust for Big Government) will be used against them the next time a Democrat administration is in power.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 05:54 AM (6wpGE)
No issues with Android devices or win 11 laptop.
Anybody ideas?
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (KaHlS)
Unreachable error across two browsers suggests something deeper than browser problems like DNS.
See here for starters.
https://tinyurl.com/5ex94fsj
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 05:55 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 06, 2026 05:56 AM (KaHlS)
If I put, say,
Bernie Sanders &udm=14
into a google search box, an AI Overview still pops up at the top of my search results, providing fascinating information such as this:
Bernie Sanders is a prominent American progressive politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007, previously acting as the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. He is a leading independent voice in Congress who caucuses with the Democratic Party, known for his democratic socialist policies and advocacy for income equality, universal healthcare, and labor rights.
halp
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 05:58 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)
And I have to disagree with him here. As a Catholic, I am against the death penalty (except for in Old West type conditions where it's just practical). But other than that, I agree with everything else, that Two-Tier Keir is a hypocritical flim-flam man, and it's good that the youth are based:
The whole internet called his as* out..
https://youtu.be/BaC4FWZcowg
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:02 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)
I would like for *this* summary to pop up in the AI Overview and yet but alas.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:03 AM (6wpGE)
Citation Needed
Exactly whom is David Sacks alleging to be both on the right, and in favor of gov't telling AI what it can say? Because I think he's either ignorant or lying about the very meaning of 'right'.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:09 AM (Sy6m/)
You run you initial search and then you hand-edit the url line.
Locate the first & (indicates the beginning of variables being passed to the server.)
Insert your own variable there: &udm=14
This instructs google to return search results of Type 14.
Here's all the UDM parameters and what they return:
https://tinyurl.com/k8wxfbdk
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 06, 2026 06:12 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 05:58 AM (6wpGE)
Have you tried asking the AI how to make it stop? If not, why not?
I ask because I still sometimes go to bed wondering about something, even though that's no longer necessary. It's just a habit at this point.
Because even though search engines all became absolute trash and made my former excellent search-fu skills useless, now the AI summaries are even better than I ever was.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:14 AM (Sy6m/)
Citation Needed
Exactly whom is David Sacks alleging to be both on the right, and in favor of gov't telling AI what it can say? Because I think he's either ignorant or lying about the very meaning of 'right'.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:09 AM (Sy6m/)
His post is much longer than what I've excerpted, and perhaps misrepresents his point. I put it into comments to provide a brief form of his post.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:17 AM (6wpGE)
You should get "Standard text web results (no AI)"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:19 AM (Sy6m/)
You run you initial search and then you hand-edit the url line.
Locate the first & (indicates the beginning of variables being passed to the server.)
Insert your own variable there: &udm=14
This instructs google to return search results of Type 14.
Here's all the UDM parameters and what they return:
https://tinyurl.com/k8wxfbdk
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:19 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:20 AM (O0L8i)
bernie sanders enemy of the constitution
and AI Overview would like you to know this:
Whether Senator Bernie Sanders is considered an "enemy of the Constitution" depends entirely on your political viewpoint, as there is no objective or legal consensus to support the claim. The phrase is frequently used as a political rhetorical attack by his critics, while his supporters argue the exact opposite.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:21 AM (6wpGE)
bernie sanders enemy of the constitution
and AI Overview would like you to know this:
Whether Senator Bernie Sanders is considered an "enemy of the Constitution" depends entirely on your political viewpoint, as there is no objective or legal consensus to support the claim. The phrase is frequently used as a political rhetorical attack by his critics, while his supporters argue the exact opposite.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:21 AM (6wpGE)
And a wolf in sheep's clothing is a friend of the sheep...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 06:22 AM (l3cgK)
Might be something to look into.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)
Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:20 AM (O0L8i)
What of iced coffees?
I think all coffee tastes like bitter shyte...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)
@RNCResearch
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna says that Democrats “believe in respecting the equality and the dignity of women” as he campaigns with Graham Platner whose ex-girlfriends said he abused and would rape someone to show dominance.
5:34 PM · Jun 5, 2026
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This fvcking guy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)
I'm up later than usual after a dream in which I was back at my old employer, taking a class from -- get this -- Barky Obama. I found him in the hall of our building and asked him if he would discuss a programming (?!) assignment in class, and he said, "Don't worry about it." I asked, too, about our paper due in a week's time: "I'm three-quarters finished." "Well, then, you'd better get busy, shouldn't you?" "What's the purpose of the assignment?" "I want you to draw conclusions." (?!?)
He accompanied me into the men's room, whch as usual in my dreams had no stalls. I finished, announced to the people in the room (men & women both) that "I feel like I'm giving birth in the public square!", scooped up little cat Dagny (who'd followed me in), and marched out, only to wake up.
Time for some more coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)
@RNCResearch
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna says that Democrats “believe in respecting the equality and the dignity of women” as he campaigns with Graham Platner whose ex-girlfriends said he abused and would rape someone to show dominance.
5:34 PM · Jun 5, 2026
=====
This fvcking guy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)
sure, as long as those women have dicks...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:26 AM (RIvkX)
Is that what you've found? Has it been as fast (or unobtrusive) as they say, and reliable?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)
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Never take the brown acid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:30 AM (Ia/+0)
I think all coffee tastes like bitter shyte...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)
I find iced coffee to be EXTREMELY bitter. Hot coffee I can drink but I draw the line at cold coffee.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 06:30 AM (pKv0r)
https://tinyurl.com/kwauyajx
Seems to be working well.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:32 AM (O7YUW)
Here's a primer.
https://tinyurl.com/3n94d7k8
That's my next tech project.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)
He accompanied me into the men's room, whch as usual in my dreams had no stalls. I finished, announced to the people in the room (men & women both) that "I feel like I'm giving birth in the public square!", scooped up little cat Dagny (who'd followed me in), and marched out, only to wake up.
Time for some more coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)
----
The worst part of that story is when you've had your coffee and realize IT WASN'T A DREAM!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 06:32 AM (gnNyN)
Collective Soul - Shine (Official HD Music Video)
https://youtu.be/_m0bI82Rz_k
I know, I know, that's not a great recommend. But it's a great song. Just put it on listen and don't watch the self-satisfied weirdos.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:32 AM (Sy6m/)
A lot of that going around. Don't these people take an oath to defend the Constitution?
Posted by: Case at June 06, 2026 06:33 AM (4Pn+V)
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Never take the brown acid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026
***
I think I got some green.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:35 AM (HU0Jf)
A lot of that going around. Don't these people take an oath to defend the Constitution?
Posted by: Case at June 06, 2026 06:33 AM (4Pn+V)
Bernie swore to defend the Soviet Constitution.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:36 AM (O0L8i)
Mixed with condensed milk its like a sugar/caffeine infusion.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:36 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026
***
Since I retired, I keep a cup of coffee in the refrigerator, refreshed periodically. When I get up in the morning especially, or from a nap, I drink first some water, then a few swallows of the cold coffee, which is usually unsweetened (not the way I drink the hot stuff). It gives me some fluids and wakes me a bit. Then, in the morning, the hot stuff I sweeten and maybe add a little milk to the first cup. After the cold swallows, it seems damned nice.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Accomack at June 06, 2026 06:38 AM (GbONR)
They want it both ways, fighting for women ( as if their is a war against them to start with) and catering to their Cultural Marxism fighting for mental illness Trannies.
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (Ia/+0)
She just got the zoomies all of a sudden.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (gnNyN)
Time for some more coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)
Narrator: Dagny, who had actually pooped in public, had no such feelings.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (Sy6m/)
She didn’t get it.
Posted by: Accomack at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (GbONR)
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸
@KarluskaP
21h
Sen. John Fetterman when asked about Graham Platner, he said who P hustle? The reporter with a puzzled and perturbed look on her face replied: is that what you call him Fetterman replied: no that’s what he calls himself. 🤣
Two minutes of Fetterman reporting stuff Graham Platner has said!
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:41 AM (6wpGE)
Also I need to be sure I can simply take the router and hardware with me to a new address (in Indiana, I hope)-- of course, informing them so that I can be billed at the new place.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)
She just got the zoomies all of a sudden.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (gnNyN)
Good kitty!
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:42 AM (6wpGE)
Friends who have the permanent Starlink variety love it. On the flight home last week our plane had starlink. I facetimed my son while flying over the north Atlantic and the quality was incredible!
Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 06:43 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)
A guy I know swears by it based on costs and reliability. He is very rural, and it is something akin to magic the way that Starlink can deliver such affordable internet value.
And possibly, soon, I'd like to see it eat Verizon's lunch in the cellular landscape.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 06:44 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:45 AM (twIk0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:35 AM (HU0Jf)
It is truly awe inspiring
Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 06:46 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:47 AM (Ia/+0)
She didn’t get it.
Posted by: Accomack at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (GbONR)
Sounds like she's a beer, cider, or wine gal (not that there's anything wrong with that). Since a whisky gal would *get* it, that it isn't the same.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:47 AM (Sy6m/)
===========================
A friend of ours sold her house, tricked out a van and is visiting the lower 48. She just added mobile starlink to her van and loves it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:47 AM (twIk0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
For those who haven't seen it, let me recommend the movie "Pressure". It's about the run up to the D Day invasion. Excellent cast. Who knew the subject of weather could be so suspenseful.
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 06:48 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:49 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:45 AM (twIk0)
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The fact she has not become a public figure speaks volumes about her.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:50 AM (RIvkX)
You should get "Standard text web results (no AI)"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)
O.k.! I was looking for a quick fix--like how I had previously put -ai into the search box. Drat.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:45 AM (twIk0)
It's a thankless job for sure. And it takes a special kind of person, which I believe must have been baptised in 3 a.m. baby emergencies, to have the nerves for it.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:52 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:52 AM (6wpGE)
"White House chief of staff Susie Wiles forcefully rejected a Friday night report alleging she plans to step down after the November midterms, slamming the story as a “piece of fiction.”
Wiles, 69, issued the rare public rebuke in a fiery statement posted to X shortly after the Daily Mail published an article alleging she was gearing up to leave, in part due to supposed turmoil with President Trump over his recent cabinet appointments."
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:49 AM (wzUl9)
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2 eggs
2 bacon
2 sausage
2 pancakes
Please.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)
=====================
From today's Free Press article on how Neuralink might improve the lives of ALS patients. Pretty cool tech.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:54 AM (pannP)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 06:55 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026
Sounds good! That at The Longest Day will be on the schedule tonight.
Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 06:57 AM (lCppi)
Now this may turn out not to be the case, but remember that the liberal press just makes stuff up all the time and rarely recants.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:57 AM (vFG9F)
I'll get the car's spark plugs done, and continue winnowing my books and papers. The Bekins Van Lines guy I've gotten a good estimate from says he thinks he can get the weight down for me, too.
I might try to sell my set of the Britannica -- which I'm sure will go better if I include the nice bookcase they are in. Facebook Marketplace might be a good place to try. I'll specify: local pickup only.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Accomack at June 06, 2026 06:58 AM (T8bqm)
See my #59 and #69. I just added a &udm=14 plug-in/add-on to Firefox and it's working automatically and wonderfully.
No more AI crap in google search results, and I don't have to manually edit the URL line.
Winning.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:59 AM (O7YUW)
2 bacon
2 sausage
2 pancakes
Please.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026
***
Pancakes! It's been a while since I've had some. Another grill a little farther from my house has them available. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:00 AM (hF7Dm)
and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.
“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,
and who tremble at my word.”
Isaiah 66:2
Posted by: Marcus T at June 06, 2026 07:00 AM (9MWCZ)
Posted by: Ben Had"
“Nearly one in eight women in the United States will face this diagnosis,” she wrote in a statement confirming the diagnosis.
“Every day, these women continue to raise their families, go to work, and serve their communities with strength and determination. I now join their ranks,” she went on.
“I am grateful to have an outstanding team of doctors who detected the cancer early and are guiding my care, and I am encouraged by a strong prognosis.”
I don't think she is going to quit because of that.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Just Wondering at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (djegq)
"Why would I talk to you liars and let you twist my words?"
Then hang up on them or walk away. Whatever they say to justify why you'd want to be questioned is just manipulative bullshit so they can twist your words and make you look bad.
You don't hate the media enough. Really.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:57 AM (vFG9F)
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A necessary caution.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:02 AM (hF7Dm)
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 06, 2026 07:02 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 07:02 AM (lCppi)
"Why would I talk to you liars and let you twist my words?"
Then hang up on them or walk away. Whatever they say to justify why you'd want to be questioned is just manipulative bullshit so they can twist your words and make you look bad.
You don't hate the media enough. Really.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026
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If I'd been the one to rescue the abandoned kittens atop the Miss. River bridge, and they interviewed me, they wouldn't air it for the remarks I'd make about the "subhumans" who live here and would do such a thing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:05 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)
Agreed.
Aces story yesterday about the NYT's treatment of the PHustle's victim/girlfriend was appalling.
Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 07:05 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026
I do. I'm just patient.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:05 AM (dK+Kv)
Superintendent Ruth Turner said those who saw the menu were “hurt, disappointed, and offended” by the graphic’s appearance alongside the June 19 holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States."
Lord help them if they ever serve cotton candy.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:07 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026
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Why would people be offended by . . .
Oh. "Cotton." Jeez Louise.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Carmello Anthony at June 06, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)
https://tinyurl.com/mpnushe9
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (YJPnY)
Posted by: LASue
It really is. Brendan Fraser as Ike and Damian Lewis as Montgomery are very good. The real star of the movie is an English actor, Andrew Scott, as the meteorologist James Stagg. He is excellent.
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
Collective Soul - The World I Know
https://youtu.be/n7TLTjqUyog
Counter-Point:
Dude. You could just, like, move to Indiana. Or something.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
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sitting on a dry porch, if you have one, watching the rain sounds great.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:13 AM (YJPnY)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:14 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:14 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass
Eeew!
Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 07:15 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026
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Sure. And even my real estate agent ballparks that figure at $30K, much as people did here. But the house, while not an "as is" (I'd never have considered it in that case), is an estate sale; and I believe the sellers are out of state or town. They might go for it and they might not. We can see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)
The riding mower is still in the shop (carburetor being replaced), so I'll have to use the push mower (self-propelled, thank God) to work on the yard today.
I don't know where or how much I'll be doing but if I don't try to do something I'll never get through it when the riding mower actually does come back.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)
I saw no savannah there -- just desert
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:17 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026
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One of the many things I dream about doing when I have my house. The pipe shop, though, is indoors and well air-conditioned. The do have a covered outside area -- but the humidity is awful here even without the rain, and worse with it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:17 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:18 AM (EFkNq)
A sleeper political issue is waking up, it seems.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:18 AM (OOFuB)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026
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True. I'll have to have the work done remotely, of course; though I could drive up at some point (two long days) to see how it's going.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:19 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:19 AM (dK+Kv)
I don't know where or how much I'll be doing but if I don't try to do something I'll never get through it when the riding mower actually does come back.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026
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Mowers still use carburetors? I guess fuel injection is not practical or affordable for use in small engines like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)
Tom Selleck nails Ike in "A Countdown to D-day", the greatest movie of all time
Juan McCain, on the other hand, overshot his mark in "Countdown to A Perpetual Funeral"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:20 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026
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Gee, to buy a house for $85K . . .
When I first started looking at properties on the 'Net in 2019, there were nice-looking modest houses for sale in Wisconsin for that amount.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:22 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026
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My mother was a young woman, a civilian nurse, during the war years. She told me some stories, but I wish I'd asked more about everyday life then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass
Eeew!
Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 07:15 AM (Y8DZL)
Not sure how Kay Summersby would have felt about that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (l3cgK)
I guess fried chicken, black eyed peas, and collard greens are right out.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:18 AM (EFkNq)
If I was served that, I'd be the happiest man alive. My theory is that people appreciate each other better through food.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (O0L8i)
Anything to get Trump. ANYTHING.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
...while I watch the rain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
CCR's "Who'll Watch the Rain?" never caught on with audiences.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (s9VOe)
No sense in buying someone else's money pit, without covering yourself for potentialities.
If they balk, move on.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:18 AM (EFkNq)
Are those cultural appropriation? Nobody told me they were...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
Gotta fight "fascism" with fascism.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:25 AM (dK+Kv)
Speaking of farmers; I saw round haybales in a field nearby that were wrapped in a "stars and stripes" motif. Should have taken a photo, but no good pull off area.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 07:25 AM (jehhT)
"James Carville endorses ‘f–ked up’ Graham Platner, compares him to US allying with Stalin to win WWII"
James Carville is a jibbering, incomprehensible idiot.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:26 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)
I'd like to culturally appropriate me some of that, with some cornbread, thank you very much.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:26 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) "
Now do Skittles and cough syrup.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:26 AM (vFG9F)
See BoB is being run on Sundance channel. Didn't use to get it but now do, unlike TCM which use to but now not
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:28 AM (Ia/+0)
...unlike TCM which use to but now not
Posted by: Skip
Did Tedward claw it into his grave after himself?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:30 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Puddleglum, Greetings from Amish Country at June 06, 2026 07:31 AM (bfy6w)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip
Did Tedward claw it into his grave after himself?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison!
A lot of cable companies treat TCM almost like a premium channel. I have Comcast and I know they do because I pay extra for it.
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 07:33 AM (lJ0H4)
See BoB is being run on Sundance channel. Didn't use to get it but now do, unlike TCM which use to but now not
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026
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I'm still getting used to streaming. I keep thinking (a) they'll charge me somehow, and (b) that I can't pause the film -- though I can. We watched Hunt for Red October for free last night, and it was perfectly possible to pause it and even rewind as with a DVD or a YooToob video.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)
Superintendent Ruth Turner said those who saw the menu were “hurt, disappointed, and offended” by the graphic’s appearance alongside the June 19 holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States."
They undoubtably would have been just fine with an image of a plantation mansion with an encircled "D" on it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:34 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 06, 2026 07:37 AM (7T8ei)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:38 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:38 AM (iMJX8)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:39 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:39 AM (Ia/+0)
Well, reading cuts into movie watching time too...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:41 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:38 AM (iMJX
That is nutso. I'll have to watch that to buy on the post-IPO drop.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:41 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:43 AM (Ia/+0)
Speaking of, I am taking my 5 yr old granddaughter on her first airplane flight today down to Az for a few days, meeting daughter 1 and her 3 kids. Should be fun. 5 yr old was out last night with her suitcase and was "practicing pulling it" up and down my driveway. Cute stuff
Posted by: Molly k. at June 06, 2026 07:44 AM (j/yko)
https://tinyurl.com/yu4d83fs
A Truist study of 30 major IPOs found the average maximum first-year drawdown hit 55%, with even ARM falling 41% peak-to-trough in just three months.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:44 AM (dK+Kv)
But now they hired this woman everyone is quoting today, Ruth Turner, to run it and her main claim to the job is "over 20 years of experience in urban education and equity-focused leadership".
I predict disaster ahead for the students.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:45 AM (mbNQQ)
Dagny to the rescue!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, Greetings from Amish Country at June 06, 2026 07:46 AM (bfy6w)
James, I think it was Italy who allied themselves with the Nazis. At least for a while.
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2026 07:47 AM (BvTxf)
What next ? You gonna' tell me that investors are irrational ?
I think most people - even most pros - overthink it. Same for sports betting. In both cases, you're buying or betting against the perceptions of irrational people.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:48 AM (EFkNq)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:48 AM (mbNQQ)
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:48 AM (EFkNq)
That is the net of it, yes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:50 AM (dK+Kv)
One of the things I miss about usually being the driver of tge vehicle on longer journeys is gazing out the window as we rolled along, as Dustin Hoffman did here:
The Belle Stars - Iko Iko
https://youtu.be/yeCvd1xGvKE
It was especially cool to view all the reflection planes present in regularly ordered crops in orchards or vineyards.-- they brought to mind how X-ray diffraction functioned (once a chemist...).
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:52 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Howdy
Also, you're betting against the rational thieves who are manufacturing and amplifying those perceptions.
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2026 07:54 AM (BvTxf)
Well, I think they were either gay or pretending. And pretending to be gay is authentically queer. Band was Faith No More, song was Falling To Pieces. Blargh.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 08:08 AM (Sy6m/)
Sampled a few seconds at 3 or 4 segments of the video. It was crap.
Your warning was solid, thank you.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 09:50 AM (O7YUW)
Sampled a few seconds at 3 or 4 segments of the video. It was crap.
Your warning was solid, thank you.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 09:50 AM (O7YUW)
Visual assault and battery...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)
Dinosaur, I know, but I miss my 6 CD changer with ten+ hours of MP3s on each CD.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 06, 2026 09:18 PM (o3x7F)
ONT: Happy Fun Edition - Friday 6/5/26
Happy Fun Ball The official ball of the Happy Fun ONT.
Speaking of Balls
Think You're Tough?
Dawa Sherpa (L)
Think You're Badass? You're not badass. This is badass.
Huh?
SNAFU Have you heard the acronym SNAFU How about TARFU and FUBAR?
Anyone From This Place? Try writing that as your return address!
Musical Interlude A twofer!
Useful Products
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 05, 2026 10:00 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:01 PM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 10:01 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 10:01 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 05, 2026 10:01 PM (/ly7b)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:02 PM (lwhHh)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 10:02 PM (ZVgZ4)
220 Which commenter kept posting a birdbath status?
I know he had serious medical issues some time back, but I don't remember if he's recovered enough to post.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 09:59 PM (qx7Zg)
JT, I believe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:01 PM (1z8ji)
That sounds right. Does anyone know how he's doing?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 10:02 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 05, 2026 10:02 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:01 PM (f3Fjc)
Obviously you have a sharp wit.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 05, 2026 10:04 PM (/ly7b)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 10:04 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: TRex - pickled dino at June 05, 2026 10:04 PM (lm0r7)
Posted by: 13times at June 05, 2026 10:05 PM (8SF/N)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Saving it for Sunday!
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 10:05 PM (1S3fY)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at June 05, 2026 10:05 PM (lm0r7)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 05, 2026 10:05 PM (uTEOj)
Thank you Weasel
So I have a complaint. Wife and I both like our coffee. Weekdays we drink Yuban and on weekends we treat ourselves to flavored coffee, Don Francisco's Hawaiian Hazlenut. It's a little pricey but I look for sales and we usually can stock up for about $8 per 12 oz can.
Lately I noticed the stash getting low so I've had an eye out for a sale. Yesterday, at Stater Bros it was on sale for 9.99. A little pricey but we're almost out.
As I picked up the can it felt and looked different. THEY CHANGED THE SIZE! Now it's a 10 oz can.
So less coffee for more money! No Thanks!
I put it back on the shelf. No more Hawaiian Hazelnut for a while.
Maybe I should put this in the FWP thread, especially if they follow my suggestion and make it a FWP snd Petty Complaints thread.
Other than that everything is just ducky!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 10:06 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:06 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 05, 2026 10:07 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 10:02 PM (qx7Zg)
Ben Had is the person to ask.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:07 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 05, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 05, 2026 10:08 PM (/ly7b)
The huge barrels you could store water in without worrying about plastic monkeypox Covid Aids degrading into the water killing you instantly were all expensive as hell.
80 cases of 24 bottles. We were set. I'm down to about 35 now....
From the article...
Plastic is not an environmentally friendly substance and might harm health. Furthermore, tap water is more regulated than bottled water.
Just ask Flint Michigan....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:08 PM (Sco7b)
Whaaat? That's p!$$-poor planning ahead. No disrespect to the Weasel, but a Friday ONT is supposed to be the work of Weird Dave.
Harrumph.
Well, okay, I'll go see whatcha got, anyway. 🤪
Posted by: mindful webworker - anticipation disappointed at June 05, 2026 10:08 PM (dn9xm)
Solution: DVR 'em bof
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 10:08 PM (QGaXH)
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I'm in the process of switching from Black Rifle Beyond Black to Death Wish Dark Roast.
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 10:09 PM (1S3fY)
Posted by: Joemarine at June 05, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 05, 2026 10:10 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: dooley at June 05, 2026 10:10 PM (Zhu94)
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It's not just water anymore. They put soda and minerals init to make it taste better. mmm
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:10 PM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 10:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 10:06 PM (QGaXH)
Shrinkflation attacks! The water must have been cold.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 05, 2026 10:10 PM (/ly7b)
It's NOT A SEX TOY!!
If anyone else is wondering.
Everyone have a great weekend.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:12 PM (Sco7b)
Another round of golf completed. Did ok. Broke 100 anyway. I go back to Babylon DC next Saturday so I still have a week here in Amish Country. So quiet and peaceful around here. Its nice.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at June 05, 2026 10:12 PM (bfy6w)
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 10:12 PM (1S3fY)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 05, 2026 10:13 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 10:13 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Lawyers Guild of Washington DC at June 05, 2026 10:13 PM (8SF/N)
These Chicoms are always up to something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 10:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 10:13 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Dd38x)
They show up in boot camp with a vague idea that they can follow orders, and they're looking forward to having some structure in life; but might not be able to interpret those orders very well.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 10:15 PM (gKWVE)
Maybe a question for the Food Thread?
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The whole "expiration date" thing is based on the idea that the thing put in the container remains *exactly the same* up to a certain point. It's not toxic past that point, but may be different. How different? It's hard to say.
Because people assumed it meant "toxic" and threw stuff out, the language was changed to "best by," because in some instances, a thing not staying the same is a good thing. See also: aged cheese, bourbon, scotch, etc.
An Air Force captain once told me how he was at an Army FOB in Iraq and observed a squad of soldiers slowly pouring out a pallet of water bottles onto the ground. He was mystified, inquired as to what was going on, and climbed up the chain of command until the senior NCO explained that yes, the water could be used to wash or clean things, it was fine for that, but the garrison was bored and would start setting stuff on fire unless otherwise occupied.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 10:15 PM (ZOv7s)
I should have asked, has there been any further word about Doof's mother?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 10:13 PM
I spoke to him this morning, she is going on hospice care. It’s God’s timeline now.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 10:15 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 10:15 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:10 PM (f3Fjc)
Soda might go flat, but minerals don't "expire". Possibly, over a sufficiently long time span, enough pt-pt-pt-pthalates might leach out of the plastic bottle to exceed "safe" limits? But I'd rather risk an unlikely bad reaction to plasticizers than die of thirst.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:16 PM (1z8ji)
I love the old toons and public service announcements. It was so much easier when people weren’t offended all the time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 05, 2026 10:16 PM (mKKL7)
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 10:12 PM (1S3fY)
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Greetings and salutations!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 10:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Pickle Rick at June 05, 2026 10:17 PM (bfy6w)
Posted by: She Hobbit at June 05, 2026 10:17 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 10:17 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 10:18 PM (ZxPkt)
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Some ratings are like The Island of Broken Toys.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 10:18 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: PabloD at June 05, 2026 10:19 PM (K1RVP)
Mr Reagan: Are California Elections Rigged?
https://youtu.be/o6AjS7qr6xg
Seems t'me, I don't need an 18½ minute video to answer that question.
Posted by: mindful webworker - to ask is to answer at June 05, 2026 10:19 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: 13times at June 05, 2026 10:19 PM (8SF/N)
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 10:19 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 10:18 PM (kpS4V)
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"Drill Sergeant, is bladder control one of the seven army core values?"
"It is not, private, and that is why Private X is graduating from BCT."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 10:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 10:13 PM (kpS4V)
There was a booklet called "Baby-San" my Dad got in Korea. I haven't seen it for years. It might be in the garage somewhere.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 05, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Joyenz at June 05, 2026 10:21 PM (2F0/Y)
35 cases or 35 bottles?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 10:15 PM (ZVgZ4)
35 cases of 24 bottles.
Our town did have boil water advisories so it came in handy. They're in a crawl space so it's not hot there.
And I get the plastic breaks down thing. With so many other concerns....whatever.
Now back to work.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:22 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: 496 at June 05, 2026 10:22 PM (4DK2r)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 10:22 PM (u/oMr)
Mr Reagan: Are California Elections Rigged?
https://youtu.be/o6AjS7qr6xg
Seems t'me, I don't need an 18½ minute video to answer that question.
Posted by: mindful webworker - to ask is to answer at June 05, 2026 10:19 PM (dn9xm)
Come on, a 24,000 ballot drop with only ONE candidates votes in it... NONE for any other candidate... it totally normal.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 05, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)
Airplanes.
Ppppfffttt....
You want exciting?
You want scary?
You want awesome???
Roll a battalion of tanks across that airfield. In column, in echelon, wedge formations. Maneuvers you never saw before.
And unlike airplanes that leave, the tanks stay!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:24 PM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: pookysgirl, finding soft things to sit on at June 05, 2026 10:24 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 10:25 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 10:26 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched
The M16A1 Rifle: Operation and Preventive Maintenance manual illustrated by Will Eisner had some text (iirc), that went something like:
'Sure it's fun to fire tracer rounds but did you know that they leave behind barrel deposits and fouling that can lead to misfires and jamming?'
It was like your Dad lecturing you.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 10:26 PM (jnTpz)
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Too bad. I have some really expensive champagne that I'll have to drink myself.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 05, 2026 10:27 PM (h06De)
Posted by: PabloD at June 05, 2026 10:27 PM (K1RVP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:27 PM (f3Fjc)
My main complaint is that even though it's presented in black and white, you can tell it's simply a de-colored digital "print." as well as the atmospherics, ie smoke, haze, fog are CGI.
If they had actually shot it on film and did everything practically, it would have moved from really good to great.
Definitely in the top 10 of super hero things.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)
They were going to cut a bracket, and NASA was worried about structural compromise. That's why they had our guys head to the Dragon.
The Russians were going to do it, but finally decided against cutting the bracket and to do more inspection and testing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 10:28 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 05, 2026 10:29 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm)
2h
Eric Metaxas, a great guy, has written an incredible new book, "Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World."
As we celebrate our Nation's 250th Birthday, Eric honors the Faith, Wisdom, and Courage of the Great Patriots who sacrificed so much to secure our Independence. These stories of our shared past inspire us to build a future bigger, greater, and stronger than ever before. THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
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Saw Eric speak in person. Impressive.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:30 PM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)
For more info about Project 100,000, aka "McNamara morons", check out "McNamara's Folly"
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Robert McNamara, your typical MBA who thinks HBS models can be applied equally to cars and tanks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 10:31 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: PabloD at June 05, 2026 10:33 PM (K1RVP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
I'd tell you save it for the baby's grand arrival on Christmas, but I don't know how well champagne ages.
Posted by: pookysgirl knows more about vodka at June 05, 2026 10:33 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 05, 2026 10:33 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
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The Russians and the Americas should call it quits and come home. Arrange for them all to come home at the same time, no one calls first.
That's why both sides are malingering, who calls first.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:34 PM (f3Fjc)
For more info about Project 100,000, aka "McNamara morons", check out "McNamara's Folly" by Hamilton Gregory. Available on Kindle.
Posted by: PabloD
We had a couple of those on my first ship in the Navy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)
The Russians were going to do it, but finally decided against cutting the bracket and to do more inspection and testing.
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Just a moment. Just a moment. I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours.
Posted by: HAL 9000 at June 05, 2026 10:35 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 05, 2026 10:35 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 10:31 PM (O0L8i)
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Trust your credentialed overlords.
Posted by: The Deep State at June 05, 2026 10:39 PM (ZOv7s)
Just a moment. Just a moment. I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours.
Posted by: HAL 9000
I'm not going out there!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 10:39 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: PabloD
We had a couple of those on my first ship in the Navy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)
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Had a couple in my first platoon in Germany. I think these guys were at the upper end of the scale. Not bright, but once they knew the job, they did it well enough, and were able to reenlist when they were eligible. Smart enough to realize they had a better job than they were going to find back home.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB)
I have a pic of them in my shop.had it for, maybe, 30 years!
“We’re Orphans” was the gag, but one of the most excellent pics of their many shenanigans.
Can’t find a link, or post the pic, but a search for three stooges dressed as children might get you to the right on.
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 05, 2026 10:40 PM (HZfH/)
The Army received 70% of them, AF, Navy and USMC each received 10% roughly. The Army and Marines assigned most to combat roles, which contributed to disproportionately high casualty rates for Project 100,000 men.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 10:41 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:30 PM (f3Fjc)
I read his book "Is Atheism Dead?". It may have been a Moron recommendation from the book thread.
Posted by: Joemarine at June 05, 2026 10:42 PM (y171U)
The Blue Angels when they flew the A-4F Super Fox. Talk about close formation flying and perfect timing.
https://youtu.be/wk3XSV6H6w0
I would like to see the current Blues try some of these maneuvers, the computers would overrule them probably.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Nemo at June 05, 2026 10:44 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB)
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The tail end of Clinton's Army was a sight to see. My basic training company had a motley collection of people motivated purely by occupational training, a handful of deluded patriots (like me) and then a bunch of people incapable of other employment.
Because of the manning crisis, no one washed out. We were told that up front - if you fail, you'll stay here until your contract is completed. And don't try gay stuff, that won't work anymore.
Conscripts would have been an improvement.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:45 PM (lwhHh)
The normal, acceptable leak rate for the ISS is about 0.6 lbs/day. Anything above 1 lb/day is a problem. It's currently at 2 lbs/day. It's been a problem since 2019. They've been closing off the hatch to the leaky Rooskie module there and that lowers the loss rate.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)
I would like to see the current Blues try some of these maneuvers, the computers would overrule them probably.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD)
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The M-5 multitronic computer will remove human error!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 10:47 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 10:48 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 05, 2026 10:48 PM (HZfH/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
So... when the Thunderbirds were in town, they'd buzz the shit out of the post grad school. We were on the roof of her building one day and I swear to God you'd almost be able touch the planes. The jet wash would knock you down.
The Blue Angels would do likewise, but the T-birds were just pissing the squids off to no end.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 10:49 PM (jehhT)
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That's the one! It's a commitment, so I opted for something smaller at the last minute so I can get to bed before noon tomorrow.
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 10:50 PM (DJPFk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)
Could they do an EVA, and look at the outside for escaping air? Here on Earth, you can see a stream of dense gas, say acetylene, issuing from an unlit torch by the difference in refractive index. May even cast a shadow. I have personally seen this.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: PabloD at June 05, 2026 10:50 PM (K1RVP)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 10:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 10:41 PM (jnTpz)
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The low quality bothered the cadre, who were 80s recruits when fuckups got sent home. Our platoon sergeant went off at one point saying: "Private, the only reason I allow you to stay in the Army is that you will stop a bullet for a better man." Harsh but true.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 10:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Just finished a rewatch, the first in years, of Hunt for Red October. Such a grand film. The novel, Clancy's first, was terribly dull and muted all the action elements. Someone like Michael Crichton or Larry Niven could have gotten the technical details across to us, yet still generated excitement. I wish Clancy had collaborated with Niven (whom he admired); that would have been a fascinating team-up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 05, 2026 10:52 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 10:53 PM (wzUl9)
You should share your "post template" with the cobs.
AoS articles with YouTube embeds jump all over when reloaded and yours do not do that.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 10:53 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:45 PM (lwhHh)
Too much fat in the diet?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 10:54 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)
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Disagree. It was a page-turner when it first came out, but subsequent readings reveal the flaws.
It is not part of my library for that reason.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 10:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 10:53 PM (wzUl9)
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The guy had range. Two very different roles.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 10:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 10:56 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: HAL 9000 at June 05, 2026
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Have I got time for a nap first?
Posted by: Keir Dullea at June 05, 2026 10:57 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 10:57 PM (77rzZ)
They know where the leaks are, it's just getting to one that's the problem. This Russian module has been springing leaks since 2019, and they think it's due to metal fatigue from the docking and undocking over it's 20 yr life up there. It is the only docking module port suffering from that, however.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 10:57 PM (77rzZ)
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She'd have wanted it this way.
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 10:59 PM (DJPFk)
He said water is a universal solvent. After awhile it degrades the plastic. Current standards for emergency water for drinking require canned water
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 05, 2026 10:59 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
If they send everyone out to look, you know that someone will lock all the doors before leaving. It's a little far for AAA to send someone to unlock the doors.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 10:59 PM (qx7Zg)
I don't think SNAFU is used much when E-1 Snuffy Smith screws up. It takes an O-4 (+) to make real SNAFU.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
The guy had range. Two very different roles.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
I'll say - In 2002, Jones was arrested and charged with soliciting a 14-year-old boy to pose for nude photographs.
He was also investigated for possession of child pornography. He was arrested again in 2004 and 2010 for failing to properly update his sex offender registration.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 11:01 PM (jnTpz)
Which also co-starred Elizabeth Berridge’s magnificent bazooms.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:01 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 13times at June 05, 2026 11:01 PM (8SF/N)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 10:59 PM (qx7Zg)
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Don't you worry. I'll let them back in.
Posted by: HAL 9000 at June 05, 2026 11:01 PM (u/oMr)
I'm looking at another home, a slightly higher price range, with already-installed solar roof panels and a Generac backup battery system. I'd think such a place *must* have up-t-date electrical systems, right? Are there any problems with solar panels if (a) you don't have to pay to install it, and (b) if you don't depend completely on it? And keep it clean?
Posted by: Keir Dullea at June 05, 2026 11:02 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Joseph II at June 05, 2026 11:02 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Spray some soapy water on the hull. A leak would present as bubbles.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: ZOD at June 05, 2026 11:03 PM (UfDpa)
--When an apprentice makes a mistake, he needs a journeyman to fix it for him.
--When a journeyman makes a mistake, he can fix it himself.
--When a master makes a mistake, you'll never know it because he'll have you believing that he planned to do it that way.
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 11:03 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 11:03 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 05, 2026 11:03 PM (Jr+re)
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hundreds of years ago, I worked for the gas company. If we wanted to check a section of pipe for a leak, we had the soap bucket. Brush some soapy water on the pipe and look for bubbles.
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 11:04 PM (ZxPkt)
After four Fw 190s and a Fw 190D built, discover I have been attaching the lap belts wrong. Luckily got six more 190s and one Ta 152H to get it right.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:04 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 11:05 PM (wzUl9)
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Hey there! Nice to see you!
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 11:05 PM (DJPFk)
Their leak detection uses an ultrasonic device to listen for the tell-tale "hissing" signature of a small leak. What they do is isolate each module in turn and see which module loses pressure. Once they identified the general location, they use the ultrasonic thingy to locate it precisely.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Man: Do you promise not to get mad, no matter what I say?
Woman: Yes, I promise.
Man: I bought a new guitar.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 11:05 PM (qx7Zg)
Are there any problems with solar panels if (a) you don't have to pay to install it, and (b) if you don't depend completely on it? And keep it clean?
Is it a house in the South?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 11:06 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:06 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 11:06 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ZOD at June 05, 2026 11:06 PM (UfDpa)
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Spray some soapy water on the hull. A leak would present as bubbles.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 11:02 PM
The vacuum of space would flash evaporate the water. A high-boiling liquid might work.
Posted by: Carlos Danger at June 05, 2026 11:07 PM (iTNuP)
Everything is pretty much packed up and some guys from church is helping us load the uHaul tomorrow morning.
Daughter, SiL and granddaughters are helping also.
Hopefully we'll hit the road by lunchtime.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:08 PM (EeuCJ)
First of all, over 75% of bottled water is tap water just like right out of the faucet. It's got your purifiers and chorine based chemicals in it. And, they SELL this to you for no other reason that to convince you it is convenient. Tap water (even in a glass air-sealed bottle...not plastic) will go stale as a result. Plastic bottles have their own issues despite what the environmental gurus tell you about it not being degradable. Taste a 10 year old bottle of tap water held in a sealed plastic bottle. Wash it down with some topsoil or ash...Enjoy.
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 11:08 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 11:09 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:09 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:09 PM (EeuCJ)
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Forrest Gump proved to be a military genius.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 11:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:10 PM (EeuCJ)
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check the label for the words 'municipal source'
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 11:10 PM (ZxPkt)
Hopefully we'll hit the road by lunchtime.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:08 PM (EeuCJ)
Congratulations SMH! You escaped!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 05, 2026 11:10 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 11:11 PM (DJPFk)
Posted by: Hunter! at June 05, 2026 11:11 PM (gKWVE)
My son had a good report card. We told him he could have a present.
He chose 3 Ibs of bacon. That's when I knew for sure he was mine.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 11:11 PM (qx7Zg)
Just like Mozart!
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: "Mozart wasn’t the only classical-music composer inspired by the “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” melody. Haydn used it in the second movement of his Symphony No. 94 (Surprise), Saint-Säens quoted it in the 12th movement (“Fossils”
of his Carnival of the Animals and Ernst von Dohnányi did so in Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25 (1914).
