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Sunday Morning Book Thread - 6-15-2025 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]

(HT: CBD)

Welcome to the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread! The place where all readers are welcome, regardless of whatever guilty pleasure we feel like reading (they say confession is good for the soul). Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material. As always, pants are required, unless you are wearing these pants...(calamine lotion not included)

So relax, find yourself a warm kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?

Oh, and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! Some joker moved it on the calendar this year...

PIC NOTE

CBD sent me a link to this website where you can order your very own library mug. Of course, I have five cats, one of whom is very keen on sweeping things off the counter onto the floor. So it's unlikely a mug like this would remain intact in my home for long. She already broke my mug that was in the shape of Darth Vader's head.

"WHY DOES EVERY YA BOOK HAVE SMUT?"

I don't think EVERY YA book has smut in it. In fact, I'm pretty sure a lot of YA books are fairly tame, though that may be changing in recent years. However, the YouTuber above brings up an interesting point about authors who are known for writing YA deciding to write in a different genre, inserting quite a bit more erotica into their more adult books. Unfortunately, readers who are used to reading the YA novels may not realize that the author has chosen to write in a different genre, assuming that all the author's books are written with a younger audience in mind.

This can sometimes work in the other direction as well. Clive Barker, for instance, is an author well known for graphic sexual content among his horror novels. He has written a few books that are suitable for a younger audience, though, such as the Abarat books and The Thief of Always, neither of which contain any graphic sexual material at all (though Abarat still has quite a bit of body horror).

Even authors like C.S. Lewis can sometimes find themselves stereotyped as a writer of fiction suitable for younger audiences, such that when one reads Out of the Silent Planet, the contrast between the writing style in that novel compared to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe can be jarring. Both are great stories, but they are so different it almost seems like they were written by two different people.

One way YA authors who want to write adult fiction can get around the problem of being stereotyped as a YA author is to adopt a pseudonym. J.K Rowling, who is, of course, most famous for the Harry Potter series, has done this with her Robert Galbraith persona. I have not read any of those books, though a few have been recommended by Morons, so I don't know how they compare themewise and stylewise to her earlier books.

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ESSENTIAL NOVELS

I don't generally like to post "top ten" lists of novels, but Andrew Klaven makes a key point in his video above. He himself says that the point isn't to find novels you HAVE to read before you die. Instead, the whole point of reading novels is that doing so will increase your wisdom over time. I'm astounded every single week by the knowledge and wisdom on display here in the Sunday Morning Book Thread. Collectively, we Morons read A LOT of books. Enough books to fill an entire library of our very own. If you are someone who struggles to read novels, then don't freak out because you haven't read the "essential" novels or "great books" of all time. Focus on short novels, quick reads, something that will entertain you and will also provoke some additional reflection when you are done. The best novels aren't all doorstoppers (1000+ page behemoths like The Count of Monte Cristo or Moby Dick). Some of my favorite novels are less than 200 pages, but they blow me away every time I read them because they are so good. Find novels like that and then work your way up to longer, more challenging reads. Before long you'll be a wise Moron indeed.

MORON RECOMMENDATIONS

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is the true story of Louis Zamperini, who served as an Army Air Corps B-24 Bombardier in the Pacific during WWII. Louis was always fearless, except he hated to fly. He overcame that fear and discovered he liked being a bombardier. Unbroken tells of Louis' service, the crashing of his plane, the 47 days spent drifting on a decomposing rubber raft until they reached land (during a typhoon), and 2.5 years spent in unspeakable horror as a Japanese POW. It is an amazing story of courage, faith, and despair. The story follows Louis from early childhood through his encounter with a young Franklin Graham. It was through faith that Louis overcame the PTSD and other obstacles that were a result of his combat service and the ravages of the substance abuse he tried as a cure. Louis' post-war life focused on helping others and it was a delight to learn that he was still in great shape when he turned 100 years old. I found myself repeatedly asking how it was that our great nation could not only create such brave men but inspire and compel them to fight for our freedoms and liberty against such great odds. God truly has blessed the USA. Highly recommended reading.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 08, 2025 09:22 AM (rxCpr)

Comment: This seems like an appropriate recommendation for Flag Day weekend, as we celebrate the anniversary of the creation of the United States Army. So many of our veterans have remarkable stories to share about courage, faith, patriotism, and their duty to protect our country.

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I've begun reading Too Much the Lion by Preston Lewis, an historical novel about the Civil War Battle of Franklin, the title referring to Confederate General John Bell Hood. This is one of those books in which there are no fictional characters, the only other novel I know of that does this is Robert Graves' I, Claudius. In this book, he is twice forced to fictionalize names because the characters, although real people, have not had their full names recorded in history. Lewis is known as a YA author and this may be intended as a YA novel. This is an engaging and tragic novel of the Confederate army marching to its destruction.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 08, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)

Comment: Interesting narrative choice to use entirely real people to record a historical fictional account. I like it, though, as the author fleshes out fictional details of the real people of whom we know so little, so that we feel like we do know them after all. By the end of the story, we *should* feel sadness for those brave souls who lost their lives during a horrific conflict, even if they were on the wrong side of history.

MORE MORON RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE: AoSHQ - Book Thread Recommendations

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WHAT I'VE BEEN READING THIS PAST WEEK:

After reviewing some of OregonMuse's old Book Threads, I thought I'd try something a bit different. Instead of just listing WHAT I'm reading, I'll include commentary as well. Unless otherwise specified, you can interpret this as an implied recommendation, though as always your mileage may vary.

I didn't get as much reading done this week as I would have liked. I finished Silverberg's Majipoor series and then I couldn't seem to muster up motivation to find something else. It's been an odd week for me. I finally settled on the following:

Night's Dawn Trilogy Book 1 - The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton

This doorstopper novel (1200+ pages) takes a while to get moving, as Hamilton is keen on building up his Galactic Confederation. True to form, 600 years from now, humans have "evolved" through artificial means such as genetic engineering and biotechnological enhancement to become smarter, stronger, and yes, better looking. Humanity has spread out to colonize well over 100 other worlds. One one such remote world, still in its infancy with respect to colonization, a renegade criminal (and Satanic cult leader) encounters something that threatens to shatter the Confederacy, if not bring the entire galaxy to ruin.

As usual with Hamilton, there's a lot of free love between characters, as well as insane, over-the-top technology. Lots of crazy action set pieces. Humans breed starships from living polyps, then form a symbiotic bond with them. The "Adamists" are those who have rejected some of humanities advances, preferring a more natural evolution by comparison, but still embracing nanotech implants. The "Edenists" are those who employ genetic engineering techniques to adapt to the conditions of living in space.

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Tips, suggestions, recommendations, etc., can all be directed to perfessor -dot- squirrel -at- gmail -dot- com.

Disclaimer: No Morons were physically harmed in the making of this Sunday Morning Book Thread.

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Comments

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1 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 08:59 AM (+qU29)

2 Booken morgen horden

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:00 AM (Splbu)

3 Not much reading but getting into Rick Atkinson's The Day of the Battle, WWIII history of the Italian campaign

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 09:01 AM (+qU29)

4 Good morning!

Posted by: Static In gp's Attic at June 15, 2025 09:01 AM (XqSVb)

5 Happy Bookday!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 09:01 AM (kpS4V)

6 Heh, I've seen that book mug marketed on Facebook. I'd buy one, but we have too many mugs now.

Happy Father's Day to all Morons to whom this applies!

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:02 AM (p/isN)

7 Happy Father's Day to all those who merit the distinction!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 09:02 AM (XjTSo)

8 No real reading, unless you count pre-reading last night's movie essay and bills....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (0eaVi)

9 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

And Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there.

Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (yTvNw)

10 Morning, Perfessor.

Howdy, Horde.

And now for the content and more coffee and pants.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (q3u5l)

11 202 Chinese made Apples probably have Terminator chips.
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 09:01 AM (LHPAg)
Willowed from ONT.

Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (LHPAg)

12 Morning, Book Folken!

I'm in the middle, literally, of the fifth Jack Reacher novel, Echo Burning. Rarely for me nowadays, I found myself staying up a little later than usual with it, and when I found I couldn't fall asleep, got up and devoured some more pages. The guy Child is one heck of a storyteller.

The first book, Killing Floor, was in first person, and this one (and later ones, I understand) is in third. When did he change over?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:04 AM (omVj0)

13 I kinda want that mug
Thought it was AI

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:04 AM (Splbu)

14 Good morning again dear horde and thanks Perfessor and Happy Father's Day

Not really a fiction person.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 09:04 AM (RIvkX)

15 Last thread comment that belongs here:

yeah, it's too bad about Scalzi ... the stuff I read before becoming aware of his politics was good.

inflamed commie rectum, he's been dead to me for at least a decade now

*spit*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (/Ghsb)

The first book of his "Old Man's War" was pretty great.

The second was okay.

The third was "Old Man's War's Old Man's Girl Boss Daughter Kicks Ass!!!!"

So, between declining quality and rising political spewage, I was done.

Same with Charles Stross. Always been a progtard but not an annoyance till he decided that THE MESSAGE was more important than his story.

Look, a-holes tell me a good story and make me laugh and you've got a reader, is that so hard?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 09:04 AM (iJfKG)

16 Now THIS is a comeback!

Subject: Arthur Penn. (That's the name on his Amex card.) Occupation: Former king of England. Current (early 21st century) whereabouts: New York City.

That's the premise for "Knight Life" by the late, great Peter David.

I'm barely into the book, but Arthur has already picked up two followers, junkies who are so far gone they've forgotten their names. Owing to their love of rock 'n' roll, they call themselves Buddy and Elvis. Morgan LeFay is around, as is a woman named Gwen. The jacket blurb mentions Merlin -- and a mayoral election.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:05 AM (p/isN)

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Book Mug buying click leads to a dead page.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 09:06 AM (iJfKG)

18 I am reading "The Boys in the Boat." A friend recommended it.

It's good.

Caveat: The author seems to think FDR was a good guy.

Antidote: "The Forgotten Man" by Amity Schlaes.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 15, 2025 09:06 AM (ZmEVT)

19 Good Sunday morning, horde!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 09:07 AM (h7ZuX)

20 WHY DOES EVERY YA BOOK HAVE SMUT?

Because they want to have sex with your children.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 09:07 AM (0eaVi)

21 OK, who is getting books as presents for father's day? Tools, ties and books are the usual fare in this milieu.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:07 AM (lTGtQ)

22 Yeah stross wwnt off the boards with evil brexit and orange man bad but hes an anarchist scot

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 09:08 AM (bXbFr)

23 Waht else did I finish this week? Well, there was Thunderhead by Preston & Child. A big thriller, it focuses on the discovery of an unknown Anasazi city deep in the canyon country of Utah, with a woman archaeologist as hero. Not a girlboss simply by being born female, though; she has a background in horseback riding and camping in the Southwest. The other major female in the story is quite the villain, though with motivation, and there are good male characters as well as bad. So it's not a case of "All women are great and all men are doofuses or monsters." Good stuff, like their much later Extinction and, if I recall aright, their earlier Mount Dragon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:08 AM (omVj0)

24 I'm astounded every single week by the knowledge and wisdom on display here in the Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Wow. Way to leave me out, Perfessor.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 09:09 AM (0eaVi)

25 I am reading "The Boys in the Boat." A friend recommended it.

It's good.

Caveat: The author seems to think FDR was a good guy.

Antidote: "The Forgotten Man" by Amity Schlaes.

Posted by: no one of any consequence

I enjoyed The Boys in the Boat. I recently saw the movie version, which was pretty good as well.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:09 AM (lTGtQ)

26 I'm flipping through "Dark City Dames" by TCM's Eddie Muller, which looks at noir movie actresses.

Audrey Totter is in one of my favorite films and surely the best boxing movie ever (sorry Raging Bull), "The Set-Up". She was a looker but never really broke into the A List. But as she pointed out, those B movies have a slavish following today that the big budget musicals and costume dramas don't. Instead, she's known for character pieces. Barrymore told her she'd never be a star because she was an excellent actress -- that is, she lost herself in a role.

I was pleased to read that although she had a satisfying career, when she met her husband on a blind date and the two fell in love, that began the happiest part of her life. They had a long successful marriage. He was a doctor, and Audrey joked that she achieved two girl goals: be a Hollywood actress AND marry a doctor.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 09:09 AM (kpS4V)

27 TBR pile: The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene, though I have a sneaking suspicion I read it long ago when I was learning about "literary" fiction with his This Gun For Hire; and a 1939 impossible crime novel, The Problem of the Wire Cage by John Dickson Carr. I did read that one years and years ago -- but I have forgotten the murderer, so it'll be fun to revisit.

I have to say I'm amazed that my big regional suburban library has quite a few by JDC, including The Mad Hatter Mystery from his pre-impossible crime period. Usually modern libraries have maybe one novel from any of the great mystery giants -- always excepting Agatha Christie; you can always find her stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:13 AM (omVj0)

28 good morning Perfessor, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (vdLS7)

29 Just throwing this out there for discussion...

What book or novel released in the last 20 years will be considered an essential, classic read?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)

30 I'm starting to listen to book 13 of the Wheel of Time series, Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. I'm finding that audio books for epic series like this work better for me since I can listen while doing something else like driving, working, cooking, etc.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 09:15 AM (VCgbV)

31 29 Just throwing this out there for discussion...

What book or novel released in the last 20 years will be considered an essential, classic read?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)

20 years ago was 2005. Oy.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (PiwSw)

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Book Mug buying click leads to a dead page.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 09:06 AM (iJfKG)

Amazon link. $16

https://tinyurl.com/2s6tuxjx

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (iGK7y)

33 >Interesting narrative choice to use entirely real people to record a historical fictional account

Sorry, I am confused...isn't this extremely common? Like, half of Alison Weir's ouevre? She's written novels from the perspectives of Henry VIII's wives, Richard II's illegitimate daughter Katherine Plantagenet, Lady Katherine Grey, etc.

I recommend everything Alison Weir has ever written, by the way. Both her fiction and nonfiction works are very good.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (Y+AMd)

34 Crap!

In the shelter again. 16:15.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (DGFJg)

35 Based on what other Confederates said about Hood during the war, maybe the title should have been "Too Much the Wooden-Head."

Posted by: Dr. T at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (jGGMD)

36 Almost all the SF / Fantasy & YA published by the big name publishers push the Leftist pov.
Smut - ahem - sex positive every body every way every partner it's all good - is part of that.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (Splbu)

37 From 1880 to 1906, one of the most horrendous eras in modern African history took place. In King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild explores the inhuman exploitation of the Congo Free State. After he famously found David Livingstone, Henry Morton Stanley made a arduous trek down the Congo River, finally mapping that part of the dark continent. King Leopold of Belgium manipulated Stanley into helping him claim it as his personal property.

What followed was the inspiration for Heart of Darkness. Natives were coerced into providing raw rubber and ivory by kidnapping and torturing their wives and children. Childrens' hands were often amputated as punishment for missing quotas.
Almost every penny of profit went into Leopold's pocket.

This was not colonialism, it was torturous extraction. It took brave reporters and members of European parliaments to finally force Leopold to give up the Congo, and it has never been a stable country since. This is a sobering read, but necessary to get a grasp of how anti-colonialism got its impetus.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (lTGtQ)

38 Skipping through some Silverberg essays this week, which reminded me of other things that have been languishing in the Amazing Colossal To-Be-Read Pile. Father's Day? Silverberg's Alpha anthologies from the Kindle store, and the Greene-Lattimore 3-volume set of Greek Tragedies on sale for 2.99/vol. I'll get to all this before I'm planted, I think, I hope.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (q3u5l)

39 In the shelter again. 16:15.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Prayers for you

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (Splbu)

40 What book or novel released in the last 20 years will be considered an essential, classic read?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)

Ahem....

Posted by: Jake Tapper at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (iGK7y)

41 >>WHY DOES EVERY YA BOOK HAVE SMUT?

It sells.

Posted by: davidt at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (i0F8b)

42 I need to read “Too much the Lion” having studied that battle - wonder if he came to the same conclusions. Mine are that of course Hood was out of his head and should have been relieved of command; but the Confederate Officers under him, some of the best in the war, realized that the war was already lost, and rather than accept defeat, they all chose to die in one last Samurai like blaze of glory. Explains 7 Confederate generals dead in a single battle, 90% of their officer corps wiped out. They attacked over and over til they were all dead, one of the saddest battles in American history.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)

43 Given what's going on in LA and elsewhere, I thought I'd try re-reading "The Day of the Locusts."

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 09:18 AM (x2CMu)

44 34 Crap!

In the shelter again. 16:15.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (DGFJg)

What a different reality from the rest of us. My best to you.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 09:19 AM (x2CMu)

45 'Tis a saddish day in The Neighbourhood when a link to something like the Book Mug turns out to be (a) broken or, (b) inoperative. Tried several of the 'click this link' thingies at the site and none of them worked. I also tried to discover how much they're asking for this item, but that information is also missing. It's probably at the 'Hidden Link Of Secrecy' that y' can't click on without getting the 'Ain't Dere No More!' message …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 09:19 AM (ayRl+)

46 I recommend everything Alison Weir has ever written, by the way. Both her fiction and nonfiction works are very good.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (Y+AMd)

Agreed. I can't vouch for how accurate all her historical reconstructions are, but they are very captivating. If I'm being honest, I actually like her take on the Tudor era a bit more than Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall."

Posted by: Dr. T at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (jGGMD)

47 >>> The Handmade Painted Book Mug is Taking Florida by Storm
Mulinla

I see the add for the coffee mugs dozens of times a day.
But, pic at top of post does look better than the one in the ad.

At least one of those colors hs got to be toxic.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (/lPRQ)

48 Was listening to a "graphic audio" version of a book from my favorite series. Got sucked back into rereading the next book.
Graphic audio is like a radio play - there's a cast, sound effects, the whole shebang.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (Splbu)

49 Attention span decline has me rereading short stories. Currently the Modern Library's Best Russian Short Stories.

Highly recommend The Shades by Vladimir Korlenko, about Socrates in the afterlife.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (ITkJX)

50 Okay, so last week I bitched about "Empire of Silence," the first book in Christopher Ruocchio's "SunEater" series, because the author makes reference to incredible past and future events that he doesn't bother to elaborate on, while writing 700 pages on very-much-less-interesting events in the life of his main character.

I wasn't going to pick up the second book, "Howling Dark," but decided to give it a shot. I actually enjoyed this one, because the character development was a lot deeper and the events described were actually compelling and interesting. The author is still irritatingly and vaguely referencing yet more yugely important past and future events in a tangential manner that still pisses me off, but I've been learning to hold my temper and just read.

Now on to the third book, "Demon in White," which is decent so far, with the author's most annoying practice still digging at my subconscious. Asshole!

The primary alien opponents of the human empire in this series are absolute bloodthirsty lunatics, which makes the humans trying to deal with them strain to find a way of successfully opposing them short of genocide.

I now recommend the series, with irritation.

Posted by: Sharkman at June 15, 2025 09:21 AM (/RHNq)

51 I had thought Audrey Totter played Kate the sociopath madam in the 1955 East of Eden, but it was Jo Van Fleet. The two actresses did look something alike. I wonder if Audrey could have handled the role as well.

Speaking of E of E, I need to reread it, or maybe my favorite parts, where Steinbeck gives us the horrifying story of "Cathy the monster," as she murders her own parents and later her benefactor, all while pretending to be a kind and thoughtful daughter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:21 AM (omVj0)

52 20 WHY DOES EVERY YA BOOK HAVE SMUT?

Because they want to have sex with your children.
Posted by: OrangeEn

Nailed it

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (Splbu)

53 Been spottily night reading a paperback of The Oxford History of Medieval Europe by George Holmes. It's been sitting on my nightstand for at least 3 years since I bought it at a yard sale or something.

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (iGK7y)

54 @31

>>20 years ago was 2005. Oy.

Look at the books written between 1940 and 1960 and then compare and contrast the books written between 2000 and 2020 for instance.

It will astound you.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (XV/Pl)

55 It's probably at the 'Hidden Link Of Secrecy' that y' can't click on without getting the 'Ain't Dere No More!' message …
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025

***
As I recall, Dr_No, you are an escapee of Da Swamp. Only someone with connections here would use that "Ain't Dere No More" phrase.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:23 AM (omVj0)

56 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)

One of my favorite one-liners from the Civil War was when Jefferson Davis asked Lee if he thought Hood would be a good choice to lead the Army of Tennessee and Lee answered, "Hood is a bold fighter. I am doubtful as to other qualities necessary."

Posted by: Dr. T at June 15, 2025 09:24 AM (jGGMD)

57 I now recommend the series, with irritation.
Posted by: Sharkman

Lol

I bounced off the first book
Kudos to you for making it past the first 100 pages

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:24 AM (Splbu)

58 I never used to mark up books with highlighting or writing in margins. It seemed sinful to deface a book. No more unless the book is special in some way: cost, rarity, or maybe fragile with age. As more of my reading involves books with pertinent points or beautiful phrasing or sends me down many rabbit holes I mark the pages or the specific lines. A few words written in the margin make a map for me to follow into the rabbit holes. (I use pencil since it doesn't smear and lasts for many years without fading.)

I used to make notes about these things but they always ended up lost.

Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 09:25 AM (yTvNw)

59 I love that coffee mug in the top photo. It's so appropriate for the thread and for my lifestyle.

Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 09:27 AM (yTvNw)

60 This was not colonialism, it was torturous extraction. It took brave reporters and members of European parliaments to finally force Leopold to give up the Congo, and it has never been a stable country since. This is a sobering read, but necessary to get a grasp of how anti-colonialism got its impetus.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (lTGtQ)

For the sake of balance, you might be interested in reading some of the stuff by Bruce Gilley, an extremely based historian of colonialism who somehow hasn't been kicked out of academia yet. Gilley's view is that while some very unpleasant stuff went on in the Congo, Hochschild and other writers have seriously distorted and exaggerated events.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 15, 2025 09:27 AM (jGGMD)

61 That mug has a lot of sharp edges, I'd probably hurt myself somehow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 09:29 AM (RIvkX)

62 Just throwing this out there for discussion...

What book or novel released in the last 20 years will be considered an essential, classic read?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)
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The one I'm working on.

If I ever get a real publisher, Long Live Death could help shift the discussion about the Spanish Civil War.

Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)

63 What book or novel released in the last 20 years will be considered an essential, classic read?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)

That's tough.

I think a book that makes it to classic read status probably has to be:

1)Very popular or very well loved so that it's in existence or a long period of time
2) has a story not dependent on contemporary politics

Soooo, maybe Harry Potter or something by Stephen King.
Both of those have books after 2005, are [popular and have a somewhat literary cache.

Books I'd like to be classics and books with might be classics aren't often in the same pile.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 09:32 AM (iJfKG)

64 TBR pile: The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene, though I have a sneaking suspicion I read it long ago when I was learning about "literary" fiction with his This Gun For Hire; and a 1939 impossible crime novel, The Problem of the Wire Cage by John Dickson Carr. I did read that one years and years ago -- but I have forgotten the murderer, so it'll be fun to revisit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:13 AM (omVj0)
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It is also in my pile. I'm currently working on The Quiet American, which - like all of Greene's books - draws one in right away.

I bought a bunch of his books on ebay, various editions and it is interesting to see the "other works by the author" are sorted between "novels" and "entertainments."

Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)

65 Oh I see the based book sale has switched to subscription

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:33 AM (Splbu)

66 For the sake of balance, you might be interested in reading some of the stuff by Bruce Gilley, an extremely based historian of colonialism who somehow hasn't been kicked out of academia yet. Gilley's view is that while some very unpleasant stuff went on in the Congo, Hochschild and other writers have seriously distorted and exaggerated events.

Posted by: Dr. T

Yes, I have two of Gilley's books, The Last Imperialist that I reviewed a while back, and the one on German colonialism, which is in my TBR pile. It is a convoluted history, which is often misinterpreted. I saw an interview of him where he pointed out that the Congo Free State was not a colony in any sense of the word, and is often used to justify tarring all colonial powers.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:34 AM (lTGtQ)

67 Finished reading a comic book series this week, and this time I actually read it in the original comic book form. "Brath," from back in 2003, written by Chuck Dixon and drawn by Andrea DiVito. A layman might describe the series as a mix of Braveheart and Gladiator, but a sophisticated reader would recognize it as a fantasy-remix of Robert E Howard's Bran Mak Morn. Mixed with Gladiator. The Gladiator influence is undeniable. Basically, a fantasy-version of the Roman Empire is invading a fantasy-version of Scotland, and our hero, Brath, is trying to unite the tribes against the invaders. He fails, and is dragged off to the colosseum.

The book is paced like a grand epic, so it starts a little slow. The early issues have to split their time between advancing the immediate plot, and setting up the main characters, the side characters, and the factions needed for future subplots. After the first arc, the cast is split up (naturally) and things start to move quicker as each subplot is advanced in turn. One issue focuses exclusively on the further adventures of the secondary villains, anther focuses on just the action in the colosseum. Etc. (continued in next comment)

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 09:35 AM (Lhaco)

68 I need to read “Too much the Lion” having studied that battle - wonder if he came to the same conclusions. Mine are that of course Hood was out of his head and should have been relieved of command; but the Confederate Officers under him, some of the best in the war, realized that the war was already lost, and rather than accept defeat, they all chose to die in one last Samurai like blaze of glory. Explains 7 Confederate generals dead in a single battle, 90% of their officer corps wiped out. They attacked over and over til they were all dead, one of the saddest battles in American history.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)
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This reminds me of The Killer Angels, though the topic is far more obscure.

There are various battles and campaigns that are very hard to wargame because the actions of one (or both) commanders are so irrational that one has to create special rules ("iron maidens") to compel players to do it. This is one of those battles and I recall The Gamers version had a random results table to dictate Hood's actions.

Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

69 Now that was on persistent sock!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

70 In the shelter again. 16:15.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Prayers for you

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (Splbu)
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Thanks all. Back upstairs. All clear. For some reason, I've ad a lot less that usual these past few days.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:37 AM (Y+jbb)

71 That mug wouldn't live to see a liquid in my hands.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 09:37 AM (mlg/3)

72 Why did King Leopold seize the Congo for himself and not his kingdom?

As the king, he would have received the revenues anyway.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (p/isN)

73 1)Very popular or very well loved so that it's in existence or a long period of time
2) has a story not dependent on contemporary politics

Soooo, maybe Harry Potter or something by Stephen King.
Both of those have books after 2005, are [popular and have a somewhat literary cache.

Books I'd like to be classics and books with might be classics aren't often in the same pile.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025

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To your point 1: Yes, any writer who is in classic status was popular in his own time. Posterity doesn't seek out authors who were not. (Edgar Allan Poe might be an exception; he was not a bestselling author in his own lifetime.)

I'd say King's 11/22/63 may well be a classic. I already regard it as one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (omVj0)

74 65 wait I am wrong , based book sale starts Wednesday 6/18

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (Splbu)

75 WHY DOES EVERY YA BOOK HAVE SMUT?

Because they want to have sex with your children.
Posted by: OrangeEn

Nailed it

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (Splbu)
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Pun intended?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (Y+jbb)

76 Crap!

In the shelter again. 16:15.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (DGFJg)

What a different reality from the rest of us. My best to you.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 09:19 AM (x2CMu)
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/starts write book titled "gimme shelter"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:40 AM (Y+jbb)

77 That mug looks like it has too many bumpy places too close to the lip. I would definitely dribble liquids onto my shirt.

I'd put it on my desk to hold the pens and pencils, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 09:40 AM (h7ZuX)

78 It is also in my pile. I'm currently working on The Quiet American, which - like all of Greene's books - draws one in right away.

I bought a bunch of his books on ebay, various editions and it is interesting to see the "other works by the author" are sorted between "novels" and "entertainments."
Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025

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I tend to prefer his "entertainments," but then I grew up with storytellers like Ian Fleming, Rex Stout, and Ellery Queen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:40 AM (omVj0)

79 Biden's dog,
Stay safe. You put in perspective how very blessed we are.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 09:42 AM (VCgbV)

80 I'd put it on my desk to hold the pens and pencils, though.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Same

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:42 AM (Splbu)

81 Here in Israel, this is supposed to be the annual "Book Week". In towns all over the country, publishers put out book stands to sell their wares. Usually takes place outdoors, in one major location for all vendors. Canceled. Perhaps delayed. We'll see.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:42 AM (Y+jbb)

82 (Continued review of the comic book "Brath")

The art in the comic is excellent. Looks historically accurate (even though its technically in a fantasy world) the people look realistic and not to stylized, the coloring looks real, and isn't some cheap-looking washed-out color pallet that some modern comics have...Plus lots of splash panels (a single image taking up the entire page) double-page spreads (a single image taking up two pages) and the kind of epic battle scenes you would expect from sword-and-sandals story.

I have only one bad thing to say about the series, and unfortunately it's a major thing. The book was prematurely canceled after issue 14, because its publisher went bankrupt. It tried to expand too much too fast, and the funding ran out...It is a crying shame that a comic like this was left for dead, while modern crap like Captain Marvel is revived once a year, and re-collected into multiple omnibuses. It's just not fair...

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 09:44 AM (Lhaco)

83 Off to church then down to visit the in-laws. Catch all y'all later.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 09:44 AM (VCgbV)

84 It is also in my pile. I'm currently working on The Quiet American, which - like all of Greene's books - draws one in right away.
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My Communist Youth League minder gave me a copy when I was in the USSR. At this time I still thought of myself as an enemy of capitalism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (RIvkX)

85 That mug wouldn't live to see a liquid in my hands.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Found it on Amazon. Just enter "glass book mug" in search field.

Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (lJ0H4)

86 Nailed it
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (Splbu)

Yeah, they're really not hiding it anymore, are they?

Anyway, got something to do. Keep making interesting comments everyone. I need something to read later.......

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (0eaVi)

87 Finished Bear's Darwin's Children (re-read, will keep), re-reading Clancy's Teeth of the Tiger (probably discarding my last 4 of Clancy's), and slowly going through never-read Aldrin's/Barnes's Encounter with Tiber.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (NcvvS)

88 I have been trying to free write regularly (as regularly as an adhd addled person can anyway) and I noticed one time I tried free writing when it was late and I was very tired and sleepy that I actually wrote more freely (though less legibly)

I guess inhibitions were lowered.

What writer wrote good books that were clearly written under the influence of something (drugs, liquor, etc)?

Philip K. Dick?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:46 AM (Splbu)

89 This was not colonialism, it was torturous extraction. It took brave reporters and members of European parliaments to finally force Leopold to give up the Congo, and it has never been a stable country since. This is a sobering read, but necessary to get a grasp of how anti-colonialism got its impetus.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (lTGtQ)
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I found the book tedious and belabored. The Congo was a mess, but so was central Africa before white men arrived. Pace Conrad, "the horror" was whites forgetting who there were and "going native."

The Belgians seemed spectacularly awful at colonization, even to the point of needlessly abusing their locally recruited police, who eventually mutinied and forced a major overhaul of the project.

I'd say it was the classic example of a tiny, put upon nation that finally gets a taste of power and goes completely nuts with it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)

90 @78 --

"Entertainments" best describes the occupants of my bookshelves.

*******

"Queen ... Queen! The fellow who writes all those whodunits?

"Oh, my dear, I thought you said he was an author!"

-- "Ellery Queen" TV series

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:47 AM (p/isN)

91 I've got an idea for a new take on the werewolf story. Does anybody know of a good overview book on the mountain men of the American frontier? People like Jim Bridger, but also men who hunted wolves?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:48 AM (omVj0)

92 @ 55 It's probably at the 'Hidden Link Of Secrecy' that y' can't click on without getting the 'Ain't Dere No More!' message …
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025

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As I recall, Dr_No, you are an escapee of Da Swamp. Only someone with connections here would use that "Ain't Dere No More" phrase.
_________________________________

Ach! Wolfus, thou hast Founded Me Out! Yas yas, I were a Uptown-ish (but not 'Uptown') boy during all my Wonder Years dere. You know, the Zagamine Street / Jefferson Avenue area. Spended my entire life there until that li'l visitor called 'Katrina' come along in '05 and wrecked da place. Dat's when I hied meself along dem road to Cordova where my daughter and her fambly were living. About 2 years ago, she and her family moved to Smyrna, and I moved to Murfreesboro to be near 'em. Seeing what a shithole Cordova/M'phis is today, both of us got out at the right time. Hey - dat's like the Dr John "Right Time, Wrong Place" tuneage. One day I'll hafta tell ya about that time I met 'The Doctor' before he was 'The Doctor'.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 09:49 AM (ayRl+)

93 Why did King Leopold seize the Congo for himself and not his kingdom?

As the king, he would have received the revenues anyway.

Posted by: Weak Geek

Money. He got virtually all of the profit, versus taxing the profit. He fraudulently set up a conference in Brussels to gain European support for a mission to civilize the Congo under his control, and took it as his personal property.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:49 AM (lTGtQ)

94 My wife (the lovely and accomplished Annalucia) and I are reading (aloud) Rick Atkinson's "The British Are Coming", which is the first volume of the author's Revolutionary War trilogy. (The second volume was published recently; it's sitting on our coffee table awaiting its turn.) Atkinson writes very well: his prose is clear and tart, at times funny but never snarky. And he does an excellent job of organizing an extremely broad and complex body of information into a narration that is straightforward and, while not always easy to follow given the number of people and events being described, is quite understandable. And by the end, the reader has learned some important things about our country and its origins, which is especially important for people like myself, the grand son of immigrants. Highly recommended!

Posted by: Nemo at June 15, 2025 09:49 AM (4RPgu)

95 My Communist Youth League minder gave me a copy when I was in the USSR. At this time I still thought of myself as an enemy of capitalism.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (RIvkX)
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Greene is not easily boxed in by ideology. His primary identity was Catholicism, and during the Cold War the Church was also divided into factions.

I'm enjoying the little details, like the Legionary forces being entirely German besides their French officers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

96 I recently reread some old mysteries that I had liked in anticipation of buying more from the same authors. I'm glad I did because I can't tell what it was about the books that I thought was so great when I read them before. I didn't *hate* them this time but, after my memory saying one of them was a definite favorite, I definitely didn't enjoy them enough to buy more.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 15, 2025 09:51 AM (lFFaq)

97 As I continue the painful process of reducing the number of books in the house, and it is painful, some realizations come to me. First, I'm not going to reread many of them, even the ones I enjoyed a lot. Partly because there isn't time, partly because my tastes have changed. Second, I have more treasures still to be enjoyed. I have just about every book written by Bernard Cornwell and have read only a few. There is years worth of pleasant reading just with those. That takes some of the sting out of downsizing and that's just one example. Third, I have a number of good quality hardcover compilations of paperback series I've kept such as the Lensman and Skylark series by 'Doc' Smith, all the Narnia books, and all the original Conan stories. I really don't need both versions. Better to pass along the paperbacks and let others enjoy them.

Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

98 My wife (the lovely and accomplished Annalucia) and I are reading (aloud) Rick Atkinson's "The British Are Coming", which is the first volume of the author's Revolutionary War trilogy. (The second volume was published recently; it's sitting on our coffee table awaiting its turn.)
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Now I'm angry! I signed up with the author's website to be notified when the next volume comes out. First book was a fun and interesting read.

Gotta spend money. BBL!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:51 AM (Y+jbb)

99 I'm reading a B&N collection of Poe and finding I appreciate him even more as an adult. The editor's commentary is dumb, though. "This [obscure word] is another example of Poe trying to sound smart because he was insecure about his lack of formal education." Or...maybe he thought that was the right word for what he was trying to do with that story and his "lack of formal education" had nothing to do with it??? Projection: not just a river in Egypt.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at June 15, 2025 09:52 AM (Y+AMd)

100 Dr_No, I didn't know you'd left that recently!

Magazine and Jefferson has changed some; the CC's Coffee House that used to be at that corner (taking over for a pharmacy, I think? Or a doctor's office?) closed during the Sniffle Scare. You knew that Lee Harvey Oswald (and his Russian wife, I believe) lived in that neighborhood for a while around 1962? Just a few blocks farther down Magazine toward Napoleon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:52 AM (omVj0)

101 Thx "Perfesser". I have posted before that I like Hamilton but he is one very wordy writer with a lot of ideas and science thrown in. Still he does manage to hold a good narrative together

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 09:52 AM (akw+7)

102 Found it on Amazon. Just enter "glass book mug" in search field.
Posted by: Tuna

I just get a pic of a Bierstiefel.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 09:53 AM (mlg/3)

103 I thought the cup in the top pic must be AI. Seems lime it wouldn't be very comfortable to drink from.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 15, 2025 09:53 AM (lFFaq)

104 I'd say it was the classic example of a tiny, put upon nation that finally gets a taste of power and goes completely nuts with it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

That is accurate. Belgium was a new nation, and behind the curve compared to the rest of Europe. Leopold was apparently trying to catch up as fast as possible, and jealous of the wealth of his counterparts.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:55 AM (lTGtQ)

105 How weird...

I just started "The Reality Dysfunction" a couple of days ago.

So far so good. He is much more "way out there" with his world than I've been accustomed too.

So far, so good.

Reading his and housekeeping will consume most of my day today.

Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 09:55 AM (QB+5g)

106 For some reason I keep going back and forth between good books and bad. Followed up the second Wolf Hall trilogy book, which was excellent, with Lessons in Chemistry which made me want to gag. I can’t get on a win streak and stay there!

Posted by: Lex at June 15, 2025 09:56 AM (y4H1r)

107 "Bookhaven mug" is the search term
All the amazon sellers seem dodgy though

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:57 AM (Splbu)

108 I'd say it was the classic example of a tiny, put upon nation that finally gets a taste of power and goes completely nuts with it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

It happens.

Posted by: Duchy of Grand Fenwick at June 15, 2025 09:57 AM (Aqu9a)

109 94 My wife (the lovely and accomplished Annalucia) and I are reading (aloud) Rick Atkinson's "The British Are Coming"
Posted by: Nemo at June 15, 2025 09:49 AM (4RPgu)

That's a lovely pastime, reading aloud together. My late sister used to read aloud to her husband--I think he was dyslexic, so didn't read much, and she enjoyed sharing the stories. This was before audiobooks were so prevalent.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 09:57 AM (h7ZuX)

110 Amazon link:

https://tinyurl.com/4w6zk84c

Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 09:57 AM (lJ0H4)

111 Anyone else ever see a book/story that you know is going to suck, but you have to read/buy it anyway, because the genre is tempting, and because you have to be sure?

So, I read "Skull and Bones: Savage Strom," a short, cheap, hardcover comic book about pirates! It was created last year, in order to hype up the Skull and Bones video game. The game bombed. The comic isn't very good either. A merchant ship is menaced by three separate pirate factions. There's no characterization, and not much of a plot. Just a lot of antagonistic dialogue and generic action scenes. the art is dark and moody and a little bit stylized....But it didn't annoy me like the Northlanders art I mentioned last week. Still, the art wasn't nearly good enough to make up for the bland story.

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 09:58 AM (Lhaco)

112 I'm reading a B&N collection of Poe and finding I appreciate him even more as an adult. The editor's commentary is dumb, though. "This [obscure word] is another example of Poe trying to sound smart because he was insecure about his lack of formal education." Or...maybe he thought that was the right word for what he was trying to do with that story and his "lack of formal education" had nothing to do with it??? Projection: not just a river in Egypt.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel

Poe has been one of my favorite authors for some time. Somehow, that commentor seems unaware that Poe was an editor himself, so he was far more erudite than most.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:58 AM (lTGtQ)

113 I recently reread some old mysteries that I had liked in anticipation of buying more from the same authors. I'm glad I did because I can't tell what it was about the books that I thought was so great when I read them before. . . .
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 15, 2025

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That can happen, especially if you recall the murderer's identity, and therefore the suspense is reduced. On the other hand you can study the author's skill at concealing the killer.

I was a big fan of Alastair Maclean when I was in high school. Now I look at him as a fellow who never met a long sentence he didn't like. While he was tops at plot twists, there seems to be something "missing" to me in his work now. Ice Station Zebra probably made a good movie, like a lot of his thrillers, but I was not that captivated by it a few years ago when I finally found it.

His first novel, HMS Ulysses, is not a spy or intrigue story but rather an epic tale of a British cruiser on escort on a Murmansk convoy. Lots of war action, yes, but the characters have heart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:58 AM (omVj0)

114 What writer wrote good books that were clearly written under the influence of something (drugs, liquor, etc)?

Philip K. Dick?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:46 AM (Splbu)

I don't know about "good" but Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater would definitely be a book written under the influence...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2025 10:00 AM (PiwSw)

115 About that mug. I drink my copious amounts of coffee out of an insulated tumbler. What I do use the various mugs that I have purchased or been gifted is to store my many pens, markers and pencils on my desk. Makes it easy for me to find what I’m looking for.

Posted by: RetSgtRn at June 15, 2025 10:01 AM (BaiDa)

116 I just started "The Reality Dysfunction" a couple of days ago.

So far so good. He is much more "way out there" with his world than I've been accustomed too.

So far, so good.

Reading his and housekeeping will consume most of my day today.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 09:55 AM (QB+5g)
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Cool! This is one Hamilton's earlier works. I think he did get a bit better about integrating his worldbuilding into the storylines in later works. Now, he gives us chapters of exposition dumps.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2025 10:02 AM (GlyvH)

117 "Bookhaven mug" is the search term
All the amazon sellers seem dodgy though"

Before Christmas there was a rash of "Mineral crystal" mugs that looked beautiful in the ads so I ordered one for Mrs fd. All the vendors were Chinese The first one never showed up. The second one looked nothing like the ad. It was made of resin and smelled BAD. Got my money back on both. Buyer beware

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 10:03 AM (gc+OO)

118 “ He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the Rock my Savior.’”

Psalm 89:26

Posted by: Marcus T at June 15, 2025 10:04 AM (Ao3ru)

119 “ Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.”

Isaiah 64:8

Posted by: Marcus T at June 15, 2025 10:06 AM (Ao3ru)

120 "Bookhaven mug" is the search term
All the amazon sellers seem dodgy though"

Before Christmas there was a rash of "Mineral crystal" mugs that looked beautiful in the ads so I ordered one for Mrs fd. All the vendors were Chinese The first one never showed up. The second one looked nothing like the ad. It was made of resin and smelled BAD. Got my money back on both. Buyer beware
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 10:03 AM (gc+OO)

I noticed that all but two of the reviews are not verified buyers and-

that the unverified "buyers" reviews read like ad copy.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 10:08 AM (iJfKG)

121 Why did King Leopold seize the Congo for himself and not his kingdom?

As the king, he would have received the revenues anyway.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (p/isN)

Apparently King Leopold was the Elon Musk of the day (i e. the richest person in the world). He couldn't directly get involved in colonialism, so he took the sneaky route, setting up an international 'institute' that he ultimately controlled. He had to navigate amongst the Great Powers of Britain, France, and Germany.

I got this from Thomas Pakenham's book (takes deep breath) The Scramble For Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent 1878-1912.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 10:09 AM (sRoQh)

122 There's a point in Silverberg's essays or interviews (seem to recall the notion popping up more than once) where he mentions that he doesn't really read sf any more. The current books aren't speaking to him. He still buys the magazines, but doesn't read them all.

I know how he feels. I pick up novels by some of the newer writers, and for me nothing happens. The books just don't grab me the way the older stuff did. Scanning my Kindle purchases, I see that almost everything is older stuff or by writers who were already active well before 2000. Most of what's coming out these days -- those writers aren't talking to me. Pick something post-2000 that's likely to endure? Can't do it -- I'm just not current enough.

Time to embrace my inner geezer.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 10:11 AM (q3u5l)

123 (continued)

The most notable aspect of the Skull and Bones comic book was how hilariously blatant they were about having REPRESENTATION! The main character was Maria, an ethnic girl with an arm-tattoo, random facepaint, a tube-top, and a fish-bone-hook necklace. She was on a British ship, and not a word was wasted trying to explain her backstory. Pirate Faction A had a black-woman as first-mate, and multiple female pirate-henchmen. Pirate Faction B was an Indian ship (from the subcontinent) led by a female admiral. Again, the book assumed no explanation was necessary. Pirate Faction C didn't have any noticeable representation, so naturally they were the final-bad-guy that every other faction had to team up against.

The extreme eccentricity-of-character may have been appropriate for adapting a mutli-player design-your-own-character video game, but it felt incredibly fake and stupid in a comic book. But the Skull and Bones comic was still better than the Sea of Thieves comic (based on a pirate video game from 10 years ago) that I couldn't even finish. That comic had all the same representation, plus over-the-top modern-day characterization. Absolutely terrible....

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 10:11 AM (Lhaco)

124 I know I see that ad for the book mug several times a day on my Microsoft Solitaire App.

Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 10:12 AM (lJ0H4)

125 Wolfus, Doctor -- we've got a little Crescent City colony in the comments here! I grew up in the Carrollton Bend area, but Magazine St. was within my bicycle radius. At one time there were a couple of good bookstores on Magazine near Jefferson, back when the car barn had streetcars in it instead of bobos.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:13 AM (78a2H)

126 I've been reading Madeleine L'Engle's "Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art". Aside from reading A Wrinkle in Time back in the 60s, this is the only book of hers I've tried and I am impressed both by the content and her wonderful writing style. I may have to try her Wrinkle series if the writing is this good.

Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 10:14 AM (yTvNw)

127 I got this from Thomas Pakenham's book (takes deep breath) The Scramble For Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent 1878-1912.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

This is one of the best books on the European forays into Africa available, highly recommended.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 10:16 AM (lTGtQ)

128 Not a lot of reading this week -- a brief break in the endless rain meant a blitz of yard work, and I'm still trying to keep my own writing on schedule.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:16 AM (78a2H)

129 Because sex sells.

Posted by: Duh at June 15, 2025 10:17 AM (lIgBp)

130 Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 10:03 AM (gc+OO)

I sent hat image to "perfessor" squirrel with the warning that it was undoubtedly cheap Chinese shit, but that it looked cool!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 10:17 AM (mWSu4)

131 Poe has been one of my favorite authors for some time. Somehow, that commentor seems unaware that Poe was an editor himself, so he was far more erudite than most.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:58 AM (lTGtQ)
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Poe lived a varied and interesting life, unlike almost all of his critics.

That's the part that has been lost, and it shows in modern fiction. To be a modern novelist you go to an elite school, maybe work in journalism or write short stories and work the connections and then you get a publishing contract where you write about...you.

Since you lived in a bubble, external references are copied from various tropes (often ideological) and so writing comes across as flat and formulaic.

Prior generations had broad live experience. Poe serving at Fort Monroe complied far more life experience than any Berkely grad. The same is true for Twain, but even more recent authors (like Greene) lived a life out in the world, and it resonates through their work.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

132 Wolfus, Doctor -- we've got a little Crescent City colony in the comments here! I grew up in the Carrollton Bend area, but Magazine St. was within my bicycle radius. At one time there were a couple of good bookstores on Magazine near Jefferson, back when the car barn had streetcars in it instead of bobos.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025

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I seem to recall a bookstore or two in the Magazine shopping district between Jefferson and Nashville, and a tearoom too.

There's a neat two-story independent bookstore on Oak Street a block west of Carrollton Ave. Mostly new books, but there are some older ones too. Their windows on the second floor look down on the street. And they have a bookstore cat!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:18 AM (omVj0)

133 112 - Give Gogol a try if you havent. Contemporary of Poe. Particularly The Viy, and The Terrible Vengeance.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 10:19 AM (ITkJX)

134 At one point I pitched an outline and sample chapters for a YA book and was told it didn't have enough sex in it. So I wrote a new cover letter and pitched it as a book for grownups, otherwise unchanged, and eventually found a publisher.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:19 AM (78a2H)

135 48 Was listening to a "graphic audio" version of a book from my favorite series. Got sucked back into rereading the next book.
Graphic audio is like a radio play - there's a cast, sound effects, the whole shebang.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (Splbu)

I listened to one of their productions a few years ago. A fantasy-ish story in an early-modern-esque setting. magic was a thing, but using magic risked it eating away your memories as a side effect. So 'being remembered' was a big part of their culture....

Story aside, the way they presented the story was neat. Very engaging. It's a shame I haven't felt the urge/had the opportunity to listen to another. Audiobooks just aren't quite my thing...

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 10:20 AM (Lhaco)

136 Vmom,
The first time I followed a discussion in the comments here was one on creativity: what various people felt had helped them come up with solutions/new ideas.

The most common thing I noted was being tired. Not exhausted, but tired. It's certainly true for me.

I concluded that solutions/new ideas is a kind of brainwashing.

Posted by: Wenda at June 15, 2025 10:23 AM (A65Zh)

137 @ 100 Dr_No, I didn't know you'd left that recently!

Magazine and Jefferson has changed some; the CC's Coffee House that used to be at that corner (taking over for a pharmacy, I think? Or a doctor's office?) closed during the Sniffle Scare. You knew that Lee Harvey Oswald (and his Russian wife, I believe) lived in that neighborhood for a while around 1962? Just a few blocks farther down Magazine toward Napoleon.
___________________________________________

If K hadn't paid a visit in '05, I don't know if I'da left. Well, maybe later but ... I remember CC's and PJ's coffee shops. The Friendly House, Arabella Bus Barn, Dorian's Record Store, Ott's Pet Shop, and The Brass Boot (a gay bar) were there, too. Mayeux's Phcy was at Jeff & Magazine, and my uncle had the Shell station diagonally across from the doctor's office on that condah. I knew about LHO, but not that they lived that close to my 'growin' up' area. After I got married, I moved to Old Metairie. After I got divorced, I moved near Transcontinental Drive and Economical Supermarket. I asked Economical's mgr how many days grocery inventory was in-house and he said 'Three days'. There's a lesson in his answer, ain't dere?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 10:23 AM (ayRl+)

138 I dropped by the local Barnes and Noble the other day. Their shelves are indeed less woke than they used to be; their store managers are now allowed to stock based on what might sell locally. However, it surprised me how few hardback books were available, other than the newest books.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 10:23 AM (lTGtQ)

139 A while back I found a kindle anthology of novels by Andre Norton. Although I knew her primarily as an author of sci-fi, I was surprised to find that she had written a fair number of historical novels about the Confederate Army. Nathan Bedford Forrest is a recurring character, and is not portrayed as a villain.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:25 AM (SkxTr)

140 This is one of the best books on the European forays into Africa available, highly recommended.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 10:16 AM (lTGtQ)

I am enjoying it immensely. Nearly finished. It is amazing to me the European 'club' that existed with their 'rules'. Send an expedition up a river, whip out some forms, and get the local chieftains to sign their land away. Voila! you have a colony. And any disputes among the Europeans will be settled in London or Paris. Or, just set up a charter company to do the work.

When describing the Sudan, which was the middle of nowhere, they were able to get there from London via steamship in sixteen days.

Also, slavery was alive and well in the Congo and east Africa. Thanks, muslims.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 10:25 AM (sRoQh)

141 Can't help but agree with Mr. Silverberg. The days when I haunted the bookstore and bought almost every new SF novel are long gone. Now I wait for recommendations from people whose taste I trust.

And I'm not at all proud of this, but it's true: I am deeply skeptical of any new SF written by women authors. There has been such a huge feminization of the field -- readers, writers, and editors -- that "women's SF" is now almost its own genre, full of standard characters, plots, and tropes.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:26 AM (78a2H)

142 Watching the parade yesterday I was reminded of one of the WW II books on the shelf: "Company Commander" by Charles B. MacDonald. A memoir of his company from D-Day to the Bulge. It's inspiring and revealing in many ways but has some hard details such as what happened to the German prisoners after Malmedy. (Hint: they didn't all make it to the POW camps.)

MacDonald later became the official Army historian.

Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 10:29 AM (yTvNw)

143 The first Sci/Fi book that I ever loved, that really got me into the entire genre - Andre Norton, Daybreak 2250 AD.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 10:29 AM (e15Ap)

144 Nathan Bedford Forrest is a recurring character, and is not portrayed as a villain.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:25 AM (SkxTr)

_______

Faulkner has a wonderful lighthearted short story in which Forrest plays a part. Cant think of the name.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 10:29 AM (ITkJX)

145 Re: Poe

Still remember senior year in HS studying Poe. Teacher (Catholic school, priest) told me it always cracked him up when the girls realized that the subject of Poe's story was the character's penis. LOL

Some Passages In The Life Of A Lion

https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/liond.htm

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 10:30 AM (sRoQh)

146 My favorite NO bookstores were Little Professor on Carrollton near Oak, and Maple Street Bookshop. The musty-paperback smell of that shop gives me a Proustian moment every time I go into a used bookstore with poor humidity control.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:30 AM (78a2H)

147 Morning.
Be safe BDs. Praying for you and yours.

Swing shift has put a huge damper on my reading for these last 4 months. I'm thinking about dedicating a specific hour or so to do some. Add it to my morning rules. But with the yard and car projects taking a whole hour out might not be doable.
I feel horrible neglecting my TBR piles. Those pages need to breathe. But I gotta get to work so the truck must run and at least one of the other vehicles must be functional as a backup.
Still maintaining four, $500 cars is cheaper than buying a new anything.
Encountered something book related with my promotion at work. These machines I'm going to be working on are tightly controlled as to who can learn and see what. Spy Rights they call it. Of which I have none yet. Nor are there any printed manuals that I can find anywhere. So no books.
What a weird industry where nobody trusts anybody. How am I supposed to fix anything with no schematics telling where wires go and such. I'm hoping it's all in the computer and I just don't know how to find it.

Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 10:31 AM (LgDgc)

148 Biggo thanks to The Perfesser for the shout-out a couple weeks back about my new pair of dark humor military sci-fi novels (imagine John Ringo collaborating with zombie Douglas Adams).

Now, I could use a few morons to help feed the algorithm. Specifically, I’m looking for honest (well, honest-ish 😉

reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. If you're up for it, I’m happy to send out a few copies in exchange. Ping me in the Horde writing group or drop a line to Norsekhet [at] Gmail.

I'll also probably be doing a Kindle giveaway. I'll let you know.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 15, 2025 10:33 AM (DIweC)

149 Here's that Hans G. Schantz link rendered in usable form:

https://tinyurl.com/Based-Book-Sale

Posted by: Sharkman at June 15, 2025 10:34 AM (/RHNq)

150 99 ... "I'm reading a B&N collection of Poe and finding I appreciate him even more as an adult. The editor's commentary is dumb, though. "This [obscure word] is another example of Poe trying to sound smart because he was insecure about his lack of formal education." "

I hate when the editor injects their opinions, not facts, into the text. A few footnotes about some obscure words MIGHT be helpful but too often the editor assumes the reader is in the third grade. It's distracting at best and insulting (and arrogant) at worst.

Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 10:34 AM (yTvNw)

151 @ 125 Wolfus, Doctor -- we've got a little Crescent City colony in the comments here! I grew up in the Carrollton Bend area, but Magazine St. was within my bicycle radius. At one time there were a couple of good bookstores on Magazine near Jefferson, back when the car barn had streetcars in it instead of bobos. (Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025)
_____________________________________

Whoa! Is we got our very own 'Yat City' here now? Carrollton Bend is where that funky li'l dive bar near the levee was, yes? You're right about the bookstores on Magazine/Jeff, and there was a great li'l shoe repair shop next to what would later be CC's or PJ's. I'd get taps put on my heels for 25¢ each. Best part was that the owner had a book table with old WWII issues of LOOK - and if I asked, he'd let me take 'em home with me. Great photography in 'em. Remember the Maurice Charles 'Academy' at N'ville & Magazine? Mom went there once a month - before she discovered Clairol. Whenever my brother and I were gonna go fishing, we'd head to the levee behind 'Monkey Hill' at Audubon Park and bring glass jars and scoop nets to harvest grass shrimp for bait. Diff'rent time, diff'rent whirled ...

Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 10:35 AM (ayRl+)

152
Unstuck in time, I am:

Supposed to be receiving the extra invitation things for our anniversary party tomorrow. Apparently 140 invitations weren't enough - never realized that we knew so many people 😲😲😲

Between work, family, church, and friends, it really adds up - should be a lot of fun, though!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn

Happy Anniversary, TFW! I hope that your celebration is joyous and filled with love and laughter. All my best wishes for you and yours!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 10:35 AM (Tv15w)

153 Morning all
Still on Pierce Brown's third book in the Red Rising series and loving it but find I am spending more time on X reading about world events this week.
Biden's Dog, hoping for earth shaking outcomes for the incredible courage shown by Israel in single-handedly taking on Iran and freeing it's people.
Wolfus, the Reacher books ae fantastic all the way up til he started writing with his brother Andrew Child. If you haven't read Galbraith, I would suggest those after you're done. A lot of the same feel.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 15, 2025 10:35 AM (t/2Uw)

154
Mamet's "Chicago" novel this afternoon.

"Death to America" doesn't mean that, the MSM is saying.

Posted by: Auspex at June 15, 2025 10:36 AM (j4U/Z)

155 . . . I remember CC's and PJ's coffee shops. The Friendly House, Arabella Bus Barn, Dorian's Record Store, Ott's Pet Shop, and The Brass Boot (a gay bar) were there, too. Mayeux's Phcy was at Jeff & Magazine, and my uncle had the Shell station diagonally across from the doctor's office on that condah. . . .
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025

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Diagonally? I thought that old folks' home with the iron fencing had been at that corner since forever. Home Care Solutions, it's called now. There's a bank directly across magazine from what used to be the pharmacy, and . . . I'm not sure what stands on Magazine directly across Jefferson.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:37 AM (omVj0)

156 I bounced off the first book
Kudos to you for making it past the first 100 pages

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

Life is too short to reading while grinding your teeth in frustration. That's no way to enjoy a book. But now I'm too far into the series to not complete all 7 books, just to see if he ever properly describes the most interesting events.

Sigh. I'm a glutton for punishment.

Posted by: Sharkman at June 15, 2025 10:39 AM (/RHNq)

157 Mmmm....smut

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 15, 2025 10:39 AM (xcxpd)

158 About YA books

I assume the YA designation refers to teens. Are you all so old that you do not remember the level,of sexual,tension there is in teen years? I don't think YA should have graphic sex but expecting any story about teenagers to not have sexual tension between characters is silly.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (t/2Uw)

159 If the dive bar you mean is Cooter Brown's, it's still there!

When I was a kid my big weekend bicycle expedition was to go out to Hub Hobby shop on Broad Street and Washington, right by the pumping station. I'd check to see what new wargames and RPGs they had, and figure out what I could afford and what I could get home on my bike. The neighborhood was so bad I had to park my bike inside the store because if I locked it up outside some neighborhood kids would start trying tp pry off bits.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (78a2H)

160 My favorite NO bookstores were Little Professor on Carrollton near Oak, and Maple Street Bookshop. The musty-paperback smell of that shop gives me a Proustian moment every time I go into a used bookstore with poor humidity control.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025

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Maple Street Bookstore closed a decade or so after Katrina, I think. Though I saw and visited a "Little Professor" bookshop in Homewood, AL, a suburb of Birmingham, in '21.

There used to be a classic bookshop on Chartres Street right across from the opening of Madison (a one-block street) in the Quarter. Not sure if it's there any more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (omVj0)

161 Elizabeth Warren Attacks Event Honoring Army

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Hasn’t gotten over Wounded Knee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (L/fGl)

162 I have read "Unbroken". That's a very good book!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 10:41 AM (TP6Qi)

163 "What a weird industry where nobody trusts anybody. How am I supposed to fix anything with no schematics telling where wires go and such. I'm hoping it's all in the computer and I just don't know how to find it."

Sounds normal to me. And it's not usually a matter of trust, it's laziness coupled with a FU to the PTB that demands everything that is available has to be perfect.

Most of us that tread in these depths laugh and say "If you need documentation, you're not qualified for the job."

Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 10:41 AM (QB+5g)

164 Elizabeth Warren Attacks Event Honoring Army

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Hasn’t gotten over Wounded Knee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (L/fGl)

Warren still heapum big mad?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 10:42 AM (sRoQh)

165 If the dive bar you mean is Cooter Brown's, it's still there!

When I was a kid my big weekend bicycle expedition was to go out to Hub Hobby shop on Broad Street and Washington, right by the pumping station. I'd check to see what new wargames and RPGs they had, and figure out what I could afford and what I could get home on my bike. The neighborhood was so bad I had to park my bike inside the store because if I locked it up outside some neighborhood kids would start trying tp pry off bits.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025

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Yes, Cooter's is still there, at the corner of Carrollton and Leake (aka River Road).

Hub Hobby is still around, though not at that location; it's an empty lot. They moved quite sensibly out to Metairie to a site on Airline HIghway near Causeway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:42 AM (omVj0)

166 Read Company Commander years ago but do remember it was a good read

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 10:43 AM (+qU29)

167 I put in twelve or thirteen years in libraries, public & community college, and nine years in bookstores and followed sf religiously and tried to be aware of what was coming out in as many areas as I could. You had to do that just to be able to work the reference desks and sales counters.

Looking over the sf Hugo awards listings since 2000, I'm amazed at the number of titles and people that I've not only not read, but never even heard of. Same applies, I think, to every genre.

Ran across a term (I think in one of Barry Malzberg's essays): Gafiate. Getting Away From It All. It was in reference to drifting away from sf, but I think I've gafiated from most of what's being done these days.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 10:44 AM (q3u5l)

168 as her great grandfather was like the covington character who did sandcreek,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 10:44 AM (bXbFr)

169 So, "Death to America" doesn't mean they literally want to kill you. It just means they want to subjugate you and force you to live by their rules. I feel so much better now.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:45 AM (SkxTr)

170 That book mug looks like something one might chip teeth on, or a brute cudgel to fend off home invaders with.

Good morning!

Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 10:46 AM (v0ydc)

171 "Death To America" is really just a term of endearment.

Posted by: If Karine Jean Pierre was still Press Secretary at June 15, 2025 10:46 AM (PiwSw)

172 Well, time to go! Thanks again, Perfesser!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)

173 Ran across a term (I think in one of Barry Malzberg's essays): Gafiate. Getting Away From It All. It was in reference to drifting away from sf, but I think I've gafiated from most of what's being done these days.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 10:44 AM (q3u5l)
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We have gafiated just the same from TV, movies, and music.

Funneh dat.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 10:46 AM (Y+jbb)

174
Faulkner has a wonderful lighthearted short story in which Forrest plays a part. Cant think of the name.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

“My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek"

The reference at which I found this was

https://academic.oup.com/
mississippi-scholarship-online/book/18855/
chapter-abstract/177162219

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 10:47 AM (Tv15w)

175 So, "Death to America" doesn't mean they literally want to kill you. It just means they want to subjugate you and force you to live by their rules.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:45 AM (SkxTr)
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It's whichever comes first.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 10:48 AM (Y+jbb)

176
It just means they want to subjugate you and force you to live by their rules. I feel so much better now.
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:45 AM (SkxTr)

_________

And, if necessary, kill you. But nicely.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 10:48 AM (QnmlO)

177 169 So, "Death to America" doesn't mean they literally want to kill you. It just means they want to subjugate you and force you to live by their rules. I feel so much better now.”

I saw that on X. I wanted to reply “Death to (whoever wrote that stupid post) and say “there how do you it, do you think that’s just nothing?”
But I would have got my account nuked.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 10:49 AM (e15Ap)

178 I wasn't aware that Faulkner ever wrote anything lighthearted.

Yes, he had his detective/crime stories about local lawyer Gavin Knight, set in his mythical and unpronounceable MS county; but aside from the first one, "An Error in Chemistry," they are less detective stories than they are studies of the locals when involved in some kind of crime. But *lighthearted*? Amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:49 AM (omVj0)

179 Oh, and forgot to add, the editor thanks you.

https://tinyurl.com/3c6k3dd6

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 15, 2025 10:52 AM (DIweC)

180 Biden's Dog --

Yep, tv, movies, and music too. Movies maybe not quite so much, but close. TV and music, I'm completely out of touch. Books in almost all areas, except for writers I'd already been following years ago.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 10:53 AM (q3u5l)

181 Yawk Nuh Puh Taw Fuh county.

Like it's spelled.

Posted by: Person who read too much Faulkner as a kid at June 15, 2025 10:53 AM (lIgBp)

182 And, if necessary, kill you. But nicely.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 10:48 AM (QnmlO)
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Killing me softly with Islam
Killing me softly with Islam
Tearing my whole life with dawa
Killing me softly with Islam

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 10:54 AM (Y+jbb)

183
Elizabeth Warren Attacks Event Honoring Army

Hasn’t gotten over Wounded Knee

Were it not for Wounded Knee, Fauxcahontas would have become the next Martha Stewart merely on the strength of her authentic Native American crab dip recipe bestowed upon us all through her having submitted it to the "Pow Wow Chow" cookbook. Gal's nursing a HUGE grudge, yo!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 10:54 AM (Tv15w)

184 This is my favorite coffee mug. A built in coaster, basically.
You have to hand wash it but so what ?
It's my weekend mug. Highly recommended.
I don't know the brand, assuming it's a Beck because it looks exactly like this one. My wife bought 2 of them somewhere and we love them.

https://tinyurl.com/4346p39h

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 10:55 AM (iGK7y)

Daily Tech News 15 June 2025

Top Story

The root cause of the huge Google Cloud / Clouflare outage a couple of days ago. (Google)

A null pointer set a Google service into a boot loop when a change was applied without an appropriate policy set. The missing policy should have been caught and the update rejected, but wasn't, because everything is nightmarishly complicated.

Tech News

PCIe 6.0 SSDs aren't likely to show up in desktop PCs for years. (Tom's Hardware)

Servers, yes. Laptops, maybe. Desktops, no.

PCIe 5.0 SSDs are twice the price of PCIe 4.0 models anyway, and PCIe 6.0 is sure to be unreasonably costly for small drives, so if you're building a desktop just go for four PCIe 4.0 drives in RAID-0.
Korean researchers have outlined the next four generations of HBM (high-bandwidth memory) following the upcoming HBM4. (WCCFTech)

HBM8 will - eventually - deliver five times the capacity and 32 times the bandwidth of next-gen HBM4, with up to 240GB of RAM per device and 64TB per second of bandwidth.

And use 180W of power for a single HMB8 stack. HBM1 was slower, true, but it only used 4W of power.
How scammers are using AI to steal student aid. (AP News)

The answer is they're using it a lot.
An Associated Press analysis of fraud reports obtained through a public records request shows California colleges in 2024 reported 1.2 million fraudulent applications, which resulted in 223,000 suspected fake enrollments.
Because until last Friday you don't need to provide any ID to apply for student aid.
The Browser Company - that's what it's called - unveiled Dia, its new AI-focused web browser. (Tech Crunch)

No thanks.
Stolen iPhones are screaming at the looters who stole them. (The Economic Times) (archive site)

Oh no.

Anyway...
They've found the second Stargate. (Phys.org)

Good news. Now they just need to find the Ancient city.
New legislation in New York makes it illegal for AI to murder more than 100 people. (Tech Crunch)

Less than 100, no problem, but over 100 is right out.

Only the government is allowed to do that.

Musical Interlude

Song is Notice Me by Alexa Ray Joel. Anime is Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun.

Disclaimer: Tanuki?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 04:31 AM (EKfGo)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 04:33 AM (sAmhv)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 15, 2025 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

4 Good morning Pixy!

So if in New York, AI can kill a 100 people, where do I have to go to submit my list of recommendations?

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:37 AM (jvJvP)

5
Pixy Misa, whoever you are, you're one of my favorite content creators here.

I downloaded Cluely tonight only to get that Google / Cloudflare outage message and I thought WHAT?! Couldn't Cluely cheat its way out of it?

Also, I'm sure everyone in Sacramento is heaving a sigh of relief that Donald Trump canceled California's restraints on gas-powered cars. If we'd had to run our cars on electricity while Silly Valley needed to amp up for Higher Bandwidth, there would have been yet another schism in the Party.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 04:44 AM (wbZPZ)

6 Happy Father''s Day to all the fathers, and to to those who without children of their own acted in loving. guiding ways to others. And if your own father wasn't around or not a good role model, both the Jewish and the Christian scriptures talk about God as a caring, guiding father .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:47 AM (fOkIv)

7 And I am grateful for FenSpouse who enjoys spending time with our son. I am also grateful to him for passing on - among other things- the message of the importance of faith, hard work and the wonderful value of reading.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:50 AM (fOkIv)

8 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 04:44 AM (wbZPZ)

I have never heard Silicone Valley called "Silly Valley". I like it and it seems appropriate.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:51 AM (fOkIv)

9 Apple phones screech at looters. That is amusing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:53 AM (fOkIv)

10 The phrasing made me do a double take. At first it read like your son had died and you were good with it.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 15, 2025 04:56 AM (/0z9K)

11 Posted by: Epobirs at June 15, 2025 04

Sorry; My phrasing is probably not the best at 5:00 EST.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:00 AM (fOkIv)

12 Apple should have just made them into phone bombs.

Posted by: TC at June 15, 2025 05:02 AM (szqEY)

13 I don't understand what AI contributing to a disaster scenario means ( Cheap fakes?) but I'm inclined to think mostly any bill Governor Kathy Hochul signs is probably not good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:03 AM (fOkIv)

14 An odd discovery today. 'Monty Python's The Meaning of Life' (1983) was always a great favorite. Most will remember the sketch following a battle in the Zulu War where one of Eric Idle's legs was stolen while sleeping in his tent. The doctor's assessment is that the culprit was a tiger. "A tiger, in Africa?" is the response. And so on.

On Tubi I found this 1972 movie called 'What?', directed by Roma Polanski. Most of it is stupid and boring, about a young woman traveling in Italy who flees would-be rapists by sheltering in a palatial estate that unquestioningly just gives her a room without any consideration for how she got there. The place seems to be some sort of luxury lunatic asylum but is eventually revealed to be owned by an elderly zillionaire who has taken in a menagerie of eccentrics.

The true and sole charm of the movie is that the very attractive lead, played by Sidne Rome, spends most of her time naked or close to it. At one point Marcello Mastroianni produces a full tiger skin with head, claiming to have shot it on safari in Africa. "A tiger, in Africa?" she asks twice.

Now I'm obsessed with finding out if this was a purposeful reference in the Monty Python movie.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 15, 2025 05:10 AM (/0z9K)

15 Kindness shown by a large, loud family out for dinner. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/y33z75md

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:13 AM (ip8Px)

16
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 15, 2025 05:19 AM (tljrc)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 15, 2025 05:20 AM (AN2gy)

18 6 Happy Father''s Day to all the fathers, and to to those who without children of their own acted in loving. guiding ways to others. And if your own father wasn't around or not a good role model, both the Jewish and the Christian scriptures talk about God as a caring, guiding father .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:47 AM (fOkIv

That is so sweet. My family here, Mom, Dad and my brother never gave a damn about Holidays except for Christmas.

And my beautiful friends across the street, we created Christmas in September, October, sometimes November. The first year the kids just wanted to come over and help decorate the tree and house. Beautiful job. But Mom and I picked up pizza.

Those Christmases continue. Tougher this year, but working on it.

So Father's Day!? My friend has three beautiful children he would do anything for. And has. He is an amazing guy. So thank you for reminding me about Father's Day.

I won't bug him. I have been through a lot and have been high maintenance lately.

Happy Father's Day to my friend. I often tell him that I am so happy he is so blessed. And I mean it.

Damn, the beers must be kicking in. And it's 5:20am.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:22 AM (jvJvP)

19 I don't understand what AI contributing to a disaster scenario means ( Cheap fakes?) but I'm inclined to think mostly any bill Governor Kathy Hochul signs is probably not good.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:03 AM (fOkIv)

That woman, Gov. Hokum, is the worst. You're right next door, so to speak, and you probably have no idea how truly bad she is. She is a dumb NY Democrat Machine Politician. She has no original thought that hasn't been bought and paid for. She's the worst. Paraphrase: Poor black kids in the South Bronx don't know what a computer is. Getting grilled by Stefanik, Hokum had no idea the name of the illegal who burned alive that woman on the subway. Now I may not remember, but she's a governor giving testimony in front of Congress. She should bloody well know.

Do you remember that Father's Day pic from Schumer with the raw cheeseburger? Hokum had something similar. She was photo op'd holding a spatula in front of a smoky grill in a white outfit. Yep. Everybody always wears white when grilling. Another Dem trying to look human and she just couldn't pull it off.

The worst.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 05:24 AM (gKDq2)

20 >>> And my beautiful friends across the street, we created Christmas in September, October, sometimes November

Are you Filipino, per chance?