And in the pop-culture realm, as part of his “Star Trek” mission "to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before,” Leonard Nimoy riffed upon a star for the song “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Earth” on his debut disc “Mr. Spock’s Music from Outer Space” (1967). As the supreme Vulcan himself would say, “Live long and prosper.”
Posted by: KT at June 05, 2026 11:12 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Thanks to a VA loan, heh.
Thanks, Weasel!
God does answer prayers, just not on our schedule.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:12 PM (EeuCJ)
The leaks are in a small tunnel of the PrK tunnel of the Zvezda module, due to cracking. They think the last time something docked there, it caused some more cracks to start.
NASA is afraid that thing could rupture. Rooskies think we're a bunch of pussies and it's no problem. So, we loose a little more air than normal, BFD.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 11:13 PM (w6EFb)
Man: Do you promise not to get mad, no matter what I say?
Woman: Yes, I promise.
Man: I bought a new guitar.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 11:13 PM (lwhHh)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 11:14 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:15 PM (77rzZ)
Is it a house in the South?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026
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Hell no; the South is what I'm trying to flee. Indiana. I know there will be cloudy days and rainy/snowy ones, so I wouldn't depend on the things or install them myself. But Linda -- whose latest tactic in "discussing" my move is to bring up every negative thing about a given house -- says she's read that solar panels are very vulnerable to hail and storm damage, and their installation, if not done properly, can allow moisture and roof damage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
Muhammad Ali was slated to be one of these, I believe. He refused induction in 1967.
Prior to that, in1962, he'd been classified 1-Y, i.e., "fit for service only in time of national emergency," because he scored below the 15th percentile on the basic skills test. He claimed this was due to dyslexia, & that might be true.
He commented, "I said I was the greatest, not the smartest."
Posted by: mnw at June 05, 2026 11:15 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:15 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 11:18 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:19 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 05, 2026 11:19 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:10 PM (EeuCJ)
Congratulations!!! Praying for traveling mercies, a safe and easy trip, many blessings and much happiness in your new home!
Posted by: moki at June 05, 2026 11:20 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:20 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:13 PM (77rzZ)
I am. Still recovering a little about the boob reminder in Amadeus.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)
What part of the Show Me state? As soon as you move in, you're eligible to be a Kansas City Chefs (not a typo) fan, you know.
It used to require 2 years of bona fide residence, by law.
Posted by: mnw at June 05, 2026 11:22 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 11:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I'd do that when I was downrange by sticking a frozen bottle of water in each of my cargo pockets.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:22 PM (EeuCJ)
she's read that solar panels are very vulnerable to hail and storm damage, and their installation, if not done properly, can allow moisture and roof damage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
All those things are true and Indiana is not a "sunny" state as far as home solar is concerned.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 11:23 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
Is the solar panel system grid-tied, or does it have batteries and inverter? Frankly, I would avoid solar, unless I was off-grid altogether, and was willing to make the commitment to service it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Keir Dullea
Some solar systems are leased and there might be a lien on the title for that.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 11:23 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 11:24 PM (qx7Zg)
https://tinyurl.com/yvj44rzz
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:19 PM (EeuCJ)
"If your porch collapses, and it kills more than three dogs, you might be a redneck."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 11:24 PM (UE9Fq)
It used to require 2 years of bona fide residence, by law.
Posted by: mnw
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In the Ozarks in southern MO.
The odds of me, an old Oakland Raiders fan, becoming a Queef's fan is about as likely as me voting Democrat.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:25 PM (EeuCJ)
Hell no; the South is what I'm trying to flee. Indiana.
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It's curious, trying to flee a place one has lived all his life to a place whose customs and culture he knows nothing of.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 11:26 PM (f3Fjc)
Be nice to each other, enjoy the rest of your evening and have a nice weekend!
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 11:26 PM (FUvyF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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lol
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:26 PM (EeuCJ)
https://tinyurl.com/yvj44rzz
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:19 PM (EeuCJ)
"If your porch collapses, and it kills more than three dogs, you might be a redneck."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 11:24 PM (UE9Fq)
Nice.
"If you back up fast, then slam on the brakes, to empty the truck, you might be a redneck."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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lol
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:26 PM (EeuCJ)
Looks like a cozy house, with a little bit of land attached, too. Congratulations!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 11:27 PM (1z8ji)
That is a nice little house. Nothing a home-flipper would be caught dead in, much less 'fix-up.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:29 PM (77rzZ)
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It's curious, trying to flee a place one has lived all his life to a place whose customs and culture he knows nothing of.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026
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I've never felt like I belonged down here, and now that I've been to the Midwest, it seems I've found My People. Besides, I'm horrifically bored by this place; I grew up here and have watched it morph into something I no longer want any part of. New people and new customs are what I long for!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 11:30 PM (wzUl9)
I once hosted an Ozark MoMe! In Lake Ozark, MO.
We will be neighbors! (altho my principal residence is elsewhere)
Sorry about that Raiders thing. Must've been painful for you.
Posted by: mnw at June 05, 2026 11:30 PM (RCjYY)
The odds of me, an old Oakland Raiders fan, becoming a Queef's fan is about as likely as me voting Democrat.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
Beautiful country. Congratulations!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 11:30 PM (lwhHh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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About 4 and a half acres, three of those acres is pasture, and have a large workshop for Ex-Ex.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:30 PM (EeuCJ)
Some solar systems are leased and there might be a lien on the title for that.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026
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Good point, and if I decide to take a look at this house I'll ask about that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 11:31 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:31 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:32 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: SMH
You'll love that! We have one on the back of our place and it's a source of constant joy and entertainment.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 11:32 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 10:57 PM (77rzZ)
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She'd have wanted it this way.
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 10:59 PM
Especially the pickle.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 11:33 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: mnw
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Not when I was a kid in the 70s, heh.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:33 PM (EeuCJ)
https://tinyurl.com/yvj44rzz
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
Sweet. Space under the porch for a hound dog or a possum or two if you have no dog.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 11:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 11:33 PM (qx7Zg)
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You know what this means, right?
Riding mower
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 11:33 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: KC Wolf (mnw) at June 05, 2026 11:35 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
Faaarm livin’ is somethin’ that you’ll never rue
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tonypete
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The same creek runs though my daughter's property (deeper there and an amazing swimming hole there also).
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:36 PM (EeuCJ)
LET's GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-atLongLongLAST
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-getThisPartySTARTED
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 05, 2026 11:36 PM (RbTEp)
https://tinyurl.com/yvj44rzz
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:19 PM
Oh how cute! Look at all the green! Congratulations!
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 11:36 PM (p4NUW)
Riding mower
Posted by: Cicero
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SiL has a tractor with a cutting attachment.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:37 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:37 PM (EeuCJ)
Both Illinois and Chicago had a lot going for them. Once upon a time.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at June 05, 2026 11:38 PM (dn9xm)
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You know what this means, right?
Riding mower
Posted by: Cicero
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Or a real tractor and a brush hog. And a snow plow for the 1000ft driveway...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 11:38 PM (/lPRQ)
The ISS has a total of 16 pressurized modules. Six Rooskie, 8 NASA, 1 Jap, and 1 Euroweenie.
It started with the Zarya module, launched by the Rooskies (but paid for by us). The Shuttle then took up the "Unity" module to join with it, then the Rooskies launched Zvezda. Then it could be manned independently. It was then slowly expanded, adding that big truss structure and the big solar panels (there were some hiccups with that).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 11:39 PM (w6EFb)
https://tinyurl.com/yvj44rzz
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:19 PM (EeuCJ)
Nice deep porch for sitting, six pillars just like Tara.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 11:39 PM (rbvCR)
It’s like I don’t know you people anymore…
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:39 PM (77rzZ)
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We're on lawn care equipment. Do try to keep up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 11:40 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: PabloD at June 05, 2026 11:41 PM (K1RVP)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 11:41 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 11:41 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Kindltot
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We fell in love with the porch from the get-go.
The house is about 1400 sqft, with a rec room and a pool table, courtesy of the seller, lol.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:42 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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About 4 and a half acres, three of those acres is pasture, and have a large workshop for Ex-Ex.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:30 PM
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Think how much zucchini you could grow! Or you could go wild with various cucurbits.
Posted by: KT at June 05, 2026 11:43 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Kindltot
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There's apple trees near the creek.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:43 PM (EeuCJ)
The latest house will have proper wiring and breakers. House inspection should include all AND roof inspection. I've seen messy modern utility and sub panels; wiring and breakers should be orderly.
I worked for a wonderful electrician in SF and Sausalito and saw some really crazy things, but most of the crazy was 60-80 years old. You should be ok.
You can't live a risk free life, eh?
Posted by: 13times at June 05, 2026 11:44 PM (8SF/N)
Posted by: KC Wolf (mnw) at June 05, 2026 11:44 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:44 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 11:44 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:46 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:42 PM (EeuCJ)
It is a sleeper, then. It doesn't look at all that large.
I also suggest a summer kitchen and a grape trellis for extra shade.
It looks like a lovely place.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 11:46 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 11:48 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:49 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 11:49 PM (qx7Zg)
You can't live a risk free life, eh?
Posted by: 13times at June 05, 2026 11:44 PM (8SF/N)
Things is, with the solar panels, do they make enough energy to be worth the aggravation of having them? If they are grid-tied, does the utility's contract to buy the solar power survive the sale of the property? Questions that must be considered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 11:49 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: 13times at June 05, 2026 11:51 PM (8SF/N)
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lol
I'm not the biggest fan of kale, but still love ya, Piper!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:51 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 11:51 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:43 PM (EeuCJ)
Some apples are good for canning and cooking, and some for eating raw, but I find they all are good for apple juice.
Pears are always good too, and I like prunes for drying
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg
What you can't see is the image searches you've inspired.
👀
👅
Posted by: mindful webworker - what's to say beyond that? at June 05, 2026 11:51 PM (dn9xm)
Posted by: 13times
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The seller built this house in the early 90s.
You'd have to ask him.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:52 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Bingo.
He even said so, lol.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 11:53 PM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 11:54 PM (1z8ji)
I spray the weeds so they don't clutter the dirt yard.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 05, 2026 11:55 PM (juN7g)
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 11:57 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 11:58 PM (0aYVJ)
SMH, I love your new house, I just know that you and Ex-Ex are going to be very happy there.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 06, 2026 12:00 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 12:01 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 06, 2026 12:01 AM (EeuCJ)
It’s like I don’t know you people anymore…
Posted by: Bulg
......
Tessa Fowler. I hope this helps.
Posted by: wth at June 06, 2026 12:01 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 06, 2026 12:03 AM (EeuCJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji)
You'll be near family in the new place?
I think you're in a beautiful part of the country.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)
I'd lose sleep worrying over lithium ion storage batteries catching fire.
Posted by: 13times at June 06, 2026 12:05 AM (8SF/N)
Posted by: wth at June 06, 2026 12:01 AM (oq9dX)
Isn't she the entire British dairy industry now?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 12:05 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 12:06 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 12:09 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 06, 2026 12:10 AM (snZF9)
I misread it as "Poll Finds Broads Support Stricter Regulations on Ultra-Processed Foods". Now I got Jojo Krako's voice in my head. LOL
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 12:11 AM (W5mpo)
Got tired of filling Brita pitchers and replacing the filters... also, grab n go portability.
*shrug*
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)
Murder 1 is probably overcharged, though. This looks to me like "heat of passion" Murder 2. I doubt the jury will find the murder was "premeditated."
There were only about 5-6 protesters today-- a significant decline from yesterday.
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 12:18 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 11:58 PM (0aYVJ)
Stuck keyboard key potential culprit
Posted by: ... at June 06, 2026 12:19 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at June 06, 2026 12:20 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: bend over, here it comes again at June 06, 2026 12:21 AM (VHUov)
I'm having some really weird stuff going on. My cursor is landing in weird spots if I try to correct spelling, and whatnot.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
===============
If you have 2 monitors, it might not know which one it's supposed to be on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 12:22 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: wth at June 06, 2026 12:23 AM (oq9dX)
273 Karmelo had a bad court day today, I think.
Murder 1 is probably overcharged, though. This looks to me like "heat of passion" Murder 2. I doubt the jury will find the murder was "premeditated."
There were only about 5-6 protesters today-- a significant decline from yesterday.
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 12:18 AM
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Some of the protestors may have had heart attacks -- they marched several hundred yards.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 06, 2026 12:24 AM (azNOR)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 06, 2026 12:25 AM (3/XaG)
Kinkade is duty driver for the Brigade CSM...
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 12:25 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: 13times
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Sub-panels. Lots of problems with sub-panels. If it doesn't have separate neutral and ground wires from the main, you can be grandfathered, but it can disguise some problems. The big one though, is that the main breaker and wiring to the sub is too small. It was correct when first installed, but someone later filled up all those empty slots. Correcting that can get expensive.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 06, 2026 12:27 AM (ezP9C)
We were in Payson, UT visiting a great aunt for 4th of July. I took a swig of water from the garden hose; irrigation water! Foul! And immediately spit it out. Great aunt wobbled over and told me not to drink the tap water!
Funny thing is the water out of the tap at the grandparents ranch - not 20 miles from Auntie - is sweet and cold!
Posted by: 13times at June 06, 2026 12:28 AM (8SF/N)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:29 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: bend over, here it comes again
Ooh, I wanna take you down to Bohica
We'll get there fast, and then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down in Bohica
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 06, 2026 12:29 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Mouse battery low? I keep having trouble with cursor jumping around, but it's because I accidentally touch the touchpad.
Also possible: aliens.👽
_____
Sometimes y' just gotta revisit the great classics
https://youtu.be/n4zRe_wvJw8?t=5
G'nite, y'all. 💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - the illustrated woman at June 06, 2026 12:31 AM (dn9xm)
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
Most people just call it Webster Lake now that the Nipmucs have gone.
Hi Emmie, it is so good to see you, thank you for my snail mail!
JQ, are you pouring this evening? I'll have the usual please.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 06, 2026 12:31 AM (0nHVk)
Good ol' "Pound o' Rain" or "RainBird Pulse" sprinklers only here.
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 12:22 AM (n7rxJ)
I have 3 monitors. That ain't the issue. I am both confused, annoyed and curious.
It happens when I try to edit something before posting. And only here. I have other things going on, and this is not an issue.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 06, 2026 12:31 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
https://tinyurl.com/yvj44rzz
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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Smokehouse too? I'm officially jealous.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:32 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: wth at June 06, 2026 12:33 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Ib1netmon at June 06, 2026 12:33 AM (BGIIP)
Let's say they win one of two in NY, then win game 5 in SA.
Now it comes down to game 6 in NY.
The Spurs could have won this game tonight.
The Spurs remind me alot of the Bulls in 91.
And those Bulls went on to win six championships.
Posted by: LTG at June 06, 2026 12:34 AM (+ZHEV)
It was probably all the same to Brian. Maybe he thought it had something to do with coconuts.
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 12:35 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: 13times at June 06, 2026 12:05 AM (8SF/N)
I got solar and a battery for the house 4 years ago...
With Calif energy rates, it barely penciled out... but even though the battery is on the back porch (kinda outside) I installed a smoke alarm right above it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 06, 2026 12:37 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: 13times
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None of the major home battery systems use Li ion batteries. They've all switched to LiPO4. You can still set those on fire, but only by either mechanically busting the box, or by a dead short. They don't have the isolater failure mechanism that plagued the older system. The loss of size/weight to power is not as critical for fixed installs.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 06, 2026 12:38 AM (ezP9C)
Posted by: wth at June 06, 2026 12:33 AM (oq9dX)
Mine are 9 and 5. Papa bought a bike this week. Grands are now where they want to ride far. Tomorrow I'll find out if that whole "you never forget how to fall off a bike" thing true.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:39 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 06, 2026 12:39 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 12:40 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Reforger
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There are probably entire manuels devoted to abbreviations/acronyms. Here is a DoD .pdf document, skip down to 'Shortened Word Forms'
https://tinyurl.com/53my27wu
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 12:41 AM (XeU6L)
5h
Moments ago, CENTCOM forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz.
The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic. U.S. forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island to defend against further attacks
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:43 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:43 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: mnw
Mister Wilson, where's your sandbox and your beard?
https://youtu.be/yFdXuaWpcI0
Posted by: Cannibal Bob's Girlfriend? at June 06, 2026 12:44 AM (VHUov)
No love for BOHICA?
Posted by: bend over, here it comes again
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Corporal Bohica did it to show who was in charge, not sexual at all.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 12:44 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
The really old residential residences (subdivided ages ago) in SF had Rube Goldberg wiring under poorly patched plaster-lath. Previous electricians had pulled stranded wire through decommissioned half inch natural gas piping.
One day boss was shouting down a level at me; I switched the current on; he came stomping down, told me to give him my Kline lineman pliers, he handed me back his (now holed) Klines. That's it. No shouting. No abuse.
I still have those pliers.
Posted by: 13times at June 06, 2026 12:45 AM (8SF/N)
U.S. forces have redirected 129 commercial vessels and disabled 6 to ensure compliance.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:45 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 12:47 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 11:23 PM (/lPRQ)
Our solar system is on semi-permanent loan to us from its Creator.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 06, 2026 12:47 AM (ZVgZ4)
U.S. forces have redirected 129 commercial vessels and disabled 6 to ensure compliance.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:45 AM (f3Fjc)
Did we give the disabled vessels their own walkers? Wheelchairs?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 12:47 AM (qx7Zg)
https://tinyurl.com/53my27wu
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 12:41 AM (XeU6L)
That made my phone do weird shit.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:48 AM (ZxzYs)
Murder 1 is probably overcharged, though. This looks to me like "heat of passion" Murder 2. I doubt the jury will find the murder was "premeditated."
There were only about 5-6 protesters today-- a significant decline from yesterday.
Posted by: mnw
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Murder 1 is almost always overplayed,
"Since the moment you pulled the knife you had time to think about what you were going to do!"
I heard that Karmelo rolled other teams tents before that event, so kinda hard to say he went there specifically to kill that one guy, who was an identical twin. Did he verify names first?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 12:48 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Parking spaces?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 12:49 AM (XeU6L)
U.S. forces have redirected 129 commercial vessels and disabled 6 to ensure compliance.
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Did they take the keys?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2026 12:51 AM (u/oMr)
>>I'm having some really weird stuff going on. My cursor is landing in weird spots if I try to correct spelling, and whatnot.
This is becoming a feature of modern operating systems due to bloat and the constant background telemetry OS's are generating and monitoring.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2026 12:52 AM (XV/Pl)
That's gonna be mighty hard to sell to the jury as "self defense."
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: buddhaha
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However, with LED lights and TVs demand is much less now.
Older homes were often flush with circuits for kitchen stuff, which still draws a lot of juice, but weak on the other rooms.
10 A might even be enough to take care of the LR and a BR now with the LEDs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 12:52 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Parking spaces?
Posted by: Mike Hammer
There's a whole Federal department dedicated to painting "handicapped-only" graphics on the parking spaces for disabled boats.
They use oil-based paints, but those little wheelchair pictures float away fast.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 12:53 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Keir Dullea at June 05, 2026 11:02 PM (wzUl9)
When my parents got the solar panels and then the battery backup for their house, it actually cleaned the electrical somehow. I guess buffered it from the street. I help with things like replacing lightbulbs, since my mom doesn't like my dad getting on ladders at his age (87), and they last *much* longer now.
There were tax credits involved in the installation, so they could indulge their prepper tendencies (my dad was born in the Great Depression for goodness' sake) at little net cost over time. I think the power company does some kind of bill smoothing, so that the power that goes out to the grid in the summer results in credits against the power drawn from it in the winter, so that would be something to ask about how it works there.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 12:55 AM (Sy6m/)
10 A might even be enough to take care of the LR and a BR now with the LEDs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Bah. Any decent entertainment system takes two 15A circuits.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 12:55 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Parking spaces?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 12:49 AM (XeU6L)
When was the last time you saw a disabled parking space that was taken by someone who was, you know, actually disabled?
Posted by: LTG at June 06, 2026 12:55 AM (+ZHEV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2026 12:57 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mikeski
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Can't put a penny in that fuse box.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 12:58 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
I never liked the beachboys.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:58 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: mikeski
Those are some kicking earbuds.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 12:58 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
I never liked the beachboys.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 12:58 AM (ZxzYs)
Any bets on whether Bulg liked the beach babes?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 12:59 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Reforger
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Life goes on, and its wonderful. Sometimes I wish time would stand still. Enjoy.
Posted by: wth at June 06, 2026 12:59 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 01:00 AM (RCjYY)
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Saw a 1940's movie where they were firing tracer rounds from a drum-fed Thompson at night. My, that was impressive...! ;-)
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at June 06, 2026 01:01 AM (cwVK6)
Posted by: LTG at June 06, 2026 12:55 AM (+ZHEV)
While I could drive without leg pain, when I used them. I used a wheeled walker for a few years before that point.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 06, 2026 01:01 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 01:00 AM (RCjYY)
Yeah, Obviously they are a top twenty band at least, arguably top ten.
Posted by: LTG at June 06, 2026 01:03 AM (+ZHEV)
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 01:03 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 01:04 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Why did I read that as boobs?
Posted by: wth at June 06, 2026 01:05 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 01:08 AM (RCjYY)
https://tinyurl.com/3nrczj4x
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2026 01:12 AM (CHHv1)
*Many people* had a blue hang-tag on their mirror. *Very few* appeared truly disabled.
Meanwhile, I'd park wherever I could, help hubby into his transport chair/walker and push him to the store.
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 01:13 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at June 06, 2026 01:01 AM (cwVK6)
Nightfire in Army Basic training. We did 6 mags each. It was beyond amazing to see some 150 soldiers light up a range for anout an hour.
Them we marched back to the barraks to clean our weapons...
That made it less fun.
Posted by: Reforger at June 06, 2026 01:13 AM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Insert acknowledgement of camaraderie.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 01:14 AM (VHUov)
Boss had me in the between-floor service area just above the kitchen. Had to be 3 inches of rat shit throughout along with a dense tangle of 100 year old, filthy, dirty, cobwebs. I came out a chimney sweep.
The owner was a really sweet old man - he had a young woman looking after him.
Posted by: 13times at June 06, 2026 01:15 AM (KeoX0)
Posted by: 13times
Eight-figure bank account or eight-inch (ahem)?
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Insert acknowledgement of camaraderie.
Posted by: mikeski
.......
Insert offensive suggestion about getting a room.
Posted by: wth at June 06, 2026 01:22 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)
Prolly heir of an heir to a 49er gold/banking fortune. :p
Posted by: 13times at June 06, 2026 01:23 AM (KeoX0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 01:30 AM (f3Fjc)
The most common disability that I witness in those parking spaces is obesity.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 06, 2026 01:33 AM (0nHVk)
As I rolled along, I fervently hoped that nobody I knew would see me riding on the handicapped cart.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 06, 2026 01:39 AM (UE9Fq)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 01:40 AM (x/s3z)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
You need a GoPro for situations like that.
Nobody questions the work of an Influencer.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 01:41 AM (VHUov)
Jun 4
With a few more days of harvesting and printing fake ballots, Democrats will miraculously “come from behind” (pun intended), and win the governor’s race and the Los Angeles mayor’s race. It is bold-faced cheating, rubbed in the faces of California citizens with giddy glee.
And it will keep happening until we stop taking it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 01:41 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 01:44 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 01:47 AM (U/Byj)
https://tinyurl.com/ypxxa566
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 01:53 AM (f3Fjc)
Rokossovsky had Polish roots (utilized for Soviet purposes later when he was made DefMin of commie Poland), and Dzerzhinsky was ethnic Polish, though from a different era (Russian Imperial-controlled part of Poland).
But command of an SSBN is one of the most important military command slots in history, with unique requirements for loyalty and reliability. Just curious whether the USSR would have entrusted such an asset to not just a politically reliable but ethnically "aligned" person.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 01:56 AM (U/Byj)
"The Vilnius school-master"
Posted by: rhomboid
>My mistake. But the accent was Scottish when he entered the missile bay after the cook.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 01:57 AM (x/s3z)
Posted by: JQ at June 06, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)
The assailant then fled the scene.
The local CA media framed the attacker as 'missing at risk man'
Meanwhile, Mainstream Media is SILENT.
Jacob is now facing skin graft surgery.
Suffering the most severe pain in his fingertips, according to mom Amber Smith, after raising his hand to shield his face from the hot oiI.
Jacob has plans to for marriage in February.
Prayers for your speedy recovery Jacob
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Assailant has been named, Jalani Bluett - lft eyebrow piercing, lft nostril piercing. He has not been recovered/captured/caught/shot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 02:00 AM (f3Fjc)
The state of California isn't even trying anymore. They're just laughing at us.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 06, 2026 02:02 AM (n7rxJ)
Baldwin might've spent 2 minutes attempting to memorize decent pronunciation with the few Russian phrases he speaks - but Connery's butchery of the pronunciation is really awful. Again - the mish-mash of foreign phrases, English, and accents (in English) is sort of the worst of all worlds when handling the language issue.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 02:04 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 02:04 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 02:11 AM (x/s3z)
361 Movie accents, I'd sooner they not attempt accents they cannot achieve and stick with something inoffensive. We know they are not of the time a space they are playing. - Don't muck it up.”
Southern accents are mangled the worst. Want to know a surprising movie that did it perfectly? Sling Blade. It was set in southern Arkansas, filmed there, and most of the extras and bit parts were locals. (North Louisiana is like southern Arkansas, and nothing like south Louisiana.)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 02:12 AM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 02:14 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 06, 2026 02:14 AM (OGUk6)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 06, 2026 01:57 AM (x/s3z)
In LoTR “Return of the King” I always cracked up when Aragorn approaches the Black Gate and suddenly sounds like he’s ordering Haggis when he shouts “Let the lord of these lands come forth!!!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 02:16 AM (3mtTi)
Would have been much better if it was titled "Jefferson and Sally".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 02:16 AM (/lPRQ)
Then there are really weird exceptions, in of all things a comedy that verges on slapstick at points - The Russians Are Coming. Alan Arkin's Russian was perfect and natural, as he grew up in a home that featured the language. The sub skipper was Austrian-Israeli-American, and I don't think had Russian, but obviously had languages and spoke his lines perfectly.
Saw the movie at a drive-in as a kid, only saw it again, on TV, decades later, and was stunned to note how the Russian spoken was pretty much flawless.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2026 02:20 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 02:16 AM (/lPRQ)
“Jefferson and Sally - movin’ on up to the East Side!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2026 02:21 AM (3mtTi)
Would have been much better if it was titled "Jefferson and Sally".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Was he a good slave master and beat her daily?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 02:23 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 06, 2026 02:23 AM (0nHVk)
I loathe attempts in movies at the Upper Midwest accent. "Fargo" and "Escanaba In Da Moonlight" are the chief offenders.
The latter is especially enraging because it is a "tribute" to inhabitants of Michigan's Upper Peninsula from Jeff Daniels, a true prick from the Lower Peninsula.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 02:30 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: raimondo at June 06, 2026 02:30 AM (rUOED)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 02:31 AM (f3Fjc)
In drag, rai man imagines he is Marlene Dietrich.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 02:33 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 06, 2026 02:34 AM (UE9Fq)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 06, 2026 02:38 AM (+LGfl)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2026 02:46 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard
Based upon circumstantial evidence he was banging her daily*.
*Except when he was in DC.
And he went home more than Trump.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 06, 2026 02:53 AM (/lPRQ)
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Never seen a car park itself. Too funny for the lady blocker.
https://tinyurl.com/5vfmamkw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 02:57 AM (f3Fjc)
Here she is on the people in Gaza, she's so subtle.
https://tinyurl.com/mrjb9kfs
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 03:03 AM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 06, 2026 03:07 AM (f3Fjc)
First of all, over 75% of bottled water is tap water just like right out of the faucet. It's got your purifiers and chorine based chemicals in it. And, they SELL this to you for no other reason that to convince you it is convenient. Tap water (even in a glass air-sealed bottle...not plastic) will go stale as a result. Plastic bottles have their own issues despite what the environmental gurus tell you about it not being degradable. Taste a 10 year old bottle of tap water held in a sealed plastic bottle. Wash it down with some topsoil or ash...Enjoy.
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 11:08 PM (dIske)
I would agree if not in a house with well water. (The water I get is labeled “From the municipal water supply of [insert city here]” - 75%? Try 100%. In my case.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 03:18 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Reforger
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There are probably entire manuels devoted to abbreviations/acronyms. Here is a DoD .pdf document, skip down to 'Shortened Word Forms'
https://tinyurl.com/53my27wu
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2026 12:41 AM (XeU6L)
Wait til you go into logistics.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 03:24 AM (pKv0r)
Murder 1 is probably overcharged, though. This looks to me like "heat of passion" Murder 2. I doubt the jury will find the murder was "premeditated."
There were only about 5-6 protesters today-- a significant decline from yesterday.
Posted by: mnw at June 06, 2026 12:18 AM (RCjYY)
He thought ahead to bring that knife on that day, and said along the lines of "touch me and find out" knowing what knife he had on him. I would vote for premeditated, maybe he didn't know which white guy he would kill that day, but he was planning to kill one.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 03:30 AM (Sy6m/)
Joan Rivers, you know what she said about Obama
Here she is on the people in Gaza, she's so subtle.
https://tinyurl.com/mrjb9kfs
Posted by: Braenyard
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I'm "unauthorized." Hmph!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 06, 2026 03:32 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 03:38 AM (Sy6m/)
Speaking of water , is there any video out there of the reflecting pool at the washington memorial?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 06, 2026 03:50 AM (n7rxJ)
We were in Payson, UT visiting a great aunt for 4th of July. I took a swig of water from the garden hose; irrigation water! Foul! And immediately spit it out. Great aunt wobbled over and told me not to drink the tap water!
Funny thing is the water out of the tap at the grandparents ranch - not 20 miles from Auntie - is sweet and cold!
Posted by: 13times at June 06, 2026 12:28 AM (8SF/N)
When I was a child, one of the houses that we lived in was out in the country (far west of Portland), up on a hill, with an artesian well. Sweet and cold. It spoiled me for all other water forever. I haz a sad now.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 03:51 AM (Sy6m/)
Speaking of water , is there any video out there of the reflecting pool at the washington memorial?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 06, 2026 03:50 AM (n7rxJ)
No, I actually looked and apparently every single D.C. resident and tourist is studiously avoiding making videos of it, so the latest is an old AP video of a thin strip of water down the middle when it was first beginning to be refilled. That or search engines are discriminating against home vids, not implausible.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 04:20 AM (Sy6m/)
Faith No More - Evidence (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/7lvMNLhJrb0
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 04:28 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)
SciVo , thanks, I finally found some at a guy's channel. It shows that thin strip widening as the pool is filled. It looks great. That idiot Newsom, who cannot finish any project larger than a boiled egg, had dissed it on Twitter.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 06, 2026 04:32 AM (n7rxJ)
Okay, no. I have a scarf with memories. I have the scarf. It's in a box. It isn't hard to keep things.
And if he didn't care enough to keep it, he can buy one just like it, I'm sure. Even if they don't make that precise model anymore (and they probably do), thrift stores and personal shoppers are a thing. I'm sure he could get one just like it if he cared, and if he were not so terminally impotent at Getting. Things. Done.
I sincerely believe that the man is a malignant narcissist, basically a lazy sociopath, who does not care in normal human ways, and also lacks the drive and energy to even get things done for his vainglory.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 05:01 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Editor at June 06, 2026 07:54 AM (bbqkM)
Posted by: Dr. Bob at June 06, 2026 03:47 PM (yfp7I)
Itss verty wwell written; I live what youve gott to say.
Buut maybe yoou coould a lkttle molre iin thhe wayy oof content soo people could connect
wijth itt better. Youve goot an aeful lot oof teext for oonly haviung
1 oor two pictures. Mabe yyou could space iit outt better?
Posted by: redfaptube.com at June 07, 2026 11:24 AM (WBmvs)
Golden Hour Cafe
the Lisbon waterfront by the Tagus River
Jorge Chagas
Beat the heat. Man removes a big screw that got stuck in the giant foot of an elephant. How much trust do you need to have in the intelligence of an elephant to put your body directly under his foot as you painfully unscrew the screw out as the elephant cries? I think I've been oversold on geishas. This capybara wanted to be stylish so they put a Tommy Bahama shirt on him. Nice. Baby bears, out of control. Thank goodness they're in slow motion. Rescue dog is a little clingy. Setting up a scrubbing station for your turtle. This makes turtle-ownership worth it. I usually don't like it when one person takes up two seats, but this guy looks tuckered out. He's training to be a competitive biscuit-maker. Aw: Orphaned baby goat rejected by its own herd snuggles with the guardian dogs. Helping a baby moose who can't cross the highway median. Steve Inman: It's okay to sucker-punch a lunatic on a rampage. Criminals mess with the wrong citizens. Including a criminal cat. Instant justice. Beta soyboy cuck gets into someone's face, jamming his bird-hand into the guy's face as he rants at him, and discovers he's not in his safe space any longer.
Mama manatee giving hugs to her baby..🐾😍 pic.twitter.com/bAWtqfJjui
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 4, 2026
Happy pupper..🐕🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/SjP9Qa0wKH
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 5, 2026
Actually that sounds like the "gifts" I'm getting. A dead bird.
When Leah Wilson learned that an injured crow was trapped in a home's rain gutter, she couldn't ignore it. Overhead, a flock of crows was already sounding the alarm, circling and dive-bombing the area as if calling for help. ... Determined to help, Leah spotted a fire truck parked a few blocks away and decided to take a chance. "I was like, 'Hey! You look like you want to save a crow today,'" she said with a laugh. The firefighters happily stepped in, raising their ladder and freeing the injured bird. ... After the rescue, Leah personally drove the crow to a wildlife rehabilitation center. During the trip, something happened that she still remembers vividly. "He latched on to my finger and held on," she said. "That was life changing." "I wrapped him up, got him into the car. He was scared, injured, and exhausted. At one point he wrapped his claws around my finger and just held on. I was on the phone with wildlife emergency, trying to stay calm while he wouldn't let go. I will never forget that feeling." A few days later, she learned the crow had recovered and been released back into the wild. Soon afterward, she experienced something she never expected. While walking her dog, a crow swooped down and dropped what she describes as a beautiful bundle of feathers at her feet.
Since then, Leah has received more than half a dozen offerings from crows, including sticks, balls of moss, and even a small bird's nest. What might seem unusual to others has become a meaningful reminder of her connection with the natural world. ... Today, her daily walks have become something of a neighborhood event. Crows regularly join Leah and her dog, flying alongside them from block to block. "It feels so good," she said. "It's like visiting my friends every morning and knowing they're going to be there."
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Accomack at June 05, 2026 07:33 PM (/Chlc)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 05, 2026 07:33 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 07:36 PM (8Xy/A)
This, too, could be the story of Sid.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 05, 2026 07:37 PM (l26NL)
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Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 07:38 PM (6ydKt)
It's a good thing elephants don't kick like horses.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 07:41 PM (6ydKt)
So long, Giles. You were the world's coolest librarian.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 07:41 PM (UE9Fq)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 07:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
Maybe this is material for you to build a nest?
The moss and feathers sure sound like that. Think about it, what objects would they value besides food.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 07:42 PM (UkBMI)
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I can't wait for Ace to get some new shelves.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:43 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)
That means it's coming to kill you. Can I have your stuff?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 07:44 PM (viF8m)
Solar Flux: 141
Sunspots: 145
A-Index: 44
K-Index: 5
X-Ray: C1.0
Solar Wind: 642.2 km/sec
Magnetic Field: 10 nT
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 07:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 07:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 07:47 PM (kpS4V)
I really had no idea crows would attach themselves to humans, and give them gifts, like this.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 07:49 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 07:49 PM (Jr5Lq)
Maybe this is material for you to build a nest?
The moss and feathers sure sound like that. Think about it, what objects would they value besides food.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 07:42 PM (UkBMI)
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Virtually every afternoon we sit on the front porch swing where a bluebird house sits about 15 feet away.
Watching a couple build a nest (why is the male always so much more colorful and beautiful than the female? it's apparently a thing in nature to attract females), then feed each other and the little hatchlings is most joyous.
Wifey used to get to watch the hatchlings fly away -- but I never did until having just retired a couple months ago. Adorable. They keep creeping out of the house hole further and further -- then turn around like they want to go back to the nest briefly -- until they eventually go for it and fly away.
And all I can keep thinking is: THERE ARE NO F*CKING TRANNIES IN NATURE!
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:49 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 07:50 PM (m0MIc)
Lived on a small bay and that way fun.
But a river is alive, it moves, it tells time.
A river is life, it is motion, and movement.
A river is you city, your town, and you history.
I grew up on families houses on Cane River Lake.
When the Red River decided to leave Natchitoches.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 07:51 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 07:51 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 07:51 PM (6ydKt)
Magpies not crows.
Oddly enough I just had a bunch of crows squawking up a storm in the backyard. Don't think they qualify as a full murder, only about 4 of them.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 07:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 07:53 PM (m0MIc)
I love crows. They have 'tude.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 07:53 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 07:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Solar Flux: 141
Sunspots: 145
A-Index: 44
K-Index: 5
X-Ray: C1.0
Solar Wind: 642.2 km/sec
Magnetic Field: 10 nT
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)
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Embarrassed that I have no recollection of those meanings.
In 2020, when half the world went clinically insane, I convinced the wifey to (1) join a local preparedness team; and (2) get our ham radio licenses.
We searched for and procured vanity call signs:
. she got KZ1WTF -- K Z 1, Whisky Tango Foxtrot, which elicited much laughter from our fellow check-in mates; and
. I got K9OCD -- which I remembered as "Crazy Dog" and got some laughs from fellow OCD'ers.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:55 PM (+mTA5)
This ISS air leak thing is sort of funny. Around 9AM, NASA ordered our four astronauts to suit up and get their asses in the Dragon to shelter and prepare for a possible emergency bug-out.
THe problem is a pesky air leak in one of the Russian modules. There's a docking port there and 20 years of stress from docking maneuvers has apparently caused cracks to develop. They thought they had it under control, but the air leak rate doubled yesterday.
One of the leaks is in a inaccessible area, and Roscomos decided to use they should use a saw (no mention of what type) to hack into the area. That freaked NASA out.
I don't know if the Russians actually used the saw, but they did pause to allow more measurements and assessments to be made.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 07:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)
I'm imaging Sergei floating around with a Sawzall and a bottle of vodka. Okay, Sergei, hack away!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 07:57 PM (w6EFb)
Russia has no plan other than death.
How do you grow economic per capita but by killing people
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 07:57 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)
I had long Corvid but I dont crow about it.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 07:58 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: All Hail Eris"
But no birdbath. Would it hurt so much to shell out 100 bucks for your feathered friends, Mr O'Spades?
Posted by: the crows at June 05, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)
>>I love crows. They have 'tude.
My neighborhood is full of trees and there are a bunch that live in them. Sometimes they are sitting in the trees on both side of the road as I walk Elvis and they just scream at us. Elvis is like whatever, I don't see birds. I talk back to them. Seems cathartic for all of us.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 07:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 07:57 PM (/+uur)
Both sides have been pretty intransigent thus far. That is why I am somewhat skeptical of the casualty figures.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 07:57 PM (/+uur)
Building 15,000 drones per day helps.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 08:00 PM (6ydKt)
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"McGyver and Bubble Gum FTW!"
/"The problem is essentially solved ..." -- my old senile Physics Professor
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 08:00 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 08:00 PM (LHPAg)
Don't they have some JB Weld on board?
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)
But you have to sell to someone other than the other farmer
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 08:01 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)
FLEX-SEAL!
Posted by: Billy Mays at June 05, 2026 08:02 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 08:02 PM (/+uur)
In the spring and fall, mornings about a half-hour before sunrise, one crow will call, then pause. Next all the crows in the roost call. Pause. Repeat a few times.
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 08:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
They've got some sealing goop they've used. They've made repairs with it, and then some metal stripping stuff. This is an ongoing problem, with more leaks springing every now and then.
Trouble here was the place they thought had the crack wasn't accessible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:55 PM
Actually, few people do.
It's better to look at band conditions. Tonight, the 17m-15m band is 'fair', all the others are 'poor'.
Last night things were fantastic pretty much across the board; even 6m was hopping, which is pretty rare.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 08:04 PM (0sNs1)
Lived on a small bay and that way fun.
But a river is alive, it moves, it tells time.
A river is life, it is motion, and movement.
A river is you city, your town, and you history.
I grew up on families houses on Cane River Lake.
When the Red River decided to leave Natchitoches.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 07:51 PM (/+uur)
Natchitoches fried pies. Yo.
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 08:04 PM (LHPAg)
My neighborhood is full of trees and there are a bunch that live in them. Sometimes they are sitting in the trees on both side of the road as I walk Elvis and they just scream at us. Elvis is like whatever, I don't see birds. I talk back to them. Seems cathartic for all of us.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 07:59 PM (viF8m)
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We have ravens here in Northern AZ now but. before moving here 13 years ago, we had crows in SoCal.
They used to sit on neighbors' rooftops and squawk at us incessantly -- so I got in the habit of throwing rocks at them.
It got to the point where I used to just pretend to throw rocks at them and they'd skedaddle ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 08:04 PM (+mTA5)
The current Russian crew are Andrey Fedyaev, Sergey Mikaev, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.
Two Sergeys! Hi, I'm Andrey, and this is my brother Sergey and this is my other brother Sergey.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)
They are noisy bastards but as Eris said you gotta admire their attitude. Somewhere in that DNA theres a velociraptor.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 08:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 07:57 PM
I see you have experience with Saiga products from the Izhmash factory.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 08:11 PM (/HDaX)
B_z slightly negative. Go here to the NOAA site:
t.ly/rXWWZ
and click around. Somewhere there is an explanation of the scales and units they use for the various measures.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:15 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 07:57 PM (w6EFb)
Elon should send a Boring Company Flamethrower up on the next mission, along with some rolled steel, Gorilla tape, and superglue. For safety, send up some "medicinal" alcohol, suitable for Americans and Russians.
You just know that the American rednecks and Russian rednecks will have a blast fixing the leak.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 08:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 08:17 PM (XuXeR)
t.ly/rXWWZ
and click around. Somewhere there is an explanation of the scales and units they use for the various measures.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:15 PM (w6EFb)
I'm a Spaceweather.com kinda guy myself.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 08:17 PM (/HDaX)
The Russians think we're being a bunch of pussies about the whole thing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Hitting a school full of children with a drone lit Putin up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 08:18 PM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 08:18 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 08:19 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:18 PM (w6EFb)
That's the reason for the flamethrower.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 08:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:20 PM (Dd38x)
I nodded as I passed, and said "hello."
they immediately erupted in caws and wing flapping. Guess I interrupted their van Buren Boys get-together.
Crows are weird.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 08:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 08:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:20 PM (Dd38x)'
That's some hash. Recent enhancements?
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 08:22 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 05, 2026 08:23 PM (VyBeY)
Other crows: "No, but I spotted her car earlier."
Get it?
"Spotted"
Bwahahahaha!!!
I crack myself up.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 08:23 PM (2WIwB)
They've got a fireball monitor thing up there, showing the orbital plots of the meteor fireballs that last hit. That's pretty cool.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:24 PM (w6EFb)
Honestly, I only tested for General so I could get a vanity sign. It's my last name spelled backwards with a 3 substituting for an E.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 05, 2026 08:25 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:24 PM (w6EFb)
Srsly? I haven't seen that part of the site.
Thanks.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 08:25 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: free tibet at June 05, 2026 08:25 PM (iNp3L)
My People Skills are just fine.
It's my tolerance for Idiots that needs work.
I can see wearing that one.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 08:27 PM (qx7Zg)
Russians couldn't get to one spot so they got a saw
American saw the saw, put on their suits and exited to their own compartment.
They need some smoke. Let it loose and watch where it goes. Then float some epoxy, first and some catalyst right behind it.
extra catalyst
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 08:27 PM (f3Fjc)
That's some hash. Recent enhancements?
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:21 PM
Maybe there was a combo deal with the tats? ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 08:27 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 08:28 PM (XuXeR)
Flex seal to the rescue!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 08:28 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 08:29 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 08:29 PM (Cqx++)
That's some hash. Recent enhancements?
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:21 PM
I am coming to you from the great beyond.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:30 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 08:30 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 08:29 PM
Would you like glucose or fructose?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)
They are like the laziest Americans, sitting around and drinking all day. Socialism does that to people. The Lorax said it best.
"Remember"
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 05, 2026 08:32 PM (ELUAs)
I'm on Instagram to not be pissed off all the time. A very good week to do that by the way.
Anyways, I do follow my favourite young actresses. Little Ariana Greenblatt - young Gamora in 'Avengers', 'Stuck in the Middle' a great show, was at Cannes. She had pictures in very nice dresses. So I thought of you.
She's actually a model for L'Oreal. She had a picture in Cannes where she was beside her picture in a L'Oreal ad on the side of a building. Not bad for about 18 years old.
And world champion skateboarder Sky Brown, whom my late Mother LOVED, had pictures of her holding onto a car on a skateboard in high heels in a Dolce and Gabana (sp?) dress. I know that's a big brand from "Two and a Half Men."
Still made me laugh and I thought of you. Welcome back...lol
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 08:32 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:30 PM (Dd38x)
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Have you finished orientation? I hear it's a bitch.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 08:33 PM (u/oMr)
I had to look up how they detect leak locations. They first isolate the various modules one by one until they find which one is losing pressure, then go over that with an ultrasonic detector that listens for the tell-tale sound signature.
Air management on the ISS is a tight, tricky thing. Besides the obvious, one worry NASA had about sawing was metal shavings and particles getting suspended in the air.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb)
How do you grow economic per capita but by killing people
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 07:57 PM (/+uur)
Maybe he could follow Ukraine's path and get the EU to pay him for it too
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 08:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Kindltot
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That's a plan the Euros would think ideal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 08:38 PM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
*stares at mailbox, fingers crossed*
oh please oh please oh please!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 08:38 PM (0aYVJ)
They are like the laziest Americans, sitting around and drinking all day. Socialism does that to people. The Lorax said it best.
"Remember"
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 05, 2026 08:32 PM (ELUAs)
I got a customer who came to the US from Portugal about 20 years ago. A really good mason (go figure), and came here because there wasn't enough work for him there. I build him one really nice harley every year. He probably has 9 or 10 by now. He has a massive collection of motorcross bikes. Between harleys and those he probably has 100. Before he came here he barely could afford a car. He works his ass off. I can't understand a damn thing he says though. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 05, 2026 08:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
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ATTENTION: Vuvuzelas will be confiscated at the door.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 08:40 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
Perhaps we can watch the Chiefs, in full pads, take on Swift's band in football game, using the rules from the 1970's, after the nuptials.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 08:40 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:20 PM (Dd38x)'
That's some hash. Recent enhancements?
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)
***
Comment of the week material here.
Comment of the month of there's a link to the photo.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 08:40 PM (2WIwB)
Still unmarried? Why? Are the pre-nups that hard to codify? Her clock is ticking.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 08:41 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
Nothing says "Holy Matrimony" quite like riding up to the alter on elephants, while acrobats juggling torches swing overhead, and having a dancing bear for your ring-bearer.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 08:43 PM (UE9Fq)
Lived on a small bay and that way fun.
But a river is alive, it moves, it tells time.
A river is life, it is motion, and movement.
I live in the middle of a medium size bay at the edge of the Atlantic and I love it because it's in constant motion, particularly at this time of the year. Endlessly entertaining.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 08:44 PM (viF8m)
Still unmarried? Why? Are the pre-nups that hard to codify? Her clock is ticking.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 08:41 PM (u82oZ)
I just pictured Marissa Tomei stomping her foot and yelling at Joe Pesci.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 08:45 PM (0aYVJ)
Still unmarried? Why? Are the pre-nups that hard to codify? Her clock is ticking.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 08:41 PM (u82oZ)
She's 36.
Yeah. Not much time. They'll be in their late 50's by the time the kids get out of high school.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 08:45 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June
This is sweet. You should follow me! Well, my studio.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:45 PM (Dd38x)
That's some hash. Recent enhancements?
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:21 PM
You know what? I read it as deadx. Not as you read it. lol.
That said, my band size is a 32. If it goes up to a 38, I have fallen off the wagon and directly into a cheesecake the size of Texas.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:47 PM (Dd38x)
There's a docking port there and 20 years of stress from docking maneuvers has apparently caused cracks to develop.
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And Russian quality control.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 08:48 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 08:43 PM (UE9Fq)
Guess wife and I did it wrong: Justice of the Peace in Covington Kentucky, with his wife and sister-in-law as witnesses. Cost us upwards of 80 bucks.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 08:48 PM (0aYVJ)
First, you must be a registered Swiftie at SwiftHQ.com.
Second, you must have a sufficiently-high membership tier (height unknown at this time). It is believed that SwiftHQ has almost as many membership tiers as AoSHQ does, albeit without many of the perks that AoSHQ offers, such as world-class shelving design and construction consultations.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 08:49 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 08:43 PM (UE9Fq)
Time to watch Alladin again.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 08:49 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:45 PM (Dd38x)
I will after I get through more of these projects.
Getting there.
Everyone have a great night....and weekend.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 08:50 PM (Sco7b)
And I know you're thinking, I've done all of this just so I can watch them scurry around naked and sweaty in their little man nests. No, it's to help them survive, I cherish them, but "Not in a Gay Way," but to show "I'm Dominant".
Posted by: Graham Platner at June 05, 2026 08:51 PM (3uBP9)
extra catalyst
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 08:27 PM (f3Fjc)
Why am I flashing on that segment in "Armageddon" with the exploding and burning Russian space station?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 08:52 PM (/HDaX)
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Don't forget the first aid tips and personal relationship advice.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 08:52 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 08:43 PM (UE9Fq)
If they really want a show, they should hitch a ride on New Shepherd to get hitched.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 08:53 PM (qx7Zg)
Yeah. Not much time. They'll be in their late 50's by the time the kids get out of high school.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 08:45 PM (2WIwB)
Our kids went to a conservative charter school. Me and the Missus were at *least* ten years younger than any of the other parents. She was 20, and I was 23 when elder son was born.
Kind of an aside, I know, but the fertility window for women is far shorter than for men.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 08:53 PM (0aYVJ)
113 Yeah I like to keep men in boxes, men that have mistakenly tried to infiltrate my home, I've made hundreds of boxes for them, each with a video camera so I can watch.
And I know you're thinking, I've done all of this just so I can watch them scurry around naked and sweaty in their little man nests. No, it's to help them survive, I cherish them, but "Not in a Gay Way," but to show "I'm Dominant".
Posted by: Graham Platner at June 05, 2026 08:51 PM
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Mister Splatner: You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded.
Even I think that.
Posted by: Carlos Danger at June 05, 2026 08:54 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: ace at June 05, 2026 08:54 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 08:49 PM (0sNs1)
I bet their site isn’t haunted.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:54 PM (Dd38x)
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Don't forget the first aid tips and personal relationship advice.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 08:52 PM (u/oMr)
And limericks
and puns
and boobs
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 08:55 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Hahaha.
Hubs and I rode our bikes (Harley & Honda) to the courthouse. Hub in black leathers, me in white leathers. My dad & hubby's son were witnesses. Judge led a very nice ceremony for us while son got it all on video. Applebee's for drinks and snack afterward. Woot!
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:56 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Billy Mays at June 05, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ace at June 05, 2026 08:56 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026
I had a big wedding. What a colossal waste of money!
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:57 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: ace at June 05, 2026 08:54 PM (1wjle)
Feeling Oedipal on top of being gay?
Posted by: Billy Mays at June 05, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
Yeah. Controlled such that no quality creeps in.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 08:57 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
My son recently did something like that. They wanted to visit both families to have the mothers sign as witnesses before wedding. Colorado said, eh, you don't need that, so that just married on the spot.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 05, 2026 08:58 PM (l26NL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp0IW9cPWG4
Posted by: ace at June 05, 2026 08:56 PM (1wjle)
He is flagging ambiguous gay dude.
No, not him, the other one.
Posted by: Billy Mays at June 05, 2026 08:59 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 09:00 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
We were initially married by the Mayor of our little town in the park. Ms. Mayor informed us that she had Parks and Rec guys clean up the goose poop prior to the ceremony.
It's the little things that mean a lot.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 09:00 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 09:00 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 08:04 PM (LHPAg)
Spanish not Coonass
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 09:00 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: ace at June 05, 2026 09:00 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 09:01 PM (zZu0s)
I got to reading about the life support/atmosphere system on the ISS. Complicated thing.
Theoretically, you could have a closed loop system. We've got humans onboard. They're breathing O2, and burning that with food (C and H), to make CO2 and H2O (also, other outputs).
So, if you could split the CO2, you'd get the O2 back. And then electrolysize water. They attempt to that. They make O2 primarily from water, and then a Sabitier reaction to react CO2 to water and methane. The methane and some excess H2 is vented overboard.
You can figure out the balance of all that. Food is bringing up carbon and H2. Can you balance that perfectly with all those reactions? Theoretically, you should, but in practice not exactly.
And they lose atmosphere with airlock operations. And leaks. They have to have make up N2. Extra O2 comes from water they haul up with resupply as well as these emergency oxygen generator cannisters they haul up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 09:02 PM (w6EFb)
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The poor little capybara looks terrified being put into his dress shirt, while the others around him look relieved.
Dressed for dinner?
🙁
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 09:02 PM (NFX2v)
Yeah. Not much time. They'll be in their late 50's by the time the kids get out of high school.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 08:45 PM (2WIwB)
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Mom was 36 and Dad was 47 when I was born, and I never thought they were geriatrics.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 09:03 PM (kpS4V)
131 AoSHQ, where people know each other in real life.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 09:00 PM
And some of us are better for having you in their real life, too!
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 09:04 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 09:05 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 05, 2026 09:07 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:08 PM (u82oZ)
Sometimes.
I am extra polite to the armed 'ettes in Texas. Some excellent shooters there.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:09 PM (u82oZ)
huh, HF propagation seems to have fallen into the porcelain convenience.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 05, 2026 09:09 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 09:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 09:10 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 05, 2026 09:10 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:10 PM (u82oZ)
That's some hash. Recent enhancements?
Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 08:21 PM
You know what? I read it as deadx. Not as you read it. lol.
You know what? I read it as hashish.
Posted by: Dark L at June 05, 2026 09:10 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 09:11 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)
Biker wedding!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 05, 2026 09:11 PM (snZF9)
And still like each other. Mostly.
Posted by: Oddbob
Yep. WDS ripped me a new one once for a breach of Moron/Ette protocol BUT immediately following that said 'Okay, we shall speak of this no more. Let's get a drink.'
Loved that gal. RIP
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 09:12 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 09:13 PM (qx7Zg)
Yes. RIP, WDS. She was the picture of vibrant in the Encyclopedia Americana.
What a dancer! She is missed to this day.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:14 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 09:03 PM (kpS4V)
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Were you the first or the last? Allowances are made for "oops" babies.
My wife became a grandmother at 40.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 05, 2026 09:16 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 05, 2026 09:17 PM (FAHhb)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 08:57 PM (Dd38x)
Yeah, I had a little over 200 people at mine. My father split the cost with Mrs B's father. It was a wee bit elaborate, but screw it, you only do it once...theoretically.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 05, 2026 09:17 PM (snZF9)
Have a good weekend and maybe better crow gifts!
Thanks for all you do to keep me informed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 09:18 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Isolden at June 05, 2026 09:18 PM (dB99g)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 09:20 PM (zZu0s)
What a dancer! She is missed to this day.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:14 PM (u82oZ)
yeah, I miss her. I got a great pic of her and Mrs B. She was a blast.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 05, 2026 09:20 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 09:21 PM (zZu0s)
musta worked; 30+ years, here we still are.
Woohoo!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 05, 2026 09:22 PM (VyBeY)
My wife became a grandmother at 40.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)
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The last, but premeditated 😆 ; my sister came along three years before me.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 09:22 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 05, 2026 09:23 PM (kpS4V)
Now I have a vision of an Ewok on a Vespa, banking into a turn with a view of NYC. He stops, pulls a Crow Caller out of a messenger bag, and sounds Gabriel's Last Squawk.
The northern sky turn dark, and as the black front approaches, furious flapping can be seen.
With an imperious gesture, the Ewok sweeps his hand to Manhattan.
The multitude of crows, an endless seeming sky of beaks, move over the river. Faint sounds of human outrage are heard. Then the fires start, and the city is no more.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
That'll be the 2nd wedding at a football stadium. 😉
I just hope they stay out of the Philly region. (She's originally from Reading, PA).
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 09:24 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 05, 2026 09:17 PM (snZF9)
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Weddings are for the families, not the couple.
It should be a celebration, but not extravagant.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 05, 2026 09:25 PM (FAHhb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ)
Yes, it will, and we have had a week of more less straight rain already. Some 4 inches. Tall grass in some areas, others, scarcely any growth at all, except for the dandelions. Seems to me a Nobel Prize for chemistry awaits whoever develops an herbicide that kills dandelions, and only dandelions, dead with one squirt.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 09:27 PM (1z8ji)
Now I have a vision of an Ewok on a Vespa, banking into a turn with a view of NYC. He stops, pulls a Crow Caller out of a messenger bag, and sounds Gabriel's Last Squawk.
The northern sky turn dark, and as the black front approaches, furious flapping can be seen.
With an imperious gesture, the Ewok sweeps his hand to Manhattan.
The multitude of crows, an endless seeming sky of beaks, move over the river. Faint sounds of human outrage are heard. Then the fires start, and the city is no more.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:23 PM (u82oZ)
I can see it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 09:27 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 05, 2026 09:25 PM (FAHhb)
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My wife loved that show. The early seasons were pretty good. Really captured the zeigeist.
Apparently he is the third cast member to die in the last 12 months. "Dawn" and "Xander" also have joined the choir invisible.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 09:28 PM (0aYVJ)
I just hope they stay out of the Philly region. (She's originally from Reading, PA).
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05
The fans would throw batteries at them.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 05, 2026 09:28 PM (h06De)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 05, 2026
Yours was worth it. Mine? We could have just flushed that money down the toilet. If I get married again, it’s the courthouse. I will come here and post “guess what I did today!” 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 09:28 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 05, 2026 09:25 PM (FAHhb)
Never saw much of that show, but I recognized him immediately. RIP.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 09:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 09:32 PM (0aYVJ)
Dandelion greens, tea, roots, flowers... So popular, selling in every market around here. (East Coast).
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 09:33 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 09:34 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 09:28 PM (Dd38x)
Ours was a potluck on the lower hay field of my niece's farm. We rented the pavilion and chairs for eating, and cleared out the three bay shop for eating. It was a lot of fun, and the bride was rode down on the back of an ATV.
It was on-brand for my family, and my wife's family put up with it because it was 2021
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:35 PM (rbvCR)
Try Brown-25
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:36 PM (rbvCR)
It should be a celebration, but not extravagant.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)
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It's funny, because The Wifey and I didn't have any family -- aside from virtually all attendees (and a few old friends), who were "work family,"
I don't know why (something I must have seen as a kid), but always wanted to get married on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean as the sun was setting -- which is what we did at Califia Park in San Clemente, CA.
We were gonna have a fancy, expensive reception at a public hotel or the like -- then decided we could spend the money on re-sodding the back yard and have the reception (catered) at our home.
We're going to Israel in October, where we have the chance to (a) get baptized in the Jordan River; and (b) renew our wedding vows ... but because we are not fully-committed Christians, will likely refuse for fear of hypocrisy.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 09:37 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 09:33 PM (NFX2v)
You can come and pick mine for free. One caveat: you have to take all of them. I have 3 acres' worth.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 09:38 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:23 PM (u82oZ)
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The Apocalypse of NaCly Dog has puzzled religious scholar for centuries. Is it truly a vision of divine wrath, or merely an in-joke filled allegory about a shut-in New York blogger. Opinions differ sharply
Posted by: Bible Scholars at June 05, 2026 09:38 PM (ZOv7s)
I'm usually in to much trouble for that.
First time since 1989.
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 09:34
Well good job, sir!
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 09:38 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:37 PM (rbvCR)
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Roundup. Groundclear. Fire.
Lots of ways to kill plants.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Kindltot
Oh, yeah! Let us know if you ever find it...
Roundup makes it look sickly for a day, then it grows back with a vengeance! Triclopyr does better, kills the top, but it still comes back. Grrrrrr.
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 09:41 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 09:42 PM (u82oZ)
Lots of ways to kill plants.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)
They are growing around my blueberries, upwind of my grapes.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 09:37 PM (+mTA5)
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Are you unbaptized? Are you not fully-committed to each other? I'm really confused.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 09:41 PM (rdVOm)
I am currently using a hula-hoe, (lots of names, scuffle- and stirrup-hoe also apply) in the wood chips, it takes them down for a while before they grow back
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 05, 2026 09:44 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
I'd hope for them staging a sacrifice of the Flyers' Gritty as a wedding gift.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 09:44 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 09:41 PM (rdVOm)
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It works well for sidewalk weeds in my experience.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Oh . . . golden hour cafe.
Never miiiiind.
Posted by: mindfulanen webworkadanna at June 05, 2026 09:46 PM (dn9xm)
I didn't even know there is that much $$$$ in the Universe.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 09:46 PM (jnTpz)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:42 PM (rbvCR)
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Ask Ace to send you a Summon Ravenous Crows scroll. Like Colt 45 Malt Liquor, it works every time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Dagnabbit. I can't ever come up with something original inside this Horde AI.
Posted by: mindful webworker - just another synapse at June 05, 2026 09:47 PM (dn9xm)
Let's see how many Californians have had enough.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 09:48 PM (viF8m)
Granted that is full of graft. But still it shows where the mindset is. Canada is a CCP vassal state of course. China has a strategy and that’s make Americans hate AI through nonsensical doom and gloom hysteria. Meanwhile Canada is allowed and encouraged to embrace it.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 09:48 PM (tNkpt)
By continually cutting it off at ground level, and doing it as soon as you possibly can, you will eventually starve the plant.
Since it will be unable to photosynthesize,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 09:49 PM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: mindful webworker - just another synapse at June 05, 2026 09:47 PM (dn9xm)
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AKSHUALLY, the "golden hour" is the time between sunset and twilight, when there is lot of ambient light but no shadows. A film (which I am too lazy to look up) was made at this time to day to capitalize on that in the 70s.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:50 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Roundup definitely has its uses. Great for spot-control. Great for stray grasses and most regular weeds.
Bindweed is a special product from the heart of hell itself. You can slow it down. You can decapitate it. The roots live on and on and on, and keep regenerating forever.
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 09:50 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 05, 2026 09:50 PM (rdVOm)
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Cleansing fire?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 09:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Granted that is full of graft. But still it shows where the mindset is. Canada is a CCP vassal state of course. China has a strategy and that’s make Americans hate AI through nonsensical doom and gloom hysteria. Meanwhile Canada is allowed and encouraged to embrace it.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 09:48 PM (tNkpt)
It's a fucking joke. They want to make AI woke, and make give a land acknowledgement every time it's used.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 09:52 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: All Hail Eris"
But no birdbath. Would it hurt so much to shell out 100 bucks for your feathered friends, Mr O'Spades?
Posted by: the crows at June 05, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)
Again with the crows????
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 09:52 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 09:48 PM (tNkpt)
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There's more to it than that. Michigan is awash with brownfields located adjacent to power plants and languishing water systems. Lansing has acres of land that used to support Fisher Body and Oldsmobile. It is desolate, fully cleared.
Why aren't they choosing that rather than farmland far from power or water?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 09:52 PM (1z8ji)
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And also burn two churches for nonexistent mass graves.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 09:57 PM (f3Fjc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 09:57 PM (D1E+2)
I know he had serious medical issues some time back, but I don't remember if he's recovered enough to post.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 09:59 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 09:57 PM (f3Fjc)
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Not in Michigan. We have no active duty bases, and the National Guard installations are well away from where they want to plant these things. Something's not right about it. For the last 40 years Michigan has been all about trying to reinforce the urban core, bring jobs to Detroit, Lansing, Flint, and now it's all "Hey everybody, let's pave farmland!"
There is something else going on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 05, 2026 10:00 PM (ZOv7s)
I know he had serious medical issues some time back, but I don't remember if he's recovered enough to post.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 09:59 PM (qx7Zg)
JT, I believe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:01 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 05, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 09:52 PM (1z8ji)
This is the sort of thing that drove HAL 9000 insane and murderous in 2001 Space Odyssey
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 10:07 PM (rbvCR)
Let's see how many Californians have had enough.
They will do nothing as long as the shelves are stocked.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)
Option1: Buy a brownfield site and sign up for a never ending cycle of pollution cleanup. The site is surrounded by ghettos filled with drug addicted thieves who will steal anything that isn't nailed down during construction, and who will then terrorize your H1B employees after you start up. Meanwhile, city officials will suck you dry with demands for bribes.
Option 2: Buy a couple of farms. Pay the farmers' kids a decent wage, which is more than they'd ever get farming.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 10:17 PM (UE9Fq)
Collins Ties Platner in Latest Poll
Collins doesn't have to match him in any poll. In her last three wins, the rigged polls drastically underestimated Collins' support. In 2008, polls were 8 points under her final vote performance. In 2014, polls again understated her support by 8 points.
In 2020, polls understated her support by 12 points. That's at the end of this clip. The Nazi had been "leading" in the rigged polls -- by less than 8% -- but while stupid liberal-leaning women are willing to vote for a Nazi, they don't want to vote for someone who abuses women and lies in wait for burglars, getting an rape-erection when he hears someone at the window.By the way, Lyndsey Fifield sent a text in August 2025 identifying Platner's tattoo as a Totenkampf. Platner himself -- who claims he's a "military expert" and "history buff" -- claims he did not know it was a Totenkampf until October 2025. When asked about this, he says she never told him it was a Totenkampf, so how could he, the owner of the tattoo and allegedly a "military expert" and "history buff," know what a highly-identifiable symbol from the most documented war of all time know?
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Democratic challenger Graham Platner are in a dead heat for the November Senate election, according to a recent survey. Platner has faced a litany of scandals since he started his campaign, including having a tattoo featuring Nazi symbolism, and increased in recent days and weeks with revelations about sexually inappropriate social media posts and extramarital sexting. Platner and Collins each earned 46% support among likely voters, with 8% undecided in the latest survey from Fabrizio, Lee & Associates, a Trump-aligned pollster. Among those voters, 39% said they would "definitely vote for Collins, while 40% said they would "definitely" vote for Platner. Politico first obtained the survey.
The most recent RealClearPolitics.com polls average has Planter leading by 7.4%. Platner's scandals appear to have contributed to the narrowing of the contest.
How did Lindsey Fifield know it was a Totenkampf if Platner had not, as she said, called it "My Totenkampf"? I don't want to be a sexist, but it's men, not women, who are interested in World War Two and military history. It's not women watching the History Channel. (Though maybe they are -- isn't it all Aliens and Bigfoot now?) So how did she know what his Totenkampf tattoo was before the military-expert war-buff who owned the tattoo did?
Some Democrats are starting to run away:
NEW: Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean says Graham Platner "has disqualified himself" from Maine Senate race.
— Boris Sanchez (@Boris_Sanchez) June 5, 2026
"It's so distressing -- All of the stories that are coming out, and there are more and more, it seems, by the hour." pic.twitter.com/XpqIBg4w27
Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer on Graham Platner:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 5, 2026
"I'll leave it up to them because I'm not in Maine, but I'll tell you if he were in New Jersey, the abuse of women, let alone the Nazi tattoo...would be disqualifying." pic.twitter.com/dzVGyAc5Lr
There's a reason Rick is defending the guy with the Nazi tattoo. https://t.co/erfnVj2E82 pic.twitter.com/l0QOEvOotj
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 5, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 06:41 PM (gDlxJ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 06:41 PM (gDlxJ)
She's been shown though to have 9 political lives.
I'm not sure though if it even matters, but she seems to engage in failure theater in a way that she takes a dive only when it doesn't really matter. So probably a good thing to keep around?
Every time I think Maine is going red, they seem to jump back to being a dark blue state.
Posted by: Leupold at June 05, 2026 06:44 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 06:44 PM (iJfKG)
Abusive to women he dated; wanted to buttf*ck men to 'dominate' them; hangs out on a kiddie dating app; this guy was one missed coffee order from buying a van and starting a one man depopulation spree. Any serial killers operating in Maine? Because this guy checks a lot of boxes.
Posted by: Nelly at June 05, 2026 06:46 PM (6+ehB)
He is a conservative from the area in Maine they are having a rally for "Maine Kampf" tonight. He said he went to -I think grade school -with Platner who was always very smart intellectually and interested in history. He said there's no way Platner didn't know what the tatoo symbolized.
He also said rural Maine residents aren't the problem. They would vote for the Republican. It's people moving into Maine from places like NY which will help him get elected.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 06:48 PM (ZeH0U)
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*shifty eyes*
A woman interested in military history?
That's crazy talk.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:49 PM (7AnIg)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 06:50 PM (x1TG+)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 06:51 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 05, 2026 06:51 PM (YlWIZ)
Then rapes him. Shakin' all over...
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 06:51 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 06:52 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 06:52 PM (77rzZ)
Maybe they will read us the crosstabs in between beatings.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 06:52 PM (x1TG+)
Posted by: Dem sheep at June 05, 2026 06:52 PM (Av6i5)
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Like their Canadian Soulmate, Brave Sir Justin Castreau?
/Just run away, Platnér
You won't see my Death Head tattoo on display
The empty signposts on my block are not the same
You're not to blame
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:52 PM (+mTA5)
It's like sitting on your porch watching two dogs doing their busines, and for some reason it's important which one deposits a turd first.
Collins is despicable. Platner is despicable. And, to be honest, you don't lose a whole hell of a lot if Collins loses because every single truly conservative issue she votes with the democrats....like just now and the SAVE Act. Her only function is giving Republicans majority status and thus control of the committees...sort of.
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 06:52 PM (dIske)
I get my Dim women congresscritters mixed up. Is Collins the one with the warbly voice? What's up with that?
Without term limits, which I know is like fighting against air, we are doomed to retardation and cyclic bullharte into infinity.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 06:52 PM (WONhk)
Evil Weeble Rick Wilson, whose North American Man-Boy Lincoln Association paid white supremacists to march against a candidate:
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I may have an explanation...didn't Platner say that he would like to "rvpe" men. But no in a raperape way ?
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 06:53 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)
And kudos to you, Ace, for Maine Kampf, that's hysterical! I wonder if they'll know who won in a day or two? We'll have to wait three months out here in California to find anything out, I'm sure. (insert eye-roll here)
Posted by: tankascribe at June 05, 2026 06:53 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 06:53 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 06:54 PM (+gA9j)
>>It’s after 1700 on a Friday. That means it’s time to talk about…BOOBS!!
And Gin, and Whiskey and Movies and cigars and cars and heavy machinery and WWII and…
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 06:54 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Mayor Bass ---> She wins, LA takes Jonny Holmes up the Ass again !!!
Cackle ..... Cackle ...... Cackle............
Posted by: Kami Harris at June 05, 2026 06:54 PM (xl8DV)
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*shifty eyes*
A woman interested in military history?
That's crazy talk.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:49 PM (7AnIg)
Hi, SMH! Mrs. E watches some military 'history' when she can drag herself away from Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 06:55 PM (LHPAg)
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"I like big Putz's
I cannot lie ..."
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:55 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Bulg
And BOOZE
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 06:55 PM (ItWcy)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 06:56 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 06:56 PM (GD0B3)
Come and join the Nazi party!
Posted by: The Producers at June 05, 2026 06:56 PM (3KxSp)
It's been years since I've watched the History Channel.
I just look up docs on utoob.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:56 PM (7AnIg)
In: "The only scandal that could derail a Democratic politician is being caught with a Nazi tattoo, pedophiliac dick pics, a long history of abusing women, and an absolute hatred for America."
Oh wait.
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 06:57 PM (Av6i5)
And Gin, and Whiskey and Movies and cigars and cars and heavy machinery and WWII and…
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 06:54 PM (XV/Pl)
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Crows!
/Brandon Lee FTW!
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:57 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Bulg
......
So. Susan Collins or Nutzi Palsy.
Shakin' all over.
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 06:59 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 06:59 PM (GD0B3)
Also love things like Band of Brothers (both European and Pacific theater versions)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 06:59 PM (yz/88)
Welcome to California, bob.
The Democrats run everything in my home state, the dirty bastards. They've fixed elections for ages and Greaseball Gavin putting in that asinine mail-in ballot fraud just piled more rocks on top of the coffin of free elections. Although it was already pretty much dead and buried when they introduced the instant-run-off voting deal where you get stuck with the two most "popular" candidates instead of getting a real choice. Gee, shall I vote for Sleazy Democrat #1 or Corrupt Moron Democrat #2?
Posted by: tankascribe at June 05, 2026 07:00 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Ben Had
.......
Can they both fit inside a porta-potty?
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 07:00 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 06:54 PM (+gA9j)
I will kiss you online if this comes true! Hope so!!!
I will tell my husband first, who allows me to do many things like online kissing. It's rare, however, so belive me you will be special.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 07:01 PM (WONhk)
Come and join the Nazi party!
Posted by: The Producers at June 05, 2026 06:56 PM (3KxSp)
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The .Gov Shack Is
A Little Ol' Place Where
We Can Do Biparty
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:02 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 06:57 PM (Av6i5)
@34 ..and jerking off in a pool of feces
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 06:59 PM (GD0B3)
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Platner is what you get when a mad Nazi scientist combines all of the Democrats' "best" qualities into a single human being...in the hopes he'll run amok and take over the world.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 07:03 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 06:54 PM (+gA9j)
I will kiss you online if this comes true! Hope so!!!
I will tell my husband first, who allows me to do many things like online kissing. It's rare, however, so belive me you will be special.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 07:01 PM (WONhk)
Extra incentive!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 07:03 PM (+gA9j)
The governor scares me witless just looking at the trans face of a demon. When President Trump insulted her in the WH I thought she'd have blood shooting out of her ears like on a cartoon.
Then I looked further, usually under sedation, and my goodness she has a trans man face. I don't care that she supposedly has three children.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 07:03 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 07:05 PM (gKWVE)
A woman interested in military history?
That's crazy talk.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:49 PM (7AnIg)
Hi, SMH! Mrs. E watches some military 'history' when she can drag herself away from Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 06:55 PM (LHPAg)
Don't forget Anna Puma, either!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 07:05 PM (qx7Zg)
ZERO POINT ZERO... 0.0.
NOTHING FUNNY THERE AND THE KALI DEMOCRATS ARE TELLING EVERYONE SMELL THE SHIT.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 05, 2026 07:05 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 07:05 PM (JQmtK)
I will tell my husband first, who allows me to do many things like online kissing. It's rare, however, so belive me you will be special.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 07:01 PM (WONhk)
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Now wait just a minute!
I was told there'd be no online kissing ... Imma gonna have to up my Virtual Reality game a la "Minority Report."
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:06 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 07:06 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 07:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 05, 2026 07:07 PM (amcLV)
Pratt gets 30% election night and zero votes on latest ballot fraud dump. They could have at least given him ONE VOTE.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 05, 2026 07:07 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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I Goggled it. YIKES. Poor kids.
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 07:08 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Richard Bachman, closeted homosexual at June 05, 2026 07:08 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 07:08 PM (5P5DO)
I know I'd point and laugh at them so I wish they'd parade near me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 07:08 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 07:05 PM (JQmtK)
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The current 79-year-old Governor, Janet Mills, is still on the ballot for Commie U.S. Senator (after having suspended her campaign because she's apparently not the NAZI Mainers are looking for) ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:08 PM (+mTA5)
After dragging him through the mud for a while it came out the kid was recovering from chemo and with his short, thin hair had limited hair style choices.
So...random teenaged boy has to know what NAZI hair styles are (even though its not, it was just a common hairstyle in the middle of last century) but a Senate candidate and supposed military history buff can get one of the most common NAZI symbols tattooed on him and its...ok?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:09 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 05, 2026 07:07 PM (xvV+O)
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Rubbing their obvious cheating in our faces is part of the kink.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 07:09 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
My guess is he will drop out and the Pedocrats will air drop Mills in. He is supposedly on the ballot anyway. She!!! SHE is supposedly on the ballot. He'll be the savior. She!!! SHE will be the savior.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 05, 2026 07:09 PM (l26NL)
I know I'd point and laugh at them so I wish they'd parade near me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 07:08 PM (WONhk)
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Just go to your local FBI office.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:10 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 06:57 PM
Actually, absolute hatred for America is a plus, not a minus.
Posted by: Hizzoner of NYC, and Sunny H., The View panelist at June 05, 2026 07:10 PM (0sNs1)
Also haven't paid attention enough but have any of his fellow Marines stepped up to be a character witness for him.
Posted by: polynikes at June 05, 2026 07:10 PM (GseMx)
I've been reading reddit threads on this race and the Maine NAZI take is that Mills is almost a Republican and all the charges against Platner are obviously fake (though his tattoo is sooooo hot!).
If the the Dems Lautenberg this race those exact same people will be telling me they always hated Platner and thought he was almost a Republican unlike that great defender of the people Mills...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:11 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 07:11 PM (dK+Kv)
Might be time to stop black pilling about the midterms.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 05, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hamitchell at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM (tWkg3)
Posted by: Errorick Errorickson at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM (vFG9F)
Yep.
They are sending a message to future Pratts that no matter how had the incumbent is, no matter how good of a campaign you run, and no matter how many real votes you get your time will be wasted and the Dem incumbent will be given enough votes to win
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 07:08 PM (5P5DO)
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Deal! Hugzzzz were not enough last time.
Of course, I will be risking the Texan Wifey kicking my ass in response! lol
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM (+mTA5)
I think things are looking good for us, and if Trump can get gas prices down this will be a romp with major GOP gains.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:13 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM
They can be combined, you know.
Posted by: Graham Platner at June 05, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 05, 2026 07:14 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:06 PM (+mTA5)
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The ironclad rule to kiss me is no tongue in my ear. That's the first memory of making out at a drive in on my first date. It seered my brain with ick and horror.
Years after we married I asked my husband what on earth was this deal? Was it Southern? Or did the idea jump to Long Island?
He said he'd heard of it and one girl did it to him and he thought it was gross as well.
I think it was supposed to make me crazy with lust vs wanting to ask wth are you doing? He was a football player in my class and apparently a catch. I was friends with him only. My left arm had muscles like Popeye from the few drive in dates I went on. Then I stopped exept for dances and one Doobie Brother's Concert. Bleah.
We are a match made in heaven of no ear licking.
There are other rules I have probably forgotten. The latest is that I stop saying, "You know" When I end a sentence. I don't know where I picked this up, but it annoys my dude. So I'm now sometimes saying it on purpose and he laughs.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 07:14 PM (WONhk)
These people are broken.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:15 PM (sKqQm)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sxh5s8GVvx8
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 07:15 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: polynikes at June 05, 2026 07:15 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM (D1E+2)
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[For those unaware:] "The term "Gerrymanding" derives from a political cartoon published in the Boston Gazette in 1812. It was named after Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry (pronounced with a hard "G") after he signed a controversial redistricting bill designed to unfairly favor his Democratic-Republican Party.
One of the newly drawn, oddly contoured districts in Essex County twisted and stretched so bizarrely that it was likened to a mythological monster. Artist Elkanah Tisdale drew a political cartoon adding claws, wings, and a dragon-like head to the district’s outline, and a dinner guest remarked that it looked like a salamander. Another guest replied, "No, a Gerrymander"—a portmanteau of "Gerry" and "salamander"—and the name permanently stuck to the practice of manipulating electoral maps."
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:16 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 07:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Hmm, do you also not like the taste of candy corn?
Posted by: This post brought to you by the wax lobby at June 05, 2026 07:16 PM (sKqQm)
Iran's oil exports are down by 84%
Dems cintinue to shoot their foot off.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 07:17 PM (5P5DO)
Boobs, boobs, boobs…
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 07:18 PM (77rzZ)
So the left hates God and is ok with Hitler...I mean it sounds about right
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:18 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: polynikes at June 05, 2026 07:15 PM (GseMx)
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Great film.
I often get it confused with the horrible "The Piano" which made me hate both Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:18 PM (+mTA5)
These people are broken.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:15 PM (sKqQm)
There is a fella in Alabama who will pay you $150 to go swim in your septic tank.
He should run for the Senate too.