Posted by: fluffy at June 15, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)

21 That woman, Gov. Hokum, is the worst. You're right next door, so to speak, and you probably have no idea how truly bad she is. She is a dumb NY Democrat Machine Politician.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 05:24 AM (gKDq2

Again, AI may be allowed to kill 100 in NY.
Where do we submit our lists?
And increase the number to 10 million?

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:28 AM (jvJvP)

22 Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:22 AM (jvJvP)

That's very nice!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:29 AM (2GCMq)

23
Apple phones screech at looters. That is amusing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:53 AM (fOkIv)

__________

In a mother-in-law voice.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 05:36 AM (QnmlO)

24 20 >>> And my beautiful friends across the street, we created Christmas in September, October, sometimes November

Are you Filipino, per chance?
Posted by: fluffy at June 15, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)

No, things just happened. Mom was a nun for 14 years and about 84 and loved Christmas. And I was her caregiver. The rescue dog just barks so we close the lights at Halloween.

Even though it was October, things were going up.

And my friends' oldest child loves Christmas and wanted to help decorate the tree. Yes, of course.

Entire family came down after 5pm. Kids decorated the tree. We got pizza. Very nice and easygoing.

But we did add gifts in future years. Because KIDS! Christmas.

Legos rule.
Low tech.
But Legos rule!

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:42 AM (jvJvP)

25 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 05:36 AM (QnmlO)

LOL

It's actually possible that some of the looters didn't yet have MIL . I realize that I may be anomaly but my MIL was a lovely, kind woman and I think had a wonderful impact on her son.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:47 AM (2GCMq)

26 It's early!

Posted by: runner at June 15, 2025 05:48 AM (D6KJE)

27
Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks.

May all effort from you result in maximum benefit to you and yours, with consummate grief for the leftwit fungi on this and all days.

I'm having a great deal of fun in the search for a vehicle, having met several people who are simply pleasant just to be around. I like that.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 05:50 AM (hKoQL)

28 Apple phones screech at looters. That is amusing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:53 AM (fOkIv

Get more math and computer books!

I read a great book. Oprah would have loved to open a school in America, but the kids didn't care or appreciate it.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:54 AM (jvJvP)

29 Clearly, many of the rioters don't know their father.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 15, 2025 05:54 AM (ZmEVT)

30 Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 05:50 AM (hKoQL

Thank You So Much.

Horrible year but you just helped, like I will soon.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:57 AM (jvJvP)

31 Pixy

I think you should consider doing your own anime stuff about technology and the characters could include your witty, dry take on things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 06:00 AM (j3E0V)

32 Adorable orphaned baby racoon;

https://tinyurl.com/2zt4brcw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 06:05 AM (j3E0V)

33 In response to the hobby thread, FenSpouse said he had a toy set of the Alamo as well as a Roman galley ship with toys soldiers and the oars moved.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 06:07 AM (j3E0V)

34 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: shamalamadingdong!

Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 15, 2025 06:10 AM (6YdsJ)

35 14 An odd discovery today. 'Monty Python's The Meaning of Life' (1983) was always a great favorite. Most will remember the sketch following a battle in the Zulu War where one of Eric Idle's legs was stolen while sleeping in his tent. The doctor's assessment is that the culprit was a tiger. "A tiger, in Africa?" is the response. And so on.

On Tubi I found this 1972 movie called 'What?', directed by Roma Polanski. ... The true and sole charm of the movie is that the very attractive lead, played by Sidne Rome, spends most of her time naked or close to it. At one point Marcello Mastroianni produces a full tiger skin with head, claiming to have shot it on safari in Africa. "A tiger, in Africa?" she asks twice.

Now I'm obsessed with finding out if this was a purposeful reference in the Monty Python movie.
Posted by: Epobirs at June 15, 2025 05:10 AM (/0z9K)

Fun! It sounds Groucho Marx-like, maybe, too.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:12 AM (CQE5S)

36 29 Clearly, many of the rioters don't know their father.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 15, 2025 05:54 AM (ZmEVT)

MAURY! Welcome back!
Steve! Fantastic.

Jerry Springer's AI duplicate....you stick to male protester's having sex with what they thought was female. Best episodes ever.

Yeah, I have enough beers. And pills. Still can't sleep. 6:07 Toronto.

Perfect! I want this to be my record for a while. I know i'm not the first troubled Horde member. But I hope I hold this record forever.

You're the Horde. I like you happy..

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:14 AM (jvJvP)

37 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 06:14 AM (BwZyW)

38 Evening and morning on this Lord's Day to all of the posters.

An oddly muffled intro to my posting? True. I slept much less than normal lat night and am still a little weary. Nothing major as the cause -- just a mosquito bite on my left forearm that itched maddeningly as I was trying to fall asleep. I tried soap and water, alcohol (external, of course), anti-itch cream, calamine lotion, and at last, Aspercreme. I wonder if that last worked, or if it was the combo of everything. Anyway, I got about four hours' sleep . . . and I feel oddly alert and yet tired at the same time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

39 In response to the hobby thread, FenSpouse said he had a toy set of the Alamo as well as a Roman galley ship with toys soldiers and the oars moved.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025

***
Good morning, Fen

I don't recall a Marx Playset of the Alamo; but there was one called "The Blue and the Gray," U.S. Civil War of course. The concept of war was not yet anathema to toy manufacturers. There were cap guns galore, including realistic-looking Lugers and Colt .45 1911s, and Mattel even had a cap-firing Thompson submachine gun!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)

40 38 a mosquito bite on my left forearm that itched maddeningly as I was trying to fall asleep
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

#metoo

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:22 AM (CQE5S)

41 37 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 06:14 AM (BwZyW)

And from me.

And my, we think 15 years old, rescue dog.. Horrible year for us both but I'm working to drag him forward...

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:23 AM (jvJvP)

42 Only (only!!!) 77 F. outside. I really should go work out.

I really should.

My motivation is around here somewhere. Possibly hiding in the cats' litterbox.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)

43 Good morning! The youngest boy and his tribe came over yesterday. We made significant progress in the back yard landscape. Got about 75% of the dry stack retaining wall set, got the big green egg moved, got the stepping stones placed in the rock path along the patio, put the new water lilies in, put some new perennials in, spread a lot of mulch. Topped it all off with a dinner of burned barnyard animals while we watched the Army's birthday parade, then followed that with trip to the ice cream shop for sundaes.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025 06:24 AM (3Ope8)

44 I'm planning a road trip to the full-service tobacconist shop in Jackson, MS, either tomorrow or Tuesday. Breakfast at a local diner on the way, a light lunch there, and back home before the afternoon traffic builds up. If I work out today, I could go tomorrow; otherwise I'll need to exercise on Mon. and travel on Tues. Decisions . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:27 AM (omVj0)

45 >>>Song is Notice Me by Alexa Ray Joel. Anime is Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun.

Lot going on, there.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:28 AM (CQE5S)

46 Topped it all off with a dinner of burned barnyard animals while we watched the Army's birthday parade, then followed that with trip to the ice cream shop for sundaes.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025

***
Sounds tasty!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)

47 43 Good morning! The youngest boy and his tribe came over yesterday. We made significant progress in the back yard landscape. Got about 75% of the dry stack retaining wall set, got the big green egg moved, got the stepping stones placed in the rock path along the patio, put the new water lilies in, put some new perennials in, spread a lot of mulch. Topped it all off with a dinner of burned barnyard animals while we watched the Army's birthday parade, then followed that with trip to the ice cream shop for sundaes.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025 06:24 AM (3Ope

Happy Father's Day. CrotchetyOldJarhead!

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

48 Is Father's Day today, or was it yesterday? Not being in the club, I'm not sure. Linda usually gets a Mother's Day card "from the cats" every year, and I get one for FD arising from the same source, but we are frankly weird.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:32 AM (omVj0)

49
@30 You'll make it all the way, having learned you don't EVER quit.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 06:35 AM (hKoQL)

50 I want all of you to have an incredibly happy day!

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:36 AM (jvJvP)

51 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 06:36 AM (/Ghsb)

52 50 I want all of you to have an incredibly happy day!
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:36 AM (jvJvP)

; )

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:40 AM (CQE5S)

53 49
@30 You'll make it all the way, having learned you don't EVER quit.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 06:35 AM (hKoQL)

No. I'll remember this.

Dear God, you are helping a half french Canadian toughen up.

Which I will.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:42 AM (jvJvP)

54 Sun's coming up here shortly. Gotta get a fresh cup of coffee and a cigar and reposition to the patio. Happy father's day to all of you who are.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025 06:44 AM (3Ope8)

55 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 15, 2025 06:47 AM (lIgBp)

56 The only King I want to deal with is the one whose Kingdom is not of this world.
I do want to prepare for citizenship there.

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 15, 2025 06:49 AM (1FEc1)

57 54 Sun's coming up here shortly. Gotta get a fresh cup of coffee and a cigar and reposition to the patio. Happy father's day to all of you who are.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025 06:44 AM (3Ope

Have an amazing week, month, decades.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:50 AM (jvJvP)

58 They're NOT Looters! They're Undocumented Stochastic Shoppers!

Posted by: Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez at June 15, 2025 06:52 AM (PiwSw)

59 I do believe it's near time to go catch breakfast.

A half dozen brookies, broiled with salt & pepper and some lemon butter sounds good this AM, so I'll see you all later.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 06:55 AM (hKoQL)

60 So did things go swimmingly for the NoKangz people yesterday, or was it a big fizzle? And have they captured the guy who was suspected of shooting a couple of Dem politicians?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:57 AM (omVj0)

61 And have they captured the guy who was suspected of shooting a couple of Dem politicians?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Still at large.

Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 07:00 AM (lJ0H4)

62 mornin yall. Here's your answer, Wolfus:

'No Kings Day' EXPLODES with multiple shot, several police injured and a man arrested for 'driving intentionally' into crowd as rioters unleash carnage after Trump's military parade.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 07:01 AM (gc+OO)

63 mornin yall. Here's your answer, Wolfus:

'No Kings Day' EXPLODES with multiple shot, several police injured and a man arrested for 'driving intentionally' into crowd as rioters unleash carnage after Trump's military parade.
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025

***
Where did that happen? Chicago, I'll warrant?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 07:05 AM (omVj0)

64 So many stupid people. They don't deserve even a king.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 07:06 AM (gc+OO)

65 Because until last Friday you don't need to provide any ID to apply for student aid.

A great way to lose money.

Iowa's Educational Student Account program apparently sucks at this. We reapplied for Pookette's third year in it, had to send in proof of ID, and still haven't heard back past the promised 10-day promised return point.

It could be the problem isn't our ID but the fact that our 1040 says we have $2k/yr in taxable income. That probably threw up red flags, but the fact is, when you live on government benefits, it thankfully isn't taxed. Because even our government isn't that stupid.

Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at June 15, 2025 07:07 AM (Wt5PA)

66
If Our Favorite President(tm) was smart, he'd adopt the slogan "American Values Are Our Strength."

That ought to irritate the left wingnuts.

Fuck fake "diversity."

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 15, 2025 07:08 AM (GxYGy)

67 The website of my local CBS outlet reported on the NoKangz deal here, and made it sound positive. No quotes from the other side, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 07:09 AM (omVj0)

68 "Where did that happen? Chicago, I'll warrant?"

Portland, Chicago, Charlotte, LA, Philly, DC, etc. I hope the cops who were getting sprayed with pepper spray busted some heads.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 07:09 AM (gc+OO)

69 Japanese TV in 1979 was so different:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P2Vgv5rdOg

Or was it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 07:10 AM (cnfpB)

70 Look at the top of the Daily Mail for pictures and story. The DM is a rag but it's better than the garbage bins ABCCHSNBCPBSCNN

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 07:12 AM (gc+OO)

71 I found these comments on Trump's first six months in office by Michael Goodwin writing in the "NY Post" drily amusing :

One way to look at the first six months of Donald Trump’s second term is that the wily president has managed to trick Democrats into fighting common sense and adopting bizarre and unpopular positions.

Consider how he lured them into wildly protecting waste, fraud and abuse in the budget simply by having a plan to cut it.

Then the president, by keeping a campaign promise, fooled his opponents into engaging in violent riots and trying to block his deportations of illegal immigrants, including those who had committed serious crimes here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:18 AM (2GCMq)

72 Happy father's day dads

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 07:19 AM (Splbu)

73 They're really pushing the angle on this assassin being anti-abortion.

The Distancing has Begun.

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:21 AM (iGK7y)

74 Mayor Karen Bass whines the ICE raids are being done to sow fear and panic.

Um, yeah. “Kill a chicken to scare a monkey”, the Chinese say. Maybe by arresting and deporting some people who shouldn’t be here, some might get the message and self-deport.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:24 AM (2Rbgs)

75 59 A half dozen brookies, broiled with salt & pepper and some lemon butter sounds good this AM
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 06:55 AM (hKoQL)

It DOES sound good!

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:25 AM (CQE5S)

76 Father’s Day #2 without Dad

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:25 AM (2Rbgs)

77 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 07:26 AM (+qU29)

78 76 Father’s Day #2 without Dad
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:25 AM (2Rbgs)

#6 for me. I still sometimes start to call him...

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:28 AM (iGK7y)

79 The Army birthday parade last night was wonderful and PDJT is just to person to get it done properly.

Wishing a Happy Fathers Day to all and peaceful, relaxing Sunday.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 15, 2025 07:30 AM (VA9Wq)

80 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

81 Here's hoping all moron dads enjoy their new socks and barbeque tools!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (lIgBp)

82 Sorry, cow demon and jsg. I hope you have wonderful memories of your dads even though you miss them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:33 AM (2GCMq)

83 No Kings day is really July the 4th.

But those people want to be commissars.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

84 Ya know, the Left has a plan for you. In the words of that great scholar, Mike Tyson, "Every one has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

85 FenelonSpoke

I would love to have a day of conversation with my Dad. Marriage made me a better person. We would have so much to talk about.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

86 74 “Kill a chicken to scare a monkey”, the Chinese say.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:24 AM (2Rbgs)

Nice!

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:35 AM (CQE5S)

87 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (lIgBp

We don't have a grill to speak of and he didn't need socks. However dad and son are having pizza for lunch which they love and I can't eat, and he did get some nice cards. We've never been much for presents on FD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:36 AM (2GCMq)

88 81 Here's hoping all moron dads enjoy their new socks and barbeque tools!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (lIgBp)

Ha!

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (CQE5S)

89 Assassin story is weird and contradictory .

Also just noted he went after a guy named Hoffman & a woman named Hortmann
Coincidentally alphabetical hit list?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (Splbu)

90 Anna Puma

When I lived in Japan in the early 1960's what fascinated me was the Shinto priests blessing the Sumo wrestling matches.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

91 Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ

That's a lovely sentiment. However, I think you were a good person to begin with , or your wife wouldn't have married you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (2GCMq)

92 Follow the Karen!

Great reporting! Never knew of this guy until now:

https://tinyurl.com/5nc37rr5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:38 AM (n+rGF)

93 Morning peeps. Happy Father's Day to the dads.

I'm on year 13 without mine. Lately, it's just become another Sunday.

Although my son did send me a gift, probably the second time in my life he's done that. A cool case to hold handgun magazines. 12 of them.

It's full.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 07:38 AM (Q4IgG)

94 74
“Kill a chicken to scare a monkey”, the Chinese say.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:24 AM (2Rbgs)
----
Punchline only:

Muffled parrot voice from the freezer: "What did the chicken do?"

Posted by: Ciampino - punishment at June 15, 2025 07:39 AM (sPQoU)

95 FenelonSpoke

She decided I was the one. Didn't tell me for years. I called her The Closer after we were married.

So I was doing alright even back then.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

96 Assassin story is weird and contradictory .

Also just noted he went after a guy named Hoffman & a woman named Hortmann
Coincidentally alphabetical hit list?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (Splbu)
-

Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:40 AM (n+rGF)

97
Bonchie retweeted
Dan McLaughlin
@baseballcrank
11h
Number of kings holding steady at zero.

Jonathan Chait
@jonathanchait
14h
The No Kings protests appear to be a massive success.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:41 AM (CQE5S)

98 "DO PROCESS!!!!"

Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 07:41 AM (QB+5g)

99 82 Sorry, cow demon and jsg. I hope you have wonderful memories of your dads even though you miss them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:33 AM (2GCMq)

Thank You. He used to say "This is your Dad" whenever he left a voicemail, like we wouldn't know who the heck it was if he didn't say that lol

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:42 AM (iGK7y)

100 100

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:42 AM (CQE5S)

101 m

Bravo!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

102 Have a great day, everyone.

Going for a walk with my walking partner. Formerly GD#1. Glad that's over.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

103 Here's hoping all moron dads enjoy their new socks and barbeque tools!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (lIgBp)

I got Pooky a "[ 00 ] Days Since A Dad Joke" shirt. We were in Wal-Mart the other night, and I found another shirt for him. It's red and says "The Amazing Dad" with Spider-Man dangling from the words, which are even done in the old logo style. (Before I became arachnaphobic, Spider-Man was my favorite superhero. He stayed my favorite even after my daddy longlegs incident, which shows the power of a joke-cracking character.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at June 15, 2025 07:44 AM (Wt5PA)

104 Good morning and happy Father's Day morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

105 >>They're really pushing the angle on this assassin being anti-abortion.

It would seem to check:

"Newly unearthed video shows Vance Boelter, the subject of a massive FBI manhunt, dancing in a church service as his links to Africa were revealed.

The video, filmed in February 2023, shows Boelter, 57, delivering a passionate testimony about how he met Jesus at the age of 17.

'I met the Lord when I was 17 years old and I gave my life to Jesus Christ,' he says in the clip.

He goes on to describe naming his five children after Christian virtues, Grace, Faith, Hope, Joy, and David, in what he calls a testament to God's blessings on his life."

Posted by: one hour sober at June 15, 2025 07:45 AM (Y1sOo)

106 I haven't slept at all.
Despite a lot of beers and edibles.

Bedtime soon.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (jvJvP)

107
A skier who makes it to the Olympics finds that it is all down hill from there.

Posted by: Ciampino - powder at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (sPQoU)

108 103 I got Pooky a "[ 00 ] Days Since A Dad Joke" shirt. We were in Wal-Mart the other night, and I found another shirt for him. It's red and says "The Amazing Dad" with Spider-Man dangling from the words, which are even done in the old logo style. (Before I became arachnaphobic, Spider-Man was my favorite superhero. He stayed my favorite even after my daddy longlegs incident, which shows the power of a joke-cracking character.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at June 15, 2025 07:44 AM (Wt5PA)

Did you get the Spider-Man t-shirt for him, too?

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (CQE5S)

109 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:40 AM (n+rGF)

Glad to see you're still with us. Hope this round of the conflict is short.

Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Lil Pooky practice his DJ skills at June 15, 2025 07:48 AM (Wt5PA)

110 heh; "the quiet DHS building"

Bonchie retweeted
Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
12h
Wow. Seattle Antifa had NO CLUE that inside the quiet DHS building was a whole team of officers who quickly smashed apart their blockade and shut down their hostage-taking attempt of all those inside the building. They're furious the ICE transport vans got out after this.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:49 AM (CQE5S)

111 Did you get the Spider-Man t-shirt for him, too?

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (CQE5S)

I grabbed it off the rack and said to him, "You are required to get this!"

So, yes. 😁

Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Lil Pooky practice his DJ skills at June 15, 2025 07:50 AM (Wt5PA)

112 111 Did you get the Spider-Man t-shirt for him, too?

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (CQE5S)

I grabbed it off the rack and said to him, "You are required to get this!"

So, yes. 😁
Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Lil Pooky practice his DJ skills at June 15, 2025 07:50 AM (Wt5PA)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:50 AM (CQE5S)

113 105 >>They're really pushing the angle on this assassin being anti-abortion.

It would seem to check:

Posted by: one hour sober at June 15, 2025 07:45 AM

Oh, I'm thinking this could all be possible. I'm so cynical about anything the MSM says I really have to check myself sometimes.

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:51 AM (iGK7y)

114
@MrAndyNgo
12h
Tukwila, Wash. — Hours after Antifa besieged the exterior of a DHS building near Seattle, federal officers responded & smashed apart their barrier. The militants can be seen throwing projectiles at officers, including what appears to be frozen bottles.
---
"Throwing projectiles at officers" would seem, to me, to be an act you should see a lot of jailtime for.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:51 AM (CQE5S)

115 "Throwing projectiles at officers" would seem, to me, to be an act you should see a lot of jailtime for.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:51 AM (CQE5S)
-

Welts. Lotsa welts.

And fractures.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:53 AM (n+rGF)

116 114
@MrAndyNgo
12h
Tukwila, Wash. — Hours after Antifa besieged the exterior of a DHS building near Seattle, federal officers responded & smashed apart their barrier. The militants can be seen throwing projectiles at officers, including what appears to be frozen bottles.
---
"Throwing projectiles at officers" would seem, to me, to be an act you should see a lot of jailtime for.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:51 AM (CQE5S)

Ah, "militants". Just like the Palestinians...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2025 07:53 AM (PiwSw)

117 Bonchie retweeted
Magills
@magills_
12h
LOL every crowd shot of this military parade is so much younger and multiethnic than the No Kings protests.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:55 AM (CQE5S)

118
For all us motorracing enthusiasts:

The first fuel used in auto racing was called formula one.

Posted by: Ciampino - no nitro at June 15, 2025 07:55 AM (sPQoU)

119 And since this is a Book Thread warmup, I'm done with John Scalzi.

https://is.gd/5UDIpW

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (PiwSw)

120 Ken z"l
Jerry z'l
Bill z'l
Paul z"l
Sal z"l
Joe z"l
Svetko z"l
Dave z"l
Miles z"l

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

121 NOT Dad of the year

https://tinyurl.com/ms6sda2u

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (iGK7y)

122 Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (RIvkX)
-

Who?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:58 AM (n+rGF)

123 So I snuck into Costco without a membership. I went to the center of the store and unfurled a large Sam's Club flag which I waved obnoxiously to demonstrate how much I love shopping there. When they asked me to either leave or pay for a membership I stole a bunch of merchandise and threw frozen hamburger patties at Security.

They should just let me shop there because I'm special.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:00 AM (lIgBp)

124 All the dads I grew up with, my friends and BiL

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

125 NOT Dad of the year

https://tinyurl.com/ms6sda2u
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (iGK7y)
-

"Arius previously worked with kids as a teacher’s assistant at a school until a domestic violence incident last year with Montrell’s mother, his dad said."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 08:01 AM (n+rGF)

126 123 So I snuck into Costco without a membership. I went to the center of the store and unfurled a large Sam's Club flag which I waved obnoxiously to demonstrate how much I love shopping there. When they asked me to either leave or pay for a membership I stole a bunch of merchandise and threw frozen hamburger patties at Security.

They should just let me shop there because I'm special.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:00 AM (lIgBp)

wut

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:01 AM (CQE5S)

127 I stole a bunch of merchandise and threw frozen hamburger patties at Security.

I wondered how Rev got those bruises.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at June 15, 2025 08:01 AM (SfhV1)

128 "The militants can be seen throwing projectiles at officers, including what appears to be frozen bottles."

Just like the J6ers, right?

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:02 AM (x2CMu)

129 Scalzi is a leftist shill

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 08:02 AM (Splbu)

130
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
12h
I’d caution people from thinking the Iranian regime is on the brink of collapse.

There can be no regime change without a large popular uprising. And there are no signs of that yet.

The regime flying off for a vacation isn’t going to be enough.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:03 AM (CQE5S)

131 I shouldn't be up yet, have to pull a all nighter this evening.

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 08:03 AM (+qU29)

132 25+ YEARS ago until now the California student aid scam was sign up get checks for student aid and drop out. Every year this goes on. Decade after decade. Dormitory cafeteria debt carried on books too. Ungodly amounts of money.

Posted by: torabora at June 15, 2025 08:03 AM (ASZ5T)

133 I see now that our deportation efforts will focus only on those illegals with criminal records, not the hard-working illegals who do the jobs Americans won't do.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (x2CMu)

134 Went to my parents yesterday knowing today was going to be a time constant. My dad is getting up in age, never know how many years are left.

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (+qU29)

135 @19

>>She is a dumb NY Democrat Machine Politician.

Since NY doesn’t term limit their governors, she’ll be there as long as the machine wants here there.

Pretty sad.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (XV/Pl)

136 That MN shooter case is getting weirder and weirder, but looking at it, it might make a certain amount of sense. If the guy's firm, which was trying to provide security for Americans visiting Africa, lost its USAID funding and thought that MN would pick up the slack (what state is more Africa-friendly than MN?), and they didn't, I can see why that could lead to despair.

Posted by: pookysgirl, on Dvorak's 9th again at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (Wt5PA)

137 They're really pushing the angle on this assassin being anti-abortion.

It would seem to check:

"Newly unearthed video shows Vance Boelter, the subject of a massive FBI manhunt, dancing in a church service as his links to Africa were revealed.

The video, filmed in February 2023, shows Boelter, 57, delivering a passionate testimony about how he met Jesus at the age of 17.

'I met the Lord when I was 17 years old and I gave my life to Jesus Christ,' he says in the clip.

He goes on to describe naming his five children after Christian virtues, Grace, Faith, Hope, Joy, and David, in what he calls a testament to God's blessings on his life."
Posted by: one hour sober at June 15, 2025 07:45 AM (Y1sOo)

From what you've presented, I don't see at all how "it would seem to check".

Now, if he were shown participating in a bunch of protests and abortion centers or something like that then, yeah, you might have something.

This appears to be more of the leftard's obsession with presenting all Christians as dangerous, radical terrorists. A patently stupid conclusion.

From what, I've seen the killing appears to be a punishment on a Democrat pol for voting with Republicans.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:06 AM (iJfKG)

138 *Dormitory cafeteria debt carried on books too. Ungodly amounts of money.*

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at June 15, 2025 08:06 AM (lIgBp)

139
"...never know how many years are left."

Who does?

Posted by: The Book of Ecclesiastes at June 15, 2025 08:08 AM (lIgBp)

140 For Flag Day (yesterday), Ajit Pai posted a clip of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima.

LB retweeted
Ajit Pai
@AjitPai
15 Jun 2020
Happy #FlagDay!

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:09 AM (CQE5S)

141 132 25+ YEARS ago until now the California student aid scam was sign up get checks for student aid and drop out. Every year this goes on. Decade after decade. Dormitory cafeteria debt carried on books too. Ungodly amounts of money.
Posted by: torabora at June 15, 2025 08:03 AM (ASZ5T)

There's a lesson to be learned, but when CA is the teacher, it's all the wrong shit.

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 08:10 AM (iGK7y)

142 "Assassin story is weird and contradictory."

Who will play his role in the upcoming movie?

Posted by: And don't say Matt Damon at June 15, 2025 08:11 AM (lIgBp)

143 142 "Assassin story is weird and contradictory."

Who will play his role in the upcoming movie?
Posted by: And don't say Matt Damon at June 15, 2025 08:11 AM (lIgBp)

Oh Yoo Hoo!

Posted by: Pedro Pascal at June 15, 2025 08:12 AM (PiwSw)

144 Bonchie retweeted
Magills
@magills_
12h
LOL every crowd shot of this military parade is so much younger and multiethnic than the No Kings protests.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:55 AM (CQE5S)

Another thing I noticed was that almost all of the soldiers in the armored vehicles were smiling and waving at the spectators. One of the Fox reporterettes mentioned that she was surprised by how big the armored vehicles were and it was "like watching dinosaurs marching by."

The troops marching in formation, not so much (they don't have that freedom of movement while in formation). They all had an expression that showed they were thinking, "If I fckv this up, Top is going fckv me up."

Weather cooperated for the parade, so that was a nice bonus. Air Force wimped out, but the Army paratroopers, and helicopters made their appearances. The fly-by of the pair of P-51 Mustang fighters and the B-25 Mitchell bomber was a nice nod to the Army Air Corp of WWII.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 15, 2025 08:12 AM (pJWtt)

145 >>From what you've presented, I don't see at all how "it would seem to check".

What seems to check is that he's highly religious so him being anti-abortion would be likely.

I never stated that his anti-abortion stance was his motivation for the killings. That's a jump you made.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 15, 2025 08:14 AM (Y1sOo)

146 So many great moments from yesterday (short clip):

LB retweeted
Michael Schwartz
@MSchwartzTV
22h
INCREDIBLE moment here in DC.

98-year-old WWII 11th Airborne Division Paratrooper Veteran Warren Richard, of Grand Island, NY, meets the current 11th Airborne.

They’re based in AK. We randomly met a lieutenant jogging yesterday, who told his Major General. They came to our hotel this morning before the parade just to meet Warren.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:15 AM (CQE5S)

147 I bought my Dad a really nice present but then I smoked it...

Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 15, 2025 08:16 AM (iGK7y)

148 From what, I've seen the killing appears to be a punishment on a Democrat pol for voting with Republicans.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:06 AM (iJfKG)

That's my suspicion as well. Especially since I heard a report that the shooter's car had some "No Kings" pamphlets inside.

We'll know soon enough. If the killings drop-off the reportage from the Lefty media, we'll know it was a Blue-on-Blue incident.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 15, 2025 08:16 AM (pJWtt)

149 Yes. indeed I think NYC should elect a Muslim who's a Democrat Socialist for Mayor! /sarc

From "Washington Examiner"

https://tinyurl.com/3bdnr564

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 08:17 AM (e/Uqq)

150
LB
@beyondreasdoubt
Jun 13
I regret to inform you the Nationals put out a cute video
Washington Nationals
@Nationals
Jun 13
“i asked ChatGPT” “i asked grok” WE ASKED BILL NYE T H E SCIENCE GUY

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:19 AM (CQE5S)

151 In the ONT someone (lin-duh) told us that FOX had a "Viewer Discretion Advised" for the parade, later taken down.

The viewer discretion advised warning on the parade is unreal...

Posted by: Ciampino - more nitro at June 15, 2025 08:19 AM (sPQoU)

152 Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (+qU29

That was very thoughtful of you, Skip, and I'm sure they appreciated it

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 08:21 AM (e/Uqq)

153
More Democrat MN Murderer weirdness:

https://instapundit.com/726205/#disqus_thread

A family affair???

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:22 AM (iJfKG)

154 Enjoyed streaming the Big Beautiful Military Parade. Loved all the period correct uniforms, the bands, the music, and of course the hardware. Notice their were no large red papier-mache cartoonish missiles like (ahem) some countries put on display.
Not sure why, but I found it a little disconcerting to see a comley female in uniform riding atop a big honkin' Army tank.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:22 AM (lIgBp)

155 Not sure why, but I found it a little disconcerting to see a comley female in uniform riding atop a big honkin' Army tank.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:22 AM (lIgBp)

How about a big, strapping, USDA Grade A hunk of American Democrat Male?

Posted by: Michael Dukakis at June 15, 2025 08:24 AM (PiwSw)

156 Morning Horde, thx Pixy. A Happy Father's Day to all.
The spin , counterspin, op counterop about the Minnesota killer is in full swing. The killer appears to have been dug in like an Alabama tick with government programs and funding until recently, and there is a lot of con man indication. Now allegedly the Minnesota cops won't release his manifesto, which I suppose is smart pending his capture. Will this be another Vegas shooter situation? Hope not

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 08:25 AM (akw+7)

157 How about a big, strapping, USDA Grade A hunk of American Democrat Male?
Posted by: Michael Dukakis

Is this about me?

Posted by: Tim Mr Testosterone Walz at June 15, 2025 08:26 AM (lIgBp)

158 157 How about a big, strapping, USDA Grade A hunk of American Democrat Male?
Posted by: Michael Dukakis

Is this about me?
Posted by: Tim Mr Testosterone Walz at June 15, 2025 08:26 AM (lIgBp)

That's funny you think this is about you, limpdick.

Posted by: Michelle Obama at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (iGK7y)

159 @149 kind of insane to think that the only guy who gets beat a Marxist, Muslim lunatic is a guy whose policies killed tens of thousands of elderly people. NYC is fubar

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (akw+7)

160 Brian Allen
@allenanalysis
19h
NOW: In the heart of Washington, D.C., attendees at Trump’s military parade are posing proudly with weapons and tanks — as if democracy isn’t already under siege.

(2½ min. clip)

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)

161 The lefties are trying to take away the dream of millions of us who know nothing but sacrifice.

Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (QB+5g)

162 Gotta admit, the surveillance camera picture of the assassin wearing a rubber mask and impersonating a law enforcement officer while standing on a suburban front porch in the wee hours of the morning is an epic image of a Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction moment.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:31 AM (lIgBp)

163 160 Brian Allen
@allenanalysis
19h
NOW: In the heart of Washington, D.C., attendees at Trump’s military parade are posing proudly with weapons and tanks — as if democracy isn’t already under siege.

(2½ min. clip)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)

Some of the comments are insane.

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:32 AM (CQE5S)

164 > More Democrat MN Murderer weirdness
------
I seem to recall that several, perhaps many other acts of violence perpetrated by Democrats always seem to end up as a "ball of yarn" sort of deal with several others involved. Many times those being family and/or co-workers.

But it's always sanctioned violence.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 08:32 AM (Q4IgG)

165
But Bluesky is "nice", while Twitter / X is "icky", according to whiny and delicate flowers with whom I have had recent contact.

"Free speech, but only if it is proctored by the 'right' people" is their mantra.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:33 AM (Tv15w)

166 160 Brian Allen
@allenanalysis
19h
NOW: In the heart of Washington, D.C., attendees at Trump’s military parade are posing proudly with weapons and tanks — as if democracy isn’t already under siege.

(2½ min. clip)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)

Some of the comments are insane.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:32 AM (CQE5S)

A link would be nice.

Posted by: KwaK! at June 15, 2025 08:34 AM (89Sog)

167 @149 kind of insane to think that the only guy who gets beat a Marxist, Muslim lunatic is a guy whose policies killed tens of thousands of elderly people. NYC is fubar
**
A microcosm of the democrat party future. Hopelessness and tyranny personified.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:34 AM (x2CMu)

168
https://nitter.net/allenanalysis/status/
1933926220413948038

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:35 AM (CQE5S)

169 Yes, m. A link would help, I couldn't find the one you referenced at 160. Tried 3 times to no avail.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 15, 2025 08:35 AM (2NHgQ)

170 Thanks, m.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (2NHgQ)

171 My proudest moment in politics was making it onto the front page of the Boston Globe picketing Michael Dukakis in New Hampshire.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

172 yeah, it's too bad about Scalzi ... the stuff I read before becoming aware of his politics was good.

inflamed commie rectum, he's been dead to me for at least a decade now

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (/Ghsb)

173 Besides the fireworks at the parade I thought a drone show would have been cool too.

https://youtu.be/zdOTV2RH9IY?si=-hWN5YRaxGMKVtcR

Jump to 40 sec if you want to get to show. Guinnes world record 4th of July drone show.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 08:38 AM (BwZyW)

174
That's funny you think this is about you, limpdick.
Posted by: Michelle Obama

You should have posted as "Big Mike Obama".

Say, have you heard BM opine lately that their life in a never ending trail of oppression? Well, if you've heard BM lately, that's all you heard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:38 AM (Tv15w)

175 The @allenanalysis clips might be easier to access via:

https://nitter.net/magills_

who is a great source for these sorts of things!

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:39 AM (CQE5S)

176 "...picketing Michael Dukakis in New Hampshire."

El Rushbo used to refer to him as The Loser.

I miss Rush.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:39 AM (lIgBp)

177 155 How about a big, strapping, USDA Grade A hunk of American Democrat Male?
Posted by: Michael Dukakis at June 15, 2025 08:24 AM (PiwSw)

Ha!

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:40 AM (CQE5S)

178 136 … can see why that could lead to despair.
Posted by: pookysgirl, on Dvorak's 9th again at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (Wt5PA

I agree. He has a million dollar home, but living w a roommate who works at Papa John’s? The roommate home was apparently his current place of residence, so, did he lose funding and his marriage at the same time? The Senator that was shot did not vote w R’s on the illegal health care, but Boelter did work w Senator on the Work Force board. Always possible it was personal.

Posted by: EveR at June 15, 2025 08:42 AM (rdF17)

179 Saw local Fox Chicago reporting on march and laughed because I have never seen so many white women and elderly white men downtown before. Another funny thing is there was not a single pre-printed sign -- that must really sting when commenters point out how organized everything is at these affairs.

There was a middle-aged lady, kinda looked Hispanic, carrying a large picture of Lady of Guadeloupe and that was the most 'diverse' pan shot I saw.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 15, 2025 08:43 AM (RqH5H)

180 89 Assassin story is weird and contradictory .

Also just noted he went after a guy named Hoffman & a woman named Hortmann
Coincidentally alphabetical hit list?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (Splbu)

Dude wrote a manifesto. Serious mental illness and likely mental break can't be ruled out, either. He could believe all sorts of contradictory things b/c nothing makes sense to rational people but it all works in his mind...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 08:43 AM (tOcjL)

181
How Timpon, with his perpetual deer in the headlights look, has been able to wander about freely for so long without having been run over by a vehicle is a complete mystery to me.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:43 AM (Tv15w)

182 Good morning, gentlefolk of the Horde.

Lovely morning here. Might do some desultory weeding.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 08:45 AM (kpS4V)

183 For mosquito bites and other bug bites, Black Cohosh, the herb, in liquid form. Put it on the bite, stops itching. Can also be taken internally. It detoxes the bite. Pure Herbs is the kind we use.

That is a direct company, I don't sell it. just fyi

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 15, 2025 08:45 AM (Eo96p)

184 If it were me, I'd be looking at how and why he was not living at his real home. I'd expect some signs of the mental break, if there was one, were already present when he was living there...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 08:45 AM (tOcjL)

185
Another funny thing is there was not a single pre-printed sign -- that must really sting when commenters point out how organized everything is at these affairs.

They squandered their "protests" allowance on strategically placed pallets of bricks.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:45 AM (Tv15w)

186 yeah, it's too bad about Scalzi ... the stuff I read before becoming aware of his politics was good.

inflamed commie rectum, he's been dead to me for at least a decade now

*spit*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (/Ghsb)

The first book of his "Old Man's War" was pretty great.

The second was okay.

The third was "Old Man's War's Old Man's Girl Boss Daughter Kicks Ass!!!!"

So, between declining quality and rising political spewage, I was done.

Same with Charles Stross. Always been a progtard but not an annoyance till he decided that THE MESSAGE was more important than his story.

Look, a-holes tell me a good story and make me laugh and you've got a reader, is that so hard?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:46 AM (iJfKG)

187 Even Mark Cuban *spit* has called out Blue sky recently for becoming toxic and insane. He’s noticed that user numbers for it are now dropping again as it becomes nothing but DU chatline 24/7.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 08:46 AM (e15Ap)

188 These No Kings marches were pathetic. Firstly, the main promoter is an ultra-rich oligarch who cruises around on a super yacht with her multi-billion dollar personal wealth. Sort of hard to accept the No Kings bit given the anti-democratic intrusion of this hideous woman. Secondly, there was no actual message other than one of overarching weakness and depenency. Chanting in unison to the programatic script of those who feel entitled to run the world's affairs is hardly an act of intellectual prowess.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 15, 2025 08:48 AM (6xrUr)

189 That MN shooter, imo, dead or long gone to other parts.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 15, 2025 08:49 AM (Eo96p)

190 Dukakis. I remember him well. He taught at my college. A nice guy. He lost himself in the mythologizing around the "Massachusetts Miracle," cooked up by democrat party forces. They saw Dukakis as the perfect vessel to load up with their lies. The "miracle" was nothing more than Reagan's massive defense buildup in the Route 128 sector, along with Boston Mayor Kevin White's bold redevelopment plan. Dukakis was simply well-positioned, but was out of his depth.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:51 AM (x2CMu)

191
The choicest New Hampshire primary moment is to have been present when Edmund Muskie cried in the falling snow in February1972.

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/
2008/01/17/72-front-runners-tears-hurt

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:51 AM (Tv15w)

192 IRGC just announced that 7 senior generals of theirs have been killed so far.
This decapitation campaign by Israel is amazing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 08:52 AM (e15Ap)

193 Good morning, good folks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 15, 2025 08:52 AM (Aqu9a)

194 You should have posted as "Big Mike Obama".

Say, have you heard BM opine lately that their life in a never ending trail of oppression? Well, if you've heard BM lately, that's all you heard.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:38 AM (Tv15w)

My bad. That would've been better. Having less Obama news in your life is a good thing. So no, I did not know nor care what has come out of their squeakholes.

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 08:53 AM (iGK7y)

195 I agree Techumseh, a guy like that usually goes out by suicide. Would explain why it’s hard to find him, he crawled off in some hole and died there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 08:54 AM (e15Ap)

196 Look for the buzzards ?

Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 08:55 AM (iGK7y)

197 I agree Techumseh, a guy like that usually goes out by suicide. Would explain why it’s hard to find him, he crawled off in some hole and died there."

Naw, he's hiding under a bed or inside a closet getting ready to off another victim on his list. He's driven. The driven don't kill himselves. Ever!

Posted by: KwaK! at June 15, 2025 08:57 AM (89Sog)

198 Not much in local online news about actual No Kings events. Nutter in Austin in custody after "credible threat" forced evacuation of the state capitol.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 15, 2025 08:58 AM (Aqu9a)

199 I agree Techumseh, a guy like that usually goes out by suicide. Would explain why it’s hard to find him, he crawled off in some hole and died there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 08:54 AM (e15Ap)

I don't know.

The Left is very well-funded and organized right now.

It wouldn't surprise me if "they" didn't want to waste an asset who's willing to kill for purely political reasons.

And he got carted out of state for another round elsewhere.

Oooorrrrrr, I may have watched "The Parallax View" too many times.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:58 AM (iJfKG)

200 200

Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:58 AM (CQE5S)

201 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 09:00 AM (+qU29)

202 Chinese made Apples probably have Terminator chips.

Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 09:01 AM (LHPAg)

203 >>>Song is Notice Me by Alexa Ray Joel. Anime is Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun.

English title is “Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun,” about a high school girl who finds out her crush is working as a mangaka writing a shoujo (girls’

romance manga and while trying to express her affection for him accidentally volunteers to be his assistant, and wacky hiking ensue. Hilarious show. English dub is good.

Posted by: Caiwyn at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (llS7k)

204 Dukakis was simply well-positioned, but was out of his depth.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:51 AM (x2CMu)

Especially in a helmet.

I wanted to link a few but haven't slept.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 09:47 AM (jvJvP)

Saturday Night "Club ONT" June 14, 2025 [The 3 Ds]

Welcome to Club ONT! A collaboration of your Sunday through Wednesday ONT Crew - The Disco, The Doggo, and The Dino. You're in! And look fabulous! There is no turning back now. Grab a chair or mingle with the questionable characters - they have a bunch of inside jokes that make little sense. Remember to clear your search history.

[Top photo: Today is Flag Day. Celebrate accordingly.]

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Club shoutout to JQ for whipping the place back into shape in time for the festivities this evening. She has unlocked the coveted and legendary Aluminum Foil Membership.

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Saturday Night Joke and Other Funnies

An American legislator hosts a Russian legislator at his very nice, upscale home on a lake. The Russian is impressed and asks him how he affords this on a legislator's salary. The American points and says "See that $50 million bridge?" The Russian nods. "I got $55 million allocated to it, and through various means, I funneled $5 million of that to my own pocket in the process." The Russian looked very impressed.

Later, the American visits the Russian, and was amazed when he saw that the Russian had an entire mansion. He asks him how he afforded it. The Russian points and says, "See that $50 million bridge?"

"No" says the American.

"Exactly" says the Russian.

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Back in the 1980s, a reporter from NYC called Moscow and asked, "Is it true that under communism, grain grows like telegraph poles?" "In principle, yes. We don't quite have the size yet, but the spacing is right already."

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Happy Birthday, US Army!

🎉 250 Years Strong! 🇺🇸

Today, we celebrate 250 years of courage, commitment, and sacrifice. From 1775 to 2025, the U.S. Army has stood ready to defend freedom, at home and around the world.

Today we honor the legacy of the Soldiers who came before and the next generation who� pic.twitter.com/rDqV5BQd6f
— U.S. Army (@USArmy) June 14, 2025

The Club honors and thanks members and guests who have served in any branch of the US military, and today we send a special HOOAH! to those who served in the Army.

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It's National Bourbon Day!

Flag Day, The US Army's Birthday, and National Bourbon Day. Can we represent all of that in a single photo? Why, of course we can!

What is bourbon anyway?

A Guide to America's Original Whiskey

Bourbon is a type of primarily corn-based whiskey that is made in the United States and aged in new charred-oak barrels. Although it legally must contain 51% corn in the mash (or total makeup of grains), most bourbons are often made with anywhere from 60-86% corn. The other grains in a bourbon can vary, but may include rye, wheat, or barley. There are no regulations as to how long bourbon must age, but to be labeled straight bourbon it must age for at least two years in new charred oak.

This is helpful!

OK - but what's the BEST bourbon? That's a subjective question that involves a lot of different factors.

Disco's 3-factor, as-objective-as-possible answer:

1. It tastes the way YOU want it to taste
2. It is priced at an amount YOU are willing to pay
3. It is available anytime YOU want it

Yeah - YOU determine the answer!

That 3rd one is the tricky one. Some brands (looking at you, Buffalo Trace) make great varieties of bourbon and are often at the top of people's lists of favorites -- but they are not always available everywhere.

So keep trying different ones and find the one that YOU like best!

Horde approved whiskey decanters!

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Drink of the Night

Can only be one choice today!
Bourbon. Neat.

Directions:
Open a bottle of bourbon
Pour some in a glass
Sip bourbon
Repeat

Actually, there's an important step in there before sipping it. Smell it!

Jim Beam master distiller Fred Noe explains in this video. He also talks about "The Kentucky Chew" - the way his father, Booker Noe, tasted bourbon.

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Club ONT Wedding Advice

Why Burying A Bottle Of Bourbon Is A Southern Wedding Tradition

Burying a bottle of bourbon keeps the rain away on your wedding day?

Time it right: You'll want to bury an unopened bottle of bourbon exactly one month before your wedding date near the site where you'll be reciting your vows.

The right way: Also, it has to be bourbon (not whiskey) and it must be buried upside down to ensure the best possible weather for your big day.

The last step in completing this Southern tradition actually happens after the ceremony. Once you've officially sealed the deal, you have to dig your bottle of bourbon up and share it with your wedding party.

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Club Approved Engineering

Well this is inventive!
I want one!
Anyone else? 😄 pic.twitter.com/67bDyJKSpq
— Croxxed Out (@FLCons) June 3, 2025

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Pride Week at Club ONT

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Club ONT sports

Club ONT is taking applications for its chess boxing team. No prior experience required.

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Club Music

Raising our glasses to some recently departed musicians

Sly & The Family Stone - courtesy tankdemon

Beach Boys (From a Club approved movie)

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1 I wanna dance with somebody

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 10:00 PM (f6qDm)

2 21

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:00 PM (+qU29)

3 Yay, International Bath Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)

4 1st?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at June 14, 2025 10:00 PM (ha1wR)

5 First

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:00 PM (kOluj)

6 Woot!

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (rdVOm)

7 Congrats, Nurse! You jitterbug?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (kOluj)

8 Bourbon!!!

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (hftn9)

9 I wanna dance with somebody

I'm horrible at it, but if you'd do me the honor I'd be willing to give it a shot.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (lUFok)

10 And it's still not the solstice yet.

I think the calendar is running slow this year.

Posted by: mindful webworker - captain spoiler at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (Z5w4n)

11 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 10:02 PM (C26rB)

12
What a day. Demoncrats killing each other and the wonderful celebration of the Army's 250th Anniversary.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:02 PM (3ek7K)

13 Sorry I'm late, I was bringing the humpback whale to the chiropractor

Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 10:03 PM (MWf2b)

14 So, if you go over those limits while ageing bourbon, what do you call it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)

15
Booze

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:04 PM (3ek7K)

16 This is great. I am reliving the old Vietnam War Days by sitting here in Theran with my friends shooting at IDF A/C.

I am on top of an Old Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka shooting at IDG F-16s singing old Country Joe and Fish Songs.

Posted by: Hanoi Jane Fonda at June 14, 2025 10:04 PM (aKoaI)

17 Riley Gaines announced she's pregnant with her first child.

Hurrah for her.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (jGGMD)

18 nurse I would dance with you but would just end up stepping on your toes

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (+qU29)

19 Good evening morons with gratitude and salutations to The Triumvirate

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

20 I miss that old-timey Negro music

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:06 PM (AOsQT)

21 So, if you go over those limits while ageing bourbon, what do you call it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)

I call it greatness!

Good evening, Club patrons!

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:06 PM (RFPHU)

22
I've always said if you see me dancing that means I"m shitfaced and it's time to go home, well, way past time, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:06 PM (3ek7K)

23 I do like bourbon.

I bought some Montana bourbon on my last trip there in May. It's very tasty, though I normally lean towards Kentucky bottles.

Also, surprisingly, Jim Beam Straight Rye is good.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (xcxpd)

24 Also, surprisingly, Jim Beam Straight Rye is good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (xcxpd)

Is that allowed during pride month?

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:08 PM (RFPHU)

25 Have a glass of Scotch for a bit later

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:09 PM (+qU29)

26 I know a lot of people who are partial to Four Roses bourbon.

If you want a variety with a bit of spice, I recommend the "1776" brand from the James Pepper distillery in Lexington. Heavy on the rye, which gives it an added kick.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:09 PM (jGGMD)

27 Nurse musta ran home to get her steel toes...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (kOluj)

28 Flag Day amazes me.

Canada has tortured me and my family the last few years.

Stateless

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (jvJvP)

29 Jaysus.
The left loves illegals so much they are willing to murder one another over them.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (elaR+)

30 I miss those days when Oregon Muse posted chess boxing problems.

Posted by: mindful webworker - check POW at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (Z5w4n)

31 26 I know a lot of people who are partial to Four Roses bourbon.

If you want a variety with a bit of spice, I recommend the "1776" brand from the James Pepper distillery in Lexington. Heavy on the rye, which gives it an added kick.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:09 PM (jGGMD)

There was a bottle of such at the PNW MoMe. It was good.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (xcxpd)

32 So lately I've been getting into The Blacklist (I'm often decades behind the culture).

It just may be the most ridiculous show I have ever seen, but I can't stop watching it.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (AOsQT)

33 24 Also, surprisingly, Jim Beam Straight Rye is good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (xcxpd)

Is that allowed during pride month?
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:08 PM (RFPHU)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (xcxpd)

34 I call it greatness!

Good evening, Club patrons!
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:06 PM (RFPHU)

So, you don't just pour it down the drain?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (0eaVi)

35 Rye, my friends. The true American whiskey. Corn was valuable. Rye was a crap grain that no one knew what to do with. Kinda like us.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 14, 2025 10:14 PM (MZ+PY)

36 I've watched videos of European tourists to the US talk about their biggest surprises. Besides the size of the place and the portions of food served, the one thing I always hear mentioned is the visibility of the US flag. How it's everywhere. Apparently, flying one's country's flag is not a thing in Europe.

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 10:14 PM (gKDq2)

37 Howdy Doof- tell the D.J. to crank up some Maiden, wouldya?! Maybe Tailgunner or Die with Your Boots on...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:14 PM (kOluj)

38 I know a lot of people who are partial to Four Roses bourbon.

If you want a variety with a bit of spice, I recommend the "1776" brand from the James Pepper distillery in Lexington. Heavy on the rye, which gives it an added kick.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:09 PM (jGGMD)

Four Roses makes outstanding bourbon. Their standard "yellow label" is only 80 proof, so not enough burn for me. But their single barrel and small batch select varieties are staples at Casa de Disco.

Pepper is an interesting distillery. I'm a fan of their barrel strength rye.

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (RFPHU)

39 14 So, if you go over those limits while ageing bourbon, what do you call it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)

It's still bourbon but it starts getting expensive, as bourbon does evaporate over time and you get less and less out of the barrel.

I also find old bourbons to be a little bitter. Eagle Rare is a 10 year that is very smooth, however.

The sweet spot for me is 4-8 years.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (xcxpd)

40 I wanna dance with somebody
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 10:00 PM (f6qDm)

You can dance all by yourself, just discover you have a spider in your hair.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (D7oie)

41 Springsteen never sounded that good.

Posted by: F Asbury Park at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (G5+As)

42 Wow... Aluminum Foil Membership!

What an honor!

*sniff*

Thanks, guys!

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (rdVOm)

43 32 So lately I've been getting into The Blacklist (I'm often decades behind the culture).

It just may be the most ridiculous show I have ever seen, but I can't stop watching it.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (AOsQT)

I have been watching "The Conners" for the last few months.

Horribly woke. But I have bèen going through most of that.

Surprisingly....

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (jvJvP)

44 I’ve got a bottle of Old Weller out right now; not high end but still pretty tasty, I think.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (e15Ap)

45 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (77rzZ)

46 That is EXACTLY what Bruce Springsteen sounds like.

Posted by: huerfano at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (n2swS)

47 44 I’ve got a bottle of Old Weller out right now; not high end but still pretty tasty, I think.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (e15Ap)

Wow. Never bought a Weller, I'd love to get into it.
Blanton's is my biggest expense, there's one liquor store near me that gets in a bottle or two each month.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:17 PM (xcxpd)

48 Howdy Doof- tell the D.J. to crank up some Maiden, wouldya?! Maybe Tailgunner or Die with Your Boots on...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:14 PM (kOluj)

I'm going old Maiden for ya! Very old.
https://youtu.be/2uvI7EFioe0

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (RFPHU)

49 Food!

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (77rzZ)

50 Watched the local news. They showed a Trump protest in their city. Had about 40 people and they were getting wet with a passing thunder storm going by. Guess they had nothing better to do with their lives than stand around with their signs getting wet and looking stupid.

Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (k7qYZ)

51 Has anyone heard George Strait's new song?

All My Exes Have Changed Their Sexes

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (fab8c)

52 I opened a jar of grape juice I canned in 2018 and had at the end of the shelf in the pantry, and it was mighty tasty.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (D7oie)

53 Didn't know it was Bourbon Day, but that's pretty much every day for me. I cracked open a bottle of 1st Infantry Division bourbon to celebrate the Army's birthday and that awesome parade.

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (faLVK)

54 If you started a distillery today how long would it be before you could sell any bourbon?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)

55
Ha! Top Comment of the Week!

*pours drink*
*puts glass on polished table*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (QnmlO)

56 Springsteen. Per Wiki:
"Born to Run is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on August 25, 1975, by Columbia Records. Co-produced by Springsteen with his manager Mike Appel and the producer Jon Landau, its recording took place in New York. Following the commercial failures of his first two albums, the album marked Springsteen's effort to break into the mainstream and create a commercially successful album."

You have to admit, having people hating on your music after 50 years is kind of impressive.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (UJD2L)

57 Went into DC today, before the parade. Was surprisingly tranquil.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

58 LOL @ the Springsteen clip!

Funny thing, though, is that *everything* sounds garbled like that when you're hearing is fcuked up.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:20 PM (rdVOm)

59 I had to journey to Missoula to get my choice Montana bourbons.
Big Horn, Devil's Brigade and Penelope.
Also, Paul Masson Brandy that isn't peach, pineapple or red berry. Which is all I can find here. The straight up Masson is excellent.
Worth the drive since I also got some excellent cigars there.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at June 14, 2025 10:20 PM (1usj4)

60 you're s/b your

Bleh.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (rdVOm)

61 54 If you started a distillery today how long would it be before you could sell any bourbon?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)

In theory, a few months. But two years is the usual lead time. That's what they did with the Woodinville bourbon brand out here.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (xcxpd)

62 Watched the local news. They showed a Trump protest in their city. Had about 40 people and they were getting wet with a passing thunder storm going by. Guess they had nothing better to do with their lives than stand around with their signs getting wet and looking stupid.
Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (k7qYZ)

Well the protesters are Democrats. What other look do they have but stupid?

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)

63 32 So lately I've been getting into The Blacklist (I'm often decades behind the culture).

It just may be the most ridiculous show I have ever seen, but I can't stop watching it.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (AOsQT)

It held my interest for a while, but the last two or three seasons are just....I'm not sure there's a word for it.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (jGGMD)

64
Bourbon!!!
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (hftn9)

_________

Orleans!!!

Posted by: King Louis Philippe at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (QnmlO)

65 "If you want a variety with a bit of spice, I recommend the "1776" brand from the James Pepper distillery in Lexington. Heavy on the rye, which gives it an added kick."

I visited that distillery last time I was in Lexington and quite enjoyed it. Another lesser known brand is New Riff, which is quite good.

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (faLVK)

66 It's National Bourbon Day!
Posted by: Open Blogger

* pours 2 fingers of Willet *

Cheers!

Yay, International Bath Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura

Hm.....

* checks the bar again *

Nope, no cute Japanese girl to bathe with.

One out of two ain't bad.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 10:23 PM (DgGvY)

67 NWS DFW radar, very early for anyone who might be traveling this October:
https://shorturl.at/8SfO2

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:23 PM (ULPxl)

68 Capetian!

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

69 Murders in the Rue Morgue - nice! IMO, the cover art on Killers was the GOAT

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (kOluj)

70 If you started a distillery today how long would it be before you could sell any bourbon?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Legally or illegally?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (fab8c)

71 Watched the local news. They showed a Trump protest in their city. Had about 40 people and they were getting wet with a passing thunder storm going by. Guess they had nothing better to do with their lives than stand around with their signs getting wet and looking stupid.
Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (k7qYZ)

Well the protesters are Democrats. What other look do they have but stupid?
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)

Fury and destruction.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (S/Y4j)

72 If you started a distillery today how long would it be before you could sell any bourbon?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)

Depends if you want it to be good. Anything worth buying should be aged for "several" years. There are some decent ones that are only aged 3-5 years. I'd say 8-12 years is the time for a solid bourbon. More than that for really good ones.

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (RFPHU)

73 Bourbon!!!
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (hftn9)

_________

Orleans!!!
Posted by: King Louis Philippe at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (QnmlO)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (jGGMD)

74 In honor of National Bourbon Day, I give you Mr. Fischoeder

https://youtu.be/7RWchZF9YqA?si=ajWJ17H6HuYVAUYZ

And the extended version

https://youtu.be/Lud3bgEJeTg?si=894HNxLGdZOCScvJ

Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (OGOaV)

75 The left is trying to turn Flag Day into a leftist holy day, No Kings Day. Taking something wholesome and turning it into something leftist. Like May Day. Like Independence Day into simply The Fourth. Like Islamists erecting mosques at their fields of victory. Fuckers.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)

76 Dang it! I got busy this afternoon and forgot all about cruising by the local "protest" but I'm sure tomorrow's news will have pictures.

Oh well.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:26 PM (rdVOm)

77 I visited that distillery last time I was in Lexington and quite enjoyed it. Another lesser known brand is New Riff, which is quite good.
Posted by: UGAdawg at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (faLVK)

Fistbump on New Riff. But don't tell too many people about it!!

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:26 PM (RFPHU)

78
Has Trump fled to Russia yet? I was told that Americans would rise up against him after today's rallies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM (QnmlO)

79 Drinking Bulliet Bourbon as I enjoy the ONT.

Of course, I may have while I enjoyed the Pet Thread too.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM (rvwwT)

80 >>> 75 The left is trying to turn Flag Day into a leftist holy day, No Kings Day. Taking something wholesome and turning it into something leftist. Like May Day. Like Independence Day into simply The Fourth. Like Islamists erecting mosques at their fields of victory. Fuckers.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)

I'll share this again:

https://is.gd/EIyBNb

@HarmeetKDhillon
Hey everyone:
"No Kings" day is July 4.
Pass it on!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM (ULPxl)

81 So, if you go over those limits while ageing bourbon, what do you call it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

If you miss one of the rules, you ask your marketing department.

There's a Canadian one (missing the "in the USA" rule) that calls it "bourbon-style" whiskey.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM (DgGvY)

82 Democrats. What other look do they have but stupid?
Posted by: RickZ

Smug, unhygienic, sexually frustrated . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 10:28 PM (gKWVE)

83 This is disgusting: Fans threaten to boycott MLB over 'disgusting' Pride stunt ---- don't threaten, just do it.

https://tinyurl.com/4y2d4upx

Anyone here at that game?

Posted by: Ciampino - deport to El Salvador? at June 14, 2025 10:28 PM (sPQoU)

84 79 Drinking Bulliet Bourbon as I enjoy the ONT.

Of course, I may have while I enjoyed the Pet Thread too.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM
***
Ahem.

Posted by: Hobby Thread at June 14, 2025 10:28 PM (cCn4/)

85 If you started a distillery today how long would it be before you could sell any bourbon?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)

Depends on what scale you're operating. If you're producing on the same level as Jim Beam, it'll take a few years before your bourbon can be considered good to sell.

But if you're just selling a few gallons here and there at first, it shouldn't take more than a few weeks or months. It's all about how much oak you have available for your product to come into contact with; a small batch in a small barrel will actually age quite rapidly. One company (Oak and Eden) actually sells oak sticks you can toss into a jar of white liquor, leave out for 3-7 days, and supposedly end up with a nicely-aged product.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:29 PM (jGGMD)

86 I am three weeks away from receiving my yearly allotment of blackberry moonshine. Good thing too since I am down to my last few ozs.

This stuff is so good it doesn't burn at all. And, as a result, will cause your clothes to fall off because you are WAY over the line before your taste buds tell you to stop.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (cYBz/)

87 Thanks 3 Ds!

!!!America!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (FPGXM)

88 So, if you go over those limits while ageing bourbon, what do you call it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

It's like Kobe beef. Real Kobe beef has to be from Japan. That's the rule. If it's raised here in the US, it's called American Kobe.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (i0F8b)

89 Thanks for the information on the proper definition of bourbon. I never really knew that before.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (XjTSo)

90 I would not want to own a distillery these days.
It seems alcohol consumption is down bog time now that weed is becoming more available legally.
I know the younger generations think weed is harmless, especially when compared to alcohol.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (elaR+)

91 Bourbon can gain proof while it ages. This is perfectly legal. As long as it enters the barrel at 125 proof max. As it ages, evaporation occurs. Water levels can decrease while alcohol levels may not decrease at the same rate. This is how some barrel strength (or cask strength) bourbons are sold above 125 proof. Nothing illegal about that. Thankfully!!

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (RFPHU)

92 Some parade thoughts.

It was too slow.

Too many soldiers marching. Many out for a Saturday walk and a bunch out of step. Drives me crazy. Exceptions were the Cadets in the various military schools.

Saw some vehicles and weapons I'm not familiar with.

Must have been a Motor Sgt's nightmare.

The swearing in got to me.

All and all not too bad.

Night all.

Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (8I4hW)

93 Evening, ONT Horde and Hosts!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (uef1E)

94 86 I am three weeks away from receiving my yearly allotment of blackberry moonshine. Good thing too since I am down to my last few ozs.

This stuff is so good it doesn't burn at all. And, as a result, will cause your clothes to fall off because you are WAY over the line before your taste buds tell you to stop.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM
***
Tell me you live in Tennessee without telling me you live in Tennessee.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

95 Drinking Bulliet Bourbon as I enjoy the ONT.

Of course, I may have while I enjoyed the Pet Thread too.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Just saw an ad for 10 yr Bulliet on Facebook.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (fab8c)

96 The left is trying to turn Flag Day into a leftist holy day, No Kings Day. Taking something wholesome and turning it into something leftist. Like May Day. Like Independence Day into simply The Fourth. Like Islamists erecting mosques at their fields of victory. Fuckers.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)

As a Twitterer more clever than myself said, they don't want No Kings, they simply want Different Kings.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (jGGMD)

97 I accidently drove by a protest today.

1 middle age lady with a no kings sign. Total count.

My daughter and I laughed for a few miles.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (rvwwT)

98 My parents are devoted Democrat Propaganda Ministry watchers, No King protests with just dozens of people were top stories on the Communist News Network and local ABC. Only other story was the political hit job that we are surely the gospel truth it was a political hit because they were Democrats.

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (+qU29)

99 Made a batch of beef jerky today, hoping that it would last for a couple of weeks. Afraid it will be gone by Tuesday.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 10:33 PM (026f8)

100 Thanks 3 Ds!

!!!America!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (FPGXM)

Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:33 PM (RFPHU)

101 Horde approved whiskey decanters!
Hey! I have some of those leftover from 2 NoVaMoMes ago!

Posted by: GWB at June 14, 2025 10:33 PM (KoK5d)

102 That Army Celebration Parade today was excellent to honor the Men and Women in the Army.

Meanwhile out in LA they are celebrating Hatred for America.

Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (8Vw5E)

103 Yes!!! That's how Springsteen sounded to me! All my peers loved him while I was growing up. I didn;t understand wht he didn't appeal to me and I found most of hi music grating...Now I know, That video is hilarious and enlightening at the same time. Thanks for posting that!

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (hftn9)

104
The troops were not out of step. There are different steps for marching.

Today they were in Route Step.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

105 Happy Birthday, US Army!

The red item on the emblem is a Phrygian Cap. Associated with liberty from ancient times.

>>The Phrygian cap, also known as Thracian cap and liberty cap, is a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe, Anatolia, and Asia. The Phrygian cap was worn by Thracians, Dacians, Persians, Medes, Scythians, Trojans, and Phrygians after whom it is named.The oldest known depiction of the Phrygian cap is from Persepolis in Iran.

Although Phrygian caps did not originally function as liberty caps, they came to signify freedom and the pursuit of liberty first in the American Revolution and then in the French Revolution, particularly as a symbol of Jacobinism (in which context it has been also called a Jacobin cap). The original cap of liberty was the Roman pileus, the felt cap of emancipated slaves of ancient Rome, which was an attribute of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. In the 16th century, the Roman iconography of liberty was revived in emblem books and numismatic handbooks where the figure of Libertas is usually depicted with a pileus (hat in Greek).

Now you know!

Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (aBgBM)

106 Minnesota democrats really take free health care for illegals seriously. What the hell do they do to each other over EBT cards?

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (0Htd1)

107 Who's taking attendance? 'Cause I am here, that scum Billy is lying.

Posted by: Some Rat at June 14, 2025 10:35 PM (TfUTr)

108 So, has the snow melted in Minnesota yet? Maybe that's what drove that democrat over the edge.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:35 PM (0Htd1)

109 The left is trying to turn Flag Day into a leftist holy day, No Kings Day. Taking something wholesome and turning it into something leftist. Like May Day. Like Independence Day into simply The Fourth. Like Islamists erecting mosques at their fields of victory. Fuckers.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)
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Their astroturf efforts to subvert Flag Day and the Army's birthday have already failed. Most events failed to even happen, those that did consisted of wet hippies waving soggy signs and the rest of the country completely ignored it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:36 PM (ZOv7s)

110 Made a batch of beef jerky today, hoping that it would last for a couple of weeks. Afraid it will be gone by Tuesday.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie

Son bought a freeze dryer....holy shit! Those things are magical!

Posted by: Some Rat at June 14, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)

111 True dat, TRex.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

112 Driving to the Vienna metro today, we saw a “Sic semper tyrannis” banner over an overpass, supposedly referring to Trump. Saw other demonstrations on overpasses over I-66.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

113 FLA 4-1, 3rd

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (AOsQT)

114 What's the difference between snow peas and chick peas?

A guy can write his name with snow peas, but a chick peas sitting down.

Posted by: Ciampino - do not call the Spelling Naziz at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (sPQoU)

115 My favorite bourbon is Maker's Mark. Makes a good Manhattan especially with some maple syrup.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

116 Son bought a freeze dryer....holy shit! Those things are magical!
Posted by: Some Rat

Wish I had $3500 to spend. I've drooled over them for years.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:38 PM (fab8c)

117 >>> 104
The troops were not out of step. There are different steps for marching.

Today they were in Route Step.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

Follow-up question for you military morons - is this an 'out of sync on purpose so we don't wreck the bridge via resonance' step?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:38 PM (ULPxl)

118 Whiskey neat? Maybe. But better to order it with one ice cube like I did in grad school. If you order it neat, you get it in a shot glass. If your order it on the rocks, you get more ice than whiskey. But if you order it with one ice cube, you get the most whiskey, and just enough ice to cool it.

Posted by: Otto Zilch at June 14, 2025 10:38 PM (Ws2ua)

119 Garbanzo beans too

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:39 PM (+qU29)

120 93 Hey, AOP!

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:39 PM (77rzZ)

121 A while back I saw a do it yourself bourbon kit. You poured corn liquor into a small oak cask. Then you waited.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (UJD2L)

122 The left is trying to turn Flag Day into a leftist holy day, No Kings Day. Taking something wholesome and turning it into something leftist. Like May Day. Like Independence Day into simply The Fourth. Like Islamists erecting mosques at their fields of victory. Fuckers.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)

I thank the Lord we will not have FJB's or Knee Pads' minions in charge of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the USA next year. The Leftists will do their best to ruin every celebration. At least they will not have the entire power of FedGov helping them.

Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (aBgBM)

123 >>> 112 Driving to the Vienna metro today, we saw a "Sic semper tyrannis" banner over an overpass, supposedly referring to Trump. Saw other demonstrations on overpasses over I-66.
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

It's hilarious how these losers keep trying whatever they can, thinking they can still fool normies into believing they're on our side.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (ULPxl)

124
My Army vet husband says there are different steps depending on what the troops are doing.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (3ek7K)

125 44 I’ve got a bottle of Old Weller out right now; not high end but still pretty tasty, I think.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I couldn't drink that. I had to have my dog put to sleep last summer, and drinking Old Weller would make me sad.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (0Htd1)

126 Looking closely at that Army patch, it seems Mark Mothersbaugh might have had a creative hand in designing it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (Aqu9a)

127 Thanks for the Springsteen post....You made my night. Thank you...I'm still laughing. Already sent it to a bunch of old friends who were huge fans... To defend the fact I wasn't. It's perfect.

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (hftn9)

128 93 Hey, AOP!
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:39 PM (77rzZ)

(Barack Obama voice) Was the Vienna overpass banner written in Austrian?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (uef1E)

129 Sadly but not unexpectedly, the Peoples Republic of AnnArbor had an estimated turnout of 7,000. Entire downtown had streets blocked off for the white Karen event.. On the bright side , 100,000 will show up for a football game, so the white Karens have a ways to go yet.

Posted by: Jen the original at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (uFhcf)

130 As a kid growing up in Kentucky, I was taught (in school) that if it wasn't from Kentucky it wasn't bourbon. With that said Maker's Mark is my favorite

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (Ux3xW)

131 113 FLA 4-1, 3rd

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (AOsQT)
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A clue to the sport would be helpful. Panthers don't play today.

Posted by: Ciampino - Do not something at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (sPQoU)

132 Robot dogs in the Army parade

https://tinyurl.com/yzaw95v4

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (AOsQT)

133 Springsteen sounds like he recorded everything drunk.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (rvwwT)

134 50 Watched the local news. They showed a Trump protest in their city. Had about 40 people and they were getting wet with a passing thunder storm going by. Guess they had nothing better to do with their lives than stand around with their signs getting wet and looking stupid.
Posted by: Case

Anyone get hit by lightning? I mean, you can hope.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

135 Lot of them were doing sloppy steps today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (6dYPy)

136 I was working at the Record Plant in Manhattan building a sound studio when Born To Run was being finished and when it came out. Was a big deal at the time, but I didn't much like it then or now.

Posted by: Musical Snob at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (G5+As)

137 A guy can write his name with snow peas, but a chick peas sitting down.
Posted by: Ciampino

I knew the now Mrs. TP was 'The One' when, early in our courtship, T. asked me to pull over as she had to pee RIGHT NOW!. I said something along the line of Babe, there's nothing out here but corn fields - can you wait 15 minutes until the next town?

Nope! I stopped, she hopped out and beat feet into the corn to get 'er done.

My kind of girl.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (cYBz/)

138 128 Nope. In Confederate.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (77rzZ)

139 52 I opened a jar of grape juice I canned in 2018 and had at the end of the shelf in the pantry, and it was mighty tasty.
Posted by: Kindltot

If you let it sit out, would it turn to wine. When I was in 4H, we had a Halloween party where the cider had turned. No one told our 4H leader.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (0Htd1)

140 I'm drinking Sacred Stave. An Arizona bourbon. I've been trying local bourbons and ryes.

Posted by: InZona at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (qz1Fg)

141 Good evening, Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (41CYW)

142 Hey, 3 Ds! What if you're passing and the bastard speeds up? And if he matches every move you make to get out of the passing lane? Are you still condemned?

Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (NcvvS)

143 Did any of the units do a little Razzle Dazzle?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 10:45 PM (Aqu9a)

144 Sadly but not unexpectedly, the Peoples Republic of AnnArbor had an estimated turnout of 7,000. Entire downtown had streets blocked off for the white Karen event.. On the bright side , 100,000 will show up for a football game, so the white Karens have a ways to go yet.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (uFhcf)
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That's like 1/4 of Hash Bash. Rookie numbers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:45 PM (ZOv7s)

145 141 Hey, Scampy!

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (77rzZ)

146 I think it was Diogenes who pointed out that the parade was an opportunity for the people to see their army, and for the army to see the people they defend. It was a little long but it was rather eye opening just the same. It started with the fife and drum corps of the Old Guard and ended with the army of the future--robot dogs and drones. It was a history lesson that included everyone, National Guard and the reserves too. I had no idea we even had arctic troops!

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (zS4/f)

147 135 Lot of them were doing sloppy steps today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (6dYPy)

I saw some tall and beefy Rangers and soldiers in other units struggling to do constant 30-inch paces. I think they and all the marching troops did pretty good today.

Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (aBgBM)

148 No Kings Day is a Joke ........

Where these F**kers when Auto-Pen was POTUS
and ordered the everybody to get that COVID Shot or be fired. Making you wear a Kotex on your face and Gays in the Military with different physical standards.

These people can rot in Hades...........

Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (8Vw5E)

149 Hiya Bulg!

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 10:47 PM (41CYW)

150 Evening Scampy!

Posted by: Some Rat at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (TfUTr)

151 I was a great marcher in HS band.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (77rzZ)

152 Umm...was that Bruce S. impersonator a girl or a guy?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (XMwZJ)

153 Happy Flag Day.

Happy Father's Day tomorrow.

Happy, it's Back to me being the Monday Critic the day After That .....

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Saturdayday . . . at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (cfyxU)

154 Did any of the units do a little Razzle Dazzle?
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 10:45 PM (Aqu9a)
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They had a lot of parade units involved - divisional bands and some historic ensembles.

A lot of folks are ignorant that there are a lot of military bands and they live for moments like this.

I liked the way the celebrated the various Army divisions. This was no Soviet parade, it was about American military traditions and it was very well done.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)

155
I saw some tall and beefy Rangers and soldiers in other units struggling to do constant 30-inch paces. I think they and all the marching troops did pretty good today.
Posted by: Gref
------------

Next parade they're going to be crisp.
There's going to be marching lessons the next week or two.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:49 PM (6dYPy)

156 >A clue to the sport would be helpful. Panthers don't play today.

Posted by: Ciampino -
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sure
it's hockey
FLA Panthers 5, Oilers 2

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (AOsQT)

157 Panthers win, go up 3-2 on Oilers

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (jGGMD)

158
Just got home from the Jefferson Starship / 38 Special / Kansas concert. Not bad, not as good as any of them were in the early 80s, but still not bad. The crowd was well behaved, Smash said it was because no one wanted to throw out their back or break a hip.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (MsrgL)

159 If you let it sit out, would it turn to wine. When I was in 4H, we had a Halloween party where the cider had turned. No one told our 4H leader.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (0Htd1)
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My grandmother stored some apple cider in the garage because it was a cool fall. But then we had some warm days, and when we brought it in, it was kind of fizzy and tasted different. I was restricted on how much I could drink.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (ZOv7s)

160 Evening Scampy!
Posted by: Some Rat
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Evening. Counting down the days to Corsicana!

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (41CYW)

161 Have they caught the Minnesota assassin yet?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (uef1E)

162 that's a final

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (AOsQT)

163 Thought timed marching by all was the worse. Looked like the Cadets from Wedt Point were the most in step

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (+qU29)

164 Left wing lunatic found out…

https://tinyurl.com/4ujpv6tk

Posted by: Ciampino - Do not do something at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (sPQoU)

165 Next parade they're going to be crisp.
There's going to be marching lessons the next week or two.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:49 PM (6dYPy)
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This was a test run for next July 4th.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (ZOv7s)

166 I hope that I have a QUIET Father’s Day tomorrow.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (77rzZ)

167
Either the CIA whisked the assassin away or he has killed himself.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (3ek7K)

168 As soon as they do, and fail he is a Right Wing Death Squad member it will be tossed into page 10

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (+qU29)

169 Would the Army parade have been livened up a little if they had used this marching music?

https://youtu.be/OqPl4QrczTk

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (UJD2L)

170 Watching the Army parade on rewind via X right now. Good stuff! I know they wanted an actual M16 halftrack for the parade but we had to make do with the M2 version instead. I do believe the B-25 in the flyover was the same one I saw in a Consolidated Air Force show down at Lunken Field for a Memorial Day event.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (XjTSo)

171 Jack Daniels is a sentimental favorite. It’s what I drank in college. Just the smell of it brings back memories of going to the football games with a bottle in your boot. Order a large seven up at the concession stand and you’re set for almost the first half .

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (VofaG)

172 Don't understand the hang up with Soviet or Chinese parades.
Everyone does parades and only spoil sports don't like them.
And some of those Asian women in skirts are hot.
And they could give what I saw today some lessons.
Guarantee, Hegseth didn't like what he saw.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (6dYPy)

173 Ciampino dude had to be drunk

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:54 PM (+qU29)

174 83 This is disgusting: Fans threaten to boycott MLB over 'disgusting' Pride stunt ---- don't threaten, just do it.
...
Posted by: Ciampino - deport to El Salvador? at June 14, 2025 10:28 PM (sPQoU)
So, the people running MLB are as dumb as the people in the movie industry. This country is split between liberals and conservatives. Insulting half your potential ticket buyers isn't a good business plan.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:54 PM (0Htd1)

175 No Kings Day is a Joke ........

Where these F**kers when Auto-Pen was POTUS
and ordered the everybody to get that COVID Shot or be fired. Making you wear a Kotex on your face and Gays in the Military with different physical standards.

These people can rot in Hades...........
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (8Vw5E)

I had the thought earlier today of going up to those yahoos and asking them what's wrong with monarchy? If it was good enough for Alexander Hamilton, why isn't it good enough for you? Are you really saying you'd rather have Hitler than George VI? And just anything else to get that "deer in the headlights" look from them.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:54 PM (jGGMD)

176
Braenyard,

There are different marching steps they use. Today was a Route Step Day. Bands have a certain marching step they use.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (3ek7K)

177 Guarantee, Hegseth didn't like what he saw.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (6dYPy)

Results of four years of diversity training taking precedence over military skills.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (uef1E)

178 >>I liked the way the celebrated the various Army divisions. This no Soviet parade, it was about American military traditions and it was very well done.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)

I wasn't able to watch to the end but it seemed the parade included troops from all active divisions. Terrific.

Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (aBgBM)

179 169 Would the Army parade have been livened up a little if they had used this marching music?

https://youtu.be/OqPl4QrczTk
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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The cadence in Sand Pebbles when McQueen was going to 'get some', was striking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (6dYPy)

180 Thought timed marching by all was the worse. Looked like the Cadets from Wedt Point were the most in step
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (+qU29)
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In a crowd scene, it is very easy to start anticipating the step and fall out of phase. This was a great learning experience for next year.

Hegseth has been emphasizing core competencies, such as PT but also D&C and customs and courtesies. It will take time.

But the troops looked pretty stoked. Parades are great (said the high school/college marching band guy).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:56 PM (ZOv7s)

181 Old Grand-dad. High rye mash bill.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at June 14, 2025 10:57 PM (gf7Ez)

182 1 middle age lady with a no kings sign. Total count.
My daughter and I laughed for a few miles.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Yell out the window, "Hey! Where is everyone?"

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:57 PM (0Htd1)

183 So, apparently those Dem pols who were murdered in MN were killed by some NoKings wacko appointee of Wiltz.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:57 PM (77rzZ)

184 There are different marching steps they use. Today was a Route Step Day. Bands have a certain marching step they use.
Posted by: four seasons
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It was disappointing, not crisp, no matter what step it should be precise. Call me on it next parade if I'm wrong.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:58 PM (6dYPy)

185 I'll take "King Day" over joey bs' court clown anytime.

Posted by: Some Rat at June 14, 2025 10:58 PM (TfUTr)

186 105 Happy Birthday, US Army!

The red item on the emblem is a Phrygian Cap. Associated with liberty from ancient times.

>>The Phrygian cap, also known as Thracian cap and liberty cap, is a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe, Anatolia, and Asia.

......

Now you know!
Posted by: Gref at June 14,

Oh sure, use historical facts and stuff. I still say Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh had a hand in the patch design.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 10:59 PM (Aqu9a)

187 Was the person doing the Springsteen imitation a male or female?

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 10:59 PM (VofaG)

188 I made the Comments List

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 10:59 PM (cnfpB)

189 I’m back.

Thank you to the ‘Ron’s who will dance with me. I don’t really care if you step on my feet.

It’s funny. I was at the local watering hole watching game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and there was a commercial, I flipped on the HQ, that song was on the overhead, so…..

I wanna dance with somebody! It’s a great song, actually.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 10:59 PM (1WD7A)

190 Kristi was looking very nice at the parade today by a couple second screen shot

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:00 PM (+qU29)

191 One of my kindergarten friends, I used to know we were going to have a bad night when he drank Jack Daniels.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

192 Just saw that the Iranian Regime has shut down all internet access in the country to stop people from organizing against it. Someone on X (but maybe Trump asked first) asked Musk to make Starlink available to help the Iranian people.
Musk just tweeted “the beams are on.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:00 PM (e15Ap)

193 112 Driving to the Vienna metro today, we saw a "Sic semper tyrannis" banner over an overpass, supposedly referring to Trump. Saw other demonstrations on overpasses over I-66.
Posted by: Bulg

They're still mad that they got spanked in November.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (0Htd1)

194 >I wasn't able to watch to the end but it seemed the parade included troops from all active divisions. Terrific.

Posted by: Gref
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7th Cavalry was on horseback.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (AOsQT)

195 Guarantee, Hegseth didn't like what he saw.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (6dYPy)

Results of four years of diversity training taking precedence over military skills.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (uef1E)

And they had to switch back to boots from high heels. Takes some time and practice to adapt.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (Aqu9a)

196 164 Left wing lunatic found out…

https://tinyurl.com/4ujpv6tk
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Doesn't it make you smile?

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (XjTSo)

197 Trivia Time

Name the Army National Guard units that are older than the United States Army.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (cnfpB)

198 At least they weren’t marching in high heels.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (VofaG)

199 Results of four years of diversity training taking precedence over military skills.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (uef1E)
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Yes. If I can't trust you to turn right on command, how can I trust you not to shoot me by accident? How can I trust you to accurately call fire support when you can't stay in step?

This was a wakeup call, but it was fun. I don't get the the parade hate. Everyone loves parades. Every high school and college in the country has a homecoming parade.

Why not integrate the military into this? People love tanks. They love climbing over them and into them. You want future soldiers? Let them climb on your tank.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (ZOv7s)

200 Another doddering old man FAFO -- Here's the full context, you propaganda hacks

https://tinyurl.com/ye4mscau

Posted by: Ciampino - Do not FAFO with horses at June 14, 2025 11:02 PM (sPQoU)

201 One of my kindergarten friends, I used to know we were going to have a bad night when he drank Jack Daniels.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Rough crowd. They don't usually start drinking Jack until 3rd grade.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (DgGvY)

202 192 Just saw that the Iranian Regime has shut down all internet access in the country to stop people from organizing against it. Someone on X (but maybe Trump asked first) asked Musk to make Starlink available to help the Iranian people.
Musk just tweeted “the beams are on.”
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Didn't want to be the one to bring it up first but
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (6dYPy)

203 195 Guarantee, Hegseth didn't like what he saw.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (6dYPy)

Results of four years of diversity training taking precedence over military skills.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (uef1E)

And they had to switch back to boots from high heels. Takes some time and practice to adapt.
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I suppose there will be some remedial drill practice time mandated from his office?

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (XjTSo)

204 My boss is a big bourbon guy, but even he wouldn't buy one of those five-figures bottles. (Until his next raise I guess.)

Hello everyone.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 11:04 PM (CHHv1)

205 Name the Army National Guard units that are older than the United States Army.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (cnfpB)
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East Coast represent!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:04 PM (ZOv7s)

206 So is the raving evil maniac from MN at room temperature?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:04 PM (cnfpB)

207 >> And it's still not the solstice yet.
>>I think the calendar is running slow this year.

Be patient. It's 10:42PM EDT, June 20 (June 21 02:42 Zulu). By tomorrow, it will have been earliest sunrise for all the lower 48.

It's a little over 5 hours later this year than 2024, and that's because only 365 days on the calendar. So the non-leap years are a little fast, making the solstice get later.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

208 Trivia time:

what is a caisson

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)

209 Didn't want to be the one to bring it up first but
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.

Yet again I'm the last one to find out.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (lUFok)

210 202 192 Just saw that the Iranian Regime has shut down all internet access in the country to stop people from organizing against it. Someone on X (but maybe Trump asked first) asked Musk to make Starlink available to help the Iranian people.
Musk just tweeted “the beams are on.”
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Didn't want to be the one to bring it up first but
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.
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Even better, all the hell is being unleashed on Iran's side. I hope the popular uprising is successful this time.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (XjTSo)

211 170 Watching the Army parade on rewind via X right now. Good stuff! I know they wanted an actual M16 halftrack for the parade but we had to make do with the M2 version instead. I do believe the B-25 in the flyover was the same one I saw in a Consolidated Air Force show down at Lunken Field for a Memorial Day event.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (XjTSo)

The Army should have ordered an ordnance unit to make a good mock-up of the quad-50 mount. With a budget for materials. Non-operational. Wouldn't have been difficult or very expensive, in my opinion. Use four real, spare, caliber-fifties. No cost there. Oh well.

Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (aBgBM)

212 The Thracian cap looks like a Smurf cap

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)

213 1 middle age lady with a no kings sign. Total count.

She'd have had better luck with a "no man, someone please kiss me" sign

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 11:06 PM (gKWVE)

214 We found the parade on at 6:30 and missed pre modern era troops, those I wanted to see

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:07 PM (+qU29)

215 Is there a video of just the B-25 Exdem13? Or just describe it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:07 PM (cnfpB)

216 Trivia time:

what is a caisson
Posted by: Don Black
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That's easy. $20, same as in town.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 11:07 PM (41CYW)

217 Israel has asked Trump for the bunker buster? They don't have the necessary to go 400ft. Equivocation comes from our side. Think Trump would prefer Iran to negotiate in faith. Balderdash. Blow up all their military and their evil machinations.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:08 PM (6dYPy)

218 200 Another doddering old man FAFO -- Here's the full context, you propaganda hacks

https://tinyurl.com/ye4mscau
Posted by: Ciampino - Do not FAFO with horses at June 14, 2025 11:02 PM (sPQoU)

Get a fucking life, grandpa. And don't mess with the horse. Not even a little.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 11:08 PM (a4NoL)

219 I should have joining the model stash a Tamiya 1/35th scale M-16 halftrack.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:08 PM (cnfpB)

220 I suppose there will be some remedial drill practice time mandated from his office?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (XjTSo)
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Probably. My Army experience was minimal, but the troops picked for these details are likely the ones who were the best at marching. The ones who tripped over their own toes were left out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (ZOv7s)

221 what is a caisson
Posted by: Don Black

Technically, it is a footing for supporting bridges or buildings, cored into substrate with a wider base, and filled with concrete.

Well, you asked.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (a4NoL)

222 caisson is the wheeled thingy that the cannon rides on while being pulled by the mules

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (6dYPy)

223 191 One of my kindergarten friends, I used to know we were going to have a bad night when he drank Jack Daniels.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Well, yeah, kindergarteners probably shouldn't drink it

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (gKWVE)

224 >>What if you're passing and the bastard speeds up? And if he matches every move you make to get out of the passing lane? Are you still condemned?

A friend of mine was in this situation, then a car was approaching & bastard still was playing games... She floored it and barely got over in time, then got pulled over for speeding (!)

Went to court and beat the ticket, as it was "evasive action"

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (rdVOm)

225 95 Drinking Bulliet Bourbon as I enjoy the ONT.

Of course, I may have while I enjoyed the Pet Thread too.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Just saw an ad for 10 yr Bulliet on Facebook.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (fab8c

Bulliet 10 yr is the shizzle. The younger never really did it for me. Maker's Mark is my go to for every day and it makes a fine Manhattan. My all time favorite is Rockhill Farms, which I believe is out of production. Discovered that on my first visit to Kentucky many years ago.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (bA75n)

226 Well, you asked.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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How can they go rolling along?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (6dYPy)

227 Didn't want to be the one to bring it up first but
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (6dYPy)

One of Khamenei’s top aides just got taken out - Israel is doing to them what they did to Hezbollah. Take out all the top people.
And someone today hightailed it out of Iran, probably to Moscow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (e15Ap)

228 Trivia time:

what is a caisson
Posted by: Don Black

It's what goes rolling slong.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (fab8c)

229 Rough crowd. They don't usually start drinking Jack until 3rd grade.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (DgGvY)
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School-to-prison pipeline? Yeah, my school.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (RIvkX)

230 After the end of the parade Trump administered the Oath of Enlistment to a group of 250 soldiers.

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (zS4/f)

231 The Thracian cap looks like a Smurf cap
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)

Phrygian Smurfs. I hate them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 11:11 PM (0eaVi)

232 I think the Army parade could've used the services of the people who coordinate & run the Tournament of Roses Parade. I think it would've been a much better presentation. I'm still liking it though, lots of marching soldiers & cool vehicles & stuff.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:11 PM (XjTSo)

233
Lirio100,

That was awesome! What a great memory for those soldiers.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:11 PM (3ek7K)

234 I hope those 250 got a Presidential challenge coin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:12 PM (cnfpB)

235 Trivia time:

what is a caisson
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)
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Over hill, over dale, we have hit the dusty trail and the caissons go rolling along! "Counter march!" "Right about!" hear the wagon-soldiers shout, and the caissons go rolling along.

For it's hi-hi-hee in the Field Artillery! Count out your numbers loud and strong!

Over hill, over dale - we shall never fail as the caissons go rolling along!

A caisson is the ammo box attached to the gun.

- A failed field artillerist

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:12 PM (ZOv7s)

236 How can they go rolling along?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (6dYPy)

Hell if I know. The point is that they stay put.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 11:13 PM (a4NoL)

237 219 I should have joining the model stash a Tamiya 1/35th scale M-16 halftrack.
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The M2 battery can rotate & elevate, right?

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:13 PM (XjTSo)

238 Red leg cannon cocker from Ft. Sill

No wonder you ended up here

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:13 PM (cnfpB)

239 After the end of the parade Trump administered the Oath of Enlistment to a group of 250 soldiers.
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (zS4/f)
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How cool is that? This is how you know Trump loves the military. He makes memories for them. He doesn't have to, but he does.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:14 PM (ZOv7s)

240 Why not integrate the military into this? People love tanks. They love climbing over them and into them. You want future soldiers? Let them climb on your tank.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Might work. I read somewhere that a lot of Puerto Ricans join the navy because they grow up seeing those lovely naval ships in port.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)

241 https://theconstructor.org/geotechnical/ caisson-types-construction-advantages/503/

Take out the space.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (a4NoL)

242 235 Trivia time:

what is a caisson
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)
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Over hill, over dale, we have hit the dusty trail and the caissons go rolling along! "Counter march!" "Right about!" hear the wagon-soldiers shout, and the caissons go rolling along.

For it's hi-hi-hee in the Field Artillery! Count out your numbers loud and strong!

Over hill, over dale - we shall never fail as the caissons go rolling along!

A caisson is the ammo box attached to the gun.

- A failed field artillerist

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:12 PM (ZOv7s)

There are also gun limbers. Now we're getting into trivia!

Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (aBgBM)

243 A caisson is the ammunition carrier, a limber is the wheel to haul the cannon

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (+qU29)

244 No

the Army caisson

the ones that go rolling along

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (AOsQT)

245 Bulleit bourbon, standard grade, sloshed into a Yeti tumbler with lots of ice and Coke Zero.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (UJD2L)

246 I think the lasting accomplishment of Sarah Palin is to get "Barracuda" added to the national music mix. I can dig it.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (XjTSo)

247 The M2 battery can rotate & elevate, right?

Probably, never built this one. Now it joins the stash with the Rye Field Model Sd.Kfz.234/4 Pz. Spahwagen Rad 8 Puma.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (cnfpB)

248 It's like Kobe beef. Real Kobe beef has to be from Japan. That's the rule. If it's raised here in the US, it's called American Kobe.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (i0F8b)

And keep it away from helicopters . . .

Too soon?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (D7oie)

249 224 >>What if you're passing and the bastard speeds up? And if he matches every move you make to get out of the passing lane? Are you still condemned?
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Working a mid-range a guy did that. Would not let me pass and would not speed up. Kept me pinned. I started playing with him, distracted him so much to the play that he stopped paying attention to the road only interested in stopping me.
He was a suit.
Almost ran into the car in front. Coffee and breakfast biscuit were all over his clothes. Don't know what happened for his next appointment. I made mine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (6dYPy)

250 New York Post has a clip up on the Tube of the enlistment ceremony.

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (zS4/f)

251
Did any of the units do a little Razzle Dazzle?
Posted by: Count de Monet

Truckin' like the doo dah man.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 11:17 PM (63Dwl)

252 >>Didn't want to be the one to bring it up first but
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.

A little unusual in that they are not adjacent countries.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 11:17 PM (i0F8b)

253 Boelter had a million dollar home, but was rooming w a guy who worked for Papa John’s? He and the State Senator had served together on the Work Force board, so, maybe personal? And, the Congo company w no employees but himself, which seemed to end in the last couple months is very sketchy. Plus, was he a pastor or not? Hope Kash unravels this,wherever it goes.

Posted by: EveR at June 14, 2025 11:17 PM (rdF17)

254 A caisson is the ammunition carrier, a limber is the wheel to haul the cannon
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (+qU29)
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As I said, I am a FAILED field artillerist.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)

255
Did ya'll see the picture of the assassin wearing a mask.

It was scary looking.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:19 PM (3ek7K)

256 243 A caisson is the ammunition carrier, a limber is the wheel to haul the cannon
Posted by: Skip
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That's the ticket. The HQ way. Put out a wrong answer and someone who knows the correct answer will speak up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (6dYPy)

257 Boelter has CIA written all over him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (cnfpB)

258 It's like Kobe beef. Real Kobe beef has to be from Japan. That's the rule. If it's raised here in the US, it's called American Kobe.
Posted by: davidt

And keep it away from helicopters . . .
Posted by: Kindltot

Unless you like it well done.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (DgGvY)

259 252 >>Didn't want to be the one to bring it up first but
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.

A little unusual in that they are not adjacent countries.
Posted by: davidt
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Starmer has sent jets to Cypress. Not sure what his game is.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:21 PM (6dYPy)

260 People around here, it being a rural area, are not interested in protests. When I was in town today folks were doing what they always do on a Saturday. Going to the grocery store, putting gas in their car, getting stuff ready for Church tomorrow or getting ready for work Monday. It's a lazy small Southern town. Now when football season starts it will get a bit more lively. But for now they just tend to their business. Guess that's why I love this place.

Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 11:21 PM (k7qYZ)

261 Boelter had a million dollar home, but was rooming w a guy who worked for Papa John’s? He and the State Senator had served together on the Work Force board, so, maybe personal? And, the Congo company w no employees but himself, which seemed to end in the last couple months is very sketchy. Plus, was he a pastor or not? Hope Kash unravels this,wherever it goes.

Considering the guy was hoovering up government money, the pastor thing may have been a tax dodge.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 11:22 PM (lUFok)

262 Did you see anywhere in the news:

A USAID contracting officer and three company executives have plead guilty to accepting/offering bribes to ensure two SBA designated small businesses received more than $550 million spread across 14 contracts over the span of a decade.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:22 PM (cnfpB)

263 My battery was using the M-109s, but they were so worn out that they couldn't reliably run. Legacy Cold War gear.

After I jumped to the Air side, I heard that they got towed howitzers, which made a lot more sense.

Of course a bunch of our guys got sent down to Gitmo as guards, and I was happy to have missed out on that!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:23 PM (ZOv7s)

264 Boelter was a pastor for Westboro Baptist?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:23 PM (cnfpB)

265 Starmer has sent jets to Cypress. Not sure what his game is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

Insane in the membrane?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 11:24 PM (gKWVE)

266 If you let it sit out, would it turn to wine. When I was in 4H, we had a Halloween party where the cider had turned. No one told our 4H leader.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (0Htd1)

I will do that with apple juice that I press (heavenly until it gets really hard) but I don't like home made wine made from Concords or Thompsons.
I can the juice and love it.

I also make apple cider vinegar

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:25 PM (D7oie)

267
Someone posted today that the Hoffman man who was shot returned campaign donations to some woman who was running some kind of "charity." Feed the something or other.

Apparently there is a ton of money laundering going on there. It will be interesting to find out WTF is going on.

Sorry I can't remember who posted that today.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:25 PM (3ek7K)

268 Akrotiri airbase.

Is Cyrpus still divided between Greeks and Turks?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:25 PM (cnfpB)

269 247 The M2 battery can rotate & elevate, right?

Probably, never built this one. Now it joins the stash with the Rye Field Model Sd.Kfz.234/4 Pz. Spahwagen Rad 8 Puma.
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Cool. The Puma is probably the best-looking armored car ever made.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:26 PM (XjTSo)

270 Starmer has sent jets to Cypress. Not sure what his game is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:21 PM (6dYPy)
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Are they under the trees or in them?

Or do you mean an island in the eastern Med.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)

271 Jack Brewer, formerly of the Minnesota Gophers and then Vikings absolutely roasted Walz today. Blamed him for turning MN into a shithole.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (VofaG)

272 I have two types of plums, multiple apples, a pear, three rows of grapes and I am pretending to grow black caps. Oh, and my wife has a persimmon and an asian pear tree.

I have no idea what I am going to do with all the fruit.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (D7oie)

273 261 Considering the guy was hoovering up government money, the pastor thing may have been a tax dodge.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 11:22 PM (lUFok)

Obviously, he knew how to play the game because his wife was CEO and he was just the operations guy of their security firm in MN.

Posted by: EveR at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (rdF17)

274 Is Cyrpus still divided between Greeks and Turks?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:25 PM (cnfpB)
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CYPRUS (note the spelling!) is still a divided island.

Yeah, I suck at being field artillery, which is why I became a writer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:29 PM (ZOv7s)

275 MN legislature recently had a special session, budget, vote.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 11:29 PM (i0F8b)

276 The Rye Field Model kit with full interior is kinda terrifying. Full crew compartment. Full engine. Two complete sets of tires since each set has a different tread.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:29 PM (cnfpB)

277 caisson
n noun
1 a large watertight chamber in which underwater construction work may be carried out.
2 a vessel or watertight structure used as a gate across the entrance of a dry dock or basin.

ORIGIN
C17: from French, literally 'large chest', from Italian cassone, the spelling altered in French by association with caisse 'case'.

Posted by: Ciampino - from the pages of at June 14, 2025 11:30 PM (sPQoU)

278 As a Twitterer more clever than myself said, they don't want No Kings, they simply want Different Kings.
Posted by: Dr. T

They already have the Judges.
Guess they want it all.

Totalitarians.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)

279 At least I spelled the airbase right...

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:31 PM (cnfpB)

280 276 The Rye Field Model kit with full interior is kinda terrifying. Full crew compartment. Full engine. Two complete sets of tires since each set has a different tread.
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Holy moly! Can you detach one side section to do a cutaway display version?

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (XjTSo)

281 Yes Turkey still occupies the northern portion and iirc half of Nicosia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (RIvkX)

282 Happy Birthday, US Army!

The red item on the emblem is a Phrygian Cap. Associated with liberty from ancient times.

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Condom.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (/lPRQ)

283 One of my kindergarten friends, I used to know we were going to have a bad night when he drank Jack Daniels.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

Dad didn't let me drink Jack in Kindergarten, I had to make do with white rum.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (D7oie)

284 Cool. The Puma is probably the best-looking armored car ever made.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:26 PM (XjTSo)
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The Puma was one of those vehicles that micro-armor players would try to field *every model ever built* on the tabletop.

"It could happen!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (ZOv7s)

285 I hate Springsteen. Even more than I hate U2.

What the fuck is a speedball?

He could that speedball by you, making love like a pool boy.

Makes no fucking sense.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (0aYVJ)

286 We Stooges preferred whiskey. Old Panther all the way!

Posted by: Shemp Howard at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (G5+As)

287
Happy Birthday, US Army!

Donald T, in case you're reading, happy birthday to you, too.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (wbZPZ)

288 Dad didn't let me drink Jack in Kindergarten, I had to make do with white rum.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (D7oie)
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As a wedding present, my father-in-law gave me a gallon jug of White Lightning. Actual moonshine. Blue flame and everything. He knew a guy.

Took five years to get through it. Powerful stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:35 PM (ZOv7s)

289 The MN assassin guy reminded me of another similar assassination by a law enforcement or city employee guy who got fired when he was caught stealing and made a long term plan to kill the two people that fired and prosecuted him.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:35 PM (VofaG)

290 Kindltot, my dad used to make homemade wine. But he grew a few vines of grape varieties that were specifically for wine. He had a wine press, and when he gave up the hobby, he had no trouble finding someone who wanted to buy it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 11:35 PM (0Htd1)

291 Volodymyr Zelensky hopes that the conflict between Iran and Israel will NOT reduce aid to Ukraine. (AFP)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:36 PM (6dYPy)

292 "Throw." That belongs in my previous poat.

Fuck.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:36 PM (0aYVJ)

293 Jack Brewer, formerly of the Minnesota Gophers and then Vikings absolutely roasted Walz today. Blamed him for turning MN into a shithole.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (VofaG)

I don't know when Minnesota went from "Minnesota Nice' to what it is now as I really wasn't paying attention. But to my memory, importing a few Somalis seemed to do the trick.

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 11:37 PM (gKDq2)

294 I think the Army Song should've kept "the CAISSONS go rolling along." I really do.

Why does the Army Seal appear to have a French Republican "Jacques" cap prominently displayed right in the middle of it? Robespierre isn't a name I'd readily guess to be associated with the U.S. Army.

Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 11:37 PM (kd60y)

295 Absolute best bourbon - a MUST if you live anywhere near Boise. From Koenig distillery: Seven Devils Barrel Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey, limited release. Only 862 bottles made. I have #155. 8 years old, only $80, worth every single penny (or nickel, or whatever we're using for change when you read this)!

Posted by: Pat* at June 14, 2025 11:37 PM (Frf47)

296 The Rye Field Model kit with full interior is kinda terrifying. Full crew compartment.

Bells!

Full engine.

Whistles!

Two complete sets of tires since each set has a different tread.
Posted by: Anna Puma

And gongs!

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:38 PM (DgGvY)

297 Some Anitfatard started shooting at the Salt Lake City "protest". The cops grabbed him, and the festivities seem to have quickly ended. I suppose CNN & PMS-NBC will try to portray him as a disaffected Trump voter.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:38 PM (XjTSo)

298 Makes no fucking sense.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (0aYVJ)
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His voice is retarded and his lyrics are stupid.

His singing voice was terrible. Guy couldn't hold onto a pitch with a pair of vicegrips.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:38 PM (ZOv7s)

299 All the engine hatches can be posed open. Looking at the hull side parts, if you wanted you can cut open the storage compartments because the walls inside the closed hatches are there for all four. And with a little tinkering can also open the storage box on the right top side.

Driver hatch can be posed open. And for the brave can always open both of the lower hull midship hatches, but those are between wheels so might not see much. Unless you remove a wheel to gaze at the fully detailed running gear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:39 PM (cnfpB)

300 Phrygian Smurfs. I hate them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 11:11 PM (0eaVi)

In Belgium they are called "les Stroumpfs". In Holland they smash them flat and make "stroopwafels"

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:39 PM (D7oie)

301 I don't know when Minnesota went from "Minnesota Nice' to what it is now as I really wasn't paying attention. But to my memory, importing a few Somalis seemed to do the trick.
Posted by: RickZ

Around when the DFL stopped giving a shit about the farmers and laborers, and just fellated the democrats.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:40 PM (DgGvY)

302 Why does the Army Seal appear to have a French Republican "Jacques" cap prominently displayed right in the middle of it? Robespierre isn't a name I'd readily guess to be associated with the U.S. Army.
Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 11:37 PM (kd60y)
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Scroll up. The French stole it from the Phrygians, which is who the Army also attributed it to.

I like the Air Force heraldry because it is less cluttered. The Navy and Marines also have better flags.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:41 PM (ZOv7s)

303 Great! Dodgers star's message on Pride-themed hat - the ORIGINAL MEANING.

https://mol.im/a/14813047

Posted by: Ciampino - from the pages of the OT at June 14, 2025 11:41 PM (sPQoU)

304 Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (D7oie)

Cordials and brandy. Miklos can help you out with the plums, I think. Or maybe it's cherries. I dunno, but there is a fruity Eastern Eurooean liquor that will put hair in your chest!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 11:42 PM (Ezs10)

305 Some band that sucks less than Springsteen:

https://youtu.be/BSEnw-WZ_jA

Yeah, I know, low bar and all that.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 11:42 PM (lUFok)

306 Great! Dodgers star's message on Pride-themed hat - the ORIGINAL MEANING.

https://mol.im/a/14813047
Posted by: Ciampino - from the pages of the OT at June 14, 2025 11:41 PM (sPQoU)
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The tide is turning. Make sodomy shameful again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:44 PM (ZOv7s)

307 Boelter has CIA written all over him.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (cnfpB)

I wonder how many "pass through" people like that are out there? Routh apparently was another one, and I wonder who Paddock was actually working for

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:44 PM (D7oie)

308 @Defensa_Israel . 1hr

Netanyahu, message to the Iranian people .

https://tinyurl.com/9a4vst6s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:44 PM (6dYPy)

309 I still remember our battery's chant when we were called to attention at basic training, Fort Sill.

Two of my brothers were Army, middle brother was a Marine, like our old man. When I told Dad I had enlisted in the Army, he said, "well at least it's not the Air Force." Then he chuckled.

Baby brother was 82nd Airborne during the early days of the Iraq bullshit. He now flies Black Hawks. He has always been an overachiever.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (0aYVJ)

310 As I said, I am a FAILED field artillerist.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)

I didn't know you collected stamps at one time.

Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (E0p3T)

311 Kindltot,
I’ll help You with all that extra fruit.

Get your ass up here. Dude.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (mT+6a)

312
This is interesting. Decompression sickness was first called "caisson disease", as that was where it first encountered, pressurized caissons keeping water out for construction.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 11:46 PM (w6EFb)

313 Thete is a YouTube series The Hat Historian who covers lots of hats history, the Phrygians hat is one episode

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:47 PM (+qU29)

314 Boelter has CIA written all over him.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (cnfpB)
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I wonder how many "pass through" people like that are out there? Routh apparently was another one, and I wonder who Paddock was actually working for
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:44 PM (D7oie)

Trump's DOJ is on the . . . {SNOREflugg} . . . What?

Impatient I am. Forthcoming they are not.

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 11:48 PM (gKDq2)

315 As I said, I am a FAILED field artillerist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I didn't know you collected stamps at one time.
Posted by: ...

You're thinking of a phlebotomist.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:48 PM (DgGvY)

316 Man 'intentionally' drives into crowd at Virginia 'No Kings Day' rally

https://mol.im/a/14813255

Posted by: Ciampino - from the mad people at June 14, 2025 11:50 PM (sPQoU)

317

Klobucher, I eat my salad with a comb because my aide is an idiot, but I'm really the idiot, dined with the murdered woman last night.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:50 PM (3ek7K)

318 Those guys deploying Pumas, by the time it arrived its mission was pretty extinct, and production numbers were pretty low.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (cnfpB)

319 Thete is a YouTube series The Hat Historian who covers lots of hats history, the Phrygians hat is one episode
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:47 PM (+qU29)

Santee at Arizona Ghostriders did a vid about top hats today. Has other vids about different types of Old West hats as well.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (0eaVi)

320 304 Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (D7oie)

Cordials and brandy. Miklos can help you out with the plums, I think. Or maybe it's cherries. I dunno, but there is a fruity Eastern Eurooean liquor that will put hair in your chest!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

Slivovitz.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (mT+6a)

321 Are We Hates Trump Day Celerbration twoday was a sucksess.

Over 25 peeple showed up to show how much they be Hates Trump.

Is be was a bueatful thing to see alls these be peeple show up and protist King Trimp.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 14, 2025 11:53 PM (1sBXy)

322 Slivovitz.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (mT+6a)

Cop's name in NYPD Blue, warn't it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 11:53 PM (0eaVi)

323 His singing voice was terrible. Guy couldn't hold onto a pitch with a pair of vicegrips.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:38 PM (ZOv7

He sounds okay to me.

Posted by: Bob Dylan at June 14, 2025 11:53 PM (UJD2L)

324 Wojohowtizc

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:54 PM (cnfpB)

325 I didn't know you collected stamps at one time.
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (E0p3T)
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A lot of soldiers collected tramp stamps. Very risky hobby.

One might attract a dependasaurus.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:54 PM (ZOv7s)

326 I would love a glass of bourbon right now. But it was killing me. I am not on the wagon, per se, but the liquor was not good. Coming off it was not as horrible as I imagined, but it was not great. Kind of wobbly for a few days. But it's nice, now, to wake up clear-headed in the morning.

I still drink beer, but in moderation. I sometimes hear that one icky guy in Giant Spider Invasion: "ya been hittin' the booooze again"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:54 PM (0aYVJ)

327 Two Muslims, 13, jailed for raping 12-year-old because she was Jewish

https://mol.im/a/14812295

Castrate.

Posted by: Ciampino - from the mad ROP at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (sPQoU)

328 My press is made from a 3-1/2 ton tongue jack and 6x6s

It is not quick but it is very fast. I use a garbage disposal attached to a salvaged kitchen sink to grind the fruit into a slurry for pressing

it is not the best rig in the world, but it is the cheapest build I have ever managed.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (D7oie)

329 Those guys deploying Pumas, by the time it arrived its mission was pretty extinct, and production numbers were pretty low.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (cnfpB)
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It was totally an artifact of the Microarmor stat line and the "Open selection" based on points.

Whenever historical gamers lecture me on why Warhammer 40k is unrealistic, I point out that I've faced every Puma ever built. Twice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:56 PM (ZOv7s)

330 Woodchipper

Why risk another girl?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:56 PM (cnfpB)

331
Slivovitz.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (mT+

*******

Nurse to the rescue!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (Ezs10)

332
Ciampino,

Tough choice there, castrate or shoot. I think castrating is the best choice.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (3ek7K)

333 327 Two Muslims, 13, jailed for raping 12-year-old because she was Jewish

https://mol.im/a/14812295

Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino

That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)

334 I toured the USS North Carolina recently.

The thing about it i noticed right away is the sheer size of the ship and the obvious power of its (3) 3x16" turrets, and its batteries of 5" and 1.1" guns, and 20mm AA automatic weapons.

And, of course, the resplendent display of Japanese flags it had on it's hull.

But once I got below decks I noticed the quality of the work. Every one of millions of welds done beautifully, and burnished to a shine. Racks of sensitive equipment for electromechanical targeting in perfect alignment. Galleys and laundry facilities and print shops built to spec, and to withstand the most adverse conditions.

Truly impressive.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 11:58 PM (BI5O2)

335
Nurse, yep and force feed the assholes a couple pounds of bacon before they "meet" the pigs.

Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:59 PM (3ek7K)

336 Not sure can stay up another hour

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:59 PM (+qU29)

337 Two Muslims, 13, jailed for raping 12-year-old because she was Jewish

https://mol.im/a/14812295

Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino - from the mad ROP at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (sPQoU)
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Hang 'em high.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:59 PM (ZOv7s)

338 That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)

*******

Only after they've been stripped naked, smeared with porcine pheromone and tied to mounting blocks.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 12:00 AM (Ezs10)

339 328 My press is made from a 3-1/2 ton tongue jack and 6x6s

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (D7oie)
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Impressive, particularly the waste-disposal. How did you get everything clean at the outset?

Posted by: Ciampino - need --- invention at June 15, 2025 12:00 AM (sPQoU)

340 The 1.1in 'Chicago piano' was replaced on all ships by the start of 1943.

Unless the battleship staff is a bunch of completist masochists.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:00 AM (cnfpB)

341 >>> 325 I didn't know you collected stamps at one time.
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (E0p3T)
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A lot of soldiers collected tramp stamps. Very risky hobby.

One might attract a dependasaurus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:54 PM (ZOv7s)

*pouts*

Posted by: Tim aWalz at June 15, 2025 12:01 AM (ULPxl)

342 People died from "the bends" building the Brooklyn Bridge.

Posted by: Feeling Down at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (G5+As)

343 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

Hello love!

It was a beautiful day here on the beach. High of 60 something. Sunny. Not too many folks on the beach, I guess they were out protesting.

Nonetheless. Wonderful day. Got my 14,000 steps in!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (mT+6a)

344 "I say to the Iranian people, now is he hour to rise and claim your freedom!"

(If you'd like to be hanged from a construction crane.)

Posted by: mnw at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (kd60y)

345 But once I got below decks I noticed the quality of the work. Every one of millions of welds done beautifully, and burnished to a shine. Racks of sensitive equipment for electromechanical targeting in perfect alignment. Galleys and laundry facilities and print shops built to spec, and to withstand the most adverse conditions.

Truly impressive.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 11:58 PM (BI5O2)
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Today's parade is about returning to that level of professionalism. It isn't just cashing a check, it's something deeper. That is what we are trying to get back.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (ZOv7s)

346 289 The MN assassin guy reminded me of another similar assassination by a law enforcement or city employee guy who got fired when he was caught stealing and made a long term plan to kill the two people that fired and prosecuted him.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:35 PM (VofaG)

Kaufman County murders. Guy was the Justice of the peace. Caught stealing and fired. He killed one prosecutor and another prosecutor and his wife.

At first they thought it was hits by the Aryan Brotherhood but a tip led them to Eric Lyle Williams.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (VofaG)

347 >>> 333 327 Two Muslims, 13, jailed for raping 12-year-old because she was Jewish

https://mol.im/a/14812295

Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino

That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)

Can't you just find a really big wood chipper???

Posted by: starving wild pigs at June 15, 2025 12:03 AM (ULPxl)

348 *pouts*
Posted by: Tim aWalz at June 15, 2025 12:01 AM (ULPxl)
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Is there anything more pathetic than an incel soldier?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 12:03 AM (ZOv7s)

349 I suggested a woodchipper

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:03 AM (cnfpB)

350 I like the Army's new off-road super-jeeps. Would definitely get me admiring looks if I drove one to the local Walmart.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:04 AM (XjTSo)

351
Suspended Sentence: One where the prisoner is hanged (Robert Meyers)

Posted by: Ciampino - need more puns at June 15, 2025 12:04 AM (sPQoU)

352 Tampon Timmy aWalz wants to be raped by Nanking.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:05 AM (cnfpB)

353 327 Two Muslims, 13, jailed for raping 12-year-old because she was Jewish

https://mol.im/a/14812295

Castrate.

Posted by: Ciampino - from the mad ROP at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (sPQoU

Execute their entire families in front of them. Televise it..

Maybe next year.....

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 12:05 AM (jvJvP)

354 Cordials and brandy. Miklos can help you out with the plums, I think. Or maybe it's cherries. I dunno, but there is a fruity Eastern Eurooean liquor that will put hair in your chest!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 11:42 PM (Ezs10)

My favorite is a yellow cooking plum that I think is a peshore that make fantastic canned fruit, fruit tortes and wonderful prunes, but I have some other yellow plums that make a fantastic jam.

Oh, and I have two sprouted peach seedlings. I have no idea what they are but I may have fruit from them soon. I am running out of yard

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:05 AM (D7oie)

355 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 11:58 PM (BI5O2)

And now we are have trouble finding welders for the shipyards. It’s one of the causes in the delay of building the long ago ordered submarines.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:05 AM (VofaG)

356 347 >>> 333 327 Two Muslims, 13, jailed for raping 12-year-old because she was Jewish

https://mol.im/a/14812295

Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino

That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)

Can't you just find a really big wood chipper???
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-_I_KOSEJs

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (XjTSo)

357 That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)
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Whoa. We do have some standards, you know.

Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (ZOv7s)

358 The JLTV?

Sec Def slowed production on it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (cnfpB)

359 I like the Army's new off-road super-jeeps. Would definitely get me admiring looks if I drove one to the local Walmart.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at

See if you can find a gamma goat.

You tell the admiring throng that it eas originally made for the show "Space 1999".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)

360 Oh, and I have two sprouted peach seedlings. I have no idea what they are but I may have fruit from them soon. I am running out of yard

Be glad for that. Around here if the elk don't destroy the tree before it can grow the squirrels will make a point of taking a bite of every piece of fruit they can reach.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 15, 2025 12:07 AM (lUFok)

361 312
This is interesting. Decompression sickness was first called "caisson disease", as that was where it first encountered, pressurized caissons keeping water out for construction.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 11:46 PM (w6EFb)

As I recall it was a major factor in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:08 AM (e15Ap)

362 Execute their entire families in front of them. Televise it..

Maybe next year.....
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now

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This they understand.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)

363 Somehow caught a Bret Baier clip online, he had sensible comment on the parade. He noted it was a spectacular recruiting and marketing event, and whatever the cost far less expensive than the $2B he said is spent annually on recruiting.

Returning dignity, purpose, and "specialness" to an institution like the military is an obvious part of restoring it.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:08 AM (1m82a)

364 You want wild 'what-if' vehicles of the US Army at war?

I give you the Williams Anti-Tank vehicle. Thing looks more at home being part of the original Star Wars trilogy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:08 AM (cnfpB)

365 And, I am pissed at the leftist appropriation of "No Kings."

That phrase was heard from CHRISTIAN revolutionaries in 1775-1783, spoken as "No king but Jesus!"

Also, it was actually aimed at real kings, not spoken with a forked tongue by those who would place us under a technocracy (and have already succeeded in doing so) whose word would be law.

I think we should fight back with our own protests, with the slogan "No godless commies!" And we need signs showing our snake biting Mexican "patriots" and guys in black bloc outfits.

Posted by: GWB at June 15, 2025 12:09 AM (KoK5d)

366 >>> 333 327 Two Muslims, 13, jailed for raping 12-year-old because she was Jewish

https://mol.im/a/14812295

Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino

Honestly, did they need a reason other than they were muslims?

Posted by: GWB at June 15, 2025 12:10 AM (KoK5d)

367
LA protest was declared an unlawful assembly today after the assholes were throwing bricks, concrete and shooting off commercial fireworks at the police.

One witch, with crying burning eyes said "we just came here to support our people and now we're being teargassed for it.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:10 AM (3ek7K)

368 polynikes think I mentioned a while back that Mike Rowe ("Dirty Jobs") did an online clip of how he was contacted by an industry association asking if he could help find about 5K (? something like that) machinists. Outfits building the subs were behind the inquiry. His answer: nope.

There will be a scramble to restore shipbuilding and the short-term expedient will be help from South Korea and possibly Japan. Sort of poetic when looked at in a 70-year perspective, but anyway.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (1m82a)

369 359 I like the Army's new off-road super-jeeps. Would definitely get me admiring looks if I drove one to the local Walmart.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at

See if you can find a gamma goat.

You tell the admiring throng that it eas originally made for the show "Space 1999".
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The Gamma Goat does give off that Seventies SF vibe, doesn't it? Must be why I always sort of liked it even though it didn't have a big gun.

Speaking of military SF association, the doggo style robots got a big cheer. We're gonna have frickin' Terminators in the 260th anniversary parade, I just know it!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (XjTSo)

370
Somali Institute of Chinese Studies
@Somali_ICS
36m
Netanyahu is no more! His days of unchecked power are finished. His days of running #TelAviv are done. He is not coming back from Cyprus. His own cabinet won't let him. His own settlers won't let him. The rules-based order system won't. A little face saving, maybe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (6dYPy)

371 The JLTV?

Sec Def slowed production on it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (cnfpB)

The Virginia class subs.,the delays happened long before Trump administration DOD questions.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (VofaG)

372 Gonna pour a bit of 10-yr Bulleit over one a them huge spherical ice cubes.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:12 AM (1m82a)

373 exdem13

MomoCon shared the convention center with a robotics con this year.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:12 AM (cnfpB)

374 Speaking of caissons, the Army doesn't have them any more. All the arty is being towed by trucks, except for the Paladins & MLRS trucks.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:12 AM (XjTSo)

375 I think we should fight back with our own protests, with the slogan "No godless commies!" And we need signs showing our snake biting Mexican "patriots" and guys in black bloc outfits.
Posted by: GWB

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"No godless commies!"

Or tyrants in black dresses who choose to ignore the meaning of simple words, like "district".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:13 AM (/lPRQ)

376 Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (1m82a

I’ve been saying for over a decade that we need to replace half of the college prep high schools with trade schools.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:14 AM (VofaG)

377 That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)

Whenever the Russian troops encounter a feral hog in Ukraine, they do their best to shoot it, then let it lie.

Why, you may ask, do the Russians pass up the chance for some yummy roast pork to supplement their rations?

It's because the fleeing Ukrainian soldiers often are forced to abandon their unburied dead. Sometimes the hogs get there before the Russians do.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 12:14 AM (UJD2L)

378 Two keys to Brucie. One is that he was ALWAYS mostly out to get rich. He relentlessly changed his approach til he had the right thing at the right time with "Born In The USA" and hit the jackpot. Second is that he was "educated" by lefty rock journalists in the early 70s and fell for it hook line and sinker. Because his early idea for getting rich was to be the hardest working most dramatic old school bar band in the world he had a pretty kicking live shtick in the 70s and so developed a big cult plus the critics hyped him because he was a lefty.

Posted by: azjaeger at June 15, 2025 12:16 AM (3/XaG)

379 Anti-abortionist murders pro-choice MN. state legislator and her husband wounds state senator. Walz should round up all anti-abortionists in the state as a threat to public safety.

Posted by: raimondo at June 15, 2025 12:16 AM (5VJeo)

380 Raimondo goes with fantasy ignoring that the shooter was a Walz associate.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 15, 2025 12:17 AM (lUFok)

381 >>Oh, and I have two sprouted peach seedlings. I have no idea what they are but I may have fruit from them soon.

Kindltot, that reminds me of something from years ago.

BF (at the time) came home from the job with a shovelful of dirt that had 2 tree sprouts in it. He was *so* excited, saying "Look! Look, I got you these 2 baby peach trees! They were growing under our client's peach tree and he said I could dig them up." And so we potted them. (Had just bought a house, so wasn't sure where they should go.) He LOVED peaches!

Anyway, I took good care of them even after BF passed away. It would've broken his heart to find out that they were cherry trees after all.

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

382 368 polynikes think I mentioned a while back that Mike Rowe ("Dirty Jobs") did an online clip of how he was contacted by an industry association asking if he could help find about 5K (? something like that) machinists. Outfits building the subs were behind the inquiry. His answer: nope.

There will be a scramble to restore shipbuilding and the short-term expedient will be help from South Korea and possibly Japan. Sort of poetic when looked at in a 70-year perspective, but anyway.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (1m82a)
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Try South Africa, many competent people there, not just farmers.

Posted by: Ciampino - need more puns? at June 15, 2025 12:17 AM (sPQoU)

383 Our Teddy Ruxpin got its cassette tape updated

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:17 AM (cnfpB)

384 The shipbuilding disaster is across the board. Not just a vanished/degraded (quality) industrial base. NAVSEA is an historic trainwreck. A long way to recovery on this front.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (1m82a)

385 The Parade was great.
Mrs D said something I had not considered. This was America's first big parade since 1991. Half of America has never seen a parade like this. It gave them an opportunity to experience it, to see that it's ok to be proud of our Army, and to proud of America. This is a good feeling.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (W/lyH)

386 Whenever the Russian troops encounter a feral hog in Ukraine, they do their best to shoot it, then let it lie.

Why, you may ask, do the Russians pass up the chance for some yummy roast pork to supplement their rations?

It's because the fleeing Ukrainian soldiers often are forced to abandon their unburied dead. Sometimes the hogs get there before the Russians do.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Ahhh.
Probably ridden Uke parasites.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (/lPRQ)

387 Thanks for bringing us the talking points, Rainman. Intrepid DU liaison hasn't been here tonight.

Posted by: mikeski at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (DgGvY)

388 Posted by: raimondo at June 15, 2025 12:16 AM (5VJeo)

Keep wishing retardant. That was blue on blue murder. You commies always end up killing each other.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (VofaG)

389 Blanco Basura

That is the narrative the media is pushing. He had a hit list.

So is he room temperature or is he still alive?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:19 AM (cnfpB)

390 Need a nap. BBL.

Posted by: Ciampino - need more puns? at June 15, 2025 12:20 AM (sPQoU)

391 363 Somehow caught a Bret Baier clip online, he had sensible comment on the parade. He noted it was a spectacular recruiting and marketing event, and whatever the cost far less expensive than the $2B he said is spent annually on recruiting.
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Posted by: rhomboid
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Slipped his mind that Trump is paying for it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 12:21 AM (6dYPy)

392
Diogenes,

Hubby and I had an awesome time watching the parade.
He teared up because he wishes he wasn't old now because he would love to be back in the Army.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:21 AM (3ek7K)

393 Posted by: azjaeger at June 15, 2025 12:16 AM (3/XaG)

Born in the USA is a hate song. He got lucky people just paid attention to the title.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:22 AM (VofaG)

394 ---
Whoa. We do have some standards, you know.
Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (ZOv7s)

Can't you just find a really big wood chipper???
Posted by: starving wild pigs at June 15, 2025 12:03 AM (ULPxl)

*****************

You're starving and these kind humans are offering you up some food. Be thankful and feast until you're full.

Besides, wood chippers are messy and we have a reputation of cleaning up every last scrap.

Posted by: Porkus, the D&D Pig God at June 15, 2025 12:22 AM (026f8)

395 Diogenes I was at the 1991 parade. Beautiful day/evening, no summer horror yet. Parade was great. Fireworks were too - first time I saw "shaped" fireworks (purple hearts, yellow ribbons). Has a great vantage point.

And I still distinctly remember several acquaintances/friends at the time, their visceral disdain and annoyance at it all. Just ignorant narrow-minded historically illiterate unworldly "educated" people. The kind dragging the country down in every way for decades.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:23 AM (1m82a)

396 raimondo farted
raimondo farted in here

Posted by: gKWVE at June 15, 2025 12:23 AM (gKWVE)

397 Impressive, particularly the waste-disposal. How did you get everything clean at the outset?
Posted by: Ciampino - need --- invention at June 15, 2025 12:00 AM (sPQoU)

It is a one HP Insinkerator that I bought brand new, and I run gallons of water through it afterwards to clean it. It has only ever had fruit through it, and it gets tenderly stored away at the end of each season

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (D7oie)

398 Oyasumi

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (cnfpB)

399 Baier's comment was entirely positive, the bit about cost was offered in response to criticism (idiotic) of cost.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (1m82a)

400 Somali Institute of Chinese Studies
@Somali_ICS
36m
Netanyahu is no more! His days of unchecked power are finished. His days of running #TelAviv are done. He is not coming back from Cyprus. His own cabinet won't let him. His own settlers won't let him. The rules-based order system won't. A little face saving, maybe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (6dYPy)

Man, when I want accurate news, the Somali Institute of Chinese Studies is my go-to source!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (on8Xq)

401 So is he room temperature or is he still alive?

He's a liability to them now. If he's not rapidly cooling under six inches of dirt already he will be soon.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (lUFok)

402 Hubby and I had an awesome time watching the parade.
He teared up because he wishes he wasn't old now because he would love to be back in the Army.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:21 AM (3ek7K)

Heh. I had to tell Mrs D we needed to dust here a couple of times.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:25 AM (W/lyH)

403
Somalis and Chinese. At first I thought what a strange connection then I realized both groups want the same thing, which is to destroy our Country.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:25 AM (3ek7K)

404 Keep wishing retardant. That was blue on blue murder. You commies always end up killing each other.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (VofaG)

Assassin's still on the run. Maybe he'll find raimondo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:26 AM (on8Xq)

405 Diogenes yesterday was at my brick & mortar and tried a Black Label Trading Last Rites (lancero, not common for me but the clerk reco'd that vitola). Was quite nice, might be in a review.

Miramar's been very active lately. Shop is close to the base and the F-35s swing around just north doing touch n' gos. Suckas are very noisy (compared to F-18s). I was sitting outside on their porch trying to hear a news channel's audio (war news) and could only do so intermittently.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:27 AM (1m82a)

406 I got a bunch of cool 4K footage from the USS North Carolina, too. At some point I'll cut it together.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 15, 2025 12:28 AM (BI5O2)

407 161 Have they caught the Minnesota assassin yet?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (uef1E)

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Tim Walz isn't done blowing him yet

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 15, 2025 12:28 AM (Ux3xW)

408 373 exdem13

MomoCon shared the convention center with a robotics con this year.
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See anything cool?

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:29 AM (XjTSo)

409 I think the Gama Goats proved to be troublesome in the field.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:30 AM (on8Xq)

410
And I still distinctly remember several acquaintances/friends at the time, their visceral disdain and annoyance at it all. Just ignorant narrow-minded historically illiterate unworldly "educated" people. The kind dragging the country down in every way for decades.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:23 AM (1m82a)

Yeah. Met a few of those folks myself over the years. Best counter is to live well and laufrh at them.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:31 AM (W/lyH)

411 I think the Navy should expand the Seabees and open up a huge welding and machinist training center. Bonus for picking that MOS.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:32 AM (VofaG)

412 There's nothing like the modern battleships. Like my M1s but on a massive scale, industrial art. Visited the North Carolina years ago, it was great. Was lucky to be aboard the Iowa when she was still in service. I believe the New Jersey has a deal where they fire some of the 5-inch mounts with blanks, once a year, for a donation.

Was aboard the New Jersey when she was brought out for Vietnam. Open house here at North Island. I recall I was the same height as the display 16-in projectile they had on the deck, which gives an idea of my age. I remember the teak decks were among the things that most hit me as a kid.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:33 AM (1m82a)

413
polynikes,

That is a great idea.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:34 AM (3ek7K)

414 Sorry I'm late.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:34 AM (XTfpx)

415
Are you okay though??

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:34 AM (3ek7K)

416 There are probably a few thousand retired welders that could be persuaded to come out of retirement for a year or two to train welding instructors. For both the military and civvie contractors. Give a tax-free income deal for the national emergency.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:35 AM (on8Xq)

417 Now time for a night cap

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:36 AM (+qU29)

418
Man, when I want accurate news, the Somali Institute of Chinese Studies is my go-to source!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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They are a straight up Chinese propaganda op.
http://tiny.cc/pwym001

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 12:36 AM (XeU6L)

419
AOP,

Another great idea.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (3ek7K)

420 rhomboid
Sounds like a good smoke to enjoy along with one of the sounds of freedom...albeit some noisy bastards.
I've not picked out a stick for tomorrow yet. I need to rummage through the humidor and see what's in there. I think there is a Partagas Series D in there somewhere...

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (W/lyH)

421 Biden's Dog, how go the wars (the rare case where I can use that expression literally!)?

Actually following pretty closely. Losses, but seems to be going well. I know more than I want the world to know about operations in Iran, but unavoidable I suppose.

I do think Israeli officials should stop teasing that Iran is facing, to use the mullah's stupid tired formulation, "the gates of hell" in response to missile attacks on Israel. Just do your worst, you should anyway, it's all about neutralizing the threat and hoping for regime change before it can be restored.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (1m82a)

422 where's the Salami Institute of Cheese Studies? I want a sandwich

Posted by: gKWVE at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (gKWVE)

423 Miramar's been very active lately. Shop is close to the base and the F-35s swing around just north doing touch n' gos. Suckas are very noisy (compared to F-18s). I was sitting outside on their porch trying to hear a news channel's audio (war news) and could only do so intermittently.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:27 AM (1m82a)

Have the F-35s been battle tested yet? By us or any other country that flies them?

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (VofaG)

424 The flag up top is a bit distressed.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:38 AM (bss/y)

425 Diogenes-

check your e-mail

Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 12:39 AM (/iMjX)

426 AOP, great idea. They just swore in 4 tech execs as reserve LtCols in the Air Force, echoing a common practice in WWII.

Ramping up a technical skills training effort on an emergency basis seems like a no-brainer. It's been done before, sort of a similar effort, through major contractors, who already have a cadre of experienced people.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (1m82a)

427 Are you okay though??

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:34 AM (3ek7K)
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Sleep deprived 2 days now. Yesterday made up for it with a 2 hour afternoon sleep but my head feels like mush again. 7:40AM now. I'm usually here around 1.5 hours earlier.

All's well with us personally. One hit over the last few days in central Israel was too close to one of our pup's family. All were properly sheltered.

A little on topic, by koinkadinky, I opened a new bottle of Buffalo Trace just yesterday.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (XTfpx)

428
I got a bunch of cool 4K footage from the USS North Carolina, too. At some point I'll cut it together.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Do they allow people into the engine room?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (63Dwl)

429 There are probably a few thousand retired welders that could be persuaded to come out of retirement for a year or two to train welding instructors. For both the military and civvie contractors. Give a tax-free income deal for the national emergency.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:35 AM (on8Xq)

We need my trade schools to replace a lot of high schools idea so we can implement your idea.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:41 AM (VofaG)

430 polynikes yes. In Israeli service, naturally. Both against Yemen and I'm fairly certain now Iran as well. Plus Gaza and Lebanon.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:41 AM (1m82a)

431 I do think Israeli officials should stop teasing that Iran is facing, to use the mullah's stupid tired formulation, "the gates of hell" in response to missile attacks on Israel. Just do your worst, you should anyway, it's all about neutralizing the threat and hoping for regime change before it can be restored.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (1m82a)
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Why would I disagree?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:42 AM (XTfpx)

432 Biden's Dog everything good so far for you?

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:43 AM (+qU29)

433 Bertram IIRC no (on the North Carolina). Haven't yet been on the Iowas, as museums. Went to a naval history conference on the Midway a few months ago, they've been opening new parts of the ship for years. Didn't have time to actually tour the ship so not sure about engine rooms.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:43 AM (1m82a)

434 Muldoon,

A reply is sent
It may answer the question
Or perhaps it won't.

Haiku is easier than limericks.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:45 AM (W/lyH)

435
Have the F-35s been battle tested yet? By us or any other country that flies them?
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (VofaG)

They are extremely effective in the current operation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:46 AM (e15Ap)

436 polynikes yes. In Israeli service, naturally. Both against Yemen and I'm fairly certain now Iran as well. Plus Gaza and Lebanon.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:41 AM (1m82a)

I still can’t believe we stopped making F-22s and destroyed the production machinery.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:46 AM (VofaG)

437 Just the other night I was re-watching Aman Hambleton's chessboxing match from 2022. So much fun!

Posted by: pjungwir at June 15, 2025 12:46 AM (q4wrI)

438
Good evening, all. I find it rather surprising that Boelter hasn't been found yet, dead or alive.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (wbZPZ)

439 Not familiar with the granular detail enough to see whether there is a particularly "political" pattern to Israeli infrastructure strikes so far, to enhance chances of popular unrest. Fuel facilities near Tehran, hit pretty hard, those gas lines are going to get worse or maybe disappear altogether. Drone hit on a gas field - seems demonstrative ("do you really want some a this?").

Electrical grid in Iran is s**t and unstable already, taking it out would be child's play (soft kills, or control rooms, for easier restoration post-festivities).

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (1m82a)

440 I checked out the June 8 ONT (which I missed at the time) to see the history of the bathing suit, specifically the bikini.

I recall reading "Hotel" by Arthur Hailey (an author whose specialty was fictional books featuring how insiders deal with disasters, like "Airport" in case you're younger than 29). "Hotel" featured a young psycho who burns the hotel down.

Anyway, he's at this resort or whatever, and he sees that his mother shaves her pubes so she'll look like a child down there and it's portrayed as sick.

Frankly, it is kinda sick IMHO. Not that I judge anyone nowadays.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (w6EFb)

441 Trying 10mg Melatonin and a couple fingers of scotch here

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (+qU29)

442 It’s like if Britain had the F-86 in 1939 and said you know what? The F-86 is too expensive so we’ll just go with the spitfire for now.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (VofaG)

443 I still can’t believe we stopped making F-22s and destroyed the production machinery.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:46 AM (VofaG)

Well, I mean, why would we need the tooling for the best, most effective and dominant air to air fighter ever made?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (bss/y)

444 A little on topic, by koinkadinky, I opened a new bottle of Buffalo Trace just yesterday.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (XTfpx)

How ironic!
So did I!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (W/lyH)

445 Version of that joke I heard…

There’s a need to build a 1 mile road in DC and the guy in charge of that is taking bids. Contractor from Mississippi bids $1M. DC thinks well that’s reasonable. Then a contractor from California bids $2M. DC guy thinks well that’s more expansive but maybe he’s more experienced. Finally a contractor from Chicago bids $5M. Guy in charge is incredulous. How can you be so much more expensive.

Chicago guy says, here’s how it works. You hire me for $5M. I hire Mississippi guy for $1M and we split the $4M profit.

Deal, says DC guy.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (/CkK4)

446 "I still can’t believe we stopped making F-22s and destroyed the production machinery."

It's on the very long list of things I still cannot believe actually happened.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (1m82a)

447 Biden's Dog everything good so far for you?

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:43 AM (+qU29)
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See previous comment. For me, OK. Invited pups to move in with us.

Right now, drones have been heading in up north for about the last hour. But those are relatively easy to handle.

Seems like there are people missing, trapped or buried in one hit area in central Israel from last night.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:50 AM (XTfpx)

448
Miley,

It's okay to judge people, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:50 AM (3ek7K)

449 Biden’s Dog!
Good to hear from you! I’d send you a half dozen bottles of Buffalo Trace given half a chance!

You have done a lot for friends of the horde. And I thank you for it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:51 AM (mT+6a)

450 Good evening, all. I find it rather surprising that Boelter hasn't been found yet, dead or alive.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (wbZPZ)

Well, seems like he fled on foot from the murder scene, after a shootout with the cops. Either he had a confederate with another car waiting to pick him up, or he carjacked some poor bastard who is now dead, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:51 AM (on8Xq)

451 A little on topic, by koinkadinky, I opened a new bottle of Buffalo Trace just yesterday.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (XTfpx)
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How ~~ironic~~ moronic!
So did I!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (W/lyH)
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FIFY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:53 AM (XTfpx)

452 I found it interesting that three 80 year old airplanes could do a fly over but the F-22s were scrubbed.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:54 AM (W/lyH)

453 Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (mT+6a

I am jealous of your steps, and especially your weather. My dew point and humidity are almost 20 degrees higher than your air temps!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 12:54 AM (Ezs10)

454 I’d send you a half dozen bottles of Buffalo Trace given half a chance!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:51 AM (mT+6a)

/autodialing SAC red phone number

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (XTfpx)

455 The Mullah’s government is extremely unstable now with all of the high end losses. Their truly is a strong chance that it could fall.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (e15Ap)

456 How ironic moronic!
So did I!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (W/lyH)
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FIFY
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:53 AM (XTfpx)
***

*lifts glass*
Clunk!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (W/lyH)

457 I found it interesting that three 80 year old airplanes could do a fly over but the F-22s were scrubbed.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:54 AM (W/lyH)

They were scheduled?

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (VofaG)

458 Pogo gets a dinner plate to lick.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (on8Xq)

459 If had to guess, Boehner will be found dead, self Inflicted. If only to help the Democrats Propaganda Ministry to continue it was a Right Wing hit squad

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:56 AM (+qU29)

460 You have done a lot for friends of the horde. And I thank you for it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:51 AM (mT+6a)
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Sigh. Everyone should be and get well.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:57 AM (XTfpx)

461
They were canceled because thunderstorms were expected.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:57 AM (3ek7K)

462 461
They were canceled because thunderstorms were expected.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:57 AM (3ek7K)

Don't want to take a chance of damaging one. They aren't making more.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:58 AM (bss/y)

463 a couple fingers of scotch

*********

Horizontall or vertical?

Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 12:58 AM (/iMjX)

464 Horizontal, and could go foe a couple more

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:59 AM (+qU29)

465 The hardest thing about building this iOS app is getting the sound effects right, most of the stock sound effects suck and I don’t really want to fiddle with a DAW to get the stock effects to sound right.

Might just record the effects I need, make get have to pick up a 4 track recorder, like a Tascam DR something or another.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (XV/Pl)

466 Must start my day. 8AM and late.

l8r

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (XTfpx)

467 457 I found it interesting that three 80 year old airplanes could do a fly over but the F-22s were scrubbed.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:54 AM (W/lyH)

They were scheduled?
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The Kid would gladly skip a parade flyby if he finally got a real chance to make an intercept!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (XjTSo)

468
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (XV/Pl)

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Whoa, what kind of app you building?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (wbZPZ)

469 Born in the USA is a hate song. He got lucky people just paid attention to the title.

Probably realized an anti-American album wouldn't sell huge in 1984 so calculated with the flag and jeans cover most people wouldn't listen closely to the lyrics and the lyrics would make the lefty critics happy and he would still get the $$$$$$. After the touring for the album was over he basically told his long term loyal band they were on their own and completely changed the sound.

Posted by: azjaeger at June 15, 2025 01:04 AM (3/XaG)

470 Thank you for the ONT.

Great News! My 2 stoplight has a McDonalds! My late Mother and I were so excited. We didn't eat fast food much but would end up driving to the next towns and cities for Arbys or A&W.

Tough day. My friend went at 10pm to get me a 6 pack, Big Mac, fries and chicken nuggets. I am a good friend too. Brought him to a nearby city to pick up a rental car. Bringing him back Monday. We have all been amazing friends to each other in horrible times.

My living situation has been jacked around by my brother for 5 months since Mom died. I never wanted more than 50% despite taking care of them for years into their 80's and 90's.

I figured he'd give me a year to get my caregiver life together. Nope. Twice he cancelled my living situation and threatened to sue me out of the house. I only took care of our elderly parents for 14 years. Classy.

Ben Had in another thread had it right. He feels guilty on some level.

But he came to pick something up today. We were supposed to be done. I let him in the house, still partly in his name, let him grab his crap and spend time crying in Mom's room I went for a walk.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:05 AM (jvJvP)

471 Haiku is easier than limericks.
Posted by: Diogenes

Emerald Isle verse
always ribald and funny
Japanese don't rhyme

Posted by: mikeski at June 15, 2025 01:06 AM (DgGvY)

472 441 Skip, I've heard that you should never take melatonin, because it screws up your natural pineal regulation of your sleep cycle.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

473 a couple fingers of scotch
*********
Horizontall or vertical?
Posted by: muldoon

Vertical makes you horizontal, while horizontal might leave you vertical.

Posted by: mikeski at June 15, 2025 01:07 AM (DgGvY)

474 @446

>>"I still can’t believe we stopped making F-22s and destroyed the production machinery."

It’s of a piece with, I can’t believe we left 100B dollars worth of military equipment in Afghanistan.

Destroying the machinery means the government will have to fork out the dough for new designs which means new machinery and processes and cash to make it all happen.

As someone opined, it’s not that there is corruption in the system, the system is corruption.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:07 AM (XV/Pl)

475
I've heard that you should never take melatonin

I could eat a whole bottle of that stuff and it won't even make me yawn.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:09 AM (63Dwl)

476 455 The Mullah’s government is extremely unstable now with all of the high end losses. Their truly is a strong chance that it could fall.

And throw in the fact that the "evil Jews" are tearing them up at will AND at least as we know so far not wiping out many "normal" Iranians the mullahs probably aren't looking too good

Posted by: azjaeger at June 15, 2025 01:10 AM (3/XaG)

477 @468

>>Whoa, what kind of app you building?

The main thing I am writing is an ERP application, that’s about a year off before I will have an mvp candidate.

As I am learning and building different aspects of it, it’s spinning of test projects that I’m turning into utility apps that I intend to put on the App Store to get my feet wet in publishing apps.

I do not expect to make a dime, maybe a nickel off of these apps. Making money is not the point right now, just getting the experience.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:13 AM (XV/Pl)

478
WHAT?

"Service Temporarily Down due to global outage from Google and Cloudflare."

Interesting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:14 AM (wbZPZ)

479 Yeah, I do hear bad , ok just not great things.
I am still in the experiment process with it.

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:16 AM (+qU29)

480
MeTV is running the very first episode of "Lost in Space" now. Dr. Smith started out as more evil character than the comical one he became later on.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

481
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:13 AM (XV/Pl)

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FASSScinating. May I ask, what is the need for sophisticated audio?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:20 AM (wbZPZ)

482 He was supposed to be there for 5 minutes. Unannounced. After tossing my living situation up for 5 months. Twice cancelling on the last day. And I gave him extra time.

I came in and called for him. No answer. Went upstairs. Not there.

I actually hoped in my heart that he tried to teach me a lesson and hung himself in the basement. No such luck. I started going downstairs and he was coming up.

He told me have a good life in a bitchy way. I told him the truth which I was going to take to my grave not to hurt him. But I didn't imagine him being like this. Mom and Dad would both be so disappointed in him.

But Mom pretty much stopped talking on Monday. She dropped fast. People who were talking to her on Friday were coming into the room shocked she was almost gone.

But on Wednesday, one of Mom's friends came into the palliative care room. I was leaving to give them time together. Mom called out my name over and over.

I told that to Steve. I have no regrets. Dad and I were great. Mom and I were amazing. We told each other to have a good life. He cracked saying he never wanted to hurt me.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:21 AM (jvJvP)

483 I am off to sleep, Horde, been lurking around for a while. It would be nice to see the sun tomorrow.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 15, 2025 01:22 AM (0nHVk)

484 MeTV is running the very first episode of "Lost in Space" now. Dr. Smith started out as more evil character than the comical one he became later on.
Posted by: publius
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Danger, Will Robinson!

Posted by: Robbie at June 15, 2025 01:23 AM (XeU6L)

485 The Major should have somehow left Dr Smith on the first planet they could.

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:25 AM (+qU29)

486 Muldoon, more information sent.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 01:25 AM (W/lyH)

487
Well, I can't get MeTV, but I do have Hulu and now I've turned on Episode 1 of Lost in Space. lol the supertitle says October 1997.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:27 AM (wbZPZ)

488 Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:21 AM (jvJvP)

I think this exchange did you both good. If you can salvage a relationship, great. But don't feel guilty if you can't, or don't care to.

Don't hang on to bitterness or anger, but don't let guilt overrule your instincts about what is best for your mental health.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:27 AM (Ezs10)

489 I was on a work trip and got a tour of a rum distillery in the Carribean. As we went through their warehouse, I saw a large number of barrels labeled Jim Beam. The owner of the distillery explained that the barrels could be used only once for Bourbon but they could be reused to age their Rum. Recycling, in a way.

Given the number of different rum labels I saw on that tour, there is likely ZERO difference between brands of rum.

Posted by: JB1000 at June 15, 2025 01:27 AM (+i0FF)

490 Turning this off
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:30 AM (+qU29)

491
Good lord, DOCTOR MAUREEN ROBINSON, they're both astrophysicists and they still raised that utterly stupid girl "Penny" with her dog's name. IQ 147? She never used it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:32 AM (wbZPZ)

492 Good job asshole.

If things work out, it'll cost me about $55,000 to stay in the house for 2 years while I get my life together.

Caregiving sucks.

His car was in the driveway then the street for about 10 minutes. I think my brother was simulating human emotion.

Finally left. He has a cunt wife which I was apparently always correct about. His kids are good but they all LOATHE me, so I no longer have any immediate family.

But the cat Snowflake stolen in May is back! So Mom gone in January, Uncle Leonard in February, hard drive and Microsoft account in March, Trumpy stolen in April, Snowflake stolen in May and I lost the rest of my family this month. But Snowflake is back.

And I have friends I am determined to take care of.

And a few beers and classic 'Twilight Zone' episodes on.

And the cat and dog inside.

Tomorrow is a rest day. We have a rental to return on Monday.

Good night all.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:34 AM (jvJvP)

493 Good lord, DOCTOR MAUREEN ROBINSON, they're both astrophysicists and they still raised that utterly stupid girl "Penny" with her dog's name. IQ 147? She never used it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:32 AM (wbZPZ)

Clearly adopted...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 15, 2025 01:35 AM (bA75n)

494 368 polynikes think I mentioned a while back that Mike Rowe ("Dirty Jobs") did an online clip of how he was contacted by an industry association asking if he could help find about 5K (? something like that) machinists. Outfits building the subs were behind the inquiry. His answer: nope.
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I saw an interview with him somewhere- maybe on Bannon? Where he said "Sure, I know where they are-they are all in 8th grade. So figure out how to get them". Seems true. I've spent a lot of time around the gulf coast this year and there are billboards everywhere about shipbuilding companies hiring. If I was in my 20s again I'd do that in an instant.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 15, 2025 01:41 AM (BZ0MM)

495 {{{Stateless}}}

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

496 I think this exchange did you both good. If you can salvage a relationship, great. But don't feel guilty if you can't, or don't care to.

Don't hang on to bitterness or anger, but don't let guilt overrule your instincts about what is best for your mental health.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:27 AM (Ezs10)

Thanks. I'm good.

I think others, Ben Had?, on another thread called it right. My mother had 4 brothers. That I like and care about! One is a Marine still working in his mid 80s, one in the Army and my favorite because he is pissed off as most of us---- he jokes---I think Coast Guard.

And then we had my Uncle Pete. Polio as a kid. Always walked with a cane. Worked as an orderly in a hospital at a job he loathed. And took care of Grandpa when he was dying of lung cancer and Bousha...Grandma...in her old age too.

Dude was Batman. FREAKING SERIOUSLY. BATMAN.

But I have never heard any of my uncles express any appreciation for him.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:49 AM (jvJvP)

497
Billy Mummy is the one I find really annoying.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 01:51 AM (w6EFb)

498 People who have never been caregivers, have no freaking clue what it's like. (maybe a few exceptions, but...) It's generally a thankless job.

Bless you for being there for your parents, Stateless.

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

499
Clearly adopted...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

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Will Robinson is a pro-Wesley Crusher. As I recall, there's an early episode where the robot is on some deadly mission and Will distracts it by challenging it to a game of 3-D chess.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:52 AM (wbZPZ)

500 480
MeTV is running the very first episode of "Lost in Space" now. Dr. Smith started out as more evil character than the comical one he became later on.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 01:16 AM (w6EFb

More child rapey in episode 1?

"Danger Will Robinson! Danger!"

Penny was my first crush......
Btw

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:53 AM (jvJvP)

501 pro-Wesley Crusher

*proto-Wesley Crusher

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:54 AM (wbZPZ)

502 Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:49 AM (jvJvP)

You've got this. Just get to the point where you simply don't care!

I'm so glad Snowflake is back, and that you once again do not have a cat! 😁

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:57 AM (Ezs10)

503 Billy Mummy is the one I find really annoying.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Billy Mummy played "Lennier", a Minbari, in the Babylon 5 TV series.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 15, 2025 01:58 AM (tjZg/)

504 Jeez, it's been a breeze here at the bar tonight-- everybody brought their own!

*pours a double of "brown"*

To Vic. RIP, and thanks for all the news!

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

505 475
I've heard that you should never take melatonin

I could eat a whole bottle of that stuff and it won't even make me yawn.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:09 AM (63Dwl)

I'm really not proud of my sleep routine for the last 8 months or so. Melatonin, Super Sleep .... Costco, zzzQuil, booze and cannibus edibles.

I have 5000 hours of meditation under my belt. Thankfully or I'd be really messed up.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:04 AM (jvJvP)

506
Sci-fi Saturday night on MeTV is basically Irwin Allen appreciation night. Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, and Time Tunnel.

He pioneered the technique used in Star Trek TOS of shaking the camera while having the cast grab on to something and throw themselves back and forth to simulate the ship/submarine/airplane being buffeted. He used that in the "meteor storm" scene here in E1 of Lost in Space.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 02:06 AM (w6EFb)

507 Bless you for being there for your parents, Stateless.

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

It WAS my pleasure.

I am concerned about my immediate future but I have no regrets.

Not too bad.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (jvJvP)

508 It's tough to get to sleep, and tough to wake. I'm leery of taking "sleep meds" whether OTC or Rx.

Generally, I just read until my eyes are tired.

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

509 Happy 250th to the United States Army!

My father, who served for 30 years, would have loved to have seen it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (2Rbgs)

510 508 It's tough to get to sleep, and tough to wake. I'm leery of taking "sleep meds" whether OTC or Rx.

Generally, I just read until my eyes are tired.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (rdVOm

I have to do that too.

Or learn the techniques pilots use to fall asleep at the drop of a Kleenex.

Oh, I am up amd typing so Snowflake is downstairs on her cat bed. And not coming to sleep with me and the dog every 1.5 hours....

Which will make the natural approach a tiny more difficult.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:14 AM (jvJvP)

511 Well, 20 past midnight here. Time for me to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 02:20 AM (on8Xq)

512 Generally, I just read until my eyes are tired.
Posted by: JQ
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In my case, that may go on until it is getting light outside.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 02:23 AM (XeU6L)

513 Cat doesn't stay indoors overnight unless it's below freezing outdoors. LOL.

Now that it's warmer, he stops by for some rubbys during the day, and sleeps in either a patio chair or the large flower pot. Crazy critter.

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

514 You've got this. Just get to the point where you simply don't care!

I'm so glad Snowflake is back, and that you once again do not have a cat! 😁

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:57 AM (Ezs10)

Thanks. I don't give a crap about my brother or his spawn. Or the bitch.

My friends across the street have been more than family for us. Oldest child always would come over and ask "How's Rose?" Tons of art. Lunches! Parades. Concerts!

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:25 AM (jvJvP)

515 Good night, all. My eyes are tired now, haha.

Ice bin is full, mixers are in that cooler to the left of it...

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

516 So, we still have a king? as no King day was a bust?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:27 AM (mP0Kj)

517 509 Happy 250th to the United States Army!

My father, who served for 30 years, would have loved to have seen it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (2Rbgs)

I'm waiting for October 13... which will be the 250 for the US Navy

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:29 AM (mP0Kj)

518 513 Cat doesn't stay indoors overnight unless it's below freezing outdoors. LOL.

Now that it's warmer, he stops by for some rubbys during the day, and sleeps in either a patio chair or the large flower pot. Crazy critter.

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm

I tried keeping Snowflake and Trumpy in through Canadian Winter. One cold for us!!

Minus 17 degrees Celcius and they still wanted outside. That pissed me off. Snowflake seems mostly indoors now.....

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:29 AM (jvJvP)

519 I'm waiting for October 13... which will be the 250 for the US Navy
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:29 AM (mP0Kj

I looked up WW2 Navy stats. Pretty shocking until you realise there was no real retreat options....

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:32 AM (jvJvP)

520
I'm waiting for October 13... which will be the 250 for the US Navy
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:29 AM (mP0Kj)

I’m waiting for September 18, 2197.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:32 AM (2Rbgs)

521 Cat is getting older-- he's 13 now. Comes in to warm up or cool off sometimes. But he's set in his ways.

Don't need to feed him much lately, he's been pigging out on vermin. Good kitty! Hmm. Need to check him for worms, probably.

Ok, really good night now!

Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

522
the "meteor storm" scene here in E1 of Lost in Space.
Posted by: publius

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Gee, if only we'd thought of meteors. Otherwise, the supersophisticated, 40-years-in-the-making Jupiter II wouldn't have been smushed 5 minutes into its 200-year mission.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:40 AM (wbZPZ)

523 516 So, we still have a king? as no King day was a bust?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:27 AM (mP0Kj)

We could call President Trump something else.

I suggest 'Father Trump Protector.' Let heads explode.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:40 AM (jvJvP)

524 The Boss, with his rolled up short sleeves, is a dork. And his music is juvenile.

Baby, we were born to scamper in our mobility scooters!

*ding* *ding* *ding*

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2025 02:41 AM (xIkyh)

525 Summer time head colds suck. I left work earlier than usual due to I have no voice. Well, I have one but it's mostly a croak with an occasional word attached. Throat is very sore, hurts to cough, sinuses are jacked up, and I can't talk very well. Hard to do my job with no voice. Grocery stores in Babylon DC close at 10pm but open at 6am. So, I may go buy some drugs this morning when they open. Or just do it later at a drug store. First World Problem: The 24 hours of LeMans is going on right now. I thought I was recording it. It's not recording. Something to do with the YoutubeTV guide. The name changed on the guide and it didn't record. Either Youtube or the channel (Motortrend) screwed up. I'll just have to wait for LeMans 24 to upload on regular Youtube. (plays sad violin music)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 02:41 AM (sAmhv)

526 sted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 02:41 AM (sAmhv)

For sinuses try a NeilMed nose rinse solution.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:44 AM (jvJvP)

527 Ah, Bruce Springsteen. I used to love his music. I remember, decades ago, I had a friend who was about 10 years older than me. He let young, 21 year old me know that in 15-20 years, I'll be wondering what the big deal about Springsteen was all about. He's mediocre. Well, he was right. Bruce still has some songs I like for purely nostalgia reasons, but Steve was right. Springsteen doesn't pass the test of time.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 02:45 AM (sAmhv)

528 Gee, if only we'd thought of meteors. Otherwise, the supersophisticated, 40-years-in-the-making Jupiter II wouldn't have been smushed 5 minutes into its 200-year mission.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:40 AM (wbZPZ)

Obama once set NASA's priorities as Muslim outreach.

A rocket blew up gloriously.

Mission accomplished.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:47 AM (jvJvP)

529 Now that the Pink Hat Protest, 2025 Edition, is out of the way the Democrat sponsored looting and arson season can begin in earnest. Mama needs a new TV...

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 02:48 AM (NXz8h)

530 Okay.

I'm done.

Thanks for the therapy.

Ralphy, my dog is on the floor. My friends' cat is sleeping in my bed. I'm sleeping in tomorrow. May as well until I know what is happening with the house.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:52 AM (jvJvP)

531 Obama once set NASA's priorities as Muslim outreach.

A rocket blew up gloriously.

Mission accomplished.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:47 AM (jvJvP)

Insh'allah.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 02:53 AM (gKDq2)

532 Springsteen doesn't pass the test of time.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 02:45 AM (sAmhv)

I am getting kick ass returns on all of my Meatloaf CD's...

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:54 AM (jvJvP)

533 Insh'allah.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 02:53 AM (gKDq2)

Which really should make us think.

Savages like this. Maintenance is an issue with them. The library system is lacking books on Victorious Islamic Strategies and Victories.

If we really wanted peacr, it would take what? Three years to completely break them?

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:00 AM (jvJvP)

534
While I enjoy these early "golden age" sci-fi series with their cheesy SFX and "monster of the week" stories and such, it does annoy me how the writers can't even be bothered to get what should be middle-school level understanding of astronomy and space.

For example, tonight, a controller called the White House to report that the Jupiter, due to engaging its "hyperdrive" willy-nilly, was now "out of our galaxy" and hopelessly lost in space. Well, champ, the Galaxy is a big place indeed. It was going to take them 5 years to get to Alpha Centauri, which is relatively near, and nothing compared to the Milky Way Galaxy's diameter.

You can generally substitute "solar system" for their usage of "galaxy". And then, early on, trying to mimic "rocket tech talk" they'd likely heard from real launches of the day, they reported the Jupiter II was a "maximum dynamic pressure". The scene showed the ship well out in space. No, champ writer, max dynamic pressure occurs very low in the atmosphere, where it is still thick. It increases with speed, but decreases with density. The max occurs pretty low.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 03:01 AM (w6EFb)

535 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 03:01 AM (w6EFb)

I remember being in grade 8 and explaining the difference between galaxy and universe to a very smart female classmate.

Not a great way to try to score....

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:05 AM (jvJvP)

536 I just found out what you're all talking about regarding someone named Boelter. WOW!

Found it on BB's Top 20, which today, for some reason, are screen caps instead of embedded X posts:

https://tinyurl.com/bdercdk5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (EKfGo)

537 Insh'allah.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 02:53 AM (gKDq2)
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Which really should make us think.

Savages like this. Maintenance is an issue with them. The library system is lacking books on Victorious Islamic Strategies and Victories.

If we really wanted peacr, it would take what? Three years to completely break them?
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:00 AM (jvJvP)

One, of among many reasons, why Japanese ships fared worse than ours in battle was on-board fire suppression. Our ships were drilled in that, the Japanese not so much. Maintenance plus 'shit happens' drills. I don't see that happening when everything is fate in a god's hands. No resposibility for fallure. No wonder the Dems are in love with muzzie invasions.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)

538 No wonder the Dems are in love with muzzie invasions.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)
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And CHYNEEZ. DataRepublican is right:

https://tinyurl.com/mpashtxc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:15 AM (EKfGo)

539 No wonder the Dems are in love with muzzie invasions.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2

Well 2024 election results didn't have them crying Insh'allah.

Hopefully 2026 and 2028 will be even more painful and make them ask why allah hates them.

It's late. I have a few beers left. I could help the Dems answer why allah hates them now, but let's see if they figure it out.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:16 AM (jvJvP)

540 One, of among many reasons, why Japanese ships fared worse than ours in battle was on-board fire suppression. Our ships were drilled in that, the Japanese not so much. Maintenance plus 'shit happens' drills. I don't see that happening when everything is fate in a god's hands. No resposibility for fallure. No wonder the Dems are in love with muzzie invasions.
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)

US Navy was based on damage control, and fire suppression... which is why things like the LSD burning to the water line? makes us old Salts reallllllyyyy suspicious as to what the hell is going on in the Navy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:17 AM (mP0Kj)

541 Maintenance plus 'shit happens' drills. I don't see that happening when everything is fate in a god's hands. No resposibility for fallure. No wonder the Dems are in love with muzzie invasions.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2

Iran must be an exciting place to live now.

I'm pretty sure they are not up on "shit happens" drills.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:19 AM (jvJvP)

542 Iran must be an exciting place to live now.

I'm pretty sure they are not up on "shit happens" drills.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:19 AM (jvJvP)

Old and busted: May you live in interesting times....
New Hotness: FA FO

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:24 AM (mP0Kj)

543 New Hotness: FA FO
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:24

Biblically....

Good night all.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:28 AM (jvJvP)

544 New Hotness: FA FO

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:24 AM (mP0Kj)
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IDF just issued warnings to Iranians to run away from anything looking like a weapons manufacturing facility.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:33 AM (EKfGo)

545 Biblically....

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:28 AM (jvJvP)
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That would be when all their first borns drop dead at midnight.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:34 AM (EKfGo)

546 Somebody did something in Shiraz:

https://tinyurl.com/5cd286br

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:39 AM (EKfGo)

547 One, of among many reasons, why Japanese ships fared worse than ours in battle was on-board fire suppression. Our ships were drilled in that, the Japanese not so much. Maintenance plus 'shit happens' drills. I don't see that happening when everything is fate in a god's hands. No resposibility for fallure. No wonder the Dems are in love with muzzie invasions.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)

That's really interesting and good to know.
Thank you so much!

Romeo13 too.

I had an uncle by marriage who served in WW2. I think he was on a sub which made me interested in this horrible topic.

You çan't retreat from a sub.
.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:43 AM (jvJvP)

548 That would be when all their first borns drop dead at midnight.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:34 AM (EKfGo)

Insh'allah.

Let's do the first ten, if allah wills it.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:45 AM (jvJvP)

549 To Vic. RIP, and thanks for all the news!
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:58

Seconded JQ. His news was great as were the tales of the neighbor borrowing some brown.

National Bourbon Day, my Dad celebrated that about every day the past few yrs. After the covid shutdown let up he developed a routine of stopping by several establishments in the afternoon and having "just one" before eating supper and heading home.

But since his drink was bourbon on the rocks, light on the ice, his one was more like 3-4 ounces. He was a sociable guy who missed Mom more as time passed it seemed.

Since he died May 29 I've heard from folks I never heard of about how they enjoyed his company and conversation. RIP Dad, you were the easy to talk to guy that you admired your Dad and Uncle Warren for being.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at June 15, 2025 03:46 AM (55Qr6)

550 Romeo13 too.

I had an uncle by marriage who served in WW2. I think he was on a sub which made me interested in this horrible topic.

You çan't retreat from a sub.
.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:43 AM (jvJvP)

Yeah... damage control is something that is practiced literally every day on a ship, with at least part of the crew, even in port.

I was a Damage Control Locker Leader... one of the few who would be in charge of those efforts... note... most of those lockers were NOT controlled by Officers... but Senior NCOS who had years, if not decades of experience.

A College degree in English or History aint gonna mean shit when there is a hole in yer hull...

Navy used to know that... not sure if it still does.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:50 AM (mP0Kj)

551 Since he died May 29 I've heard from folks I never heard of about how they enjoyed his company and conversation. RIP Dad, you were the easy to talk to guy that you admired your Dad and Uncle Warren for being.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at June 15, 2025 03:46 AM (55Qr6

I KNOW that doesn't make everything better, but ir helps a bit.

May 29th? That's so soon. I hope all of you are as well as you can be.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:57 AM (jvJvP)

552 A College degree in English or History aint gonna mean shit when there is a hole in yer hull...

Navy used to know that... not sure if it still does.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:50 AM (mP0Kj)

I so know you would have better solutions than trying to plug the holes with tampons...

You should be a consultant!

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:59 AM (jvJvP)

553 Trying to go to bed soon. Just freaking sleeping Sunday and helping my friend Monday return a rental car.

I lost the rest of my immediate family yesterday. They HATE me though. And I am up a very fluffy cat which I prefer.

We'll see what happens.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:06 AM (jvJvP)

554 I had no idea we even had arctic troops!
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM

We have troops on the moon.

Posted by: Dan Driscoll at June 15, 2025 04:12 AM (szqEY)

555 A College degree in English or History aint gonna mean shit when there is a hole in yer hull...

Navy used to know that... not sure if it still does.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:50 AM (mP0Kj)

I was never in the service, just a Navy brat from Nahfuk. Being on base(s) a lot growing up (indoor swimming, 8-lane bowling, etc.), there were two things I remember. One was the sound of the jets. No matter where you lived in Norfolk, there was the sound of jets overhead, moreso when actually on base. Two was the smell of paint. Somebody was always painting something. A ship's hull in the heat of summer, a handrail in front of a building here, a door on the building over there. The only concession to the heat being the sailors could roll up their light blue denim shirt sleeves. But the painting was constant, along with scraping. Maybe the budget ran out of money for cans of paint.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 04:12 AM (gKDq2)

556 se. Two was the smell of paint. Somebody was always painting something. A ship's hull in the heat of summer, a handrail in front of a building here, a door on the building over there. The only concession to the heat being the sailors could roll up their light blue denim shirt sleeves. But the painting was constant, along with scraping. Maybe the budget ran out of money for cans of paint.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 04:12 AM (gKDq2

That's hilarious.

Not entirely the same, by a mile, but my late Mother was a nun for 14 years in Cleveland. It wasn't constant painting BUT they did constant cleaning.

Mom told me she never touched a Bible.Always cleaning.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:18 AM (jvJvP)

557 Stateless,

Those Navy ships in port, along with anything in the port itself, were painted with a strong-smelling oil based paint. There was a lot of salt water moisture around. The need for scraping and painting was/is constant. At least to keep a ship ship-shape. From some of the pics I've seen of USS Rust Buckets in various ports, it's embarrassing.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 04:26 AM (gKDq2)

558 Those Navy ships in port, along with anything in the port itself, were painted with a strong-smelling oil based paint. There was a lot of salt water moisture around. The need for scraping and painting was/is constant. At least to keep a ship ship-shape. From some of the pics I've seen of USS Rust Buckets in various ports, it's embarrassing.

Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 04:26 AM (gKDq2

Thank you for that. It's interesting information.

I'd think a steel ship wouldn't need such maintenance.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:31 AM (jvJvP)

559 We have a NOOD and you can all get away from my

There's a NOOD!

Thank you all for helping me.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:33 AM (jvJvP)

560 Avoided the nearby big city today due to leftist sheep assembly of "thousands" (per local news) who gathered to bleat out in unison the latest slogan handed down to them. It's a college town so the ignorance is strong.

Posted by: Frankie at June 15, 2025 05:39 AM (+7VKm)

561 Kokomo is the worst Beach Boys song I have ever heard. If there is a worse one, I don't want to hear it. Their version of Rock and Roll Music is also very bad.

Posted by: Don, the Rebel without a Blog at June 15, 2025 06:19 AM (eCR/E)

562 Springsteen sounds like he recorded everything drunk.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (rvwwT)

Worked for me!

Posted by: Foster Brooks at June 15, 2025 08:10 AM (5xuJ/)

563 That's originally an African joke.

An African and an Asian go to college together. Five years later the African visits the Asian in his large, beautiful home with a BMW in the garage.

"My friend, how did you afford this?"

The Asian points in the distance and says, "You see that bridge over there?"

The African says, "Yes."

The Asian smiles, rubs his forefinger and thumbs together and says, "Ten percent."

Five years later the Asian visits the African. He has a palatial estate with a fleet of luxury cars.

"My friend, how did you afford this?"

The African points in the distance and says, "You see that highway over there?"

The Asian says, "No."

The African smiles, rubs his forefinger and thumb together and says, "100 percent."

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (5YmYl)

I Can't Handle It: Re-Examining A Few Good Men and the Writing of Aaron Sorkin [Lex]

A film school professor of mine often asked, “What is a movie you are supposed to like but cannot stand?” His answer: Federico Fellini’s 8 ½. He found the main character Guido execrable, and all of Fellini’s magical realism could not cast a spell to overcome his dislike of the lead.

There are many foreign, art, and independent films I know I am supposed to admire. But let’s face it: you need a lot of patience to watch Tarkovsky or Warhol or Cassavetes or Bresson.

In the Hollywood canon of all-time greats, there are movies I find slow or unengaging (Apocalypse Now, The Apartment), but I still respect them.

But after all these years (I graduated film school in 199, there has been no highly praised movie I could not abide. Until recently.

And that is A Few Good Men.
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Enmity did not come right away. Released in 1991, I do not remember having strong feelings either way about A Few Good Men. Like most, the story intrigued and entertained me.

On the surface, everything about the picture meets the highest standards of film-making. It took me some time, however, to realize the writing does not.

How can I say the writing in A Few Good Men is anything but first class? After all, Hollywood darling Aaron Sorkin penned the screenplay. He is perhaps the best known industry writer since William Goldman.

The characters and dialogue in the movie stand out as some of Hollywood's most memorable, and countless screenwriting programs, seminars, and textbooks hold up the script as something to emulate.

But A Few Good Men is insincere and manipulative.

Strong words I know, but allow me to present my case, your honor.
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The film begins at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where two Marines administer a beating to a fellow Marine, who later dies. We cut from the attack to Washington D.C, where we see a flapping American flag followed by some fascinating rifle exercises—both set against upbeat, martial music. Seems harmless, but there is already mocking of the military underway. A ghastly assault and an immediate cut to the flag coupled with pomp and circumstance.

Walking past the rifle exercises is Lt. Commander Galloway (played by Demi Moore). A JAG lawyer, she wants to defend the two accused Marines and seeks permission from her superiors to be assigned the case.

No doubt the Captain of this unit is a sexist jerk, but when Galloway first walks in and he offers her a seat, she stupidly refuses it. After being treated like a little girl, her superiors assign the case to Lt. Caffey (Tom Cruise), believing she is too inexperienced to be the lead defense counsel.

We meet Caffey at a softball practice. A prosecuting attorney is there to discuss a case because Caffey did not bother to show up at his office. Caffey belittles the prosecutor while simultaneously plea-bargaining and hitting grounders.

Of course, it is more interesting to have this scene play out on a softball field as opposed to a stuffy office, but the opening sequence sets the table for the entire film where everyone treats everyone else contemptuously or dismissively or confrontationally—and almost always without good reason.

This tone is what caused me to turn on the film after repeated viewings. Sorkin has the characters behave the way he wants them to, for his own purposes, not how they should organically be for themselves.

Only someone writing with an agenda would craft characters and dialogue this way. Did Sorkin’s committed leftism perhaps drive him to write an anti-Corps movie? Or maybe he prefers this style and understands glib and confrontational characters will always strike a chord with audiences.

It is not my goal to see into his mind, and there is certainly nothing wrong with an agenda-driven script. I am only stating my reaction to it upon repeated viewings, and I believe it is far overpraised due to its callowness.

I am not going to breakdown the rest of the movie. I am working on the assumption most cinephiles have seen A Few Good Men. But I do not have to describe any more of the film because the important thing to note is its tone, which, to me, comes from a place of cynicism and almost never waivers from this inauthentic posture.

Caffey treats everyone with nauseating ennui. His co-counsel, Lt. Weinberg (Kevin Pollack) is an insouciant wiseass. The two accused men, Corporal Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison) and PFC Downey (James Marshall) are both unbelievably robotic even in the face of the charges against them. Caffey talks down to Dawson and Downey, while they are, respectively, stubborn and moronic.

When we ultimately meet the senior Marine officers at Guantanamo Bay—Lt. Kendrick (Kiefer Sutherland), Lt. Col. Markinson (J.T. Walsh), and of course the infamous Col. Jessup (Jack Nicholson)—who set the crime in motion, there is not even the pretense of depicting them as sane men.

Spoiler alert in case you are one of the few who have not seen the film. The senior officers ordered Dawson and Downey to carry out the assault that led to the death of their fellow Marine. Besides being unrepentant sadists—leaving out Markinson who wants to do the right thing but is too weak to push back—the three officers seem to loathe one another and goad each other with threats and disparagement.

All I have described occurs in the first twenty minutes of the movie, and it does not change for the next two hours.
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Were A Few Good Men a parody or satire, this tenor might be more understandable, but it is a straightly played drama, so its defining quality is sheer manipulation.
What am I talking about? All storytelling is manipulation to a certain degree.

When we watch a movie, we suspend our disbelief that the actors are pretending. We are all open to manipulation as consumers of any story. Yet there is a point at which this deference is beyond rescue.

I have friends who are perfectly happy with even the stupidest iteration of the Fast and Furious characters. Over the course of the franchise, the characters went from street-car mechanics to space shuttle pilots, and that does not seem to bother some.

In A Few Good Men, we are not dealing with an offbeat or even absurdist gestalt where human behavior as we know it might not apply. Instead, the film styles itself as an accurate depiction of the Marine Corps—JAG officers in particular. The technical details are flawless, but the portrayal of the characters and the dialogue undercut any fealty to the milieu.
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If you look at most of Sorkin’s work, this is not an isolated case. From his TV series (The West Wing and The Newsroom), and other films such as The American President –perhaps the most cloying and pretentious in his oeuvre—Sorkin cannot seem to help himself. All of his heroes (and antagonists) are over-stylized to the point where their personas and behavior do not feel authentic to the world they inhabit.

To Sorkin’s credit, he is very crafty about hiding his bias and tactics in A Few Good Men. I think that is why the film does not catch as much flak as it should. Because his sleight-of-hand fools viewers—and I counted myself in this category for a long time. He is distracting you with slick dialogue, oodles of conflict, and plot twists. In this sense, he has done a great job as a writer, but at least I, for one, must reveal the prestidigitation is just that.
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What exactly changed my view of this movie? How did I come to see that A Few Good Men is an unserious fantasy instead of the hard hitting drama most believe it to be?

I do not believe it is my political leanings, which are conservative. A Few Good Men is decidedly anti-Marine Corps, but I greatly admire Full Metal Jacket and Platoon, and those movies are also not kind when it comes to their depiction of the Corps or the armed forces.

However, while these films are unsparing in their criticism of the military, one never gets the feeling the writers, directors, or producers have inserted themselves into the drama. It does not seem to be enough for Sorkin to tell the story of a crime committed in the ranks of the Marine Corps. In A Few Good Men he wants his voice to be part of that story as well, and it just does not wash.

And if it is not politics, I think my beef with the movie is more a personal reckoning with Hollywood. Not only is the industry a system that creates myths on screen but also off it. Hagiography has always been part of the game, but Sorkin and others have been over-hyped to the extent the system cannot admit it has been reckless with its king-making.

This is especially true when a film earns a lot of money or wins awards. Think ‘The New York Times’ winning Pulitzers for reporting on Russian collusion. It would take profound humility to confess to being gullible, or, worse, culpable, so the path of least resistance is to go along with the conventional wisdom that A Few Good Men is a work of brilliance.

Or perhaps I always had these reservations and did not want to be that guy: the one who is hating on everyone else’s darling. But no longer. I am calling A Few Good Men to the stand where I am exposing it for the juvenile piece of work it is.

I am not sure my film professor had quite this length and breadth of explanation in mind when he posed the question about movies you are supposed to like but cannot stand, but I finally, and without hesitation, have been able to submit this one.
What about you? What truth (or movie) can you not handle?

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1 The only thing people remember from A Few Good Men is Nickleson telling the way too goody two shoes Cruise that he has not idea what he is talking about.

Basically, what everyone takes from the movie is the opposite of what Sorkin wanted.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:35 PM (t0Rmr)

2 Actually that could be a whole separate thread topic - movies that lefties wrote that accidentally have a conservative theme or take away - Serenity is another one. Joss Whedon is no conservative and he wrote a profoundly conservative series/movie

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:37 PM (t0Rmr)

3
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has been on. I watched to determine whether my opinion of it may have changed with time.

It hasn't. The longest, zaniest, most unfunny film ever.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:37 PM (QnmlO)

4 A film school professor...
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Now hold on just a second...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (RIvkX)

5
Actually that could be a whole separate thread topic - movies that lefties wrote that accidentally have a conservative theme or take away

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The Young Pope. Pius XIII, hell yeah! The guy we need!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (QnmlO)

6 Aaron Sorkin himself has apologized for the film, calling it his starter play.

Posted by: MikeN at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (HVZOH)

7 Good evening everyone
Took a Couple times watching AFGM before realy thought it was a good movie

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (tl5zd)

8 2...as we all know most Lefties are conservatives in their personal lives. Not one person in Hollywood screaming about ICE is going to give a spare bedroom (in mansions mind you) to an illegal alien.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (y4H1r)

9 I was never confused or fooled by 'A Few Good Men'. It is clearly anti-military, it hates the very real rough men...some of whom are indeed assholes, I've met more than a few I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire...that are required to win wars and kill bad guys.

The sole saving grace of the film is Col. Jessup's speech, which is one huge truth bomb. So big, so powerful, that it drags the evil, manipulative movie across the finish line and makes it memorable.

Fuck Aaron Sorkin.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 07:41 PM (xcxpd)

10 I've never watched "A Few Good Men" all the way through (or even much beyond the opening), but I think I know what you're talking about. Feeling a bit too slick for its own good.

My choice for "everyone likes it but I don't" would be Saving Private Ryan. Yes, yes, I know, the opening scene at Omaha Beach is epic, but I don't like any of the movie beyond that. As soon as they've secured the beach, I change the channel.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 07:42 PM (jGGMD)

11 Deeper than my take on A Few Good Men, which is similar but shallow. Almost everyone is an ahole in one way or another to everyone else almost all the time. I don't want to watch a movie where I dislike all the major characters on a personal level so all I can root for is something abstract. In A Few Good Men that is for justice to be served. That's not enough when the characters trying to serve justice are so off-putting. I almost want to root for Tom Cruise to lose because his character is such a jerk, but then Jack Nicholson is a psycho. A story like this shouldn't leave you with the choice of rooting for a jerk or a pyscho.

Posted by: deepelemblues at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (z9n5F)

12 I find that a lot of Conservatives might not agree with what Jessup did but understand and if forced to choose who to support between the Cruise's character and Jessup most would choose Jessup. But to your main points I agree. I have only watched the movie once to get that take.

One movie I need to watch again is Baby Blue Marine with Jan Michael Vincent I watched as a kid. Only thing I remember is him being punished and forced to hold two full buckets with extended arms to his side. He was able to do it by meditating and thinking of something else.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (VofaG)

13 9...I wouldn't say I was ever fooled by its bias against the Marine Corps. That much is obvious, but I never really thought about the tone and how unserious the characters are. If you are going to make an anti-Corps movie do it with a little more maturity. FMJ is decidedly anti-Corps but it treats its grotesque characters with some respect. AFGM does not.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (y4H1r)

14 Everyone likes Titanic I was loudly rooting for the iceberg.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

15 Yes, it sucked. I thought so on first viewing; bad lawyering REALLY irks me and every character was despicable. Tom Cruise was an insufferable blowhard. Demi Moore was a self-righteous feminist twit. Kevin Pollack was furniture and the accused Marines had a combined IQ of 90. I watched the movie again about 15 years later and thought I had been too kind. It's really, really bad. I'm surprised "Hollywood" thinks it's a classic.

Posted by: LASue at June 14, 2025 07:46 PM (lCppi)

16 A story like this shouldn't leave you with the choice of rooting for a jerk or a pyscho.
Posted by: deepelemblues at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (z9n5F)
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I rooted for the psycho in Full Metal Jacket

Psychos and icebergs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:47 PM (RIvkX)

17 I’m in the middle of watching Blackhawk Down and find it to be ok.

Posted by: Jack Squat. Bupkis at June 14, 2025 07:47 PM (dQfJF)

18 I hated A Few Good Men. Garbage.

A more succinct critique.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 07:47 PM (0aYVJ)

19 One movie I need to watch again is Baby Blue Marine with Jan Michael Vincent I watched as a kid. Only thing I remember is him being punished and forced to hold two full buckets with extended arms to his side. He was able to do it by meditating and thinking of something else.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (VofaG)

I remember that punishment, too, but mostly that Jan-Michael Vincent was extremely cute. But his adult years were pretty sad.

Posted by: LASue at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (lCppi)

20 10...I agree on Saving Private Ryan. I hadn't seen it in many years and watched again. After the Omaha Beach scenes, it gets a little dumb. The soldiers disobey Hanks for some reason in a French village and get killed. I didn't remember that and upon watching it again was like what????

Movies can look great but be awful. In fact, most are. Saving Private Ryan might be another one where the action and technical details are spot on but the script lacking.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (y4H1r)

21 14. Titanic got James Cameron awards he more richly deserved for The Terminator. I'll take the love story of Reese and Sarah Connor over Jack and Rose any day.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:49 PM (y4H1r)

22 Ever here of captain Dreyfus? Battle of Algiers the people act the way they should.

Posted by: raimondo at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (krmyC)

23 A nice post, Lex. I've only seen the movie once. Yeah, I understand Cruise is supposed to be some hero, but although a bad guy, Jessup is the one who keeps people safe, not the cocky Caffey.

It seems Cruise's portrayal of JAG is the first step in the (cover your eyes, ladies) pussification of the armed forces. This led directly to the hesitancy to prosecute the war in Iraq and other places. If you have to run to ask permission to eliminate your enemy, you've already lost.

As to your question, the only one I can think of is Unforgiven. Why? Because Munny failed. He turned back into a murderous man. I didn't like the ending. Beautiful film, but I never want to watch it again.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (0eaVi)

24 I find Mel Brooks movies meh. Only one I've watched more than once is Blazing Saddles and it was less funny to me on second viewing. This is definitely a minority view.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)

25 Film school, huh? Well... OK.

I believe A Few Good Men was a play before it was a movie. Don't know how similar or dissimilar the two are.

As times passes, I think more and more people appreciate the Jack Nicholson speech, even though they tried hard to make him appear off his rocker..

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 14, 2025 07:51 PM (MZ+PY)

26 OTOH, the AFGM parody on The Ben Stiller Show in the late '80s is a classic. Though Stiller is a leftist twit.

Posted by: Kreskin at June 14, 2025 07:51 PM (zNDRB)

27 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has been on. I watched to determine whether my opinion of it may have changed with time.

It hasn't. The longest, zaniest, most unfunny film ever.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:37 PM (QnmlO)

I think it's just a last gasp for some old time actors getting a last hurrah. I don't hate it, but it's not that good. Too long, as well.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:51 PM (0eaVi)

28 I hated the Titanic too. I thought it was absolutely stupid.

Posted by: Gonzotx at June 14, 2025 07:52 PM (nGraA)

29 I rooted for the iceberg too. I took the under.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 14, 2025 07:52 PM (7leMO)

30 I find Mel Brooks movies meh. Only one I've watched more than once is Blazing Saddles and it was less funny to me on second viewing. This is definitely a minority view.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)

I will never not find Blazing Saddles funny, if only for the line "Acting like a bunch of Kansas City faggots!"

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 07:52 PM (jGGMD)

31 Written by sorkin produced by meathead back when he was useful

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 14, 2025 07:53 PM (bXbFr)

32 Two other movies most think are great that I find just meh.

Field of Dreams
The Big Lebowski

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:53 PM (VofaG)

33 If you have to run to ask permission to eliminate your enemy, you've already lost. /i]

One of the oddest moments of the WoT was the military bringing a medic up on charges when he tried to help a wounded jihadi and said jihadi attacked him with a knife and the medic killed him in the fight.

The government leaned on the other soldiers to roll over on their compatriot and one agreed on the terms that he got a full and complete pardon. Said compatriot then went on to the stand and said that in fact HE killed the jihadi, destroying the government's case.

But...what the hell? The military's job was to kill jihadis, and a knife wielding one is obviously a perfectly normal target...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (t0Rmr)

34 I find Mel Brooks movies meh. Only one I've watched more than once is Blazing Saddles and it was less funny to me on second viewing. This is definitely a minority view.

I rewatched Space Balls recently and it holds up...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (t0Rmr)

35 Hey, All. Went to a play this afternoon in DC. There was a land acknowledgement in the program.

It was otherwise an outstanding production.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (77rzZ)

36 I don't watch Saving Private Ryan after the first 30 minutes anymore. Actually watched a YouTube video critic on it the other day. It's not 100% accurate

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (tl5zd)

37 Caffey was apparently based on david yglesias who ended up a jeek us atty in new mexico

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (bXbFr)

38
Two other movies most think are great that I find just meh.

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Bull Durham. Wotta load of cobblers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:55 PM (QnmlO)

39 B's this week
Red Blood, Yellow Gold - 1967
Chorizo /S.W. filmed in Spain. Basically the Dirty Dozen plot. Edd Byrne's of 77 Sunset Strip fame and George Hilton star. George was in many spaghetti westerns as well has a handful of gailli.
Riot on Sunset Strip - 1967
Ironically I watched this Saturday when the Newsome, Bass riots were gaining steam. Saw no riot, more like slightly irritated hippies on the Strip. However, Mimsy Farmer's acid dance is not to be missed.
The Dirt Gang - 1972
Early 70's American International flick. They don't ride "hogs". They terrorize on motocross dirt bikes.Still a very violent and disgusting crew. Supposedly George Miller got some ideas for Mad Max from the Dirt Gang.

Posted by: Milotull, B movie guy at June 14, 2025 07:56 PM (iL+fp)

40 The Producers is ridiculous, but hilarious.

Brooks at his best.

Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 07:56 PM (77rzZ)

41 Sen chief gallagher was the one scapegoated there

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (bXbFr)

42 Whenever I see Cruise all I can think is faggot squirt. Hardly a heroic figure.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (7leMO)

43 As to your question, the only one I can think of is Unforgiven. Why? Because Munny failed. He turned back into a murderous man. I didn't like the ending. Beautiful film, but I never want to watch it again.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (0ea

Not that you are incorrect but did you consider he thought his killing for hire was for a just cause this time and only reason he agreed?

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (VofaG)

44 23. Thanks Orange Ent (for the comments and the assist).

I'd say in script terms, they thought they needed to give Caffey some kind of arc. Everyone else stays the same throughout the movie but Caffey undergoes an evolution from. It's a lame evolution in this case but the kind of thing they teach you in script 101.

When I wrote this I also thought about 12 Angry Men and how the jury goes from believing the defendant is guilty to innocent. AFGM decided to strike the posture that we already know of Jessup's guilt and Caffey has to get it out of him.

But that makes it feel more like an episode of Columbo than a revered feature film.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (y4H1r)

45 Avatar
Interstellar
Oppenheimer

Posted by: Ib1netmon at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (vTTFR)

46 I find Mel Brooks movies meh. Only one I've watched more than once is Blazing Saddles and it was less funny to me on second viewing. This is definitely a minority view.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)

Brooks films need a second or third viewing to get all the jokes, same as Police Squad/Naked Gun. I watched History of the World, Part I quite a few times, and I keep noticing something I missed each time before.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (0eaVi)

47 Good Will Hunting

Posted by: Christopher Kiesel at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (rhoT8)

48
Buster Olney and his stupid bow tie.

Bow ties look good only on 7-year-olds and puppies. And some women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:00 PM (QnmlO)

49 When I saw Titanic in the theater, during the final death/dream sequence I could hear people audibly sobbing all around me. Everybody bags on it now for its historical inaccuracy and emotional manipulation, but you can't deny that Cameron knows how to push the buttons.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (SkxTr)

50 Unforgiven.
Supposedly one of Clint Eastwood's best and one of the best Westerns.

Every single thing in it is a cliche.
It's like they threw at a dartboard before they filmed each scene.

Posted by: Sorry, not a winner at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (tprJm)

51 Speaking of Brooks, I keep seeing things about SPACEBALLS 2. Is that for real or a prank?

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (y4H1r)

52 I'm not a fan of any of Coen Brothers movies except Miller's Crossing . I even like the original True Grit more than the Coen Brothers.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (VofaG)

53 I'm watching the Army's 250th Birthday Parade. I have to say that, as someone who has served, and whose ancestors served in the US military since the Revolution, this is one boring parade.

Posted by: Archer at June 14, 2025 08:03 PM (IDphi)

54 I find Unforgiven watchable but it's probably my least favorite Eastwood western.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:04 PM (VofaG)

55 I hadn't really noticed how one dimensional the characters were until I read this. The courtroom scenes with Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson were so good I never really analyzed how unrealistic and needlessly hostile the lead up to that was.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 14, 2025 08:04 PM (3wi/L)

56 I think Coen Brothers best movie was their first, Blood Simple. A perfect blend of noir and farce.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 08:05 PM (SkxTr)

57 55...yes, I think that's what inspired me to write this post. I didn't think much about it when I first saw it but upon repeat viewings was like why would Jessup and Kendrick behave in such an obviously guilty and hostile way? But then every character behaves in such a phony way I was like this whole movie is wrong.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (y4H1r)

58 Just finished streaming the parade, that was pretty good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (e15Ap)

59 Best Coen Brothers movie? Simple. Raising Arizona.

Posted by: Archer at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (IDphi)

60 I remember that Jan Michael Vincent TV movie.

I thought the title was, "Tribes," with Darrin McGavin as the sarge?

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (i0F8b)

61 Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (0eaVi)

It's the vaudeville type jokes that I find meh. Admittedly there are some good one liners quotes that I used many times in college and few years after.

Lot of my friends were jokingly referred to as piss boy on occasion.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (VofaG)

62 Best Coen brothers - oh Brother where art thou. Second place, the Big Lebowski. 3rd raising Arizona.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:09 PM (e15Ap)

63 Desert Hearts is supposed to be THE lesbian film. The sex scene is incredible, but to actually think that anything before or after is the predecessor of aftermath to a real relationship between these two women is ridiculous.

Posted by: Nothing special at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (o1rI2)

64 Good Will Hunting, beautifully acted and filmed. Utterly boring and predictable at all times. Not a single surprising or even mildly obvious course of action is ever taken.

Posted by: Abzod at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (0X8xl)

65 I like most of the Coen Brothers films, some more than others. My two favorites are Raising Arizona and O Brother Where Art Thou.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 08:11 PM (0aYVJ)

66 I remember that Jan Michael Vincent TV movie.

I thought the title was, "Tribes," with Darrin McGavin as the sarge?
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (i0F8b)

I couldn't remember the name so I looked it up before I posted. Baby Blue Marine is what the intertubes gave me unless I read it wrong. You could be right.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:11 PM (VofaG)

67 Not that you are incorrect but did you consider he thought his killing for hire was for a just cause this time and only reason he agreed?
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (VofaG)

It may have been in his mind, but I don't think what he did was right. Ok, the girl had her face scarred. She was offered a horse and money, I think, but that wasn't good enough. She was a prostitute. Looking at the town, women were scarce. Scar on face or not, a lonely cowboy off a trail drive would take her anyway. Munny's killing of all those he faced was too excessive for what happened. He lost what he wanted to become and raged at the whole town that he'd come back and kill anyone who tried to get rid of the hookers. Doesn't seem just to me. Buy, that's just what I think.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:11 PM (0eaVi)

68 Desert Hearts is supposed to be THE lesbian film. The sex scene is incredible, but to actually think that anything before or after is the predecessor of aftermath to a real relationship between these two women is ridiculous.
Posted by: Nothing special at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (o1rI2)

Bound is the bestest lezbo movie.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)

69 The Lt Kendrick role was envisioned and written by some Hollywood idiot with no idea about the military. Completely cartoonish. COL Jessup wasn't much better.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 08:12 PM (W/lyH)

70 64...haha. In my first pass at this post, I had a section about Good Will Hunting. It was a whole tangent on how Affleck/Damon were hyped as writers to get them to A list status as actors (they never really wrote much afterwards). And so I thought the same thing with Sorkin. AFGM is oftentimes more about praise for Sorkin to promote his legend when if you look more closely you see he's not as gifted as he appears to be.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (y4H1r)

71 I remember that punishment, too, but mostly that Jan-Michael Vincent was extremely cute. But his adult years were pretty sad.

Posted by: LASue

I distinctly remember being required to hold my 9.5 pound dummy M1 garand rifle directly out in front of me perpendicular to the floor, along with the rest of my company, at Navy OCS in Newport RI in 1988. That damn thing got heavy after a few minutes.

Posted by: Sharkman at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (/RHNq)

72 Lex, thanks for letting me read it and give you a critique.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (0eaVi)

73 Nice analysis, Lex.

Posted by: Sharkman at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (/RHNq)

74 Lol

I have been scrolling up through the comments after a horrible day. So many comments about unrealistic movies. And bad movies.

I have seen so few movies but feel free to come on to my lawn, grab a few beers and make yourself comfortable.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (jvJvP)

75 Fist bump, pug. Oh Brother I can watch over and over, because it’s more like listening to one of my favorite albums.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (e15Ap)

76 Ahhh, "The Tribe." Vincent plays a hippie drafted. 1970, pre- Baby Blue.

https://tinyurl.com/4859k9b3

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (i0F8b)

77 I’m one of the people who never saw A Few Good Men. I guess I never will.
I’m wondering how it compares to another movie, based on a book by a veteran, James Jones: From Here to Eternity.
The military certainly didn’t get the glamour treatment in that one either.

Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (IfXe7)

78 A Few Good Men with Maverick the JAG was…meh. I didn’t care for it and found the ending super abrupt.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (vm8sq)

79 Godfather. It is quotable as hell, but I just do not like any of the characters. I never wanted to be a gangster, so the entire genre falls flat for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

80 Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:11 PM (0eaVi)

It was the time and place. Can't judge it on today's morals/cultural norm. Hard times and hard men in real life during that period.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (VofaG)

81 Speaking of Brooks, I keep seeing things about SPACEBALLS 2. Is that for real or a prank?
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (y4H1r)

Why not both?

He's not writing or directing it, just plans to make an appearance as Yogurt. Think I'll pass on it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (0eaVi)

82 250th Army birthday has been a blast.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (LHPAg)

83 Fist bump, pug. Oh Brother I can watch over and over, because it’s more like listening to one of my favorite albums.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (e15Ap)

Great cast overall, but Tim Blake Nelson was absolutely brilliant.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 08:16 PM (0aYVJ)

84 I like watching Tartovsky and Bresson, but I admit it requires a special mindset. Like Antonioni. You have to watch them in a different way than other films. They're almost like experimental films in a way.

Movies considered masterpieces that I can watch but I think are really overrated:

"The Empire Strikes Back." There, I said it.

"Aliens." Ground Zero for "woke" films.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

85 'A Few Good Men' has not aged well with me either.

Meanwhile....a movie from roughly the same era;

'Falling Down' has only gotten better with time. A lot more nuanced film than is noticed at first.

First World Problems: I use YoutubeTV for my golf/racing obscessive watching. The 24 Hours of LeMans is this weekend on MototrendTV. I'm recording it. Or was. It's not recording. Apparently, YT or MTTV, changed the name of event on the 'DVR' guide. Now it's not recording. First World Problems are annoying. The 24Hr LeMans will get uploaded on regular Youtube in a couple of weeks. Still.....grumblegrumblegrumble.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:17 PM (C26rB)

86 When I wrote this I also thought about 12 Angry Men and how the jury goes from believing the defendant is guilty to innocent. AFGM decided to strike the posture that we already know of Jessup's guilt and Caffey has to get it out of him.

But that makes it feel more like an episode of Columbo than a revered feature film.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (y4H1r)

12 Angry Men is another movie I've increasingly disliked over time. Really enjoyed it when I first saw it, but since then it's seemed increasingly cliche and unrealistic. I had a lawyer acquaintance who said Fonda's character would've been kicked off the jury the moment he pulled that stunt with the knife.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:17 PM (jGGMD)

87 2 Actually that could be a whole separate thread topic - movies that lefties wrote that accidentally have a conservative theme or take away - Serenity is another one. Joss Whedon is no conservative and he wrote a profoundly conservative series/movie
Posted by: 18-1

Or TV shows.

'The Wire'.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (C26rB)

88 Godfather. It is quotable as hell, but I just do not like any of the characters. I never wanted to be a gangster, so the entire genre falls flat for me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

I don't mind watching those gangster/mafia movies but I hate that they make them into something of a hero or brave or other positive traits.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (VofaG)

89 I think in the case of SPR and FMJ, both become ordinary war movies after extraordinary openings.

Whenever the Military Crimes has done a survey on the best war movies, those are #1 and #2, consistently.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (vm8sq)

90 I’ve really watching the parade and commentaries this afternoon.

DJT has great instincts. He is the right man at the right time.

Posted by: SnakePlizzken at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (G0Od/)

91
Stateless,
We can't fully know or share your struggles but all we Hordians are pulling for you and are happy to listen and try to make you feel you don't have to carry your burden alone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (QnmlO)

92 Movies are after books on the list.

Thanks for saving me a ton of time....

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (jvJvP)

93 The only reason to keep watching Private Ryan after D-Day is the for the sniper guy (Barry Pepper). I want to say the character's name was Shifty but I think that was the sniper in BoB.

And I watched the parade and enjoyed it.

Posted by: Gem at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (e85zz)

94 I still like 12 Angry Men, but it is too obvious how each juror is a 'type.' In reality, the jurors would mostly be cut from the same cloth, not one white collar, one blue collar, one a racist, one an immigrant, one Whinne the Pooh

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (y4H1r)

95 88 Godfather. It is quotable as hell, but I just do not like any of the characters. I never wanted to be a gangster, so the entire genre falls flat for me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

I don't mind watching those gangster/mafia movies but I hate that they make them into something of a hero or brave or other positive traits.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (VofaG)

Encapsulated here is why I do not watch “mob movies” for the most part.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (vm8sq)

96 Whatshisname with Rorschach.

Like the character, still hate the comic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

97 Godfather. It is quotable as hell, but I just do not like any of the characters. I never wanted to be a gangster, so the entire genre falls flat for me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

I really like Godfather but not Part II, which is opposite to most people I know.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (jGGMD)

98 Ahhh, "The Tribe." Vincent plays a hippie drafted. 1970, pre- Baby Blue.

https://tinyurl.com/4859k9b3
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (i0F8b)

Was that the one where he held the buckets up?

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (VofaG)

99 I never like AFGM. Granted, when i saw it I was pretty young, and not a film school major, but it just never rang true from even the first viewing. And aside from Nicholson's speech at the end, I really don't recall any of it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (DIweC)

100
this is one boring parade.

ALL parades are boring.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (63Dwl)

101 87 2 Actually that could be a whole separate thread topic - movies that lefties wrote that accidentally have a conservative theme or take away - Serenity is another one. Joss Whedon is no conservative and he wrote a profoundly conservative series/movie
Posted by: 18-1

Or TV shows.

'The Wire'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (C26rB)

I still can’t get over the fact that Hollywood permitted the making of The Killing Fields.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (vm8sq)

102 Lot of my friends were jokingly referred to as piss boy on occasion.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (VofaG)

Speaking of the piss boy....

There was one scene where Count De Monet is about to take Jacques away to make him up as Louis, and you see Bernaise in the background standing by a statue. He pulls away and you see a guy on his hands and knees behind the statue while Bernaise puts his hat in front of his crotch. I wonder if the actor was getting a blow job, or was having his costume repaired? Once you see it, you always will.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (0eaVi)

103 Agree on Saving Private Ryan. After the beach is secured, its all just tripe after that.

I hated Titanic with a hate of a thousand burning suns.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:22 PM (C26rB)

104 I’ve really enjoyed watching the parade and commentaries this afternoon.

DJT has great instincts. He is the right man at the right time.

Posted by: SnakePlizzken at June 14, 2025 08:22 PM (G0Od/)

105 98 Ahhh, "The Tribe." Vincent plays a hippie drafted. 1970, pre- Baby Blue.

https://tinyurl.com/4859k9b3
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (i0F8b)

Was that the one where he held the buckets up?

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (VofaG)

That's where I remember the bucket punishment from. He taught the meditation trick to a fellow recruit, a weakling, and flustered the sarge.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (i0F8b)

106 101. The Sicario movies are solid, and ones I can't believe Hollywood allowed to be made. It proves Trump right for every second of each film.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (y4H1r)

107 Desert Hearts is supposed to be THE lesbian film. The sex scene is incredible, but to actually think that anything before or after is the predecessor of aftermath to a real relationship between these two women is ridiculous.
Posted by: Nothing special at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (o1rI2)

Bound is the bestest lezbo movie.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)

Somebody ask Ace.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (0eaVi)

108 Highly recommended war film that is relatively unknown.

Between Heaven and Hell with Robert Wagner.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:24 PM (VofaG)

109 As a Marine, I'm biased. But a movie where the lawyers who are all assholes are supposed to be the 'heroes'?? Come on man. Of course COL Jessup was instantly a hero to all actual Marines

Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (gwujb)

110
Sorkin caters to every liberal prejudice: all liberals are brilliant and kind and all conservatives are knuckle-dragging Neanderthals without a conscience.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (QnmlO)

111 That's where I remember the bucket punishment from. He taught the meditation trick to a fellow recruit, a weakling, and flustered the sarge.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (i0F8b)

Thanks for the correction 👍

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (VofaG)

112 There is an interesting corollary truth that goes with A Few Good Men and The American President - Rob Reiner.

If you check the films he has directed, before he did those two, with North in between them, the movies are excellent, from This is Spinal Tap to Misery.

And then he got political.

Those two and North benefit from his past accomplishments and are merely considered weak, but after that you have to dig to find anything that is only blah and not outright terrible.

At least until his most recent pair. One has high ratings simply because it is raw TDS. The other, an homage to his friend Albert Brooks, would appear to be the only truly good thing Reiner has done in over 30 years. We shall have to wait to see what he does with Spinal Tap 2.

All because Reiner dipped into politics and it ruined everything, including simple buddy flicks and rom coms.

Posted by: Sam at June 14, 2025 08:26 PM (7jMef)

113 Other war movies I enjoyed include Tae Guk Gi (from the ROK of course) and A Bridge Too Far.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:27 PM (vm8sq)

114 79 Godfather. It is quotable as hell, but I just do not like any of the characters. I never wanted to be a gangster, so the entire genre falls flat for me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

It insists upon itself.

Posted by: Peter Griffin at June 14, 2025 08:27 PM (C26rB)

115 It was the time and place. Can't judge it on today's morals/cultural norm. Hard times and hard men in real life during that period.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (VofaG)

Oh, I'm aware of judging yesterday by today's morality. But, it's a modern film, so I think it can be judged that way. Also, no matter how good a gunman he was, he's definitely older and slower, and the fact he guns down so many people is a bit unbelievable.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:27 PM (0eaVi)

116 Actually that could be a whole separate thread topic - movies that lefties wrote that accidentally have a conservative theme or take away - Serenity is another one. Joss Whedon is no conservative and he wrote a profoundly conservative series/movie
Posted by: 18-1

Or TV shows.

Family Ties

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:28 PM (VofaG)

117 The most disappointing movie for me (mainly because I loved the first one) was the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still.
It should of been so much better.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 08:28 PM (W/lyH)

118 Stateless,
We can't fully know or share your struggles but all we Hordians are pulling for you and are happy to listen and try to make you feel you don't have to carry your burden alone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (QnmlO

Thank you so much.

My goal is to pull through and be a blessing to other members of the Horde. Any inspirational movies like that? You should have seen the disturbing movies I watched in Mom's last month. Messed up stuff.

Still. Bad year. Pulling through though.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:29 PM (jvJvP)

119 23 the (cover your eyes, ladies) pussification of the armed forces.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (0eaVi)

A subset of the p-fication of men in general.

And who did it start with?
Arthur Lake! I blame Arthur Lake. And Jerry Lewis. And dis -honorable mention to Don Knotts.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 08:29 PM (Oa7o7)

120 he most disappointing movie for me (mainly because I loved the first one) was the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still.
It should of been so much better.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 08:28 PM (W/lyH)

Keanu screwed up on that one.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:29 PM (VofaG)

121 Actually that could be a whole separate thread topic - movies that lefties wrote that accidentally have a conservative theme or take away - Serenity is another one. Joss Whedon is no conservative and he wrote a profoundly conservative series/movie
Posted by: 18-1

Or TV shows.

Family Ties
Posted by: polynikes

All in the Family.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (cYBz/)

122 109 As a Marine, I'm biased. But a movie where the lawyers who are all assholes are supposed to be the 'heroes'?? Come on man. Of course COL Jessup was instantly a hero to all actual Marines
Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (gwujb)
I only saw a few scenes Few Good Men, but I agree 100% with your take.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (LHPAg)

123 70
'praise for Sorkin to promote his legend when if you look more closely you see he's not as gifted as he appears to be.'

He's a gifted propagandist for the left.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (3wi/L)

124
I can't begin to enumerate the flaws of A Few Good Men. Anyway, one is multiple "finales" or "final revelations." One of the most ridiculous was something like "We were supposed to help the little guy" or something stupid like that.

Rob Reiner has always been as garbage a storyteller as Nora Ephron. In fact, he may have more estrogen than her, even though she's dead.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (wbZPZ)

125 109 As a Marine, I'm biased. But a movie where the lawyers who are all assholes are supposed to be the 'heroes'?? Come on man. Of course COL Jessup was instantly a hero to all actual Marines
Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (

Thank you!

Any movie or tv show where the lawyers or journalists are heroes makes me laugh. But I don't see a lot of movies or dramas.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:32 PM (jvJvP)

126 I remember enjoying the movie well enough. Not enough to want to rewatch it but that is true of a lot of movies "with a twist".

De gustibus non est disputandum, so they say.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 08:32 PM (+EG6t)

127 The English Patient always sucked..... I HATED IT!!!

Posted by: Elaine Benes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (7szT/)

128 I still say Travolta's movie From Paris with Love is the least woke movie in the past 20 years.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (VofaG)

129 The English Patient always sucked..... I HATED IT!!!
Posted by: Elaine Benes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (7szT/)

Heh. This reminds me that I have that movie on DVD in my collection, still in its shrink-wrap. I may actually watch it someday. See if Elaine is right.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

130 And who did it start with?
Arthur Lake! I blame Arthur Lake. And Jerry Lewis. And dis -honorable mention to Don Knotts.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 08:29 PM (Oa7o7)

Don't forget the man who is the icon for all men like that, Caspar Milquetoast.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:35 PM (0eaVi)

131 Thank you, Lex, for letting me read this early.

It's a really good piece.

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:35 PM (GBKbO)

132 129 The English Patient always sucked..... I HATED IT!!!
Posted by: Elaine Benes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (7szT/)

Heh. This reminds me that I have that movie on DVD in my collection, still in its shrink-wrap. I may actually watch it someday. See if Elaine is right.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

====

She is.

But the movie won't hurt you. Watch and find out yourself.

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (GBKbO)

133 Probably not a popular opinion, but Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven isn’t a patch on the ass of The Outlaw Josey Wales. The depth of characterization, the dialogue, and the cinematography of TOJW blows Unforgiven out of the water. Eastwood should have won the Oscar for Wales, but, of course, the Academy members just KNEW he was a troglodyte purveyor of Dirty Harry and “monkey movies” as Gil Scott Heron put it.

TOJW was the real deal. I’m not against Eastwood’s later work. Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino are fantastic pictures. I just always thought Wales was vastly under appreciated.

Posted by: Chris Sheehy at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (lUCTG)

134 Of course COL Jessup was instantly a hero to all actual Marines
Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (gwujb)

Here's the obviously problem with the movie: If this were real, of course Jessup would be a monster, and a very stupid one at that. Who would be dumb enough to incriminate himself on the witness stand, just so he could tell off a snot nosed lawyer?

Not a real Marine Colonel.

But as a cartoon, he's fine, he's the hero. We can listen to his speech and say "yeah, you tell 'im."

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (lH8E4)

135 All in the Family.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (cYBz/)

What about all of the black and white rural shows before they transferred everyrhing to the big city? I'd argue conservative but would have to go back to gather evidence.

'Petticoat Junction?'

Damn, it!
If someone here has to do this....

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (jvJvP)

136 Any movie or tv show where the lawyers or journalists are heroes makes me laugh. But I don't see a lot of movies or dramas.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:32 PM (jvJvP)

May I suggest My Cousin Vinny?

Just snarking. I understand what you mean.

You reminded me though that I need to watch Justice for All again to see if he was a 'hero'.

I admit I thoroughly enjoyed The Lincoln Lawyer.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (VofaG)

137 Lawyer movies I like: Of course My Cousin Vinnie, but the John Grisham film “The Client” is very good also - Tommy Lee Jones & Susan Sarandon. Tommy Lee is great, as always.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (e15Ap)

138 AFGM was only notable for making JAG and the NCIS franchise happen. Sorkin made a fortune for another writer/producer.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (p2GXS)

139 Eastwood should have won the Oscar for Wales, but, of course, the Academy members just KNEW he was a troglodyte purveyor of Dirty Harry and “monkey movies” as Gil Scott Heron put it.

Chief Dan George always steals the show in a movie.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 08:38 PM (+EG6t)

140 >>> But let's face it: you need a lot of patience to watch Tarkovsky or Warhol or Cassavetes or Bresson.

Gotta disagree with you a bit on Cassavetes. I know what you mean though. His arty stuff does take patience, often more than I possess. But, he has made other films that are great. Best example: Gloria.

Admittedly, he made that one for the money, so he suppressed his natural inclinations.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 14, 2025 08:38 PM (p4nXC)

141 133 Probably not a popular opinion, but Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven isn’t a patch on the ass of The Outlaw Josey Wales. The depth of characterization, the dialogue, and the cinematography of TOJW blows Unforgiven out of the water. Eastwood should have won the Oscar for Wales, but, of course, the Academy members just KNEW he was a troglodyte purveyor of Dirty Harry and “monkey movies” as Gil Scott Heron put it.

TOJW was the real deal. I’m not against Eastwood’s later work. Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino are fantastic pictures. I just always thought Wales was vastly under appreciated.
Posted by: Chris Sheehy at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (lUCTG)
There is iron in the words of Chris Sheehy for all to see.
- Ten Bears

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (LHPAg)

142 Stateless

Hang in there no matter what. Even if you have to close your eyes and say'this too shall pass'.

You are not alone.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (Oa7o7)

143 138 AFGM was only notable for making JAG and the NCIS franchise happen. Sorkin made a fortune for another writer/producer.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (p2GXS)

====

He actually directed a movie. Molly's Game about a lady who ran high dollar secret poker games. It's quite good, very far removed from politics, and full of that dialogue Lex describes.

I see why people like his stuff. Quippy. It also works really well in The Social Network, by Fincher.

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (GBKbO)

144 One movie I need to watch again is Baby Blue Marine with Jan Michael Vincent I watched as a kid. Only thing I remember is him being punished and forced to hold two full buckets with extended arms to his side. He was able to do it by meditating and thinking of something else.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (VofaG)

****

Baby Blue Marine? I remeber it being called "Tribes".

It had a real good portrayal of the Drill Instructor. Top notch.

Posted by: EFG at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (c8IdU)

145 TJM, hands down you are the best.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (DLqye)

146 I've never seen Saving Private Ryan all the way through in one sitting. Have probably seen it all in pieces here and there. But when it came out on VHS, my sister rented it for our father to see. He was 82nd Airborne, and in Normandy on D-Day morning, and knew whereof he spoke. My sister said that his first words after viewing the movie was: "Now let me tell you everything they got wrong in that one."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (q3u5l)

147 131 Thanks TJM!!!

I need to rewatch The Verdict with Paul Newman. It's a good attorney movie. He's a drunken slob and doesn't want the case but then takes it and it changes him.

But he's played honestly not as a bored, wiseass the way Caffey is in AFGM.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (y4H1r)

148 Thx Lex. The first time I saw A Few Good Men I thought it was boring. Nicholson was his usual self but the other characters didn't interest me. I've seen it since and my opinion hasn't changed. Sorkin didn't make them interesting, which is worst sin in a movie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (akw+7)

149 Sorry to see the hate on Big Lebowski. It's a beautiful movie.

Also Hail Caesar! is awesome and full of meaning.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (dQfJF)

150 Gloria.

Admittedly, he made that one for the money, so he suppressed his natural inclinations.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 14, 2025 08:38 PM (p4nXC)

Is that the one with Sharon Stone. I came across it half way through. She did a great job from what I watched.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (VofaG)

151 I have a similar problem with Full Metal Jacket. You have an experienced drill instructor, who confronts a crazy private with a loaded weapon, insulting him until the private kills the DI, and then himself.

As cartoon characters, that's fine. It's dramatic and shocking.

As supposed real life characters though, it's complete bullshit though.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:41 PM (lH8E4)

152 147 131 Thanks TJM!!!

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (y4H1r)

===

No problem. It was a pleasure to read.

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:41 PM (GBKbO)

153 3
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has been on. I watched to determine whether my opinion of it may have changed with time.
---------------

It's a series of skits stitched together with a theme.
Jimmy Durante kicking the bucket - you know where this movie is going.
Terry Thomas and Milton Beryl - funny
Buddy Hacket at the filling station - funny
Sid (insane) Cesar trying to get out of the hardware shop

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:41 PM (6dYPy)

154 Parade did get boring

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)

155 Is that the one with Sharon Stone. I came across it half way through. She did a great job from what I watched.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (VofaG)

She's a great actress below the waist.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (0eaVi)

156 127 The English Patient always sucked..... I HATED IT!!!
Posted by: Elaine Benes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (7szT/)
---/

I've never seen it because I know instinctively that I will have an "Elaine" reaction.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (kpS4V)

157 Where is Wickedpinto for his commentary on Marine ways when you need him?

(Probably out breakin' a bitch.)

Posted by: EFG at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (c8IdU)

158 Meh, I never let Sorkin’s point of view ruin this for me. I enjoyed it because Sorkin inadvertently screwed up making COL Jessup the real hero in the movie - Jack Nicholson nailed the character. His speech was dead on. Sorkin got two things right: Navy JAGs are pompous asses and USMC colonels are bad asses. I consider myself somewhat more informed than most in this topic having served in the Intruder community when they were flown by Marines and also having a USMC O6 uncle who served as a company commander in Vietnam earlier in his career. Your mileage may vary.

Posted by: ChuckinTX at June 14, 2025 08:43 PM (StqGk)

159 What truth (or movie) can you not handle?

-----------

Dunkirk. Horrible -- I'd have to rewatch it for details on why. Just thought it was awful story-telling despite a personal affection for some of the actors involved.

[I know TJM disagrees with me on this.]

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (/JOu+)

160 Godfather. It is quotable as hell, but I just do not like any of the characters. I never wanted to be a gangster, so the entire genre falls flat for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

You should watch The Freshman. Humor, plus Penelope Ann Miller. And a lizard. Oh yeah, and Marlon Brando, too.

Posted by: HTL at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (CbOLC)

161 151. Yes, from a realty standpoint Hartmann should have been way more cautious but I think it was symbolic for how the character can react in no other way than with anger and abuse. A metaphor for many things.

But maybe you are right: if he acted with compassion and understanding it would have been a bold choice.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (y4H1r)

162 149 Sorry to see the hate on Big Lebowski. It's a beautiful movie.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (dQfJF)

*****

In my experience, most people don't really get The Big Lebowski on their first viewing. It takes a second viewing for it to click.

Posted by: EFG at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (c8IdU)

163 Best Corn Bros movie ,: Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, Blood Simple
One of the Coen Bros movies is one that I'm supposed to like but don't: Barton Fink. Same with Burn After Reading

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (akw+7)

164 Posted by: EFG at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (c8IdU

My bad and since this is aos I expect to be corrected more than once on the same mistake 😀

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (VofaG)

165 Parade did get boring
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)

It's like golf. I'm sure it's fun to be in it, but if you are watching, you have to wait for the next one to come by, and then... what, watch them leave?