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Alabama Hillbilly at June 05, 2026 07:19 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:18 PM (+mTA
He cut off her fingers!!!!?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 07:20 PM (zZu0s)
A woman's character, caring, fiscal probriety, and conversational ability are a lot more important than even impressive mammaries.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 07:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 07:20 PM (zZu0s)
The people working there, especially the women, are all covered up, while the tourist girls are all in string bikinis. The average Thai person working there must have quite an interesting view of the US/Canada/Europe
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:21 PM (sKqQm)
A woman's character, caring, fiscal probriety, and conversational ability are a lot more important than even impressive mammaries.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 07:20 PM (u82oZ)
Good one!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 07:21 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 07:03 PM (gnNyN)
Frankenplatner
Posted by: javems at June 05, 2026 07:21 PM (zFsEm)
Germany has been a blight on the world for the last 100 years.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 07:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:18 PM (+mTA
He cut off her fingers!!!!?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
That was Sam Neil who cut off her finger not Harvey Keitel.
Posted by: Tuna at June 05, 2026 07:22 PM (lJ0H4)
Do you know how bad ass that will be?
All Abbott has to do is go "eh, I don't see probable cause. And see, TX v. PA 2021"
And then a whole shitstorm goes flying.
'Cause, remember: TX v. PA says the SCOTUS can't force a state to enforce it's laws and another state doesn't have standing either.
If Trump set this up, it'll be one of the most brilliant moves in US history.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 05, 2026 07:22 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 05, 2026 07:22 PM (mP0Kj)
https://tinyurl.com/3d5f5ssp
I guess not.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 07:23 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 05, 2026 07:22 PM (mP0Kj)
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YES! This is the new Democrat-Communist Motto ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:23 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: javems at June 05, 2026 07:24 PM (zFsEm)
And boobs.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 07:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: DanMan at June 05, 2026 07:24 PM (8uzBS)
An AI LLM trained on all the AoS HQ comments (not ace's posts when he is in a mood) would be a better Senator than both of those losers in Maine.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 07:24 PM (u82oZ)
Boobs, boobs, boobs…
Posted by: Bulg
I watched the movie Clue the other day. Boobs were conspicuous.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 07:25 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 07:26 PM (u82oZ)
Had anymore tutoring slots, Bulg?If so, how did they go?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 07:26 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 07:20 PM
There is iron in the words of NaCly Dog for all Morons to see.
Posted by: Duncanthrax Ten Bears at June 05, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)
Watch this video and tell me what you see.
http://tiny.cc/h1n4101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 05, 2026 07:27 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 07:27 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 07:03 PM (gnNyN)
Frankenplatner
Posted by: javems at June 05, 2026 07:21 PM (zFsEm)
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lol
Damn, we need some Platner "Frankenfurter" tranny memes from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, stat!
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:28 PM (+mTA5)
Can't we just gift minniesomalia to canuckistan instead? They can keep their prog voters and have some more!
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 05, 2026 07:28 PM (YGJ8E)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 07:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Whitehouse: “Seems like a lot of nothing. I mean, the only one who had anything to say that seemed ‘unsettling’ was a woman who works for right-wing political operations.”
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Geez! Grow up! She was just a woman who works for right-wing political operations.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 07:28 PM (ndZc7)
The Dems think he's a model Democrat.
Posted by: polynikes at June 05, 2026 07:29 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 07:20 PM
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There's a reason I'm an ass and legs man.
Wait, that didn't come out quite right ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 07:29 PM (+mTA5)
http://tiny.cc/h1n4101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 05, 2026 07:27 PM (mkw2N)
I just saw that video, sure looks blind to me.
Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 07:30 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: polynikes at June 05, 2026 07:29 PM
We're the face of Democrat Modern Masculinity.
Posted by: Mr. Emhoff, Mr. Walz, and Mr. Hogg at June 05, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)
It's not women watching the History Channel. (Though maybe they are -- isn't it all Aliens and Bigfoot now?)
Women and feet
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 07:31 PM (Cqx++)
He's just repeating the talking points laid out by the NY Times . Hopefully the other women which the Times knew about but didn't report ( head fake) will step up.
Posted by: polynikes at June 05, 2026 07:32 PM (GseMx)
Left unsaid is: ['80s Fleet Sailor Mode on]
Can her ankles go back to the ears?
['80s Fleet Sailor Mode off]
I have traveled a long path to gain a tad bit of wisdom.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)
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Damn biology!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 07:32 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 07:31 PM
Newsletter ??????!??!?????
Posted by: Quentin T. and Rex R. at June 05, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)
Yes.
History Channel is now about 25% 'Ancient Aliens', 25% 'UnXplained'/ 'Unbelievable' / 'Un-something', 25% 'The _____ that Built America', 5% 'Curse of Oak Island', 5% 'Skinwalker Ranch', 5% 'American Pickers', 5% 'Pawn Stars' and 5% Various filler.
They are doing a few new documentaries for America 250, like 'World War II with Tom Hanks' that comes on tomorrow night and throughout next week.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 07:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Accomack at June 05, 2026 07:33 PM (/Chlc)
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 06:52 PM (LHPAg)
The most important part of the tiki torches is that they were on a street, at night. That's why they had torches.
The pro-statue, anti-erasure rally was a family occasion on grass, during the day.
Every Tavern Tough Guy who says he can tell those rally-goers are wrong, because he "would've punched those Nazis out" is lying through his teeth. He wouldn't have been in the same place at the same time, if he can tell day from night.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 07:38 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 05, 2026 07:43 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 05, 2026 07:48 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 07:12 PM
In a pinch, a porta-potty can be used as an emergency Orgone accumulator.
(Tomorrow we can talk about the Vril force, and how it shapes our world)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 08:02 PM (rbvCR)
'S why I won't run for office.
Posted by: Ib1netmon at June 05, 2026 08:05 PM (BGIIP)
Platner is awesome, showing normal people how power hungry and principle free Dems are.
And the Cali cheat MIGHT get enough South Dakotans to threaten their senator if he doesn't get SAVE passed.
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 05, 2026 08:39 PM (ELUAs)
Posted by: Fah Q at June 05, 2026 10:28 PM (0K2ae)
Posted by: Will Robinson
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No, no, no!
We trade Minn`-eh-sota for Alberta. They get a bunch of leeches and idiots, and we get beautiful country, lots of wheat and oil, and, as so bonus, AOP!
Posted by: buddhaha at June 05, 2026 10:45 PM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 02:04 AM (s9VOe)
The Week That Was Woke
JD VanceCarl Benjamin said that we should view the UK police as the "colonial police" -- the colonial police protect the interests of the colonizers, and enforce the colonizer's will against the indigenous, conquered people. Brendan O'Neill:
@JDVance Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it. Henry was far from the first to so needlessly lose his life, and I fear he won't be the last. Each time a life like his is lost, the proper response--the only response--is righteous anger. One of the most important things the Trump administration has proven to the world is that stopping the flow of mass migration and defending national sovereignty is a matter of political will and leadership. Anything else is an excuse. It is because we love the West that we want to preserve it. We love our civilization. We love our country. We love our children. And nobody--nobody--should ever die the way that Henry Nowak died. May God comfort those who loved him, and may God rest his soul.
[T]his horror speaks to a deeper moral rot: It reveals the corrosive effect the ideology of wokeness has had on the institutions of our society. The reason the cops believed the knife-wielding monster and dismissed his dying victim is simple: The killer was a brown-skinned man, and his victim was a white-skinned man. Critical race theory is rife in Britain's police forces. Under official guidance, cops must believe every accusation of a "hate crime." They're trained to always be on the lookout for racism. Indeed Hampshire Police, which covers Southampton, boasts of its devotion to the woke state's holy mission of hunting down "hate." Its "race action plan" fizzes with the kind of critical-race drivel you hear on every Ivy League campus. It describes the Minnesota death of George Floyd in 2020 as a "pivotal moment" for Britain's police, too. That tragedy compelled the force, it says, to be "anti-racist" in all police actions. The irony is thick: This force claims to have "learned the lessons" of the death of a black man who cried "I can't breathe" -- yet just six years later its officers are horribly mistreating a white boy who pleaded the same. It's precisely their embrace of the post-Floyd BLM mania that led these cops to grossly demean young Henry. Having imbibed the infantile script that casts whites as oppressors and non-whites as oppressed, they were primed to believe Digwa and to doubt Henry. To them, he was just a white man, and what could be worse than that? ... Prime Minister Keir Starmer and virtually our entire political establishment took the knee for the career criminal Floyd. They've done no such thing for the kind, thoughtful Henry Nowak. And there it is: the "virtuous," obscene racial prejudice of the woke elites.David Lammy, a top Labour politician commu-splains why he refuses to take a knee now: He says he took a knee for George Floyd because that was "during Covid" and it's different now because it's not during Covid. What? They're all pretending there is no two-tier policing -- despite having previously explicitly demanded two-tier policing:
The Telegraph
@Telegraph 1h Police may not always need to treat people of different racial origins equally, David Lammy has said. The Justice Secretary suggested there could be cultural circumstances in which police officers might treat someone from an ethnic minority differently
James Talarico's "church" is totally "Christian" you guys.
For many self-described religious Democrats, squaring their support for abortion and radical gender ideology with their faith is a challenge. But at Texas Democrat James Talarico's church, supporting abortions is part of the congregation's "goals for the world." At the Texas church where the Democrat senate hopeful preaches sermons on the need for abortion in the "trans community," church funds are sent not only to abortion giant Planned Parenthood, but also to radical organizations that pay to help facilitate out-of-state travel for women to kill their unborn babies, and an organization that runs a summer camp for transgender-identifying kids as young as 11. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, the woke Austin church attended by Talarico, lists Planned Parenthood, which ends the lives of hundreds of thousands of unborn babies every year, as one of the organizations that shares its "vision and goals for the world." The church, which The Daily Wire reported last week stocks sexually explicit books aimed at young people in its library, sets aside money every year for Planned Parenthood, according to its website. It also describes itself as a "Reproductive Freedom Congregation," meaning it believes that "abortion is a blessing."
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The church's position on abortion is in line with Talarico's own support for codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law to create a so-called right to an abortion. Talarico grounds his support for abortion in the biblical account of an angel visiting the Virgin Mary and telling her that she would miraculously conceive and give birth to Jesus Christ. "I say all this in the context of abortion, because before God comes over Mary, and we have the incarnation, God asks for Mary's consent," he said during an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. "You cannot force someone to create... so that's how I come down on that side of the issue." ... The radical pro-abortion groups are just a sliver of the liberal causes supported by the church. Other organizations St. Andrew's lists on its donation page included Out Youth Austin, the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Evergreen Action, and the Carbon180. Out Youth Austin describes itself as a group that provides "a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth to come together, receive support, and make friends who understand who they are." One of the programs it offers is a summer camp for kids between the ages of 11-17 who identify as gay or transgender.
NY Democrats just passed a bill to call mothers "gestating parents" and fathers "non-gestating parents."
The bill was sponsored by Democrats Amy Paulin in the State Assembly and Senator Luis Sepulveda in the State Senate. The bill now proceeds to New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul's desk for approval.SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?!!! "Pride" events struggling as corporations close their wallets to gay evangelization.
Pride celebrations across the country continue to lose out on large sponsorships as corporations, a key source of funding, shrink their affiliation with diversity causes and LGBTQ+ events. Corporate sponsorships of celebrations in several cities, including New York City, Salt Lake City, Louisville, St. Louis, Orlando, and Pittsburgh are down from previous years, organizers said. Jordan Braxton, co-president of the United States Association of Prides, which supports Pride celebrations nationwide, said that while some smaller Prides have seen a growth in sponsorships, a majority have seen a reduction. She said the Trump administration's dismantling of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, has scared corporations away from sponsoring Pride celebrations. "I think that's why some of the corporations have pulled back, because they don't want that government scrutiny," she said.
Randi Weingarten thinks she found the Real Villain responsible for plummeting student performance, and -- here's the shock -- the Real Villain is not Randi Weingarten.
Weingarten Blames Screens, Not Herself, For Falling Test Scores American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is sounding the alarm about the decade-long decline in student test scores, pointing to screens and devices as a culprit. She's calling it a "call to action." She left out the part about how she helped cause the problem in the first place. For two years during the COVID pandemic, Weingarten and the AFT fought aggressively to keep schools closed. In July 2020, as the Trump administration urged schools to reopen, Weingarten called the push "reckless," "callous," and "cruel," and threatened the possibility of safety strikes. Internal emails later released by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee showed the AFT had access to draft guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control before it was made public, as well as proposed specific language that could trigger renewed closures. Research published afterward confirmed what was already evident: Districts with stronger teachers unions were significantly less likely to reopen for in-person instruction, even after controlling for local COVID conditions. So kids stayed home. They got on computer screens and stayed there for two years, cut off from teachers, friends, and anything resembling a normal childhood. The consequences were not abstract. The National Assessment of Educational Progress recorded the largest declines in math and reading scores in its history. Reading results dropped to levels not seen since the early 1990s. Researchers documented surging rates of anxiety, depression, and social developmental delays among children who spent critical years in isolation. The damage, experts say, will take a generation to undo. In her book published last fall, Weingarten wrote that she "...led the AFT in developing a concrete plan to reopen schools as quickly and safely as possible." That's a remarkable claim given the documented record of what her union actually did. Weingarten told Congress in 2023 there were "... things we really didn't get right," including the impact of prolonged closures. That acknowledgment was notable, but what followed it wasn't accountability. It was a pivot. The same union that lobbied to keep students off school grounds is now positioning itself as a champion of children's well-being, pointing an accusing finger at Silicon Valley while the learning-loss data keeps compounding.
Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff shows off her fashion with an outfit of the day video.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 31, 2026
Emhoff is signed to IMG, one of the world’s most prestigious modeling agencies, and has been described as a ‘fashion it girl’ and ‘top model’ by the fashion industry. pic.twitter.com/4236gBoOuu
Seven properties, a Mercedes G-Wagon, sneakers worn by Kobe Bryant and a Mickey Mantle rookie card worth $1.5 million. All of these things were bought with taxpayer money.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 1, 2026
Paul Randall pleaded guilty in one of the largest Medicaid fraud schemes in the California history –… pic.twitter.com/wOiq0o0DkE
This is the scene in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. They're smoking ISO, a new drug that's up to 20 times more powerful than fentanyl. pic.twitter.com/KrR2GmQPKg
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) June 4, 2026
Over seven in ten people in France believe that crime is 'out of control', a year after fears emerged that the country was sliding towards a 'Mexicanized narco-state'. According to a poll this week from CSA for Le Journal du Dimanche, 72 per cent of the French population believes that crime has dramatically escalated beyond previous levels. This belief is strongest among supporters of the centre-right Républicains, at 92 per cent, followed by 83 per cent of National Rally, and 62 per cent of supporters of President Emmanuel Macron's neo-liberal bloc. The conviction was also held by a majority of left-wing voters, at 55 per cent overall. This included 58 per cent of supporters of the far-left La France Insoumise party, founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and 51 per cent of Socialist voters. Only Green Party supporters were below a majority, at just 45 per cent, in not believing that France is in danger of becoming like Mexico, where the state has lost authority to rogue criminal networks. Women were more likely than men to view the situation as out of control, at 76 per cent compared to 69 per cent.What can explain the stupid public believing that crime is out of control? Only one thing: Racism.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: the lower depths at June 05, 2026 05:33 PM (yZOfl)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at June 05, 2026 05:34 PM (ssz2a)
-- As in "What is it"?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 05:35 PM (qx7Zg)
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What, the "Caliphate Police" wasn't available?
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (+mTA5)
Cock-sucking, nanny-state retards.
That's not offensive. I'm putting it in a bill.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)
I dunno. I hate a lot of motherfuckers here. Just saying.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (vYYHg)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (rbvCR)
-- As in "What is it"?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 05:35 PM (qx7Zg)
LOL
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (FtULh)
Dragging down to the end of a hot day -- still several hours to go before the sun goes over the western buildings, though. There'll be a flatbread pizza from Aldi for dinner.
Not much on TV tonight. The original Flight of the Phoenix is winding up on Movies! now. North to Alaska w/ John Wayne is the 7 pm feature, and I've seen it more than once.
Oh, and I wish this Scott Pelley person all the best with his Substack. There won't be any "best," but good luck to him anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (1z8ji)
"Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that 'homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.' They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
"The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 05:38 PM (O0L8i)
ISO? I prefer smoking SAE.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 05:38 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 05:38 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 05:38 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:39 PM (vYYHg)
Ella Emhoff is one skanky-looking slut.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (1z8ji)
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Needs major drydock time to look even tolerable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 05:39 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (XvL8K)
I hope she gets clean off of SSRIs. However I have seen more passionate unboxing/haul videos on YouTube and Odysee
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 05:39 PM (rbvCR)
I can point to the Codex Alexandrinus which had 1-2 Clement (which are Patristic texts in decent standing). So I'm not even asking that Thomas be considered for the New Testament.
Just looking for any hint that an ancient Christian (who wasn't a heretical whackadoo) thought Thomas was worthy of our time.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 05:39 PM (gjKW7)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 05, 2026 05:39 PM (7T8ei)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (1z8ji)
Pretty sure no ones having sex with that... makes retching sounds
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 05:40 PM (FtULh)
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What, "'Christians'4MurderingBabiesInChrist'sName.com" wasn't available?
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:40 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 05:40 PM (RIvkX)
It must be disconcerting for her to realize -unless she’s in complete denial - that she got the job because of who her stepmother is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 05:38 PM (8Xy/A)
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In no way is this disconcerting nor is she in denial. What's the purpose of influential parents except to gain lucrative jobs?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 05:41 PM (O0L8i)
The time for deviants honoring themselves has come to an end.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:41 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 05:42 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 05:42 PM (gjKW7)
The bill was sponsored by Democrats Amy Paulin in the State Assembly and Senator Luis Sepulveda in the State Senate. The bill now proceeds to New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul's desk for approval.
I prefer the terms "Birthing Person (Mother) and Non-Birthing Persons (Father). They do not have to be biological Female to be considered a BIRTHING PERSON...
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 05, 2026 05:42 PM (Bnw/D)
I agree also.
And this morning, listening to NPR (I know, I know), they had a local lesbian on, pushing the fag agenda and promoting an event that will be held in a couple weeks.
They have it in the "heart of the city" to tell everyone that "we are here, have been here, and will always be here"
Sigh.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 05, 2026 05:43 PM (ufFY8)
Probably 25% of an agency’s revenue is from ‘models’ who are basically paying their way into the agency. Rich girls, yacht girls with deep-pocket sugardaddies, and whatever Ella Emhoff is.
Although, as I’ve said before, I don’t think she’s ugly. She goes out of her way to look weird and creepy. Her face is not ugly. There are a lot of truly ugly women out there. She is not one of them.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:43 PM (vYYHg)
I don’t travel in those circles so I don’t know
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 05:43 PM (8Xy/A)
So much for martin luther king's dream.......
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2026 05:43 PM (0N4FZ)
I prefer the terms "Birthing Person (Mother) and Non-Birthing Persons (Father). They do not have to be biological Female to be considered a BIRTHING PERSON...
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 05, 2026 05:42 PM (Bnw/D)
I prefer Mother and Father
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 05:43 PM (FtULh)
Those zombies...are people.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 05:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 05:44 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:44 PM (5P5DO)
It was reported that Hillary "The Fat-Ass) Clinton was in the general vicinity when the incident occurred.
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at June 05, 2026 05:44 PM (S5Tk/)
"Satanic temple" seems like a more apt description.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 05:45 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: It's me donna
Pretty sure if I referred to my mom as "birthing parent" she'd assume I hated myself and her.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 05:45 PM (gjKW7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (1z8ji)
It's nice when Canadian weather warms up so much that ANY exposed biologically female flesh is a gift like a Saudi male.
It's good to be picky...
............
I have Canadian KFC. I'm standing at the cash register, at the card machine which is asking me if I want to tip.
I tip well. But not this...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 05:45 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 05:38 PM (O0L8i)
Darwin agrees, too. Homosexual acts are anti-survival. Unless maybe it's a way for the genetically unfit to self-select out of the gene pool?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:45 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 05:46 PM (GhIJO)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:46 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 05:46 PM (GhIJO)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:46 PM (GD0B3)
sounds on-brand for a PCUSA church these days
Posted by: brak at June 05, 2026 05:47 PM (sCxmP)
They make the point that the UK is still being governed by the Empire (The Commonwealth) and that the empire is just moving its people around as it sees fit for economic and social engineering purposes.
The native Brits have been against it all for decades, but the immigration keeps on coming no matter which party, or PM, is in control.
So the government spends all of its time putting out the fires it started and just trying to hold it all together with force and propaganda while protecting the migrants at all costs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
Emhoff is signed to IMG, one of the world’s most prestigious modeling agencies, and has been described as a ‘fashion it girl’ and ‘top model’ by the fashion industry.
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So dogs are the hot new models?
/Better make sure the Somalis don't eat them!
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:47 PM (+mTA5)
Otherwise, they never would have shown up.
If Henry had been the one calling the police, "Help! I was attacked by a Sikh who demanded my phone. I ran away and I've been stabbed!"
The 999 agent would have coldly said, "I don't think you have, mate."
And would have hung up.
She would have logged the call as a false report and went back to painting her nails.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 05, 2026 05:47 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:43 PM (vYYHg)
She could be cleaned up, but she has deliberately uglified herself.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:47 PM (1z8ji)
Only one thing: Racism.
And what explains racism?
Only one thing: OrangeMan Bad !!
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at June 05, 2026 05:48 PM (0sNs1)
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That dude will be the next U.S. Senator from Califzuela.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:48 PM (+mTA5)
>> They've done no such thing for the kind, thoughtful Henry Nowak.
>> And there it is: the "virtuous," obscene racial prejudice of the woke elites.
> David Lammy, a top Labour politician commu-splains why he refuses to take a knee now: He says he took a knee for George Floyd because that was "during Covid" and it's different now because it's not during Covid.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM
Get on your knees,
On your knees,
On your fuckin' knees
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 05:49 PM (Sy6m/)
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"BUT WHAT ABOUT ALCOHOL 1??1!1"
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:49 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:47 PM
You're not new here. Plus, I've seen you on the Art Thread. You know the rule.
No dog, not art.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 05:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:50 PM (5P5DO)
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If you steal from, rape, and/or murder a white "oppressor" -- is it really a crime?
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:50 PM (+mTA5)
George Floyd died with covid! It caused him shortness of breath. And the drug cocktail overdose.
I had the dreadful covid. Hard to breathe. I needed oxygen for a while during the worst of the five days.
Posted by: torabora at June 05, 2026 05:50 PM (FiTqX)
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"BUT WHAT ABOUT ALCOHOL 1??1!1"
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:49 PM (GD0B3)
People are smoking alcohol? Learn something new every day.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 05:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:52 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at June 05, 2026 05:48 PM (0sNs1)
As I mentioned earlier, I occasionally switch over to NPR. It amazes me that when they are not talking to some queer author or some nonprofit spokesperson pushing for more gubmint spending on bullshit, they bitch and moan about the evil that Trump is doing.
I am guessing the Trump bashing at about 65% of the time they spend.
GEOTUS is truly living in their heads.
Makes me laugh and cry.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 05, 2026 05:52 PM (ufFY8)
Only one thing: Racism.
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The left is really working overtime on normalizing "racism" and crime. Those are actually two of their planks for the believers.
Pro crime, pro racism.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 05:52 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 05, 2026 05:52 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: It's me donna
I mean it was phrased:
"Hey, you've been chosen for this"
"um... so how's that going to work?"
"This is how"
"Oh. Alright. Sure."
But I'd imagine that if she'd said "I don't want to be chosen for this, find someone else" we'd never have heard of her
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 05:52 PM (vJrRc)
Promotion depends upon the number of hate crime arrests, not actual crime arrests.
And their supervisors are pissed because that's one less for their tally as well.
That man they were beating with their shields? They all want to do that to the rest of the whites, for daring to mess up their chance at promotion.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 05, 2026 05:53 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:50 PM (+mTA5)
Congratulations on your new gig! Can I recommend you don't get this guy Kristof started on the, you know, the "hat people".
Posted by: New York Times at June 05, 2026 05:53 PM (gjKW7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (1z8ji)
Pretty sure no ones having sex with that... makes retching sounds
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026
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As the Mean Girls movie had it, "*fugly* slut."
Actually, in the video, she seems to have a fairly pretty face. But the tats detract from that, and she appears to have no femininity to her figure at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 05:54 PM (wzUl9)
Ps. This video is to get her name back out there as relevant. The focus is her new back tattoo, in case y’all were not aware as to what we are supposed to be gasping over. It’s not her silly little bandana she tied over her running shorts in such an unexpected and avant garde way.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 05:55 PM (Dd38x)
Kneeling for a white boy just down the coast would be racist and gauche.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 05:39 PM
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Arius at June 05, 2026 05:55 PM (0sNs1)
If my dog had a face like Kami's stepdaughter.....
I would shave its ASS and teach it to walk backwards...
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 05, 2026 05:55 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: Emmie at June 05, 2026 05:55 PM (FMtrg)
... Talarico, the son of the father of lies---
\
Mary was startled and wondered about the meaning of this greeting. Gabriel reassured her: “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and his kingdom will never end” (Luke 1:30-33 NCV/KJV)
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God asked for consent?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 05, 2026 05:56 PM (zafwz)
Fake news. Colonial police were badasses. The current UK police are incompetent retards. Listen to the video of Nowak dying. The cops definitely went to school on the short bus.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:56 PM (vYYHg)
The thng that always happens is this:
Many os the "tourist hotels" (like Hyatt and Hilton" advertise themselves as being "on Union Square" (i.e.the center of town). but in reality they're two or three blocks off Union Square -- in nthe bad direction, rest nex to the Tenderloin.
So what happens 500 times a day, every day, is that a new tourist family checks in to one of the hotels, steps outside for the first time headed for Union Squaremand rthe cable cars -- but briefkly can't get their directinal bearings, and instead turn the wrong way, and within 50 yards find themselves knee-deep in fentanyll addicts and human feces.
This literally happen more frequently that any tourist going the right direction, and is the reasn SF has such a bad reputation.
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 05:56 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 05:46 PM (GhIJO)
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When will the Great White American Pope be calling for and demanding the release of nine Catholic Bishops under arrest in Chy-na along with Jimmy Lai?
* Doesn't hold breath *
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:56 PM (+mTA5)
"And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word." - Luke 1:38
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 05:56 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 05:42 PM (gjKW7)
Yeah, this is not a Christian church; they've killed a Christian church and are wearing its skin...
Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 05, 2026 05:57 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Harcourt Fenton Mudd at June 05, 2026 05:57 PM (xl8DV)
Good to have you back with us. I'd heard you'd gotten tattooed and died.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Harcourt Fenton Mudd at June 05, 2026 05:57 PM (xl8DV)
Yoko Ono is why some guys decide to go all in on Canadian Health care...
Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 05, 2026 05:58 PM (l3cgK)
What woman in her right mind is going to turn that down?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 05:58 PM (gnNyN)
If she is on some model payroll its a payoff to Kamaunist
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 05:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 05:55 PM (Dd38x)
It might actually be an improvement if she tied the bandana around her hair, and put on some overalls like she’s about to paint the walls.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 05:59 PM (6ydKt)
-- As in "What is it"?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 05:35 PM (qx7Zg)
LOL
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (FtULh)
Perfect response.
Posted by: javems at June 05, 2026 05:59 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 05:40 PM (RIvkX)
Starmer is using the SPLC playbook. If 'right-wing' protestors aren't being violent, send the riot cops at them to incite violence and get BBC video clips Starmer will use to denounce a 'right-wing' protest as so violent, police had to forcibly subdue many violent protestors.
Always remember that video clips provided by politicians, the media, U-tubers and Tik-Tokers, and 'citizen observers,' do not show what happened prior to or after the edited clip. We saw this many times with 'citizen observer' video clips of the shootings of two anti-ICE 'demonstrators' in Minneapolis early this year.
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 06:00 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Emmie at June 05, 2026 05:55 PM (FMtrg)
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I should have started a grift called "White Lives Don't Matter" six years ago. Hell, I would have secured multi-million dollar NFL, NBA, and MLB contracts within days ...
/only half-joking
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:00 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2026 06:00 PM (dtajH)
Actually, in the video, she seems to have a fairly pretty face. But the tats detract from that, and she appears to have no femininity to her figure at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05
I will give credit where credit is due, when she is fit, she has incredible legs.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:01 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 06:01 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (1z8ji)
I get major Ralphie Wiggum vibes off her. Nothing without her dad's money.
'I'm a super hero...er..super model!'
Posted by: Nelly at June 05, 2026 06:01 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 06:01 PM (gjKW7)
I mean, I’ll never understand tattoos period, but on women?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 06:01 PM (W+v90)
Good to have you back with us. I'd heard you'd gotten tattooed and died.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 05:58 PM
I am posting from the great beyond via star link.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:02 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 05, 2026 05:56 PM (zafwz)
They are taking Mary's immediate and earnest response at the annunciation, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word" and twisting it into an excuse for evil. Where Eve faltered, Mary, the new Eve was perfectly obedient. A model for everyone, and they twist it.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 06:02 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 06:02 PM (0sNs1)
What is It? Alright
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:02 PM
Do they have kale there?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 06:03 PM (0sNs1)
How stupid is it as the weekend starts?
CNN - Tapper - Platner scandals
MS Now - another Trump 'scandal' yawn. Statue of Liberty. DOJ. Whatever.
FoxNews - Platner -
CBC - Trump - new tariffs.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 06:03 PM (Sco7b)
On this topic, I will leave you this quote from a Moron more articulate than I :
"I'm pulling for Katie. She's a hideously ugly, retarded hypercunt. I love her. She barely even qualifies as human. She's a dull-eyed dairy cow, but with a spark of simian malevolence that shines dimly through the haze of perpetual
bovine confusion. I bet she forgets to bathe for days at a stretch and then beats her maid with an old femur bone because everything always seems to smell bad.
She is the leader California deserves, and I just can't get enough of her."
Posted by: a.moron at June 05, 2026 06:03 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 06:04 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 06:02 PM (3uBP9)
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That's a very good point.
Eve listened to the Serpent and thus caused the Fall of all mankind.
Mary listened to God and ushered in our Salvation into this world.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 06:04 PM (gnNyN)
On your knees,
On your fuckin' knees
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 05:49 PM (Sy6m/)
Fine. Get on your elbows.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 05, 2026 06:05 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05, 2026 06:05 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Emmie at June 05, 2026 06:06 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Rust at June 05, 2026 06:06 PM (Tmkv1)
The shopping app? No. I should probably look at it, though. I have a few go to places plus I have access to wholesale sites so I tend to go where I know. Not a good excuse!
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:07 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 06:07 PM (JQmtK)
Well, an "incident" on the ISS earlier today. NASA ordered all our astronauts (and our includes everybody but the Russians) to take shelter in the Dragon capsule.
The problem is a leaky Rooskie module. It has a docking port and is developing cracks due to 20+ years of the bumping due to the docking.
They thought they had the leaks under control, but another popped up today. NASA strongly disagrees with the Rooskies patching/sealing method, saying it's very risky. The Rooskies say we're a bunch of pussies. So, NASA had our guys hole up the Dragon while the Rooskies did their repair method.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 06:07 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: The Ghost of PugBoo at June 05, 2026 06:07 PM (HueKi)
Posted by: Rust at June 05, 2026 06:06 PM (Tmkv1)
Oh shoot!
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at June 05, 2026 06:07 PM (l3cgK)
Cackle .............. Cackle ............... Cackle...............
Posted by: Kami Harris at June 05, 2026 06:08 PM (USZhS)
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Started with the oysters, went downhill from there.
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 06:08 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 06:01 PM (gjKW7)
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"The Tramp Stamp."
Perhaps the saddest day in my life was seeing one such abomination tattooed above my my step-daughter's ass (once she went off to "college") about 30 years ago.
Ugh.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:08 PM (+mTA5)
Cackle .............. Cackle ............... Cackle...............
Posted by: Kami Harris at June 05, 2026 06:08 PM (USZhS)
"Walking on Thin Ice" is a greatest-hits compilation of Yoko Ono 's work from 1971-85.
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at June 05, 2026 06:09 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:46 PM (5P5DO)
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I saw that dear and thank you but no such apologies are needed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 06:09 PM (RIvkX)
Cackle .............. Cackle ............... Cackle...............
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On the same 8-bit iPod with Obama's Greatest Speeches.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:09 PM (+mTA5)
Without even looking it up, I can promise that the "church" Tanrico attends is the liberal Presbyterian USA branch. The Prebyterian Church of America (of which I grew up) and Orthodox Presbyterians are anti-abortion and not woke. I left the Presbyterian USA church in FL not peacefully and standing up to them.
As a new Roman Catholic I will still defend the conservative branches of Presbyterians. The liberal ones have gone the way of Lutherans and Unitarians.
Kamala's step daughter is certainly not model material. Money bought her a job. Her tattoos look like mine did with Silly Putty and the colored comic section of our newspaper when I was a wild and feral girlie.
Have a good weekend, Ace, and thanks for all you do. I wished you a good weekend on Wednesday because I took a rare nap and was disoriented to time. I figured, hey, might as well wish it daily at this point! Have fun with your crows!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 06:10 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05
The homeless druggies may just take care of the problem themselves.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:10 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Case at June 05, 2026 06:11 PM (4Pn+V)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2026 06:11 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:07 PM (Dd38x)
Pay them no mind, Piper. They are just jealous!
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 06:11 PM (GD0B3)
>>Over seven in ten people in France believe that crime is 'out of control'
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In yet another example of the masses being in direct conflict with the masters. How do we get here? How do we get out?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:13 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar's Aprentice at June 05, 2026 06:13 PM (l3cgK)
Pay them no mind, Piper. They are just jealous!
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 06:11 PM (GD0B3
Of my amazing proof reading abilities?
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:14 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 05:54 PM (wzUl9)
All i remember is 5 head bushy eyebrows, tats and she dressed like a r*tard elementary school kid. I guess she could have dipped her self in Platner Porta Potty juice to make herself more unf*ckable but I felt zero interest in her as a female member of the species.
Posted by: Nelly at June 05, 2026 06:15 PM (6+ehB)
https://youtu.be/bfZvHuh7wKM
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar's Aprentice at June 05, 2026 06:13 PM (l3cgK)
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"It's A Crap!"
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:15 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:14 PM (Dd38x)
No! Of your...superpowers!
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 06:16 PM (GD0B3)
At first I was surprised that it was CBS covering that Medicaid fraudster, but then I saw it's a white guy. All systems go!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:16 PM (n7rxJ)
Select public school districts have moved to install tampon dispensers in at least one male student restroom, aligning with broader pushes for menstrual equity and inclusivity.
And now, they are half way to writing this into law :
NY Democrats just passed a bill to call mothers "gestating parents" and fathers "non-gestating parents."
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Should this law pass, will they remove the tampon dispensers from male restrooms of the public school system. And, if they don't can a concerned citizen file a fraud and waste claim against the City of New York?
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 06:17 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Case at June 05, 2026 06:11 PM (4Pn+V)
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As much as I hate the Feral Gubmint spending, I would be in favor of ONE-WAY TICKETS and PERMANENT PASSPORT REVOCATIONS for all Anti-American Scumbags who hate the country -- ideally to North Korea.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:18 PM (+mTA5)
Bada boop bada beep beep beep bada boop bada beep...
Posted by: Karen Bass, L.A. Mayor For Life at June 05, 2026 06:18 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
If doesn't matter whether one would.
The point is that she could have, and didn't.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 06:18 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 05, 2026 06:19 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 05:56 PM (Av6i5)
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"It's getting better!" they shrieked over and over.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 06:19 PM (RIvkX)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident ...
That All Bloods are Created Equal."
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:20 PM (+mTA5)
Would you believe a quiet sonic boom? NASA just went supersonic with the Lockheed-Martin X-59, a smidge above Mach 1. The design is supposed to make a quiet, or less loud sonic boom, a wider "thump" rather than a sharp crack.
It's supposed to sound about like a car door slamming when it hits the ground.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 06:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 05, 2026 06:19 PM (nbLIj)
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lol
I only stuck around to see if she was going to barbecue and eat the dog ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:21 PM (+mTA5)
I'm watching that fraud story. It's wild. The guy had 6 prior fraud convictions and he was out on bond when he started his latest, $170m scheme.
$1 trillion/year of US taxpayer money goes to criminal groups via fraud. Dear God. Over 70% winds up in the hands of trans-national criminals. Human trafficking, drugs, threats to democracy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:21 PM (n7rxJ)
bovine confusion. I bet she forgets to bathe for days at a stretch and then beats her maid with an old femur bone because everything always seems to smell bad.
She is the leader California deserves, and I just can't get enough of her."
That's beautiful! Beautiful! (wipes tear from cheek)
Posted by: Comedy Gold at June 05, 2026 06:22 PM (z20w/)
It's supposed to sound about like a car door slamming when it hits the ground.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 06:20 PM (w6EFb)
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Growing up in Las Vegas in the 60s and 70s -- with Nellis Air Force Base and The Thunderbirds practicing right down the highway to the east -- we had multiple sonic booms daily.
Good times -- good times, with the windows rattling. It felt pretty bad-ass to be an American back then ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:23 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: banana Dream - KIT LIKE A BOSS at June 05, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)
-- As in "What is it"?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 05:35 PM (qx7Zg)
Oblig.:
Faith No More - Epic (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/ZG_k5CSYKhg
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 06:24 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 06:24 PM (wzUl9)
$38T
You're being robbed blind.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 06:24 PM (jehhT)
bovine confusion. I bet she forgets to bathe for days at a stretch and then beats her maid with an old femur bone because everything always seems to smell bad.
She is the leader California deserves, and I just can't get enough of her."
Posted by: a.moron at June 05, 2026 06:03 PM (X5Jzz)
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Pure poetry.
And why I love this place ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:24 PM (+mTA5)
bovine confusion. I bet she forgets to bathe for days at a stretch and then beats her maid with an old femur bone because everything always seems to smell bad.
She is the leader California deserves, and I just can't get enough of her."
That's beautiful! Beautiful! (wipes tear from cheek)
Posted by: Comedy Gold at June 05, 2026 06:22 PM (z20w/)
She's still waiting for the Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 06:25 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05
High tolerance from going from painkillers to heroin to fentanyl to the new stuff, then they will eventually have to move on to the next new drug.
If they don't OD first.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 06:26 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 06:26 PM (RIvkX)
"Christians for Moloch" is a take. What would Augustine think?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 05:42 PM (gjKW7)
More than a take.
It represents reality of their "church".
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 06:26 PM (iJfKG)
She reminds me a bit of Markle the Yacht Girl Ho.
First of all, she's nothing compared to most of the girls I went to HS with.
I was of the supermodel status of others but I refused to sleep with people.
Which would normally bring me to the Weinstein 3 but I will refrain.
I had offers in college to be flown to California by two agencies. My mother said no. My mother said no to a lot of things, which probably saved my life. Even with her over 1000 miles away I would always know she'd say no and I was a good girl. Wild stuff but good in other ways of knowing my worth. And it was not for fame. She even said no to Revlon wanting to take photos of just my eyes. I felt that to be no big deal but she still said no.
To this day I don't take selfies unless there's a reason like my grands. I don't like to look at photos of myself, altho they are still good.
My husband stinks at selfies as well and we almost ended it all from a hotel balcony in Vienna trying to get St. Stephen's in the background with parts of our faces laughing.
To video myself like sad Emhoff's spawn is simply, well, sad.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 06:27 PM (WONhk)
And watch for Luigi Mangione to be the VP.
It's all gamed out.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 05, 2026 06:28 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 06:28 PM (zZu0s)
bovine confusion. I bet she forgets to bathe for days at a stretch and then beats her maid with an old femur bone because everything always seems to smell bad.
She is the leader California deserves, and I just can't get enough of her."
That's beautiful! Beautiful! (wipes tear from cheek)
Posted by: Comedy Gold at June 05, 2026 06:22 PM (z20w/)
*Chefs kiss*
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 05, 2026 06:28 PM (6xukV)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 05, 2026 06:28 PM (Q/FnY)
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Pure poetry.
And why I love this place ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:24 PM (+mTA5)
Holy hell. I am dying over here right now
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 06:28 PM (0aYVJ)
The thing about It Model Emhoff is that she exhibits zero, none, nada style or grace or femininity in that video.
I find it hard to believe that anyone hires her for any modeling.
Well, maybe for one of those shoots where they have one model up close, one in the middle distance, and one far away.
She'd be the "far away" every time.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 06:30 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 06:24 PM (wzUl9)
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I just ordered it, since we now live in a very rural area.
the rental is included in the monthly price of 55, 85, or 120 bucks a month.