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (lH8E4)

166 The Deer Hunter is long, disjointed, delusional, and most of all, boring.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (u73oe)

167
Parade did get boring
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)

________

I'm a minority of one and I don't intend to disparage the pleasure anyone else gets from them, but parades and fireworks do nothing at all for me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (QnmlO)

168 Rarely do military movies work like reality, and I seen most of them

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (+qU29)

169 159 I know TJM disagrees with me on this.]
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (/JOu

====

Always take solace in the fact that I'm an illiterate asshole

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:47 PM (GBKbO)

170
Buddy Hacket at the filling station - funny

Huh?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 08:47 PM (63Dwl)

171 I vaguely recall Desert Hearts was some big gay movie, so I looked up the female leads...both married men and had kids. Hell one of them was pregnant while making the movie.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 08:48 PM (t0Rmr)

172 161 151. Yes, from a realty standpoint Hartmann should have been way more cautious but I think it was symbolic for how the character can react in no other way than with anger and abuse. A metaphor for many things.

But maybe you are right: if he acted with compassion and understanding it would have been a bold choice.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (y4H1r)

I think the character was well done, and probably indicative of many such men... until that scene. A man with that much experience working with privates would have instantly assessed the threat, and would have either put the private down like a dog, or vacated the area and let the MPs handle it.

But to stand there and berate a crazy person with a loaded gun pointed at you? That's suicide.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:49 PM (lH8E4)

173 I'm a minority of one and I don't intend to disparage the pleasure anyone else gets from them, but parades and fireworks do nothing at all for me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (QnmlO)
---

Waiting for the tanks to veer into the crowds.

Those robot dogs give me the willies.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:49 PM (kpS4V)

174 >>>Dunkirk. Horrible -- I'd have to rewatch it for details on why. Just thought it was awful story-telling despite a personal affection for some of the actors involved.

Dunkirk is where Chris Nolan's addiction to telling stories out of order really caught up to him. (There were problems with Interstellar, but that one meant to play with the timeline all along, so it doesn't count.)

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:50 PM (jGGMD)

175 Spinal Tap is better'n all these crap movies.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 08:50 PM (iGK7y)

176 What would make a military parade anything but boring would to do them like the Soviet Union did and CCP does.

Military equipment /weapons on display. I'd definitely would stay to the end.

But we can't do that because it's Fascist.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:50 PM (VofaG)

177 “What is a movie you are supposed to like but cannot stand?”

Easy Rider.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:51 PM (i0F8b)

178 Galaxy Quest, 1999. Never give up, never surrender.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at June 14, 2025 08:51 PM (kCBPn)

179 172. That's why it was clearly symbolic. He seals his own fate with his reaction and Pyle's suicide as well.

Even the most gung ho gunney would probably not react that way with a locked and loaded rifle pointing at him with zero cover or support to help him.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:52 PM (y4H1r)

180

The Third Man

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 08:52 PM (63Dwl)

181 142 Stateless

Hang in there no matter what. Even if you have to close your eyes and say'this too shall pass'.

You are not alone.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 08:39

Thank you so much.
I will do my best to encourage other morons after this passes.

By the way, I was watching "Avengers Infinity War"

I haven't watched a ton of them. But fun movie. The guardians called each other 'morons.' Sweet.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:53 PM (jvJvP)

182 Dunkirk. Horrible -- I'd have to rewatch it for details on why. Just thought it was awful story-telling despite a personal affection for some of the actors involved.

[I know TJM disagrees with me on this.]
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (/JOu+)

I add this one to my list. Another movie that should of been far better than it was.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 08:53 PM (W/lyH)

183 Dunkirk is where Chris Nolan's addiction to telling stories out of order really caught up to him. (There were problems with Interstellar, but that one meant to play with the timeline all along, so it doesn't count.)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:50 PM (jGGMD)

Nolan as a filmmaker is no better than M Night Shamalamdingdong. He has a gimmick, and dammit, he's gonna use it!

Occasionally, the film works (as you note, Interstellar), but usually it's just annoying.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:53 PM (lH8E4)

184 166 The Deer Hunter is long, disjointed, delusional, and most of all, boring.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

I thought they had the feel of Western PA in that time period. My Dad was a steel worker. The scenes of Clairton, PA (filled in by Weirton, WV) always interested me in The Deer Hunter. Those hunting scenes were obviously not Western PA. Or anywhere in the Appalachians. I read it was Olympia NP in Washington. The Deer Hunter gave Cimino the motivation to wreck UA with 'Heaven's Gate', so it had that going for it. (ok, wasn't on purpose but still..)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:53 PM (C26rB)

185
"But A Few Good Men is insincere and manipulative."

Totally agree. It reminds me of Fail Safe, great performances covering for uncharacteristic actions from characters and a flawed premise.
Has there ever been a Navy JAG who could rattle a Colonel of Marines?

Posted by: Ronzoni at June 14, 2025 08:54 PM (tof4A)

186 The only thing I remember about Interstellar was there was too much talking. Did Nolan take script writing 101: don't tell and less is more. Boring movie.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:54 PM (y4H1r)

187 I think my father , former Marine Sgt. would probably have attempted to disarm Private Pyle immediately . No conversation. I've seen him react that way as a civilian .

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:55 PM (VofaG)

188 Here's mine: I thought "Oppenheimer" was self-indulgent twaddle.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:56 PM (kpS4V)

189 Jonathan Winters, I get them mixed up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (6dYPy)

190 Reportedly, Sorkin's sister told him a similar true story, he wrote it, Reiner directed and was also an executive producer. (No point in going on about Reiner. He's a story in himself.) Sorkin was not otherwise involved with military life. (Write what you know?)

Casino drives me crazy. I watched parts of it probably a hundred times & put it together in my mind because I've never sat through the entire movie in one shot. I can't. It's a true story but something about the storytelling and the way it unwinds can't be saved by decent (or otherwise) acting.

American Hustle, another. Fascinating, true story. The movie, not so much.

So now it occurs to me I'm a tougher critic of serious works based on true storied & related actors, and more so of the writers & directors, too.

---
The Army Parade has been excellent & I've learned a lot.

Posted by: L- No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (NFX2v)

191
Sorkin did "The West Wing" which was sort of his television version of his "The American President" and equally loathsome.

The libs were smart victim/saints and the grasping seizing opponents were ugly meanies.

Kind of like "Hogan's Heroes" without the laugh track.

Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (j4U/Z)

192 177 “What is a movie you are supposed to like but cannot stand?”

Easy Rider.
Posted by: davidt

Why? The guys in the truck were the true hero's of that movie!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (C26rB)

193 179 172. That's why it was clearly symbolic. He seals his own fate with his reaction and Pyle's suicide as well.

Even the most gung ho gunney would probably not react that way with a locked and loaded rifle pointing at him with zero cover or support to help him.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:52 PM (y4H1r)

Right, so if you are making a movie that is symbolic, it works, but Kubrick SPECIFICALLY said he was making a move that WAS Vietnam. And had R Lee Ermey doing the single most realistic DI ever put on film... up to that point.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (lH8E4)

194 Aaron Sorkin's scripts put his masturbatory political fantasies on paper.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (AOsQT)

195 178 Galaxy Quest, 1999. Never give up, never surrender.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at June 14, 2025 08:51 PM (kCBPn
Best Star Trek ever!

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (LHPAg)

196 The only thing I remember about Interstellar was there was too much talking. Did Nolan take script writing 101: don't tell and less is more. Boring movie.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:54 PM (y4H1r

I've watched it at least 4 times. Movies , music, art and women. I love how there is always diametrically opposite opinions. Makes the world go round.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (VofaG)

197
Easy Rider.
Posted by: davidt

_________

I love movies with happy endings.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM (QnmlO)

198 I think my father , former Marine Sgt. would probably have attempted to disarm Private Pyle immediately . No conversation. I've seen him react that way as a civilian .
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:55 PM (VofaG)

And that would have been more realistic. Dangerous, and might have still resulted in him being killed, but more realistic.

Kubrick wanted a movie scene though, not realism.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM (lH8E4)

199 The Deer Hunter filmed some of the bar scenes at The Bowladrome in Struthers (near Youngstown) and some of the old Youngstown Sheet & Tube mills. It was just a few blocks away from our office and stayed open during shooting the scene. One of the ADs walked around with releases for us to sign and told us beers were on him. A few of the locals even made it onto the final print.

Bonus.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM (cYBz/)

200 "Interstellar" is my favorite Nolan movie. It's beautiful.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (kpS4V)

201
I'm a minority of one and I don't intend to disparage the pleasure anyone else gets from them, but parades and fireworks do nothing at all for me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (QnmlO)

I appreciate how gently and nicely you stated this.

Posted by: Iris at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (bOJ2I)

202 >>>Casino drives me crazy. I watched parts of it probably a hundred times & put it together in my mind because I've never sat through the entire movie in one shot. I can't. It's a true story but something about the storytelling and the way it unwinds can't be saved by decent (or otherwise) acting.

I've often described Casino as "Just like Goodfellas, only not as good." Though better in turn than The Departed.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (jGGMD)

203 I like interstellar, but it’s at least 30 minutes too long. Needed a hardass editor.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (e15Ap)

204 Thank you for pointing this out. I have caught significant sh*t from my conservative..."conservative" friends for doing so. You may have spoken truth here but I am sure you know by now that speaking that truth makes you an asshole in most conservatives' eyes.

As for myself, there are a lot of films like this one that bug me but there's a book that has done far more fundamental damage some of which probably led to this movi...Lord of the Flies.

Posted by: Wtp at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (4cfLi)

205 Here's mine: I thought "Oppenheimer" was self-indulgent twaddle.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:56 PM (kpS4V)

Me too. So I won't watch a second of it.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (lH8E4)

206 I was about 10 when I first saw It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (post-release on TV). Laughed like a hyena. Many years later, watched again...still pretty funny in parts, but not side-splittingly funny.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (XMwZJ)

207 The point where I stopped paying attention to Sorkin was the episode of The West Wing where a conservative right-wing anti-gay pundit is attending the White House and refuses to stand when Bartlet enters because she doesn't respect him. Bartler proceeds to repeat that superficial Internet meme about Leviticus where the author asks how much he should get for selling his daughter into slavery, etc., etc. The pundit is cowed by his superior knowledge of the Bible and at the end he says "..and in this house, when I stand, _nobody_ sits." She abruptly rises.

The whole thing is just terrible, terrible smug leftist Mary Sue fanfic. It's lazy writing. If it were written today, at the end of the scene all the furniture would have stood up and clapped. I've since come to recognize the trope in everything Sorkin writes.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (xBngO)

208 Here's mine: I thought "Oppenheimer" was self-indulgent twaddle.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Yeah, it bombed.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (cYBz/)

209 "Chicago" (1927) I only just learned of the existence of this gem! Mack Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver blows the doors out of the joint as Roxie Hart. I'll def be looking for more of her movies. Yes, jazz music corrupts our women. Ain't it grand?

"Bombers B-52" (1957) Karl Malden can repair any in-flight landing gear problem with a mere screwdriver (flathead,) and any instrument panel failure with only a hatchet. Meanwhile his daughter Natalie Wood is playing rub-and-tug with his CO, impacting morale.

"Blast of Silence" (1961) A scrumptious smorgasbord of NYC location shots, with impressive musical score. Low budget hitman noir with crazy-ass backstory.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (IEtIu)

210 I cannot imagine Col Jessup being stupid enough to blurt out his guilt on the witness stand

I also couldn't believe the 'illegal fence-line shooting' in Cuba would have merited any investigation at all, considering the military penchant for covering over such incidents

Posted by: Dreddbolt at June 14, 2025 09:01 PM (t6jQ0)

211 My movie I'm supposed to like but can't stand? Terminator 2. The girlbossery, the emasculation of the T-800 at the hands of a snotty ten-year-old, the "Terminator as perfect father" line, it spoils an otherwise good bot-on-bot action movie. When we walked out the theatre in '91, we looked at each other and said "want to rent the first one and watch a _good_ Terminator movie?" and so we did.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 14, 2025 09:01 PM (xBngO)

212 I like parades because as a kid in Phoenix-Scottsdale I was in a few. Even got to hang onto one of the balloon ropes once.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:01 PM (e15Ap)

213 "The Racket" (1951) A Howard Hughes crime drama with a knockout cast and good story. Lizabeth Scott is so f'n thrilled to see you:
https://tinyurl.com/mr2w74tv

"Julius Caesar" (1970) Good performances from all except Robards, who's mostly kinda flat. The DVD I watched is distributed by Cheezy Movies, titled "Julius Ceasar" [sic].

"Party Girl" (195

Mob lawyer nurses a lifelong grudge against a drawbridge, hooks up with a hoofer. Entertaining performances from Taylor and esp Cobb. There's a hilariously evil courtroom sketch of John Ireland that I'd love to discover in a prop house or garage sale someday. For a few years after the 1956 attack on Victor Riesel, crime movie scripts occasionally included an acid-throwing thug.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:01 PM (IEtIu)

214 I've always hated that movie and never understood those making a big deal out of it. The characters seemed to be political cartoons and you need waders to get through the condescension... which is just as much directed at the audience as the Corps. It's like the movie was always elbowing me while I was watching it, going "Get it? Did ya get that last bit? They're super arrogant, see?" Yeah. I get it.

I only watched it once.

Posted by: front toward enemy at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (TIizU)

215 "Government Girl" (1943) Olivia de Havilland handles a Budd Schulberg comic role quite well IMHO. Anne Shirley's cute. Nice big variety of WW2 womens' fashions and hairstyles on display. Bipedal beefslab Sonny Tufts has some psychedelic neckties!

(Wikipedia's got the inside dish on GG: "Considering [de Havilland]'s ongoing lawsuit against her studio [WB] was the reason for her being punished with her assignment to [RKO's] "Government Girl," she was vociferous that she did not enjoy the experience." Meeeeooooowwww!)

"The Hook" (1963) Korean War POW symp story is preposterous and preachy, but I had to stick it out to the end. They cleverly cast Pancho 'Enrique' Magalona as the Asian POW, fooling nobody.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (IEtIu)

216 199 The Deer Hunter filmed some of the bar scenes at The Bowladrome in Struthers (near Youngstown) and some of the old Youngstown Sheet & Tube mills. It was just a few blocks away from our office and stayed open during shooting the scene. One of the ADs walked around with releases for us to sign and told us beers were on him. A few of the locals even made it onto the final print.

Bonus.
Posted by: Tonypete

I had read they used a steel mill in NE Ohio, near Cleveland. Didn't know it was Youngstown S&T.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (C26rB)

217 I was about 10 when I first saw It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (post-release on TV). Laughed like a hyena. Many years later, watched again...still pretty funny in parts, but not side-splittingly funny.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (XMwZJ)

So, like The Princess Bride?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (0eaVi)

218 Here's mine: I thought "Oppenheimer" was self-indulgent twaddle.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:56 PM (kpS4V)

Me too. So I won't watch a second of it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (lH8E4)

Oppenheimer sucks balls. End of story.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (jGGMD)

219 "Hitler: The Last Ten Days" (1974) Of all the bunker genre films, this one has the prettiest Eva Braun, and by far the most chocolate cake!

"Capone" (1975) Ben Gazzara's turn to play Scarface. Early Sly Stallone role as Nitti. Explicit beaver shot from Susan Blakely!

"Covenant" (2023) OK but some parts not quite believable. Gyllenhall chooses (poorly) to channel Nic Cage. Musical score is a relentless drag.

"Alexander Nevsky" (193

Cinematically, it's not all that, but I liked the story and cast.

"Nightmare" (1956) Two fine actors can't save this noir contrivance.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (IEtIu)

220 "The Devil's Wheel" (1926) Soviet featurette warns sailors to be on their guard; you never know what kind of crazy trouble might find you while on shore leave. I like the rapidfire montages and extreme closeups in these old Russian movies.
youtube.com/watch?v=bJGNaFXJfec

"The Red Tent" (1969) Fictionalized drama of the toe-curling tragic 1928 expedition of the dirigible Italia to the Arctic. Claudia Cardinale boned the producer to earn her silly part; I don't know who Sean Connery had to bone. Really *nice* quality cold-weather woolens on display! A ripping good yarn that deserves a serious, authentic, chickless remake.
youtube.com/watch?v=NovoRWvzDCg
youtube.com/watch?v=anxBeXT7YGU

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:03 PM (IEtIu)

221 "The Accountant 2" (2025) No sir. I don't like it.
youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs, Guest Hosted By Mister Horse at June 14, 2025 09:03 PM (IEtIu)

222 Edie Adams was extremely hot in IaMMMMW.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 09:03 PM (XMwZJ)

223 Never watched A Few Good Men through. It doesn't catch me. But it can't be as bad as The Graduate.

Posted by: Eeyore at June 14, 2025 09:03 PM (od0dV)

224 My gripe about Interstellar is Jessica Chastaine. Lord she is annoying.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (0aYVJ)

225 Forrest Gump

not a great movie

Posted by: Otto Pen at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (sJHOI)

226 Is that the one with Sharon Stone. I came across it half way through. She did a great job from what I watched.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (VofaG)

No, that was a remake. The original with Cassavetes directing and Gena Rowlands starring came out in 1980.

The remake with Sharon Stone was a disappointment compared to the original.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (p4nXC)

227 Those were awesome fireworks. Very good music, too.

Re: low-ish attendance - A lot of people who live around DC have a Fireworks Strategy, which they follow regardless of the rest of the event. So a lot of people positioned themselves for the fireworks, and ignored the parade.

OTOH, the kids along the parade route were having fun, and the adults clearly were, too.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (p2GXS)

228 They've been playing Fat Man and Little Boy with Paul Newman . Have been meaning to watch it.

Any good?

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (VofaG)

229 Most Star Wars movies after the initial one (1978?) really sucked.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (XMwZJ)

230 I really like putting on woke crap movies to go to sleep.

Or tv shows. I may have kept lesbian, black Batwoman on for an extra year by the number of times I streamed that here in Canada.

Marvel stuff too explosive. But 'Star Wars' after 6 is great to go to sleep to. Woke crap. Don't care.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 09:05 PM (jvJvP)

231 Israel has formally requested that the United States join its military campaign aimed at dismantling Iran's nuclear program, according to a report by Axios citing two Israeli officials.

In recent days, Israeli officials have urged the Trump administration to support a targeted strike against Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment facility. The site, which is deeply embedded in a mountain, lies beyond the operational reach of the Israeli Air Force. The United States, however, has the necessary heavy munitions and long-range bombers within striking distance.
...
...The White House has yet to formally respond to the request. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to comment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 09:05 PM (6dYPy)

232 I found, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," free on YouTube.

Nic Cage at his Cagiest.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (i0F8b)

233 228

Yes

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (bA75n)

234 I liked seeing the little kids along the parade route cheer the hardware.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (kpS4V)

235
Alexander Nevsky
Cinematically, it's not all that, but I liked the story and cast.

__________

Great music. In Thomas Schippers's recording, the start of the Battle on the Ice sounds like a huge locomotive getting underway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:07 PM (QnmlO)

236 Given the era that it was made in, Col Jessup (Jack Nicholson) is supposed to be a stand in for Col Ollie North.

And yes, it was supposed to be a slap at the Corp.

It was certainly no "The Caine Mutiny". There, the prosecutor (Jose Ferrer) thinks what the defendent (Van Johnson) did stinks. Eventually, the prosecutor (Bernie Greene, Ferrer) breaks Queeg down on the stand, and afterward was drunk and felt really sick about it.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:07 PM (tjZg/)

237
Burt Lancaster's Elmer Gantry was horrible as well, but literally redeemed by the brief scene of peak Shirley Jones as his fallen former girlfriend wearing a...

'scuse me, gotta look something up.

Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:08 PM (j4U/Z)

238 The parade was something of a history lesson--even to wearing the uniforms. Those on the tanks/fighting vehicles certainly seemed to enjoy being there--they were waving at the crowd!

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (zS4/f)

239 IPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 09:05 PM (6dYPy)

If we actually have Rods from God , this would be a good time to use them.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (VofaG)

240 Citizen Kane. I don't think it's the great film people make out.
I suppose in 1941 it broke the mould compared to the usual studio films but it doesn't do anything for me.

Posted by: stv at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (+opPw)

241 As a Bostonian, The Town has also always annoyed me. The book made a lot more sense. I wouldn't say it's in the conversation of great movies like AFGM, but it is far, far overpraised. A daylight bank robbery in the North End????

You can't maneouver one of those two seat electric cars on the streets of the North End and those guys are going to pull that kind of job??? And Damon/Affleck are supposedly the final word on Boston movies. Dumb

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (y4H1r)

242 They've been playing Fat Man and Little Boy with Paul Newman . Have been meaning to watch it.

Any good?
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (VofaG)

Fat Man and Little Boy? The Tim Walz Story?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (0eaVi)

243 Great music. In Thomas Schippers's recording, the start of the Battle on the Ice sounds like a huge locomotive getting underway.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:07 PM (QnmlO)
----

I have the record! And that is a great description. Prokofiev used the chugga-chugga beat of a train in quite a few jams.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:10 PM (kpS4V)

244 Col Jessup's monologue encapsulated the ethos behind those who serve succinctly and totally accurately, in spite of how it was intended.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 09:10 PM (hKoQL)

245
Burt Lancaster's Elmer Gantry was horrible as well

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Just about anything associated with Sinclair Lewis is horrible. I've never read such crap like his books.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:11 PM (QnmlO)

246 I think High Noon sucked .

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:12 PM (VofaG)

247 Citizen Kane. I don't think it's the great film people make out.
I suppose in 1941 it broke the mould compared to the usual studio films but it doesn't do anything for me.
Posted by: stv

Agree. Never understood the hype surrounding that movie.

Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 09:13 PM (lJ0H4)

248
Prokofiev used the chugga-chugga beat of a train in quite a few jams.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:10 PM (kpS4V)

________

I hate the interpretations - like Abbado - that clip-clop at that point.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:13 PM (QnmlO)

249 I think High Noon sucked .
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:12 PM (VofaG)

I saw it once. Meh.

My Dad loved Westerns. Not that one, though.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 09:14 PM (0aYVJ)

250 Oddly enough, I have come to the same conclusion that the film professor has about 8 1/2. Forty years ago, when I first saw it - on videotape! - I was dazzled. Today, while it's still impressive, I would rather watch I Vitelloni or Nights of Cabiria, or even La Dolce Vita or Amarcord.

Even worse than 8 1/2 is Juliet of the Spirits. Both pictures try to rationalize the director's real-life adultery, but the later film has both the actual wife and the actual mistress in the cast, which is extremely distasteful.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at June 14, 2025 09:14 PM (BHrzb)

251 My grandfather maintained we had a blood tie to General Nobile. Little's middle name is Umberto more as a tribute to his great grandfather, as no one in the family could find an actual link. Added bonus is it gave him the enviable monogram, GUN...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2025 09:15 PM (bA75n)

252 Right, so if you are making a movie that is symbolic, it works, but Kubrick SPECIFICALLY said he was making a move that WAS Vietnam. And had R Lee Ermey doing the single most realistic DI ever put on film... up to that point.
Posted by: BurtTC

My wife went to see it with her father, who was a combat Marine in Korea. He thought the first half of the movie was great, really realistic. Loved R. Lee Ermey (who was a retired Marine Gunny sergeant).
He thought the second half, portraying combat in a city during the Tet offensive, was really poorly done, not realistic at all. "That's not how you fight in a city!"

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:15 PM (tjZg/)

253 237
Burt Lancaster's Elmer Gantry was horrible as well, but literally redeemed by the brief scene of peak Shirley Jones as his fallen former girlfriend wearing a...

'scuse me, gotta look something up.
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:08 PM (j4U/Z)

Pencil skirt?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 09:15 PM (vm8sq)

254 This tone is what caused me to turn on the film after repeated viewings.

You were either never in or an officer.

A Few Good Men captures the hubris and self-promotion of 90% of the officers I served under.

Posted by: Mike Armstrong at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (u1Ef4)

255 I usually dislike dark movies with sad or tragic endings ( I don't watch movies to feel bad) but the movie The Human Stain was like a car wreck I could not stop looking at.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (VofaG)

256 I don't mind 8 1/2. Amarcord is his best. But European art films are really a different breed. Many of Bergman's films would put you to sleep. That kind of stuff doesn't translate today, though oddly a movie like Tokyo Story by Ozu I could watch repeatedly.

Still, there is a whole class of movies one is supposed to like but are slow. Yet I don't have contempt for them the way I have come to feel about AFGM.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (y4H1r)

257 And yeah, Aaron Sorkin is a terrible partisan hack writer.

And the only good movies Meathead ever directed were This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (BHrzb)

258 Most Star Wars movies after the initial one (1978?) really sucked.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

To be perfectly fair, I think they all pretty much stunk. Harrison Ford is really about the only one that can act, and he's not that great.
They were very entertaining, when they came out, and were received with a lot of popular enthusiasm. Made a lot of money for George Lucas, who now thinks he is some kind of movie making savant.
But they weren't really "good".

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:18 PM (tjZg/)

259 2001: A Space Odyssey

best part was Bowman vs HAL

the rest was a snoozefest
and the ending? come on, man

IMO, YMMV

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:19 PM (AOsQT)

260 I saw "The English Patient" at the theater with a group of friends, long before the Seinfeld episode. Our after-movie dinner was basically the episode - they loved it, I said it was a piece of shit with loathsome characters. They couldn't believe me. I couldn't believe them.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 14, 2025 09:19 PM (5YmYl)

261 Citizen Kane might have been groundbreaking but it's kind of boring

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:19 PM (+qU29)

262 2-0 FLA begin 2nd

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:19 PM (AOsQT)

263 I was half expecting for Neidermeyer from Animal House to show up and start calling everyone "worthless and weak." Or maybe they just could have given Nicholsen a Snydley Whiplash mustache he could twirl the whole time.

I don't care how realistically or not it reflects negative aspects of the service. It's a shit movie.

Posted by: front toward enemy at June 14, 2025 09:21 PM (TIizU)

264 Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:18 PM (tjZg/)

My meme about Harrison Ford is he has never smiled or laughed in a film unless it was a smirk or sarcastic.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:21 PM (VofaG)

265 The first "Star Wars" was great, as was "Rogue One" (except for the ridiculous records-center scene.) The rest range from "meh" to "suck."

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 14, 2025 09:21 PM (5YmYl)

266 After 4 long years of a Brain Dead President that thought the US Military for a Gay Pride Experiment, we have a Real Man and a Real President that loves the Military and the young BIOLOGICAL MEN and WOMEN that serve.

Posted by: Franklin Stein at June 14, 2025 09:21 PM (1sBXy)

267 "But they weren't really "good".
Posted by: A face in the crowd"

The first Star Wars movie was entertaining, which is all a movie needs to be.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 09:22 PM (gc+OO)

268 I've only seen snippets of "A Few Good Men" but I kind of figured the writing must have been stupid because one of the scenes I did see was Tom Cruise preaching that "this man has rights" after Jack Nicholson's admitting to order the code red.

Yes, the defense attorney who just got a hostile witness, and who is, by the way, about the lowest ranking officer in the room, is going to immediately mitigate the impact of this important reveal by lecturing his superiors that they need to protect this loathsome witness.

Good job! We're you born retarded, or was there some sort of traumatic brain injury involved?

Working also ruined The Social Network by opening the story by having his super genius main character seriously spout off the line about there being more geniuses in China than people in the US. Only a mouth-breathing coozergibbet would say something so foolish.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 09:22 PM (MWf2b)

269 255 I usually dislike dark movies with sad or tragic endings ( I don't watch movies to feel bad) but the movie The Human Stain was like a car wreck I could not stop looking at.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (VofaG)

There's been some great dark asian movies I enjoyed.

If you have Roku, they are on Pluto, Tubi et all.

Want to feel good?

First season of "Joan of Arcadia" on Roku. Pretty teen girl has God sending her on missions.

I think I am going to watch that right now. Horrible year.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 09:23 PM (jvJvP)

270 264...I have always felt that way about Kevin Costner. Never a smile or a grin or anything like that in anything he did. I'm not sure the man has teeth.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:24 PM (y4H1r)

271 I think Star Wars was more entertaining than a Few Good Men but what do I know I'm just a guy who knows what he likes.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 09:24 PM (gc+OO)

272 What's the movie you won't admit to your friends that you like?

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM (AOsQT)

273 I never see it anymore, but I always liked One Two Three with James Cagney.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 09:27 PM (GrEml)

274 I have always felt that way about Kevin Costner. Never a smile or a grin or anything like that in anything he did. I'm not sure the man has teeth.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:24 PM (y4H1r)

Coincidence but I just watched a movie where he did laugh and smile but agree that it's an exception to the rule.

One of his early roles. Silverado

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:27 PM (VofaG)

275 272. You mean besides the XXX ones?

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:27 PM (y4H1r)

276 The one bit from "A Few Good Men" that I like is at the beginning:
(JAG Captain): Commander Galloway, why don't you get yourself a cup of coffee?
(Demi Moore): Thank you, sir, I'm fine.
(JAG Captain, total deadpan): Commander, I'd like you to leave the room so we can talk about you behind your back.

Posted by: chilansl at June 14, 2025 09:28 PM (8eueQ)

277 What's the movie you won't admit to your friends that you like?
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM (AOsQT)

Beaches

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:28 PM (VofaG)

278 273. One Two Three is great. Billy Wilder. One of the best.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:28 PM (y4H1r)

279 Oh shit I just admitted it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:28 PM (VofaG)

280
In spite of Ryan O'Neal, Barry Lyndon is a movie I could keep watching just for the scene set ups.

Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:29 PM (j4U/Z)

281 "272 What's the movie you won't admit to your friends that you like?"

'Hedwig's Angry Inch.'

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:29 PM (IEtIu)

282 Why wasn't I invited to the Army Celebration Parade in DC today ??

I served in the Army or something and retired as a Sgt Something. I almost went to Persian Gulf also.

Posted by: Tim "Born to Kill" Walz at June 14, 2025 09:30 PM (1sBXy)

283
I served in the Army or something and retired as a Sgt Something. I almost went to Persian Gulf also.
Posted by: Tim "Born to Kill" Walz at June 14, 2025 09:30 PM (1sBXy)

__________

Deserter

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:31 PM (QnmlO)

284 I laughed at the climax of Titanic, when the girl let DiCaprio drown. Utterly imbecilic. Did not see it in a theater, fortunately.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2025 09:31 PM (NcvvS)

285 Aaron Sorkin on twitter complained that he showed too much gosh-darn nuance in his characters on West Wing. There was a political fight in the comments, with unreachable shitlibs putting up a fierce fight. But what was never once mentioned (conspicuous to me if no one else) was the name of a single character.

I've said about Sorkin that he has politicized the Mcguffin, such that with a thick script in hand it would take me ten seconds to change a fierce fight about education to a fierce fight about gun control.

Watch this clip, and then tell me with a straight face that Sorkin doesn't suck his own dick every day.
https://youtu.be/3CPjWd4MUXs?si=rPx5peiVphH9T90i

If you said that Star Trek was nuanced (true or not depending on the show) then the comments would bring up episodes where the villain or the villainized turned out to be more correct than previously thought.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 09:31 PM (lhenN)

286 Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. A movie I guess I'm supposed to feel guilty about not liking.

I thought it talked down to me. It was also boring. But most of all I felt it reduced history to a cartoon level.

That's quite different than doing violence to history (Oliver Stone's "JFK"). Lincoln doesn't do that. More like it reduces history to a Classics Comic Book.

Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (kd60y)

287 Actually that could be a whole separate thread topic - movies that lefties wrote that accidentally have a conservative theme
_____________

The archetype: High Noon.

Apparently intended to support the commies called before HUAC, but not knowing that, as a college kid, I thought it an allegory on our European "allies" caving to the Soviets.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (YqDXo)

288 Crap. My previous comment was in response to the Red Tent movie reference. Copy/paste fail...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (bA75n)

289 I love movies with happy endings.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM

Like Thelma and Louise?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:34 PM (Wnv9h)

290 288 Yes, I caught it!

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:34 PM (IEtIu)

291 In the movie "A Few Good Men", why would the Base CC who is a Bird Colonel care about a single PFC?

That would never even reach the O-6 and would have been handled at the Platoon level and maybe the Company level.
A good NCO would take care of that in 5 minutes.

Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 14, 2025 09:35 PM (aKoaI)

292 Oh, yes, The English Patient... 😖. Wuthering Heights - the novel & 1939 movie. The only time I bought Cliff Noted from the drugstore.

Ordinary People - guaranteed to depress

The Replacements always cheer me up.

Thanks!!

Posted by: L- No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:35 PM (NFX2v)

293 272 What's the movie you won't admit to your friends that you like?
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM (AOsQT)

Manos, the Hands of Fate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:35 PM (e15Ap)

294 I rooted for Chong Li in Bloodsport

Posted by: Tim Walz at June 14, 2025 09:35 PM (GrEml)

295 Just finished watching "The Grudge" writer/director's new horror movie, "Best Wishes to All".

I love "The Grudge" but this is pretty much a bore and only exists as a "message movie" in support of the socialist/communist world view., ie. we only have happy lives because others have miserable lives.

In case you missed the point, one of the characters specifically references the third world and Africa.

so, if you're up for a boring, slow, commie propaganda session, check out, "Best Wishes to All".

Otherwise, avoid.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 09:36 PM (iJfKG)

296 new theme song for socal
youtu.be/-PkPfYXwlUw

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 09:36 PM (gKWVE)

297
Like Thelma and Louise?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:34 PM (Wnv9h)

_________

Yeah, but it would have been better if a bulldozer pushed them off the cliff. Isadora is another movie with a delightful ending: Vanessa Redgrave dying stupidly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:36 PM (QnmlO)

298 He thought the second half, portraying combat in a city during the Tet offensive, was really poorly done, not realistic at all. "That's not how you fight in a city!"

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:15 PM (tjZg/)
_____________

I remember as a kid my late father, a veteran of Iwo Jima, yelling at the TV screen showing war movies, "SPREAD OUT, GODDAMNIT!"

I just found his after-action report on operation on Iwo Jima. Fascinating reading.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (YqDXo)

299 The Postman.

Worst. Movie. Ever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (ueXh5)

300 Yeah, but it would have been better if a bulldozer pushed them off the cliff. Isadora is another movie with a delightful ending: Vanessa Redgrave dying stupidly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:36 PM

Shame about the t-bird, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (Wnv9h)

301 To Mike Hunt.................

"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH !!!"

Posted by: Allotta Fagina at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (aKoaI)

302 I love movies with happy endings.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

So do I. I absolutely avoid anything with a sad, tragic or ambiguous ending. Life is too short to walk out of a movie theater feeling miserable. I swore off bad ending after "Cold Mountain".

Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 09:38 PM (lJ0H4)

303 24 I find Mel Brooks movies meh. Only one I've watched more than once is Blazing Saddles and it was less funny to me on second viewing. This is definitely a minority view.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)

I had the misfortune of the 1st Brooks film I ever saw was by far his best - History of the World Part I. Everything was downhill from there. While I also love Young Frankenstein, I consider Brooks' more beloved films like Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles to be not all that funny and way overrated.

Posted by: Ultra Magas Brother Bob at June 14, 2025 09:38 PM (tBfGm)

304 I recently saw "The French Connection" for the first time.

Holy crap. It is shit and it stinks.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 09:38 PM (ZmEVT)

305 I love movies with happy endings.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM

Like Thelma and Louise?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:34 PM (Wnv9h)
______________

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 09:39 PM (YqDXo)

306 There is nothing worse than having a bunch of people agree that a terrible movie is good. I am quite convinced that The English Patient was voted best picture by people who could not be bothered to see it.

Red Letter Media did us all a favor when they asked several people to describe the characters in The Phantom Menace, but only talking about their personality. They struggled to say anything.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 09:39 PM (lhenN)

307 My favorite movie was "Brokeback Mountain"...

Posted by: Barry O at June 14, 2025 09:40 PM (q/j2W)

308 A new aspect of disinformation:

Jason Brodsky retweeted Shayan Sardarizadeh@Shayan86 . 27m

While there are real videos of Iranian missiles making impact in Tel Aviv tonight, this clip is AI-generated and fake.

The missile, debris, fire and damage on the building all seem consistent with AI generation. Several projectiles also appear out of nowhere

https://tinyurl.com/58zr7ev5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 09:40 PM (6dYPy)

309 Forrest Gump. Ugh...

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 14, 2025 09:40 PM (Gcn+Q)

310 I had to watch ‘Apocalypse Now’ about 8 or 10 times before i finally believed I had gotten it.
It all revolved around the “pile of little arms”

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:41 PM (GITLP)

311 I saw Fury, for the first time recently. I thought it was a great movie, especially the depiction of the tank fights. From what I’ve previously read about the armor quality between the German tanks and ours, the battle scenes were powerful reminders why we need an industrial base if we keep fighting conventional wars. Although, it seems that drones technology may put an end to that notion

Posted by: Unkaren at June 14, 2025 09:41 PM (LPL2Y)

312 272. What's the movie you won't admit to your friends you like?

Cabaret.

Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 09:41 PM (k7qYZ)

313 311 Recommended.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:41 PM (IEtIu)

314 Nic Cage at his Cagiest.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (i0F8b)
_______________

A low bar. A VERY low bar.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (YqDXo)

315 Last night, watched 'In Harm's Way' the old WW2 John Wayne flick...

Worth a rewatch.

Later tonight I'm a thinking the last Midway Movie... which was well done, and surprisingly played straight even in the woke Hollyweird of the time.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (mP0Kj)

316 Never saw Brokeback Mountain

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (+qU29)

317 A movie I would be embarrassed to tell friends that I liked it?

Fun thought experiment.

"Downton Abbey," I guess. Assuming that a miniseries counts. It's just a soap opera with extraordinary production values.

Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (kd60y)

318 American Beauty...disturbing and depressing about getting older in your peak earning years and into a long marriage.

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (hftn9)

319 Movies lose their fame and esteem over time, and not always gradually. Gone With The Wind was on top-100 lists for about 40 years and then dropped off suddenly. Not for political reasons as far as I can tell.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (lhenN)

320 Look at all the other shit etched in stone. See? Nobody cares.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (QSrLX)

321 "Manos, the Hands of Fate.
Posted by: Tom Servo"

I would watch Manos again before A Few Good Men. With the bots, of course.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (gc+OO)

322 Movie Jawn, Dec. 19, 2022
The Postman at 25. The kind of failure we don't get anymore.

🤣

Posted by: L- No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (NFX2v)

323 Question to the military folks about AFGM. If a Marine is physically incapable keeping up why would his fellow Marines hate him or want to code red him. Pyle got the blanket party because he made stupid mistakes which got the rest of them in trouble. But in AFGM Santiago was just not fit enough. Wouldn't a transfer have solved all the problems? Why would they loathe him if he had a heart condition or whatever that prevented him from duty? I can see them despising him because he broke the chain of command but it was clear he just wasn't fit enough. I never understood why Jessup thought 'training' him with a code red would get him to run faster. You wouldn't want someone in your unit anyway who was unfit because it's a life and death problem.

Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (y4H1r)

324 I would gladly serve under Col Jessup.
If Sorkins ran America, we would be speaking English, because we never would have rebelled.
I speak 'Merican.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (PHmbR)

325 299 The Postman.

Worst. Movie. Ever.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (ueXh5)

/sings...

Puberty.... loveeeeee....

Posted by: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes at June 14, 2025 09:44 PM (mP0Kj)

326 Apocalypse Now, as originally released to theaters, is great. "Redux" doesn't add anything to the story except running time.

IMO

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:44 PM (AOsQT)

327 Spacey is creepy...got to play himself.

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 09:44 PM (hftn9)

328
Last night, watched 'In Harm's Way' the old WW2 John Wayne flick...

Worth a rewatch.

________

Otto Preminger always showed great skill in taking good books and making awful movies from them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:45 PM (QnmlO)

329 Although, it seems that drones technology may put an end to that notion
Posted by: Unkaren

Read Philip K Dick's short story: Second Variety.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 09:45 PM (C26rB)

330 I don't mind watching those gangster/mafia movies but I hate that they make them into something of a hero or brave or other positive traits.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (VofaG)

I think you're kind of missing the point of the Godfather movies. In that the characters like Michael are the protagonist, but they're in no way heroes. They're just more clever.

They win the world, so to speak but lose everything that matters.
.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 09:46 PM (iJfKG)

331 I first watched the movie, The Hurtlocker, while on vacation. It was available from the hotel on an endless loop.
I still don’t have any idea where it starts and stops.

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:47 PM (GITLP)

332 Why would they loathe him if he had a heart condition or whatever that prevented him from duty?
---

Because Sorkin wants you to see the Marines as the villains of the piece.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:47 PM (AOsQT)

333 286 Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. A movie I guess I'm supposed to feel guilty about not liking.

I thought it talked down to me. It was also boring. But most of all I felt it reduced history to a cartoon level.

That's quite different than doing violence to history (Oliver Stone's "JFK"). Lincoln doesn't do that. More like it reduces history to a Classics Comic Book.

Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (kd60y)

Never felt any guilt for disliking. The timing felt like a lecture that we should all swear fealty that closeted gay dude that Big Mike is married to.

Posted by: Ultra Magas Brother Bob at June 14, 2025 09:47 PM (tBfGm)

334 "Waterworld"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 09:47 PM (ZmEVT)

335 ______________

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
----------------

👍

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 09:48 PM (6dYPy)

336
This whole thread reminds me of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" bad movie examinations.

Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:48 PM (j4U/Z)

337 Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (kd60y)

Like the recent Napoleon movie... pure crap.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 09:49 PM (mP0Kj)

338
Otto Preminger always showed great skill in taking good books and making awful movies from them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Ever see Skidoo?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063612

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (63Dwl)

339 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has been on. I watched to determine whether my opinion of it may have changed with time.

It hasn't. The longest, zaniest, most unfunny film ever.

It’s no Cannonball Run!

Posted by: Unkaren at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (LPL2Y)

340
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. A movie I guess I'm supposed to feel guilty about not liking.

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

Steven Spielberg is one of the most intolerable lecturers in Hollywood. To worsen matters, he sometimes gets his facts wrong in his historical projects.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (wbZPZ)

341 Rosebud was Luke's father.

Posted by: mindful webworker - captain spoiler at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (Z5w4n)

342 304 I recently saw "The French Connection" for the first time.

Holy crap. It is shit and it stinks.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 09:38 PM (ZmEVT)

I agree. Doyle is a memorable character and it made Hackman’s career, but the movie sucks.

Midnight Cowboy is another famous movie that stinks on ice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (e15Ap)

343 333 286 Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. A movie I guess I'm supposed to feel guilty about not liking.

I thought it talked down to me. It was also boring. But most of all I felt it reduced history to a cartoon level.

That's quite different than doing violence to history (Oliver Stone's "JFK"). Lincoln doesn't do that. More like it reduces history to a Classics Comic Book.

Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (kd60y)

Never felt any guilt for disliking. The timing felt like a lecture that we should all swear fealty that closeted gay dude that Big Mike is married to.
Posted by: Ultra Magas Brother Bob

The definitive Abraham Lincoln movie is 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (C26rB)

344

Lapd getting ready to go medieval...

Posted by: Elderly Git at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (qBZfr)

345 I like apocalypse stories. The Postman, Lucifer's Hammer, Walking Dead. You find out what ordinary people are capable of.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:51 PM (LHPAg)

346 The Postman don't come around here no more.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:51 PM (aF9v+)

347 One movie that seemed to disappear that I can remember seeing in college is “Summer of '42”.

Most memorable line: “Thank You, Hermie”

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:51 PM (GITLP)

348 316 Never saw Brokeback Mountain
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (+qU29)

That’s the one movie that has always cried out for an all-female remake.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:53 PM (e15Ap)

349 347. And rightly so.

Posted by: L- No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:53 PM (NFX2v)

350 340
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. A movie I guess I'm supposed to feel guilty about not liking.

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Steven Spielberg is one of the most intolerable lecturers in Hollywood. To worsen matters, he sometimes gets his facts wrong in his historical projects.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (wbZPZ)
I never liked Lincoln as a President and never saw the movie. Got nothing to do with Spielberg.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:54 PM (LHPAg)

351 293 272 What's the movie you won't admit to your friends that you like?
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM

Japanese college school documentaries. In uniform. And groups.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 09:54 PM (jvJvP)

352 Tom Servo and that movie I want to see

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (+qU29)

353 The Big Lebowski.

Sorry guys, I just don't get it.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (AOsQT)

354 Watched The 39 Steps today. Good film - back ground music was absent for much of the film. Most current films have loud over-bearing BGM. Can't stand the assault of noise for 2 hours plus.

Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (vneJl)

355 348 316 Never saw Brokeback Mountain
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (+qU29)

That’s the one movie that has always cried out for an all-female remake.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:53 PM (e15Ap
Me neither. Maybe you're right on the remake.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:57 PM (LHPAg)

356 I found, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," free on YouTube.

Nic Cage at his Cagiest.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (i0F8b)

Within the last year, I saw two nick Cage movies that I hadn't seen before and were flops at the box office, yet were highly entertaining near great movies in my estimation.

"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" directed by Werner Herzog

and

"Bring Out the Dead" directed by Martin Scorsese

Both are dark comedies in which the main character has a great arc and finds a kind of redemption in the end.

Cage is great in both. I suspect all he needs is a strong director to help him pull off a great performance.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 09:57 PM (iJfKG)

357 One movie I just didn’t like was “District 9”
Something about fuzzy aliens just didn’t do it for me. The PR saying that it was “the future of science fiction” certainly didn’t help.

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:58 PM (GITLP)

358 354 Watched The 39 Steps today. Good film - back ground music was absent for much of the film. Most current films have loud over-bearing BGM. Can't stand the assault of noise for 2 hours plus.
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (vneJl)
Earplugs.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:58 PM (LHPAg)

359 The first time I saw Big Lebowski, I didn’t get it. 2nd time, I started to snicker a bit. 4th time it was absolutely hilarious!

And the best character by far is Walter B. Sobchak.
(Who is actually John Milius)

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:59 PM (e15Ap)

360 354 Watched The 39 Steps today. Good film - back ground music was absent for much of the film. Most current films have loud over-bearing BGM. Can't stand the assault of noise for 2 hours plus.
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (vne

My friend got me out of the house to see the second Avatar movie.

My first movie in years. And I thought I should bring earplugs.

DAMN RIGHT. Insane volume levels.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 09:59 PM (jvJvP)

361 I loved “The Fifth Element” but Luc Besson’s “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” just was a film too far for me. The main characters were just unlikable.

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (GITLP)

362 357 One movie I just didn’t like was “District 9”
Something about fuzzy aliens just didn’t do it for me. The PR saying that it was “the future of science fiction” certainly didn’t help.

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:58 PM (GITLP)

A great movie to fall asleep to.
I don't give a damn either.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (jvJvP)

363 354 Watched The 39 Steps today. Good film - back ground music was absent for much of the film. Most current films have loud over-bearing BGM. Can't stand the assault of noise for 2 hours plus.
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (vne
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Lack of music is an early sound limitation. Sound mixing didn't really become a thing until about 1935.

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 10:02 PM (GBKbO)

364 I like "John Carter" and "Battleship."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 10:02 PM (ZmEVT)

365 I forget details of tis film, but imo, most crap out of Hollywood is controlled by leftists, and its aim is propaganda.

This is done in multiple layers of denying ... for example, "Christian values", or "American values", or multiple other attacks on Freedom. Whether that is in accepting/adoring LGBTQ crap, or pushing hate for American Principles ... most of "Hollywood" is about destroying "The West" and undermining the Values that made us Great, in the first place.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 14, 2025 10:03 PM (vbXSk)

366 Avatar just seemed the result of a mind with a recent stroke. Blue people and floating islands seemed too lame.

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (GITLP)

367 Thanks for saying that about Cassavettes. Watching one of his films is like watching paint dry.

Posted by: Texican ette at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (SNf74)

368 "John Carter" seemed like fun if you gave it the appropriate level of suspension of disbelief.

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (GITLP)

369 358 Earplug-I am deaf in my right ear so I would need just one. Also have serious tinnitus in right ear. I'm old.
I am not interested in most recent movies. TCM FTW.

Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (vneJl)

370 367 Thanks for saying that about Cassavettes. Watching one of his films is like watching paint dry.

Posted by: Texican ette at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (SNf74)

yeah, one of many that basically ruined feature films in the 60s and 70s (Not all of them, just....a fair number)

Posted by: zigggggy at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (K5Rdg)

371 Klaatu: I am leaving soon, and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly. The universe grows smaller every day, and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly. Your ancestors knew this when they made laws to govern themselves and hired policemen to enforce them. Now, we of the other planets have long accepted this principle. We have an organization for the mutual protection of all planets and for the complete elimination of aggression. The test of any such higher authority is, of course, the police force that supports it. For our policemen, we created a race of robots. Their function is to patrol the planets in spaceships like this one and preserve the peace. In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us. This power cannot be revoked. At the first sign of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor. The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk. The result is, we live in peace …

Now that is writing

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (GITLP)

372 Intergalactic busybody.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (63Dwl)

373 The male lead in Valerian killed the movie. The female lead is fine and a ~~would~~ binary one. I love the first four minutes of the movie, but it is saccharine in a Star Trek kind of way.

The leaner Luc Besson is, the better the movie.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (lhenN)

374 Even the Tom Cruise stuff, where an isolated group stands up to, and generally takes down "The Borg", they leave us depending on a few superheroes to "Save Us" from the central evils.

imo, that is not how we defeat The Evil, though Trump and his "gang" is now sorta accepted as that SuperHero group. But it is the voter class that gave Trump that power. ... idk, but I think Hollywood is controlled with intent to destroy us ... no SuperHeroes will save us ... only action by we the free people.

"Actions by Free (allegedly, but really bought) People" is the Astroturfed action underway with the current protests ... it is all coordinated action with globalist funding (in the billions).

Posted by: illiniwek at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (vbXSk)

375 TCM shows too much gay crap if you ask me. I
II would rather see a movie like "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" or "So Goes My Love" with Don Ameche and Myrna Loy. Both are good family films.

Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (vneJl)

376 To TJM,s phone -I did not know about the sound limitations. Thanks. I still would rather hear less back ground music. Didn't Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid have minimal BGM -excepting ths Raindrops song?

Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 10:20 PM (vneJl)

377 Butch Cassidy has interesting choices for music throughout, as some 70s movies do. Not minimal.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (lhenN)

378 The characters all treat each other contemptuously because that's how lawyers are. They all think they are God's gift to the universe. I know as I have worked at several law firms.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at June 14, 2025 10:33 PM (YcfMX)

379 There was a blanket party in my BCT company in 1968. One trainee got nailed because his fellow trainees thought he was a jerk, and also got them in trouble via group punishments. He was gone the next day.
So Sorkin should have added two lines to Col. Jessup's script: "Of course I didn't order a "code red". I didn't have to."
Later on I watched "Battleground" with my stepfather, a WW2 veteran. He thought it was one of the funniest (aka most authentic) movies ever, explaining all the dialogue, which was mostly soldiers griping.
Movie I didn't like - Cloud Atlas. Some good action scenes, but a lot of pretentious tripe also.

Posted by: Chizbro at June 14, 2025 10:47 PM (lzTRY)

380 All these comments and NOT ONE mention of 8-½. Just the greatest movie ever made - story, cinematography, editing, music. A movie about making movie about a movie-maker's inability to make a movie. Genius. And so beautiful. Just remember that when Guido touches his glasses the next scene is either memory or fantasy., and it all makes sense.

Not a story to be told, but a depiction of a deep dive version into filmmaking itself. In the dance on the circus ring scene at the end you see the b-camera unit and ask why?and are instantly rewarded by the reverse shot from there to Fellini himself directing the scene. Every movie since 1960 has used some film-making element from this absolute masterpiece. The others are just Hollywood money-makers.

Posted by: norm neeke at June 14, 2025 10:49 PM (58MMP)

381 I can't stand Silence of the Lambs. Absolutely disgusting.

Posted by: Pervy Grin at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (M1f92)

382 #1 on the list for me is American Beauty. I hated it from the moment I knew what the "big twist" (read: tired, clichéed boring nonsense) was going to be (little more than halfway through the movie). Even without the stupid twist it was just a turgid, self-absorbed Boomer angstfest. It winning Best Picture was the end of the beginning of the Oscars losing any relationship they'd had with relevance.

Posted by: Amuk at June 14, 2025 11:30 PM (iv4RJ)

383 Tootsie was simply awful, as were Avatar, Titanic, and Jurassic Park.

Posted by: ChupaMe at June 15, 2025 01:06 AM (eQ3DO)

384 Sorkin's "message" has NEVER been subtle.
I found A Few Good Men watchable, but not recommendable. I found An American President and The West Wing to be much the same, and pretty much avoided anything attached to Sorkin's name after that. I guess the older I got, the less I was willing to be preached at by the entertainment industry.

Posted by: Guy Fleegman as Crewman #6 at June 15, 2025 01:12 AM (vydmm)

385 imo "The Natural" is really overrated.

Posted by: Dagwood at June 15, 2025 01:20 AM (CC0N1)

386 Good Will Hunting, as others already said.
But why?
And I realize that EVERY movie with Robin Williams falls into my category of over-rated.
It's too bad, because Williams was a gifted comedian and actor. But his comic and acting gifts were ALWAYS used purposely by him as a tool toward a further end, which was to undermine and mock American values and Christian morals. It was never enough in Williams' mind to simply exult in his gifts and entertain. He was on a mission. He HAD to mock and indoctrinate. He was good at it, but not so good as to camouflage his animus fully, and once you see it, it grates more and more each time you see it. I think, in the end, his underlying and pervasive bitterness and hate did him in.

Posted by: bradc at June 15, 2025 01:39 AM (2HoCb)

387 #385 So is the book.
This topic is an excellent one, partly because it speaks tot he problems of good storytelling, and partly because it reveals the groupthink contagion psychology.
I hope to be entertained or educated by movies, never lectured to or belittled (if I wanted either I'd have stayed with my 2nd ex-wife).
All examples here are excellent.
Hud with Paul Newman - I cannot get over wondering what made him so mad at the world and at his dad?
Anything with Henry Fonda; he ruined Grapes of Wrath with his stoic emptiness and early embrace of FDR/Socialist muck.

Posted by: Dan Patterson at June 15, 2025 04:59 AM (oksAf)

388 The Big Chill.
I forgot to spread the word on how awful that pos is.

Posted by: Dan Patterson at June 15, 2025 05:00 AM (oksAf)

389 I had the same reaction as the OP.

I served in the Marine Corps 1991-97, in the infantry.
3 years in 29 Palms, 3 years Lejeune, including the 31st MEU-SOC (Pacific float) and Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)

My DD214 backs me up. Its coincidentally posted online to refute Sarah Hoyt's false accusations stolen valor here: tinyurl.com/FenDD214. If anyone could fwd it to her so I could get a retraction and end this torture, I would appreciate it.

It is true that Fleet Marine is tougher than the rest. We don't like to disparage the Air Wing or support because 1) our philosophy is that every Marine is a rifleman and 2) working in S-3 Ops setting up combined arms training really helps you see how all the moving parts make uo the tip of the spear.
3) I've seen Army Rangers try to make distinctions between themselves and support units, and just comes across as insecure. Its like Reagan said, Marines don't have that question.

So let's just say that Victor Units are more strict. If you start questioning orders thats the beginning of the end.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:24 AM (ciYHQ)

390 People who talk about refusing to follow lawful orders are naive. These are the same who agree that "a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client" in contradiction. Sorkin does manage to capture the intensity and order of a Victor Unit.

Unfortunately, the only authentic Marine character in the move was CPL Barnes testifying how he found the chow hall. Most the guys I knew were like him.

Col Jesup: There is no way an officer with his defects of character would make it that high up the chain on command. It would have come out under the stress of leadership as a Company Commander. As a Captain, 3 ranks below. Working in Ops I encountered many Marine officers, they were the epitome of Honor and Integrity. I'm very hard on civilian men now because these officers set a standard that's very difficult for most men to meet.

Lt Col Markinson. A sympathetic character but in reality a Battlion XO would not have his dilemma. He would have fought Jessup. And falling on his sword would have been reporting Jessup at the risk of his career. While it was a dramatic scene, a Marine officer would view suicide as escaping the consequences of his actions, as well as enabling Jessup

Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:25 AM (ciYHQ)

391 as well as enabling Jessup to do even more damage at his next post, the NSC. The relationship is also reversed - the CO plays the forgiving Father figure that you don't want to disappoint, the XO is the hammer that enforces discipline.

Lt Kendrick. Type cast out of Deliverance. Most LTs are not this arrogant. They're haunted by the fact that they don't have the experience of command and one mistake could get good men killed. Most have an informal training relationship with their NCOs.

Dawson. He's a contradiction. A Marine that locked on ( ie highly disciplined and motivated) is not going to disrespect an officer in protest (hands in pockets instead of saluting). That's like being a pious Christian who sneaks into Church after hours to do his Mistress on the altar. It just doesn't pair. We also don't salute uncovered indoors.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:26 AM (ciYHQ)

392 Downey: people like to think we're stupid because they don't understand Honor, so they reach for an explanation that makes them feel less inferiorlr. Sorry Sorkin, we're not trapped in Iraq. I scored a perfect ASVAB with a 135 GT. I could have gone Helos and made bank as a civilian pilot. Unfortunately I majored in English Lit and was a bit idealistic - I went Marine Infantry guarenteed contract. Because I wanted to defend Arthur's Dream that Might could be channeled for Right. Yeah, the one with the knights and round table. Sorkin is such a tragedy - I loved West Wing even though I despise Democrats. That's a testament to his genius. But .. how does it go Aron? "..the voices of his better angels were shouted down by his" partisan bias. Its like watching Michelangelo paint, but only with half the color spectrum.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:27 AM (ciYHQ)

393 If there is common thread that accounts for the Valor of Marines it's not that we're stupid (although I feel rather foolish these days after being betrayed the people I fought for) , it's that we come from broken families and we're looking for a wolf pack. It sounds silly but have you ever dreamed about being on the bridge of Stark Trek's Enterptise? To be part of that machine that effective and that stands for what's Good and Right. That's why we join. Not all, but it's a pattern that keeps cropping up.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:28 AM (ciYHQ)

394 Except for "Chinatown", of course.

Posted by: norm neeke at June 15, 2025 08:30 AM (58MMP)

395 So the film professor didn't like Guido's character. I got ⅔ through Isaacson's "Musk" when I realized I really didn't like Elon as a person. But my opinion doesn't detract from his almost superhuman accomplishments. Dolly back and look at the big picture (so to speak).

Posted by: norm neeke at June 15, 2025 08:43 AM (58MMP)

396 "Good Will Hunting," which others have noted. The film turns phoniness into an art form. Nothing in this movie could have happened. And talk about failing up in re the matter of the writers.

Posted by: George O'Har at June 15, 2025 08:52 AM (erx+/)

Hobby Thread - June 14, 2025 [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. We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and it decided to celebrate nostalgic toys a year of hobby threading with TRex! We'll leave the board games and legos for another time and focus on other toys for this thread.

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Lots going on in the sphere of current events. Let's give the Hobby Thread theme a little space to breathe before we resume insightful observations and witty commentary on the news. The 100 comment rule is in effect.

As always, your hobbying participation does not need to limited to the theme. All hobbying is welcome.

Standard terms apply for any commenting. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. Pants are optional.

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The Hobby Thread existed well before TRex arrived on the scene and (hopefully) will last long after TRex has moved on. However, this weekend marks the one year anniversary of TRex officially taking the helm of the Hobby Thread. There were some sporadic appearances before to help fill in here and there, but the keys to the Hobby Thread were left on the Ace of Spades counter this time last year and ended up in my pocket. Never underestimate the reach of short arms...

Thanks much to all of you for reading, commenting and contributing. The breadth and depth of Horde interests and skills is breathtaking.

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If you're going to be crafty, you know about the sock monkey.

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Did you pull newsprint with silly putty?

or were you more of a Play-Doh sculptor?

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The Hobby Thread has covered a wide range of topics and themes over the past year. In many cases, the theme is only a starting point and the comments take the thread in different directions. It is organic and unpredictable which makes it fun.

What themes have been most popular? Comment volume is the easiest measure, but volume depends a lot on time of the year and what else is going on. Quantity also doesn't measure quality. Some themes attracted fewer comments, but the comments resonated with the Horde and sparked wonderful memories and insights. But...we have comment volumes, so we'll go with that as an indicator.

The winner by a large margin was the model rocket theme in July 2024.

Second place is a tie between coin collecting and writing (both in November 2024). Both were likely popular on their own, but he colder weather likely kept people at home and closer to their computers more than warm weather months.

Third place is a four way tie: national parks in June 2024, tools in May 2024, genealogy in July 2024 and knitting/stitching in August 2024.

All of those were in 2024. The three biggest themes in 2025 were Presidential history locations and model railroading in Jan and museums in March.

The comments often provide inspiration for future themes. If there is interest and energy, we'll go with it. If you have ideas, please offer them. Either post in the comments or send a note via email.

Please remember the theme is just a suggested rally point. Comments are welcome on whatever you're hobbying or interested in. No need to stick with the theme.

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One of the best parts of looking after the Hobby Thread is the ability to showcase Horde Hobbying. We've shown quilts, scale models, decorated eggs, paintings and more. We had a feature specifically for jewelry and trinkets created by Jewells before she passed away.

Thanks to all who submit their Hobbying to share with the Horde. Thanks to all who haunt my emailbox periodically just to say hello. Please continue.

Tankascribe's quote anchors each post. There is truth in those words. There is a reason they are included each week.

Anyway, thank you all.

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Indestructible.

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Tinker Toys or...

Lincoln Logs...

or Erector set?

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Etch a sketch and...

the mighty View Master.

Related comment of the week candidate taken out of context from the Wednesday Art thread:

Hat tip to Cicero and scampydog

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Jacks...

marbles...

and dominoes.

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Hot wheels and matchbox (along with miles of orange track):

Crashing carnage. Demolition derbies. Jumps and races. Sadly, parents disposed of some collections thinking their children had "outgrown" toys. SMH.

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Still being made, but I'm stunned that a Big Wheel costs $129 or more on the interweb these days. The original apparently cost between $11 and $18 - which is roughly in line with current prices when adjusted for inflation.

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Barrel O Monkeys and...

Slinky!

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Did you make anything edible in an Easy Bake Oven?

Senior Cara de Papa

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What else? Hula hoop, Magic 8 ball, yo yos, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Rock em Sock em Robots, kaleidoscopes, Stretch Armstrong, Operation, Lite Brite, Simon, paper dolls, jump rope, frisbee, Barbie, GI Joe, plastic green army men, etc.?

Nerf warrants a category of its own.

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For those whose hobby is motorsport in some form, the Hobby Thread reminds you that this weekend is the 24 Hours of LeMans and next weekend is the 24 Hours of Nurburgring. If that's not enough, the 24 Hours of Spa follows to make three straight weekends of endurance racing.

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What are you hobbying these days?

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We talked treehouses. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. What are you hobbying? We love showing off Horde hobbying. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:33 PM (tl5zd)

2 Working on a past hobby topic, puzzles with my mom which was a gift to my dad from my sister. But so far he is watching TV and not assisting

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:35 PM (tl5zd)

3 Thanks Dino

We had most all of those toys except Big Wheel

We were a Hippity-Hop family
/sad trombone

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 05:36 PM (RIvkX)

4 Did a SOTA hike this morning. Band conditions were hit-and-miss, so it took a while to get my required 4 contacts. But the weather was lovely, and my legs aren't too scratched up from all the pokey shrubs and downed limbs.

Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (Dsfkc)

5 I like the photoshop, but I don't think I'd want to attend THAT TRex's birthday party.

Thanks for your time and effort putting the post together, TREX . Congratulations on the hobby thread birthday.

So many happy memories of time with toys-etch a sketch, slinky, easy bake oven, silly putty. I also also had (still have) a beautful handmade dollhouse and Barbie with lovely oufits made by someone whose mother was a terrific seamstress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (2GCMq)

6 I think we had well over half of those toys...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (GlyvH)

7 My household growing up had every single one of those depicted except the sock monkey. Yikes.

Posted by: goatexchange at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (hyS0X)

8 Happy Anniversary, TRex!

Amazing how time flies when you are having fun!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (GlyvH)

9 Hot Wheels rule.

I actually have a couple "desirable" collectable cars.

Jack Rabbit

https://tinyurl.com/mrbpd3hz

That's obviously horseshit. But....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (Q4IgG)

10 Happy Anniversary. TRex. You have made it a fun year. I would have to add a rocking horse and cap gun to the toy list.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (DLqye)

11 Yeah. I had a nice Tonka Truck when I was 5. Played in the dirt with my older brother until mom made him go to school. He got old enough to have to go to school. We were playmates until then.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (ZmEVT)

12 I was the knock out punch!

Posted by: Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots at June 14, 2025 05:40 PM (lIgBp)

13 Toys??!!

https://tinyurl.com/v4twy6ph

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 05:40 PM (0eaVi)

14 I had plastic army men. The Jeep pulling a cannon was the best.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 05:40 PM (ZmEVT)

15 Happy first anniversary TRex. A solid year of fun threads.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 05:41 PM (yTvNw)

16 Who you callin' silly?

Posted by: david puddy at June 14, 2025 05:41 PM (i0F8b)

17 Great thread T Rex! Us poor kids had Action Jackson vs GI Joe and Johnny Lightening vs Matchbox. JL had the best drag race track!

Posted by: TG Sam at June 14, 2025 05:41 PM (17Ly9)

18 I still have my old Tonka dump truck. I'd like to give it to my grandsons but it's made out of metal, not plastic, and the dump controls are broken and the bed just flies back.

P.S. I also still have my stuffed bear, Cinnamon, that I got for Christmas circa 1960.

P.P.S. I could never remember which was which between Tonka and Toyota.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 05:42 PM (L/fGl)

19 TREX, you left out both the clackers of doom and lawn darts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 05:42 PM (zZu0s)

20 I am far enough past 29 that when we were given the Mr. Potato Head we actually had to use a real potato. We did eventually move on to the newer set with the plastic model.

My sister had the Easy Bake oven, and yes it did actually bake a cake.

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 05:43 PM (zS4/f)

21 Wow! All the toys of my youth! I loved the big metal Tonka truck, it had a lever where really could dump the load.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:43 PM (e15Ap)

22 I owe my career choice in engineering to the Visible V8 Engine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 05:44 PM (lIgBp)

23 Had all those toys at one time or another

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:45 PM (tl5zd)

24 Teddy Chainsaw Bear

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

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:45 PM (gbOdA)

25 My best friend growing up. He and I played G.I Joes and other assorted army soldier stuff. He grew up to be a multimillionaire (solid waste disposal). He owned an office building, in which at least two entire office suites were full of his collection of GIJ's and army soldiers. He hasn't outgrown it. We're still in touch, 50 years on. Now THAT's a hobby.

Posted by: goatexchange at June 14, 2025 05:45 PM (hyS0X)

26 I had a bunch of Matchbox cars that are now long gone after my Mom gave them away or threw them out . Now I collect full size cars to deal with the trauma

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 05:45 PM (gc+OO)

27 My sister had the Easy Bake oven, and yes it did actually bake a cake.
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 05:43 PM (zS4/f)

My old man and I had to eat that shit my lil sis made

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:46 PM (gbOdA)

28 I have a %99 complete Erector Set from around 1960

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:46 PM (tl5zd)

29 Excellent thread. Thank you.

We had TinkerToys.

And 'Speak and Spell ' ruled.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (jvJvP)

30 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 05:42 PM (zZu0s)

Clackers of doom. I remember those!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (2GCMq)

31 Estes rockets.

Fired on less than optimal ballistic angles.

Like at your younger brother.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (Q4IgG)

32 Lincoln Project Logs are soaked with old man tears.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (gbOdA)

33 Bass-O-Matic '76!

Posted by: When SNL was funny at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (lIgBp)

34 I think we had well over half of those toys...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (GlyvH)

Almost all of them at one time or another. Except the girl one. Mom was the only girl in the house.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM (0eaVi)

35 There are kind of Sc-fi road rage games with the likes of Matchbox cars I see at conventions

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM (tl5zd)

36 Remember the toy cars and motorcycles with the big zip-tie looking thing that you pulled really fast to make the toy go?

Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM (Dsfkc)

37 I just gave away to my grand nephews 94 95 and 96 still in package complete NASCAR Hotwheels collection.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM (gbOdA)

38 Clackers were known for shattering into sharp shards during enthustiastic clacking. That's why they dont sell Clackers anymore

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (gc+OO)

39 My best friend growing up. He and I played G.I Joes and other assorted army soldier stuff. He grew up to be a multimillionaire (solid waste disposal). He owned an office building, in which at least two entire office suites were full of his collection of GIJ's and army soldiers. He hasn't outgrown it. We're still in touch, 50 years on. Now THAT's a hobby.

Posted by: goatexchange at June 14, 2025 05:45 PM

When I was a kid my mother went to work at a factory that had a contract to make plastic sprues for GI Joe. She was allowed to bring home any of the stuff that didn't pass inspection. My GI Joe's had everything anyone could want. They never had to reload their guns as I have a couple dozen for each of them. I had tons of .50 cals, bazookas and mortars. Sadly all of my stuff was burned up in a house fire.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (e5NfL)

40
Jacks and Legos mean no bare feet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (QnmlO)

41 Bizarrely, I think I/our family owned every toy listed except the erector set.

I clung to my childhood way too long but eventually I lost all interest in toys. Toy guns gave way to the real thing.

Unless, that is, we count video games. Those still hold my interest/waste my time. Like City of Heroes. Brought back to life and now free of charge.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

42 Sizzlers. The EV's of Hot Wheels.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (Q4IgG)

43 We had a lot of 'Star Wars' toys too. Well used so they were donated or tossed.

A racing track too.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 05:50 PM (jvJvP)

44 36 Remember the toy cars and motorcycles with the big zip-tie looking thing that you pulled really fast to make the toy go?

Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM
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No idea what those were called, but I can still recall the sound vividly.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 05:50 PM (Eaoic)

45 Stomp rockets.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 05:51 PM (lIgBp)

46 I learned about electricity from a erector set when I stuck one of those little metal beams in a power outlet.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 05:53 PM (gc+OO)

47 Cox Cars

I had a Baja Bug you started up and set the wheels in a turn and watch run until it ran out of gas or wrecks.

Also the tether car. with nail in the road.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:53 PM (gbOdA)

48 TRex, You really came up with a great list. Tinker Toys, erector sets, silly putty, Etchasketch (sp?), Play Dough, and so many others from my 1950s/60s childhood. Slinky wasn't just fun, it was cool, especially having it go down stairs. (The challenge was placing it JUST RIGHT.)

Sadly, Hasbro Flubber was discontinued decades ago. It was great to see how many times it would bounce around the room from one toss. We were young enough to realize the potential damage to breakable stuff in the room. Using it outside had the risk (if you were strong enough) of it bouncing out of sight.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM (yTvNw)

49 Kites. I still love flying kites.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM (DLqye)

50 49 Kites. I still love flying kites.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM (DLqye)

With tupence for paper and string

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:55 PM (gbOdA)

51
Pffft! on those nostalgic toys.

Presenting the Greatest Troy Evah!

Six Finger!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElVzs0lEULs

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 05:55 PM (iJfKG)

52 The Paolo still has his Super Balls.

Posted by: The Paolo at June 14, 2025 05:55 PM (i0F8b)

53 48 Sadly, Hasbro Flubber was discontinued decades ago.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM
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Maybe we'll do a mini-feature on the Flubber in a future thread.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 05:56 PM (Eaoic)

54 https://tinyurl.com/227ym7pd

Posted by: UnkleSteve at June 14, 2025 05:57 PM (f/KOq)

55 49 Kites. I still love flying kites.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM
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Fun topic idea. Thank you!

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 05:57 PM (Eaoic)

56 It might have been the time and place but yo-yos and string tops were a big deal when we were in grade school. Learning to tie and wind the string properly to get the most use was like a rite of passage.

Same with flipping baseball cards. I was damn good, often winning from the older 6th graders.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 05:59 PM (yTvNw)

57 46 I learned about electricity from a erector set when I stuck one of those little metal beams in a power outlet.

I learned about electricity from an erector set when I connected the 1.5 volt electromagnet to the 110 vac power outlet. : -(

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 14, 2025 05:59 PM (sMkAM)

58 Balsa wood gliders.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 05:59 PM (lIgBp)

59 Happy 1 year anniversary, TRex! Thank you for the Hobby Thread. It is much enjoyed and appreciated.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 14, 2025 06:00 PM (Eo96p)

60 Not a hobby item per se, but, I have my first IOS App in review and hopefully in the next couple of days it will be released on the store.

It's not anything unique, in fact, there are a billion apps just like it, the point of the exercise is to simply release something so I can just get familiar with the process of releasing apps.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2025 06:00 PM (XV/Pl)

61
Kites. I still love flying kites.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM

_________

We had some enormous Oriental thing. Someone called the cops thinking it was a UFO.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:01 PM (QnmlO)

62 60 Not a hobby item per se, but, I have my first IOS App in review and hopefully in the next couple of days it will be released on the store.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2025 06:00 PM
***
Congrats! The Hobby Thread respects anyone that builds.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:02 PM (Eaoic)

63 Stretch Armstrong. Mr. Pulsar.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 06:02 PM (i51dK)

64 Clackers were known for shattering into sharp shards during enthustiastic clacking. That's why they dont sell Clackers anymore
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (gc+OO)

That's because they were heavy as hell. They were essentially a two headed flail without a handle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 06:03 PM (CA3k/)

65 Whoo-hoo! I think our favorite game was a Milton-Bradley "board" game called "Slap Stick" that came out around 1966 or '67. It came with a bunch of colored cards, each with a hole in it, and there were colored plastic rods attached to the board. With your color-co-ordinated plastic paddle (like a shovel with a very long handle), you were supposed to slide the paddle under a card of your assigned color and drop said card onto your color-co-ordinated stick. The cards were numbered and after all the cards in the middle of the board were scooped up, whoever totaled the most points won. Meanwhile, the other players would attempt to "Slap" the card off your paddle, thus preventing you from scoring. What was fun was that my siblings and I didn't drop cards onto the rods; nope, first we slapped cards off the paddles, then gave up all pretense of scoring and whaled the tar out of each other with the paddles! After some stinging shots landed on hands, arms, legs, and eventually somebody's face, the entire game was confiscated by Mom, never to be seen again. Awww....

Posted by: tankascribe at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM (NtoJk)

66 Biotron.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM (i51dK)

67 I had a lot of these toys when I was a youth. The only one I see missing is Major Matt Mason. I had a ton of MMM toys. Including the Moonbase and Kallisto "from Jupiter. His transparent skull reveals the workings of his alien brain."

Still have some of that in storage somewhere.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM (CHHv1)

68 > Kites. I still love flying kites.

Posted by: Ben Had
---------
We were down on Del Monte Beach in Monterey with a kite many years ago. Got... way up there. Probably 1000 feet.

Took "a long time" to reel it in.

I'm still sore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM (Q4IgG)

69 Before my time, but my aunt had a set (and presumably every other toy she had as a kid) preserved perfectly in her room at grandma and grandpa's house.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 06:05 PM (CA3k/)

70 The Trumptacular parade is getting started.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 06:05 PM (L/fGl)

71 Micronauts.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 06:05 PM (i51dK)

72 I still have my favorite toy, and play with it at every opportunity.

Posted by: Jeffery Toobin at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (i0F8b)

73
Not toys, but Avalon Hill board games. And canasta. Great for rainy summer days.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (QnmlO)

74 Not toy related but I had a class in drawing today, my first ever. It was for absolute beginners and I picked up some good tips especially about proportions and perspective. It felt odd to get ideas from a class instead of a book. Now I have to keep practicing.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (yTvNw)

75 65 then gave up all pretense of scoring and whaled the tar out of each other with the paddles! After some stinging shots landed on hands, arms, legs, and eventually somebody's face, the entire game was confiscated by Mom, never to be seen again. Awww....

Posted by: tankascribe at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM
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Ha! Who could have seen that coming?! Clearly they had no children involved in the pre-production testing. Anything that can be converted into a weapon will be converted into a weapon.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:08 PM (Eaoic)

76 I still have my uncles view master. And his set of marbles.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 06:09 PM (CA3k/)

77
No rocketry. Unfortunately.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:09 PM (QnmlO)

78 74 Not toy related but I had a class in drawing today, my first ever.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM
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Outstanding!! Congrats! Best wishes for the future!

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:09 PM (Eaoic)

79 Anybody remember Op-Yops?
SillySand?

Or those kits that made jewelry our of some sort of plastic, it would heat up and we'd pour the material into the mold, and it would make soft cameo-type jewelry?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 14, 2025 06:11 PM (Eo96p)

80 @62

>>Congrats! The Hobby Thread respects anyone that builds.

Thanks, I'm building an ERP app that I'm hoping will fill a major whole in my particular business sector and am hoping to have an initial release candidate in about a year, in the interim, as I'm learning and building out the different elements, I'm learning different aspects of applications development and as result you test things seperately from the main app, so those testings are going be little app that I am hoping to make a couple from on the App store.

I'm not expecting to make any money as I am only going to sell these ios apps for a buck, I'm not going to do any advertising or in-app monetization.

The app is only going to do the things it's going to do, you want it, you pay a buck and that's it. I'm not collecting data, I'm not nickle and diming you.

Basically, using it as a learning exercise.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2025 06:11 PM (XV/Pl)

81 Crystal grow kits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 06:12 PM (CA3k/)

82 Mom taught me how to play Jacks.

We had "pick up sticks" too-- almost forgot about that one.

Hopscotch! My friends and I got into big trouble for playing it in front of neighbor's house-- we were told to scrub off every trace of chalk! Not as easy as you might think.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 06:13 PM (rdVOm)

83 Watching the parade. Who is the guy three rows behind Trump, who is wearing the Medal of Honor?

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at June 14, 2025 06:14 PM (p2GXS)

84 44 36 Remember the toy cars and motorcycles with the big zip-tie looking thing that you pulled really fast to make the toy go?

Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM
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No idea what those were called, but I can still recall the sound vividly.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 05:50 PM (Eaoic

Actually, I remember those.

And remembering going Palestinian, revving it up to all heck and aiming it at my enemies.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:15 PM (jvJvP)

85 Wow, I played with nearly all of these toys. I'm OLD!

Best thing ever was marbles. My dad had a friend who worked at a ball bearing factory and he gave me a YUGE ball bearing, which I claimed was a steelie. It was like dropping the Tsar Bomba. I shortly owned all the marbles.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:15 PM (kpS4V)

86 Lite Brite

Here... go make video signs. Probably a CIA thing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (Q4IgG)

87 The biggest thing that came with all those toys was imagination.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (DLqye)

88

What do sock monkeys jerk into?

Posted by: Just Saying... at June 14, 2025 06:18 PM (m1Nt+)

89 Evening, all,

"I had a Slinky. I straightened it."
( -- Egon Spengler)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:18 PM (omVj0)

90 It's not a classic toy but Mom and I bought our friends' child an electronic set for her birthday. It looked really cool and I got it for about half price at 'Canadian Tire.'

I should try to borrow that. It looked fun.

Now, the older kids.....Legos. Tons of Legos.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:18 PM (jvJvP)

91 My little brother and I went through a couple of bright yellow Fireball Wagons. Iirc, the front wheels were smaller than the large back ones and you could steer it pretty well. Red flame down the middle.

We had a hill in front of our house ending in a cul de sac. So many races with the neighborhood kids!!! More than a few crashes, bloody road rashes, bumps and bruises. Great time!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:19 PM (WpUtP)

92 One of my hobbies is opera, listening not singing. I'm watching the Met production of Aida, a love triangle set in Ancient Egypt during an invasion of Egypt by Ethiopia. Anyway, this production has a kinda cool framing technique. It begins with an Indiana Jones-like figure rappelling down into a lost temple /palace long buried in the sand and reading the heiroglyphs to tell the story.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 06:19 PM (L/fGl)

93 87 The biggest thing that came with all those toys was imagination.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM
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Amen. I should have highlighted the endless possibilities of the humble cardboard box. Building blocks for almost anything.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:20 PM (Eaoic)

94 As kids we didn't play classic marble games. Those seemed to belong to the previous generation. But we got a lot of use out of them as ammunition: slingshots, our attempts at catapults, or just dropping them from a height on bugs like we were bombing Dresden.

Some games, jacks and hopscotch come to mind, were only for girls. Don't know why.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:20 PM (yTvNw)

95 I'm watching the parade on C-SPAN. One dude put down his brewskie for the national anthem, and promptly resumed chugging the second it was over. Respect.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:20 PM (kpS4V)

96 Bloody road rashes, bumps and bruises. Great time!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:19 PM (WpUtP)

No one likes to end up as 'street meat puppets.'

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:21 PM (jvJvP)

97 Working on rust this week.

Not the programming language, oxidized steel. Some ahole let a coke spill down the side of a piece of gear what looks like at least two decades ago. Stripped the electronics and disassembled the box and the rusty bit is getting a nice vinegar bath right now.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 06:21 PM (lUFok)

98 Could only find the broadcast of the parade on PBS (spit). I want to know what the libs have done to prevent people from attending. Stands look half empty.

I hope Trump and the organizers were smart enough to station Marines at all the Metro stations to ensure Americans could get one without hassle and salute the troops.

Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 06:22 PM (SawFp)

99 Super Toe!

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 06:24 PM (ITkJX)

100 Amen. I should have highlighted the endless possibilities of the humble cardboard box. Building blocks for almost anything.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:20 PM (Eaoic)

My late mother needed some stuff every few weeks and they would come in some pretty big boxes. Big enough that kids could hide in them.

I saved up a LOT of them for my friends' kids. Got markers, put letters and numbers on them.

Oh, those boxes got used. Art. Cat homes, a lot of stuff.

The appeal of toys fades. A good huge cardboard box. That becomes a home....

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:25 PM (jvJvP)

101 That was like digging through my toy box 45 years ago.

Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 06:25 PM (VARTN)

102 I had Play-Doh and an Etch-a-Sketch, flirted with Silly Putty, but never had Lincoln Logs or an Erector Set that I can recall. My Christmas toys were things like the Beany and Cecil stuffed talking dolls, Western gunslinger holster and pistol sets from Mattel, and later plastic model assembly kits. Oh, and an Aurora Model Motoring slot-car track setup.

Birthday gifts were often of the Marx Playset variety, such as Capt. Gallant of the Foreign Legion, Roy Rogers' Double-R Bar, Zorro, and one I wish I still had, the Flintstones set. It was amazing how many parts and pieces and figures you got for $4.99.

There was a fad at my grammar school for tops. I forget the brand name, the same as the yo-yo manufacturers -- Duncan? They had models like the Imperial. I learned how to wind the cord properly and make them spin for a reasonable time. We all vied to see who could make his top spin longest

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:25 PM (omVj0)

103 Not Silly Sand but Eraser Boards this magnets that moved iron filings I guess

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 06:25 PM (tl5zd)

104 @79 - I had one of those - a ThingMaker with PlastiGoop. You poured then goop into a mold and you could make monsters, bugs, all kinds of stuff.

I bet it would be illegal today.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 06:27 PM (CHHv1)

105 Should the Gen X kid answer all the questions? Why not...

If you're going to be crafty, you know about the sock monkey.
Grandma's house had one.....

Did you pull newsprint with silly putty?
Had some silly putty.

or were you more of a Play-Doh sculptor?
Some of the commercial stuff, and some that Mom made with flour and water and food coloring and whatever else.

Indestructible. (Tonka trucks)
Had a few as sandbox toys. Not that one. Had a backhoe with way too many controls to make it much fun to operate.

Tinker Toys or...
One small set.

Lincoln Logs...
Part of a small set, that used to be Dad's when he was a kid. Just enough to build a small house. Not enough of the really short pieces left.

or Erector set?
We had this Erector set, in the yellow plastic case, with the little motor:
https://is.gd/K2d7mY

(1/x)

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:27 PM (DgGvY)

106 Army parade is on Merit tv.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:27 PM (1U0OF)

107 I recall playing tiddlywinks. It was especially good when it was too nasty to go outside. (Nasty was defined by the mothers by how much dirt and mud we might bring in after playing.)

A kid could spend a lot of time trying to get the damn things in the cup. When you finally did, it was like sinking a put after thirty tries. You forgot all the previous attempts.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (yTvNw)

108 Etch a sketch and...
Yup. Many stairs were drawn.

the mighty View Master.
You betcha. 3D before 3D was cool.

Jacks...
Nope.

marbles...
As aquarium decorations, never played the game.

and dominoes.
To set up and knock over, not to play the actual board game.

Hot wheels and matchbox (along with miles of orange track):
Yes and yes.

Still being made, but I'm stunned that a Big Wheel costs $129 or more on the interweb these days.
Had that big wheel, in the original red-yellow-blue colors.

Barrel O Monkeys and...
No, but there was a barrel at grandma's house.

(2/x)

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY)

109 Slinky!
The plastic kind, not the metal one.

Did you make anything edible in an Easy Bake Oven?
No, didn't have any sisters.

Senior Cara de Papa
Also at grandma's house.

What else? Hula hoop, Magic 8 ball, yo yos, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Rock em Sock em Robots, kaleidoscopes, Stretch Armstrong, Operation, Lite Brite, Simon, paper dolls, jump rope, frisbee, Barbie, GI Joe, plastic green army men, etc.?

No, no, yes, grandma's, no, yes, no, grandma's, yes, yes, no, yes, yes, no, yes, yes.

Etc.: still have my Rubik's cube, and still know how to solve it.

(3/3)

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY)

110 And how many of us got in trouble for Rubik's Cubes in class. And the rip off side puzzles. They were the smart phones of their day.....

And those electronic pets you had to keep alive. Which I never had. Thankfully.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (jvJvP)

111 I forwent asking for toys because I wanted a horse more than anything in the world.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (DLqye)

112 I was a little old for Hot Wheels when they appeared.

The amazing thing about Mattel's Shootin' Shell pistols and rifles is that they worked on basically the same principle as real guns do. There was a metal cartridge, a plastic "bullet" that snapped into the cartridge, and you put a Greenie Stik-M Cap on the flat base of the cartridge. When the hammer of your gun came down on the cap, you got a bang and the plastic bullet flew out of the barrel, leaving the cartridge behind. Of course the plastic bullets vanished pretty soon, so a cap on the cartridge was what you had, but it made a satisfying bang anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (omVj0)

113 Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY

Battling Robots!

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (jvJvP)

114 Etc.: still have my Rubik's cube, and still know how to solve it.

(3/3)

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY)

I'd love some bigger ones when life gets better. That would be fun.....

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:31 PM (jvJvP)

115 I never had a Mr. Potato Head.

As for the Beany & Cecil stuffed talking dolls, from Mattel I think, Beany vanished somewhere in the mists of time. But my mother kept Cecil, even though his pull cord-operated talking box had stopped working. She kept him as a decoration on an armchair in the upstairs loft that was her bedroom after we kids left home.

I wish I'd grabbed it when I was cleaning out the apartment after she passed away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:32 PM (omVj0)

116 Plastigoop, Shrinky Dinks, Strange Change Machine.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:33 PM (kpS4V)

117 TCR racing was the first set that didnt have slots. Cars could change lanes, but they often just flew off the track.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 06:34 PM (ITkJX)

118 Coloring books and crayons.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:35 PM (DLqye)

119 104 @79 - I had one of those - a ThingMaker with PlastiGoop. You poured then goop into a mold and you could make monsters, bugs, all kinds of stuff.

I bet it would be illegal today.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 06:27 PM (CHHv1)
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You routinely burned yourself on the hot metal molds. You shook it off and went on goopin'!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:36 PM (kpS4V)

120 TCR racing was the first set that didnt have slots. Cars could change lanes, but they often just flew off the track.

At least the cars were glow in the dark, so you could find them if they went under the couch.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 06:36 PM (lUFok)

121 Viewmaster! I bought one with my own money in 1969, to play the Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode reel for "The Very Important Zombie Affair." I still have the reels in the package. Had to buy a VM on eBay to play them. Now that we have the episodes on DVD, it's less important, but you know, a collector does this sort of stuff.

There was also a Star Trek episode on VM, "The Omega Glory."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:37 PM (omVj0)

122 Oooooo, Eris,
Shrinky dinks!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:37 PM (mT+6a)

123 I gave my god daughter a talking 'Barney' doll when she was 3 or 4.

Remember talking cars, how they would tell you 'Fasten Your Seatbelt.' Etc. Remember how fast those disappeared?

That was Barney. She'd trigger Barney, he'd start singing and she'd just mutter 'Shut up Barney!'

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:37 PM (jvJvP)

124 I was a little old to get into GI Joe and other action figures. When they came along I was already looking into getting a BB gun.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:37 PM (yTvNw)

125 Coloring books and crayons.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025

***
And Paint-By-Number paintings of Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster, with oil paints that took forever to dry!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:38 PM (omVj0)

126 I lived on coloring books and crayons, when I could find where my mother hid the crayons! I always had paper and a pencil to sketch. Colorforms and tiddlywinks, but mostly all types of ball games in the streets....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 06:38 PM (Eaoic)

127 Oh, and there was the annoying Super Ball. It bounced so vigorously off a sidewalk or a wall that it was hard to control or predict where it would soar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:39 PM (omVj0)

128 Hot Wheel tracks were a fearsome weapon

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 06:40 PM (tl5zd)

129 Okay, I had to look.

There's a 33x 33 x 33 Rubik's cube.

We should all get one for brain exercise...

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:40 PM (jvJvP)

130 Grateful, there you are ! To indulge my inner child some lucky person at the TXMoMe will receive an adult coloring book and crayons.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:41 PM (DLqye)

131 My younger brother had a pedal car Jeep with the USAF logo on it. It was painted in the blue-gray of the USAF uniform. I was a little too big to fit comfortably in it, but I tried.

It had rubber tires, and was made of metal. Can you believe that? No way such a thing would be allowed nowadays.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:42 PM (omVj0)

132 Wolfus, I had one of those.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:43 PM (DLqye)

133 We had a game we called Strikeout. Rubber ball the size of a baseball, strike zone painted on a wall. Usually in a school parking lot on weekends when it was vacant.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 06:45 PM (ITkJX)

134 127 Oh, and there was the annoying Super Ball. It bounced so vigorously off a sidewalk or a wall that it was hard to control or predict where it would soar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:39 PM
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I'm a fan of the mighty superball. Different sizes and colors. Mayhem.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:46 PM (Eaoic)

135 The Great Courses Plus has a great Drawing course. I want to go through that. Your local library may have it for 'free.' Mine does.

Also Chess. A bunch of other great stuff to that would fit into the hobby thread.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:46 PM (jvJvP)

136 130 Grateful, there you are ! To indulge my inner child some lucky person at the TXMoMe will receive an adult coloring book and crayons.
Posted by: Ben Had

I have one. It has seen me through more than one emotional episode of one kind or another. Very soothing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:47 PM (mT+6a)

137 We had all of those building toys, and then some . Had something that I think was called Crystal Climbers--rectangles and discs and cylinders that interlocked, made of jewel-toned clear plastic. They smelled weird.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 06:48 PM (h7ZuX)

138 I am here Ben Had! What a great gift idea. Now you've got me thinking....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 06:49 PM (Eaoic)

139 Here's a link to that 33 x 33 x 33 Rubik's cube.

Pretty impressive.

https://tinyurl.com/499tnpvz

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:50 PM (jvJvP)

140 We had a metal pedal car too. And I had a plastic Batmobile to ride in. I loved Batman.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:50 PM (kpS4V)

141 I have a %99 complete Erector Set from around 1960
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:46 PM (tl5zd)

I still have the Meccano set I had as child. Meccano was the British Empire counterpart to Erector, and many of the parts were compatible. Meccano used weird screw threads completely unknown to engineering science.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 06:52 PM (biyIY)

142 I ordered a Barrel of Monkeys on alibaba. When I opened the barrel, all the monkeys were dead.

I remember playing with Spirograph.

Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM (MX0bI)

143 Watching the parade on CSpan

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM (tl5zd)

144 Grateful mentioned Colorforms. My little sister played with them, sort of an updated version of paper dolls. To my surprise, Colorforms are still made.

Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:55 PM (yTvNw)

145 What a fun trip down memory lane.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:56 PM (DLqye)

146 We had all of those building toys, and then some . Had something that I think was called Crystal Climbers--rectangles and discs and cylinders that interlocked, made of jewel-toned clear plastic. They smelled weird.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

We had some called Construx, too. All plastic, the connections were sort of a cross between Tinker Toys (because multi-directional, with long beams and little connector nodes) and Lego (because they snapped together).

Lack of info on the net makes me think they were not popular. The Wiki article looks like pictures all taken in the same house by the one kid who collected all the sets, heh.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:57 PM (DgGvY)

147 Oh !!!paper dolls

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:57 PM (DLqye)

148 C-SPAN just shows the parade with the announcers and officer commentary. CNN had to politicize it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:57 PM (kpS4V)

149 127 Oh, and there was the annoying Super Ball. It bounced so vigorously off a sidewalk or a wall that it was hard to control or predict where it would soar.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:39 PM (omVj0)

That's why this is an inside toy. Great action in a long hallway. Our mom was pretty tolerant.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 06:58 PM (h7ZuX)

150 Lite Brite, Gumby & Pokey; Spirograph, styrofoam planes, bubble soap, jumping ropes

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 06:58 PM (NFX2v)

151 Kites

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:00 PM (NFX2v)

152 Watching the parade on CSpan

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM

Same here. I notice the Bradley's are just plain OD green now. I don't remember the Army stopping the three color NATO camo paint job but I guess they did when I wasn't looking.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 07:01 PM (e5NfL)

153 And the 'dangerous' toys.

Lawn darts. That's you failing 'Survival 101.'

I can't be the only one that used fireworks in a firefight. Those ones that shoot out one ball at a time. We were young and stupid but a tiny bit better.

Oh, and I almost hit my brother in the leg with a bow and arrow. Right between the legs and in the wall. Considering everything the last 5 months, kind of wish I hit him. We became estranged today. He came by for one last thing, went to Mom's bedroom to cry, I left for my friends across the street.

He hates me. Like really. Damn that bow and arrow and a time machine...

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:03 PM (jvJvP)

154 Balsa wood airplanes, pump rockets, ornithopters, kites.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:03 PM (kpS4V)

155 Ice Bird, Ice Bird,
You're such a nice bird.
Let's make an Ice Bird treat!

Scrape in the ice
To fill the cup
Then add the flavor
And eat it up!

Yum yum yum yum
How about another one?

Ice Bird, you're a lot of fun!

Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 07:05 PM (MX0bI)

156 Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%
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Hey Stateless. What do we need to get ya to at least 28%?!

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 07:05 PM (Eaoic)

157 He hates me. Like really. Damn that bow and arrow and a time machine...
Posted by: Stateless
**********
I've learned that people have very different ways of coping and grieving. Even siblings. He may act like he hates you, but I'd bed money I don't have that it's not you he's upset with...after all, you were the caretaker.
Now you get to take care of yourself. And if you do half the job for yourself that you did for your Mom, you will be one happy man. And I look forward to hearing about that....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 07:06 PM (Eaoic)

158 Ricochet Racers on target!
Havin' lots of fun when you race with a Ricochayee...

Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 07:06 PM (MX0bI)

159 Incredible Edibles, which is like Plastigoop you can eat. It tasted like crap.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:06 PM (kpS4V)

160 Considering everything the last 5 months, kind of wish I hit him. We became estranged today. He came by for one last thing, went to Mom's bedroom to cry, I left for my friends across the street.

He hates me. Like really. Damn that bow and arrow and a time machine...

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:03 PM

Not wanting to get into your personal business but I lost my brother some years back. We had words and never really spoke much for some years before he died. I wish I could invent a time machine and go back and try to patch things up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 07:08 PM (e5NfL)

161 What about the little plastic rocket you'd fill half with water and half with compressed air from a little slide-whistle pump? What's that thing called? They launched pretty good.

Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 07:09 PM (MX0bI)

162 Smash up derby!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 07:09 PM (mT+6a)

163 Stateless, your brother is lashing out with resentment and guilt because he didn't do jacksquat for your parents. His greed will haunt him to the grave.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 07:10 PM (DLqye)

164 Hobby-related stuff today? Well, I made a modification to my media-blasting cabinet. It is from Princess Auto, but is basically a clone of the one Harbor Freight sells. I drained out the glass bead into a bucket, and sieved it. Got a lot of coarse junk out of. Then I modified the pickup tube for the siphon-feed gun according to a write-up I found on the Internet. Made a huge improvement; much more time blasting, much less time purging clogged pickup. And I put new batteries into my own mod. Made a bracket, and hung one of those little LED "head" lamps on top of the gun, pointing directly at where the stream from the nozzle impinges on the work. A little extra light in exactly the right place means fewer spot missed.

So bead-blasted six lamp housings for the Zip van, and two cast-aluminum valve covers and two cast-aluminum intake manifolds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 07:11 PM (biyIY)

165 Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%
***
Hey Stateless. What do we need to get ya to at least 28%?!
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 07:0

Hi TRex. Thanks so much.

I'm getting there. 1% just for surviving. 1% for boozeless days, 1% for being productive and 1% for some sort of exercise. Convict conditioning by the way to keep the hobby thread on topic. I am hoping to make a lot of gains soon, especially when my living situation isn't still up in the air for 5 months.

I lost the rest of my family today but my friends' cat Snowflake is home and that's a pretty fair trade.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:12 PM (jvJvP)

166 Little Kiddle dolls, including Kiddle Kologne. (Tiny doll inside a perfume bottle-shaped holder that smelled good).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:13 PM (kpS4V)

167 What about the little plastic rocket you'd fill half with water and half with compressed air from a little slide-whistle pump? What's that thing called? They launched pretty good.
Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 07:09 PM (MX0bI)

I had one of those! Three stages, top one was a spherical satellite. Very clever design. The stages separated automatically as the pressure in the lower stage exhausted.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 07:14 PM (biyIY)

168 I lost the rest of my family today but my friends' cat Snowflake is home and that's a pretty fair trade.
Posted by: Stateless
*********
Stateless, there is the family you are born into and the family you choose. We are one of the families you choose, and you haven't lost us!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 07:14 PM (Eaoic)

169 "It's not a tank, it's a self-propelled Howitzer" 😆

I call them all tanks.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:15 PM (kpS4V)

170 Grateful, the same is said to you and TRex.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 07:15 PM (DLqye)

171 I had a view master but my favorite related toy was the projector master. ( don't know if that's what it's called) . It was just a plastic tube with a light and magnifying lens. You had a ruler sized card with about 6 or 7 slides on it . Go into your closet and you have your own media room or back then your own movie theater.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:16 PM (VofaG)

172 166 Little Kiddle dolls, including Kiddle Kologne. (Tiny doll inside a perfume bottle-shaped holder that smelled good).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:13 PM (kpS4V)

Oh, my sisters and I loved those!

Another one I thought about this week, what with permission to run over protestors and all, is the Flatsy doll. Think Gumby, but in a girl doll shape.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (h7ZuX)

173 Hey Ben Had, 17 weeks til Corsicana!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (Eaoic)

174 Posted by: Stateless.. 28% -
***
Control what you can control. One hour at a time. One day at a time. Don't carry baggage that holds you back. Have faith. Pray for strength and wisdom.

We've got your back.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (Eaoic)

175 I still have my wagon, my tonka trucks (grader, dump truck, crane bucket and a broke in half loader) legos (with three generations added to it.) and most importantly my marbles.
Wish I had my erector set and tinker toys. I bet the grands would love those.
I don't let the grands play with the tonka stuff. I look at it now and go "really" as I vaguely remember the pain of getting pinched by them, a lot.

Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 07:19 PM (LgDgc)

176 I had most of these toys at one time or another in my youth. My Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs and Erector set were hand-me-downs that were kept at my grandparents' house. They'd probably be worth a fortune today.

I still have most of my Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars, and a wall-mount display case to show them in. I rotate it in and out with other wall art.

Good memories.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at June 14, 2025 07:19 PM (QdGJh)

177 Kenner slide show projector.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:19 PM (VofaG)

178 Another one I thought about this week, what with permission to run over protestors and all, is the Flatsy doll. Think Gumby, but in a girl doll shape.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (h7ZuX)
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I remember them! You could hide them inside a book at school.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:20 PM (kpS4V)

179 Chemistry sets and wood burning kit.

I feel sorry for kids today that will never experience those toys.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:20 PM (VofaG)

180 Grateful, I am counting the days and MoMe X can't wait to welcome you all.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 07:21 PM (DLqye)

181 Spirograph

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:21 PM (VofaG)

182 Time to say thank you and good night before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for being here. Thanks for participating. Looking forward to more Hobby Threads in the future.

See y'all in Club ONT later tonight!

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (Eaoic)

183 I had a kit with Peanuts stencils so you could draw your own Peanuts cartoons.

I also had a birdbath rink with mobile Snoopy and Woodstock playing hockey,

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (kpS4V)

184 I got my wife a sock monkey last winter. She had told me she had gotten one as a present as a little girl.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 07:23 PM (D7oie)

185 Had wood burning kits a couple times

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 07:24 PM (tl5zd)

186 Mr Potatohead was emasculated when it became a plastic potato with limited attachment points instead of spiked pieces you could put anywhere on a real potato. Also all metal spud guns. Air blasters!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 14, 2025 07:26 PM (JazRo)

187 Had wood burning kit, and also leathercraft kits to make wallets and such. There was also copper sheets to rub over templates to make pictures.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:26 PM (kpS4V)

188 Rockem Sockem Robots.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:27 PM (VofaG)

189 I wish I had my Metal Tonka truck and crane. Long gone. I beat the crap out of them.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 07:28 PM (dR6yv)

190 Wind up Evel Knievel motorcycle. Fun toy

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 14, 2025 07:29 PM (WF/xn)

191 I remember Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs and Erector sets. I don't think I ever had a plastic toy. Maybe they hadn't been invented yet.

Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 07:30 PM (8I4hW)

192 Clackers.

So dangerous they were banned even before lawn darts.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:32 PM (VofaG)

193 189 I wish I had my Metal Tonka truck and crane. Long gone. I beat the crap out of them.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 07:28 PM (dR6yv)

The one I have we used to ride down this big hill. I drive up and down it all the time now and wonder how none of us died. Back when crying got you teased until you really cried. Blood was a badge of honor and our parents had not one fucking clue where we were.

Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 07:33 PM (LgDgc)

194 I want to thank you all. I have been reading all the comments while having beers tonight. Was watching the Avengers but screw it.

TRex, has wine and beer making ever been a thread. My tiny Canadian town with 2 sets of stoplights has a store.

I think several of you were correct. With both Mom and Dad he insisted on being there when they died. SUCKIEST POSSIBLE HOBBY EVER BTW!!

But Dad and I had no unexpressed thoughts. We were good. Not to mention Mom and I. I thought Mom stopped talking on Monday. I was there Wednesday, her friend came in and Mom called my name over and over.

I was going to take that to my grave not to hurt Steve. But he showed up today, took a few more minor things, made 'Have a Nice Life' comments. So I had to tell him

Sorry Dude. You may be torturing me but I have no regrets.

The funniest thing is, is that I don't know how this happened. I thought we were good. But apparently caregiving is a vacation acording to my brother.

Sorry.

But it is a hobby thread.

And just for a while, beer, some pills from the canabis store are my hobby.

But just for a bit.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:34 PM (jvJvP)

195 Lawn darts were cool. The set was kept at our grandparents' house, because we'd behave better there.

Still, older bro liked to aim them AT me, when he thought nobody was watching.

(I'm with you, Stateless-- cut bro loose and don't look back!)

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:35 PM (rdVOm)

196 Lots of tree climbing as a kid, even as an adult. By gone days.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:36 PM (SJrOE)

197 I have some animosity towards Erector sets. My older brother got one. I was told by my mother that girls were not allowed to play with Erector sets, it was for boys, he did not have to share. I asked for my own. No, those are for boys. Lincoln logs were allowed though.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at June 14, 2025 07:36 PM (qFnnL)

198 NOOD

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:38 PM (t0Rmr)

199 192 Clackers.

So dangerous they were banned even before lawn darts.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:32 PM (VofaG)

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Even if they didn't shatter! Fast moving, hard plastic balls: recipe for disaster.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (SJrOE)

200 Erector set took a lot of work, took a lot of time. But some sets included an electric motor. hooray!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (SJrOE)

201 163 Stateless, your brother is lashing out with resentment and guilt because he didn't do jacksquat for your parents. His greed will haunt him to the grave.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 07:10 PM (DLqye

I think you're right.

He was upset today. At least showing simulated human emotions.

"I'm sorry I hurt you!'

Yeah. Whatever. I'm good and my new Hobby will be climbing my happiness meter.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (jvJvP)

202 Didn't Easy Bake ovens get banned also?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:45 PM (SJrOE)

203 My older bro was good at the crocodile tears, too. After pretending to apologize (tearfully, in front of our parents)? As soon as they were out of sight/earshot, he'd glare furiously at me, the fake tears almost rolling back up his cheeks & back into his eyes.

And he'd always say: I hate you, (JQ). I'm gonna killl you.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (rdVOm)

204 Clackers made bitchen bolos. Actually they were bolos rebranded by marketing.
They also were a prized marble, Grapes they wound up being called. Because conicidentally they resembled those grape decorations everyone had. I say had because within days of the discovery everyone had clacker marbles, now called grapes and nobodys parents had grapes in their decorations.

Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 07:49 PM (LgDgc)

205 And he'd always say: I hate you, (JQ). I'm gonna killl you.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (rdVOm)

I hope he's out of your life and you are at peace.
Me too....I post selflishly.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:55 PM (jvJvP)

206 Yes, Stateless. I cut contact a couple years ago.

Hope you can get through it, too.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (rdVOm)

207 I'm good and my new Hobby will be climbing my happiness meter.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM
***
Hooray! We're here for it!
Looking forward to 29%.

Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (MjX9c)

208 The original Mr. Potato Head had only the various parts on pushpins for use with a real potato!

Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at June 14, 2025 08:05 PM (ScMN3)

209 Hooray! We're here for it!
Looking forward to 29%.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (MjX9c

Dude, I am so climbing.

I found a lot of videos on YouTube about surrendering to God and stop worrying and trust in God. Mom was a nun in Cleveland for 14 years. It didn't wear off on me until now.

By the way, Mom left the convent, met my Dad a year later, got married in Michigan, lived in Canada and had me 11 months later.

Switch it around and we Hallmark material.

Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (jvJvP)

210 Those Tonka trucks were not indestructible

Just give one to the young PMRich, older brother RFRich and younger DORich.

Guaranteed to not last the summer

Posted by: PMRich at June 14, 2025 08:24 PM (Pe+uV)

211 I’ve saved a few toys from my childhood, which I thought my kids would take to as I had. Not so much. Electric football was a bust. The trains had a short heyday. But there’s one thing I couldn’t bear to leave them alone with. It’s my Johnny Lightning car carrier in the shape of Al Unser’s Indy car from 1971. A completely outlandish design, for decades I thought it was just the imagination of some Mattel designer. then I saw the real thing.

Posted by: red speck at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (0Id0S)

Open thread, news of the day

War moves, assassinations, etc. No pets, gardening, recipes, etc.

Posted by: K.T. at 04:33 PM

Comments

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1 First!

Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 03:34 PM (Dnobf)

2 Wut?

Posted by: Quarter twenty at June 14, 2025 03:34 PM (lIgBp)

3 It was a mostly peaceful assassination.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 03:35 PM (lIgBp)

4 Tim Walz, Come on Down !!!

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at June 14, 2025 03:36 PM (iGK7y)

5
K.T.

You rock!!

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:36 PM (3ek7K)

6 Uh, who's been assassinated? Another Mexican candidate?

I am so out of it, apparently.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (rF2iL)

7 Huge crowds in Los Angeles.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (lIgBp)

8 CNN sucks.

Hacks. Go Out Of Business Sooner.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (iGK7y)

9
No more trade talks with the CCP until they turn over the guy financing today's astroturfed demonstrations.

We found out today how Democrats keep their state reps in line.

Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (j4U/Z)

10
When I read the assassin has ties to Tampon man I almost peed myself from laughing.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:38 PM (3ek7K)

11 Tim Walz, 2 weeks ago

https://tinyurl.com/ycyc8aah

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:39 PM (iGK7y)

12 I've been scanning the Farms for more uncensored info. I looks like the shooter in Minn had a beef with a recent vote to cut some money from a mental health project, and he may be targeting those who voted for the cut.

Blue-on-blue violence is a hell of a thing, isn't it?

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (TwA+r)

13 "No Kings!" protest day. What does it mean? No one spouting it knows.

Here in TV, the unwashed crowds of dozens had the good sense to stay off the roadways. Governor Ron was pretty explicit, along with numerous sheriffs that FAFO was the order of the day.

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (2sMLA)

14 Lots of flags out in this peaceful liberal college town. It's almost like people remember it is Flag Day and don't give a shit about the news.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (ZOv7s)

15 Blue-on-blue violence is a hell of a thing, isn't it?
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (TwA+r)
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Been that way for a while. Bolshevik vs Menshevik, Anarchist vs Stalinist.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 03:43 PM (ZOv7s)

16 Also, looks like the No Kings kerfuffle is a bust. Between the weather, and the fact that it's mostly old white Boomers reliving their 1960s protest era, and the young kids have buggered off to do something more interesting.

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:43 PM (TwA+r)

17 Blue-on-blue violence is a hell of a thing, isn't it?
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (TwA+

Yeah, but apparently his victims were trying to do the right thing for once.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 14, 2025 03:43 PM (rF2iL)

18 15 Blue-on-blue violence is a hell of a thing, isn't it?
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (TwA+r)
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Been that way for a while. Bolshevik vs Menshevik, Anarchist vs Stalinist.

Crossbow vs longbow.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:44 PM (s8j++)

19 MN shooter identified as Dr. Vance Boelter, E.d. D. (Yep - Dr just like Jill Biden).
Worked for a security firm, supposed experience over seas, including Gaza Strip.
Political appointee of Gov. Tim Walz.
Was found to have a stack of "No Kings" papers in his vehicle, along with a manifesto.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 03:44 PM (7v6oI)

20 "Yeah, but apparently his victims were trying to do the right thing for once.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 14, 2025 03:43 PM (rF2iL) "

As if a lefty cares about the "right thing to do".

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:44 PM (TwA+r)

21 Tampon Tim always wants others to do the fighting while he runs his mouth.

IOW: typical Dem-Commie.

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 14, 2025 03:45 PM (2sMLA)

22 Boelter worked for Praetorian Guard Security (the fucking IRONY of being in the Praetorian Guard!) so he had access to a police-y looking car and outfit.

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:45 PM (TwA+r)

23 Mpls Redstar commie rag hasn't had the balls to make the connection to Gov Tampon... yet

So funny. This should nuke the MN Dem party

Posted by: Zeera at June 14, 2025 03:46 PM (rHlZY)

24 Headlines say "tens of thousands" are protesting Trump today across the country. Well, there were thousands of protest sites on the No Kings map, so I estimate the average "crowd" to be about 5 sourpusses and 3 curmudgeons each.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 14, 2025 03:46 PM (rF2iL)

25 So he murdered people at 2 am while they slept?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (lIgBp)

26 Just drove by the No kings rally in my town. I guess maybe a dozen people, looking cheerful, average age "getting up there", all white, one American flag.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (KLYFW)

27 22 Boelter worked for Praetorian Guard Security (the fucking IRONY of being in the Praetorian Guard!) so he had access to a police-y looking car and outfit.

I searched on PGS, and found a link, but wouldn't you know it:

Service Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Additionally, a 503 Service Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

What are the odds?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (s8j++)

28 Something very smelly about this story. Reddit fags are claiming the guy was a religious anti-abortion nut targeting only Democrats. Since we can't trust a thing they say AND they're wrong on everything and lie about anything else, what are the real details. We can't just keep saying he was appointed by Walz. We need real info to counter these liars.

Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 03:48 PM (E0p3T)

29 It was a mostly peaceful double homicide /terrorist assassination plot.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:48 PM (L/fGl)

30 The Dems aren't Walz-ing away from this one.

But they're gonna try.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (iGK7y)

31 "What are the odds?"

About the same odds as his Facebook page removed/locked down.

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (TwA+r)

32 The victims voted to halt taxpayer funded healthcare for adult illegals last week

Posted by: Zeera at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (rHlZY)

33 So he murdered people at 2 am while they slept?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (lIgBp)

That's the courage the Left is renowned for.

Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (Dnobf)

34 Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey

Here's Randi Weingarten leading a "No Kings" rally today.

Abolish teachers unions.

https://bit.ly/45XFYPb

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (P5BPp)

35 Kyle Seraphin @KyleSeraphin

Alleged MN shooter works at two funeral homes 6 days a week, but he worked in DRC (Congo) on food supply projects, and now he owns a SECURITY company? And he was appointed to a Workforce Dev Board by current gov Tim Walz in 2019? Dad of 5?

What the hell?

X Video: https://bit.ly/4jNiT5a

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (P5BPp)

36 You assassinated a state senator and her husband during Pride Month?
During PRIDE month?

Posted by: Purple haired lesbians everywhere at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (lIgBp)

37 DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

Vince Boelter has an interesting property history in Pierson, Iowa. Separately, he bought a house in Green Isle, MN for $520,000 in 2023 and seems to have a couple other properties there. Unclear if the Minnesota properties were purchased with cash.

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

I've done quite a few real estate transactions, and this one makes me scratch my head big time. This looks like almost a way to launder the $99,900.

X: https://bit.ly/3ZzckMq

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (P5BPp)

38 Tampon Tim = Timpon Walz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:51 PM (L/fGl)

39 Let me guess...manifesto will release in 9 to 12 months...

Posted by: Max Power at June 14, 2025 03:51 PM (q177U)

40
Minnesota is lost and these assassinations will make it worse. Anyone who wants to do the right thing will back off now.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:51 PM (3ek7K)

41 Heard buzz about radiation detected in Iran bombing site. Not sure if there is anything to that.

Posted by: Max Power at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (q177U)

42 More info including docs and thread here (the Farms have been ARCHIVING EVERYTHING):

https://tinyurl.com/5n6z4499

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (TwA+r)

43 It was a mostly peaceful double homicide /terrorist assassination plot.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:48 PM (L/fGl)

Yes!!!

Think about all the days when he wasn't murdering people in cold blood.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (iJfKG)

44 Unless the Dems dump their mentally fucking ill base, they'll never win a thing outside of whatever Soviet County they represent.

And now if they do......

I wouldn't want to be in that position.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (iGK7y)

45 According to CNN:
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests that are underway across the country, denouncing what organizers describe as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian policies.

https://is.gd/Is8p3p

Millions? Wow. That's a lot. Strangely, though, when I went to a CNN story with pictures, very few of the pictures show the full crowd, and those that do, do NOT show millions, or even tens of thousands. Could...could it be that CNN is LYING?

https://is.gd/UpjXoA

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (s8j++)

46 Vance Boetler?

Sounds Amish -Mika 'Squirrel!' Brezenski

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (DSNOc)

47 "Let me guess...manifesto will release in 9 to 12 months..."

You are acting like Biden is still running things. If the FBI has it, I bet it will come out within a month.

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (TwA+r)

48 Israeli ambulances have transported 240 injured people in the days of Iranian missile fire, to date.

Chicago calls that "the weekend".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 03:54 PM (S5xOs)

49 Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries — Focus Only on ‘Criminal’ Aliens

Just f*cking great.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 14, 2025 03:54 PM (/U5Yz)

50 Sure millions showed up.

Millions of fleas and ticks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (DSNOc)

51 Another Mentally Stable Dem

https://tinyurl.com/p8ebmvbt

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (iGK7y)

52 Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries — Focus Only on ‘Criminal’ Aliens

Sadly, just as I predicted.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (s8j++)

53 BREAKING: IRAN THREATENS TO STRIKE DIMONA —

@iraninarabic_ir : "Dimona Reactor"

Nothing like a cryptic message to add to the suspense of a potential global war.

Iran is now allegedly threatening to target Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor - and if you’re wondering why that’s more than just a scary-sounding place, buckle up.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (BwZyW)

54 Just drove by the No kings rally in my town. I guess maybe a dozen people, looking cheerful, average age "getting up there", all white, one American flag.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I drove by Bitch and Moan Corner here in Happy Valley a couple of hours ago. There were perhaps a dozen activists, far more than I've seen before and it's just noon. Apparently they weren't protesting the poor wetbacks but rather they held signs saying the Jews have killed 180,000 kids.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (L/fGl)

55 Millions? Wow. That's a lot. Strangely, though, when I went to a CNN story with pictures, very few of the pictures show the full crowd, and those that do, do NOT show millions, or even tens of thousands. Could...could it be that CNN is LYING?

https://is.gd/UpjXoA
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (s8j++)

Considering they have no way of knowing that number and just pulled it out of their asses....

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (a4NoL)

56 Dimona is home to Israel’s highly secretive nuclear facility, officially called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.

It’s not listed in any tourist brochure, and for good reason - it’s long believed to be where Israel developed and maintains its undeclared nuclear arsenal.

Israel has never confirmed having nukes, but the global consensus? It does. A lot.

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1933970646649696732

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (BwZyW)

57 Preface my comments by stating unequivocally that Isreal was justified in taking out Iran's nuclear program.

I don't find it problematic that Trump's negotiations with Iran seems to have been a set up. I will assume that he initiay reached out the olive branch in good faith- he really does strike me as the type for who would give up a small measure of honor in order to maintain peace, and that he sees himself as a world class negotiator. But at some point the talks became a subterfuge to help camouflage the Isreali prep for the attack. I can understand that Trump and his team probably became exasperated at the lack of seriousness that the Ayatollah's minions were putting into making a deal, but I think the right thing to do would have been to walk away and tell he Iranians that the repercussions were a result of their own intransigence. Continuing the talks only as a means of allowing a third party to prep for battle will only make us seem untrustworthy in future talks, and make foes less likely to show up for talks in the future.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (MWf2b)

58 We can't just keep saying he was appointed by Walz. We need real info to counter these liars.
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I've seen reports that his wife interned for Tampon Tim. So that's 1 degree of separation. He is sure sounds like communist party insider.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 14, 2025 03:57 PM (0jqe/)

59 Friend of mine texted this morning to say there were about 20 protesters in her little town, but that's including the Pride Month queers and other goons.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 03:57 PM (jGGMD)

60 Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries — Focus Only on ‘Criminal’ Aliens

Sadly, just as I predicted.
Posted by: Archimedes

Next thing you know, he'll be getting us into WWIII with Iran et al, back off on full deportations, and tell us Pam Bondi is doing a great job.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 14, 2025 03:57 PM (/U5Yz)

61 Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries — Focus Only on ‘Criminal’ Aliens

Just f*cking great.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 14, 2025 03:54 PM (/U5Yz)

Taco?

Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 03:58 PM (Dnobf)

62 I want to see moar Senators get beat down and handcuffed.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 14, 2025 03:58 PM (dBreX)

63 Apropos of nothing, Reform UK is the GOPe of Britain.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 03:58 PM (+EG6t)

64 I don't find it problematic that Trump's negotiations with Iran seems to have been a set up. I will assume that he initiay reached out the olive branch in good faith- he really does strike me as the type for who would give up a small measure of honor in order to maintain peace, and that he sees himself as a world class negotiator. But at some point the talks became a subterfuge to help camouflage the Isreali prep for the attack. I can understand that Trump and his team probably became exasperated at the lack of seriousness that the Ayatollah's minions were putting into making a deal, but I think the right thing to do would have been to walk away and tell he Iranians that the repercussions were a result of their own intransigence. Continuing the talks only as a means of allowing a third party to prep for battle will only make us seem untrustworthy in future talks, and make foes less likely to show up for talks in the future.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (MWf2b)

At some point, there's a 'This isn't going anywhere" moment.

And then it's FAFO time.

Unpredictability can be a useful tool, also.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:59 PM (iGK7y)

65 Iran is now allegedly threatening to target Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor - and if you’re wondering why that’s more than just a scary-sounding place, buckle up.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM

Times of India, 11 hours ago:

Iranian Hypersonic Missile Bombards Israel's Dimona Nuclear Site

In a dramatic and unverified claim, Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen news outlet reports that Iran has launched a hypersonic missile targeting Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility and a key defense headquarters. If confirmed, the alleged strike would mark a major escalation in regional tensions, raising fears of broader conflict. Hypersonic missiles, known for their high speed and maneuverability, pose significant challenges to missile defense systems. The report has not been independently verified, and no official response has yet been issued by Israeli authorities. The claim comes amid heightened hostilities and growing concerns over the potential for direct confrontation between Iran and Israel.

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4l6aniM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:59 PM (P5BPp)

66 Tater 'splains it all.

Brian Stelter@brianstelter
And it all points in the same direction:

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (L/fGl)

67 "We can't just keep saying he was appointed by Walz. We need real info to counter these liars. "

Already posted the link the Farms thread, they have all the info.

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (TwA+r)

68 Bondi will explain on FNC, no doubt, what this kook believes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (S5xOs)

69 Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (MWf2b

I actually don't think bombing nuclear sites was the main objective and that it was just a public relations cover for the primary mission of killing Iran military leaders and scientists.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (VofaG)

70 Most days, I would prefer to be as far away from the filth of DC as possible. Today is not most days. I would have liked to be there for the parade.

It starts in a couple of hours, maybe I can find a livestream of it online.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (MWf2b)

71 Times of India, 11 hours ago:

Iranian Hypersonic Missile Bombards Israel's Dimona Nuclear Site

I'm going to need a whole lot more confirmation before I believe Iran has a usable hypersonic.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:01 PM (s8j++)

72 Continuing the talks only as a means of allowing a third party to prep for battle will only make us seem untrustworthy in future talks, and make foes less likely to show up for talks in the future.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (MWf2b)
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OR

When we push for peace, work for peace! Don't try to goat rope us or you'll find yourself deleted without warning.

I like the: "make peace before your home gets vaporized" style of negotiation.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)

73 Nice rubble ya got there Iran. Be a shame if somebody bounced it.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (ReaN0)

74 66 Tater 'splains it all.

Brian Stelter@brianstelter
And it all points in the same direction:
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (L/fGl)

It does all point in the direction of Democrats being a bunch of lawless degenerates.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (MWf2b)

75 Welcome back KT b"h for good health

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (RIvkX)

76 I'm going to need a whole lot more confirmation before I believe Iran has a usable hypersonic.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:01 PM (s8j++)

For reals. Aren't they still running F-4's ?
If they have any parts left ?

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (iGK7y)

77 Times of India, 11 hours ago:

Iranian Hypersonic Missile Bombards Israel's Dimona Nuclear Site

I'm going to need a whole lot more confirmation before I believe Iran has a usable hypersonic.
-
And if they'd done it over 11 hours ago, I think we'd have heard about it from other sources.

Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 04:03 PM (Dnobf)

78 I found this quote telling:

Damn that Mexican culture is really making its way into American politics. "Be Mexican political candidate, get shot dead".

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:04 PM (TwA+r)

79 Harvard's own Lawrence Tribe has investigated and determined that it's Trump’s fault.

https://shorturl.at/NJYcV

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:04 PM (L/fGl)

80 Rooting for JJ Spaun today.

He has opened okay so far.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:04 PM (iGK7y)

81 This Minn murder... Any confirmed news ? The "media" says Conservative because of the "manifesto" saying the guy targeted pro abortion groups and Dems were on his hit list...

Posted by: Mississippi at June 14, 2025 04:05 PM (VE6XX)

82 For reals. Aren't they still running F-4's ?
If they have any parts left ?
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (iGK7y)
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I don't know about that, but their F-14s are the pride of their air force.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:05 PM (ZOv7s)

83 BREAKING! Anne Frank was queer!

https://is.gd/bstg9Y

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:06 PM (L/fGl)

84 Millions? Wow. That's a lot. Strangely, though, when I went to a CNN story with pictures, very few of the pictures show the full crowd, and those that do, do NOT show millions, or even tens of thousands. Could...could it be that CNN is LYING?

https://is.gd/UpjXoA

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM

Just going by the low end of "millions" as 2 million and assuming one protest in every state...

2 million divided by 50 cities is 40,000 people needed at each protest.

Maybe in larger cities there could be thousands of people show up, but I doubt anything close to even 10,000, let alone 40,000.

And in the smaller cities, likely nothing more than hundreds, let alone thousands.

Assuming a generous estimate of 5,000 people protest in 50 cities across the country, that comes to a total of 250,000.

But "millions of Americans" sounds better for their propaganda than "hundreds of thousands of Americans".

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:06 PM (P5BPp)

85 30 The Dems aren't Walz-ing away from this one.

But they're gonna try.
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (iGK7y

Anybody linked Walz-ing Matilda?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 04:07 PM (Ql3oY)

86 Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries — Focus Only on ‘Criminal’ Aliens

Sadly, just as I predicted.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (s8j++)
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Calm your tits. This is excellent messaging, and it makes economic sense.

I swear, everyone here wants 50 years of fuck-ups fixed in 15 minutes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:07 PM (ZOv7s)

87 I don't know about that, but their F-14s are the pride of their air force.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:05 PM (ZOv7s)

I'm sure they've kept up with the Maintenance schedule...

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:07 PM (iGK7y)

88 I actually don't think bombing nuclear sites was the main objective and that it was just a public relations cover for the primary mission of killing Iran military leaders and scientists.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (VofaG)

I have a loose definition of "nuclear program" that would include the personnel working on development.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 04:08 PM (MWf2b)

89 But "millions of Americans" sounds better for their propaganda than "hundreds of thousands of Americans".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:06 PM (P5BPp)
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Hundreds of dozens is more accurate. Or dozens of dozens.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:08 PM (ZOv7s)

90 "This Minn murder... Any confirmed news ? The "media" says Conservative because of the "manifesto" saying the guy targeted pro abortion groups and Dems were on his hit list..."

Because OF COURSE they would. He was a Walz (and Dayton, who is DFL) appointee.

My link above has a whole thread with docs and info on the guy. Apparently, he took issue with a vote that passed in the Minn House cutting funds for mental health. He also did some sort of security in Africa at one time (funny how all these political assassins seem to be doing security work in foreign countries...Ukraine, Africa)

Still looks like Blue-on-Blue.

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:08 PM (TwA+r)

91 70 Most days, I would prefer to be as far away from the filth of DC as possible. Today is not most days. I would have liked to be there for the parade.

It starts in a couple of hours, maybe I can find a livestream of it online.
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Real Americas Voice already has a pregame stream going

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (0jqe/)

92 For reals. Aren't they still running F-4's ?
If they have any parts left ?
Posted by: jsg

Your overlooking their flying carpet squadrons.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (L/fGl)

93
Hopefully with Demoncrats assassinating other Demoncrats, some people will stay home today.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (3ek7K)

94 86 Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries — Focus Only on ‘Criminal’ Aliens

Sadly, just as I predicted.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM

Not a bad idea on Trump's part but I wouldn't broadcast I was doing that... Get the bad guys first

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (VE6XX)

95 NYT suddenly realized today that antisemitism is an "urgent problem". I call the the Tapper Effect, a way-late "discovery" of an obvious problem.

What a mind-blower. Next they'll breathlessly report DEI is racist to its core and Islamists routinely slaughter Christians.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (S5xOs)

96 It starts in a couple of hours, maybe I can find a livestream of it online.squadron.

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CSPN is covering it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:10 PM (L/fGl)

97 I'm sure they've kept up with the Maintenance schedule...
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:07 PM (iGK7y)
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Botswana is fanatical about maintenance. Those guys were flying C-model C-130s as late as 15 years go. It was a source of national pride.

Meanwhile Nigeria's shiny new production ones were all grounded because shitty maintenance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)

98 Now all of the Criminal Illegal Aliens will start working on farms or hotels.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:11 PM (iGK7y)

99 Perhaps it is a good idea to bar gun ownership to Democrats after all.

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:11 PM (TwA+r)

100 According to CNN:
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests
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Ah.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (YqDXo)

101 00 According to CNN:
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests
_______________

Ah.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (YqDXo)

Expected

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (VE6XX)

102 So the Boetler did it?

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (SkxTr)

103 It starts in a couple of hours, maybe I can find a livestream of it online.
Posted by: tankdemon
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Right Side Broadcasting stream has already started. Parade starts at 5:30 Central I think. Also, Newsmax coverage starts at 5p Central.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (BwZyW)

104 According to CNN:
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests
_______________

Ah.

And? I expect to encounter a nude 21 year old Sophie Marceau in my living room today. Why you gotta rain on my parade?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (s8j++)

105 Think airbase with last F-4s hit yesterday.

Have not seen any official confirmation of change in ICE enforcement. Typically rambling and suggestive statement by Trump on the matter. NYT claims to have leak on policy change. A little time is warranted before retreating inside the caves and committing seppuku with grenades. ICE faces enormous/diverse tasks, have been wondering about their strategy and priorities. Dangerous criminals first a no-brainer, they've been salting it with worksite raids.

I have worried since January that the focus on criminals needs some PR and education and action to remind that *all* illegals must go. No magic solution though. Sen. Schmitt claims 1M have self-deported - also wondering how they're estimating this number, no explanations offered.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (1m82a)

106 Your overlooking their flying carpet squadrons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (L/fGl)

Do the guns go BrrrrrBrrrrr ?

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (iGK7y)

107 So the Boetler did it?

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (SkxTr)

Hah. Excellent!

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:14 PM (VofaG)

108 Old and busted: Pride Month

New and cool: FAFO Month

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:15 PM (L/fGl)

109 Drove into the protest today in Carson City NV. Quite a few people. I would venture around 1000.
I was looking for the Army B-day thing the National Guard was putting on. The area was completely infested with commies. Just drove on by.
Assholes.

Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 04:15 PM (E8aDl)

110
it makes economic sense.

I swear, everyone here wants 50 years of fuck-ups fixed in 15 minutes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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It makes economic sense, but I hope he follows up with fines, go-back-and-return-legally, etc.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 04:16 PM (wbZPZ)

111 Here's another interesting thing about the CNN post.

Live updates: Trump military parade, 'No Kings' protests
CNN
https://www.cnn.com › politics › live-news › trump-mil...
31 minutes ago — Millions of Americans will attend “No Kings” protests across the country today to denounce President Donald Trump's policies.

31 minutes ago. Do you think maybe they knew 31 minutes ago that their expectations bore no resemblance to reality?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:17 PM (s8j++)

112 Botswana is fanatical about maintenance. Those guys were flying C-model C-130s as late as 15 years go. It was a source of national pride.

Meanwhile Nigeria's shiny new production ones were all grounded because shitty maintenance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)

That's pretty impressive for Botswana.

For Iran, I'm going with priority maintenance.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:17 PM (iGK7y)

113 And? I expect to encounter a nude 21 year old Sophie Marceau in my living room today. Why you gotta rain on my parade?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (s8j++)

She'll be over as soon as we're finished.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:17 PM (W/lyH)

114
Every Flag Day I fly 2 of them-one is the 24/7 366 version, flown in accord with flag protocol and the one I liberated from a stupid asshole at Binghamton University (then known as Harpur College) who meant to burn it.

I told him and his buddies that if they wanted it, then fucking come take it. No one had the balls to try. Now that flag is unfurled and accompanies my other one each Flag Day.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 04:17 PM (hKoQL)

115 I swear, everyone here wants 50 years of fuck-ups fixed in 15 minutes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Not sure where that came from, but whatever.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:18 PM (s8j++)

116 I understand and very happy KT on road to recovery but I think today is when a pet thread would really be good.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (VofaG)

117 KT, glad to see you back. I'm sorry I missed the Pet Thread -- or is it still ongoing?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (omVj0)

118
My Husband was a tank commander in the Army. He so wishes he could be in the parade today.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (3ek7K)

119 Safe with our neighbors in the shelter of our Jerusalem building. North being attacked now. Quiet here - unlike last night.

l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (DGFJg)

120 Not sure where that came from, but whatever.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:18 PM

Because you said you predicted Trump would back track and it was bad. At least that's what it sounded like.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:20 PM (VofaG)

121 NYT claims to have leak on policy change. A little time is warranted before retreating inside the caves and committing seppuku with grenades.
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It's probably worth noting that a bunch of stories were planted just this week to lull Iran into false security. It's possible the same thing is being done with the invaders.

Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 04:20 PM (Dnobf)

122 So the Boetler did it?

Posted by: Toad-0

Dude, spoiler alert!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:20 PM (L/fGl)

123

Pet Thread is still live.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:21 PM (3ek7K)

124 The hair-trigger skepticism about immigration enforcement is quite rational given 40 years of lawless and often mendacious dereliction by both parties. But we still don't know the policy reality.

ICE faces a yuuuuge triage challenge. Going after worst criminals first was a no-brainer. Questions are how to allocate assets and time to the other categories.

DHS announced revocation of TPS (500K) notices sent to TPS-recipients. This was a large group former admin basically waived in by abusing a discretionary tool. Of course there was a meritless lawsuit, don't know where that stands.

Reminder of how pathetic the situation remains is that the will (or caprice, or current mood) of *one* man is about all the country has to depend on. A laughable trivial handful of others who even, still, speak up on the topic.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 04:21 PM (1m82a)

125 Glad to BD is safe in Jerusalem

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:21 PM (9JnuR)

126 Safe with our neighbors in the shelter of our Jerusalem building. North being attacked now. Quiet here - unlike last night.

l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (DGFJg
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Thanks for checking in

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

127 welp I tried to follow the Houston event but had little luck...Local Fox and CBS were streaming it but from what I was seeing they had no crowd shots. I heard a reporter guess 1,000 people. Both outlets spent a lot of time showing LA, Seattle, etc.

We've been getting pounded with rain down here in South America (60 m SW of Houston) so our town blew it off as scheduled.

Posted by: DanMan at June 14, 2025 04:22 PM (8uzBS)

128 > 13 "No Kings!" protest day. What does it mean? No one spouting it knows.

Same as always. Screech like lunatics, while criminals use the "protest" as cover for burning and looting.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM (qpyNK)

129 My Husband was a tank commander in the Army. He so wishes he could be in the parade today.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (3ek7K)

I bet.
There is nothing...nothing...more awesome than going down a street in your track and standing in the TC's hatch.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM (W/lyH)

130 Pet Thread is still live.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:21 PM (3ek7K)

My bad. Just saw open news post on my phone and comment No pets. Didn't think to scroll down .

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM (VofaG)

131 Safe with our neighbors in the shelter of our Jerusalem building. North being attacked now. Quiet here - unlike last night.

l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (DGFJg
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Thanks for checking in
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 04:22 PM (RIvkX)
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This.
Appreciate the updates.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:24 PM (W/lyH)

132
Hubby asked me this morning if we had heard anything from Biden's Dog.

Stay as safe as possible Biden's Dog and family.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (3ek7K)

133 104 According to CNN:
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests
_______________

Ah.

And? I expect to encounter a nude 21 year old Sophie Marceau in my living room today. Why you gotta rain on my parade?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (s8j++)
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I've been expecting Christie Brinkley to show up at my house in a filmy nightie for decades now.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (YqDXo)

134 I swear, everyone here wants 50 years of fuck-ups fixed in 15 minutes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

"THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW!!"

Posted by: JEF at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (sAmhv)

135 Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (KLYFW)

Well, at least they were cheerful
And had an American flag . Maybe that means they won't murder your state political representatives.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (WOrz0)

136 Something happening at the Texas Capitol?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:27 PM (lIgBp)

137 Because you said you predicted Trump would back track and it was bad. At least that's what it sounded like.

I did say that, but I wouldn't call it backtracking. I've listened carefully to his language for the last few years, and it was very clear to me that he had no intention of sending back tens of millions of people. I still believe that and have said so for years. I think there will be economic benefits to leaving some here, because they're good workers and are already tightly integrated into our economy, which has come to rely on them, but that leaves tens of millions who will be a net drag on the economy. But sure, a little snark about covers that.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:27 PM (s8j++)

138 I've been expecting Christie Brinkley to show up at my house in a filmy nightie for decades now.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (YqDXo)
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Even a political assassination thread morphs into a boob thread! Gotta love the horde.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:27 PM (kvelb)

139 Sen. Schmitt claims 1M have self-deported - also wondering how they're estimating this number, no explanations offered.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (1m82a)
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Well, they know what the border crossings look like, so if you notice 1 million more departures than arrivals, that says something.

I do recall seeing reports of long lines to leave.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:28 PM (ZOv7s)

140 Maybe that means they won't murder your state political representatives.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (WOrz0)
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Hope not

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:28 PM (kvelb)

141 Republicans are expected to pounce and seize on the Minnesota shooting...

Posted by: This. Is. CNN. at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (PiwSw)

142 Got a mirror, dude?

Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (L/fGl)

143
Anybody linked Walz-ing Matilda?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

That's the song you hear when you're On the Beach.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (63Dwl)

144 Why are they flying the LGBTQ-whatever flag at the Philadelphia Museum of Art?

Jamie Raskin @jamie_raskin

We have no Kings and no subjects in the United States of America.

X photo: https://bit.ly/4046kLC

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (P5BPp)

145 There is nothing...nothing...more awesome than going down a street in your track and standing in the TC's hatch.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM

Until you see the hajji* with an RPG-7 bending over the parapet 5 stories above you.

*Hajji don't surf, BTW.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 04:30 PM (0sNs1)

146 Even a political assassination thread morphs into a boob thread! Gotta love the horde.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Political crises come and go but boobs are eternal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:31 PM (L/fGl)

147 Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (L/fGl)
____________

Physician, heal thyself.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (YqDXo)

148 Drove into the protest today in Carson City NV. Quite a few people

At what speed?

Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (CEQjs)

149 Texas DPS evacuates Capitol amid 'credible threat' against lawmakers at 'No Kings' protest

https://tinyurl.com/2um9c9ub

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (lIgBp)

150 Thousands in LA but then half the population tere are wetbacks.

https://www.youtube.com/live/sbcHn9Q2XDI

Posted by: Ciampino - didn't make Pet Thread at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (sPQoU)

151 Why are they flying the LGBTQ-whatever flag at the Philadelphia Museum of Art?

Jamie Raskin @jamie_raskin

We have no Kings and no subjects in the United States of America.

X photo: https://bit.ly/4046kLC
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (P5BPp)
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This protest brought to you by over 400 Demofascist affiliated organizations with billions of annual political spending.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (kvelb)

152 We have no Kings and no subjects in the United States of America.

Apparently we still have to bend over.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (uxZu+)

153 Jamie Raskin @jamie_raskin

We have no Kings and no subjects in the United States of America.

X photo: https://bit.ly/4046kLC

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (P5BPp)
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But we do have kulaks, amirite? Also wreckers, hoarders, and saboteurs.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (YqDXo)

154 I've been expecting Christie Brinkley to show up at my house in a filmy nightie for decades now.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM

Best I can do is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39T7tn-tZRk

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (0sNs1)

155 Okay, I'm shutting down for now, but I think that Trump is in now way betraying us. What he is doing is telling certain industries that he is not coming for them - yet.

But he will, and so he is generously giving them time to start hiring lawful employees. He wants THEM to start firing the illegals rather than snatching them from the job sites.

This is very reasonable and good politics.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (ZOv7s)

156 142 Got a mirror, dude?

Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I agree! Shut down and arrest everyone who works for the msm!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 04:34 PM (sAmhv)

157 Under Biden and Garland the audience at todays Army parade would all be in solitary by the end of next week, awaiting trial for insurrection

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (kvelb)

158
Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

So Chuck quit with the Nazi/ Fascist shit..

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (VE6XX)

159 At what speed?
Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (CEQjs)

Not fast enough.

Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (E8aDl)

160 The local communist rag is suspiciously silent about the actual number in attendance at the "No More Kings" rally, which leads me to believe it was a bust.

Makes sense. It's a beautiful day of the sort we get very few of here in the 907. It's way too nice to waste a Saturday afternoon hanging out with a bunch of stinky and senile communist hippies.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (qpyNK)

161 154 I've been expecting Christie Brinkley to show up at my house in a filmy nightie for decades now.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM

Best I can do is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39T7tn-tZRk

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (0sNs1)
_________________

It's a start!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:36 PM (YqDXo)

162 So this place has played Bu++h0le Surfers and Primus so far. Kinda wondering if RevCo's "Beers Steers & Queers" is on-deck. Or King Missile's... anything, really

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:36 PM (uxZu+)

163 Bernie is leading a No Kings event in Stowe, VT (a ski resort town with typically multi-million dollar home prices). So appropriate for a wealthy guy like Bernie.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:37 PM (kvelb)

164 What he is doing is telling certain industries that he is not coming for them - yet

I'm fine with this. $5 million per should cover the damages.

Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 04:38 PM (CEQjs)

165 Your overlooking their flying carpet squadrons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Do the guns go BrrrrrBrrrrr ?
Posted by: jsg

That might have been too subtle. The pun threaders aren't piling on.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 04:39 PM (DgGvY)

166 My Flag Story.
It's my last day of working as a janitor's assistant at the library my senior year at Washington State University. In two days I would graduate and be commissioned into the Army. My boss was a little guy, WW2 Veteran with the 101st. He was injured in Bastogne and walked with a limp.
I got to work that morning and he said no working today and to follow him. He gave me a box to carry and took me up a back stairs that I didn't know existed. We exited on the roof...it was the highest point on campus and the city of Pullman.
We went to the flag poles and he pulled down the state flag and the colors. Together we folded them and still without saying a word, he opened the box I had carried up the stairs and removed two new flags. We ran those up the flag poles. Placing the old flags in the box, we returned to his office. Once there he gave me the box and said, "LT, it has been a pleasure working with you and I wish you the best in your career. Airborne!" He then saluted.
With tears in my eyes I returned the salute and I have never forgotten him. 50 years later, I still have those flags and have carried them with me on every deployment.
God Bless America!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:39 PM (W/lyH)

167 Trump always starts at an extreme. This is a known "negotiation" tactic and shouldn't need any explanation.

The media tried to recently frame this strength of Trump's as "chickening out", others will call it backtracking. Meanwhile it's what he always does very predictably, because it's what he plans from the start. You never get everything you ask for, and often you don't have to.

Yes I want some of these extremes to happen, or more, but Trump still manages to actually get shit done as opposed to our feckless leaders with their constant stream of sorry it's impossible or racist or sexist or we just need complete control of all the branches to do anything, then handing us over to the enemy to get a beatdown.

Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 04:39 PM (E0p3T)

168 Your overlooking their flying carpet squadrons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Do the guns go BrrrrrBrrrrr ?
Posted by: jsg

It was. I completely missed the pun.
*hangs head in shame*

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (s8j++)

169 "Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans."

Haha, his X is blowing up with comments about his "reaping the whirlwind" and the video in question.

Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (TwA+r)

170 It would be interesting if they posted the number of protestors by state.

I'm guessing the FL would be pretty small given the fact that the FL government went on record that they were on their own if the protestors attacked anyone.

Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (QB+5g)

171 Also, looks like the No Kings kerfuffle is a bust. Between the weather, and the fact that it's mostly old white Boomers reliving their 1960s protest era, and the young kids have buggered off to do something more interesting.
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025

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Not to mention it's June, and *hot* outside. Maybe up around Michigan or Maine it might not be too bad, but here even tropical tree frogs refuse to go outdoors in summer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:41 PM (omVj0)

172 I am all in favor of focusing on murderers, rapists, and violent gang members first. Sounds responsible to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:41 PM (kvelb)

173 Trump should start a chain of Taco Kings to compete with Burger King. I bet it would make $$$ and piss off a lot of libs.

Posted by: Rex B at June 14, 2025 04:41 PM (7szT/)

174 So glad Biden's dog checked in...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:41 PM (VE6XX)

175 San Diego looks to have humongous crowds.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (lIgBp)

176 175 San Diego looks to have humongous crowds.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (lIgBp)

CA.. what did you expect...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (VE6XX)

177 I am all in favor of focusing on murderers, rapists, and violent gang members first. Sounds responsible to me.

Of course, but that doesn't mean the next step will actually happen. Let's be honest. None of us really knows what's going to happen. I just expressed my opinion. I can't help it if some get their panties in a wad as a result.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (s8j++)

178 Just to clarify, the weekend threads stay active even if there are threads visible above them. Check the "Recent Entries" box to the left of the main posts and skip the bottom one or two if you are interested in contributing.

Posted by: KT at June 14, 2025 04:43 PM (xekrU)

179 175 San Diego looks to have humongous crowds.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (lIgBp)
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Suburban Tijuana

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:43 PM (kvelb)

180 committing seppuku with grenades

Miss 1 pin and the story is over.