Twenty bucks when I ordered it, for shipping.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:30 PM (7AnIg)
This video is to get her name back out there as relevant. The focus is her new back tattoo, in case y’all were not aware as to what we are supposed to be gasping over.
Posted by: Piper
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WHY is IMG trying to make her happen? Someone thinks that Kamala might make a comeback?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:31 PM (n7rxJ)
That All Bloods are Created Equal."
Posted by: ShainS
What you say, bish?
Posted by: Crips at June 05, 2026 06:32 PM (vJrRc)
CNBC Politics
U.S. Senate passes $70 billion ICE funding
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 06:32 PM (rbvCR)
And why I love this place ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:24 PM (+mTA5)
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Aye, mate!
I love it because I can be as insane as I feel like on any given day (some are worse than others) and no one judges. It is a rare and special blog by our Ace the Crow Leader.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 06:33 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 05, 2026 05:52 PM (XvL8K)
Couldn't hear the music over the sound of my own screaming. Glad I couldn't because that would have ruined Booker T and the MGs for me..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 05, 2026 06:33 PM (nbLIj)
I'm at edibles.
Nbc - space station
Abc - stabbed actor
Cbs - platner
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 06:33 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:31 PM (n7rxJ)
They aren’t. She is. Like I said, she hasn’t had a paying modeling job since 2024.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (Dd38x)
the rental is included in the monthly price of 55, 85, or 120 bucks a month.
Twenty bucks when I ordered it, for shipping.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:30 PM (7AnIg)
That's not too bad.
I pay over $100/month for AT&T 1gig fiber.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (6ydKt)
I don't think that's true. I think the reason they didn't believe him was the killer's brother called them and established a narrative about Nowak calling him a naughty word, which is against the law in the UK. He didn't, of course, say anything about stabbing.
So the whole interaction was mapped out in the minds of the cops before they even arrived. Some drunk yob was harassing someone and got roughed up for his trouble. When they arrived the father was holding Nowak up against a wall, complaining that he refused to stand. Not "couldn't stand": "refused to stand". So when he slumped down, the cops thought he was drunk. When they asked Nowak where he'd been stabbed, he couldn't tell them, so it played into the story they were hearing.
Were the cops lazy and unprofessional? Sure. But never underestimate the strength of getting your version of events out first.
Posted by: Ace's liver at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (B9Dv5)
I dunno. I hate a lot of motherfuckers here. Just saying.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (vYYHg)
Everyone here that I hate is either an alien or TWANLOC, Those Who Are No Longer Our Countrymen. There are some of my countrymen that I have spite and contempt for, sure, goddamn thieving cocksuckers that they are. But hate I reserve for the enemies of My People, not the worthless fucknuggets within them.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (5P5DO)
My last night in Illinois!
Tomorrow, we convoy to Missouri, to our homestead less than a half mile from the grandkids!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (7AnIg)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:31 PM (n7rxJ)
They aren’t. She is. Like I said, she hasn’t had a paying modeling job since 2024.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (Dd38x)
She's the Yoko Ono of Modeling...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 06:35 PM (+gA9j)
They aren’t. She is. Like I said, she hasn’t had a paying modeling job since 2024.
Posted by: Piper
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Ohhh, when you said that vid was to "get her out there" I thought you meant IMG was trying to. But SHE'S trying to. Wow. That girl has even less talent, marketing savvy, and fashion sense than I thought. Good LORD that is a backfire.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:35 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 06:35 PM (+gA9j)
Sounds more like a coven...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2026 06:35 PM (l3cgK)
Cock-sucking, nanny-state retards.
That's not offensive. I'm putting it in a bill.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)
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If the bill is signed, it will say "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent". Only a matter of time before it's reconstructed as "gestating organism" or "non-gestating organism".
Socialism's march to turning human beings into livestock is relentless and on-going.
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 06:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 06:37 PM (5P5DO)
And why I love this place ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:24 PM (+mTA5)
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Aye, mate!
I love it because I can be as insane as I feel like on any given day (some are worse than others) and no one judges. It is a rare and special blog by our Ace the Crow Leader.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 06:33 PM (WONhk)
I have been "here" for over 20 years. There are many reasons. And, having met some of the fine people of the Horde only adds to that.
AoSHQ is my go-to for the news of the day.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 06:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2026 06:35 PM (l3cgK)
Yes…. From the pit of hell
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 06:37 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK)
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There's a great scene in the Peter Jackson mini-series documentary "The Beatles: Get Back" after George quits the band.
McCartney looks linto the camera and says (something like): "50 years from now, they will say that The Band broke up because Yoko sat on an amp."
He just about nailed it ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:38 PM (+mTA5)
Civilian supersonic flight over US soil was effectively banned in '73. Trump signed a executive order reducing those restrictions to something based on loudness at ground level, not just air speed.
This X-59 is testing tech they hope to use for commercial overland supersonic flight one day. The big sonic boom (and ridiculous costs) were what killed the Concorde.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 05, 2026 06:38 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (7AnIg)
My Mom's family came from St. Charles county. Granted, they left for Oregon in 1845
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 06:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ace's liver at June 05, 2026 06:34 PM (B9Dv5)
They were being professional as they were trained to be.
That's what a lot of commentators in the UK are talking about; the police there have been trained to favor the minority over the whites when things like this happens.
It's not just the individual cops that are the problem there, it's the entire system built around protecting non-whites, see the grooming rape gangs for example, which was also overlooked, hidden, and covered up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 06:39 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 06:40 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 06:40 PM (/+uur)
JK. Serious congratulations, SMH.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 06:40 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:35 PM (n7rxJ)
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Talafreako/Emhoff 2028 -- We Put The Exhaust Into Backfire!
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:41 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 06:41 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 06:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 06:39 PM (rbvCR)
And then died of dysentery
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 05, 2026 06:42 PM (zafwz)
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The associated video shows her holding a dog - with his balls cut off.
How appropriate.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 05, 2026 06:42 PM (ezP9C)
That Emhoff person is being used and abused by everybody in her life.
Posted by: Eromero
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I'm sure she's doing her share of using and abusing. I'd hate to be her daddy. Or her dog.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 06:42 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 06:42 PM (gDlxJ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 06:40 PM (/+uur)
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"Really, do white boys even deserve to live? Reparations, yo!"
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 06:42 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 06:43 PM (5P5DO)
Call out "Wagon's Ho" when your convoy rolls out, if you like.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 06:43 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 05, 2026 06:46 PM (7AnIg)
Then our pastor left us hanging. About 30 couples fought to get out of this denomination. I defied the head honcho who visited from Orlando and he cut my mic when I questioned their stance on abortion. This was in front of 300 people of our church.
I took the fall because we were moving West in 2015 and I knew who my friends were. Someone had to do it.
The temporary male pastor did not like me. The last sermon before the vote was by an assistant who had a lesbo sister. None of us had even met the lesbo sister and her tribe, but it was declared to our faces that they were not welcome. I had no idea who was gay or not in that church, but I did not want a homo in the pulpit, and that's what it was about.
The ass. pastor swayed the elderly by lying and saying we were all against gheys. I came very close to standing up and protesting during the sermon but I was well known enough, thanks.
The vote was very close. I think now cheating. 30 couples left the next day.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 06:46 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: TJ jackson at June 05, 2026 06:46 PM (bXvrr)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 06:47 PM (Ia/+0)
I call it "Fagriculture".
It is the cultivation of a homosexual (and now trans- and "other"-sexua)l culture amongst the youth of America and the western world, in order to destroy faith, family, and ultimately western society.
It is one of the most important tools in the Marxist toolbox, and has been grudgingly accepted as a tool by their islamist allies, although now that the islamists in the West are starting to see it seep into their OWN children's lives (especially via public schools), they are starting to stand up against it.
Posted by: UncleJefe at June 05, 2026 06:54 PM (gAuAm)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 06:39 PM (rbvCR)
And then died of dysentery
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 05, 2026 06:42 PM (zafwz)
My 4-Great Grandpa was killed by Osage Indians near his homestead in St. Charles County in 1803. He moved there around 1790 under a grant from the Spanish...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2026 06:56 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 05, 2026 06:56 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 07:18 PM (ZVgZ4)
Vote Harder, Euroweenies!
I guess Germany as well, but the Greens may have banned matches and lighters.
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 05, 2026 08:44 PM (ELUAs)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 07:18 PM (ZVgZ4)
I've never heard of this one. Wow!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 09:20 PM (WONhk)
Not sure where this came from, but the Sikh father told the cops he was holding Henry up because his mouth kept filling up with blood.
Also, it has come out (video of course suppressed) that the killer, Vikram, spent several minutes After he stabbed Henry, filming his victim and taunting him. That's why his shitty family had time to make it to the scene, take the murder weapon and hide it at home, and so on.
The poor lad was saying "I can't breathe" 11 times, and "I've been stabbed" 5 times.
The "cops" were guilty of depraved indifference to human life. May They Rot.
Posted by: Beverly at June 06, 2026 02:37 AM (reMys)
Oh No! Scott Pelley May Lead Parade of Communists Out the Doors of CBS to Start a New Communist "News" Organization
They're going to form a Super Socialist Substack, Dylan Byers warns us.
Newsmax:Meanwhile, three other leftwing propagandists in danger of being fired -- Leslie "we won't bother to verify the Hunter Biden Laptop, that's your job" Stahl, Bill Whitaker (who "interviewed" Kamala Harris in that sliced-and-diced advertisement that got CBS sued) and Jon Wertheim -- say that they're going to stay at 60 Minutes and not quit in solidarity because they're seriously overpaid and could not get work anywhere else. Oh that's the real reason, not the admitted one. The fake reason they give is that they have to stay and fight the corrupt "leadership" from the inside. Note that they wrote an initial draft announcing they were staying on, which attacked the "leadership" without naming names. That's because Weiss and Bilton have reaffirmed the basic rule that direct insubordination is, was, and always will be a fireable offense. So they took the coward's way out and grumbled about unnamed parties in "leadership." But they were even more cowardly than that, because they tore up that "initial" draft and just... leaked it to political ally Dylan Byers.
The firing of "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley could be just the tip of the iceberg at the venerable news magazine. ... Dylan Byers, a media reporter at Puck, a digital news company, warned more departures could be coming during an appearance on MS NOW. Along with Pelley, correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega were recently fired and correspondent Anderson Cooper departed. "No one has left the building at '60 Minutes' without some version of what Scott did, some sort of criticism toward the new management, and indeed the new ownership about the direction of the show," Byers said. "It is very difficult to see how this new leadership is able to usher '60 Minutes' as it has existed in the past into the future," Byers added. "We only have three remaining correspondents there. I know that they currently are deliberating over what they are going to do. "It's very possible that we're going to arrive at a moment here in a matter of weeks, if not days, where there is no existing talent left at '60 Minutes' and they are going to have to build this back up from scratch."
Dylan ByersSuch heroes!
@DylanByers NEW: The initial draft of the Stahl-Whitaker-Wertheim letter read like a full-throated rejection of CBS leadership, accusing their "overlords" of using "chilling" and "callous" tactics--all of it omitted from final memo. It also did not include any language about Nick Bilton...
"60 Minutes" correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said Friday that they planned to stay on at the newsmagazine, capping days of turmoil for the show. "We have had a hard time deciding whether to stay," the three wrote in a memo to their colleagues at the program, before adding: "We don't want to see '60 Minutes' die."60 Minutes would die without them, you guys. The graveyards are filled with indispensable men. There's room for three or four more.
Fuck you. Weiss and Bilton should fire them for leaking the insubordinate initial draft, and for accusing them of running 60 Minutes like "a dictatorship" in the cowardly re-write they did wind up publishing.
They wrote that they were still "deeply upset by the firings" of executive producer Tanya Simon and high-ranking producer Draggan Mihailovich, whom they called "strong leaders who everyone respected." Their colleague Scott Pelley was fired earlier this week after he challenged the newsmagazine's new executive producer over the recent firings. The longtime correspondents said that "as far as we can tell," those leaders were fired because "they fought for our '60 Minutes' values and stood up to protect our independence and integrity." "Newsrooms are not supposed to be run like dictatorships," they added in the memo, obtained by NBC News. "Collaboration and argument are the way we have always worked at 60."
Former CBS News investigative reporter @SharylAttkisson tells me she's shocked it took 60 Minutes this long to fire Scott Pelley:
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) June 4, 2026
"Scott Pelley was not a popular anchor in terms of his skill as an anchor as well as his personality... Quite a while before they removed him, I was… pic.twitter.com/gtRjsToRqe
Former CBS News investigative reporter @SharylAttkisson tells me she's shocked it took 60 Minutes this long to fire Scott Pelley:
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) June 4, 2026
"Scott Pelley was not a popular anchor in terms of his skill as an anchor as well as his personality... Quite a while before they removed him, I was… pic.twitter.com/gtRjsToRqe
“Tiffany Justice read from explicit books.”
— Tiffany Justice (@4TiffanyJustice) June 5, 2026
Yes, I did. Watch my lips when I’m reading and you can see me say dildo and vagina.
I stopped at one point and asked @ScottPelley if he wanted me to continue. He said yes, if I wanted to.
So I did.
Incest, rape, pedophilia-…
Bragging that you initiated a chain of events that made your enemy 1000x more successful is a very, very funny thing to do https://t.co/q4Yyu5IPKM
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) June 4, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 04:32 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:32 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: brak at June 05, 2026 04:35 PM (sCxmP)
/Progda FTW!
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (+mTA5)
Hah, was just thinking that.
Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 05, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 04:35 PM (Av6i5)
Good for them!
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ydfK0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ydfK0)
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He should send the gangs after the Bears.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: ace at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: ace at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)
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The Fury Road to this Valhalla is much less exciting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (kX27y)
/Progda FTW!
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (+mTA5)
Hah, was just thinking that.
Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 05, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)
"Izvestia" would also work, but doesn't have the sam familiarity as a Soviet News/Propaganda arm.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Oh that's the real reason, not the admitted one. The fake reason they give is that they have to stay and fight the corrupt "leadership" from the inside.
They could stay, but donate 100% of their bloated salaries to fighting "the man". Nahhhhhhhh.
Posted by: Scott Pelley, MoH recipient at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Dd38x)
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So, they can be bought.
I hope Weiss gets them to do stories about how Democrat politicians framed Trump as a Russian asset that they have to do in a way that meets Weiss' editorial standards.
For the lulz.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:38 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Dd38x)
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I still don't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (KbEzc)
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Thank Goodness this is not policy at AoSHQ; I can't imagine how the COBs would survive without their generous salaries and benefits.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ydfK0
Why? His Gov did a press conference and all but said let them go, we don’t care.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (gjKW7)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (Av6i5)
Same.
He looks like the kind of guy who keeps his Tiny Shoe Collection in his Crawlspace.
Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (P0D9r)
I wouldn't even call them "disgraced", so much as exposed for the nonentities they are. Lesley Stahl never had any skill other than big sweater puppies and a pretty face. She's a bit long in the tooth for that now (84). Hell, she's positively Jurassic.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t)
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And 1000 times as many Democrat voters!
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:40 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (Av6i5)
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I think if 1/3 of broadcast news goes moderate instead of arch-leftist, it could end up having larger electoral effects than Musk buying Twitter.
4-7 million braindead, and high propensity voter, LIVs suddenly getting the skinny that Democrats aren't always right?
Plus the sharing of clips online?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Bender "Bending" Rodriguez at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (gnNyN)
283 78 A defense atty on FOX said the protesters aren't helping Karmelo & could be hurting him.
Posted by: mnw
The angry mob nullification tactic worked against Chauvin.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (lf2F9)
They also strong-armed the medical examiner, IIRC. There was a lot more going on, but let's set that aside.
Chauvin was convicted, and voting "not guilty" is emotionally different than voting "guilty", so emotional manipulation tactics do not work the same in both directions.
I'm with the defense attorney; the angry, pro-crime protestors are likely to help Karmelo get convicted. Just like Chauvin.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (Gsi9P)
Posted by: Steven J at June 05, 2026 04:42 PM (hyQrc)
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This is about Barack Obama and Donald Trump, amirite?
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:42 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 04:42 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:32 PM
The left doesn't understand multi-order consequences, so they are completely unable to connect their actions to Weiss's current position.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 05, 2026 04:42 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Bender "Bending" Rodriguez
It'll all be whores like Stahl.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:42 PM (gjKW7)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 04:43 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 05, 2026 04:42 PM (XHO5P)
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"I voted for the good guys and my life got worse when they won. This is probably Trump's fault."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:43 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 04:44 PM (PlyG6)
Not to mention the news networks. All the OTHER lefty sources out there. Why should anyone watch them?
It's like all the black shows that showed up on tv after Saint Floyd checked out. That was a lot of pandering to a very small number of people.
Even DisneyChannel went all BET and those shows lasted a season and were gone.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 04:44 PM (Sco7b)
Substack gonna be poppin' with new great commentary!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Kennedy School of Government nabs another superstar.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:44 PM (n7rxJ)
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I did unfortunately. My better half watches 60 minutes every Sunday. I know when Pelley had a story, it was going to be a hit piece against Trump or R's in general.
Posted by: WisRich at June 05, 2026 04:44 PM (G0vdT)
Bwahahahaha. A collaboration of communists is not exactly objective.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05, 2026 04:44 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 04:45 PM (Sco7b)
it has all the social relevance and vitality of a No Kings rally
Posted by: brak at June 05, 2026 04:45 PM (sCxmP)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Dd38x)
Fuck you.
Agreed
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (FxH7T)
Not because they want to. Which is what they're doing now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (jehhT)
Was going to comment on the good old days before 60 minutes was garbage, but no, all 5 decades I can remember have been garbage.
Interweb says the show started in 68. Anyone remember if the first 7 years were not garbage?
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at June 05, 2026 04:47 PM (0hu/3)
She said
, “freedom of the press is dead.”
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (W2Pud)
Hope she’s not alllowed to dispense Meds.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:47 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Archimedes
......
minor addendum
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 04:47 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: SMOD
At first, I read that as stunted
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 04:47 PM (FxH7T)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 04:47 PM (JQmtK)
ain't that what done in bari weiss at the ny times?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ydfK0)
He was born stunned.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Dd38x)
Being a ghost is hard work, isn't it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Bender "Bending" Rodriguez at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (gnNyN)
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He could hire Hunter Biden and throw in some DeLoreans and Blow.
Call it "Gone in 60 Seconds ..."
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 04:49 PM (LHPAg)
Is there anyway we could remove the "Super" and replace it with WHINY SOCIALIST SUBSTACK....or W-SS for Waffen SS? Permanent ink is tough to remove.
Thank you in advance,
Sincerely,
Graham Platner
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 04:49 PM (dIske)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Gqar
No, La Marseillaise.
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 04:49 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Dd38x)
Being a ghost is hard work, isn't it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (qx7Zg)
A nice, refreshing Kalesicle would hit the spot.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:49 PM (Gqar8)
No, they prefer to sing the other French revolutionary song, The Mayonnaise.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)
Blue on Blue, heartache to heartache...
The old left is under attack from the commies, Popcorn for dinner tonight.
Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2026 04:49 PM (Y8DZL)
A mass grave of communists?
An abortion of communists
Posted by: save the wails at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (jrgJz)
I predict that State will soon issue a travel advisory warning for Britain.
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Dd38x)
Being a ghost is hard work, isn't it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (qx7Zg)
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Tumor cancer cells exhibit a voracious appetite for nutrients, particularly glucose and fructose, a metabolic trait known as the Warburg effect that allows them to fuel rapid division and growth.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (+mTA5)
"I voted for the good guys and my life got worse when they won. This is probably Trump's fault."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I was musing t'other day on lefties' response to MAGA that "America was never great to begin with." What, not great during Obama's two terms? And say, why couldn't that great man secure a Democrat successor -- one he'd had in his administration no less -- much less a permanent Democrat majority? How is it that he failed to persuade a nation to follow him?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (JQmtK)
translation: you won't get make stuff up and slant the news to fit your personal biases. i wonder how the big three news people are reporting the splc indictment
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (CWTWj)
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You guys need some ideas ??
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 04:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Dd38x)
THANK YOU
Not just me, then. Also, congratulations on your rapid recovery from your nearly fatal typo!
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 04:51 PM (Sy6m/)
Dennis Miller and Colin Quinn to anchor, "60 minutes."
.
You heard it here first ... because I made it up ... just like all of the, "60 Minutes," stories for the last four decades.
Posted by: Marooned at June 05, 2026 04:51 PM (kt8QE)
A mass grave of communists?
An abortion of communists
Posted by: save the wails at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (jrgJz)
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A Murder of Communists.
/Crows hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:51 PM (+mTA5)
I predict that State will soon issue a travel advisory warning for Britain.
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (dtajH)
Might not be a bad idea, actually.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:51 PM (Gqar8)
No, they prefer to sing the other French revolutionary song, The Mayonnaise.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Hah!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:51 PM (n7rxJ)
I predict that State will soon issue a travel advisory warning for Britain.
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (dtajH)
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Starmer's also on the warpath against Musk.
Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 04:52 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 04:47 PM (JQmtK
I celebrate with chocolate like a Palestinian on 9-11 that they refused to air whenever these bastards die, so you're probably good.
I'm hangry too.
KFC .... meal for 2.... $12.99 Canadian...hmmmm.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 04:52 PM (Sco7b)
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i dont know about Martel, but Sobieski is sold in 32,64 oz and also the 1.75 Handle.
Posted by: paxmerican at June 05, 2026 04:52 PM (ADssA)
I had no idea who Scott Pelley was until this event.
Posted by: Piper
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Same! Same for a couple of these other departing superstars.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:52 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Elon channeling Smithers at June 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)
Mayor Johnson is incapable of reading at a 6th grade level.
I am sorry for an in-law with sweet season tickets at Soldier Field.
Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: MS NOW at June 05, 2026 04:53 PM (UjdFS)
— Within the overall information-scape "television" is an irrelevant, antiquated format. The vast majority of people these days get their information from "the Internet" in its various aspects, not from television.
— Within the irrelevant subset of "television," broadcast network television is the most irrelevant format.
— Within the irrelevant sub-subset of broadcast network television, CBS is a ludicrous dinosaur network, with a tiny dwindling audience of super-seniors.
— Within the irrelevant sub-sub-subset of CBS, 60 Minutes is the most irrelevant show of all, still coasting after 40+ years on the undeserved credibility the show baselessly accrued in the '70s and '80s with some juvenile hit pieces that in retrospect were just garbage propaganda.
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 05, 2026 04:54 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (JQmtK)
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The Indiana Gears?
/[h/t to one of my favorite films -- "Breaking Away" -- set in Bloomington, IN]
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:54 PM (+mTA5)
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those complaining of persons being sacked, have been sacked
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 04:54 PM (ZxPkt)
— Within the overall information-scape "television" is an irrelevant, antiquated format. The vast majority of people these days get their information from "the Internet" in its various aspects, not from television.
— Within the irrelevant subset of "television," broadcast network television is the most irrelevant format.
— Within the irrelevant sub-subset of broadcast network television, CBS is a ludicrous dinosaur network, with a tiny dwindling audience of super-seniors.
— Within the irrelevant sub-sub-subset of CBS, 60 Minutes is the most irrelevant show of all, still coasting after 40+ years on the undeserved credibility the show baselessly accrued in the '70s and '80s with some juvenile hit pieces that in retrospect were just garbage propaganda.
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Av6i5)
Excellent reductionism, zombie.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (JQmtK)
Bare-backs?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (Gsi9P)
While still wide open for issues, the cars won’t shut down, they may not start, or they go into a low power mode. This was passed in 2021. Europe requires this, too, so some of the technology is already in cars. Much of the required technology doesn’t exist, or at least it isn’t great, so will be interesting to see what gets pushed back as a result.
By the way, your driving habits are already shared with your insurance companies, to include hard breaking, speed, acceleration, etc. through telematics.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (Gqar8)
https://tinyurl.com/35r3h8ur
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Piper
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I bet that freaked everybody out when you sat up in your coffin at the funeral and said that.
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (UjdFS)
I am hungry. I need a snack.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Dd38x)
Hungry Ghosts are a Japanese thing.
Stay in your lane!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (iJfKG)
She said
, “freedom of the press is dead.”
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (W2Pud)
Suggested response: "Next step is to round up all the Communists and gas them. Better hightail it to Cuba while you have the chance."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:57 PM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (ZxPkt)
Nah, doesn’t have a ring to it.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:57 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ZeH0U)
I predict they'll have the same success as that talk-radio network that was founded as a counter to right wing talk radio - Air America was it? I think the lying liar from Minnesota was involved...Failed comedian Al something or other
Al Franken
Memory not working too good today.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 04:58 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (ZxPkt)
Nah, doesn’t have a ring to it.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:57 PM (Gqar
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How about the Hammond Organs?
Posted by: Ancient Salt who hangs around Execution Dock a lot at June 05, 2026 04:58 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 05, 2026 04:58 PM (QmZyo)
Posted by: 29Victor at June 05, 2026 04:58 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:58 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 05, 2026 04:58 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Scott's Mom at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (JQmtK)
They'll rename themselves as the Indiana Fighting Furry Hoosiers.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Dd38x)
Being a ghost is hard work, isn't it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (qx7Zg)
A nice, refreshing Kalesicle would hit the spot.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:49 PM
I should not admit this, but I just downed a bottle of green juice and a handful of almonds.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (Dd38x)
ACKshually, the Hammond Bears
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (ZxPkt)
What?!?!
Did they change the name of the famous-
Hammond Eggs?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Snyder at June 05, 2026 05:00 PM (z6Sq8)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 05:00 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 04:56 PM (ZxPkt)
Nah, doesn’t have a ring to it.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:57 PM (Gqar
I expect the Bears franchise can call itself the Chicago Bears, the Hammond Eggs, or anything a majority of NFL owners vote to approve.
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 05:00 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 04:50 PM (JQmtK)
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The Indiana Gears?
/[h/t to one of my favorite films -- "Breaking Away" -- set in Bloomington, IN]
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:54 PM (+mTA5)
The Indiana Ironmen?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 05:00 PM (qx7Zg)
I should not admit this, but I just downed a bottle of green juice and a handful of almonds.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (Dd38x)
Now you’re just trolling us.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (pZEOD)
Not in any of my cars. Not a one of them. Even the '08 Burb has no OnStar shit in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (1z8ji)
For the life of me I can't figure out what the -25 refers to.
Any answers?
Be nice! LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (PlyG6)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:02 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 05, 2026 04:58 PM (QmZyo)
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I couldn't afford a car until I was 26, so without my girlfriend's parents driving, I would have had to take my prom date out on my bicycle.
By the time my step-daughter had a prom and graduated from high school in The Bay Area in '96, all the kids were taking limousines as groups.
The wild thing was that -- owing to fears of injuries and deaths -- the high schools literally locked the kids in the gym for the entire evening, with chaperones (in which I participated).
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:02 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 05, 2026 05:02 PM (cI94r)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (pZEOD)
Not in any of my cars. Not a one of them. Even the '08 Burb has no OnStar shit in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05
I think the boxes start in 2016. I have no idea why I know this, and I could very well be wrong as a result. lol.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 05:03 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (pZEOD)
KALE YEAH SISTER!
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 05:03 PM (3uBP9)
… but we already have the feminist channel .. MS NOW
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 04:44 PM (PlyG6)
I am very disappointed in myself. It took me this long to realize that if we start calling it "Pravda MS NOW," then very shortly..
..we could call it PMS NOW, for short.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 05:04 PM (Sy6m/)
==
She did know Marconi..
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:04 PM (GD0B3)
For the life of me I can't figure out what the -25 refers to.
Any answers?
Be nice! LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (QGaXH)
All shall be revealed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRPQSxp25z4
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 05:04 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Dd38x)
Being a ghost is hard work, isn't it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 04:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Laughing!
I think this is going to stick around for a while. I apologize for any part I had in disseminating/propagating the news I mean rumor of your untimely demise. (NOT)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 05:04 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: SMOD
was that paste eating f*ckwit stunned because they were leaving or because he had no idea who they were and why they mattered?
Posted by: Nelly at June 05, 2026 05:04 PM (6+ehB)
I should not admit this, but I just downed a bottle of green juice and a handful of almonds.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (Dd38x)
Now you’re just trolling us.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar
Can you imagine how insufferable it must be to live with me on a day to day basis?
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 05:05 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 05:03 PM (3uBP9)
Ok that was actually supposed to be reply to:
I should not admit this, but I just downed a bottle of green juice and a handful of almonds.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (Dd38x)
But I suck at the internet.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 05:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Dd38x)
May I suggest 'BRAAAAAIIIIINNNNSSSSSS'.
Posted by: Nelly at June 05, 2026 05:05 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:05 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Av6i5)
Excellent reductionism, zombie.
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yes, this is an institution well past its expiration date , funded by big pharma mostly....and likely some 'NGOs'.
Nick Shirley has done more investigative jouralizms in 6 months than the whole cbs news division.
Posted by: paxmerican at June 05, 2026 05:05 PM (ADssA)
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Av6i5)
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True, sub-true, sub-sub-true, and sub-sub-sub-true.
And yet -- they seem to have outsized influence. As you note, their viewers are oh-wuld, which means they're also voters.
And the lefty bs I see on social media seems to emanate from their news desks. Anything NOT on their desks, such as the Minnesota scandals, no one outside of us has heard of.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 05:05 PM (n7rxJ)
For the life of me I can't figure out what the -25 refers to.
Any answers?
Be nice! LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (QGaXH)]
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I am also curious -- and never got the reference of joke.
I call her "Affirmative Action Jackson," which I stole from somebody here years ago (maybe rickb233).
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:06 PM (+mTA5)
I should not admit this, but I just downed a bottle of green juice and a handful of almonds.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:59 PM (Dd38x)
Now you’re just trolling us.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar
Can you imagine how insufferable it must be to live with me on a day to day basis?
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 05:05 PM (Dd38x)
Do you let him eat, you know, people food?
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:06 PM (Gqar8)
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probably so- I don't think you can trademark the name of a city
the SF 49ers don't play in SF
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 05:06 PM (ZxPkt)
And honestly most of their would be customers would rather get their "news" from reddit threads.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 05:06 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Case at June 05, 2026 05:06 PM (4Pn+V)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 05:00 PM (5rh/l)
I am still dismayed that the Washington DC football team did not rename themselves the "Raccoons."
Think of all the merch, which only had an "R" on it, that the could have salvaged! Not to mention the sales of plushy mascot toys.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 05:07 PM (0vB2I)
Posted by: Paul at June 05, 2026 05:07 PM (XFXIk)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:08 PM (Gqar8)
@HunterBoone
reminder that bari weiss quit in shame at @nytimes because my team called her out for being A LIAR
Liars at the NY Times?
Inconceivable!
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt)
I saw that this AM too. Brown-25, A product of Uranus was in a movie called the "Groove Tube" from the 70's
Posted by: DBCooper at June 05, 2026 05:08 PM (KmBlf)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:08 PM (5P5DO)
Do you let him eat, you know, people food?
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:06 PM (Gqar8
j? Well, when I left last weekend he told my kiddo they were going to eat “all the things mama doesn’t let us eat!”
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 05:08 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 05, 2026 05:08 PM (nbLIj)
Or whatever someone will pay the NFL to name. This is a league that would sell individual yards on the field to anyone if they pay for it.
"And the ball is placed on the Miller Lite 49 yard line. The Draft Kings ball is hiked and the running back goes off tackle for a 3 yard gain to the Ceaser Palace 46 yard line."
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 05, 2026 05:09 PM (cI94r)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:09 PM (GD0B3)
Do you let him eat, you know, people food?
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:06 PM (Gqar8
j? Well, when I left last weekend he told my kiddo they were going to eat “all the things mama doesn’t let us eat!”
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 05:08 PM (Dd38x)
Heh. Wife is gone for the weekend. The dog and I are meal planning.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:09 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 05:09 PM (iJfKG)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRPQSxp25z4
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 05:04 PM (iJfKG)
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"5 years ago, a team of scientists working at Uranus
Discovered a unique polyester ..."
/That video was so disgusting I could only make 22 seconds in ... lmao
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:10 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: SMOD
was that paste eating f*ckwit stunned because they were leaving or because he had no idea who they were and why they mattered?
Posted by: Nelly at June 05, 2026 05:04 PM (6+ehB)
He is stunned because he and his family and friends will no longer get to sit for free in the Mayor's VIP Box for Bears home games, he loses a lot of stadium-related patronage jobs to sell or hand-out, and will lose a lot of other Bears/Stadium/Game Day Parking kick-back bucks.
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 05:10 PM (5rh/l)
Inconceivable!
My favorite NYT moment was when it came out one of their senior reporters had faked EVERY "man in the street" interview he had done by just asking his roommate.
And...you can be a senior NYT reporter and still not make enough money to have your own apartment apparently.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 05:10 PM (sKqQm)
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not true...people are flocking to my toddcast by the dozen.
Posted by: chuck todd at June 05, 2026 05:10 PM (ADssA)
Might be soon sorry to say
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 05:11 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 05, 2026 04:58 PM (QmZyo)
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You're graduating from High School? Again?
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 05:11 PM (DJPFk)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:12 PM (GD0B3)
In: Sit in traffic to watch a boring game and drink overpriced beer
Out: Sit in traffic to watch a boring game and drink overpriced beer and get stabbed on the way home
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 05:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bob Seger at June 05, 2026 05:12 PM (PlyG6)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:12 PM (GD0B3)
Shoulda named themselves the Tennessee Tuxedos, I thought.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:13 PM (Gqar8)
NewsNation might hire him.
He doesn’t really have many options unless he wants to take a step down and be the 6 p.m. local newscast anchor in Hoboken or something.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)
Good. Dig your well, poison it, and throw yourselves into it. Faster, please.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 05, 2026 05:13 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:09 PM (GD0B3)
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I grew up in Vegas in the 60s and 70s (obviously, don't recognize nor could stand it now).
The mantra for sports teams (which we figured gambling would prohibit -- my how THAT worm has turned as all professional and college sports now is primarily financed by gambling) was:
"THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS TO DO IN VEGAS SO NO PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM COULD SURVIVE HERE."
And now they have the Golden Knights, the Raiders, the Athletics, and rumored to be on the short list for an NBA expansion team.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:13 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:12 PM (GD0B3)
Yes. The Tennessee Tuxedos.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 05, 2026 05:13 PM (0aYVJ)
For the life of me I can't figure out what the -25 refers to.
Any answers?
Be nice! LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 05:01 PM (QGaXH)]
Per Wiki, From the 1973 comedy movie "The Groove Tube"
Uranus Corporation - a series of commercials interspersed with the news sketch, with the company name pronounced with the stress on the second and third syllables. One Uranus commercial touts the amazing properties of its space-age polymer product "Brown 25" (which looks suspiciously like human feces): "It has the strength of steel, the flexibility of rubber, and the nutritional value of beef stew."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 05:13 PM (0vB2I)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 05:14 PM (PlyG6)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 05:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: chuck todd at June 05, 2026 05:15 PM (ADssA)
Or whatever someone will pay the NFL to name. This is a league that would sell individual yards on the field to anyone if they pay for it.
"And the ball is placed on the Miller Lite 49 yard line. The Draft Kings ball is hiked and the running back goes off tackle for a 3 yard gain to the Ceaser Palace 46 yard line."
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 05, 2026 05:09 PM (cI94r)
Yes, this coming to all pro and college sports. The Chik-Fil-A End Zone, the NAPA Auto Parts Third Base, the Tropicana Orange Juice Pitcher's Mound, the BudLite Backboard...
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 05:15 PM (5rh/l)
"Foreign billionaires and nonprofits have funneled tens of millions of dollars to the activist groups fueling data center opposition across the United States, records show. Chief among them is Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, who has contributed nearly $14 million to four left-wing groups that signed a letter calling for a U.S. data center moratorium.
Those groups are the Indivisible Project, Americans for Financial Reform, the Sierra Club, and Greenpeace USA, to which Wyss has contributed $7,455,000, $4,382,000, $2,107,400, and $50,000 as of March 2026, according to data compiled by the watchdog group Americans for Public Trust and highlighted in a new report from the American Energy Institute. Another foreign billionaire, British hedge fund manager and climate activist Chris Hohn, has contributed $200,000 to Extinction Rebellion, which signed the same December 2025 letter calling on Congress to "support a national moratorium on the approval and construction of new data centers."
https://tinyurl.com/2p8y4w55
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:15 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:02 PM (+mTA5)
Didn't they see the end of that movie 'Carrie' I think it was.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 05:15 PM (QGaXH)
He’ll have to really f$&@ up to be remembered for anything else. Empty Wrigley Field because he couldn’t keep the longtime Bears.
Think of the tax revenue this will lose - players salaries, tickets, concessions, parking, etc.
Wow
Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 05:15 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:15 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: dantesed at June 05, 2026 05:16 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Don Black
Cig lighters are an easy fix. You could do it in under 20 min.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 05, 2026 05:16 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 05, 2026 05:16 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 05:16 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 05:16 PM (PlyG6)
CA, and the blue states overall, have found if they give people a veneer of representative government, even if it is obviously fixed, that they can government without any significant protests let alone revolts.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Paul at June 05, 2026 05:17 PM (XFXIk)
That's why Houston hates 'em. That, and the fact Houston just sucks
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 05:17 PM (gjKW7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 05:18 PM (JQmtK)
He’ll have to really f$&@ up to be remembered for anything else. Empty Wrigley Field because he couldn’t keep the longtime Bears.
Think of the tax revenue this will lose - players salaries, tickets, concessions, parking, etc.
Wow
Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 05:15 PM (4KUe5)
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Damn, too bad Mike Ditka never ran for Mayor.
Or for that matter, my childhood hero Walter "Sweetness" Payton (who died MUCH TOO SOON ... crap!).
* cues Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better ..." *
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:18 PM (+mTA5)
She said
, “freedom of the press is dead.”
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (W2Pud)
What's funny is that your cow-orker is not the only one that misunderstands "freedom of the press". Scott Pelley himself may be shocked to learn that it means that if he starts a scurrilous blog saying mean things about the Administration, the Feds *cannot* lean on Substack to censor him. Even if they want to, American gov't *cannot* legally hint to a blog publisher that if they don't censor Pelley, then they'll get extra scrutiny from regulators.
I'm serious. Big Media insiders like Pelley stereotypically have a self-flattering delusion that the 1A only applies to "made men" like he used to be. He probably doesn't even know that it also applies to "little people" like he is now.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 05:18 PM (Sy6m/)
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The Department of Justice has sent one of its attorneys to Los Angeles to observe the ballot-counting process, as President Donald Trump has once again claimed fraud as two key races have yet to be called.
The tedious process of counting all of California's mail-in ballots has left the fate of Republicans Spencer Pratt and Steve Hilton hanging in the balance.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Renner was spotted Friday walking through LA County's central processing center, according to footage from Fox News, alongside a member of Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta's team.
'My office has a presence on the ground right now, is monitoring the situation closely, and stands ready to protect voters and ensure California’s election laws are followed,' Bonta posted to X, sharing a story about the feds being on hand.
Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 05:18 PM (kX27y)
Pakistan has already been divided, twit. The other half is called Bangladesh. Both halves are muzloid shitholes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 05:20 PM (1z8ji)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRPQSxp25z4
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 05:04 PM (iJfKG)
Thank you nf
Seriously - that's what Sefton is referring to?
I am at once disgusted and appalled. LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 05:20 PM (QGaXH)
When was the Bears’ stadium built? How much was funded by the taxpayers that is now not bringing in revenue?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 05:20 PM (4KUe5)
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How many times has "self-policing" worked in history?
/The bidding begins at Zero ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:20 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 05:21 PM (Gqar8)
In: Sit in traffic to watch a boring game and drink overpriced beer
Out: Sit in traffic to watch a boring game and drink overpriced beer and get stabbed on the way home
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if you are not familiar: Hammond,IN is flanked by Gary to the east, eastChicano to the west...and the only way to bypass those is the Skyway(foreign-owned tollroad)., which charges $32 for a 5 mile strech of bombed out pavement. but hey, you may not get stabbed.
Posted by: chuck todd at June 05, 2026 05:22 PM (ADssA)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 05:24 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 05:16 PM (PlyG6)
Anthropic is mainly worried about “recursive training” AI with thus pause request.
Meaning that they are worried about AI training AI to improve itself without human action or intervention, which is the way things are moving quickly.