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

Posted by: DaveA at June 14, 2025 04:43 PM (FhXTo)

181 This all reeks of a false flag. Assassinations in Minnesota, where Walz, the Chicom agent, is governor?

And the shooter was appointed by Walz?

And the shootings took place on the day of the Army parade?

This was meant to drown out the overwhelming support for the Army parade and Israel destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Instead, they are talking about the killings, as well as the fake protests which are really an insurrection.

Send in the Marines, President Trump!

Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 04:44 PM (SawFp)

182
Your overlooking their flying carpet squadrons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

They are for real

https://t.ly/c_fRl

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (63Dwl)

183 MN shooter still loose?

Go figure. It'd be a bit "uncomfortable" to have him under arrest. Bet the authorities are trying to find him so they can provide safe passage elsewhere.

The longer this "manhunt" goes on without a body, the more I'm inclined to think he's already on his way elsewhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (Q4IgG)

184 Walz has deleted his tweet saying that the assassination was politically motivated.

Funny thing, that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (xTIDn)

185 *Hajji don't surf, BTW.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Tempest begs to differ.

https://youtu.be/CJsEYRvp6UM

This thread needed some Irish-folk middle-eastern surf-rock.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (DgGvY)

186 Idiots trying to block a truck in NJ.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5w6eba

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (5xuJ/)

187 Our: We Was Kangs
In: No Kangs

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (YqDXo)

188 Of course, but that doesn't mean the next step will actually happen. Let's be honest. None of us really knows what's going to happen. I just expressed my opinion. I can't help it if some get their panties in a wad as a result.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (s8j++)
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"What Is" strikes me as a better focal point than "What Might Be"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (kvelb)

189 Tim Walz may have to call a pick six.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (lIgBp)

190
Since when were our beloved Congresscritters so immersed in "exerting oversight" that they began taking to the streets and loudly insisting that they were to be granted entrance to someplace or to something merely on their own say so?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (Tv15w)

191 186 Idiots trying to block a truck in NJ.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5w6eba
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (5xuJ/)
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Older guy dressed in Antifa garb is silly enough, but the covid mask really tops it all

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (kvelb)

192 If the shooter turns out to be Deep State, he'll be killed righteously, resisting arrest. Or suicided.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (uxZu+)

193
Haha, his X is blowing up with comments about his "reaping the whirlwind" and the video in question.
Posted by: cheshirecat

And how about the one where he says the intelligence agencies have six ways from Sunday to get back at you?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (63Dwl)

194 Since when were our beloved Congresscritters so immersed in "exerting oversight" that they began taking to the streets and loudly insisting that they were to be granted entrance to someplace or to something merely on their own say so?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (Tv15w)
________________

They've taken care of all our other problems, and now have to seek out new problems to "oversee."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (YqDXo)

195 Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Was he announcing his resignation, there?

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (DgGvY)

196 And trust Walz to personally wet himself.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (uxZu+)

197 Buttstuff month seems to be getting less attention, of perhaps fatigue is setting in amongst the normies.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (OZ5rj)

198 Since when were our beloved Congresscritters so immersed in "exerting oversight" that they began taking to the streets and loudly insisting that they were to be granted entrance to someplace or to something merely on their own say so?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (Tv15w)
_____________

They're just trying to avoid paying the cover charge.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:49 PM (YqDXo)

199 "What Is" strikes me as a better focal point than "What Might Be"

There's no reason you can't do both.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:49 PM (s8j++)

200 Our: We Was Kangs
In: No Kangs
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (YqDXo)

In: No Welfare Queenz

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 04:49 PM (S/Y4j)

201 Y'know, I am thinking that all those sheets of paper with only "No Kings" on them in the Minnesota assassin's car may have been "calling cards."

That is, kind of what Ace teaches us about the Ace of Spades card - it was meant to be placed with the assassin's victims. Only things didn't turn out like the killer wanted.

Plans, amirite?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 14, 2025 04:50 PM (2myyY)

202 And trust Walz to personally wet himself.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (uxZu+)
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So true. What a hoser.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:50 PM (kvelb)

203 And trust Walz to personally wet himself.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (uxZu+)
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So true. What a hoser.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:50 PM (kvelb)

He forgot his tampon?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 04:52 PM (S/Y4j)

204 Older guy dressed in Antifa garb is silly enough, but the covid mask really tops it all
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (kvelb)

Cops finally had enough toward the end of the clip.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 04:52 PM (5xuJ/)

205 Y'know, I am thinking that all those sheets of paper with only "No Kings" on them in the Minnesota assassin's car may have been "calling cards."

That is, kind of what Ace teaches us about the Ace of Spades card - it was meant to be placed with the assassin's victims. Only things didn't turn out like the killer wanted.

Plans, amirite?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 14, 2025 04:50 PM

Pretty sure that this was an IC op that went bad. Something to try and make Trump look bad. Remember that *right wing plot* to kidnap and kill the governor of michigan that the fib ran a few years back?

Whatever it is, it stinks, on ice.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 04:52 PM (e5NfL)

206
Diogenes,

Thank you for sharing your story. It is a wonderful memory for you.

One of hubby's uncles was at Bastogne and he survived but he was really messed up from there.

Uncle said the Germans set the fuses for airbursts in the fir trees. They lost a lot of men from the trees and shapranel falling on the men in the ground.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:53 PM (3ek7K)

207 > Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
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I don't think Chuck realizes he and his ilk are the very "toxic forces" that are radicalizing individuals. Or maybe he does. Still.... the lack of introspection is off the hook.

And very on brand for these Democrats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 04:53 PM (Q4IgG)

208 Trump is bowing to the special interests - don't cave, Mr. President! All illegals must go, even if they work on farms, restaurants, or meat packing plants.

Hire Americans to do those jobs! How many teens waste their time doomscrolling on their phones? Get them to work!

Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 04:54 PM (SawFp)

209 I've been expecting Christie Brinkley to show up at my house in a filmy nightie for decades now.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025

***
for me it would be the Nicole Kidman of the To Die For era. Not her character in that film, the husband murder-planner, just her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:54 PM (omVj0)

210 Pretty sure that this was an IC op that went bad. Something to try and make Trump look bad. Remember that *right wing plot* to kidnap and kill the governor of michigan that the fib ran a few years back?

Question is why would a "conservative" kill lowly State Reps ? especially one who just voted to end health care for illegals'

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:55 PM (VE6XX)

211 After No Kings falls flat will Democrat "leaders" finally start acting like responsible people who care about the future of our country?

*Spoiler Alert* No

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:55 PM (kvelb)

212 Diogenes,

Thank you for sharing your story. It is a wonderful memory for you.

Seconded.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 14, 2025 04:55 PM (mH6SG)

213 If the shooter turns out to be Deep State, he'll be killed righteously, resisting arrest. Or suicided.
——-

He checks the blocks. But also. Keep in mind. An “asset” doesn’t necessarily even know he’s an asset.

Oswald was an asset. He had several spooks checking up on him. He had an ID card post marine corps issued to him, that was either a category mistake (somewhat unlikely) or he was on the payroll.

Check out his “friend” Mr. De Mohrenshildt sometime. It’s commonly believed CIA. A defector from the Soviet Union says nuh-uh. He was Oswald’s KGB handler. That’s what gets complicated, half the fucking spooks it’s impossible to figure out whose side they were on. Double triple reverse agents. Angleton kept one Soviet defector in solitary for 2 years, they didn’t believe him.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 04:55 PM (OZ5rj)

214 I have not seen CNN in years but it is on here where I am today. No mention of the Walz connection to the shooter. Plenty of vapid speculation though.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (gc+OO)

215
Older guy dressed in Antifa garb is silly enough, but the covid mask really tops it all
Posted by: Huck Follywood

That was not a dude -- it was the screaming banshee, "Marissa".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (Tv15w)

216 Buttstuff month seems to be getting less attention, of perhaps fatigue is setting in amongst the normies.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025

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My town was going to have a celebration of both, in the same area of town. I wonder if they got tangled up with each other. "You got butt stuff on my No Kings!" "No, you got No Kings on my butt stuff!"

Two great things which go great together!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (omVj0)

217 cks but rather they held signs saying the Jews have killed 180,000 kids.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (L/fGl)

Some of those kids have been killled dozens of times.....

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (jvJvP)

218 Local (D)imwits had their protest this morning in this little town of 15K. Couple hundred feet of idiots waving signs. Idiots from the Valley of the Sunstroke would occasionally honk in support. They were done by noon.

The (R)eason they were protesting had a counter gathering across the street and down a little. They're still out there.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 04:58 PM (lUFok)

219 Looks like the Israelis have now also deleted the top of the Houthi command structure.

Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 04:59 PM (VARTN)

220 I think it makes sense for Trump to say they are just going after criminals now, because it's a bad look if Democrats are supporting them

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (DG4OD)

221 Question is why would a "conservative" kill lowly State Reps ? especially one who just voted to end health care for illegals'
Posted by: It's me donna

Per the NY Post, the shooter had a list of politicians in his car . Walz is on the list. Post said the police are trying to determine if the shooter had anti abortion views. This Implies that he was targeting pro choice people. Convenient huh?

Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)

222 Hilariously, Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries ate calling for special protection details for Democrat lawmakers. Presumably they hope to keep Democrats from shooting at them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (kvelb)

223 I haven’t seen deportations from illegals in restaurant or construction, landscaping around here. I thought he was just going after the ones with warrants out on them. And terrorists at universities.

Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (PFbvp)

224 Looks like the Israelis have now also deleted the top of the Houthi command structure.
Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025

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Weren't they the ones who fired missiles at Israel and hit Palestinians instead? Hardly geniuses at warfare.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (omVj0)

225 Artillery is pretty much intended to blow up in the air overhead. Those of us whose only experience is war movies, is because Hollywood found air bursts far too dangerous for actors even in simulation, so instead we always see mounds of dirt being kicked up thrown around.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 05:01 PM (OZ5rj)

226 Tim Walz(D), "This is a politically motivated act."

Amy Klobuchar (D), "These kinds of things are committed by mentally unbalanced people."

Paraphrased, but accurate. These assholes were getting the narrative in place, and now that it's one of theirs....just a crazy gun nut.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 14, 2025 05:01 PM (6xrUr)

227 221 Question is why would a "conservative" kill lowly State Reps ? especially one who just voted to end health care for illegals'
Posted by: It's me donna

Well, we are all Hitler. From what I've been told.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 05:01 PM (jvJvP)

228 Amy Klobuchar (D), "These kinds of things are committed by mentally unbalanced people."
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That's the only clue we need he's a leftard commie fag

Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 05:02 PM (E0p3T)

229 I too would be pretty psyched to find Nicole Kidman at my door

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:03 PM (kvelb)

230 Philly had thousands turn out for No Kings, the problem is there was absolutely no unified message but for TDS.

Strength in Diversity. (My personal favorite): One people, No Planet B. Pride. No one is paying me to attend, I hate you for free. Democracy. Democracy is not a spectator sport. Keep your hands off our Social Security, or Medicare...depending.
We the People. (Period). Union!

Flocks of LGBTQaii+++. Flocks of White women under 50(?). Walz like men with partners dressed in pink. All just aimlessly walking.

Not impressed. The socialists parade organizers must have been Irish &/or the dopey, snobby Indivisible cult. 🤷

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 05:04 PM (NFX2v)

231 Per the NY Post, the shooter had a list of politicians in his car . Walz is on the list. Post said the police are trying to determine if the shooter had anti abortion views. This Implies that he was targeting pro choice people. Convenient huh?
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)

Well, knowing who the shooter is (to a high degree of probability it is indeed Dr. Vance Boelter, Ed. D.), it's pretty unlikely he was any kind of wheel in conservative circles. For one thing, Walz himself appointed him to some State board. I expect the abortion thing is a red herring.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 05:04 PM (vyOmC)

232 Amy Klobuchar (D), "These kinds of things are committed by mentally unbalanced people."

Well he was appointed to a position by Tim Walz.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 05:05 PM (lUFok)

233 Gov Walz put him up to it.

(Let the left spend time & energy trying to debunk it).

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (aUPDd)

234
That was not a dude -- it was the screaming banshee, "Marissa".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (Tv15w)
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Was it? Even better!!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (kvelb)

235 This could be interesting: in Omaha, the "Protestors are currently crossing the pedestrian bridge from Iowa right into a melting pot of tailgating Arkansas and LSU fans."

The College World Series is currently under way in Omaha. Fucking with an intoxicated mix of Arkansas hillbillies and Cajuns trying to have a good time seems like a particularly bad idea.

Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (VARTN)

236 Well, knowing who the shooter is (to a high degree of probability it is indeed Dr. Vance Boelter, Ed. D.), it's pretty unlikely he was any kind of wheel in conservative circles. For one thing, Walz himself appointed him to some State board. I expect the abortion thing is a red herring.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 05:04 PM

As I said above this was an op that went bad. No way walz would appoint a conservative to anything in the state.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (e5NfL)

237 231 Per the NY Post, the shooter had a list of politicians in his car . Walz is on the list. Post said the police are trying to determine if the shooter had anti abortion views. This Implies that he was targeting pro choice people. Convenient huh?
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)

We're not getting the whole story here.. Earlier they said there were republicans on the list too.. CNN now doesn't mention that.. This seems off to me...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (VE6XX)

238 Well, knowing who the shooter is (to a high degree of probability it is indeed Dr. Vance Boelter, Ed. D.), it's pretty unlikely he was any kind of wheel in conservative circles. For one thing, Walz himself appointed him to some State board. I expect the abortion thing is a red herring.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

He had NoKing crap in his car. That's left wing.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (aUPDd)

239 Happy Fathers Day to all the horde. I don't normally care about it but one of my daughters is making dinner for me tonight so I'm getting in the spirit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:08 PM (kvelb)

240 Great tale Diogenes. Gets dusty around here when I think of the great people I was privileged to serve with.

I was on leave in the 90s back home, at this dive bar. This short old guy with owl glasses kind of dismisses me with “You in the Boy Scouts?” LOL

He wanted to fight me, we became fast friends and went bar hopping, in the north end of town, where persons of pallor are scarce. He started fights there too. They were scared of him. Turns out he was a Marine in the Pacific, the old breed at Tarawa. At least he said he was at Tarawa.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 05:08 PM (OZ5rj)

241 We're not getting the whole story here.. Earlier they said there were republicans on the list too.. CNN now doesn't mention that.. This seems off to me...

They want to give the impression the shooter was Reich-wing nut, then memory hole the story before the truth is widely known.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 05:08 PM (lUFok)

242 Drove by downtown Tyler - nope, the 8 grey heads that I had predicted would show up needed their Metamucil and already went home.

Around the country it seems there there’s some action in the usual shithole cities, but in most places it’s just a low energy geriatric convention.
Wish I could post the clip of oldsters coming out of the retirement center in their motorized chairs wearing no kings t shirts.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM (e15Ap)

243 This could be interesting: in Omaha, the "Protestors are currently crossing the pedestrian bridge from Iowa right into a melting pot of tailgating Arkansas and LSU fans."

The College World Series is currently under way in Omaha. Fucking with an intoxicated mix of Arkansas hillbillies and Cajuns trying to have a good time seems like a particularly bad idea.

Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (VARTN)

Any bets that the fans unite in common cause? Or they stage an impromptu contest to see which team's fans can throw the most protestors into the Missouri River?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM (S/Y4j)

244
Bert G,

Hubby and I are laughing at that. That will be great entertainment.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM (3ek7K)

245 The College World Series is currently under way in Omaha. Fucking with an intoxicated mix of Arkansas hillbillies and Cajuns trying to have a good time seems like a particularly bad idea.

Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (VARTN)

Probably a few drunk Beavers out there too.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM (W/lyH)

246 We're not getting the whole story here.. Earlier they said there were republicans on the list too.. CNN now doesn't mention that.. This seems off to me...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (VE6XX)

They're still getting their lies straight. It will come out when things have died down and there's four more outrages going on or Beyonce goes on a diet or something.

Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 05:10 PM (E0p3T)

247 Any bets that the fans unite in common cause? Or they stage an impromptu contest to see which team's fans can throw the most protestors into the Missouri River?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM

Commies being beat down by people chanting "SEC! SEC! SEC!" might end up being the next "It just means more!" commercial from the Southeastern Conference.

Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 05:10 PM (VARTN)

248 The Minnesota shooter is a left winger who is wiping out left wingers who are not sufficiently left wing.

This isn’t complicated. That’s how they roll.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 05:11 PM (OZ5rj)

249 I too would be pretty psyched to find Nicole Kidman at my door
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025

***
1994 Nicole or now. She's still beautiful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:12 PM (omVj0)

250 Apparently they weren't protesting the poor wetbacks but rather they held signs saying the Jews have killed 180,000 kids.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (L/fGl)

Why so low? Why didn’t they say eleventy billion? It would be just as true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:12 PM (e15Ap)

251 The Minnesota shooter is a left winger who is wiping out left wingers who are not sufficiently left wing.

This isn’t complicated. That’s how they roll.
Posted by: Common Tater

Occam's razor. The simplest explanation is usually correct.

Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 05:13 PM (lJ0H4)

252 The Minnesota shooter is a left winger who is wiping out left wingers who are not sufficiently left wing.

This isn’t complicated. That’s how they roll.
Posted by: Common Tater

It's the SS taking out the brown shirts.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 05:13 PM (aUPDd)

253
1994 Nicole or now. She's still beautiful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:12 PM (omVj0)

Like I could be picky.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:16 PM (e15Ap)

254 The island had some geriatrix doing the no king stand around this morning.
In honor of my dad, I thumbed my nose.

Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 05:17 PM (+Bkka)

255 July 4th, Independence Day, is the real No Kings Day.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 05:17 PM (i0F8b)

256 I'm going to go with the 48 hour rule on these type political gun games. Minnesota is a bit of a cesspool at the moment. I can't help noticing that this is all taking place just as things are starting to warm up on the money laundering front. Some convictions yesterday on USAID abuse. Last month Minnesota was cratering a fake charity called "Feeding our Future"...which I might add one of the victims to the shooting (John Hoffman) ended up returning campaign donations given to him by the woman that rant that scam.

For all we know, the perpetrator on these shootings is mixed up in some creative financial matters involving government funds.

So, see yah in 48 hours on this nonsense. Ohhhhh pie.

Posted by: Orson at June 14, 2025 05:18 PM (dIske)

257 Watching the US Open and switched over to msnbc. They are horrified on blue on blue crime.
Something to examine. Did the victim legislator vote against illegal immigrants getting Medicare.
Triggering this leftwing monster.

Posted by: Looney dems at June 14, 2025 05:19 PM (jZ3ZM)

258 MN Legislature recently had a special budget session.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 05:20 PM (i0F8b)

259 The cops in the Minnesota neighborhood where the left-wing assassin escaped has been under lock down since 3:30am because they're terrified? Probably thoroughly pissed off and mad at the cops at this point.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 14, 2025 05:20 PM (6xrUr)

260 I really don't care about the MN thing.

Whatever the case is, that side has fomented violence. Now it's here.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 14, 2025 05:21 PM (guCHD)

261 Turns out he was a Marine in the Pacific, the old breed at Tarawa.

-
I see there's a half new book out. Half is Eugene "Sledge" Hammer's With the Old Breed and half is written by his son about the effect of the war on his dad.

https://shorturl.at/OA79B

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 05:22 PM (L/fGl)

262 Had I known a open thread
At parents for my dad's Father's day and they might be only ones who have the Communist News Network on.
They been pushing Walz's Political Hit job since I been here

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:22 PM (tl5zd)

263 The cops in the Minnesota neighborhood where the left-wing assassin escaped has been under lock down since 3:30am because they're terrified? Probably thoroughly pissed off and mad at the cops at this point.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 14, 2025

***
Is this Minneapolis? Because Minneapolis is famous for its lockdowns. See "2020, Covid Terror, Walz, paintball shots at residents on their porches."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:22 PM (omVj0)

264 Damn. What a day. I need a drink.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 14, 2025 05:23 PM (lIgBp)

265 Here is the resume of the guy thought to be the MN assassin.

https://is.gd/w2nMiW

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2025 05:24 PM (NXz8h)

266 From what I’ve read in the last hour it seems as though the shooter was a left wing MAGA lover who hated Trump but was also a far right wing supporter of Tim Walz and illegal aliens who maybe hated Jews on the side. That makes sense doesn’t it?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:24 PM (e15Ap)

267 I am actually warming to the idea of making Trump a constitutional monarch. Only problem is the succession. Maybe he could adopt Vance or Rubio. It's either that or strict term limits on politicians as none of them seem to want to do their political duty as the founders intended and not make a lucrative personal career out of it

Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 05:25 PM (3/XaG)

268
Yep Tom, it does to screwed up people.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 05:26 PM (3ek7K)

269 Guess it's time I went to shave. Miss Linda wants to go to that (in)famous overpriced fast food joint Buffalo Wild Wings. We have one within walking distance . . . but I distrust the staff and clientele there. The one in the suburbs, though it's a twenty-minute drive, usually offers a better experience. Still expensive, but better in several ways.

It may rain again soon, which will settle the issue of which one to visit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:27 PM (omVj0)

270 Remember how the Butler dude was a "registered Republican"? I'm getting the same vibe from this guy's "lists". There is a difference between lists and targets. The targets are the ones who actually get it. The lists could very well be either a complete lie or a red herring.

Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 05:28 PM (E0p3T)

271 If I was college age and had a bunch of friends it would have been hilarious to make up some signs saying "protester wages UNFAIR!!!" and join the group outside

Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 05:29 PM (3/XaG)

272 >>> 255 July 4th, Independence Day, is the real No Kings Day.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 05:17 PM (i0F8b)

That's what she said!

https://is.gd/EIyBNb

@HarmeetKDhillon

Hey everyone:

"No Kings" day is July 4.

Pass it on!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 05:29 PM (ULPxl)

273 Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2025 05:24 PM (NXz8h)

Nope, gone

Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 05:29 PM (E0p3T)

274 Happy Flag Day, 250th Birthday US Army, and happy birthday President Trump.

The last US Flag I purchased to fly at home I purchased from an Ace Hardware in N Seattle around Memorial Day 8-9 years ago. I went in wondering if some clerk was going to eye roll or mumble some inane comment under their breath. Instead, this nice woman says "Thank you! " I mentioned I put it out on days to honor the sacrifice of those who served or died serving. She said her family has the Colors in several places around their house. Then she tells me her father in law was a MOH recipient in WWII. He was a Philipino Ranger but the US had had a dual training/mutual recognition of their services. I won't forget Andrea and her family history.

Posted by: Rex B at June 14, 2025 05:30 PM (7szT/)

275 263 The cops in the Minnesota neighborhood where the left-wing assassin escaped has been under lock down since 3:30am because they're terrified? Probably thoroughly pissed off and mad at the cops at this point.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 14, 2025

Terrified?

Wimps.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 05:31 PM (W/lyH)

276 Nood hobby

Posted by: Rex B at June 14, 2025 05:32 PM (7szT/)

277 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:33 PM (tl5zd)

278 I was gonna go outside and do some more stuff but now the sun is riding high, and it’s Texas summer hot, and all I wanna do is kick back in this comfy chair and shut my eyes for a few. Think I will.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:33 PM (e15Ap)

279 Wait, the police or the neighborhood is on lockdown?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (zZu0s)

280 No Kings Day was supposed to be like New Year’s Day to the left.

Now a left wing city is chasing a left wing terrorist around a left wing neighborhood.

Trump is a lucky man.

Posted by: Looney dems at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (jZ3ZM)

281 Damn. What a day. I need a drink.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 14, 2025 05:23 PM (lIgBp)

Got one for me??

Posted by: Hillary at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (5xuJ/)

282 204
'Cops finally had enough toward the end of the clip'

They let it go on too long. If that clown had tripped over he would have been road pizza.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (3wi/L)

283 Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (zZu0s)

284 222 Hilariously, Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries ate calling for special protection details for Democrat lawmakers. Presumably they hope to keep Democrats from shooting at them.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (kvelb)

I wonder if anybody is having a serious discussion with the Secret Service about how a guy charges as close to 5ft tall Kristi Noem as Padilla did without being blown away.

Is it that cabinet members don't get Secret Service protection? All I heard about regarding that incident was that the FBI was there.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 14, 2025 05:46 PM (hOOi9)

285 220 I think it makes sense for Trump to say they are just going after criminals now, because it's a bad look if Democrats are supporting them
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (DG4OD)

The way I look at it, he's just finally getting to do what he said he was going to do in his first term. It makes sense in a number of ways, starting with the obvious fact that they are the illegals you most want to be rid of because they are an obvious public safety risk.

But there's also the aspect that the reason the Dems are losing their minds over this is that criminal illegals are their foot soldiers for the acts of terror and assassination that they have in mind.

The fact that it looks bad for the Dems is just a coincidence. Ordinarily, you'd think the Dems would lay low during this phase, and have no problems with criminals going away, but the Dems are a bunch of serious criminals and are being exposed as such. They are panicking - and thereby making mistakes.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 14, 2025 05:53 PM (hOOi9)

286 143
Anybody linked Walz-ing Matilda?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

That's the song you hear when you're On the Beach.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (63Dwl)

I saw that.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM (T5T5Q)

287 Ok.
Scotch....check
Cigar.......check
Army Parade....check

Airborne!
Have a great day Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 05:56 PM (W/lyH)

288 255 July 4th, Independence Day, is the real No Kings Day.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 05:17 PM (i0F8b)

THIS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:03 PM (/Ghsb)

289 Thanks for that freakin' awesome story, Diogenes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (/Ghsb)

290
A political source told The Wall Street Journal that Israel does not rule out the possibility of assassinating Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
_7israelNews

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (6dYPy)

291 Significant strike in southern Tehran
Dozens of IAF fighter jets launch massive strike in Tehran, targeting central fuel terminal and weapons depots.
Defense Minister Israel Katz: 'Tehran is burning.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:09 PM (6dYPy)

292 THIS IS UNREAL. A judge is now trying to let NONCITIZENS vote in elections.

Judge Denise Casper, an OBAMA judge.

https://tinyurl.com/vjsyfk6h

Posted by: Ciampino - another woman judge at June 14, 2025 06:12 PM (sPQoU)

293 https://youtu.be/diOW3vH64PU

Iran Government COLLAPSING

YMMV

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at June 14, 2025 06:14 PM (uqyLy)

294 https://www.youtube.com/live/QrZRZ-wMLJk

Live stream from same source as @293

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at June 14, 2025 06:16 PM (uqyLy)

295 It occurs to me that, intentionally or not, "Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries" *highlights* that there's a shitload of invaders working these entry-level / low skill jobs. Everyone knows this but there has always been shrieking from the teewee about kicking out people who are theoretically minding their own business. Does being reminded of why your kid can't get a summer job (amongst other things) while there's riots going on in big cities over throwing out murderers and rapists help the commies? Does it have any impact on the idea of getting rid of the heh, mostly non-criminal population of invaders?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (ULPxl)

296 Good thing they told me now

@disclosetv 6s
JUST IN - U.S. citizens should depart Iran immediately: State Dept

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (mlg/3)

297 >>> 292 THIS IS UNREAL. A judge is now trying to let NONCITIZENS vote in elections.

Judge Denise Casper, an OBAMA judge.

https://tinyurl.com/vjsyfk6h
Posted by: Ciampino - another woman judge at June 14, 2025 06:12 PM (sPQoU)

Perfect timing.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (ULPxl)

298 The viewer discretion advised warning on the parade is unreal...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:22 PM (bLe0J)

299 https://is.gd/izfVcv

@DC_Draino
How refreshing to see our DOJ fighting to actually protect the 2nd Amendment, not restrict it
AR-15s are owned by tens of millions of Americans and Illinois' AR-15 ban is wildly unconstitutional
Thank you Harmeet Dhillon for fighting to protect the Constitution
[quote]

@AAGDhillon
The Second Amendment is not a second-class right.
See you in court, Illinois.
Proud of my @CivilRights team -
[image]

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:22 PM (ULPxl)

300 Netanyahu as asked that clips of attacks on Israel not to be shown.

Those celebrating in the city square, Lebanon, are a targets of opportunity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:23 PM (6dYPy)

301 Estes Rockets - I always built and used Centuri rockets when I was into it

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 06:26 PM (e15Ap)

302 Centuri had better designs, stronger engines, better art

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 06:26 PM (e15Ap)

303 But Estes somehow bought them out and became the rocket company that survived. I had a big collection at one time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (e15Ap)

304
The parade is wonderful!

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (3ek7K)

305 This marching is not uniform and in synch as I was expecting...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:32 PM (UwBs6)

306 298 The viewer discretion advised warning on the parade is unreal...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:22 PM (bLe0J)
----
Where was this, what channel?

Posted by: Ciampino - another time at June 14, 2025 06:32 PM (sPQoU)

307 Israelites Protest Prophet Samuel With 'Yes Kings' Rally
https://is.gd/F0VyXB
America's Paper of Record

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:33 PM (ULPxl)

308 It was on fox but they took it down

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:34 PM (UwBs6)

309 Too bad it's hazy

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:34 PM (UwBs6)

310 WH ewe toob link for the parade:
https://youtu.be/LTH9p7Gl5ME

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:38 PM (ULPxl)

311 French President Macron:
"I have announced my intention to recognize the State of Palestine.
This is an absolute and sovereign decision, and there is no going back on it despite the pressures."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:40 PM (6dYPy)

312 Estes Rockets - I always built and used Centuri rockets when I was into it
Posted by: Tom Servo

My friend and I build * very poorly * the basic Estes a few times. Our school had a rocket day on the parking lot one weekend. I got the sextant-like instrument to measure the height and recorded each launch. And then the state banned them all. Good times.

This was my favorite design, terrible launcher.
YouTube video.
https://tinyurl.com/yxsttypm

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 14, 2025 06:41 PM (mlg/3)

313 311 French President Macron:
recognize the State of Palestine.
Posted by: Braenyard

He could recognize it in Iran ... might be an opportunity to resettle them.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at June 14, 2025 06:43 PM (uqyLy)

314 >>> 311 French President Macron:
"I have announced my intention to recognize the State of Palestine.
This is an absolute and sovereign decision, and there is no going back on it despite the pressures."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:40 PM (6dYPy)

Well, that will fix everything!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:45 PM (ULPxl)

315 I have announced my intention to recognize the State of Palestine.
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What does that even mean?

Gaza? The West Bank? Both together? Harvard?

Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 06:52 PM (Dnobf)

316 Have the tanks torn up the streets of DC yet like the mayor claimed they would?

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM (nKjbR)

317 I am enjoying the parade.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM (2GCMq)

318 I bet this parade smells like fresh paint.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 06:58 PM (+EG6t)

319 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (DGFJg

Glad to know it our family prays daily for Israel, and I add you and your family in extra. 😊

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 06:58 PM (Vvh2V)

320 Canada Rock.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 07:00 PM (+EG6t)

321 And it nice to see the young servicemen on the top of tanks waving and smiling at the crowd.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 07:00 PM (2GCMq)

322 Have the tanks torn up the streets of DC yet like the mayor claimed they would?
-
Any chance they went over that BLM graffiti?

Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 07:03 PM (Dnobf)

323
The announcer for the parade is great.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:08 PM (3ek7K)

324 I want a Bolo Mark XXVIII to roll by.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 07:13 PM (+EG6t)

325 Ruh Roh,

Jason Brodsky retweeted, Iran International English @IranIntl_En 32m

Iran has asked Oman and Qatar to mediate between Tehran and Washington with the aim of resuming nuclear negotiations, on the condition that Israeli attacks cease, Israel Hayom reported.

Oman, which previously hosted US-Iran talks, confirmed it is pursuing this track, but the US has shown no urgency in responding, the report said.

Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said the latest round of talks, set for Sunday in Muscat, has been canceled.

A senior US diplomat told Israel Hayom that Iran now holds “a significantly weaker position” than before the Israeli strike.

“They either failed to understand or deliberately ignored the president’s warnings,” the diplomat was quoted as saying, accusing Tehran of stalling talks while rapidly advancing its nuclear program.
_background, Ludacris playing softly

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 07:14 PM (6dYPy)

326 Yes, the announcer is quite good. I think I have heard him before. Maybe he's the official WH announcer for big events.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 07:15 PM (QjuTj)

327
The viewer discretion advised warning on the parade is unreal...
Posted by: lin-duh

Is it R-Rated?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 07:17 PM (63Dwl)

328 Hmmm, I wonder how much the Israelis ha e hurt them?

If I were cold blooded about this, I'd say no negotiations as long as the ayatolla is alive. Whether Israel or the people cap him does not matter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (zZu0s)

329
Whoever organized the parade is amazing. I'm all about organization, it's how my brain works.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:19 PM (3ek7K)

330 Seems like some of those soldiers were not doing their best marching. Bayonet unit? Should they not be in synch?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:20 PM (Vvh2V)

331 Tammy,
That's what I said earlier, they should be more in synch.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (nKjbR)

332 I wouldn't negotiate with those m****f****s. Trump gave them 60 days. To hell with em. Why reward them for bombing apartment buildings in Tel Aviv?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:23 PM (Vvh2V)

333 >>Iran has asked Oman and Qatar to mediate between Tehran and Washington with the aim of resuming nuclear negotiations, on the condition that Israeli attacks cease, Israel Hayom reported.
-----

Oh sure, after 2 months of *wanking*

Israel must be very close to completely destroying their nuke capability.

"Sorry. We can't come to the phone right now, so leave a message after the BEEP..."

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:25 PM (rdVOm)

334 Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (nKjbR)

Tbh, it looks disrespectful and sloppy. I hope it's not intentional. I seem to recall my brothers' marching had to be sharp or they got in trouble. And they weren't marching in front of POTUS, 8n a parade honoring their service.

But I am not myself military, so maybe the rules are not what I think.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:25 PM (Vvh2V)

335 >>> 331 Tammy,
That's what I said earlier, they should be more in synch.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (nKjbR)

Why do I suspect there will be some uh, disappointed NCOs later this evening?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 07:26 PM (ULPxl)

336 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 07:26 PM (ULPxl)

I hope there are some dishonorable discharges, assuming it was intentional.

But maybe they were just nervous, and maybe there's no requirement to be in lockstep ( not sure what the right word is) under these circumstances.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:31 PM (Vvh2V)

337 Iran has asked Oman and Qatar to mediate between Tehran and Washington with the aim of resuming nuclear negotiations, on the condition that Israeli attacks cease, Israel Hayom reported.

Oman, which previously hosted US-Iran talks, confirmed it is pursuing this track, but the US has shown no urgency in responding, the report said.

Don't they know there's a parade going on here?

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 07:33 PM (BwZyW)

338
Stick around. Maybe they will be in synch at the 500th parade.

I think they are mighty fine.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:34 PM (3ek7K)

339
Husband said they are in Route Step.
Bands are in step.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:35 PM (3ek7K)

340

Different steps depending on the situation

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:36 PM (3ek7K)

341 think they are mighty fine.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:34 PM (3ek7K)
****************

There is at least one unit that is decidedly not looking mighty fine, but the majority do indeed look sharp!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:36 PM (Vvh2V)

342 I wonder why some are saluting the CIC and some aren't? I thought everyone would when they passed by President Trump

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:37 PM (nKjbR)

343 Husband said they are in Route Step.
Bands are in step.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:35 PM (3ek7K)

I was just about to say that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 07:38 PM (0aYVJ)

344 Thanks the clarification on the marching

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:38 PM (nKjbR)

345
As to the saluting they all are but we don't see it like we think we should.

I'm married to an old Army vet, I'm old too. He knows the drill.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (3ek7K)

346 Fourseasons, thank you for that! I'm glad to know it isn't intentional. I should be ashamed of even thinking it, but X is full of soldiers and NGsmen being very disrespectful and saying shocking things in uniform, and I was afraid some of those in the parade were doing the same.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (Vvh2V)

347 The new weapons and vehicles are cool

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:42 PM (UwBs6)

348 Imperial Drone Troopers

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 07:42 PM (+EG6t)

349
Tammy, I understand. With today's political climate we never know what to expect.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (3ek7K)

350 I would have volunteered to do this parade when I was active duty. They were always fun to do. An hour of marching and lots of free beer afterward. Also, the units that sent vehicles are very happy. It meant a brand new paint job. When President Bush spoke at Fort Hood in 2005, my Bradley got a brand new paint job because it was going to be parked next to the podium. My driver got a Presidential coin from Bush as he walked off the stage.

Posted by: Assassin6 at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (grnGK)

351

My Husband is so tearful. He wishes he could still serve.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:45 PM (3ek7K)

352 Posted by: Assassin6 at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (grnGK

Great story! 😁

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (Vvh2V)

353 My Husband is so tearful. He wishes he could still serve.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:45 PM (3ek7K)

Please tell him we are so grateful for his service.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (Vvh2V)

354

350,
Hubby said the prep is a pain in the ass but, oh my, when one steps on the parade ground there is so much pride.

The service people will remember this day forever.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (3ek7K)

355
It must be very humid there.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (3ek7K)

356 How did I know that was A&M just by looking

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (UwBs6)

357
Citadel. Hubby's alma mater.

Thanks Mace for ruining it.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:56 PM (3ek7K)

358 The AI had some bloopers in "translating" what was said to the written feed . Instead of "Norman" Swarzkopf we got "enormous " Schwarzkopf and that US was "incapable" hands instead of "in capable " hands. I have to admit that I laughed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (2GCMq)

359 To be sworn is by the President is such an honor

Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (UwBs6)

360
Sworn in by the President. How awesome is that!?!

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:03 PM (3ek7K)

361 But I hope all the army divisions feel proud and happy. They should. I'm glad President Trump and came up the idea for a celebration. Pete Hegseth was looking pleased. I loved hearing the history of the different divisions, but now I have to go to sleep.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:05 PM (lrxyH)

362 What BLM graffiti?

Posted by: Corporal Pivot Turn at June 14, 2025 08:06 PM (FhXTo)

363 Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (UwBs6)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:06 PM (lrxyH)

364 334 Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (nKjbR)

Tbh, it looks disrespectful and sloppy. I hope it's not intentional. I seem to recall my brothers' marching had to be sharp or they got in trouble. And they weren't marching in front of POTUS, 8n a parade honoring their service.

But I am not myself military, so maybe the rules are not what I think.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
-----------------------

Some of them are OK others, High School bands do better.
It's time to go back to sq1. Let's see some blisters on those feet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:07 PM (6dYPy)

365
We have problems in our country.

I love, love our military. They are our protectors. We wouldn't have our wonderful country without them, all of them from many years back.

We will overcome!!

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:07 PM (3ek7K)

366 Fox News is run by retards. We want to hear the announcer tell us about the units marching, not listen to your idiot anchors blathering.

If you're going to cover the parade, shut the fuck up and COVER THE FUCKING PARADE.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (5YmYl)

367 @Norman_Roule 2h

Iran's strategic weakness is laid bare as its asymmetric weapons, offensive strategy, stale ideology, and Western information/influence operations fail.

In the coming days, the regime will increasingly move into survival mode as its historic political, economic, and military fragility, exacerbated by a period of unprecedented generational leadership transition, becomes even more pronounced.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (6dYPy)

368
Taro,

We are watching some FOX channel and there are no talking heads. It took us a bit to find the right one.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (3ek7K)

369 What if Isreal de-recognized France?

How do you say nyeh, nyeh, nyeh in French?

Posted by: DaveA at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (FhXTo)

370
DaveA,

Maybe Dildo knows, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (3ek7K)

371 Fuck France, Macron is trying to stab Israel in the back every day .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (DLqye)

372
Everyone has different tastes.

I gotta say that J D Vance is so *ucking hot.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (3ek7K)

373 Said earlier the Iran had 2000 missiles remaining.
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Sirens wail in most of Israel as Iran fires missile barrages, drones; IDF working to intercept them

Israeli jets strike Tehran, oil fields as PM vows to ‘hit every target’ in Iran’s regime
_timesofisrael

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (6dYPy)

374 RSBN has the official parade announcer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (6dYPy)

375 Local media covered the small town “No Kings” rally downtown. Said there were over 500 in attendance. By my count from their photos I get less than 100. What can I say: it’s a college town, so some commie teachers conned some of their more gullible students to come out. I was one block away from it at the P.O., sending in my quarterly taxes, while it was going on. I could hear their “worthy of a Greyhound bus station” P.A. system playing some sort of recorded music from the P.O. You could not see anybody on the street between the P.O. and their meeting spot. This was confirmed by the local media photos. They were only on one side of one corner where two streets intersect. I’d call it a fizzle.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (tWxgu)

376 BOOM!!! Shake Shake Shake the room!!!

Posted by: The IDF at June 14, 2025 08:38 PM (AQshV)

377 unfortunately if you don't recognize France, who's the rightful owner? The English and Germans suck just as bad.
Maybe retvrn it to the Italians.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (gKWVE)

378 The trash on the street in LA from 'the rioters'. Disgusting.

Posted by: Ciampino - another time same place at June 14, 2025 09:46 PM (sPQoU)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 14

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Today is a big news day, and we are behind in pet news, but we are going to stay behind. We do have some important things from the recent past which will interest members of The Horde. They deserve our attention today.

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Our friend Jewells and Shep's Place:

You may recall that our friend Jewells asked that remembrances in her honor be sent to help senior dogs at Shep's Place. Donors from The Horde have been recognized for their generosity and love for Jewells (Julie McGuire):

Hello, this is Russell Clothier from Shep's Place. I wanted to let you know the fund for Julie McGuire stands at $2,929, which is nearly 60% of the way to the $5,000 goal. Thank you for honoring her this way!

We will remember the photos Jewells sent of the adorable senior dogs who are helped at Shep's Place.

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Pets: Life's apology for every crummy day ever - Anon

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Meet The PetMorons

RIP Reuben

John

&&&

I wish we had come to know sweet Reuben better.

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Thank you for visiting our pets with today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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Posted by: K.T. at 03:07 PM

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1 Lots of grey today

Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 03:08 PM (2gjbv)

2 Barcalounger

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 14, 2025 03:09 PM (p7nPj)

3 Welcome back KT! Prayers for your continuing recovery. Condolences for the pictured cat as well.

Posted by: gdgm+ at June 14, 2025 03:09 PM (FyLCZ)

4 Called the others in the Gardening Thread below, only to see some comments disappear here.

Posted by: gdgm+ at June 14, 2025 03:12 PM (FyLCZ)

5 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 03:13 PM (+qU29)

6 It's a grey day here outside too

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 03:15 PM (+qU29)

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at June 14, 2025 03:19 PM (+EG6t)

8 Reuben is adorable.

And amazingly, Snowflake is back!

Trumpy and Snowflake were outdoor cats I took care of over the winter. Mom passed. Too much was going on. But a month later they were back in the house from 11am until about 6pm.

And we have a crazy neighbour who took Trumpy for a ride in April and Snowflake in May.

But Snowflake is back. She has a tracker on and it was a blessing my friend's found her.

She stays in most of the time now.

Oh, and she comes to sleep with me a lot of nights.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (jvJvP)

9 Reuben is a beautiful kitty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (mT+6a)

10 Well, I may have a new cat. One of the new regulars is a young, thin, fuzzy black cat. I am not sure if male or female but I suspect female. It was thrilled to find free food. It loves to be petted and does not seem to be afraid of Jake. Mr Trouble is not thrilled with it but they don't fight. They seem to just talk to each other. If it continues to stay around, I will take it into be fixed, given shots and chipped. No name yet.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (AcTAo)

11 Cat showed up at the shelter where my sister works. Chipped and neutered, but its owners never came for it. So, my sister took him in.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 14, 2025 03:21 PM (DIweC)

12 Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (AcTAo

Congratulations.)

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 03:21 PM (jvJvP)

13
I sure wish someone would have a breaking news thread about the assassin in Minnesota.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:21 PM (3ek7K)

14 Top pic is true.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

15 Lucy the Fink is doing well. She loves to nap in the sunspots and gives me The stink eye when she wakes up in the shade.

Like I’m the one who moved things around.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 03:25 PM (mT+6a)

16
Huzzah! KT is returned. The stand-ins did a great job.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 03:26 PM (QnmlO)

17 Rueben was scary cur per Mts. E. While she was admiring him I snuck 2 bags of chips into the cart.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 03:26 PM (3Q4mi)

18 Especially when Reef puts the darn thing under the couch intentionally.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 03:27 PM (zZu0s)

19
Our new to us dog who came into our lives last Saturday, is the sweetest and most loving dog we've ever had in our almost 50 years of marriage. We think since she spent most of her 18 months of life in a shelter she feels safe and very loved.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:28 PM (3ek7K)

20 Stateless,

I notice you stopped saying “not my cat.”

You have been assimilated into cat ownership.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 03:30 PM (mT+6a)

21 Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:28 PM (3ek7K)

That's great.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

22 Woof!!!

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 14, 2025 03:31 PM (wJbd8)

23
Next couple of weeks will be busy here at Schloss Hadrian. Diana goes in for a chiropractic consultation on Tuesday after last week's MRI. Then we have two immediately consecutive events.

On the 24th, Puff, Ruth, Dot and Dan will go to Texas A&M for heart testing and immediately upon our return, Her Majesty and Rosalind are headed off to Oklahoma City, then Dallas for shows. Lots of baths, lots of loading.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 03:31 PM (QnmlO)

24 Reuben was an awesome kitty. Those ear tufts!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 03:32 PM (kpS4V)

25
Hadrian,
I don't know how ya'll keep up with your schedule.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:32 PM (3ek7K)

26 20 Stateless,

I notice you stopped saying “not my cat.”

You have been assimilated into cat ownership.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 03:30 PM (mT+6a)

I got her and the dog fleastuff this week.

Life has been too much so I've been taking care of the animals as best I can.

My brother came by. I went for a walk and saw a dear friend of my Mom. He was walking the fluffiest 89 pound Chow. That was nice.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 03:34 PM (jvJvP)

27 Lily the Cat continues to provide endless amusement. She patrols the cul-de-sac, racing from window to window keeping tabs on all critters foreign and domestic.

Hogmartin nicknamed her Little Babushka for her busybody tendencies. Other monikers include Cookiebear, Kugelblitz (ball lightning), and of course Lady Plushbottom

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (kpS4V)

28 Babushka.

There's a word I haven't heard for a while..

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 03:39 PM (jvJvP)

29 Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) had some fun in the sun room this morning.

Apparently a vole or two was running around in the shrubbery just outside the sun room and Kaylee was fascinated by them.

I'm amazed that her and Hexie finally get along well enough for both of them to be in the sun room without any issues. Hexie used to be fiercely territorial of the sun room, living room, and kitchen. Now she's cool with Kaylee. Yay!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (GlyvH)

30 Meow!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (sAmhv)

31 And Jake has been fine all week. If I hadn't seen him wobbling around and throwing up, I'd say the vet was wrong. I do think the DMSO helped.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 03:58 PM (AcTAo)

32 My poor girl Gigi (8.5 year old Pittie, Boxer, Rottie mix) has been diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Now I am making homemade dog food and trying to learn all I can to help her out. She has lost 14 pounds since she got it. Needed to lose some but needs to stop losing weight now and just maintain. It seems to be a very complicated disease that affects all dogs a little differently. Very big learning curve.

Posted by: Weekreekfarmgirl at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM (tg1xb)

33 Irish Setters would need Remedial Dog Math.

Although I have seen that look.

Posted by: DaveA at June 14, 2025 04:24 PM (FhXTo)

34 The late Reuben was a pretty kittuh! Siberian? Maine Coon Kittuh? I tend to mix those breeds up.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 14, 2025 04:28 PM (sAmhv)

35 I took my girl dog Paisley to the dog park today but found there was something called a pagan festival there. So I turned around.
It's not that pagans frighten me but I could see my white, Christian dog biting pagan of color. Didn't want that.

Posted by: Still lurking at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (kTd/k)

36 Short pet thread today. Can we call it still "active"?

Welcome back, KT. Glad to see you.

MiladyJo called to me from the front door to come help her. She'd been walking Daisy the frisky Malinois, and Daisy managed to snag a mole and wouldn't put it down. I did get her to manage to drop it, so, good dog. The mole was no longer frisky.

Yesterday morning, at the end of my walking Daisy, she managed to get her feet in between mine, and I was heading for a sidewalk face-plant. My feet were shuffling, trying to regain my balance, but there was nothing to grab onto, and I was going down hard. However, I still had hold of Daisy's leash, and with her as an anchor, I managed to save myself from another hospital trip. Yay.

Hope to see more Moronimals next week.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and the cat says hi at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (Z5w4n)

37 The late Reuben was a pretty kittuh! Siberian? Maine Coon Kittuh? I tend to mix those breeds up.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 14, 2025

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Afternoon, all. I'd say Reuben was a Maine Coon thanks to those big ear tufts and the expression -- not as sweet as a Siberian's face (a "sweet expression" is actually in the breed description). And a Norwegian would have more slanted eyes.

My two furry thugs are still busy playing with the wire Cat Dancer toy. I bought that for Arizona the huge Coon-mix* red tabby when he was a young adult and have passed it on to each cat since. These two actually go find it in the toy basket and have a grand time with it.

* So the then-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I always said, but the actual likelihood of him having been even part Maine Coon was vanishingly small.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:34 PM (omVj0)

38 K.T., it's good to see you're back!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (omVj0)

39 Our new to us dog who came into our lives last Saturday, is the sweetest and most loving dog we've ever had in our almost 50 years of marriage. We think since she spent most of her 18 months of life in a shelter she feels safe and very loved.

Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025

***
My black Stirling cat seems much the same for three months of his early life at a shelter. He impressed me from the beginning as a confident cat, and he certainly is affectionate to people.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:38 PM (omVj0)

40 Just sent some money to Shep's place for Jewels. She will be missed her at the pet thread.

Posted by: Weekreekfarmgirl at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (tg1xb)

41 Our elderly rescue dog Ralphy isn't eating much. He's about 15 and has been very difficult to feed the last several years.

I give him canned food. I have put in gravy, vegetables, eggs, chicken, sardines. Still difficult to feed.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 04:43 PM (jvJvP)

42 Donation made at Shep's for Jewells/Julie McGuire.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 04:54 PM (BwZyW)

43 Time to take the current wet food can for the cats out of the fridge so it can warm up a bit, and run water in their bowls to clean them before I give them dinner.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:58 PM (omVj0)

44 Great looking Maine Coon cat, a great loss.

Posted by: lonetown at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (3DQGy)

45 Of my two kittehs only brother kitteh has taken to walk with me outside at our new home. Sister kitteh is still deciding after 5 months. I'm thinking in another month she will decide she doesn't want to stay in alone while her brother and I are outside taking a walk.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 05:10 PM (VofaG)

46 Stirling is trotting around squeaking. He doesn't usually do that just before dinner. Obviously he wants me to do something else as well, and I don't know what it is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:11 PM (omVj0)

47 That is a magnificent looking werewolf! I mean, cat. I’m sure Reuben will be sorely missed. My condolences.

Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at June 14, 2025 05:35 PM (64rer)

48 If you don't understand dog math, it can be explained. Just beware that it is a long story involving calculus.

Posted by: Quartermaster at June 14, 2025 07:09 PM (fs8hc)

49 I love that Dog Math!!
Kitty Math too.

I want my Thing!

Posted by: PJ at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (RRCAT)

50 Hello,

I was Reuben’s owner and yes he was a Maine Coon Blue. A truly loveable companion but with many medical issues that finally got the better of him. Thank you for all the kind words.

Posted by: John at June 15, 2025 04:35 AM (sFgyj)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, June 14

Hello! A short thread as I get re-oriented to the big outdoor world! I've missed you. Thanks for all the help from the COBs!

Hope everyone is doing well.

Hey KT,
Glad you are back at it again and hopefully feeling good.
Saw in today's garden thread a hibiscus discussion. I have a little story about this one. When we first moved here to Wee Kreek Holler, we put a garden in off the living room patio. One of the first plants I bought for the area was a lavender hibiscus bush. It did very well and grew to be quite large, and then about 8-9 years later, it up and died. Not sure if that was its life span or it got tired of the unrelenting death star beating down on it. But before it croaked I managed to harvest some seeds after it bloomed. I have had those seeds for over 10 years now and I had tried planting them here and there and never any luck. This year I was cleaning out my seed storage and decided I would throw all the seeds I had left of the lavender hibiscus into a pot and if I got one, great, if not I wouldn't have to stare at that seed envelope any more. Lo and behold the plant Gods smiled down on me and one took. It just bloomed yesterday. I will have to transplant it out of the pot soon but I was very happy to have another one. I enjoyed it very much the first time and I am sure I will enjoy it as much this time around.
Never give up Horde, sometimes 10 year old seeds will surprise you!
WeeKreekFarmGirl

Never give up!

We have a lot of Hibiscus and their relatives among The Horde.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Strawberry Harvest at the Throckmortons

Hey Katy: I hope you're getting better.
Attached is a picture of my little 20 sq foot patch of Earliglow strawberries. I ripped out my old strawberries last year, because they were tired and played out, and I replanted with new roots. We are up to our eyeballs in strawberries right now. This bowl-full is just what my wife picked today, and we're picking on average about 30 berries a day right now. Suffice it to say, dessert every night is strawberries. Of course, these are "Junebearing" so they'll play out pretty soon.
Prayers for your continued recovery,
Buck

Thanks! The berries look great! We may need recipes later.

Ah, Nature

Big thunder storms last night. We all woke up to a rainwashed morning with leaves and flowers shedding drips onto the unwary early riser. Even Mr. Mousie looks as though he found it hard to avoid some of the droplets ...#embroidery #EmbroideryWhisperer pic.twitter.com/6Q527LJR8V
— #EmbroideryWhisperer Helen M. Stevens (@helen_m_stevens) June 14, 2025

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure 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.

Posted by: K.T. at 12:52 PM

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1 Welcome back

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (oWCdy)

2 Yayyy!,,

KT in tha house!

Gtsy!

Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (nYt+K)

3 Nice to have you back.. We have been getting a lot of raspberries and squash so far....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:56 PM (VE6XX)

4 I think the garden I have set up will work for what I want. I need to add more Whitney's potting soul as what I used is pretty crappy stuff. I also need to adjust the soil for my blueberries as I am not seeng a lot of growth. We've gotten more rain this year which helped me a lot. I will try and set up some drip irrigation too, so that watering is easier.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (AcTAo)

5 It appears to me that there are those who think the little mousies are adorable little creatures. I am not in that camp. In fact, I proudly call myself a mouse annihilator.
I have seen you tube vids of cats who are friendly to mice, or even afraid. If I ever found myself in the unfortunate situation where I owned a kitteh like that, I would dispatch it forthwith to the guitar factory.

Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 12:59 PM (nYt+K)

6 I've noticed some houses where people plant a purple clematis that climbs the mailbox post. Looks great this time of year.
It's one of those plants that sounds dirty, but it's not.

"The other day I was looking at my neighbor's wife's clematis."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 01:01 PM (lIgBp)

7 Tim Waltz appointee to Governor's Board is the assasin. The Blaze.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:04 PM (KhjS7)

8 A purple clematis seems to be the only surviving plant here by previous owners. It really is nice and I don't do anything special for it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 01:05 PM (AcTAo)

9 Willowed (and apologies for posting this on the Gardening Thread):

235 Karol Markowicz tweeted out what could be the name of the assassin in Minnesota.

https://tinyurl.com/4z4rre8j

Nevertheless, it would be wise to keep the 48-hour rule in mind.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:05 PM (026f8)

10 .I've noticed some houses where people plant a purple clematis that climbs the mailbox post. Looks great this time of year.,

My neighbor does that. The downstairs window frames orange daylilies, backed up by neighbor’s mailbox clematis. My brother said that image would be a good fit for a seed catalog.

Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 01:05 PM (nYt+K)

11 We have been getting a tremendous amount of rain. Rather have it spread out because I now expect weeks without rain when we need it most during peak summer.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 01:06 PM (VofaG)

12 Hi KT.
You have been an will remain in my prayers.

Gardening has been put on hold since Jan due to my stroke. We do have marigolds, from seed, getting ready to bloom though!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2025 01:08 PM (wMJID)

13 The flower beds are looking good, but vegetables are mixed. Haha

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:11 PM (w6EFb)

14 We’ve had RAIN! Pastures are happy, cows are happy, ranchers are happy.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 01:11 PM (LHPAg)

15 Tim Waltz appointee to Governor's Board is the assasin. The Blaze.

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Hoo boy, and here Waltz is already screaming this was a MAGA hit. Talk about a boomerang coming to smack you back in the head.

In any event, this is utterly tragic. And now the Democrat Left's violence has committed undeniable murder.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:14 PM (qBdHI)

16 I was mentioning in a thread last week that there is a beautiful rose bush behind the house where spouse and I feed the fixed and neutered cat colony. We feed the cats twice a week (Others do it the rest of the week) and everytime we have gone, there are more flowers. I don't know what kind of roses they are but they're very large and pink-not red-and the smell is lovely. I much prefer the roses with a scent to the ones which are just ornamental although those are lovely as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 01:15 PM (2GCMq)

17 Fenelon, I've been waiting to catch you here. I wanted to thank you so much for mentioning David Pawson's "Unlocking the Bible" some months back. It was the impetus I needed to undertake something I've wanted to do for a long time, and that is read the Bible from cover to cover. I just finished the entire Bible yesterday. I read Pawson's book along side it, which was very helpful. So again, thank you!

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:17 PM (qBdHI)

18 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Never put any tomatoes in this year, but have potatoes and some kind of a squash volunteers growing besides herbs and cucumbers

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:19 PM (+qU29)

19 Hoo boy, and here Waltz is already screaming this was a MAGA hit. Talk about a boomerang coming to smack you back in the head.

In any event, this is utterly tragic. And now the Democrat Left's violence has committed undeniable murder.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:14 PM (qBdHI)

A Walz appointee commits political assassinations? Hopefully this is the end of Walz. Make him wear it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 01:19 PM (+blYj)

20 Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:17 PM (qBdHI)

Thanks, but I think that was someone else. I don't recall mentioning that book, but I'm so glad they did, that it was helpful to you and I think it's wonderful you read the entire Bible!.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 01:23 PM (2GCMq)

21 It was a mostly peaceful assassination.

Posted by: The media we used to watch at June 14, 2025 01:23 PM (lIgBp)

22 Tomatoes are getting bigger, but no ripe ones yet.

Can smell petunias when I walk out on the deck. Mmmm.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:25 PM (rdVOm)

23 Julio Rosas
@Julio_Rosas11
BREAKING: I'm told by a police source in Minnesota the suspect in the shootings of MN state lawmakers is Vance Luther Boelter.

It appears it is the same Boelter who was appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz. He appointed to the Governor's Workforce Development Council in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:26 PM (qBdHI)

24 I have to do the yard.

Difficult when the house is still up in the air.

The trees in the backyard are amazing. I took pictures. Our backyard looks like a forest.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 01:27 PM (jvJvP)

25 Welcome back, KT!

Posted by: 40 Miles North at June 14, 2025 01:28 PM (EaLNz)

26 Dang, there's junk blowing into the garden today.

(There's an open thread below this one.)

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:28 PM (rdVOm)

27 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 01:23 PM (2GCMq)

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Wow, I was sure it was you! Maybe you commented on someone else who recommended it. I know I saw your name. This was 8-9 months ago. So, whoever you are, thank you!

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:28 PM (qBdHI)

28 Great to have you back K.T. I hope you and yours are on the mend and doing well.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 14, 2025 01:28 PM (8hxDK)

29 The "No Kings" flyers in the shooter's car didn't have rally locations on them. They literally just say "No Kings" with no other information. And there were a lot of them. This does not indicate the guy was going to target a No Kings rally. It indicates, strongly, that he SUPPORTS No Kings.

Posted by: Ghoulposts at June 14, 2025 01:29 PM (qUkBO)

30 The "No Kings" flyers in the shooter's car didn't have rally locations on them. They literally just say "No Kings" with no other information. And there were a lot of them. This does not indicate the guy was going to target a No Kings rally. It indicates, strongly, that he SUPPORTS No Kings.

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He was probably going to leave the flyers on the murdered people's bodies. Kinda like the psychos who leave their trademark trinkets on the bodies of the people they kill.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:30 PM (qBdHI)

31 22 Tomatoes are getting bigger, but no ripe ones yet.

Can smell petunias when I walk out on the deck. Mmmm.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:25 PM (rdVOm)

I've had a couple of ripe cherry tomatoes, the rest all have a ways to go (SF Bay Area).

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 14, 2025 01:31 PM (8hxDK)

32 He has a Doctorate in Education.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:32 PM (KhjS7)

33 K.T. maybe the practice of inserting open threads below topical-only threads should be revived? "The thread below the gardening thread" or something was the name? Used to be common on weekends.

Did ace decree an end to these? He used to also use them during the week while he was ginning up new material.

Just an idea. A day like this, which is "news" saturated, certainly will make on-topic threads difficult.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 01:33 PM (1m82a)

34 Finally getting some decent rain.
Wifey laments that she got lazy and didn't plant some sweet potatoe yesterday....

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:33 PM (/lPRQ)

35 I'm so far behind on yardwork. Don't know if it *can* be caught up, without paying for some help. Ugh, as if...

Anyway, it was nice and cool yesterday, so got a bit done. The heat just incapacitates me, and it got to 100 a couple days this week. So much for mild "spring" weather.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:34 PM (rdVOm)

36 I probably still could get a couple of tomatoes for garden, last year was OK for growing them but garden is getting too much shade all these years for what they need.

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:34 PM (+qU29)

37 Dayton, the Democrat Governor before Walz, appointed the shooter to a state workboard position. Then Walz appointed him again to the same or a similar workboard position. Hard to believe this guy is some "right winger."

Posted by: Ghoulposts at June 14, 2025 01:35 PM (qUkBO)

38 Posted by: rhomboid

The Minor Appreciations of Civilization

IS the open "thread below the gardening thread"

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:35 PM (rdVOm)

39 We've had a crazy amount of rain this spring. It's very welcome but the vegetables are just lazing around, not stressed enough to start bearing.
I grew some Kentucky Wonder green beans up the fence behind one of the beds just to have some sort of vine, but we actually had some for dinner the other night.
The homemade "seed mats" did well with all the rain, but no blooms yet.
Planning to replace the interlocked 4 ft beds we bought when we moved here, as they have rotted out, with one big 8 footer. Good thing I've helped him with so many as I am on my own due to his broken arm.
But he's been a good teacher, so it should be fine.
Hard to explain to some what a joy it is just to putter around...

Posted by: sal at June 14, 2025 01:36 PM (f+FmA)

40 >>>This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs
Check out the preceding thread, too

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Posted by: K.T. at 11:02 AM

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:37 PM (rdVOm)

41 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Never put any tomatoes in this year, but have potatoes and some kind of a squash volunteers growing besides herbs and cucumbers

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:19 PM (+qU29)

Hi Skip! My tomatoes are literally retarded and I bought a few just to get something for the table. Corn is also sucking this year. Okra, beans and peas are doing well.

We, too, have been invaded by volunteers - in our case it's cucumbers. While we were inundated by cukes last year, we certainly didn't toss them around flower beds, yet there they are. Birds, I guess.

The garden in front of the garage is full of volunteers as well. Chocolate sunflowers and zinnias galore. My brother saw a half dozen yellow finches eating the sunflower seeds this morning.

It's hot and muggy here. I have to weed and spread some straw along the rows, but I can't bring myself to put on my sun hat and get out there.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:37 PM (w6EFb)

42 I have done a great job of growing Prarie dogs...

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 01:39 PM (oWCdy)

43 When we bought this place, despit only being 1,25 scres, you couldn't even tell that there were backyard neighbors. My yard was clearcut but they had green belts obstructiing vision.
Since then they have clearcut everything... Guy on backside even put a 0x30 ugly as shed about ten feet from the property line. With a window overlooking all our back windows.

So, working on my own green belt. One acre lots are big if you can get a green belt going.
Wife suggests thinging out bird of paradise plants near the house and planting the 'pups' on back property line.

Not today, but soon.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:40 PM (/lPRQ)

44 I'm so far behind on yardwork. Don't know if it *can* be caught up, without paying for some help. Ugh, as if...

Anyway, it was nice and cool yesterday, so got a bit done. The heat just incapacitates me, and it got to 100 a couple days this week. So much for mild "spring" weather.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:34 PM (rdVOm)

I hear there are undocumented workers to be found at Home Depot who work for peanuts and keep the economy going.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:40 PM (w6EFb)

45 I have to do the yard.

Difficult when the house is still up in the air.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 01:27 PM (jvJvP)

I dunno. Seems to me it'd be easier to clean with the house off the ground. Quick sweep and you're done.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 01:40 PM (0eaVi)

46 Pasture grass at the edges of my yard is doing *great* but the lawn is more weeds than grass. Go figure.

Battling morning glory until my death, too. The bindweed is winning.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (rdVOm)

47 I dunno. Seems to me it'd be easier to clean with the house off the ground. Quick sweep and you're done.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 202

That'd make cleaning the basement easier too.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (jvJvP)

48 I think all speculation about who did what should be put on hold. Until The Gateway Pundit posts anything, you can't be sure it's correct....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (0eaVi)

49 Yeah, those Little Kings cream ales are terrible.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (77Xnc)

50 I hear there are undocumented workers to be found at Home Depot who work for peanuts and keep the economy going.
Posted by: Miley
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Not around here. They live in the next state over, and just draw welfare there.

Hdepot is where I go to buy garden supplies. They have some really nice plants, too. Kinda spendy though.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (rdVOm)

51 Aha, thanks folks. Didn't see KT's thing at the end about previous thread being the open one. I think she, and I know ace, used to post open threads with that as the title, not tucked away at the end of the post.

My failure here, an investigation has been launched, and I'm placing myself on (paid, handsomely) administrative leave for the moment.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (1m82a)

52 Pasture grass at the edges of my yard is doing *great* but the lawn is more weeds than grass. Go figure.

Battling morning glory until my death, too. The bindweed is winning.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (rdVOm)

We built our house in a field that had been under cultivation for many years. Now completely weeds. The lawn is the weeds that are mown.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (w6EFb)

53 And the tree where the cardinals have built a nest is probably my favorite tree/ flower-the lilac, because of its color and smell. The nest was pretty well hidden because there were honeysuckle vines covering the tree. Gosh, is that an invasive species which covers so many trees and bushes, but it does smell so nice and it is pretty.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (2GCMq)

54
We finished the sprinkler valve repair this morning. Wiring had gone bad between the controller and the two valves. We had to install new wiring, digging a trench from the corner of the house to the valve bodies. Lots of good manual labor.

Hate doing work like that, but it saves me so much money over having an irrigation company come do it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (MsrgL)

55 >>The lawn is the weeds that are mown.

LOL!

A neighbor once asked me, how I keep my lawn so green.

"Weeds."

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:48 PM (rdVOm)

56 Welcome back, KT!

My neighbor leaned over my back fence and asked if he could borrow a few ears of fresh corn for his family dinner; his corn didn't ripen yet. Then he remarked, "Those are sure some nice looking blackberries."

"You better not try to get my blackberries," I warned him.

"Don't worry about that," he replied. "Just lend me your ears! I come to praise your berries, not to seize them."

Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 01:50 PM (MX0bI)

57 My cousin and her husband live a few miles outside of town and plant a big garden every year. This year, they had a raccoon who was coming into their garden and eating the okra plants and going into the backyard to fish around in her koi pond. It took a couple of weeks, but they no longer have a raccoon problem. I didn't ask.

Posted by: huerfano at June 14, 2025 01:51 PM (n2swS)

58 Would like to put an outdoor TV in the flagstone patio and garden I just completed, but can't find one by a manufacturer I trust for under 3K. Anybody got recommendations?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 01:52 PM (ITkJX)

59 It was a cool, gray, and very wet month of May in my Tennessee Mountain home. Several tomato plants turned yellow and effectively died. The survivors look bad, but I've planted a few new ones in case the sun ever comes out. Maybe I'll have some tomatoes by the end of summer. (Or maybe not, it's currently raining, and sunshine is not in the short term forecast.)

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 14, 2025 01:52 PM (d9Cw3)

60 Not around here. They live in the next state over, and just draw welfare there.

Hdepot is where I go to buy garden supplies. They have some really nice plants, too. Kinda spendy though.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (rdVOm)

Bummer. I wouldn't want to bring strangers to check out the property anyway.

I dropped $72 there yesterday on dianthus and straw bales. I have been spending money this month like a drunken sailor.

My best find on Amazon lately is the Holldoor stainless steel hose. O.M.G. My brother bought one to cross the walkway so he could hook up the long hose to water the outside beds. He's been so exasperated with crappy, unwieldy, kinking hoses that he thought this might be a thing.

And it is. Lightweight, flexible, easy to loop up when you're watering between rows. Doesn't kink. I bought a 50 footer to put on the end of the hose leading out to the veggie garden. Then I bought a 50 footer to use here in the back garden.

Then I bought a 100 footer for the front flower beds. So easy to water, then disconnect and coil it on the front porch.

Beautiful.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (w6EFb)

61 We had a guy coming in twice a year to spray for weeds.But I still have a moss that needs to be dug out. It's a pretty nice green.

Once life is better, we have a lot of statues in the yard.

I want to send in pics...

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (jvJvP)

62 Oh, and they're aren't too spendy. $31 for the 50 footer and $49 for the 100 footer.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:55 PM (w6EFb)

63 Julio Rosas works for the Blaze, so he's probably reliable:

@Julio_Rosas1

I’m told by a police source in Minnesota the suspect in the shootings of MN state lawmakers is Vance Luther Boelter.

It appears it is the same Boelter who was appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz. He appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 01:57 PM (6ydKt)

64 Had a hibiscus come from the blue in my flower bed. My neighbor said "Well, there used to be one, but we pulled it up." I call my hibiscus Johnny "I'm baaaack." Left it there.

Posted by: Marybel Smiles at June 14, 2025 01:59 PM (gHpSW)

65 We cultivate moss. You can whirl it through a blender and paint it on rocks and watch it grow. The north side of the house has some areas that are always in shade. Hostas and moss are very happy.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 02:00 PM (w6EFb)

66 Love the volunteer hibiscus and hibiscus success stories. I bought a Rose of Sharon for the front corner of the house, a lovely lavender. It's still a baby, only 18" or so, but it's covered in buds and seems to have settled in nicely.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 02:02 PM (w6EFb)

67 @kylenabecker

The alleged shooter who targeted former Minnesota House speaker Melissa Hortman in a "politically motivated" shooting is Vance Boelter.

Minnesota State Patrol has confirmed that the suspect had "No Kings" flyers in his vehicle.

The subject also left a "manifesto."

https://tinyurl.com/3k6ant4f
(post on X)

There's a pic in the Becker tweet of 'No Kings" flyers in the backseat of the shooter's car.

The manifesto is probably gonna be a doozy if we're ever allowed to read it.

This is really going to throw a wrench in the left's plans for this entire No Kings event - the media won't know how to cover it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 02:03 PM (6ydKt)

68 Raised a bunch of marigold seedling indoors...there is a lot of late frost risk where I live...last weekend I transplanted them into their outdoor pots. It did not go well. More than half of them collapsed and died. I guess a month and half was still not long enough to let the new plants establish themselves. A lesson learned for next year.

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 14, 2025 02:07 PM (Lhaco)

69 8 Crops You'd Be WILD Not To Plant in June!

https://youtu.be/r8Y6Gs3c4N8
(Epic Gardening - 20mins 34s)

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Because I interrupted the peaceful serene gardening thread with crazy lefties.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 02:10 PM (6ydKt)

70 Daily Mail has Wokesota news.

Posted by: torabora at June 14, 2025 02:12 PM (+f07J)

71 Castle Guy-- I keep hearing that Marigolds are so easy to grow. Huh, riiiiight.

Every marigold I've ever planted here, gets chewed up to skeletonization within days. I'd dust them with Sevin, but for the neighbor's honeybee hives.

Meh. Other flowers do just fine, and without needing to be sprayed/dusted.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 02:17 PM (rdVOm)

72 I think most of not all volunteers come from compost.
I pulled a celery stalk trying to grow in the compost and planted it in the garden. Seems to be trying to grow there as well.

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 02:17 PM (+qU29)

73 71 Castle Guy-- I keep hearing that Marigolds are so easy to grow. Huh, riiiiight.

Every marigold I've ever planted here, gets chewed up to skeletonization within days. I'd dust them with Sevin, but for the neighbor's honeybee hives.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 02:17 PM (rdVOm)

This 'bloodline' of Marigolds has been growing on my property and parents' property for at least 35 years straight. Despite this hiccup, they are incredibly easy to grow. And after the seedlings fell down, I sprinkled some raw seeds into the pots, and some of those are starting to sprout up. The issue will be how much they bloom and seed before the fall frost gets to them...