They are concerned if things continue on the current path humans will lose control of the process to the point of not understanding what’s being done and no way of stopping it as AI generates smarter, more capable, AI at an astonishingly fast pace.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 05:24 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 05:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 05, 2026 05:24 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 05:25 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 05:26 PM (gjKW7)
Posted by: Case at June 05, 2026 05:27 PM (4Pn+V)
It will consume itself.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:27 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 05:28 PM (RIvkX)
————
More like a Supersub Stack …
IYKWIMAITYD
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:28 PM (vYYHg)
@nicksortor
·
6m
🚨 NOW: Leftist rioters are ALREADY attacking and damaging vehicles leaving the ICE facility in Newark, and NO COPS are in sight
This is a DIRECT RESULT of Newark Police SURRENDERING
And as usual, are shouting RACIST REMARKS at non-white employees
“You’re SPANISH! You should be ASHAMED of yourselves!”
This is going to be a LONG night.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 05:30 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: the lower depths at June 05, 2026 05:32 PM (yZOfl)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 05:32 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 05:16 PM (PlyG6)
Anthropic is mainly worried about “recursive training” AI with thus pause request.
Meaning that they are worried about AI training AI to improve itself without human action or intervention, which is the way things are moving quickly.
They are concerned if things continue on the current path humans will lose control of the process to the point of not understanding what’s being done and no way of stopping it as AI generates smarter, more capable, AI at an astonishingly fast pace.
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"If this all sounds familiar, you’re not hallucinating. Back in early 2023, nonprofit organization the Future of Life Institute published an open letter calling on all frontier AI labs to enact a six-month pause on the development of powerful new models. It was signed by Elon Musk, pioneering AI researcher Yoshua Bengio, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, and tens of thousands of others. While that letter and.."
Posted by: Top ai salesman at June 05, 2026 05:32 PM (ADssA)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 05:25 PM (3uBP9)
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Well, it's better than nothing and a 15 months too late, but I want prosecutions, blood, and executions -- but mostly blood and executions for Treason.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 05:32 PM (+mTA5)
The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission after its chair, Governor Otto Kerner Jr. of Illinois, was an 11-member Presidential Commission established in July 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate the causes of over 150 race riots throughout the United States in the summer of 1967.
You'll never guess what they suggested. It worked great!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 05, 2026 05:33 PM (mseD3)
It’s negotiating leverage. Happens all the time.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:34 PM (vYYHg)
It will consume itself.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 05:27 PM (5P5DO)
I’m surprised there isn’t an AI corporation named Ouroboros at this point.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2026 05:35 PM (6ydKt)
Dragging down to the end of a hot day -- still several hours to go before the sun goes over the western buildings, though. There'll be a flatbread pizza from Aldi for dinner.
Not much on TV tonight. The original Flight of the Phoenix is winding up on Movies! now. North to Alaska w/ John Wayne is the 7 pm feature, and I've seen it more than once.
Oh, and I wish Scott Pelley all the best with his Substack. There won't be any "best," but good luck to him anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 05:36 PM (JQmtK)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at June 05, 2026 05:42 PM (Iwv3U)
I wanna get liminal
Let's get into liminal
Let me hear your process talk, your process talk
Let me hear your process talk
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 05:48 PM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 05:34 PM (vYYHg)
pigster has already said "sayonara" to Da Bears. I don't think there is any leverage left.
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 05, 2026 05:52 PM (YGJ8E)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:55 PM (pZEOD)
Not on my '06 Mustang GT (with 377,000 miles on it), my 70 Chevelle, or my 57 Chevy. Heh.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 05, 2026 05:56 PM (5xuJ/)
The City That Knows How is now a dangerous punchline.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 05, 2026 06:01 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Piper
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It's easier on some vehicles than others, but there's always a way to disable that stuff,usually by removing the SIM card on the cell modem under the dash. Look on the tube of yew to find how-to videos for your vehicle.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 05, 2026 06:33 PM (ezP9C)
Posted by: TJ jackson at June 05, 2026 06:48 PM (bXvrr)
Revealed: The SPLC Paid "Informants" to Burn Crosses, Paid "White Supremacists" Who Wanted to Quit to Remain
SPLC paid for KKK cross burnings, robes and hoods, recruitment, living expenses, racist merch: explosive indictmentOh, and an SPLC employee was fucking one of the Cosplay Racists she was paying:
"The SPLC paid F-9 for over 20 years," the superseding indictment noted, also adding that an employee at the SPLC was in a romantic relationship with the field source.Perfect. The SPLC is literally in bed with the KKK. A KKK they're paying to continue to "exist," at least on paper.
Did they pay anyone for blue button down shirts and khakis?
A superseding indictment returned by an Alabama grand jury on Tuesday has accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of secretly funneling millions in donations to informants associated with extremist groups such as the KKK, and those funds going towards the making of Klan robes and hoods as well as cross burnings and recruitment. The newest indictment accuses the organization of funnelling around $4.1 million in donations "to a series of fictitious accounts" that were used to pay "field sources" affiliated with extremist groups between 2014 and 2023. The original indictment from April had alleged around $3 million in funds funneled between that time period, an amount that is now far greater. ... The indictment stated that donor funds paid to field sources were used to purchase materials for cross burnings and making Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods, attending and hosting extremist group rallies nationwide, creating and growing chapters of extremist groups as well as recruiting new members, making "racist paraphernalia that extremist groups sold at rallies," and paying the living expenses of field sources to allow them to "focus on their extremist groups rather than seeking other employment."
"The SPLC actively led donors to believe that their donations would be used to 'dismantle' violent extremist groups. However, the SPLC hid from donors the fact that a portion of their donated funds was being secretly used to support extremist groups and to fund their violent, racist, and extremist activities," the indictment stated. "These activities were of the same nature as the activities about which the SPLC published articles on its website and other forums in an effort to obtain donations." Prosecutors expanded upon the actions of field sources cited in the original indictment. One of the sources, dubbed "F-9" in the indictment, was allegedly paid over $1.2 million in donor money. The source allegedly infiltrated the National Alliance, a neo-Nazi organization, "at the direction of the SPLC," and helped raise money for the group. He allegedly received funds from the SPLC through a bank account for the fake entity Tech Writers Group.
The SPLC set up ficitious entities to fund these "field sources."
— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) June 3, 2026
🧵4/20 pic.twitter.com/YF8mUs6DWl
3⃣KKK GETS COLD FEET
— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) June 3, 2026
F-30 wasn't the only one. F-31 & F-32, KKK members, wanted out in 2010.
The SPLC bribed them to stay in the movement. These Fs used the $ to attend extremist rallies and to gain a leadership role.
SPLC reimbursed them for cross-burning materials.
🧵7/20 pic.twitter.com/1MSmnUbTnr
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (WONhk)
A few public and summary executions would do a world of good, here, too!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (s9VOe)
-Jonah Goldberg
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:30 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 03:32 PM (rj6Yv)
SPLC reimbursed them for cross-burning materials.
From forests raised according to sustainable agricultural practices, no doubt.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (s9VOe)
I'll say it again. These are FBI new recruits, and this is considered a "training mission" to get into the minds of the terrorist that they were charged with hunting down. (kind of a "be the gopher" type deal.) This is why they all look like new-feds and are so incompetent. It is also whey they are so strict about hiding their identity, and whey it has never leaked. Also why no one at FBI (Patel) has come clean, as it was a semi-legitimate and revealing who and what would destroy careers, especially of newbies who didn't know better, and since it was nominally a legitimate training exercise.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (lf2F9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (DR/Xu)
HAHAHAHA
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 03:32 PM (rj6Yv)
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They might.
And the LIVs who still rely on network news will get an awakening.
CBS did do some fairly straight report on it in the nightly news, and it caused a bit of a ruckus at the time a month or so ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (KbEzc)
I don't mind.
Road construction season, however, is going forward, full speed ahead.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 03:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 03:34 PM (lf2F9)
Hard to tell because the faces are covered, but looks like some heavy melanin in some guys in that pic.
"Blacks and browns be down wit whitey!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:34 PM (iFTx/)
"The SPLC's public records show they historically raise significant capital, but the organization does not disclose a comprehensive or ranked public list of its largest individual donors.
However, major donors and financial backers frequently highlighted in news reports and disclosures include:
George Soros / Open Society Foundations
George Clooney
Tim Cook
Companies and their philanthropic arms (such as JPMorgan Chase, Pfizer, and Bank of America) have contributed directly or matched employee donations over the years."
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 03:34 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 03:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (KbEzc)
Kind of feel like they have swapped playbooks again. They seemed to do protest last year, light this year aside from a couple incidents, but damn did they try to milk Hanta virus and Ebola.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 03:35 PM (DR/Xu)
Tough. SPLC has been a criminal organization for decades.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at June 05, 2026 03:35 PM (xHGia)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:36 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Case at June 05, 2026 03:36 PM (4Pn+V)
I think paid for in Charlottesville as well, the torch carriers.
While I have no problem at all with khaki pants on men, the little matching outfits told me they were not men I'd respect as that's pretty lame to consider as a full blooded male.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:36 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 03:37 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 03:35 PM (Sco7b)
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After 2010, Democrats were never going to lose power again.
So, they started importing a new electorate at massively increased levels (Obama's border turnaways as deportations game started in 2011), and they shifted from convincing voters to fortifying elections through government grants, upping the patronage game to remarkable levels.
America was never allowed to swing back from the leftward shift in 2008. Not even in 2016 when a Republican president was elected.
The swing back finally began in 2025 when fed grants started getting cut.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:37 PM (KbEzc)
And the LIVs who still rely on network news will get an awakening.
CBS did do some fairly straight report on it in the nightly news, and it caused a bit of a ruckus at the time a month or so ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (KbEzc)
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As far as I'm concerned, this SPLC scandal is the Criminal Act of the Year, maybe the decade.
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 03:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at June 05, 2026 03:35 PM (xHGia)
And they're fake and gay. Who knew?!
Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Ys9p5)
We need to reveal who is paying the protesters outside the carmale anthony trial. Probably defense as way to incite jury nullification, which sounds like conspiracy to tamper the jury to me.
How to get DOJ or Data Republican on this trial?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 03:38 PM (lf2F9)
We need to get over the idea that they were merely keeping themselves in business. They CHOSE the business. How many black people do you have to fake harass or supremacists do you have to employ before it becomes genuine harassment of black people?
Hey, you know who else the Klan doesn't like? JEWS
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 03:35 PM (DR/Xu)
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We've had two major protests, actually.
Minneapolis and New Jersey.
Remember when Republicans lost the midterms because Goode and Pretti died? And then everyone forgot they existed? And then New Jersey let riots happen for a week in front of ICE?
Yes, all while they tried to push COVID 6.0 (they're been trying to redo COVID since about 2022), but riots were supposed to take down Trump in January.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:39 PM (KbEzc)
Probably paid for all those tiki torches at Charlottesville too.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:39 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:39 PM (5rh/l)
I'll bet any amount of money that a big slice of that money -- probably more than 50% -- was just stolen and laundered.
Why do I know that? Because of course it was. "Hey, Cletus Shitkicker III, how much you need to burn a cross?" "About $50." "Okay, how about I send you $50,000 and we split it?" "Howdy!"
Anyone want a piece of this action?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:39 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 03:37 PM (rj6Yv)
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Well, I would quibble that Obama ordering the coup against his successor is bigger, but SPLC is definitely very large.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:40 PM (KbEzc)
It seems like some racket type situations are involved. This is basically the model case for it. When you look up the definition for racketeering, SPLC should be in the first sentence.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:40 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (KbEzc)
Its almost like their source of funding and paid operatives has been cut off...but that's crazy talk.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:40 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 03:40 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 03:40 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (KbEzc)
Its almost like their source of funding and paid operatives has been cut off...but that's crazy talk.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:40 PM (8avO+)
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That's conspiracy theorizing.
Unlike Israel controlling America, which is just fact.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:41 PM (KbEzc)
Probably paid for all those tiki torches at Charlottesville too.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:39 PM (GUOwU)
💯 as the kids say.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 03:41 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 03:35 PM (DR/Xu)
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We've had two major protests, actually.
Minneapolis and New Jersey.
Remember when Republicans lost the midterms because Goode and Pretti died? And then everyone forgot they existed? And then New Jersey let riots happen for a week in front of ICE?
Yes, all while they tried to push COVID 6.0 (they're been trying to redo COVID since about 2022), but riots were supposed to take down Trump in January.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:39 PM (KbEzc)
_____
"Hey, fuck you. We're going pretti goode with the riots! I would say very good! We're gonna take down Orange Man, you'll see!"
-- Antifa protestors
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)
Ace has been posting under the initials DEA for a damn long time... right under our noses.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:41 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 03:41 PM (DR/Xu)
And the SPLC was like, "No, no no! Don't be so rash. Here's buckets of money to keep going!"
LOL
"ThEY weRe JUsT pAyinG FoR iNfoRMaTion!!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 05, 2026 03:42 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Ys9p5)
The board chair is even a chick.
The chick's name is Karen.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at June 05, 2026 03:42 PM (xHGia)
Anyone want a piece of this action?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:39 PM (iFTx/)
Not to mention that the SPLC itself is gonna pay itself liberally first before even trying to fund its KKK operations. And probably the donations are from other NGOs paid by diverted federal money.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:42 PM (8avO+)
If we wind up "ending X", however am I to make my living campaigning to "end X"?
I lack the faculties to switch to something else!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 03:43 PM (s9VOe)
Not only are you not getting your cut... now everyone's going to think you're not even legit!
"No! I really do hate Those People! Honest! Come on, you gotta believe me, man...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2026 03:43 PM (Ot/FD)
Gotta create the problem to sell the solution.
Manufacture racism to raise funds to fight it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05, 2026 03:43 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 03:41 PM (cWLG3)
No Cap is out? NO CAP IS OUT ????
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: I hope they all die of terminal scabies at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: fly gal at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (PComA)
If you start murdering people to pretend there's a murder problem so you can profit off of it politically or financially, at some point it becomes clear that you're just a fucking murderer.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:37 PM (KbEzc)
Perhaps a little bit earlier because after President Trump was elected, the gay and tranny stuff started to be throttled back.
I'm sure Bud Light helped. Target had some painful lessons. The leftism didn't disappear, just was displayed less.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (Sco7b)
I guess you could say I've had about fucking enough.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:45 PM (BN9Gq)
Create racism to profit from stamping out racism
Create homelessness to profit from stamping out homelessness
Create virus to profit from vaccine
Create war to profit from war
Create non-learning kids to profit from new ways to never teach them
Create migrants to profit from helping migrants
Sure seems like anyone ever "just trying to help" that requires government money needs to be shot.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 03:45 PM (lf2F9)
I think paid for in Charlottesville as well, the torch carriers.
While I have no problem at all with khaki pants on men, the little matching outfits told me they were not men I'd respect as that's pretty lame to consider as a full blooded male.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:36 PM (WONhk)
After the march, the went to a nearby cabaret and did a spirited version of "The French Mistake."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 05, 2026 03:45 PM (TR4+2)
The people on X that are inside Antifa's Signal chats said the order to go home and shut up came out hours after Scott Bessent said they'd start prosecuting the funders of riots. They abandoned tens of thousands of dollars in riot supplies at the facility in New Jersey and haven't been back since.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (GAoSt)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (hftzA)
Holy crap. Thin, frail. Almost like an AIDS patient wasting away.
Satan rode that bastard hard for all he was worth.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Cray Cray at June 05, 2026 03:47 PM (yInIL)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 03:47 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 05, 2026 03:47 PM (och2J)
Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:47 PM (GfWuY)
And it was the IRS.
And that the payments that were properly reported and made directly to the informants with no cut-outs were legal.
And not the straw corporations, bank fraud and all the other fraud.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 05, 2026 03:48 PM (73/SM)
RE: Karmelo protesters
Only a handful today. Less than yesterday-- looked to be about 5 or 6 people.
If somebody hired them, they sure couldn't afford to rent a mob!
A defense atty on FOX said the protesters aren't helping Karmelo & could be hurting him.
Posted by: mnw at June 05, 2026 03:48 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 03:41 PM (cWLG3)
No Cap is out? NO CAP IS OUT ????
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (3uBP9)
FRFR, on God
Posted by: low key aura farming at June 05, 2026 03:48 PM (TbWk/)
Holy crap. Thin, frail. Almost like an AIDS patient wasting away.
Satan rode that bastard hard for all he was worth.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (Sco7b)
It's like he took Ozempic but for Stupid instead of Fat and now he's disappearing altogether.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2026 03:48 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 03:49 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: mnw at June 05, 2026 03:48 PM (RCjYY)
The protesters want him convicted.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Fyaxu)
Holy crap. Thin, frail. Almost like an AIDS patient wasting away.
Satan rode that bastard hard for all he was worth.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (Sco7b)
He's been that way for a decade at least, unless he has taken an extra turn.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:49 PM (8avO+)
Blank stares.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 03:50 PM (hftzA)
The people on X that are inside Antifa's Signal chats said the order to go home and shut up came out hours after Scott Bessent said they'd start prosecuting the funders of riots. They abandoned tens of thousands of dollars in riot supplies at the facility in New Jersey and haven't been back since.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (GAoSt)
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https://x.com/drawandstrike/status/
2062506360302923932
Acting DNI Bill Pulte has a history of attacking that funding in his time at Federal Housing Finance Agency. Gabbard declassified a bunch of this stuff while she was head of DNI. Pulte walks in with 120 days to do what he needs.
I think the funding of the left is about to get a whole lot worse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:50 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 03:49 PM (ZxPkt)
Don't buy it but tell us you did so we can all tell you why you shouldn't have bought it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2026 03:50 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:44 PM (
Bruh.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (hftzA)
I swear every time I let my kid know I understand her lingo they invent a new word. I feel like it's WWII and I'm with the allies trying to break ENIGMA.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: mnw
The angry mob nullification tactic worked against Chauvin.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (lf2F9)
This is analogous to our Gub'mt using our tax dollars to create problems that then require more tax dollars to resolve - like Operation Fast and Furious
So much hate and racism that the anti- hate groups and 'victims' need to create false scenarios of their own because there isn't enough real hate and racism to go around. Except for anti-white hate and racism. There seems to be plenty of that.
I'm going back to watching old '50's TV shows. I think Perry Mason is on....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (chM/Q)
Posted by: Cray Cray at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (yInIL)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (3uBP9)
A veritable Alan Turing of jackwagonry.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2026 03:52 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 03:49 PM (ZxPkt)
Don't buy it but tell us you did so we can all tell you why you shouldn't have bought it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2026 03:50 PM (Ot/FD)
You're likely better off buying a Falcon Heavy over a New Glenn rocket this summer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 03:52 PM (qx7Zg)
It's like he took Ozempic but for Stupid instead of Fat and now he's disappearing altogether.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
We will not be denied our revenge!
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wit Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 03:52 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 03:52 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (3uBP9)
That's kinda the point. Twenty-three skidoo, small change!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:52 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Graham Platner at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (65cLN)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (eiwJq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 03:41 PM (DR/Xu)
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Busing? More like an uber. There aren't more than 10 people there, probably less, and half of them look like they were recruited out of homeless shelter.
It's the lamest most impotent "protest" in probably all of protest history. So lame that it defeats the purpose of protesting at all.
You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (eiwJq)
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"We'll lie to people to make money," doesn't make sense?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (YwEeS)
If I set up a group, let's call it F69, will they give me money?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (eiwJq)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 03:52 PM (qx7Zg)
No dick shaped rockets before Labor Day, that would be gauche.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (YwEeS)
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They reactivated defunct chapters of the KKK with their money.
They resurrected them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (KbEzc)
That's the entire foundation of the advertising industry.
Posted by: Also MLM and televangelism at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (chM/Q)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (eiwJq)
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"We'll lie to people to make money," doesn't make sense?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (KbEzc)
Skibidy.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (hftzA)
Man, the safety features they have on cars today are freaking amazing.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (KbEzc)
That's the entire foundation of the advertising industry.
Posted by: Also MLM and televangelism at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (TbWk/)
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"Yes, our software will give you blowjobs."
-software sales people
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Pete T. at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (wGerL)
Was it over when the Thermites cut the Scythians off at the pass?
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (1ET9J)
They resurrected them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (KbEzc)
Well the KKK was and probably still is a democrat group...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (FtULh)
My main complaint is that even though it's presented in black and white, you can tell it's simply a de-colored digital "print." as well as the atmospherics, ie smoke, haze, fog are CGI.
If they had actually shot it on film and did everything practically, it would have moved from really good to great.
Definitely in the top 10 of super hero things.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:56 PM (XV/Pl)
I guess in the grand scheme of God's universe there are weirder things going on.
Maybe deep in the ocean.
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 05, 2026 03:56 PM (eiwJq)
Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (YwEeS)
about 0. Even paying them they couldn't generate any kind of convincing numbers.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:56 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Pete T. at June 05, 2026 03:56 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (KbEzc)
It's worse than that. It always is. The Democrat Party never died. They were the KKK and still are. Makes more sense than anything, even money.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:56 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 03:56 PM (JQmtK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 03:57 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (YwEeS)
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It's like they all work for the guy downstairs.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 03:57 PM (cWLG3)
Man, the safety features they have on cars today are freaking amazing.
Posted by: Bulg
Did either of them tell you to consider pulling over and taking a break after ninety or so minutes of driving?
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 03:57 PM (s9VOe)
-software sales people
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (KbEzc)
"While looking up to make eye contact with you the whole time."
-marketing people
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 03:58 PM (3uBP9)
Fecklessness. Betrayal. Insurrection.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 03:58 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Why would she? This is all a right wing conspiracy according to leftists.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:58 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 03:56 PM (JQmtK)
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"Well, I know that all those rural Christians who want me to convert to Christianity are lynching black people every day. Why else would they try to convert me? I'm sure the SPLC was just doing good in highlighting bad people like this."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:58 PM (KbEzc)
I really hope their ground testing is better than Bezos'.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 03:58 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2026 03:58 PM (chM/Q)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (ZVgZ4)
Yes. He is a political prisoner. I thought only banana republics and commie countries had those.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:59 PM (BN9Gq)
Posted by: kingsman at June 05, 2026 03:59 PM (ehY6c)
Man, the safety features they have on cars today are freaking amazing.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)
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2026 CX5 would be my choice of those two, easily. I think the Forrester is a little bigger, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)
Man, the safety features they have on cars today are freaking amazing.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)
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Regarding the Subaru test drive... were you feeling nostalgic for The Indigo Girls?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans
Nope. But these were just short test drives.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: davidt at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (ZVgZ4)
Yes. He is a political prisoner. I thought only banana republics and commie countries had those.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:59 PM (BN9Gq)
Yeah, about that....
Posted by: J6 protestors at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (YwEeS)
This is a plot point in Harry Harrison's "Bill the Galactic Hero" where he is recruited to infiltrate the resistance and when the final raid comes everyone in the resistance is various agents of the spy services aside from one guy who they arrest despite his claim that he too is an agent...
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
Awwww. *compassionate head tilt*
Someone with their qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (1ET9J)
I need assistance
For life of me I can't figure out Annie’s Stew email and desperately want to send her a email
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (KbEzc)
That's the entire foundation of the advertising industry.
Posted by: Also MLM and televangelism at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (TbWk/)
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"Yes, our software will give you blowjobs."
-software sales people
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (KbEzc)
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Well, they are working on that in Japan ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (iFTx/)
I need y'all's advice on a tech purchase
Posted by: Don Black
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How late/early are you up? Pixy takes questions in the 2:00 am thread.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (rj6Yv)
It's the lamest most impotent "protest" in probably all of protest history. So lame that it defeats the purpose of protesting at all.
You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)
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I dunno...The local campus LGBTQ group on my campus tried to stage a "protest" for trans-rights in front of the campus library. Maybe three students showed up. The only sign they had was a sheet of 8.5x11 paper that was taped to a stick. It was definitely the most pathetic "protest" I've witnessed in real life.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar8)
The SPLC had a decent reputation years ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (looXz)
marketing fantasy == engineering reality
It's an opportunity to exceed!
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 04:02 PM (3uBP9)
Sure, there was bigotry back in our day. Why, there wasn't a self-respecting bireme that would give the time of day to one of those perverted triemes!
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 04:02 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: davidt at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (Q+gd/)
And see how good at it they are? Did anyone thing Patriot front was something real? They could have been holding signs saying I AM A FED and been less obvious.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:02 PM (8avO+)
It's the lamest most impotent "protest" in probably all of protest history. So lame that it defeats the purpose of protesting at all.
You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)
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I dunno...The local campus LGBTQ group on my campus tried to stage a "protest" for trans-rights in front of the campus library. Maybe three students showed up. The only sign they had was a sheet of 8.5x11 paper that was taped to a stick. It was definitely the most pathetic "protest" I've witnessed in real life.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (gnNyN)
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Those trans-phobic bastards!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)
Someone with their qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (1ET9J)
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I understood this reference.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:02 PM (KbEzc)
The SPLC indictment uses the magic words "scheme" and "wire fraud" but doesn't say RICO. That's coming, as the indictment shows RICO predicates.
When the indictment turns into a criminal complaint it'll be the start of a sprawling RICO case brought out of Alabama, which is where SPLC is based. Another potentially lager RICO case is being built out of Miami.
SPLC is the first "node." It will expand to include other "nodes" as more grand juries issue indictments. Picture a diagram on a wall with lots of pins and colored string.
Developing ...
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2026 04:03 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:02 PM (8avO+)
They can't make anyone believe, but they can get believers to believe even harder.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2026 04:03 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
My current car is a Forrester. So, no.
I made me feel nostalgic for air conditioning, though. My damn thing hasn't had air conditioning for about ten years now. Twice it broke, and twice I had it fixed, and then it broke again and I gave up.
I usually drive with the front windows down in warm weather.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)
How late/early are you up? Pixy takes questions in the 2:00 am thread.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
4:00 AM Eastern Time, to be clear.
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 04:03 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 04
You should have run out with your stapler and said “here, let me help you staple that to your stick. Wind is in the forecast”
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:04 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:04 PM (Gqar8)
I usually drive with the front windows down in warm weather.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)
Ye olde 270 air conditioning? 2 windows open, 70 mph.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 04:04 PM (qx7Zg)
-software sales people
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (KbEzc)
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When I worked in software development -- and where the salespeople could make a great annual salary with a single "sale" -- I used to joke that they'd go into a meeting touting our company's automobile product and leave with a deal for an airline product ... and then demand that we just slap some wings on those cars and make them fly.
My favorite tag-line (I should have written a book, but it's hard to beat Yourdan's "Death March: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving 'Mission Impossible' Projects") was:
"Guaranteed. To. Fail."
[Honorable Mention: "Designed To Fail, and Working As Designed."]
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:04 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Maybe she fully understood the racket the entire time?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 04:05 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 04
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The sign said "Lesbians won't suck my lady-dick!", didn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:05 PM (KbEzc)
Even when I lived in Tucson, Car AC was only for when you had a Chick with you.
Otherwise, it's windows down and suffering.
Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2026 04:05 PM (P0D9r)
Posted by: Gref
Don't know about Seattle because they have Winter, but it's well known that if you're going to be homeless and use hard drugs, you really can't beat S.F. (and probably in L.A.) for the climate. Plus it's compact so you don't have to go far to get your dope, fence your goods, free hot meal from St. Anthony's or wherever....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 05, 2026 04:06 PM (W5mpo)
It doesn't seem the best time to have a protest. Shouldn't they have done it when school
Was in session?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:06 PM (looXz)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:06 PM (Gqar8)
Everyone wearing a mask in that photo was paid by the SPLC
Is the maskless guy with the Smoky hat a cop?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:04 PM (hftzA)
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"It's most presumptuous of you to assume that any of the trannies had a stick. Bigot!"
/
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (+mTA5)
"The SPLC actively led donors to believe that their donations would be used to 'dismantle' violent extremist groups. However, the SPLC hid from donors the fact that a portion of their donated funds was being secretly used to support extremist groups and to fund their violent, racist, and extremist activities,"
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The "donors" were what? The same large corporations and idiot billionaires that funded BLM? If so, shareholders could be a bit ruffled.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
Otherwise, it's windows down and suffering.
Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2026
I run my AC even if I have the convertible top down. Gaia cries.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (ZVgZ4)
These Fs used the $ to attend extremist rallies and to gain a leadership role.
These F's....
Wanted to stop hating, in 2010
These F's...
Got paid to hold rally's and stay in
The SPLC, yeah..
Sponsored hate and bigotry yeah
Used donors like a money tree yeah
They paid for network news whores
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (nbLIj)
It doesn't seem the best time to have a protest. Shouldn't they have done it when school
Was in session?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:06 PM (looXz)
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This was last year sometime. During the regular semester. Lots of students wandering around campus, but everyone just ignored the "protestors." It was truly lame.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 04:08 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tubal
I miss the little triangular corner windows.
I didn't mind the crank windows.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 04:08 PM (D1E+2)
That's a big Twinkie.
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 04:08 PM (XuXeR)
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That's what she said.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:08 PM (KbEzc)
The only Woodrow I could respect was Woodrow Call, and he was a fictional character.
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 04:08 PM (s9VOe)
It doesn't seem the best time to have a protest. Shouldn't they have done it when school
Was in session?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:06 PM (looXz)
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This was last year sometime. During the regular semester. Lots of students wandering around campus, but everyone just ignored the "protestors." It was truly lame.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (gnNyN)
I am betting your school is not a Hot Bed of Wokism.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:08 PM (Gqar8)
Otherwise, it's windows down and suffering.
Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2026
I run my AC even if I have the convertible top down. Gaia cries.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (hftzA)
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Same
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)
I posted about this before. A friend of a friend's grandmother died. Nice little old Jewish lady. In her obit she requested donations to the SPLC. This was last summer. Wonder if you can hear her spinning in her grave?
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I'm sure a few people honored her wish, and I'd also bet they think this whole anti-SPLC thing is more Trump fascism.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (n7rxJ)
The SPLC indictment uses the magic words "scheme" and "wire fraud" but doesn't say RICO. That's coming, as the indictment shows RICO predicates.
When the indictment turns into a criminal complaint it'll be the start of a sprawling RICO case brought out of Alabama, which is where SPLC is based. Another potentially lager RICO case is being built out of Miami.
SPLC is the first "node." It will expand to include other "nodes" as more grand juries issue indictments. Picture a diagram on a wall with lots of pins and colored string.
Developing ...
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2026 04:03 PM (dtajH)
Yeah, like I was saying this is the legal definition of it. Like a ridiculously obvious hypothetical a prof would set up in a law class.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (3uBP9)
Even if buying new, carmax probably has a 2024 or 2025 which is close enough, unless the 2026 model is a complete overhaul. It’ll also give you good insight on how well it holds up with rattles, fit and finish after a couple of years.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:04 PM (Gqar
He wasn't a Democrat, he was Lincoln's Republican Veep. He was a Democrat before the war, but the party lines got scrambled by the War. Loyalist Dems from East Tennessee sometimes were hanged.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (P0D9r)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (3uBP9)
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"Now, class, tell me why the SPLC does not actually fit the definition because of their good hearts. Anyone who disagrees fails."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Bulg
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I'd trade everyone of them to get back my '75
F-250 4X4.
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 05, 2026 04:10 PM (mfV+0)
Even if buying new, carmax probably has a 2024 or 2025 which is close enough, unless the 2026 model is a complete overhaul. It’ll also give you good insight on how well it holds up with rattles, fit and finish after a couple of years.
Posted by: Heroq
Yeah, we're planning on going with something used, from 2023 or later.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:10 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 04:10 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:04 PM (Gqar
He wasn't a Democrat, he was Lincoln's Republican Veep. He was a Democrat before the war, but the party lines got scrambled by the War. Loyalist Dems from East Tennessee sometimes were hanged.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (8avO+)
Yeah you are right. They ran together on some hybrid ticket in 1864, I think.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:10 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (hftzA)
_______
Same
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)
I've seen office gals have space heaters by their feet and the A/C down in the 60s.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)
I roared when Campy the Campfire Man came down the street in "Ghostbusters". I roared even more when Bill Murray said, "Now there's something you don't see every day."
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (ZVgZ4)
It's the oldest existing political Party.
It easily steamrolled the early opposition Parties, until it faced militants Republicans - and they still eventually absorbed that Party in the end.
They were and remain the Party of government and will continue to do so - they just have no opposition at the moment.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:06 PM (Gqar
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Dude, you're bringing back bad flashbacks.
[When I was a kid, my philandering father used to go to one of his many girlfriends' house and leave me sitting in the car for an hour (we're talking like 115 degrees in the Las Vegas summers). So one day -- must have been my passive-aggressive anger -- I sat there for the entire hour pressing the electric button to continually roll my passenger window up-and-down.
So when dad climbs in the car (and notices what I'm doing), the battery is dead and the care won't start. MAN, was he pissed at me ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (+mTA5)
It was fun convincing the Germans to offer sunroof and a/c...
They didn't understand
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:08 PM (Gqar
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No, thankfully.
Sure, there are a number of looney professors who are far out lefty (mostly in the humanities, which occupies ONE building on campus).
The rest tend to keep their opinions to themselves because they know most of the students are NOT raging leftists.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: mnw at June 05, 2026 03:48 PM (RCjYY)
Considering they are threatening jurors lives. In Tecas. Hmmmm.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 03:40 PM (hftzA)
Piper! Is it really you???
To paraphrase Mark Twain: 'The rumors of your death were greatly exaggerated'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 04:12 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)
Yeah you are right. They ran together on some hybrid ticket in 1864, I think.
Posted by: tubal
"National Union", I've seen it called.
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 04:12 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
I'm with ya. I must have some Eskimo in my genes.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 04:12 PM (BN9Gq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (looXz)
Hey, me too!
Posted by: Benedict A. at June 05, 2026 04:12 PM (gjKW7)
I'm beginning to think that maybe she was mistaken.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 05, 2026 04:12 PM (aTl7+)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)
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I've done that. Mainly because I never had control over the climate in my office. It was always set way too low for my comfort.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 04:12 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:09 PM (8avO+)
Yeah you are right. They ran together on some hybrid ticket in 1864, I think.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:10 PM (Gqar
National Union Party.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR)
To paraphrase Mark Twain: 'The rumors of your death were greatly exaggerated'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
Piper's tumor was just a rumor.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)
-software sales people
Elon (who else?) says it's being worked on.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM (GAoSt)
Some of those fuckers are borderline criminal gangs so RCIO is on the table. National Alliance? Really?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (gjKW7)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (ZxPkt)
The "sciencey boys" want us to shed this skin suit. Bye!
Posted by: Them Greek Homos Wut Stole Everything From The Wondrous and Kind Wakandans at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (s9VOe)
So it was a very big deal. Of course the AC option was staggeringly expensive in a car that was already expensive.
My dad and grandfather get into the car with the AC running. "Oh my god, this is amazing," my grandfather says. "Too bad we'll never be able to afford it."
People didn't expect or even understand back then that tech that costs $100 on launch costs $10 a few years later.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (iFTx/)
banana Dream, I have a FWP you could solve.
(Sorry for the OT but I don't know when I'll get another chance.)
My niece gets a LOT of packages from UPS, FedEx, etc for her small business.
One day, a UPS package comes with this crazy little toy she didn't order. Inside the box, she finds the manufacturer's packing slip, and it goes to someone else in the city whose name/address aren't faintly my niece's. She contacts that person, who confirms it's her package. After several refusals, she finally gets UPS to pick it back up and re-send it to the proper party, whose name and address she has taped prominently to the outside of the package.
UPS sends it back to my niece.
Just explain this for me, and tell me how to fix it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: thathalfrican - the One at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
I'm almost the reverse, I don't like the feel of A/C. A fan moving air does me fine almost always. My cooling thermostat is up in the 80s mostly for the cats.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (ZxPkt)
What was the tech purchase?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0)
"I can't believe the party that was the KKK would now fake being the KKK"
"Boy, this party that was the KKK seems to actually still hate Jews..."
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (XuXeR)
Cheeky Greeks!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 04:16 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: ToddF at June 05, 2026 04:16 PM (Ke09R)
Some of those fuckers are borderline criminal gangs so RCIO is on the table. National Alliance? Really?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (gjKW7)
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The organization itself is probably dead. I don't think it'll be able to recover from this.
However, the part that's going to be the most interesting is how much major donors knew.
If there was organizational knowledge shared with, like, Melinda Gates or someone, about what's going on...what does that do to Melinda?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:16 PM (KbEzc)
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You're forgetting the fibbies. The percentage of SPLC finks to FBI finks would be a function of relative payments. You'd really have to see the FBi budget vs the SPLC budget to know that ALL of them were SPLC stooges. Given that the FBI had ranked the "right-wing" threat greater than Moose-limb danger, it's >99.9% probability that a bunch of that crowd was on the FBI payroll.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 05, 2026 04:16 PM (ezP9C)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 04:16 PM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar8)
UPS sends it back to my niece.
Just explain this for me, and tell me how to fix it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (n7rxJ)
Drive it to the person's house.
I've had some computer shipments go awry with breakdowns and they never wanted anything returned they just shipped new stuff
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (XuXeR)
They need medallions nestled in their chest hair for that 70s feel.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (zZu0s)
was dealt with great humor.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (wVcYX)
A $25 Gift Card to a local Lunch / Coffee Spot.
2x per year.
Her driver will take care of ALL the problems she has.
Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (P0D9r)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0)
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Much like John McCain on the ACA repeal vote, they're sacrificial lambs to protect others.
There are probably at least 20 who would vote against it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (ZVgZ4)
Someone yesterday was just complaining to me that UPS has its head squarely up its sphincter
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 04:18 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2026 04:18 PM (P0D9r)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 04:19 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0)
And the Turtle posted some of his usual mush about how those darn Democrats were holding a "reckless blockade of border security". Thank heaven we have a stalwart adult in the room like Mitch to protect us from those... those... Democrats.
The hell he deserves could melt tungsten.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:19 PM (gjKW7)
-software sales people
Elon (who else?) says it's being worked on.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM (GAoSt)
never heard of the flesh light?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:19 PM (8avO+)
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From the sidebar.
I mean...this is how parodies work. They don't have jokes. They have irreverent references. It's how the genre has worked since like the 80s.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:19 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)
*****
Women are extremely expensive.
Posted by: torabora at June 05, 2026 04:20 PM (gVGRq)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)
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In the 90s I worked in an old high-rise building downtown Oakland that was -- like virtually every other corporate building I ever worked in -- poor at regulating temperature (one area was always too hot, and one too cold).
Anyway, most people brought in space heaters to stay warm in the mornings -- and they were eventually banned because the electric panel fuses kept getting blown.
The other idiocy was you weren't supposed to open your office window (there was a trick to it and I often did) because they didn't want the liability if you decided to jump out the window.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:20 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Darwin Akbar at June 05, 2026 04:21 PM (oWc6Q)
(Sorry for the OT but I don't know when I'll get another chance.)
My niece gets a LOT of packages from UPS, FedEx, etc for her small business.
One day, a UPS package comes with this crazy little toy she didn't order. Inside the box, she finds the manufacturer's packing slip, and it goes to someone else in the city whose name/address aren't faintly my niece's. She contacts that person, who confirms it's her package. After several refusals, she finally gets UPS to pick it back up and re-send it to the proper party, whose name and address she has taped prominently to the outside of the package.
UPS sends it back to my niece.
Just explain this for me, and tell me how to fix it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:14 PM (n7rxJ)
I don't actually work there anymore, back in the 80s 90s in college. But I think what has to happen is return to sender as wrong address. UPS will only ever go with the original shipping direction which has to be wrong. They will keep sending it to the wrong address. The originator has to change that. Or walk it directly to the correct recipient. I hope that helps.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 04:22 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:19 PM (KbEzc)
Counter:
Airplane! Was a shit for shot remake of Zero Hour, so while not original, they still were both edgy and original with the jokes, sight gags.
Now, the Zuckers in their prime ARE a high bar.... even for the Zucker Bros.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)
This blue slip 'tradition' is BS.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
3h
🚨 BREAKING: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has just REFUSED to block a Trump judicial nominee, despite having the unilateral ability to do so with the "blue slip" — Democrats are FURIOUS
This is the *first time* in Trump's 2nd term a Democrat did not block a Trump nominee!
Antonio Pozos will now be allowed to ADVANCE, as neither Sen. Dave McCormick (R) or Fetterman used their blue slip powers, which effectively allow one senator block a judicial nominee for their state at any time — Punchbowl
Pozos was nominated to the Eastern District of PA.
Now, blue groups are gearing up to run ADS against Fetterman because of this move.
We should STILL GET RID OF BLUE SLIPS, they are blocking Trump nominees in other states!
Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 04:22 PM (kX27y)
The hell he deserves could melt tungsten.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:19 PM (gjKW7)
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DHS funding, last I heard, is done. An extra $70 billion provided to DHS to cover all the other parts of its functioning that weren't covered in the OBBB (which was mostly ICE enforcement).
Really, this is hugely important, more important than the SAVE Act. SAVE Act passed today wouldn't affect 2026. It can be revisited in early 2026 with a different makeup of senators that doesn't include Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, or Cornyn. However, secured funding for the largest deportation machine in history through 2029? Making it impossible for Dems to hold it hostage in any way shape or form through either a slim Dem majority in the House or procedural votes?
That's big.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:22 PM (KbEzc)
Airplane! Was a shit for shot remake of Zero Hour, so while not original, they still were both edgy and original with the jokes, sight gags.
Now, the Zuckers in their prime ARE a high bar.... even for the Zucker Bros.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)
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ZAZ made it work in Airplane and Top Secret, but that was early 80s.
Ever since, it's just been references.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:23 PM (KbEzc)
Marlon Wayons (I can't be bothered to look up how to spell his dumb name) now has a trans kid he's tweeting about.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 04:23 PM (gjKW7)
Man, the safety features they have on cars today are freaking amazing.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)
Bulg
We've had one Forester and one Outback. We've been very happy with both.
One thing - they told us after the fact that if you get a flat tire you need to replace all four to keep the symmetrical all wheel drive in balance.
We haven't had to do that but it's a consideration
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 04:23 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: M. Gaga at June 05, 2026 04:23 PM (KiBMU)
was dealt with great humor.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (wVcYX)
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Mostly if you're a boomer
And doubly if a doomer.
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:24 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: kingsman at June 05, 2026 04:24 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:24 PM (Ia/+0)
And we all though the Patriot Front dweebs were feebs.
Posted by: M. Gaga
Well, they certainly were mentally.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 04:25 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:23 PM (KbEzc)
Counter again: Not another teen movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 04:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar
****
My namesake grandfather suffered a stroke in 1975 and fell off one of those tractors plowing his fields. My Uncle found him three days later there and grandpa made it a few more days in hospital. He was 85
Posted by: torabora at June 05, 2026 04:26 PM (gVGRq)
Posted by: garret
......
Our old VW bus had those, even on the side. Great for peeing out of on long trips.
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 04:26 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar
****
My namesake grandfather suffered a stroke in 1975 and fell off one of those tractors plowing his fields. My Uncle found him three days later there and grandpa made it a few more days in hospital. He was 85
Posted by: torabora at June 05, 2026 04:26 PM (gVGRq)
Wow!! He was made of stern stuff.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:27 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar
Then they gave women the vote (in 1916?)......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 04:27 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM
What about her tattoos?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 04:27 PM (0sNs1)
One thing - they told us after the fact that if you get a flat tire you need to replace all four to keep the symmetrical all wheel drive in balance.
We haven't had to do that but it's a consideration
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue still waiting for election results in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 05, 2026 04:23 PM (QGaXH)
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The same applies to any AWD and 4WD vehicles -- which I learned the hard way about 5 years ago.
[Subaru News You Can Use:] "In the early 1990s, facing declining sales, Subaru of America identified lesbians as a lucrative niche demographic, discovering they were four times more likely than average consumers to buy their vehicles. This relationship began with market research in hotspots like Northampton, Massachusetts, and Portland, Oregon, where marketers found that single women—many of whom were lesbians—were drawn to the cars' practicality, reliability, and all-wheel drive capabilities."
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:28 PM (+mTA5)
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM
What about her tattoos?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 04:27 PM (0sNs1)
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What about her pants at the Texas MoMe?
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 04:28 PM (+mTA5)
*******
If by "amazing" you mean wildly stupid and dumbed down, then yes, welp is right. I rent cars a bunch for work travel and spend 15-20 minutes before leaving the rental lot trying to turn off all that garbage. Like the "safety feature" that grabs the wheel and pulls against you because it thinks you're too stupid to steer, or all the lane and braking alerts etc etc. I can drive safely thanks tho.
Posted by: Steven J at June 05, 2026 04:29 PM (hyQrc)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM
Weasel still has one of these! In fact, it's rumored to have one of those dangerous PTOs!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 04:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip
......
Senators should not be allowed to vote unless they can do ten push-ups.
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 04:29 PM (UjdFS)
How many of the "racists" are even real at all not just getting paid?
Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 03:54 PM (YwEeS)
In the khaki/blue photo, probably just one. The guy with the white laces on his Doc Martens. Everyone else is wearing boots in Quantico Brown.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2026 04:30 PM (FkdoK)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2026 04:30 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 04:29 PM (UjdFS)
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Abbot for senator.
He can only do modified pushups, and he can bang those out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 04:30 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:17 PM
Weasel still has one of these! In fact, it's rumored to have one of those dangerous PTOs!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 04:29 PM (0sNs1)
The Auger accessory is especially, uh, risky, you might say.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:31 PM (Gqar8)
Airplane! Was a shit for shot remake of Zero Hour, so while not original, they still were both edgy and original with the jokes, sight gags.
Now, the Zuckers in their prime ARE a high bar.... even for the Zucker Bros.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 05, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)
The Zuckers with Airplane! were helped big-time by Zero Hour being over 20 years old and not a big box office hit. I probably saw it once or twice as a kid on TV - afternoon or after final local news movie - but did not remember it by the time I saw Airplane!.
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 04:31 PM (5rh/l)
Senators should not be allowed to vote unless they can do ten push-ups.
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 04:29 PM (UjdFS
And if they have to do them on their knees, their seats better not be in the air and their ankles better not be crossed. Or they fail.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 04:32 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 05, 2026 04:32 PM (sUDUf)
Michigan's Jocelyn Benson is sitting at the heart of the scandal.
She worked as a volunteer researcher and undercover investigator at the SPLC right after college, and makes an annual trek to the SPLC’s home city of Montgomery, Alabama,
Benson said she researched neo-Nazi and far-right groups at the center, posing as a freelance journalist to uncover the plans of white supremacist leaders and groups.
A girlfriend of disgraced founder Morris Dees, she resigned from the SPLC board when he was ousted.
But she is giving the Sgt. Shultz reply to any knowledge of what was going on.
Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2026 04:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 04:31 PM (5rh/l)
They also bought the rights, to make sure they didn't get any IP lawsuits.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Don't know how it turned out. Years ago.
And yes they appear to be Quantico recruits.
Posted by: torabora at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (gVGRq)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)
NOT a criticism of your comment, at all, but this is so predictable that its’ an assumption.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 04:33 PM (Gqar8)
I will just bring it up tomorrow on the thread
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 04:34 PM (Ia/+0)
I hope that helps.
Posted by: banana Dream
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That's funny, I was thinking just take it to the intended recipient is the solution. Who knows, it could result in a meet-cute.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 04:34 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 05, 2026 04:34 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Steven J at June 05, 2026 04:36 PM (hyQrc)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: mnw
The angry mob nullification tactic worked against Chauvin.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 03:51 PM (lf2F9)
They also strong-armed the medical examiner, IIRC. There was a lot more going on, but let's set that aside.
Chauvin was convicted, and voting "not guilty" is emotionally different than voting "guilty", so emotional manipulation tactics do not work the same in both directions.
I'm with the defense attorney; the angry, pro-crime protestors are likely to help Karmelo get convicted. Just like Chauvin.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
.......
If all the votes are for Frog Lady they should be able to count them a lot faster.
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 04:38 PM (UjdFS)
apparently there are all these govt 'oversight' committees ...what exactly are they over-seeing ? oddly, Oversight are blind to any of the above, but seem to know when *within days* that MY estimated tax payments are off by $74 dollars.
Posted by: paxmerican at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (ADssA)
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Sy6m/)
It’s Texas, not Minnesota.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 05, 2026 04:40 PM (3mtTi)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 04:00 PM (cWLG3)
Were they playing K D Lang music at the dealership?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 05, 2026 04:41 PM (g8Ew8)
*******
If by "amazing" you mean wildly stupid and dumbed down, then yes, welp is right. I rent cars a bunch for work travel and spend 15-20 minutes before leaving the rental lot trying to turn off all that garbage. Like the "safety feature" that grabs the wheel and pulls against you because it thinks you're too stupid to steer, or all the lane and braking alerts etc etc. I can drive safely thanks tho.
*****
yes its really out of control and very stressful to drive these things with all the screens and warnings...some even jam on the brakes for you.
i just rent the cargo van anymore.
Posted by: paxmerican at June 05, 2026 04:46 PM (ADssA)
Posted by: Avi at June 05, 2026 05:00 PM (ieodf)
Posted by: Paul at June 05, 2026 05:30 PM (XFXIk)
SPLC is the first "node." It will expand to include other "nodes" as more grand juries issue indictments. Picture a diagram on a wall with lots of pins and colored string.
Developing ...
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 05, 2026 04:03 PM (dtajH)
Don't get my hopes up, Q
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 05, 2026 05:31 PM (zafwz)
Man, the safety features they have on cars today are freaking amazing.
Posted by: Bulg
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Yahbut, their nose is so far up your ass that the seats are uncomfortable.
The mic is always on (whether you set it off or not) , it records how fast you're driving, how hard you brake, and how tight you turn. It records all of this and reports back to the company which then sells that data to insurance companies. It knows where you go and how you got there and how long you stayed. It records that and sends it back to the company who sells the data to who knows who - Homeland Security, the Russian Mafaya , the lawyer for the guy who is suing you, your political opponents?
New cars are a major component of The Panoptican
Posted by: buddhaha at June 05, 2026 05:47 PM (ezP9C)
I have friends who are big Xena, Warrior Princess fans, and my wife gets hit on by women with crew cuts and flannel shirts, but my Forester is great. The only thing that can stop it is ground clearance problems. I've steered around Jeeps that were stuck on an uphill road.
It's a secondary vehicle now, but at 256k miles, I've got my money out of it. It never left me stuck or stranded.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 05, 2026 06:17 PM (ezP9C)
Hopefully this grand jury indictment supports RICO charges against SPLC, so that the slimy organization and every single worm working its evil will get tagged for a few years at Club Fed. Anybody know?
Posted by: Fritz at June 05, 2026 08:40 PM (J7jo9)
Can I count my racism volunteer hours as a tax deductible gift to a non profit?
Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at June 05, 2026 09:08 PM (ELUAs)
Posted by: wferrin at June 06, 2026 05:40 PM (r2kAV)
May Jobs Report "Unexpectedly" Smashes "Expert" "Expectations"
Good news. Not enough to reverse the public's sour impressions of the economy, I'm afraid.
And inflation is still a problem.
A new jobs report exceeded expectations despite the U.S. economy facing inflation and record debt. U.S. payrolls rose by 172,000 last month, far above the Dow Jones' 80,000 estimate that CNBC reported Friday. Unemployment remained steady at 4.3%. "Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance. There are a lot of encouraging signs for the labor market heading into summer. (Unfortunately, inflation is a lot worse)," Navy Federal Credit Union chief economic Heather Long stated in a June 6 X post. ... This jobs increase follows a period of increased inflation. The cost of everyday goods rose 0.9% in March and 0.6% in April since the start of the Iran War, according to Consumer Price Index data.
Honestly, it looks like the hiring recession is over.
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) June 5, 2026
US average job gains in 2025: 10,000 a month
US average job gains in 2026: 114,000 a month
Job gains in the past 3 months: 188,000
Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance. There are a lot of encouraging… https://t.co/nSzdmJYljz
Amazing how President Trump’s opponents keep attributing this all to “luck.” As if lower taxes and reductions in government red tape had no role? Even if it were “luck,” I’d rather gamble with Trump than a communist Democrat. https://t.co/ERqvmUBeqy
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) June 5, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:21 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Jose at June 05, 2026 02:21 PM (V6W16)
https://tinyurl.com/3a6hycvy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (FxH7T)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 05, 2026 02:23 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at June 05, 2026 02:23 PM (PiwSw)
Yes, but becoming less so.
Wages kept pace slightly ahead of inflation, so that's moving in the right direction.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:23 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (FxH7T)
Imagine a group made up of 20 Beakers and 20 Elmos. This group would outthink "experts".
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (qx7Zg)
The Gentleman's First is when someone finds the post empty of comments, but Noods in the previous thread BEFORE commenting and grabbing the first.
I saw Washington Nearsider's nood and then clicked on the post, but still no comments.
This is how it's done folks. Bravo. *golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (bss/y)
A: Nobody ever exoects them.
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (bss/y)
Now wait just a minute with all that 'Gentleman' talk!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:25 PM (Kdi1r)
Welp. Guess I better rewrite the old resume.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:25 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 05, 2026 02:26 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:25 PM (hftzA)
Wait...
You have 'tying a mule dick in a knot' on your resume?!
I think that's worse than being dead...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Kdi1r)
A bit of deflation would be nice, but that's certainly a better rate than the, what 5% per month inflation? under Biden
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:27 PM (bss/y)
Karmelo Anthiony supporters threaten to kill white reporters utside trial courthouse:
https://x.com/AbeTheShinzo/status/2062616298954142177
“We kill crackas!”
“I like the smell of burning flesh!”
“We’re gonna do some Nat Turner shit on you”
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)
Anyway, last thread 95.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:45 PM (p4NUW)
Definitely seems like you've made good decisions for your children and yourself, and your family is doing well.
That's what matters. 👍
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 05, 2026 02:29 PM (k9OZB)
That simple.
The private economy is trying to mop up all that money, in the form of improved productivity, but it is hard because there is just so damn much of it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 05, 2026 02:29 PM (8zt2q)
Posted by: Bete at June 05, 2026 02:31 PM (LX4y3)
We're doing our part!
/MSM
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (cGjQu)
AKA The Sour Patch Kids
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 02:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:32 PM (qFwJc)
That little CNBC fella looks like an invisible man punched him in the stomach.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 05, 2026 02:29 PM (k9OZB)
Wazzup, bitchez.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand of Doom at June 05, 2026 02:32 PM (FkdoK)
Regime uncertainty is considered the one of the main causes of the Great Depression (tm). While Hoover's and Roosevelt's policies in and of themselves were bad, it was the constant change of rules that kept businesses behaving ultra-conservatively. With the Supremes ruling on tariffs and the settling in of the Trump administration we've seen a lot less regime uncertainty this year.
Anyway, that's what I believe is one of the reasons for the improvement in hiring.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at June 05, 2026 02:33 PM (+48wn)
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxzYs)
YEET!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:33 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2026 02:34 PM (FkdoK)
Puts hand up.
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:34 PM (Jr5Lq)
That simple.
The private economy is trying to mop up all that money, in the form of improved productivity, but it is hard because there is just so damn much of it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 05, 2026 02:29 PM (8zt2q)
Also it doesn't help that a lot of that deficit spending is actually being transferred to various warlords in Somalia and other shitholes.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:34 PM (3uBP9)
That doesn’t match the consumer sentiment report, which is garbage.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 05, 2026 02:35 PM (OnLUs)
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ZxzYs)
I don't think our side has a sour impression of the economy. The Democraps are desperate for us to believe everything sucks, but we don't.
Everything is much better than it was under Biden. Prices are still high, but lower. Taxes and red tape are down, at least a little. Jobs are better and there are more of them for Americans.
Stock market is on fire. Anyone with a 401k or even a little money in the market has seen the brokerage statements. They must smile when they see their money increase each month.
Is there room for improvement? Of course. Gas is still too expensive and interest rates should be lower, among things.
But we are clearly on the right track, I think our side is almost universally optimistic, and all the naysayers in the enemy camps can suck my big phat dick until they choke to death.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)
You know, if I were a defendant in a murder trial, I would not want supporters that are just openly pro-murder. People might wonder why, if I'm innocent, that's the kind of people attracted to my cause.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Sy6m/)
>>except tech and finance
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Tech I MIGHT get, but why finance? Because it's half tech?
By the way, those tech people know how to make noise. Watching youtube, you get the impression that no one can find work anywhere. And it really does seem that there are 1000+ applicants for every opening.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM (n7rxJ)
You have 'tying a mule dick in a knot' on your resume?!
I think that's worse than being dead...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Kdi1r)
It was just too easy of a shot. I couldn’t help it. lol.
But we all know my resume is not in circulation. Heck, I am not even consulting anymore. I just get to play at my studio. I would probably be in a world of hurt if I had to get a real job right now, I have been out of the game a long time.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:37 PM (hftzA)
cpys8
Damned Joos and their corporations, being corporationy and doing corporation things.
OOGA BOOGAH OOGAH!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2026 02:37 PM (FkdoK)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 05, 2026 02:38 PM (OnLUs)
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:35 PM
This.
We're running at about a 1 in 6 good to useless ratio.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 02:39 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM (n7rxJ)
This is about me isn't it?
Posted by: Buggy whip union local 3 at June 05, 2026 02:39 PM (ZxzYs)
Unfortunately I'm on the *seeking* end again as corporate shut down the site I worked at. Hopefully next report I'll be on the *gained* side.
Posted by: Bete
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Good luck. I, unfortunately, am in tech -- as in "Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)
"We're running at about a 1 in 6 good to useless ratio."
What jobs are you guys hiring for, and where do I apply?
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 02:41 PM (Kt19C)
You can’t live off the wages, it’s just spending money. But it’s flexible and the team is AMAZING!
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (hftzA)
This is about me isn't it?
Posted by: Buggy whip union local 3
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lol I don't know whether it's AI or whether there's simply been a mad education bubble in computer science. It seems new STEM grads are moving back in with their parents in droves.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)
Oh yeah? Are you a biologist?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (/jglT)
Honestly, I would rather they not hire anyone than hire foreigners. We're overfull already, having trouble assimilating the ones already here, can't take any more. As long as tech is openly discriminating against the native born, I'm rooting against them.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:43 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Methos at June 05, 2026 02:43 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Methos at June 05, 2026 02:43 PM (vSvIl)
We have reduced our population growth greatly...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 02:44 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:44 PM (3uBP9)
You can’t live off the wages, it’s just spending money. But it’s flexible and the team is AMAZING!
Posted by: Piper
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Your workers' comp better be paid up if you hire any of us geezers.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:35 PM
This.
We're running at about a 1 in 6 good to useless ratio.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 02:39 PM (OkYzo)
Is this in simply human characteristics like showing up on time not obviously hung over with Mom and Dad coming in to make sure the workplace is safe?
Or is it a skills discrepancy?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (Sco7b)
they will - or similar new entities will - after the restructuring.
tech and fin overhired LIKE CRAZY
it will be fine. "creative destruction" needs to happen. a lot of rot needs to clear.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (j+aD2)
-- 70k of the added jobs were "hospitality" (restaurants, bars, vacation destination, etc). That's encouraging on a larger scale because presumably it means those doing the hiring for these jobs are expecting busy summer travel and recreational spending.
-- On the downside, local government added 55k. These are taxpayer funded, not private sector demand. We need to shop government to the bone, not expand it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:44 PM (3uBP9)
So, government funded? That's the tech that is hiring - dept of war spending, dept of homeland spending, etc...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (tOcjL)
I am 70. I used to write embedded system software for data communications. After all the drama in my life, and being a shitty golfer such that I want to quit, I want to find employment. No. Menial work won't do. I don't want to write software again. I need to get busy. But what?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:46 PM (qFwJc)
tech and fin overhired LIKE CRAZY
it will be fine. "creative destruction" needs to happen. a lot of rot needs to clear.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (j+aD2)
Problem is tech and finance are middle to upper middle class jobs that support families.
Hospitality jobs are minimum and low wage jobs that do not.
We really kinda need the former to get back on track, not just the latter...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 02:47 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)
Nice important H1-B's your company have there.
They must be incredibly important and skilled for the new 2027 $250,000 a person fee on each and every one of them.
/dreaming mode off
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 02:47 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)
I'm retiring at the end of July. Likely consulting a few hours a week until the end of the year. My company is quietly slashing capex budgets and reducing new hire headcount by half. Glad I'm almost out of the machine.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 05, 2026 02:47 PM (Ys9p5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 02:48 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)
Me too. Manufacturing side of it. We will be hiring around 2000 people over the next year.
What jobs are you guys hiring for, and where do I apply?
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (Jr5Lq)
My company is world wide but the division I work for is in the Reno/Carson City area. We hire through temp agencies. Well have shipping, recieving, QA, Rework, Machinist, Operator, Sawmen, CNC, IT.... Everything.
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:48 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Buggy whip union local 3
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lol I don't know whether it's AI or whether there's simply been a mad education bubble in computer science. It seems new STEM grads are moving back in with their parents in droves.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)
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Drastic over-hiring and a bubble in STEM education. Not to mention the foreign invaders. A correction was inevitable and probably good for the long run.
Every industry has periods of over-hiring and over-education, followed by a correction. Tech has been mostly immune to this because it's been on a tear for years.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
By the way, those tech people know how to make noise. Watching youtube, you get the impression that no one can find work anywhere. And it really does seem that there are 1000+ applicants for every opening.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM
Finance is losing jobs because ai can run a mortgage in about 1/1,000 the time a broker can do it in. And it's accuracy rate is beyond anything a human can accomplish.
I wish it wasn't true but that's where we are at this time.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2026 02:48 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)
The only real thing that lowers prices overall is competition between manufacturers ( and retailers). In other words...capitalism.
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 02:49 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Sid at June 05, 2026 02:49 PM (dqKQJ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (qFwJc)
I gotta say this, but I have new computer and am not logged in anywhere so I will say it here.
A lot of comments around the net about the carmel anthony trial and the protesters.
No one understands that they are paid for by the defense, and their goal is jury tampering -- to create the impression that there are masses of people outside, angry people, protesting that he is innocent. They are attempting nullification. Paid by defense and probably NGOs. This needs to be investigated by DOJ.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (lf2F9)
If you have ‘t been in the market in the past 5-7ish years it’s an entirely different world than what you experienced. Much like dating today vs 10 years ago. It’s insane.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (tNkpt)
The poptarts I've eaten over the years (yeah, yeah, shaddup!) are recently noticeably shorter than they used to be. And at our Walmart shopping expedition last weekend, the Gain detergent we use went from 88 fl. oz. to 81 while claiming the product is cheaper. I need to dig out some old receipts, but I'd lay a $20 on the counter than the savings are not commensurate with the shrinkage.
Folks notice this stuff while they're shopping and it won't help the administration.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 02:51 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 02:51 PM (x4yF4)
Aren't they precious?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 02:51 PM (BI5O2)
Learn a trade. Mary Tiles Texas.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (qFwJc)
If you have ‘t been in the market in the past 5-7ish years it’s an entirely different world than what you experienced. Much like dating today vs 10 years ago. It’s insane.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (tNkpt)
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What's "dating"?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: banana Dream - and paid in sawbucks at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (3uBP9)
By the way, those tech people know how to make noise. Watching youtube, you get the impression that no one can find work anywhere. And it really does seem that there are 1000+ applicants for every opening.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM
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Big over-hire in finance the last few years, especially in areas not known to be big finance hubs. And lots of H1Bs in that mix. Finance is crawling with Indians, Asians, Africans, etc. So without knowing exactly which finance jobs were affected, and where, it's hard to know what to make of it all.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)
And new H1-B's crashing 80%.
These are good numbers. Probably great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 02:53 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)
I'm permanent hired (finally) the one I went through sucked. The name I keep hearing from all these new-hires that clog up the parking lot every Monday is employnet.
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ZxzYs)
And when they get their healthcare bills. And prop tax assessments. And insurance premium bills. And when they're looking for a new car. A new home or apartment. Etc.
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:53 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)
I am/was a software engineer. I can keep huge systems in my head, and often isolate issues to the correct subsystem before trying to reproduce it. AI reduces my effectiveness.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (qx7Zg)
Thanks! I will check it out, although if they are sending you so many bad hires, you'll prolly stop using them soon.
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)
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https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/
2062610823013707981
Why won't anyone think of the H1-Bs who are leaving at such a high rate that Dallas' real estate economy is seeing contraction and deflation?!
Also, Trump's not doing anything about housing costs!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (KbEzc)
https://tinyurl.com/3a6hycvy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (ndZc7)
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OnlyFans must be rocking!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
They are aggressive toward anyone who approaches. They are loud and incoherent. They are paid thugs. The defense went around and hired the most violent and angry people and I would not be surprised if they all get a bonus if the jury hangs.
They did the same at the Chauvin trial to get the jury to find him guilty. There are probably more I can't think of. This a big problem This has to be nipped in the bud.
What to do? Can't send water cannons of National Guard, as that would only feed the goal of creating a scene. They need to be investigated and find some law that justifies arresting them for tampering (and their funders) and putting them in graybar for 30 days.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 02:55 PM (lf2F9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:46 PM (qFwJc)
Look of Fiverr, ask AI to summarize what the best-paying gigs are for skills similar to yours. You might not need formal employment at all, but the alternative is unfortunately dealing with people yourself.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:56 PM (Sy6m/)
https://tinyurl.com/jjts3kp4
Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 02:57 PM (kX27y)
My favorite is I got a “thanks but no thanks” email for a job I applied for in 2022 LOL.
It’s a miracle anyone gets hired in this landscape.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 02:57 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)
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Kuwait announced it's building a new pipeline.
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2062952317725343970
Iraq is going to triple oil exports in the next few months.
https://t.co/bMbhmzCVex
The Gulf States are hardening and expanding strait alternatives, all while demand destruction has hit hard in Africa and China and overproduction that started more than a month ago is outpacing the declined demand.
The negotiations are theater for political purposes and don't matter on the ground. What matters is the Gulf States and the rest of the world finding workarounds all while Iran has culled all of its chickens and will be facing nationwide malnutrition from lack of protein in weeks with 25% inflation per week.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM
*Never* think that!
Posted by: Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize in Economics winner at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (0sNs1)
That was once. Over a week ago.
Probably the last time that happened was when he brought home a test where he'd scored 55%. A true-or-false test.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (kj+jH)
I had a recent experience with that. It was great for 3 weeks. Then it turned horribly bad.
Never going to do that again.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)
Cost of living also plays a role here. Few college kids are going to graduate into a low level career type job that makes them enough money to support themselves within weeks. My kid is now fully supporting herself after a year on her job (car purchase/car insurance/car tax taken over as of this month - hurray!), but she still pays me way below market rent for housing, with the goal that she'll be moving out at 28-29 and buying a townhome/condo that she can afford with all her savings (b/c she could not pay a full rental fee right now, or probably until she gets 2-3 promotions, let alone buy an attached house here without a few years to max save)...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (tOcjL)
AI reduces my effectiveness.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Is it doing the work of entry-level engineers though? I'm getting a very dark impression of employment in tech right now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (x4yF4)
> Nonfarm payrolls increased by 172,000 jobs last month
These numbers were called anemic under Biden. And they’re down from April (179,000 added)
70k of those jobs were restaurants and bars. Local government added 55k, taxpayer funded, not private sector demand. Financial activities lost 22k and is down 107k since May 2025. Transportation down 92k from its peak.
Imagine uncritically reporting BLS numbers after a Commissioner was fired for revising them down lol. Thanks for your "reporting" reuters
Who the hell is traveling that the Leisure and hospitality jobs are up? People can't afford to travel. And personal experience in my area - I can say that hotels aren't filled and local attractions aren't very busy.
So let's assume this is true, what the hell is going on?
They are basically saying: Leisure and hospitality led all sectors while gas prices are wicked high and nobody can afford life. Make it make sense.
I’ll wait for the revisions, thank you very much. Also, if 1 person takes multiple jobs, each of those jobs counts as individual employment, which in a gig economy is becoming much more common place.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (qFwJc)
Maybe I should start wearing a skirt.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (kj+jH)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)
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I wonder how particular these people were about the number of government jobs in Biden's jobs reports.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (KbEzc)
aw I wish mine were
they somehow all got employed
and apartments, which I mean ... I have the space? save money?
is it me?
lol
anyway I dunno here in PA things are pretty hot with STEM and engineering and getting hotter as Manufacturing keeps growing and we also have energy ... it's all right
I'm busy and should not be posting. I didn't think I'd be still working so much!
and AI just helps me. it force multiplies me. lol take some time with that thought
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (tNkpt)
Can confirm.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)
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The funny thing is, the revisions of the past two months went up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (KbEzc)
oh yeah the revisions that always get revised up?
dumbass
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (j+aD2)
We warned you about the One Wish Willow, but noooo
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (kj+jH)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
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Which coincides with Face Filter programs, and in some extreme cases, wide-angle camera lenses.
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)
Or is it a skills discrepancy?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM
It's both. People with skills but have little experience using them in the real world, and people who can't follow simple rules like staying off your phones, or having to have ear buds in your ears like your life has to have a soundtrack playing at all times.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)
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https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/
2062610823013707981
Why won't anyone think of the H1-Bs who are leaving at such a high rate that Dallas' real estate economy is seeing contraction and deflation?!
Also, Trump's not doing anything about housing costs!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (KbEzc)
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Also: new FHA loan regulations made it harder (but not impossible) for foreigners to get mortgages.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)
It saves me time on every tech problem I apply it to.
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 03:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)
The Iran situation will be less of a deal as it goes on. At some point shipping will divert to safer ports and sources and the demand will be filled.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:02 PM (8avO+)
Also: new FHA loan regulations made it harder (but not impossible) for foreigners to get mortgages.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)
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"H1-B isn't a permanent residency visa. No, you can't have a 30 year loan on a visa that maxes out at 6 years."
-common sense
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:02 PM (KbEzc)
how on earth are visa holders getting MORTGAGES!!!!
has to end what insanity
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)
Good idea.
May's numbers were just revised UP 97,000.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (Kdi1r)
Kuwait announced it's building a new pipeline.
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Should have been done ages ago. This is clearly a result of Trump's putting an end to kick-the-can.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (Jr5Lq)
In the 00s and I to the mid 10s I switched jobs every 2-3 years. The process was straight forward, apply 2 maybe 3 round of interviews, get hired or get rejected. Maybe 3 weeks tops for end to end.
It never took me more than 6ish weeks to find something.
Something happened in the late 2010s and this straightforward process got blown up.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (tNkpt)
I had a recent experience with that. It was great for 3 weeks. Then it turned horribly bad.
Never going to do that again.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (qFwJc)
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Don't tell her to rub the lotion on the skin ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM
Unlike those heady days of Brandon's yore, when they always went down.
* wistful smile *
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at June 05, 2026 03:04 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (OkYzo)
Interesting. Thank you.
My late mother loved Raymond btw. Some very funny episodes - like Marie's sculpture - but too much screaming for my tastes.
Great nic...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 05, 2026 03:04 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)
The Iran situation will be less of a deal as it goes on. At some point shipping will divert to safer ports and sources and the demand will be filled.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:02 PM (8avO+)
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All of that has already happened.
11.5 million of the 20 million barrels that went out through the strait were replaced within days (pipelines like the Saudi pipeline that went from 500,000 a day to 7 million + per day, for example).
It's now common for tankers to go around the Saudi Arabia and pick up oil over there rather than dealing with the Oman Gulf, much less the strait.
All while Venezuela has tripled its oil exports (under American ownership again).
In fact, it's been going on so long, that the bubble from it is already deflating. American exports have been declining for a couple of weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:05 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (tNkpt)
Once you get to a certain age, employers stop hiring.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:05 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Is it doing the work of entry-level engineers though? I'm getting a very dark impression of employment in tech right now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (n7rxJ)
Personally, I doubt it. My take is it can deal with basic scripting and report generation, but I wouldn't trust it in fields where I've worked since 2005 - hospitals and senior care.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 03:06 PM (qx7Zg)
Kuwait announced it's building a new pipeline.
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Should have been done ages ago. This is clearly a result of Trump's putting an end to kick-the-can.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (n7rxJ)
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Infrastructure is expensive, and inertia won out.
Until it didn't, and Iran was blocking revenue and even attacking Kuwaiti airports.
Then the governing economic philosophy went from "go along to get along" to "fuck Iran, we're not dealing with those inbred terrorists anymore."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:06 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:06 PM (Fyaxu)
I wish I had learned that before I got old.
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 03:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 05, 2026 03:04 PM (2NHgQ)
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Deportations is the big item that no one talks about.
3 million have been deported (voluntarily and involuntarily) since the start of Trump's term.
If 2/3 of those are job holders of some kind, that's 2 million over 12 months, which is 160,000 jobs per month gone. If only half, it's 100,000 per month gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:07 PM (KbEzc)
"H1-B isn't a permanent residency visa. No, you can't have a 30 year loan on a visa that maxes out at 6 years."
-common sense
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You'd think a bank would think this way. I know that bail bondsmen do.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Case at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (4Pn+V)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)
It's been like that since at least 1990. Applicants have to be at their very best, open kimono, while the recruiters treat them like crap. You give respect, you get the back of their hands.
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (Jr5Lq)
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20 years ago, you applied for a job and got either an interview or a polite rejection. By the time I stopped 5 years ago, I was lucky if I got an acknowledgement that I applied.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (O0L8i)
Hell ask an AI expert if he would trust AI to do his job.
There's your answer.
Doesn't mean it doesn't have its uses. Overall I like it. I have high expectations for the future.
But there's a lot of Gell-Mann with it. The moment you get into something you know about, AI kinda sucks.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (Fyaxu)
You'd think a bank would think this way. I know that bail bondsmen do.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (n7rxJ)
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Subsidizing loses and regulatory capture create particular incentive structures unrelated to profits by traditional means.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (KbEzc)
3 million have been deported (voluntarily and involuntarily) since the start of Trump's term.
If 2/3 of those are job holders of some kind, that's 2 million over 12 months, which is 160,000 jobs per month gone. If only half, it's 100,000 per month gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:07 PM (KbEzc)
Not quite - job holders paid under the table never counted...and a LOT of those folks would fit those categories...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (j+aD2)
A local small manufacturing place is getting consolidated to its Philly location. Sucks for local workers, but tracks with what you're saying.
Posted by: pookysgirl, semi-related to two workers at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:06 PM
Cut. Jib. Newsletter?
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Most excellent. You get your truck fixed?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (/HDaX)
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The economy is doing extremely well, and people who know about such things say that all indicators are very good. ME stuff had minimal impact and is already absorbed into the markets, stock and bond both. Infrastructure investment are through the roof, AI scare is all it is , a scare, it is creating more entry level jobs not less. I think "the public" surveys are all fake, the Ds are trying to build a narrative ahead of mid-terms cause they have nothing else. Trump and co, better get on top of these nasty lies and build their own narrative.
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (O0L8i)
Acknowledgments have stopped (at least when my daughter was looking 12 months ago).
Funny enough, she got hired the old school way = showed up in person at a hiring event. She was the only one hired at her event.
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (tOcjL)
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Remember, months is forever in politics.
Except for gas prices.
Those are forever.
Or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Mr. Lebowski at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (z20w/)
HR is totally bogged down in the tech world, at least, per my son who was laid off from a software job but has a new one.
They are now hiring people with AI experience to help weed this mess out. Unreal.
I guess, however, since Congress critters got away with fake resumes and stolen valor, it is normal in DC.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (WONhk)
Gas was 3.45 here yesterday. It was 3.89 a month ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (O0L8i)
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RBOB (gas futures) have been declining for a couple of weeks.
Hovering over $3 for about a week, but it'll break under that soon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (KbEzc)
In the United States, "full employment" does not mean zero unemployment. It refers to a theoretical maximum employment rate where the economy is operating without generating unwelcome inflation. Economists and the Federal Reserve typically estimate this natural, healthy rate of unemployment to be in the range of 4.0 to 4.5%.
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (5rh/l)
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The economy is doing extremely well, and people who know about such things say that all indicators are very good. ME stuff had minimal impact and is already absorbed into the markets, stock and bond both. Infrastructure investment are through the roof, AI scare is all it is , a scare, it is creating more entry level jobs not less. I think "the public" surveys are all fake, the Ds are trying to build a narrative ahead of mid-terms cause they have nothing else. Trump and co, better get on top of these nasty lies and build their own narrative.
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (GD0B3)
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Agree, see my comment above
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)
Finish school and be literate, get a job, work, don't buy a bunch of stupid shit you don't need.
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*looks with irritation at RV*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)
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We're at the point where leftists are arguing about McJobs, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (O0L8i)
That’s a bingo!
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (O0L8i)
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"Oh, you know we needed it."
-Younger Hadrian
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (KbEzc)
In other news, today is National Donut Day.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (0sNs1)
3 million have been deported (voluntarily and involuntarily) since the start of Trump's term.
If 2/3 of those are job holders of some kind, that's 2 million over 12 months, which is 160,000 jobs per month gone. If only half, it's 100,000 per month gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:07 PM (KbEzc)
Not quite - job holders paid under the table never counted...and a LOT of those folks would fit those categories...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (tOcjL)
If they're not on payroll their wages can't be deducted.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (okun6)
Like a Lamborghini?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)
don't tell me what to do! you are not my supervisor!
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM (GD0B3)
It's now common for tankers to go around the Saudi Arabia and pick up oil over there rather than dealing with the Oman Gulf, much less the strait.
All while Venezuela has tripled its oil exports (under American ownership again).
In fact, it's been going on so long, that the bubble from it is already deflating. American exports have been declining for a couple of weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison"
I have to laugh about all the "experts" I heard claiming just a week or two ago that even if the war ended today and Hormuz opened it would take until the end of the year for supplies to normalize and prices drop significantly. I had to roll my eyes at that, I doubt it would take 60 days. They may even return to below $70/with the current status quo.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (5rh/l)
NAIRU!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (Fyaxu)
"Oh, you know we needed it."
-Younger Hadrian
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (KbEzc)
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Who's this "we"? I didn't need it. But I have the backbone of a banana.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM (GUOwU)
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What if I told you oil experts are a combination of bulls who desperately want their calls to pay off and paid off oil men who are just trying to get people to buy energy stocks?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM
I don't get it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Most excellent. You get your truck fixed?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (/HDaX)
Nevermind, you said that was next Monday.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:16 PM (/HDaX)
Every time, their message to their voters is: "WORK IS FOR THE SLAVES."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 03:16 PM (BI5O2)
The Administration can't really do much about the world wide labor reorg that's happening vis-a-vis AI and other measures being taken.
My wife's friend is still looking for a logistics job after being fired over 6 months ago.
And the thing is, she has been sending out resumes by the truck load, but only a handful of interviews.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:17 PM (XV/Pl)
In other news, today is National Donut Day.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (0sNs1)
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Well, at least this old whore understands what "pride month" is all about: sick, perverted sex that involves toilets and shit and piss -- and tetanus shots.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (tOcjL)
******
The best way, now, is a personal recommendation to a company. This opens windows if you can do this.
As a RN I got hired for any job I applied to. The last job, within the med center who knew me well, was weird. I was fleeing from a horrid job (workman's comp...that I took for the job share to have long weekends to fly to see my dying father). It was idiotic.
They did not want me to leave and I applied for a job I'd already held over a decade prior. Interview went well. My experience was much more than most nurses. I did not get the job, the only one in 3 decades. I was well known and highly respected by docs and all.
Why? Because of inter-hospital crap and a bad verbal recommendation from the fat manager who was not a RN.
The result? I quit nursing and cheered as one thing I don't do is play with mean girls or take BS from anyone. I was mainly supplementing our income for our college kids and they were done.
Loud cheers as I patched outta there for the last time in my gold sports car.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)
Huh. Why didn't I hear Karine John-Peter or Big Joe himself ever say this while touting humongous monthly job gains during Joe's regime? I wonder why they didn't?
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (5rh/l)
Like a Lamborghini?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)
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At least that serves a relatively useful purpose...
WTF am I supposed to do with 65,000+ Magic: The Gathering cards?
I guess I'll never run out of coasters or bookmarks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (5rh/l)
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The vast majority of those job went to foreigners.
Biden was also giving out SSNs like candy. Not to mention illegals stealing SSNs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (och2J)
WTF am I supposed to do with 65,000+ Magic: The Gathering cards?
I guess I'll never run out of coasters or bookmarks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (gnNyN)
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You could play Magic the Gathering.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)
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Not only an old and disgusting whore, but I really believe she's demonic and evil.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (WONhk)
Gas here was, until this Tuesday (I noted it because it was unexpected), $4.50. Tuesday it fell to $4.00.
I don't know if that will continue, but that's almost as much as it was at it's highest during the Biden error. $4.50 was HIGHER than it ever got during Biden, which is a problem.
It needs to drop precipitously for people to not feel it before the midterms.
Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (GfWuY)
Like a Lamborghini?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)
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At least that serves a relatively useful purpose...
WTF am I supposed to do with 65,000+ Magic: The Gathering cards?
I guess I'll never run out of coasters or bookmarks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (gnNyN)
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You could play the game with a few thousand people and make a run at Guinness?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (och2J)
It's never not PRIDE MONTH.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
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I prefer to buy my Guinness from Costco rather than winning them in massive Magic The Gathering tournaments.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (KbEzc)
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Nah...Modern M:TG is ridiculously overpowered with stupid expansions for every IP under the sun. (Fallout? Really?)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM
Enter the NM:TGL draft and go pro?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (KbEzc)
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Nah...Modern M:TG is ridiculously overpowered with stupid expansions for every IP under the sun. (Fallout? Really?)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (gnNyN)
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Well, I tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 03:23 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (Fyaxu)
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Crazy idea:
You have them send me the money because I can control you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:23 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)
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Not only an old and disgusting whore, but I really believe she's demonic and evil.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (WONhk)
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She's been mentally ill for years. Heavy drug and booze abuse, plus probably 100 venereal diseases. It's amazing she's still alive. How she avoided AIDS with her lifestyle is beyond me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: runner "
I am quiet certain the scare stories about the huge, massive, humongous amount of electricity (and water) required for these facility are way overblown. Definitely seems like organized disinformation to me.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:24 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:23 PM (KbEzc)
Well you did get me to subscribe three or four times.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (Fyaxu)
Karmelo Anthiony supporters threaten to kill white reporters utside trial courthouse:
“We kill crackas!”
“I like the smell of burning flesh!”
“We’re gonna do some Nat Turner shit on you”
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)
I am growing ever more fatigued.
Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:23 PM (KbEzc)
Well you did get me to subscribe three or four times.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (Fyaxu)
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SEE?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:17 PM (XV/Pl)
Per my son who just got a new job after a layoff, software engineer, he said it is due to the bog down of companies trying to screen fake AI resumes.
His BIL works for a big company in FL. Said he's requested certain software engineers for over 47 days. The employers are frustrated as well.
If she has a friend in another company to make a recommendation it will help her jump hurdles. After my son was hired where he starts Monday, he got a call from a large defense contractor due to a friend recommend.
There is also a way to make your resume stand out by it not being 5 pages long or somehow showing up in person. I read that recently. Not to list every detail but concise.
I hope she finds a new job soon.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (WONhk)
“We kill crackas!”
“I like the smell of burning flesh!”
“We’re gonna do some Nat Turner shit on you”
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)
I am growing ever more fatigued.
Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)
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The protest being like 8 people warms my heart.
No one wants to touch this thing except the craziest of the crazy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (KbEzc)
Well, as a senior software engineer that's been in the field for 26 years, I can tell you that the AI "scare" is both true and not true.
I can use an AI agent to do large parts of my job that would normally charge as an hour of labor for FAR cheaper. That's terrifying in a personal way because that makes a LOT of software engineer jobs obsolete or unnecessary. You need an AI manager instead of a developer.
BUT you also need to have the knowledge to know wtf the thing is producing and say "no" when it goes off the rails.
AI is going to demolish junior developer roles, and a lot of senior roles are going to go away. Period. There's a TON of software devs, a lot of it due to the "learn to code" mantra. A lot of those people are going to end up out of work.
The problem is
Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (GfWuY)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
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I prefer to buy my Guinness from Costco rather than winning them in massive Magic The Gathering tournaments.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (KbEzc)
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[Makes "L" sign on forehead]
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)
No, they only stop hiring for the good jobs.
Now, if your up to cleaning the shitters at the highway rest areas or at Mickey D's, well, the sky is the limit!
Posted by: American Sani-Can Services Inc. at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:27 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)
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This shit is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:27 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 20
Prayers for fortitude and your continued charity toward your difficult family members. The Lord's prayer, especially the last half, helps me in similar situations.
Posted by: LASue at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)
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The protest being like 8 people warms my heart.
No one wants to touch this thing except the craziest of the crazy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (KbEzc)
Don't hate the game; hate the player. Or something.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (dK+Kv)
The problem is that in a couple of years, all those roles being removed and no junior devs to gain the senior level of experience they need to manage the AIs is going to backfire.
I don't know what'll happen, but I'll hopefully be retired by then.
Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (GfWuY)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)
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If I had to guess I would assume she has HIV and is on a lot of meds.
She's pure evil and disgusts me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:27 PM (Fyaxu)
Whatever you say, friendo.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (dK+Kv)
Ah yes your sister I believe it was? I only remember because it was similar to my other brother. Thanks
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (5rh/l)
So said my econ class 30+ years ago, but I'm not sure it's entirely applicable anymore and should be revised upward to about 7%
Sounds weird? Consider the percentage of absolutely useless people who've managed to steal air for the entirety of their lives. Pretty close to 4% already, no?
If you want marginally useful people, it'll be like finding a needle in a haystack below 5.5%
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (zafwz)
The problem is that in a couple of years, all those roles being removed and no junior devs to gain the senior level of experience they need to manage the AIs is going to backfire.
I don't know what'll happen, but I'll hopefully be retired by then.
Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (GfWuY)
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I strongly suspect that most of the AI firings is a combination of AI costs exploding, requiring quick monetary fixes, and over-hiring after COVID.
Plus, tech was probably over-employed in general, thinking of Musk firing so many engineers from Twitter and X largely not changing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (WONhk)
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I can believe that. Last fall, my department hired a new person and we had to screen over 70 applicants for one position. It sucked.
Nearly ALL of the resumes were written by AI. Full of industry buzzwords, but lacking in details or specific achievements.
On the plus side, relatively few of them were written by foreign applicants who were looking to get a foot in the door before moving on in six months.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (gnNyN)
“I like the smell of burning flesh!”
“We’re gonna do some Nat Turner shit on you”
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)
I am growing ever more fatigued.
Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)
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The protest being like 8 people warms my heart.
No one wants to touch this thing except the craziest of the crazy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (KbEzc)
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Nat Turner? LOLOLOL. Tell me that some sleazy white NGO funded these losers, without telling me that. These idiot protestors have no idea who Nat Turner is. They were told to say that.
Maybe one or two of them then said "well who is that guy," and looked him up. The rest? They're too dumb and ideological to care.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (WONhk)
Eyewitness said Anthony told Metcalf (the vixtim), "Touch me and find out."
To justify using deadly force, the jury would have to believe that Anthony had "a reasonable fear for his life." I can't see a jury (esp THIS jury) buying into that.
Otoh, I don't see premeditated murder here-- 1st degree murder requires premeditation.
Sounds to me more like Murder 2nd-- "heat of passion" murder.
Posted by: mnw at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (RCjYY)
I am growing ever more fatigued.
Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)
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We like best the people who share our values. Trash is trash, regardless of what they look like.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (O0L8i)
FFS.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (BN9Gq)
She's pure evil and disgusts me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky"
I always found Madonna foul and sleazy and disgusting even when she was supposedly some sex symbol on the level of Marilyn Monroe. Never understood what people saw in her.
Now Blondie...
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (GUOwU)
FFS.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (BN9Gq)
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It doesn't.
Gas prices have weirdly low effects on elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:32 PM (KbEzc)
I guess I'll never run out of coasters or bookmarks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (gnNyN)
Every Friday for the past couple of months, there's been a long line outside Best Buy near the wife's work. Finally asked a BB employee why. They're lining up before the store closes the night before to get Pokemon cards the next day.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2026 03:32 PM (1Ff7Z)
Did that in spades. Ended up burned, burnt out, broke, blackballed and utterly beaten. Sometimes life has other plans even if you do all the right things.
Posted by: Some people are here to be broken at June 05, 2026 03:32 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (gnNyN)
He was only without a job for a few weeks as he's a Level 3 or something, something engineer.
AI is why it takes so long and it made sense once he told me. He fairly quickly got phone interviews and local interviews.
It's a mess out there,that's for sure.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (WONhk)
Sounds to me more like Murder 2nd-- "heat of passion" murder.
Yeah, but the fucker did bring a knife to a track meet.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (BN9Gq)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:17 PM (XV/Pl)
Applying to jobs is almost useless. Every posting gets 100 applications in an hour.
Only way that works is through a network or trying to communicate with the job poster directly. On LinkedIn that’s doable for most jobs.
But clicking Apply is almost not worth bothering with.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:34 PM (tNkpt)
Then they discovered my other talents. The ones I really never wanted to use again. Now my job is to keep the whole thing running. I have 10's of millions of dollars in high tech equipment I'm responsible for. All because I was a heavy equipment mechanic for oh those so many long years.
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 03:34 PM (ZxzYs)
Plus, tech was probably over-employed in general, thinking of Musk firing so many engineers from Twitter and X largely not changing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (KbEzc)
Not so sure he fired that many engineers. "STEM" people making reports for meetings. HR and admin people going to meetings and eating the free donuts in the morning.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:36 PM (8avO+)
FFS.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (BN9Gq)
It’s not that. It’s the mushy middle 5% that swings one way or another based on the latest shiny object. Gas at $4/5 will make those people vote Democrat because Trump made gas expensive. It’s retarded but it’s how the world works.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:36 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I don't know what gas prices are doing in my area either.
NEP has been pretty consistently $5.09 where I buy it, and $5.39 where I live. Diesel, same price, and regular is $4.39.
All I can guess is that somehow we are being infected by the ridiculous gas prices from nearby Blue State.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 03:42 PM (vJrRc)
Because for those people? It's bad.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 05, 2026 03:42 PM (N5734)
My main complaint is that even though it's presented in black and white, you can tell it's simply a de-colored digital "print." as well as the atmospherics, ie smoke, haze, fog are CGI.
If they had actually shot it on film and did everything practically, it would have moved from really good to great.
Definitely in the top 10 of super hero things.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:45 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: GMan
Cutting off the bottom rungs of the ladder rarely works out well for an industry.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (vJrRc)
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5 pages?
2 max. Concentrate on the most 5 recent years with details. Anything older than that just summaries. And don’t go more than 15 years back, it’ll tell the ats you’re old.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (tNkpt)
>>Applying to jobs is almost useless. Every posting gets 100 applications in an hour.
I can't imagine what it's like to be a regular person trying to find a job.
I have been fortunate that I've never had to interview for a job and luckily I'm getting close to retirement, so there's that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (XV/Pl)
For the life of me I cannot figure out Annie’s Stew email as want to desperately send her a message
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)
I never thought I'd live to see the sight of it.
Wow.
Something strange must be transpiring behind the curtain.
https://i.___ur.com/SngnBNK.jpeg
Very very strange.
Posted by: David Ben Gurion at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM (mcvmf)
Ace
The economy sucks for most Americans.
Myself personally I am doing well with zero financial stress.
We graduate 2 million kids from high school and college each year. They need 2,000,000 new jobs a year. Plumber openings per year? 50,000
Dont try to say it is because 1000 college students graduate each year with a major in gender studies(most who major in gender studies have double majors of premed or psychology) and that is why there are no good jobs and college grads are working at Starbucks.
The Trump economy sucks OWN IT
Posted by: Paul at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (59BGO)
Posted by: Paul at June 05, 2026 04:42 PM (59BGO)
Foreign NIH Scientists Charged With Smuggling Monkeypox Into US, and Then Lying About It
So many Straight-Arrow Straight Shooters in the federal bureaucracy.
Two researchers with the National Institutes of Health have been charged with allegedly trying to smuggle the infectious monkeypox virus into the United States, according to the Department of Justice. In a news release issued Tuesday, the department announced Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe with the NIH Rocky Mountain Laboratory had been charged with "conspiracy to smuggle" the virus, as well as giving false statements to federal law enforcement in January. The department says Munster and Kwe arrived at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, with "a large black plastic case" after traveling from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of monkeypox was occurring. Monkeypox, also known as Mpox, is a viral illness that is spread through close contact, with symptoms that include fevers, headaches and a rash that looks like blisters or sores, according to the World Health Organization. "Munster and Kwe falsely told CBP officers that the black case contained diagnostics and testing equipment," the DOJ said. "But subsequent investigation by CBP and FBI agents revealed that the case actually contained 113 vials in Styrofoam coolers." ... Munster and Kwe were arrested and now face a maximum sentence of five years in prison if convicted.The article "forgets" to mention they're both foreigners, one Dutch, the other from Cameroon.
BREAKING: NIH ebola expert ARRESTED by the FBI for smuggling deadly pathogens into America from the Congo
— Nicolas Hulscher, MPH (@NicHulscher) June 3, 2026
Vincent Munster was BUSTED at an airport with 113 vials containing monkeypox, chickenpox, and human DNA.
93 of the vials haven't even been tested yet...... pic.twitter.com/VLwDAajrOy
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:16 PM (n7rxJ)
Five years?!! That's ludicrous.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 01:17 PM (lQ+/f)
wtf why do the Dutch and the Cameroonians want to kill us? Were they being paid by the Chinese, what?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:18 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: 29Victor at June 05, 2026 01:18 PM (0MjtC)
In their assholes?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Nigel Powers at June 05, 2026 01:19 PM (amcLV)
What possible defense could they offer for this? They LIED.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:20 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Bosk at June 05, 2026 01:20 PM (VMFAF)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 05, 2026 01:20 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 01:21 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 05, 2026 01:20 PM (nbLIj)
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Kinda cheesy, if you ask me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 05, 2026 01:21 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Flyguy at June 05, 2026 01:21 PM (mefQ6)
Someone paid them big bucks to smuggle it in to "study" it, and get in on the ground floor of the next big mass-beta-test of a mandated experimental "vaccine"?
Posted by: barbarausa at June 05, 2026 01:22 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Joe at June 05, 2026 01:22 PM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 01:22 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 01:22 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:22 PM (sKqQm)
Thankfully, monkeypox seems to be a disease mostly seen in the gay community - they seem to know all about it.
Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 05, 2026 01:22 PM (Ocvdq)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 05, 2026 01:22 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 05, 2026 01:23 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: H at June 05, 2026 01:23 PM (NzXZG)
Munster and Kwe were arrested and now face a maximum sentence of five years in prison if convicted.
Five years?!! That's ludicrous.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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"IF convicted."
Good lord. Of what, I wonder? Smuggling ANYTHING should be crime 1, smuggling dangerous pathogens should be crime 2, lying to federal officers should be crime 3.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:23 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 01:24 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Cqx++)
Whoops, someone opened the vials...
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 05, 2026 01:25 PM (tnZYH)
Yeah, screen them by pointing infrared thermometers at their foreheads while they have a suitcase full of disease.
I wonder if the disease suitcase was carry-on or checked baggage.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 01:25 PM (VWtfl)
-James Cole
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:25 PM (KbEzc)
So 2 foreigners WORKING FOR THE NIH tried to smuggle the deadly pathogen into the country.
Quick! Draw up two more H1-B openings!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:26 PM (n7rxJ)
I wonder if the disease suitcase was carry-on or checked baggage.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
Carry on. Can't let the airlines have a chance to lose your baggage.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:26 PM (lwhHh)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 01:27 PM (1ET9J)
Even recently CBP caught 12 Chinese nationals in camo trying to sneak across the border.
The Chinese are at war with us, along with other foreign nations.
Posted by: That Guy at June 05, 2026 01:27 PM (aZ9eR)
Posted by: That Guy at June 05, 2026 01:29 PM (Uh88k)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 01:29 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 01:29 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: CoolHandLuke at June 05, 2026 01:30 PM (RZlrj)
Speaking of which have you heard the conspiracy theory that farmers are finding boxes full of ticks on their property? Tick borne illnesses have skyrocketed in this country. That part is NOT a conspiracy theory.
Posted by: Max Power at June 05, 2026 01:30 PM (q177U)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 01:30 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: 496 at June 05, 2026 01:30 PM (Dx80Q)
... his sigmoid
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: Dead serious at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (TbWk/)
How about Lily Munster?
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 01:30 PM (XuXeR)
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Fuck. Marry. Kill.?
Lily Munster. Morticia Addams. Elvira. ?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (KbEzc)
You don't expect us to live and work there, do you?
/
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: t-bird at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (f4tQo)
The evil people are going to conjure up something bad to lock us down before the midterm elections.
Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 01:32 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: 29Victor at June 05, 2026 01:18 PM (0MjtC)
And their foster sons.
Posted by: Gross at June 05, 2026 01:32 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Everytown fir Gun Safety at June 05, 2026 01:33 PM (Xg0tR)
Hantavirus was one such attempt. But everyone shrugged it off so they need something scarier...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
The evil people are going to conjure up something bad to lock us down before the midterm elections.
Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 01:32 PM (x4yF4)
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That was supposed to be the hentavirus.
Remember that?
It was like 4 weeks ago.
No one gives a shit.
The people's stomach for disease lockdowns is gone for a generation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:33 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: 29Victor at June 05, 2026 01:18 PM (0MjtC)
And their foster sons.
See if you do it in the shower you are going to spread anything.
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 05, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (ZxzYs)
Had to be at least 150 people.
"What could this be?" I wondered. "Free sex?" Nah. It was some new trendy tea place that must have just opened. Gimme a break with this bullshit. It's fucking tea, people. I wouldn't wait on that line for a blowjob.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)
Hantavirus was one such attempt. But everyone shrugged it off so they need something scarier...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
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There's also the ebola outbreak in Africa which is Trump's fault because of USAID or something which he's bungling because of USAID, or something.
Nah. Nothing's shutting down society this year.
Democrats are also smart enough at the highest levels to know that the only real prize is the presidency. If they really try something, it'll be in 2028.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Boswell at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (j10i6)
Lily Munster. Morticia Addams. Elvira. ?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (KbEzc)
But, but, but, those bazongas!
Posted by: Boobalicious she was at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: four seasons
Only place that it might even work in deep blue cities.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (lwhHh)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)
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It was on the TikToks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:35 PM (KbEzc)
have you heard the conspiracy theory that farmers are finding boxes full of ticks on their property? Tick borne illnesses have skyrocketed in this country. That part is NOT a conspiracy theory.
Posted by: Max Power
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Have they actually been finding them?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:35 PM (n7rxJ)
__________________________
If you search out his lab group, you'll find that most are not from this country, and that includes former members. Here's a photo:
https://tinyurl.com/mryju4fm
Kwe and Munster are second and third on the left front row.
Another thing (and this is important). The Congo has one of the most comprehensive and solid airport security programs on the planet. You can't even take photos in the airport. That might surprise you. But, it's true. That black case with the samples would have been scrutinized by at least 3 different agencies. Their credentials would have had to pass through at least three checkpoints. My guess is that Congo reps called US Customs and had the FBI waiting for these two clowns when they arrived in the US. Or worse, the US State Department greased the way for these two to leave The Congo without the usual scrutiny.
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 01:36 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 01:36 PM (2WIwB)
They're going to get us all killed, aren't they?
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 01:36 PM (OkYzo)
Hantavirus was one such attempt. But everyone shrugged it off so they need something scarier...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
_____
"Call me"
-- Michael Crichton
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 05, 2026 01:36 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 01:37 PM (XuXeR)
Lily Munster. Morticia Addams. Elvira. ?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (KbEzc)
But, but, but, those bazongas!
Posted by: Boobalicious she was at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (TbWk/)
Why, (WHY) WHYyiyiy why don't love me?
Nobody will get this.
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 01:37 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 05, 2026 01:36 PM (wGerL)
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"These psychological profiles are not in our files. All we have is white loner from the rurals who want to be cops."
-the FBI
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (KbEzc)
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...where they will be able to continue collecting samples of monkey pox...
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)
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It was on the TikToks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:35 PM (KbEzc)
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Probably. It's called "Hey Tea" or some such dumb meaningless shit. Never heard of it. Back in my party days, I might have trolled the hotties in line, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (3uBP9)
China laughs...
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (XuXeR)
The article says deactivated virus. But it also says they haven't analyzed most of the vials. And that this happened in January. Was this just the situation in January, or did they never test the other vials?
Also, did they do this to streamline research for selfish personal reasons, or for some larger, darker purpose? The product of research is generally a publication. How would they describe the origin of their samples in the "Materials and Methods" section?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (4Aqsh)
"What could this be?" I wondered. "Free sex?" Nah. It was some new trendy tea place that must have just opened. Gimme a break with this bullshit. It's fucking tea, people. I wouldn't wait on that line for a blowjob.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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I wonder which standard marketing techniques they used. Never ceases to amaze me.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:39 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 05, 2026 01:39 PM (vHMT8)
Monkeypox! Monk EE POX!
Why do I keep getting yoooou???
Monkeypox! MONK EEE POOX!
It's not my fault!
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at June 05, 2026 01:39 PM (V362x)
The dutchman’s not the kind of man
To keep his thumb jammed in the jar that holds his monkeypox,
But that's a secret only Fauci knows.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 05, 2026 01:39 PM (PMw0V)
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 01:40 PM (Gqar8)
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Considering the possible consequences if they had loosed that virus on the populace (or weaponized it in some way), that seems like a remarkably light sentence.
I've seen the movie Twelve Monkeys.
It doesn't end well for humanity.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 01:41 PM (gnNyN)
Those Munsters! I knew something evil was going on in the basement of 1313 Mockingbird Lane!
Posted by: Boswell
Grampa was always cooking up something down there.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 01:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)
If ever there was a time to be first...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 01:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 01:41 PM (1ET9J)
Lily Munster. Morticia Addams. Elvira. ?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (KbEzc)
Elvira, Morticia, Lily
Because Elvira’s hot and I always hated the Munsters!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 01:42 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: toby928(c) at June 05, 2026 01:42 PM (4NO2D)
The first morning they wake up to in prison they feel a bit groggy. They try to open their eyes but the light is very bright. They go to scratch their face and realize they are tied down. Tied down to a gurney. Very securely. He can't move.
Finally they can make out a face but the face is covered with a surgical mask. There are others also wearing masks and gowns.
One mask says "He's awake now. We can start".
The sees a very large syringe being handed to the man standing over him.
The faint sound of screaming is coming from somewhere.... it's not human. It's monkeys in a cage that's being brought into a room.
One mask says to another, "Were going to have to turn him over"
Posted by: pawn at June 05, 2026 01:42 PM (+rSJz)
Yes, I know that in reality they're probably CCP agents trying ti create an epidemic here in a bio-warfare attack. but what are they saying to the investigators was the purpose of the case of monkeypox?
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 01:42 PM (Av6i5)
My guess is that Congo reps called US Customs and had the FBI waiting for these two clowns when they arrived in the US. Or worse, the US State Department greased the way for these two to leave The Congo without the usual scrutiny.
Posted by: Orson
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Interesting. And I hope it's not the latter. I'm sure Rubio hasn't been able to get all the vermin out of that department.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:43 PM (n7rxJ)
$50 bucks says this guy has a poster of Fauci somewhere in his house.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 01:43 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Impossible to tell. All the usual suspects claim "no", which is what you would expect them to say. (Snopes, etc)
And half of the stories from new sites you've never heard of all say "yes".
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:43 PM (lwhHh)
Posted by: 29Victor
OK, I confess, I LOLed.
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 01:43 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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I wonder which standard marketing techniques they used. Never ceases to amaze me.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:39 PM (n7rxJ)
_____
Some influencer bullshit, I'm sure. The younger generations fancy themselves as trailblazing renegades who do their own thing while giving the finger to The Man. But they are pure sheep and lemmings and will do whatever some rando influencer tells them to do. No matter how stupid or even dangerous.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:43 PM (iFTx/)
but what are they saying to the investigators was the purpose of the case of monkeypox?
Posted by: zombie
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And how do they explain/defend the fact that they lied about it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:44 PM (n7rxJ)
June Cleaver, Aunt Bea, Hazel.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (OkYzo)
I do not wanna kill Aunt Bea or Hazel but on that list that’s the only slot open for either one. June gets to marry and… you know
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 01:44 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 01:44 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)
If ever there was a time to be first...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 01:41 PM (2WIwB)
__________
[Golf clap]
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Unkaren at June 05, 2026 01:44 PM (MaRK8)
And so, they're not overjoyed with J now?
But, yes, I get it. Marriage annulled by Catholic Church long time ago and a Jersey divorce & then my mother was furious I had had a kid and was apparently 'never properly married' to it's father in her eyes. 🤷🏼♀️
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 01:15 PM (NFX2v
Willowed - they like J, he is very different than my ex. J is very successful, so of course this pleases them. But he is a bit of an enigma to them- J does what J wants to do, and doesn’t do what he doesn’t want to do. You are not going to find him trekking to my parent’s house for holidays, but he would bring them here or rent a big house on an island somewhere for everybody in a heartbeat. Or he would send me solo. J is used to being in charge, my dad is also used to having that role. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:45 PM (p4NUW)
$50 bucks says this guy has a poster of Fauci somewhere in his house.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 01:43 PM (OkYzo)
Signed.
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 01:45 PM (ZxzYs)
https://tinyurl.com/4x5fdzvr
Posted by: 496 at June 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Dx80Q)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
His son looks like the Wolfman and his dad is Dracula.
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Av6i5)
90
And how do they explain/defend the fact that they lied about it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:44 PM
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The explanation began with "Do you know who I am?"
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 01:47 PM (4Aqsh)
Lily Munster. Morticia Addams. Elvira. ?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:31 PM (KbEzc)
Elvira, Morticia, Lily
Because Elvira’s hot and I always hated the Munsters!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 01:42 PM (+gA9j)
***
You guys obviously never stopped for lunch at Petticoat Junction.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 01:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)
If ever there was a time to be first...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 01:41 PM
Comment of the year?
Posted by: barbarausa at June 05, 2026 01:47 PM (enw9G)
Plus, the Dutch language is basically garbled German.
Posted by: pookysgirl, ducking thrown wooden shoes at June 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Wt5PA)
Some influencer bullshit, I'm sure. The younger generations fancy themselves as trailblazing renegades who do their own thing while giving the finger to The Man. But they are pure sheep and lemmings and will do whatever some rando influencer tells them to do. No matter how stupid or even dangerous.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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It's nuts, isn't it? That's why I mused about *standard* marketing techniques. One wonders if the brains behind the influencers (aka "digital marketers") in reality are students of such ancients as Lee Iacocca and David Ogilvy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:48 PM (n7rxJ)
Summarily execute them. Televise it.
Enough of this kid glove treatment for sociopathic scientists.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 01:48 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Othello at June 05, 2026 01:48 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 01:43 PM
https://tinyurl.com/mr3k45sa
Posted by: toby928(c) at June 05, 2026 01:51 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 01:51 PM (UjdFS)
And, if you go down the list of members and former members of this specific lab group you will find about 50% foreigners.....including Chinese nationals.
I'd recommend reading up on a similar occurrence from about a year ago that took place in Canada. Dr. Xiangguo Qiu & Keding Cheng were smuggling out Ebola and various other samples to Wuhan Labs back in 2019.
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske)
It was something no one had seen before.
Then everyone left for lunch and never came back to work.
Posted by: pawn at June 05, 2026 01:51 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 01:51 PM (D1E+2)
We paid for this.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 01:53 PM (azNOR)
In all seriousness, someone tell me: What conceivable purpose could these guys claim to have for bringing monkeypox into the US? What is their explanation?
Posted by: zombie
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In all seriousness, I think semi-literate thug has the best guess: research. The viruses were deactivated and the scientists didn't want to bother with onerous paperwork for materials they considered harmless -- or they were sloppy and negligent enough to think they didn't have to report it.
But why did they lie?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:53 PM (n7rxJ)
but what are they saying to the investigators was the purpose of the case of monkeypox?
Posted by: zombie
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And how do they explain/defend the fact that they lied about it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05
This is what I want to know, too
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (Fyaxu)
It could market to gay clientele as A Z Tea
Posted by: Fauci would know at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (TbWk/)
>> 8 So the Dems in Maine will swap him out?
Posted by: Maroon at June 05, 2026 12:14 PM (NjpIr)
They can't force him out, and since I believe he is an actual literal psychopath, I can't picture him going voluntarily.
>> 46 I don't think catch-and-kill works any more in this modern media-saturated environment where anyone and everyone has their own bully pulpit.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)
Well, they (correctly) described it as 'soft' catch-and-kill. 'Real' catch-and-kill involves an outlet such as the National Enquirer, whose standards & practices allow paying for exclusives, getting a formal agreement from sources to not tell anyone else (and then just sitting on the story). IIRC, Harvey Weinstein was big on using NE as a cutout for hush money in precisely that manner.
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (Sy6m/)
If a former CIA agent’s report is accurate, Iran may find itself making a decision the U.S. was faced with making in 1945. The agent, Larry Johnson, revealed that Pakistan’s Foreign Minister personally delivered a disturbing, secret message to Secretary of State Mark Rubio claiming that Iran does possess a nuclear weapon. He also reports Tehran intends to demonstrate soon this capability to the world community. The immediate question obviously is just how Iran intends to demonstrate it?
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I would guess by lying some more.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: Flyguy
Virulently I say unto you, unless thou headeth my science and taketh my vaccines you cannot have eternal life!
Posted by: Lord Tony at June 05, 2026 01:55 PM (yjSRW)
Posted by: Dark L at June 05, 2026 01:55 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Delurker at June 05, 2026 01:55 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (RHGPo)
If Iran ever tests a nuclear weapon, it will be in Tel Aviv.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 01:56 PM (Kdi1r)
We paid for this.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Yup. And now we'll have to pay three times as much to fix it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:56 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Delurker at June 05, 2026 01:55 PM (gtcuf)
SEE??!?!?!?!?!?!
Trump cut all those government employees and now we can't test mysterious butt-pox vials!!!!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 01:56 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 01:56 PM (PVV5z)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (hftzA)
"Christine Grady is the chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where
she oversees bioethics research and training. She is married to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at NIH."
My emphasis.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (Fyaxu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (RHGPo)
If Iran ever tests a nuclear weapon, it will be in Tel Aviv.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 01:56 PM (Kdi1r)
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Iran says a lot of bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (KbEzc)
Posted by: Delurker at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 01:54 PM (RHGPo)
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omg. East Coast, West Coast, or Israel?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:58 PM (n7rxJ)
Whoops, someone opened the vials...
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 05, 2026 01:25 PM (tnZYH)
The Schrödinger Scientist Test? Ok.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 01:58 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)
Sounds like it should be called "Low Tea".
Posted by: far cry at June 05, 2026 01:58 PM (WbWbV)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 05, 2026 01:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 01:59 PM (Zz0t1)
And, declaring these samples isn't just a Customs issue. It's a Dept of Trans. issue and a Federa Aviation issue. All three require full declaration.
These two clowns are screwed. And, when we're done with them, we should turn them over to the Hague.
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 01:59 PM (dIske)
........
Good grief. And I was just thinking about lunch.
Posted by: wth at June 05, 2026 01:59 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)
Sounds like it should be called "Low Tea".
Posted by: far cry at June 05, 2026 01:58 PM (WbWbV)
______
[Golf clap]
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)
Find those making. Kill them. Nuke the facilities.
That is the way.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 01:59 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 01:59 PM (dIske)
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Look at you, bringin' teh facts! That's very interesting, and it makes one ask extra loud, ONLY FIVE YEARS???
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:00 PM (n7rxJ)
Nope. They're attempting biological warfare. They must be hanged in the public square.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:00 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at June 05, 2026 02:01 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Delurker at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (gtcuf)
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Use/mention distinction?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 05, 2026 02:01 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 05, 2026 02:01 PM (och2J)
I do.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 05, 2026 02:01 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:00 PM (Zz0t1)
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They used to leave 'em hanging as a warning to others. Just saying
Posted by: 496 at June 05, 2026 02:01 PM (Dx80Q)
They used to leave 'em hanging as a warning to others. Just saying
Posted by: 496 at June 05, 2026 02:01 PM (Dx80Q)
Sometimes, the old ways are the best.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)
What is scary to me is how much of the virus shit has been smuggled into our country that was never found.
Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 02:02 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:03 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 02:03 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: 496 at June 05, 2026 02:01 PM (Dx80Q)
Sometimes, the old ways are the best.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)
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Ye need to tar 'em so they last longer.
Posted by: Ancient Salt who hangs around Execution Dock a lot at June 05, 2026 02:03 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 02:03 PM (Cqx++)
Modify it so new diseases are more compatible.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 02:04 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 05, 2026 02:04 PM (jrgJz)
See also: Cars traveling on I-70 carrying 50,000 fentanyl tablets that were NOT discovered at a routine traffic stop.
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 02:04 PM (qgHp7)
Donald Trump has told the Wall Street Journal that he wants his new acting director of national intelligence Bill Pulte to begin the process of firing a large number of employees as part of a shake-up of the US intelligence community.
I got that ^^ from the Guardian, which is crediting WSJ. This is also being floated around Twitter.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 02:05 PM (kj+jH)
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 05, 2026 02:04 PM (jrgJz)
And no one cared.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Zz0t1)
Their status is constantly in flux if in any pseudo assembled state and terribly difficult for high tech civilizations to maintain let alone terrorist crazies.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Well, for high tech civilizations some amount of that is administrative and security protocols. How much of it is because of Science?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)
Makes no difference. Some traitorous judge in a blue shithole will restore it immediately.
Posted by: Unkaren at June 05, 2026 02:06 PM (MaRK8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 05, 2026 02:03 PM (Cqx++)
Gain of function
Posted by: moki at June 05, 2026 02:06 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Iran says a lot of bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (KbEzc)
Yes, they do. But it would explain why negotiations are still being tried, and why Trump called Netanyahu crazy. Where we might think, on occasion, the art of the deal is not working, Trump may be think y’all don’t know the stakes the way you think you do.
Also, the democrats remain dumbest of all. Still.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:07 PM (hftzA)
Orson at @154 beat me to it, and is spot on.
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 02:07 PM (qgHp7)
Makes no difference. Some traitorous judge in a blue shithole will restore it immediately.
Posted by: Unkaren at June 05, 2026 02:06 PM
Fauci makes over $400k a year on our backs. Asshole can pay for his own security.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Trump urges Pulte to fire intelligence community employees
Donald Trump has told the Wall Street Journal that he wants his new acting director of national intelligence Bill Pulte to begin the process of firing a large number of employees as part of a shake-up of the US intelligence community.
Posted by: gKWVE
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I also read that Trump is trying to use some power or other to enable himself to fire GS-15s and below. Don't quote me on the particulars -- the idea is, he's working on firing fast swathes of incompetent, anti-American, unnecessary federal employees.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:08 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:08 PM (Zz0t1)
@Breaking911 1m
A beaver has been spotted swimming near Gansevoort Peninsula, marking the first recorded sighting of the animal in the park’s 400-acre Estuarine Sanctuary. Though rare in New York City, beavers are native to the region’s waterways.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 05, 2026 02:08 PM (diia5)
Posted by: SMOD at June 05, 2026 02:09 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:35 PM (KbEzc)
_____
Probably. It's called "Hey Tea" or some such dumb meaningless shit. Never heard of it. Back in my party days, I might have trolled the hotties in line, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)
I hope they're not serving any meat dishes, I wouldn't trust it with a name like that
If they do, watch out for dogs, cats, and waterfowl to start disappearing
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:09 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 02:04 PM (qgHp7)
Yeah, but they sure got that rotten military veteran's life savings he was going to use to make a down payment on a house for his family. Made the roads and the country just that much safer that day.
Posted by: Sometimes you wonder if it's on purpose at June 05, 2026 02:09 PM (TbWk/)
A beaver has been spotted swimming near Gansevoort Peninsula, marking the first recorded sighting of the animal in the park’s 400-acre Estuarine Sanctuary. Though rare in New York City, beavers are native to the region’s waterways.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 05, 2026 02:08 PM (diia5)
NICE BEAVER!!!
Posted by: Frank Drebin at June 05, 2026 02:09 PM (Zz0t1)
Spenser Pratt drops to third in the runoff voting totals by next Tuesday, tops.
California announces results on the Fourth of July to piss off the normies.
Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2026 02:09 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 02:09 PM (qgHp7)
But we also got a lot of lab test containers. Think your animal has anthrax? Well just ship their bio over ups to a test lab. The instant that sample has detected anthrax, of course it's a no-no to ship. But on the way from ranch to lab? Sure! Got those all the time.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:10 PM (3uBP9)
In his butt
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 02:10 PM (Kt19C)
I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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That person who's socking her sure does a good imitation, though.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:10 PM (n7rxJ)
Maybe it all the ancillary stuff needed to set of a couple of pounds of enriched uranium, saving the mullahs a lot of time and testing. The first test would result in Israel showing them how it's done, from 50,000 feet.
They are going to demonstrate anything. They don't have the time. Once the ground shakes a little bit oddly in some Iranian mountain, Tehran will be a sheet of glass.
Posted by: pawn at June 05, 2026 02:10 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 02:11 PM (LHPAg)
That person who's socking her sure does a good imitation, though.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:10 PM (n7rxJ)
It should be known, however, that socking a regular is a bannable offense.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:11 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 02:11 PM (Fyaxu)
176 Smuggling Monkeypox
In his butt
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 02:10 PM (Kt19C
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 05, 2026 02:12 PM (5Igal)
Probably the only mammal in the state still doing real work.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 02:13 PM (kj+jH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:13 PM (bss/y)
Absolutely insane. These people need to be locked away for a lifetime.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Where "lifetime" means the next four weeks. Then, summarily execute them.
I am serious about this. I am fooking sick of "scientists" flouting the law and common decency because "science". You are not above us. Perhaps dispatching a gaggle of them in public might set a good example for the good of all.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 02:13 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:13 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Unkaren at June 05, 2026 02:13 PM (MaRK8)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 02:13 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:14 PM (bss/y)
Ride my road bike past this place all the time.
Used to guide a bunch of these Lab Employees.
Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2026 02:14 PM (P0D9r)
I said ONE potential explanation for Trump moving when he did was that he had intel he was not sharing and couldn't share.
Doesn't mean nukes. But it could.
I assumed that possibly he got reliably fed that Iran was planning something with the Democrats as China did before and decided to knock every last piece off the fucking table, with a "what now".
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 02:14 PM (Fyaxu)
***********
I went to the New York City Estuary
To visit the new wildlife sanctuary
The lady running the place
tried to slap me in the face
When all I said was "Is your beaver hairy?"
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 02:14 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:15 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:15 PM (bss/y)
It no longer gave a dam.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 02:16 PM (qx7Zg)
If Iran ever tests a nuclear weapon, it will be in Tel Aviv.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 01:56 PM (Kdi1r)
Mullah: "No. Not Tel Aviv."
IRGC Goon: "Why not Tel Aviv?"
(Mullah whispers to goon)
IRGC Goon: "Funny, you don't look it."
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2026 02:16 PM (9P45u)
Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 02:04 PM (dIske)
This was part of the November election steal. It worked before with covid.
Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 02:16 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 02:17 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (KbEzc)
At this point there are very likely three or four clans all fighting for control and each sending out reports to give the appearance they are in charge. I doubt any one clan has complete control.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB)
Two hunnert (as if)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 02:18 PM (s9VOe)
I have powers!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 05, 2026 02:19 PM (s9VOe)
The worst thing we had to rebox was some sort of meat marinating sauce. We tested ph on the jars that broke and it was basement level. As acidic as something used to strip metal. Nasty stuff. We got all decked out in suits for it.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:19 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Diogenes
>And this is good because we can have the IDF pinpoint them and take them out. Rinse and repeat.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 02:20 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:20 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:21 PM (3uBP9)
They were able to strap the rat cages on and live out their socialist fantasies with something only slightly more deadly than the standard flu.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:21 PM (bss/y)
People who live near George Floyd Square angry they have to pay for street overhaul. From the Star Tribune:
https://tinyurl.com/57xwrphk
Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 02:21 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (JNTt1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026
She misses you, too.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:13 PM (hftzA)
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"
Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Sy6m/)
And there was that fully functioning lab just built into some, what was it, like a storage area? in California a year or so back. This is honestly happening all the time now. I think two things, A: it's all ramping up, or B: it's been bad for a long time but now there are people prosecuting and it's coming out into the open. Maybe A and B.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 01:44 PM (3uBP9)
It was a ratty old agricultural warehouse in Reedley just a few miles from Fresno. Think "Neo-Nazi meth lab film set from Breaking Bad". The ChiCom asshole who ran the place had just signed a lease for a much nicer, new commercial building near the Fresno airport about a mile from my shop, right in the middle of the city, but hadn't moved in yet. Scary.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2026 02:27 PM (FkdoK)
Maybe my immunity to chicken pox, since I had it as a kid, will make me immune to monkey pox. Plus I am not gay or having sex with gay men.
There! I'm fine!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (WONhk)
These guys need to meet Old Sparky or the nearest lamp post.
Attempted biological warfare needs to receive the maximum penalty...
...
which is, I suppose, being thrown feet first into a shredder.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (iJfKG)
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Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)