That said, I only grow marigolds in pots, and my parents mostly kept them in big barrels. They rarely make it on the ground. At my place, the slugs tear them apart...

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 14, 2025 02:22 PM (Lhaco)

74 BREAKING! I drove by Bitch and Moan Corner here in Happy Valley. There's were perhaps a dozen activists, far more than I've previously seen, but they protesting the fate of the poor wetbacks but rather that the Jews have killed 180,000 kids. (I think, it was one of those signs in which smaller numbers were struck out replaced by larger numbers and I think they settled on 180,000.)

Now do Planned Parenthood!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 02:31 PM (L/fGl)

75 A lesson learned for next year.

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 14, 2025 02:07 PM (Lhaco)

Try scattering the seeds in the fall, where you want them to grow. Rake them in a bit. All of my volunteers are 10 times bigger than the ones in pots.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 02:43 PM (w6EFb)

76 BREAKING: Walz Appointee Named as Suspect in Assassination of MN Rep. Melissa Hortman

The suspect who murdered Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband has been identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter—and you won’t believe this:

Boelter was appointed by DEMOCRAT Gov. Tim Walz to serve on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board.

That’s right. The man now wanted for a politically motivated double homicide was once hand-picked by Governor Walz himself.

Boelter was reportedly impersonating a police officer when he executed the brutal attacks—and left behind a manifesto and political hit list.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 02:43 PM (fab8c)

77 I have 2 100 footers of stainless steel. I can go from the front of the house to the back. Really good stuff!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 02:43 PM (AcTAo)

78 So Waltz put this guy up to shooting someone.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 02:44 PM (fab8c)

79 Wow, KT! Two consecutive posts in one day - and both of them were excellent. Welcome back, you've been sorely missed. Sending my prayers to you and Mr. KT for a speedy and full recovery (and to anyone else who needs them).

Posted by: Retired, thank God! at June 14, 2025 02:47 PM (9BIt9)

80 BREAKING: Walz Appointee Named as Suspect in Assassination of MN Rep. Melissa Hortman

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So it was a Twinkletoes trooper.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (L/fGl)

81 Makes sense. I mean, some of Watz' best friends are school shooters.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 02:55 PM (L/fGl)

82 In grocery without a list. Dangerous.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 03:06 PM (3Q4mi)

83 Lilies, Tiger Lilies, More Lilies, Day, Lilies, Clematis, Yucca, Butterfly Bushes, Honeysuckle, Asters, Coneflowers, Fennel, Columbine, and more crap I can't name that I get dragged out into the garden to look at while she tells me again what they are as I point and say 'What's That ?" with at minimum a beer in my hand.

I enjoy that she enjoys it.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:10 PM (iGK7y)

84 Pet Thread is up, also from KT.

Posted by: gdgm+ at June 14, 2025 03:10 PM (FyLCZ)

85 I've a planter bog of native carnivorous plants: Saracenia, sun dews and Venus fly traps. I included a French drain in case I need to water directly with collected rain water.

I like any hobby that kills pests.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 14, 2025 03:10 PM (7leMO)

86 Hmmmm.
The Minnesota State bird is the Common Loon.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 03:11 PM (W/lyH)

87 66 Love the volunteer hibiscus and hibiscus success stories. I bought a Rose of Sharon for the front corner of the house, a lovely lavender. It's still a baby, only 18" or so, but it's covered in buds and seems to have settled in nicely.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 02:02 PM (w6EFb)

She has a huge one on the west side of the house. I need to trim it back a little but am afraid to injure it. It's the centerpiece on that side of the house and is basically a story tall now.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:13 PM (iGK7y)

88 86 Hmmmm.
The Minnesota State bird is the Common Loon.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 03:11 PM (W/lyH)

So weird....

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:14 PM (iGK7y)

89 80 BREAKING: Walz Appointee Named as Suspect in Assassination of MN Rep. Melissa Hortman

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So it was a Twinkletoes trooper.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (L/fGl)

Vance Boelter
-appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton in 2016, then reappointed by Gov. Tim Walz in 2019 as a private sector representative to the governor's workforce council, with the term expiring in 2023.
-PhD in education
-director of security patrols at Praetorian Guard Security Services, a security company based in the Twin Cities metro
-Boelter has experience with security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East – including the Gaza Strip

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 03:21 PM (7v6oI)

90 Glad to see you back at it KT. Missed you and your insight. Hoping you stay well and have a great summer.

Posted by: Weekreekfarmgirl at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (tg1xb)

91 Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (

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If those ever cease to please you, look into getting yourself a Hose Link or two. They're nit thev cheapest, but oh my goodness, they've been a gamechanger for me! We have 4 now.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 04:31 PM (Vvh2V)

92 I would be shocked to hear that anyone could harm a Rose of Sharon type hibiscus with anything other than fire and backhoe.

Really just backhoe, because I've seen them grow back after being burned down in a house fire.

Which might very well have been started by the homeowner trying to get rid of the Rose of Sharon.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (Vvh2V)

93 From Boise area: We were on vacation for a week. Hard to believe so many weeds could sprout in just one week...

Strawberries producing like mad. Lettuces 'Green Salad Bowl' are huge - I should have spaced them farther apart. Spinach bolted so I pulled them out. Broccolini and cabbage plants finally looking decent-sized. Other plants growing well. Had to cut the sage plant back, it got so large it blocked water to other herbs. I saw small green berries on the blueberry bushes.

Husband says pea rows need weeding, not just the garden beds, but he just mowed so I need to compost first. He also said we need to top potato bags up again.

Fireweed plant is blooming - so is one of the new "Penstemon cyaneus" we bought for our new stone bed - also larkspur, chamomile, Johnny Jump-Ups. Good to know I haven't missed the linden tree blooming, that scent is fabulous.

Hugs to KT!

Posted by: Pat* at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (Frf47)

Minor Appreciations of Civilization

Well, it's been a while since I posted, with some life complications along the way. I had open heart surgery a while ago. I still can't drive and some of our household equipment and parts of automotive equipment have decided to die. Then on Thursday, hubby fell among cut-throats in an operating room. Things are a little better now but don't expect great thoughts today.

Thanks to our wonderful COBS and to all of you in The Horde. I've missed you!

We are blessed by family and friends, too.

Anyway, there's a lot going on in California and the world right now, but sometimes the larger culture seems less important than at other times. There's only so much you can pay attention to at one time these days.

I'm kind of happy that there are people who pay attention to the "larger" culture. Long-term trends in culture affect the daily (it seems) changes which dominate the news these days.

But my mind hasn't been much on the development of ancient culture lately. Forget the riots and other stupidities of a moment. There are people out there who don't pay much attention to them. Sometimes we count on these people, even the ones we don't know.

I have noticed some things about people that I might not otherwise notice, during our health challenges. Like people who work in the hospital system. Some of them are mediocre, but there are many who are very good at their jobs, even if their jobs are rather limited. They may do mundane things that keep a hospital system going, like patient transport, for example. They seem to prepare appropriately for their work days. I noticed that smart phones were not too evident in their work lives. They aren't making a big splash in the world, but they are making a difference in lives by being competent in the jobs they have chosen. They meet real people. Several I met treated their charges appropriately at all times.

No fame for connection to the Beach Boys. That's okay with me.

There are other limitations to our everyday culture, too. The people at the nurse's station where it was possible to reach my hubby after surgery had a hard time informing me when he was to be discharged after doctor rounds, or even when doctor rounds would be. This information was not in their typical mode of communication. But they did inform our designated driver!

Our designated driver had her own challenges the same day, when it took her an hour and a half to get blood drawn. The person who drew her blood wanted to talk, for one thing. Perhaps she was bored. None of this had anything to do with political conflict, and it did not seem to be affected by notable societal trends.

What directions do you see education pushing everyday civilization, beyond politics? Any adventures with stranger interactions which have affected your life recently?

I have been grateful lately for ordinary people who hang onto civilized behavior even when we don't see it much in the news.

Quotes

“If we ever allow morality or law to become just a question of whose ox is gored, then we will have taken a fatal step toward national suicide. We can survive lapses into hypocrisy, but we cannot survive making hypocrisy a ruling principle.”
— Thomas Sowell

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Music

Fiddlin' Around

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs
Check out the preceding thread, too

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Posted by: K.T. at 11:02 AM

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1 Good morning all

Posted by: Darth Doodah at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (dVTxy)

2 So happy to see you back, {{{KT}}}! It sounds like you and everyone around you needs prayers for fortitude and grace.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 11:08 AM (w6EFb)

3 KT! Hello, dear girl! It's good to see you back! Welcome home.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 14, 2025 11:11 AM (ayRl+)

4 Hope you're feeling better, KT!

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (jGGMD)

5 Thank you K.T. and I hope everything improves.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (jvJvP)

6
Glad to have you back, feeling better. Hope hubby is on the mend as well.

Diogenes - excellent post below. I remember the same feeling(s) marching aft Desert Storm as well.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (MsrgL)

7 Lies! Lies! All lies!

Now THIS is 4-D Chess: That Feud Between Trump and Netanyahu? They Faked It As Part of an Intelligence Op

https://shorturl.at/n44Iv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)

8 It's been kind of a wild ride. Time for reflection. Things are slowly getting better. Odd that unrelated things seem to go wrong at the same time, but interesting!

I've been watching The Horde!

Posted by: KT at June 14, 2025 11:20 AM (xekrU)

9 You're back KT! This is wonderful to see!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:21 AM (uWKK8)

10 The post by Diogenes is worth attention. Pick the subjects to which you pay attention.

Posted by: KT at June 14, 2025 11:21 AM (xekrU)

11 So glad to have you back, KT. We missed you! I hope both you and your husband recover fully and quickly.

My husband had bypass surgery at a specialty heart hospital in 2019 and we were both impressed with the friendliness, professionalism, and competence of all of the staff, top to bottom. I hope it's still as true in 2025.

The food not so much. No flavor and way, way, too many carbohydrates. He was so glad to get back home and, even though he didn't have a lot of appetite at first, he was glad to eat things that tasted good again.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (FEVMW)

12 What directions do you see education pushing everyday civilization, beyond politics?"

I see the lack of any effective education degrading all of the institutions we have come to rely on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:23 AM (uWKK8)

13 Good morning!

>>Like people who work in the hospital system. Some of them are mediocre, but there are many who are very good at their jobs, even if their jobs are rather limited.

One thing we noticed w/recent weeks-long hospitalization of my dad: most of the nurses were good at their jobs (always have a few lemons), but they didn't do much without a request. Something happened during Covid - a few talked about the helplessness and burnout, and seems a lot have (unconsciously?) pulled back. Had to order own meals, request meds, sitting up/walking/moves to a chair, etc.. It was weird how passive the care was.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (72zuV)

14 7 Lies! Lies! All lies!

Now THIS is 4-D Chess: That Feud Between Trump and Netanyahu? They Faked It As Part of an Intelligence Op

https://shorturl.at/n44Iv
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)

LOL I kept trying to tell that to people online who were setting their hair on fire at the time. It was the most obvious Good Cop - Bad Cop routine ever played, and they did it on a world stage in front of everyone. And the Iranians still fell for it!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:25 AM (uWKK8)

15 >>It's been kind of a wild ride. Time for reflection. Things are slowly getting better. Odd that unrelated things seem to go wrong at the same time, but interesting!

Glad you're on the mend!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:25 AM (72zuV)

16
What directions do you see education pushing everyday civilization, beyond politics?

_________

I'm more optimistic than most. I see more people taking matters into

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 11:26 AM (QnmlO)

17 I've been watching The Horde!
Posted by: KT at June 14, 2025 11:20 AM (xekrU)

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

Uh oh. Does this mean you've made notations in our permanent records?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2025 11:27 AM (2UnvF)

18 Prayers for you KT. Glad to see you back.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 11:27 AM (lIgBp)

19 Nice to see you back KT!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:27 AM (W/lyH)

20 My own experience of being a visitor during my son's hospitalization, I saw both the good and the bad.

Yes, there are dedicated staff who work tirelessly to keep patients and their loved ones as healthy and informed as possible.

Unfortunately though, when mediocrity manifests, it can be fatal. I chose not to go down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out why my son died. He did, and that's all there is to it. I will be forever grateful for the kind and professional staff we encountered.

The others though... like I said, I choose not to put thought to it.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (vF3jY)

21 To the Horde:
(and I don't mean to step on KT's thread)

I picked a hell of a morning to sleep in. Mrs D had me up watching one of my favorite programs, "Foyle's War."
Thanks for the contributions and comments on the previous thread.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (W/lyH)

22
I'm more optimistic than most. I see more people taking matters into their own hands, turning away from the chaos and rootless drifting of current society, returning to a strong moral basis and advancing with that beneath their feet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (QnmlO)

23 Glad to have you back K.T., prayers up.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 11:29 AM (akw+7)

24 Reagan was able to make a deal with Russia because, it turns out, the Russians are not suicidal.

The Persians?

You cannot make a deal with a suicidal cult.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:29 AM (ZmEVT)

25 Don't worry K.T.
Today Great Thoughts are flowing from us to you.
God Bless.

Posted by: Fritzty at June 14, 2025 11:29 AM (T5dpv)

26 Re: the MN shootings - have only seen this info on X, not on any of the cable news coverage:

https://tinyurl.com/bwjvbbbh

Hortman recently crossed party lines as the sole Democrat to vote to remove MinnesotaCare from adult illegal immigrants.

If it was a political killing - was it for her betraying her lefty state's politics?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:30 AM (72zuV)

27
Uh oh. Does this mean you've made notations in our permanent records?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2025 11:27 AM (2UnvF)

_______

Lowell... Lowell... (*sharp intake of breath*)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 11:30 AM (QnmlO)

28 One thing we noticed w/recent weeks-long hospitalization of my dad: most of the nurses were good at their jobs (always have a few lemons), but they didn't do much without a request. Something happened during Covid - a few talked about the helplessness and burnout, and seems a lot have (unconsciously?) pulled back. Had to order own meals, request meds, sitting up/walking/moves to a chair, etc.. It was weird how passive the care was.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (72zuV)

My parents, especially my late mother, always got amazing care in our part of Canada.

Aside from the years I was stressed out because she was unjabbed. And the constant pushing for end of life stuff by the doctors which ended a while ago.

But aside from that.....great care.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:31 AM (jvJvP)

29 K.T., welcome back. Glad to see you doing better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:31 AM (6dYPy)

30 Two Minnesota legislators, along with their spouses, were shot in a targeted attack

https://shorturl.at/tE28t

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Two dead, two gravely wounded. Because their party affiliation is not mentioned, I'm going with more leftist terror.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)

31 KT! You have returned at the turn of the tide.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM (LHPAg)

32 I'm more optimistic than most. I see more people taking matters into their own hands, turning away from the chaos and rootless drifting of current society, returning to a strong moral basis and advancing with that beneath their feet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (QnmlO)

I see myself as living in a duality. My day to day, both the work I do and the people I otherwise encounter, I can see the value of living a life of simple gratitude and kindness.

The larger world though, encroaches. And maybe I can't do anything about it, but I see the evil being perpetrated, and find it hard not to be pessimistic about where we're headed.

When it all collapses, those good people I try to surround myself with, will die along with the bad.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (vF3jY)

33 Dressing as LE for a hit is a signature move of sicarios. This is gonna be interesting to see how this is all connected. Is this the sparks Leftists want for their “revolution”?

Posted by: Vengeance at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (GH9Yd)

34 Two dead, two gravely wounded. Because their party affiliation is not mentioned, I'm going with more leftist terror.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)

GatewayPundit says they were Dems.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (jvJvP)

35 Democrats who voted against illegal healthcare.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (KhjS7)

36 Oh, so sorry to hear about the loss of your son, BurtTC!

With my dad's recent hospitalization, we had a family member there almost every waking hour. The passivity of the care kinda freaked us out. I have a lot of experience with hospital care with hubby and son, and have seem a wide variety of quality. However, something was broken in 2020 - maybe with covid and then the big DEI push. Something's changed

Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (72zuV)

37 Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (vF3jY)

I am sorry about your son.

I couldn't imagine that....

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:34 AM (jvJvP)

38 Two dead, two gravely wounded. Because their party affiliation is not mentioned, I'm going with more leftist terror.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)

Both Democrats. People are speculating they crossed the aisle recently on something related to illegals, but as with any such news, it's best not to fix one's mind on a narrative this early.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (vF3jY)

39 Nice to have you back, KT.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (viF8m)

40 Good to see you back, KT. Even though the people filling in did a great job and were much appreciated, you were missed. Continued prayers for healing and for your husband as well. There have been a number of folks in the congregations which I have served who have had have open heart surgery, and they are big procedures .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (2GCMq)

41 Good heavens, K.T., you and hubby have been through the wringer. Glad to have you here again!

Have to give appreciation to the nurses and caretakers at my mom's hospice. They are kind and efficient and very friendly.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (kpS4V)

42 "What directions do you see education pushing everyday civilization, beyond politics"

No.

There is nothing beyond politics when the near term trajectory of our education system is "complete societal and cultural destruction"

30 years from now a dozen or more cultures with hundreds of years of history will be basically gone. A lot of you who are 29 might not be around to see but it IS coming.

Posted by: heya at June 14, 2025 11:36 AM (12Z7Y)

43 Thank you for kind words, this happened a few months ago, so it's not fresh.

Except to me, I guess. But still, I think the larger point is, as Lizzy is suggesting, there may be something worth looking at, as to how healthcare is administered, and the questions do seem to be related to the Covid era.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:37 AM (vF3jY)

44 36 Oh, so sorry to hear about the loss of your son, BurtTC!

With my dad's recent hospitalization, we had a family member there almost every waking hour. The passivity of the care kinda freaked us out. I have a lot of experience with hospital care with hubby and son, and have seem a wide variety of quality. However, something was broken in 2020 - maybe with covid and then the big DEI push. Something's changed
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (72zuV)
The health care industry, especially hospitals, are all about nursing on the government teat, which means COMPLIANCE. Which is still DEI.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 11:37 AM (LHPAg)

45 Both Democrats. People are speculating they crossed the aisle recently on something related to illegals, but as with any such news, it's best not to fix one's mind on a narrative this early.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (vF3jY)

Well I'm going to. These were political assassinations.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 11:38 AM (g8Ew8)

46 Great to have you back, K.T. You have been missed.

Posted by: GrenadierX at June 14, 2025 11:39 AM (M3pDV)

47 Well I'm going to. These were political assassinations.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 11:38 AM (g8Ew

There are facts, of course, but the meaning behind them may be unclear, and further of course, some will use the early period to set a narrative, even if it doesn't fit the facts.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:40 AM (vF3jY)

48 Somewhat related:

@naomieppsbest
Blew the whistle in @WSJopinion on ideological rigidity in therapy training. A week later, I am fired from my internship with the regret of my boss. This field is in crisis. The public needs to know.

It's bananas:
Your final paper will be a comprehensive sexual autobiography and exploration; minimum of 8 – 10 pages. Please note that you are not required to disclose anything that causes extreme discomfort, however I urge you share as deeply as you feel comfortable. The following are guidelines to help you choose what to be explored in depth. . .

https://tinyurl.com/46nt8s35

Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:41 AM (72zuV)

49 Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (72zuV)

Whenever my mother was in the hospital, I tried to stay as long as possible and would try to meet the night nurse and would call a couple of times through the night.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:41 AM (jvJvP)

50 Political assasinations at such a low level are rare.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (KhjS7)

51 Obama Judge Halts Trump’s Election Integrity Order

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Because if there's one thing they don't want it's election integrity.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (L/fGl)

52 Not gonna lie, I am disappointed that my twee little town isn't hosting any protests today. I wanted to flip the bird!

But alas, no more giant inflatable capitalist pig, no papier-mâché heads, no pre-printed signs sent by the Party, no geriatric lefties reliving their glory days.

I did see two young women with clipboards outside a tent with a sign I misread as LA RAZA, but it was just Tweeville Area Recreational Association 😆.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (kpS4V)

53 Wasn't the assassin in "Three Days of the Condor" dressed as a mailman?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (ZmEVT)

54 "Fiddlin' Around" written by Johnny Gimble, of course.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (6dYPy)

55 And I am trying to be grateful to God for small things. This may sound silly, but one thing I was happy about today was in coming back from the store in an area that passes through a nature preserve . I yelled out "There's a turtle crossing the road!" and spouse managed not to hit it, and a kind man on the other side of the road stopped and moved it completely off to the side. I was happy he did that. I love turtles (Well, not big old snapping turtles the size of pizza pie plates) and this one looked like it might have been a painted turtle. Must be mating season or they're laying eggs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 11:44 AM (2GCMq)

56 >>Whenever my mother was in the hospital, I tried to stay as long as possible and would try to meet the night nurse and would call a couple of times through the night.

Yup! Use their names, make sure they know yours and see your loved one as a person - assertive but not a PITA patient advocate.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:44 AM (72zuV)

57 52 Not gonna lie, I am disappointed that my twee little town isn't hosting any protests today. I wanted to flip the bird!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (kpS4V)

And pick up some of those hot, easy leftist protest babes we always hear about.....in theory...

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (jvJvP)

58 Wasn't the assassin in "Three Days of the Condor" dressed as a mailman?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (ZmEVT)

And then there was Magnum Force.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (vF3jY)

59
Tampon tim jumped right out and said it was "politically motivated" on account of closely divided legislature. So that means he knows it was one of his jihadis who did it, but is blaming Us.

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (DxRBB)

60 Not my bag, Stateless!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:46 AM (kpS4V)

61 Jon Stewart Slams ABC News Over Firing Terry Moran: “They’re a F***Ing Joke”

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Well, he's right about one thing. They are a F***Ing Joke.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:47 AM (L/fGl)

62 KT! So good to see you here. I'm sorry to hear of all the health problems for you and Mr. KT but I'm glad they were all addressed. Praying that you will both recover quickly and completely.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 11:47 AM (79pEw)

63 60 Not my bag, Stateless!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:46 AM (kpS4V)

Sorry. Just saw the rest of the name..

Another restless night...

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:47 AM (jvJvP)

64 Willowed:

I drove 8 miles to shoot my wife sounds like a country song.

Like so:

*strums guitar*

I drove 8 miles to shoot my wife
Cuz she'd been messin' around
I never drove 8 miles for nuthin'
Never one day of my life

I'll drive 1 mile for a glass of beer
I'll drive 2 miles for a 6 pack here
For a brand new pick-up, maybe four
Or some red hot pussy, but not one mile more
So you gotta know i was really mad
And wanted to shoot my woman bad
I drove 8 miles to shoot my darlin'
Cuz she'd been messin' around

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:48 AM (iJfKG)

65 Until there wasn't enough family to do it someone, aunt, cousin, brother, whomever, would always, especially overnight be with the hospitalized kinfolk. Otherwise was not a consideration.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:48 AM (6dYPy)

66 And now a word from appropriately named Jon Cryer . . .

Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

67 Tampon tim jumped right out and said it was "politically motivated" on account of closely divided legislature. So that means he knows it was one of his jihadis who did it, but is blaming Us.
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (DxRBB)

There are a few things we can count on as being true. First anything coming out of his mouth is likely to be a lie, and second, if one were inclined to try to assassinate Democrats in Minniesomalia, for some political purpose... which I'm not advocating... you'd have to kill more than two.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (vF3jY)

68 59
Tampon tim jumped right out and said it was "politically motivated" on account of closely divided legislature. So that means he knows it was one of his jihadis who did it, but is blaming Us.
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (DxRBB)

We all know how this goes.

1. The left is already passing this off as right wing violence speculating on air.

2. Evidence shows it was a lefty.

3. Everything is memory holed without an apology or even any self-reflection.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:50 AM (jvJvP)

69 I think I will walk up the hill to check out my local no kings protest.

Starts at 11 pst. It’s about an hour walk. Going to be sunny and 70 today. Gorgeous down here on the beach.

I still don’t understand how the party of CAMELOT is now against a monarchy.

Trump won every swing state, the popular vote, the EC, the house and the senate.

Democrats didn’t even allow a primary.

So confusing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:50 AM (mT+6a)

70 K.T.
Great to have you back at AoSHQ. Know you are in all of our prayers. Take care of yourself - its going to take time to get your strength back.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 11:51 AM (7v6oI)

71 And now a word from appropriately named Jon Cryer . . .

Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

That's it, I'm not watching any more of HIS movies either.

Him or George Tacky. Or John Coo Sack.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:51 AM (vF3jY)

72
Tulsi Gabbard released a video on her personal social media accounts lamenting the US nuclear bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima and warning that the world was closer to "nuclear annihilation" than ever before.

https://t.ly/uZYWL

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 11:52 AM (63Dwl)

73 I think I will walk up the hill to check out my local no kings protest.

Starts at 11 pst....

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:50 AM (mT+6a)

You can't expect them to get out of bed early.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (vF3jY)

74 love turtles (Well, not big old snapping turtles the size of pizza pie plates) and this one looked like it might have been a painted turtle. Must be mating season or they're laying eggs.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I always stop, pick up turtles, and get them off the road. Be aware though, large sliders and painted turtles often let go of their gut contents from the rear out of fright or defense. Keep the rear exit away from you.

Posted by: Turtle Fan at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (G5+As)

75 Conspiracy!

Deep Thoughts With Joy Behar: What a Coincidence Trump and Army Share Birthday

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Sumbitch planned it that way!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (L/fGl)

76
I guaranfuckingtee you that there is a record of this murderer leaving death threats to these people.

We will find out he was 'known" to local law enforcement.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (DxRBB)

77 0 Political assasinations at such a low level are rare.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (KhjS7)

Like abortions?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 11:54 AM (g8Ew8)

78 Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

If a Republican senator had rushed a member of a Demoncrat administration would people be in shriek about the intervention by security?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 14, 2025 11:55 AM (WCeiL)

79 Posted by: Turtle Fan at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (G5+As)

Thanks and good for you! Spouse didn't mention any defecation on the other guy by Mr. Turtle but it's good to know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (2GCMq)

80 Does anyone know.if Burger King still gives out crowns? I want to wear one as I drive past the local protest.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (W/lyH)

81
btw, were these Democrats joos, by any chance, or recently express support of Israel?

Maybe that's why pedo gay walz is rushing out the deflection/gaslighting.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (DxRBB)

82 We had a turtle lay eggs in our yard last week. My wife went out and covered it with a mesh screen to keep the raccoons from digging them up. Don't recall what kind of turtle. Probably a snapping one as they're pretty common among the ponds and creeks here.

Eggs are supposed to hatch in mid-August, according to the all knowing turtle AI.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 11:57 AM (Q4IgG)

83 warning that the world was closer to "nuclear annihilation" than ever before.
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we've been 'closer than ever before' for decades

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:57 AM (AOsQT)

84 Leftists I know on Facebook are already blaming Trump for the Minnesota attacks. "People who don't know how the constitution works" and " this happens in chaos" are being tossed out there. They will blame Trump even if it turns out to be a leftist upset with the pols voting.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 11:58 AM (akw+7)

85
This is fun.

https://x.com/miguelifornia/status/1933653716177203328

A nice pop culture zinger at the a-holes running California.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:58 AM (iJfKG)

86
btw, ALL the tiktok goblins and twitter goblins are now "experts" in posse comitatus.

Never before in history has a Marine detained a civilian, they're all claiming.

Really, go to any military base in the country and run past the guard at the gate. They will tackle you and "detain" you.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:00 PM (DxRBB)

87 Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 11:57 AM (Q4IgG)

That was good of your wife.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 12:00 PM (2GCMq)

88 K.T. I am not recalling the nic (I blame advanced age, plus I have several plates in my head) but Hello! and stay well.

Yours,
Don Black

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:00 PM (AOsQT)

89 I once had to tell a young lady who was attempting to draw blood from me to please stop stabbing me and go get someone who could find a vein. She couldn't draw blood if you gave her a blank piece of paper and a red pen. Next lady did it in one attempt.

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 12:00 PM (iGK7y)

90 Very happy to see you again KT

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (+qU29)

91 Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

If a Republican senator had rushed a member of a Demoncrat administration would people be in shriek about the intervention by security?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 14, 2025 11:55 AM (WCeiL)

Pretty sure they'd be arguing the need to shoot on sight.

Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (1Yy3c)

92 Wasn't the assassin in "Three Days of the Condor" dressed as a mailman?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (ZmEVT)

And then there was Magnum Force.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (vF3jY)

Well, the group that went and shot Calvo Sotelo were impersonating a Guardia Civil arrest team. But no one cares about the Spanish Civil war again

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (D7oie)

93 Glad you're doing better, KT!

Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2025 12:02 PM (1Yy3c)

94 also willowed:

I drove 8 miles to sho0ot my wife sounds like a country song.
[ . . . ]
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (iJfKG)

It has been done, in a way - Bluegrass

Steeldrivers, If It Hadn't Been For Love

youtu.be/YSzlV6VNqI4?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:02 PM (D7oie)

95 And I am grateful that the church up the road which dates from the middle 1800's is playing instrumental patriotic music from its steeple today. The last one was "America."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 12:02 PM (2GCMq)

96 >btw, ALL the tiktok goblins and twitter goblins are now "experts" in posse comitatus.
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I've noticed that these DU types like to find a cool-sounding word and just glom on to it- beat it to death

'Oligarchy' is a good example

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:02 PM (AOsQT)

97 Demtards 5 minutes ago: 86 47!
Demtards now: OMG GOP IS KILLING DEMS!

Posted by: Ghoulposts at June 14, 2025 12:03 PM (qUkBO)

98 Well, the group that went and shot Calvo Sotelo were impersonating a Guardia Civil arrest team. But no one cares about the Spanish Civil war again
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (D7oie)

No one expects the Spanish Civil War!

Posted by: Monty Python is now old and senile at June 14, 2025 12:03 PM (iJfKG)

99 What directions do you see education pushing everyday civilization, beyond politics? Any adventures with stranger interactions which have affected your life recently?

********

In healthcare:

1. Growing disconnect between patient and the actual decision-maker (doctor). Many more go-betweens with subsequent gaps in information/communication.

2. Knowledge level and skills of lower level nursing personnel (medical assistants, nurse's aides, LPNs technicians) are dwindling.

3. Data collected with poor technique (e.g. blood pressure, weight, etc.) entered into the medical record and treated as accurate. I.e. lots of people labeled as hypertensive who aren't, and such like.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:03 PM (/iMjX)

100 Does anyone know.if Burger King still gives out crowns? I want to wear one as I drive past the local protest.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (W/lyH)
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I stopped at a Burger King on the way to the PNW MoMe and they had a stack of them.

Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:03 PM (6YdsJ)

101 @Rightanglenews
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2h
BREAKING - It’s been revealed the Minnesota democratic lawmakers shot last night, State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, both recently voted against their party, with Hortman supporting repeal of free healthcare for illegals and Hoffman joining Republicans in the Senate to pass it.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:04 PM (AOsQT)

102 we've been 'closer than ever before' for decades
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:57 AM (AOsQT)

Grew up with "the world is doomed and you are screwed"
Which is far better than the current generation who is growing up with "we are importing people to screw you"

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:04 PM (D7oie)

103 91 Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl

Life does imitate art.

Alan was an insufferable pussy too.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 12:04 PM (jvJvP)

104 And now a word from appropriately named Jon Cryer . . .

Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

Has he finished production on his training video, "Crying on Command", by Jon Cryer?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 12:05 PM (S/Y4j)

105 Having blood drawn is one experience where you hope that the phlebotomist's efforts actually ARE in vein.

😂

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:08 PM (/iMjX)

106
Incidentally, for those of who don't know who "jon cryer" is, he was the "normal" co-star on Two & Half Men.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)

107 Having blood drawn is one experience where you hope that the phlebotomist's efforts actually ARE in vein.

😂
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:08 PM (/iMjX)
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He's here all week, folks! Try the crab cakes!

Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (6YdsJ)

108 Having blood drawn is one experience where you hope that the phlebotomist's efforts actually ARE in vein.

😂
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:08 PM (/iMjX)

I find RNs do a good line at putting in a needle but the EMTs seem to treat it like Captain Ahab going for the white whale.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (D7oie)

109
Perhaps Muldoon can conjure up a Democrat parody song based on the lyrics of Rawhide.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:10 PM (DxRBB)

110 Glad to have you back, KT. Continued prayers for your recovery. Hubbies too.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 12:10 PM (BwZyW)

111 Two Minnesota legislators, along with their spouses, were shot in a targeted attack

https://shorturl.at/tE28t

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Two dead, two gravely wounded. Because their party affiliation is not mentioned, I'm going with more leftist terror.

They're Dems who voted against more benefits for illegals and pissed off Trantifa.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:11 PM (QZThv)

112 Police officers confronted the killer coming out of one of the home. The killer fired on them and retreated back into the home. Nothing on whether they escaped or are still holed up.

Also, there was a hit list.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7tz58p

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 12:12 PM (iGK7y)

113 I find RNs do a good line at putting in a needle but the EMTs seem to treat it like Captain Ahab going for the white whale.
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From Hell's heart, I stab at thee! 🩸

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 12:12 PM (kpS4V)

114 > It’s been revealed the Minnesota democratic lawmakers shot last night, State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, both recently voted against their party, with Hortman supporting repeal of free healthcare for illegals and Hoffman joining Republicans in the Senate to pass it.
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I'm curious how contorted the left is going to be trying to parse this for their benefit. I'm sure they'll do it. Something, something compassion for illegals, right wingers, Trump's fault, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:12 PM (Q4IgG)

115 They're Dems who voted against more benefits for illegals and pissed off Trantifa.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:11 PM (QZThv)

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:13 PM (D7oie)

116 Welcome back, K.T.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:13 PM (+blYj)

117 You've got to keep up with the times.

Olympics Committee Adds Torch-Throwing To 2028 Competition

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 12:13 PM (L/fGl)

118 Recently had clinic medical assistant take my blood pressure with a small-sized cuff, placed over the outside of my long sleeve shirt, not aligned with the brachial artery and got an unusually high number. I asked the RN accompanying the doc to retake it, with a large-sized cuff, on my bare arm, with the cuff in line with the artery and there was a 20 mmHg difference.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:15 PM (/iMjX)

119 .... OT ...

VJ Day

Renamed "End of War in the Pacific Day" by Bill Clinton for the 50th Anniversary Parade in Hawaii.

A lot of parading for that. I didin't go to the parade that was in town (Clinton had review stands built for that). I think it was more elike a typical big city 'hometown' parade with HS bands, floats, veteran groups, etc.
I had to do the separate military parade. I think he had litterally every single member of the military on Oahu march past his review stand including Coast Guard and NOAA. Literally an all fucking tropical day in the sun production for those in the parade.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:15 PM (/lPRQ)

120 Perhaps Muldoon can conjure up a Democrat parody song based on the lyrics of Rawhide.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:10 PM (DxRBB)

Muldoon does requests?
How about birthday parties and bar mitzvahs?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:16 PM (W/lyH)

121 K-Pop is all right to me. That cave art is a little dull though, and not very accessable except to the most elite.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:17 PM (/lPRQ)

122 The graciousness of a welcoming reconciliation.

Trump Asks McDonalds To Prepare A Special Fattened Calf Meal For Elon's Return

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (L/fGl)

123 I once had a blood draw where the tech was using the 'poke and hope' technique without success. Her jaw dropped when I reached up with my off hand, grabbed the syringe and directed it right into the vein.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (/iMjX)

124 Any good insurrection streams I should know about?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (KhjS7)

125 118 The local VA clinic's pharmacy was closed, and they sent me to Walmart pharmacy with a voucher for a 10 day fill. While waiting I decided to use the BP machine, which damn near took my arm off. Told the pharmacy aide and she said that has happened in the past and immediately put an out of order sign on it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 14, 2025 12:20 PM (gm9Sb)

126 > Any good insurrection streams I should know about?
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CNN? I think they're a national sponsor of the budding insurrection.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:21 PM (Q4IgG)

127 59
Tampon tim jumped right out and said it was "politically motivated" on account of closely divided legislature. So that means he knows it was one of his jihadis who did it, but is blaming Us.
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (DxRBB)

72 hour rule....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 12:21 PM (QGaXH)

128 MN shootings he had a manifesto, of course all the crazies do and had a long list of dems and repubs he was also targeting. 48 hour rule, however I suspect he was pissed off about the repeal of benefits for illegals.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 14, 2025 12:21 PM (2NHgQ)

129 KT! You have returned at the turn of the tide.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM

KT the White.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 12:21 PM (jc0TO)

130 So, political revenge shooting for Party betrayal has moved up on the likelihood list.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:22 PM (/iMjX)

131 I once had a blood draw where the tech was using the 'poke and hope' technique without success. Her jaw dropped when I reached up with my off hand, grabbed the syringe and directed it right into the vein.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (/iMjX)

I had a blood draw about 6 months ago. Afterwards, I kept feeling a sharp pain inside my arm, around the site. This went on for a couple months, and now the OUTSIDE of my elbow has some pain.

Pain level is low, maybe a 2-3, but I suspect it was related to the blood draw.

Am I crazy?

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:22 PM (+cfsD)

132 128 I betcha his queerness the governor Walz had his hopes up that the shooter used an AR so he could give a "weapons of war" speech.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 14, 2025 12:23 PM (gm9Sb)

133 Any good insurrection streams I should know about?
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (KhjS7)

When I was a kid we had rural property with a small stream on it. When it rained it turned into a large stream.

We used to bathe in it.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (+cfsD)

134 If you know you have a blood draw coming up, make sure you are well-hydrated before you go to the clinic. I'm told this makes the veins easier to find and tap.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (AOsQT)

135 Muldoon does requests?
How about birthday parties and bar mitzvahs?

*********

Most requested song from my friends and family is the sounds of silence.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (/iMjX)

136 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:15 PM (/lPRQ)

He did some quick glad-handing and pressing of flesh (as it were) on Wheeler AAB, along with Waihehe. I did show up just out of curiosity, but it was over in a few minutes (as it were).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (kpS4V)

137 Recently had clinic medical assistant take my blood pressure with a small-sized cuff, placed over the outside of my long sleeve shirt, not aligned with the brachial artery and got an unusually high number. I asked the RN accompanying the doc to retake it, with a large-sized cuff, on my bare arm, with the cuff in line with the artery and there was a 20 mmHg difference.
Posted by: muldoon

I do not like the MIC (medical industry complex) in general.
My blood pressure runs 20 pts high being in their presence.

Had a PA I did like (her demeanor and looks) talk me down to almost normal BP after the more typical staff was giving me shit about high BP that day. She pointed out a lot of people have elevated BP when visiting the Dr, everybody knows it, and nobody wants to admit the bulk of the problem is that most staff are rude condescending A-holes... She also had me come in with my cheap CVS BP thing to compare to the clinics precision old school BP meters. Almost dead on.

When she left that clinic, so did I.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (/lPRQ)

138
Any good insurrection streams I should know about?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Go down by the old mill stream.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (63Dwl)

139 >>> 91 Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

If a Republican senator had rushed a member of a Demoncrat administration would people be in shriek about the intervention by security?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 14, 2025 11:55 AM (WCeiL)

Pretty sure they'd be arguing the need to shoot on sight.
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (1Yy3c)

You have guns!!!

Posted by: Miss Lindsey at June 14, 2025 12:25 PM (ULPxl)

140 It’s been revealed the Minnesota democratic lawmakers shot last night, State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, both recently voted against their party, with Hortman supporting repeal of free healthcare for illegals and Hoffman joining Republicans in the Senate to pass it.
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If that's accurate my internet conjecture has completely changed. I was leaning toward someone on the 'Right' having done it because it apparently was competently planned.

I also did not rule out a Reichstag scenario.

My fear for a while is that eventually some on the Right' would respond to the Left's actions with Star Chambers.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:26 PM (VofaG)

141 If you know you have a blood draw coming up, make sure you are well-hydrated before you go to the clinic. I'm told this makes the veins easier to find and tap.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (AOsQT)
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Last time I had a colonoscopy, they tried to get a needle into the back of my hand after my having had all the stuff they give you to empty you and dry you out. It was...not pleasant.

Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:26 PM (6YdsJ)

142 I don't like The New Rules. I don't care if it's Team Red or Team Blue who are playing by them. I just want all the people playing by them to go to PMITA Prison [tm] and stay there.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 12:26 PM (KAw7u)

143 Am I crazy?
Posted by: BurtTC

*********

Yes.

Do you want a second opinion?

You're also homely.

(actually I suppose the needle may have tweaked the biceps tendon and left some lingering pain. Who knows.)

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:27 PM (/iMjX)

144 Incidentally, for those of who don't know who "jon cryer" is, he was the "normal" co-star on Two & Half Men.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)

Yet another TV show I never wasted time on.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:28 PM (+blYj)

145 Any good insurrection streams I should know about?
Posted by: Boss Moss

I go down to the river to pray?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 12:30 PM (S/Y4j)

146 Huh.

@nicksortor
·
9m
🚨 #BREAKING: The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car

MORE DEMOCRAT TERR0RISM!

ALL “No Kings” protests should be cancelled NOW!

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:30 PM (viF8m)

147 Prayers to all the Morons needing extra blessings, healing, and comfort.

Posted by: LizLem at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (gWBY1)

148 9m
🚨 #BREAKING: The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car

MORE DEMOCRAT TERR0RISM!

ALL “No Kings” protests should be cancelled NOW!
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:30 PM (viF8m)

48 hour rule...

Posted by: Mississippi at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (VE6XX)

149 🚨 #BREAKING: The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car
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So, they actually have him?

Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (6YdsJ)

150 (actually I suppose the needle may have tweaked the biceps tendon and left some lingering pain. Who knows.)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:27 PM (/iMjX)

That's at least a more logical explanation than my usual: That they're trying to inject the Covids into me.

Or maybe I'm just getting old.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (+cfsD)

151 There are now many colors for Crown Royal bags

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (KhjS7)

152 Incidentally, for those of who don't know who "jon cryer" is, he was the "normal" co-star on Two & Half Men.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)

The Alan Harper character was in no way normal…
He was a neurotic eunuch

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (P/Wjn)

153 The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car

This is, of course, how you get kings.

Posted by: the man on the white horse at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (KAw7u)

154 >>So, they actually have him?

They seem to have his car, don't know about him.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:32 PM (viF8m)

155 Incidentally, for those of who don't know who "jon cryer" is, he was the "normal" co-star on Two & Half Men.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)

Yet another TV show I never wasted time on.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:28 PM (+blYj)

Same. I just remember him as the gay friend in all those Molly Ringworm movies.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:32 PM (+cfsD)

156 Last time I had a colonoscopy, they tried to get a needle into the back of my hand after my having had all the stuff they give you to empty you and dry you out. It was...not pleasant.
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:26 PM (6YdsJ)

Back of the hand is never pleasant. I have zero problems or discomfort with getting an IV or giving blood but I beg not to get it on the back of the hand if not necessary. They tell me that back of the hand is preferable for surgeries as it's more secure. I don't know if that's accurate.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:32 PM (VofaG)

157 Most requested song from my friends and family is the sounds of silence.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (/iMjX)

Heh.
In church once the pastor was asking for more men to volunteer for the choir.
"Not so fast Diogenes! You're a great usher."
Sigh...

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:33 PM (W/lyH)

158 Just want to note that my friend J (see prayer thread) had her surgery. It went well, the doc had to do less work than he had originally surmised. All the hospital staff were very pleasant and professional. Thanks for all your prayers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:33 PM (6YdsJ)

159 The island has some no kings geezers at the start of the main road to the beach.

Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 12:34 PM (6cOjz)

160 Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:30 PM (viF8m)

Blue on Blue violence. So you know what that means, right?

Yep. It's MAGA's fault.

Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2025 12:34 PM (1Yy3c)

161 Landshark.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:35 PM (KhjS7)

162 Most requested song from my friends and family is the sounds of silence.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (/iMjX)

Heh.
In church once the pastor was asking for more men to volunteer for the choir.
"Not so fast Diogenes! You're a great usher."
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:33 PM (W/lyH)

When I decided to become a musician, I started with performing John Cage's "4'33."

So far that's the only song I've mastered.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:35 PM (+cfsD)

163 MORE DEMOCRAT TERR0RISM!

**********

Assassination Chic!

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (/iMjX)

164 Back of the hand is never pleasant. I have zero problems or discomfort with getting an IV or giving blood but I beg not to get it on the back of the hand if not necessary. They tell me that back of the hand is preferable for surgeries as it's more secure. I don't know if that's accurate.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:32 PM (VofaG)
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Yeah. I've donated lots of blood so I'm not needle-shy, but that was one miserable experience. Normally, the veins on the back of my hand are pretty prominent, but after 24 hours of dehydrating mixtures, they were pretty flat that day.

Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (6YdsJ)

165 I had brain surgery (a craniotomy) nearly 30 years ago. During prep for the procedure the nurse tried to start an IV… multiple (painful) jabs with no success. Brain surgery is stressful so I was on edge; I finally told her you have one more chance but I’ll punch you in the nose if you miss again (half joking… sorta). She got the anesthesiologist and he was a magician… put that thing in with no pain in like 5 seconds. Always have an anesthesiologist start your IV

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (ZtAny)

166 Your Thomas Sowell quote above is so prescient with the MN shooting news this morning.

I warned rabid liberals on social media, after the vigilante shooter cowardly shot that exec in the back of the head on the street, then turned him into a tiger beat hero, that this is dangerous. Then how the left dismissed the attack on Noem and are Padilla.

But hypocrites they are, politicians and news scrunts will scream when it is one of their own: a politician who should be shielded from the consequences of their choices and from promoting violence on the streets. They are from the appropriate caste, after all!

From CNN:
“This is a stunning act of violence. I’m thankful for all the law enforcement who are responding in real time,” U.S. Senator Klobuchar said in a post on X. “My prayers are with the Hortman and Hoffman families. Both legislators are close friends and devoted to their families and public service.”

Posted by: LizLem at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (gWBY1)

167 The island has some no kings geezers at the start of the main road to the beach.

I passed a small no kings protest this morning. Almost entirely ladies over 60.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (QZThv)

168

MN State Patrol
@MnDPS_MSP
Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution.

https://t.ly/F3F-K

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 12:37 PM (63Dwl)

169 I liked Two and a Half Men the first five or so seasons but then they went gay and then super gay after Charlie Sheen left.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:37 PM (VofaG)

170 Happened to stumble on a BBC broadcast.

One guess only, Vasily, who the toolbag is blaming....

Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 12:37 PM (iGK7y)

171 Minnesota Star-Tribune (from Instapundit):
https://shorturl.at/zS9PN

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 12:38 PM (ULPxl)

172 MN State Patrol
@MnDPS_MSP
Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution.

https://t.ly/F3F-K
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 12:37 PM (63Dwl)

Sounds like they are insinuating it was Conservative...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:38 PM (VE6XX)

173 So glad to see you're on the mend, KT.
Glad to have ya back!

Posted by: redridinghood at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

174 I had brain surgery (a craniotomy) nearly 30 years ago...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (ZtAny)

That explains a lot.

Just kidding, but you know I had to say it.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (+cfsD)

175 They have to figure out the guys middle name before they can post it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (KhjS7)

176 173 So glad to see you're on the mend, KT.
Glad to have ya back!

Yes.. Glad to hear it...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (VE6XX)

177 143 Am I crazy?
Posted by: BurtTC

*********

Yes.

Do you want a second opinion?

You're also homely.

***

Guy goes into the pharmacy and asks where to find the talcum.
Pharmacist says, "Walk this way."
Guy says, "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need the talcum."

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (W/lyH)

178 "Not so fast Diogenes! You're a great usher."
Sigh...

********

My wife was told after first few choir practices that her "services were no longer required". By her aunt, the choir director.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:40 PM (/iMjX)

179 LA Kings hardest hit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (KhjS7)

180 147 Prayers to all the Morons needing extra blessings, healing, and comfort.
Posted by: LizLem at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (gWBY1)

Thank you so much!
Everyone

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (jvJvP)

181 Guy goes into the pharmacy and asks where to find the talcum.
Pharmacist says, "Walk this way."
Guy says, "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need the talcum."
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (W/lyH)

Read in Rodney Dangerfield voice.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (+cfsD)

182 An Iranian 747 purportedly belonging to the mullahs left Tehran about a half hour ago. Destination unknown as they've turned off their tracking beacon. Speculation is that this is an evacuation flight with what's left of Iran's ruling government.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (Q4IgG)

183 And FoxNews has been a string of talking heads..

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (jvJvP)

184 182 An Iranian 747 purportedly belonging to the mullahs left Tehran

Occulted imams? How unoriginal.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 12:42 PM (KAw7u)

185 I hope they remembered to pack the treasury

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:43 PM (KhjS7)

186 . Speculation is that this is an evacuation flight with what's left of Iran's ruling government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (Q4IgG

They'll make someone lovely new nieghbors.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 12:43 PM (jvJvP)

187 Journalist Saleh al-Fafowari
has been kiled by Israeli strikes while
reporting from Iran.

This tragic incident comes only 2 months
after his previous death in Gaza.

_timesAlgebra (India News)
https://tinyurl.com/5n88ca78

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:43 PM (6dYPy)

188 I liked the Andy Griffith episode where Barney was in the choir and they got him to lip sync Gomer without him realizing it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:44 PM (VofaG)

189 That explains a lot.

Just kidding, but you know I had to say it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (+cfsD)

Ha! I like to say I have medical documentation and eyewitness testimony that I do, indeed, have a brain! How well it works is a different question….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:44 PM (OW907)

190 184 182 An Iranian 747 purportedly belonging to the mullahs left Tehran
----------------

And all the people said, Don't forget to lock the door.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:45 PM (6dYPy)

191 They have a big orange balloon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:45 PM (KhjS7)

192 Tim Walz a but assured me it would be tje work of a Right Wing Dsath Squad

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (+qU29)

193 Did yhey check the flaps?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (KhjS7)

194 >>Sounds like they are insinuating it was Conservative...

With No Kings flyers in his car?

Seems doubtful.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (viF8m)

195 Wife's cousin, in high school choir (mandatory participation), was asked not to sing because 'you're throwing Mother Superior off'.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2025 12:47 PM (NcvvS)

196 Also:
--------

OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
A massive 246-character Emergency Action Message (EAM) broadcasted today via the U.S. Air Force’s High Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS).
=====
EAM's are encrypted, so even though it was captured, nobody outside the HFGCS knows what it said. Yet. But EAM's when not used for training are basically an alert to action.

Personally, I'd be looking all over Iran and points east and south, away from Israel and US forces, for a lone Iranian 747.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:47 PM (Q4IgG)

197 A Schoolhouse Rock Officianado.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:47 PM (KhjS7)

198 192 Tim Walz a but assured me it would be tje work of a Right Wing Dsath Squad
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (+qU29)

They still make it sound like it is.. If it was a Lib why would they tell the "protesters" to stay home ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:47 PM (VE6XX)

199 >>An Iranian 747 purportedly belonging to the mullahs left Tehran

Funny how they are always encouraging their lunatic followers to die for Allah but when it comes to their own lives they are leaving on a jet plane.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:48 PM (viF8m)

200 They tell me that back of the hand is preferable for surgeries as it's more secure. I don't know if that's accurate.
Posted by: polynikes

********

Yes. Back of the hand IV catheters usually don't reach the level of the wrist joint, whereas front of the elbow (antecubital fossa) often is vulnerable to arm flexing, even if an arm board is used.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:49 PM (/iMjX)

201
With No Kings flyers in his car?

Seems doubtful.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (viF8m)

He was targeting the protests... Sounds to me what they are insinuating....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:49 PM (VE6XX)

202 Drove by the No Kings rally in my city about 11:30, half an hour before it was scheduled to start. Looked like maybe a couple of hundred. The farmers market three blocks away had a similar sized crowd.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 12:49 PM (ITkJX)

203 If it was a Lib why would they tell the "protesters" to stay home ?

A liberal shooter would likely blend in well at one of the protests. Easy way to hide in plain sight.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:50 PM (QZThv)

204 HFGCS sounds like corn syrup.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 12:50 PM (63Dwl)

205 Okay, had to look it up.
DFL stands for Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which, in Minnesota is the party affiliated with the national Democratic Party.
Had never heard of it.

I was familiar with it in competitive rowing: Dead Effin Last.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 12:50 PM (lIgBp)

206 152 Incidentally, for those of who don't know who "jon cryer" is, he was the "normal" co-star on Two & Half Men.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)

The Alan Harper character was in no way normal…
He was a neurotic eunuch
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (P/Wjn)

I only watched bits and pieces of that show, but yes he was a pathetic character. I also don't understand how Sheen's character was always up to his ears in poon. Rich guy, sure, but no game, no personality. It was just a given in the universe of the show that women were flocking to him. It was just odd.

Posted by: TV shows make no sense. Then again, neither does real life. at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (TbWk/)

207 Man runs into a hospital saying "Help, help, I have a foreign object in my skull!"

They take him back to x-ray, and sure enough, they find a tapeworm wrapped around the brain. So they rush him into surgery. Afterwards, the surgeon comes in to his recovery room, and asks "How are you feeling."

Tapeworm says "Much better, that macaroni looking thing was creeping me out."

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (wy5wi)

208 >>>#BREAKING: The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car

I've also seen the claim going around on Twitter that both of the targets had joined Republicans in ending free healthcare for illegals.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (jGGMD)

209 DFL stands for Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which, in Minnesota is the party affiliated with the national Democratic Party.

Minnesota has a separate Dem party, the DFL, and a separate Republican party, the IR (Independent Republicans). Both are to the left of their national parties.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (QZThv)

210 I've also seen the claim going around on Twitter that both of the targets had joined Republicans in ending free healthcare for illegals.

They did, the big media confirmed it. Insty's been tracking the real news on this pretty well.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (QZThv)

211 I liked the Andy Griffith episode where Barney was in the choir and they got him to lip sync Gomer without him realizing it.
Posted by: polynikes
_________

Was it Gomer? I thought it was the old dude with a really deep bass voice.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 12:52 PM (ITkJX)

212 Ha! I like to say I have medical documentation and eyewitness testimony that I do, indeed, have a brain! How well it works is a different question….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

**********

Never used. Still in the original container.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:52 PM (/iMjX)

213 Funny how they are always encouraging their lunatic followers to die for Allah but when it comes to their own lives they are leaving on a jet plane.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:48 PM (viF8m)

This really calls for a mashup with a video of a Khameini rant matched to the audio of "Leaving On A Jet Plane".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:53 PM (+blYj)

214 A Speaker even.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (KhjS7)

215 Was it Gomer? I thought it was the old dude with a really deep bass voice.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 12:52 PM (ITkJX)

Jim Nabors had an extremely good and rich singing voice, although it's been quite a while since I've seen this episode.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (uWKK8)

216 >>He was targeting the protests... Sounds to me what they are insinuating....

I think they know what happened. One of their crazed followers took the natural next step they've been egging someone to take with all of their insane rhetoric about kings and fascists. What they didn't expect was that he was going to shoot some of their own for having the audacity of voting to stop giving free healthcare to illegals. Apostates are always hated more than the enemy.

There's a crazy, murderous leftist on the loose and they have no idea who or what he will do next but they need to tamp down the rhetoric right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (viF8m)

217 Jim Neighbors was a very talented singer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (lIgBp)

218 NOOD

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (oWCdy)

219 Man calls customer service and says "My penis doesn't work."

Customer service asks "Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on?"

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (wy5wi)

220 Gaza Notifications @gazanotice 32m
🚨BREAKING

While the world fixates on Israel-Iran tensions,
Gaza remains cut off, starved, and hunted
---------------------

Good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (6dYPy)

221 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 12:56 PM (oWCdy)

222 These murders happened at like two in the morning.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 12:56 PM (lIgBp)

223 182 An Iranian 747 purportedly belonging to the mullahs left Tehran about a half hour ago. Destination unknown as they've turned off their tracking beacon. Speculation is that this is an evacuation flight with what's left of Iran's ruling government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (Q4IgG)

They just remembered they were all invited to a sudden dinner party up at their friend Assad's new house up in Moscow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (uWKK8)

224 Grew up with "the world is doomed and you are screwed"
Which is far better than the current generation who is growing up with "we are importing people to screw you"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:04 PM (D7oie)

Growing up in the 50's we were sure we wouldn't live to see adulthood. The Cuban Missile crisis when I was 15, was the peak. We weren't sure we would see our parents again by the end of that school day.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (5xuJ/)

225 Happy to see you back, I am so glad you are well. I do hope you will feel like a grasshopper soon.

My thoughts on civilization: it will go on until it cannot, and then it will rebuild. The church is eternal and the breath of civilization.

Posted by: rdohd at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (lz2XK)

226 These murders happened at like two in the morning.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 12:56 PM (lIgBp)

Right about the time I finish making love to my wife, Morgan Fairchild.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (yuCN0)

227 Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (yuCN0)

Yuck, no.

Heh.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:58 PM (yuCN0)

228 That's what SHE said.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:58 PM (yuCN0)

229 Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:40 PM (/iMjX)

MY BIL (who played soccer as a lad in school) had choir in his school in England. The choir director told him to go out during the choir practice and inflate the soccer balls instead of singing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 12:58 PM (2GCMq)

230 They have to figure out the guys middle name before they can post it.

Wayne. Studies have shown that giving your son the middle name Wayne increases his chances of becoming a serial killer by 87%

Posted by: Oddbob at June 14, 2025 12:59 PM (/y8xj)

231 There's a crazy, murderous leftist on the loose and they have no idea who or what he will do next but they need to tamp down the rhetoric right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (viF8m)

Also apparently was taking shots at cops. Cops are going to be pretty trigger-happy as a result; they hate that. Smart thing for Leftards to do: stay away from those demonstrations.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:59 PM (+blYj)

232 To be warned: @sentdefender is an account run by a humorless retard. He's seen here completely failing to understand an obvious joke tweet:
x.com/sentdefender/status/1933720688814104644

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 12:59 PM (KAw7u)

233 Have a nice rest of your weekend, morons.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 01:01 PM (viF8m)

234 Was it Gomer? I thought it was the old dude with a really deep bass voice.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 12:52 PM (ITkJX)

Yeah I might have misremembered.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 01:02 PM (VofaG)

235 Karol Markowicz tweeted out what could be the name of the assassin in Minnesota.

https://tinyurl.com/4z4rre8j

Nevertheless, it would be wise to keep the 48-hour rule in mind.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:04 PM (026f8)

236 Nevertheless, it would be wise to keep the 48-hour rule in mind.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:04 PM (026f

One of the cops just said the No kings fliers means he was gonna attack there....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 01:06 PM (VE6XX)

237
Barney and the Choir

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0512447

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 01:07 PM (63Dwl)

238 A woman I know lives a few miles from one of the shootings. She posted she is locking her doors and hiding in her home. Her local friends are already blaming Trump.
Fools.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 01:10 PM (W/lyH)

239 Girls with Guns:

https://tinyurl.com/3c7k5uvj

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 01:10 PM (6dYPy)

240 Good to see you KT, thanks for your contributions here, I enjoy the topics you bring. Sorry to hear of the health troubles. I pray God keep you in His peace and care.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 14, 2025 01:12 PM (PcTds)

241 238 A woman I know lives a few miles from one of the shootings. She posted she is locking her doors and hiding in her home. Her local friends are already blaming Trump.
Fools.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 01:10 PM (W/lyH)

*************

A poster on another board I frequent (which is just as fast at posting news as here) had posted this:

"Oof

Things just got complicated for the media

Dem victims of gun violence

Likely a white radical leftist shooter

This will cause flowchart issue"

Indeed. If Boelter is the shooter and is a Democrat, this really will cause a flowchart issue with the left.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:15 PM (026f8)

242
9m
🚨 #BREAKING: The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car

MORE DEMOCRAT TERR0RISM!

ALL “No Kings” protests should be cancelled NOW!
Posted by: JackStraw

====

I did not know that someone got wacked.
Before this posted that Pedilla was a deliberate probing attack to see how VIP security would react and no matter what they would be accused of 'over-reacting' with the intent of weakening defenses.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:16 PM (/lPRQ)

243 Stephen L. Miller tweeted that this is the anniversary of the Bernie Bro shooter trying to assassinate the GOP leadership at the softball game:

https://tinyurl.com/2cmuzp4s

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:18 PM (026f8)

244 Shooter was appointed to a workforce board by Walz in 2019.

Posted by: Ghoulposts at June 14, 2025 01:18 PM (qUkBO)

245 Gomer Pyle, USMC, singing The Impossible Dream

https://youtu.be/yJlgio-UOng?si=6Dco1hc4JVaz0Ghq&t=239

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 01:18 PM (BwZyW)

246 K.T. - Very good to see you. It seems that almost everyone that I know is experiencing slings and arrows, so I've become sensitive to almost everyone's circumstances. My sympathies (and prayers) are with you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2025 01:19 PM (XeU6L)

247 Remember the bat bomb project in WWII. The premise was to strap incendiary devices onto a large number of bats and air drop them over Japanese cities, where the bats would swoop down, find a place to sleep and when the delayed incendiaries went off a massive conflagration would spread through the wood and paper structures.

It never came to fruition.

This No Kings Day reminds me of that. I think they want some (several? many?) of the sites to have an incident of violence, or counterprotests or radicals to bust out. Perhaps sparking a wider conflagration.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 01:21 PM (/iMjX)

248 Dem Minnesota lawmaker assassination by someone impersonating police. Looks like a false flag to me.

Link goes to Fox News:

https://tinyurl.com/2vh4wzsx

Might need a second open thread today.

Posted by: Max Power at June 14, 2025 01:22 PM (q177U)

249 Collin Rugg @CollinRugg

REPORT: Shortly before Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and k*lled, she broke down in tears in front of cameras after siding with Republicans.

Hortman was the lone Democrat who voted to cut health care access for adult illegal [aliens].

"I did what leaders do... I stepped up and I got the job done for the people of Minnesota."

Hortman and her husband were k*lled shortly after this video was taken in their home. Police believe it was politically motivated.

Video: KTTC (Shared on YouTube)

https://bit.ly/4ed3j1x

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 01:24 PM (P5BPp)

250 The Minn. killer was anti govt. No MAGA there....Wanted to have the No Kings protests go after the police.....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 01:27 PM (VE6XX)

251 BREAKING: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect is reportedly Vance Luther Boelter, appointed by Governor Tim Walz to a state workforce board in 2019 - @Julio_Rosas11

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1933935442228846605

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 01:33 PM (BwZyW)

252 BREAKING: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect is reportedly Vance Luther Boelter, appointed by Governor Tim Walz to a state workforce board in 2019 - @Julio_Rosas11

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1933935442228846605
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 01:33 PM (BwZyW)

Uh oh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:36 PM (CA3k/)

253 Vance Luther Boelter

Must be upset about the nature and number of the Holy Sacraments.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 01:37 PM (KAw7u)

254 Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 01:21 PM (/iMjX)

The bat bomb thing was a fruity idea, but they did still fire bomb Tokyo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:37 PM (CA3k/)

255 Tampon tim jumped right out and said it was "politically motivated" on account of closely divided legislature. So that means he knows it was one of his jihadis who did it, but is blaming Us.

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM

My guess is he immediately called it "politically motivated" in order to blame it on Trump supporters. One look at X and there are a lot of posts of people doing just that. Almost all of whom had no idea that these legislators just voted against healthcare for illegal aliens, a vote that Trump supporters would support.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 01:39 PM (P5BPp)

256 Wow, that was a link fail above. Trying again:
https://shorturl.at/bSjbm

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (ULPxl)

257 His Facebook Page is already gone.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (KhjS7)

258 His Facebook Page is already gone.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (KhjS7)

I wonder if facebook does that on their own or at the request of Leo?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (CA3k/)

259 Praetorian Guard Security Services.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (KhjS7)

260 Sounds like they are insinuating it was Conservative...
Posted by: It's me donna

Sure aint't gonna point out it was one their pinko guvnor's political cronies.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (/lPRQ)

261 Sure aint't gonna point out it was one their pinko guvnor's political cronies.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (/lPRQ)

Well, they have been ionizing the political assassins, so...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (CA3k/)

262 An Iranian 747 purportedly belonging to the mullahs left Tehran about a half hour ago. Destination unknown as they've turned off their tracking beacon. Speculation is that this is an evacuation flight with what's left of Iran's ruling government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Could be full of five-gallon buckets filled with gas and headed for Notre Dame.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (/lPRQ)

263 When Tampon Timmeh said he knew lots of school shooters, what he really meant to say was...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (ULPxl)

264 Lionizing, phone not ionizing. That's something else.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (CA3k/)

265 MN Africans United.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (KhjS7)

266 looks like not conservative politically, but affiliated with some church? which definitely does not equal conservative politically. he seemed very invested in immigration, possibly his church was making bank off it

other than the church affiliation, he seems leftist

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (Pv3Rg)

267 Could be full of five-gallon buckets filled with gas and headed for Notre Dame.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (/lPRQ)

Israel should shoot it down, just to be sure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (CA3k/)

268 >>> 261 Sure aint't gonna point out it was one their pinko guvnor's political cronies.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (/lPRQ)

Well, they have been lionizing the political assassins, so...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (CA3k/)

Over / under on retardo slobbering over this new leftist murderer?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 01:47 PM (ULPxl)

269 he seemed very invested in immigration, possibly his church was making bank off it

other than the church affiliation, he seems leftist
Posted by: Black Orchid at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (Pv3Rg)

Would make sense in the context of that lawmaker at that time.

24/48/72 hour rule.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:47 PM (CA3k/)

270 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 01:47 PM (ULPxl)

*fistbump for correction* see, she knew what I meant. Not like you, phone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:48 PM (CA3k/)

271 Nevertheless, it would be wise to keep the 48-hour rule in mind.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:04 PM (026f

One of the cops just said the No kings fliers means he was gonna attack there....
Posted by: It's me donna

What about the other 499 copies hot off the press?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:51 PM (/lPRQ)

272 Huh. They canceled the no kings thing in Minneapolis?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:51 PM (CA3k/)

273 Although I would be ok ionizing Luigi and the other asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:52 PM (CA3k/)

274 Might be quickest blame the opponents asap knowing it's one of yours

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (+qU29)

275 The King of Minneapolis cancelled the No Kings Race Riot?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (KhjS7)

276 Shooter's Linked In page:

https://x.com/HawksandCards/status/
1933938109999435834

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 01:54 PM (BwZyW)

277 The suspect was Director of Patrols at a private security firm, which is how he had an LEO-looking uniform.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 01:54 PM (AEv3H)

278 Might be quickest blame the opponents asap knowing it's one of yours
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (+qU29)

Yeah, kind of my initial read.

'I'm not crying- you're crying!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:54 PM (CA3k/)

279 Also he ran a lefty NGO that lost all its funding to DOGE.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 01:55 PM (AEv3H)

280 Suspect is a former WALZ appointee??

https://nypost.com/2025/06/14/ us-news/suspect-in-deadly-minnesota-shootings -identified-as-vance-luther-boelter/

Posted by: Nova Local at June 14, 2025 01:57 PM (tOcjL)

281
REPORT: Shortly before Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and k*lled, she broke down in tears in front of cameras after siding with Republicans.

Hortman was the lone Democrat who voted to cut health care access for adult illegal [aliens].

"I did what leaders do... I stepped up and I got the job done for the people of Minnesota."
===

She'll never do that again.
- side with repups
- go against illegals
- cut free shit
- stand up for citizens

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:58 PM (/lPRQ)

282 The suspect was Director of Patrols at a private security firm, which is how he had an LEO-looking uniform.

*********

Paul Blart?

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 01:58 PM (/iMjX)

283 Red Lion Group in the Congo. NGO recently ran out of moolah.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:59 PM (KhjS7)

284 Before that he was a 711 manager?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:00 PM (KhjS7)

285 Dr. Vance Luther Boelter, E.d.D.

Is that the same degree Dr. Dr. Jill has?

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:00 PM (BwZyW)

286 The 57 years old part seems a little odd.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 02:01 PM (/iMjX)

287 Before that he was a 711 manager?
Posted by: Boss Moss
----------

That's GENERAL Manager to you, sir.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:02 PM (BwZyW)

288 Epaulets?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:05 PM (KhjS7)

289 Looks like they are calling for someone to "86" President Trump at the "No Kings" thing in Michigan...

Matthew S. DePerno, Esq. @mdeperno

Hey @dananessel, the most corrupt attorney general in the country, are you doing anything about these threats made by the Democratic Party? Or do you just go after Republicans?

X: https://bit.ly/44euTbb

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 02:07 PM (P5BPp)

290 Molotov cocktails are mostly peacefull.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:08 PM (KhjS7)

291 Hmmm... seems the Ghost of Keeevvv is now in Iran... they say they shot down 2 F-35s...

No word from Israel.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:10 PM (mP0Kj)

292 Epaulets?
Posted by: Boss Moss
-------
Didn't see any. Probably hanging in the closet.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:11 PM (BwZyW)

293 Explosion or bomb outside a Casino in Vegas... early reports

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:18 PM (mP0Kj)

294 Elon Musk @elonmusk

The far left is murderously violent

Z @insatiablevine

The left kills the CEO of United Healthcare

Kills two Israeli ambassadors staffers

Attempts twice to assassinate the President

Doxes and attempts to murder federal ICE agents and Police - all week

And now kills a MN state rep and her husband and injures a Senator and his wife

The left has become a full blown domestic terrorist organization.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 02:19 PM (P5BPp)

295 Explosion or bomb outside a Casino in Vegas... early reports

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:18 PM

Referring the one earlier this morning near the Aria?

ViralNewsHQ @viralposts2323

BREAKING: MASSIVE EXPLOSION ROCKS LAS VEGAS STRIP

A powerful blast near Aria Resort & Casino sent smoke into the night sky.

Palm trees ignited, emergency crews rushed in.
A car fled the scene — connection still unclear.
No injuries reported.

X Videos: https://bit.ly/3HHjWGl

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 02:22 PM (P5BPp)

296 Explosion or bomb outside a Casino in Vegas... early reports
Posted by: Romeo13

CONFIRMED - Del Taco Epic Burrito afterblast.
Very deviating.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 02:23 PM (/lPRQ)

297 Israel Defense Forces @IDF
Iran posted this video to show the world how powerful they are. We showed the world what happens when you mistake propaganda for strength.

The Iranian Chief of Staff and Commander of the IRGC featured in this Iranian propaganda video have been eliminated and the site has been struck.

https://x.com/IDF/status/1933944730775089548

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:24 PM (BwZyW)

298 Elon Musk @elonmusk

The far left is murderously violent

In my opinion, the difference between the "left" and the "far left" is about the same as the difference between "moderate Muslims" and "radical Muslims".

Just like "moderate Muslims" support the violence of "radical Muslims", so too does the "left" support the "murderously violent" actions of the "far left".

And the Democrat Party is the mouthpiece for the "far left" encouraging and promoting and supporting their murderous violence.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 02:25 PM (P5BPp)

299 Las Vegas explosion had to be from last night it looks

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 02:31 PM (+qU29)

300 Strolling through X:

@IAbhay_Pratap 42m

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's big statement

- Israeli Airforce will soon attack Iran
- #Israel's planes will drop bombs from #Iran's skies
- Will destroy all Khamenei's bases
- Will liberate Iran from Khamenei's rule

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 02:32 PM (6dYPy)

301 Looks like we have here Hutu Power bumping off a moderate.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 02:33 PM (KAw7u)

302 300 Strolling through X:

@IAbhay_Pratap 42m

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's big statement

- Israeli Airforce will soon attack Iran
- #Israel's planes will drop bombs from #Iran's skies
- Will destroy all Khamenei's bases
- Will liberate Iran from Khamenei's rule
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 02:32 PM (6dYPy)

Sooooo...
All your bases belong to us?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:33 PM (mP0Kj)

303 Saw on X that while airports are closed regime family members are flying out on chartered planes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:35 PM (BwZyW)

304 Damn, sad neighborhood day... Couple who lives across the street are finally permanently in a nursing home... their Kids are over there like a swarm of Locusts looting the place, and got a big dumpster out front...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:36 PM (mP0Kj)

305 >>> 277 The suspect was Director of Patrols at a private security firm, which is how he had an LEO-looking uniform.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 01:54 PM (AEv3H)

I wonder if his private security firm collected information to be shared with anyone else.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:38 PM (ULPxl)

306 303 Saw on X that while airports are closed regime family members are flying out on chartered planes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:35 PM (BwZyW)

Going to be interesting to see where they land. I doubt Putin wants their trouble on his doorstep as complicated as his own problems are.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:38 PM (mP0Kj)

307 Congolese Liberation Army?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:38 PM (KhjS7)

308 It would be too funny if it caused a Iranian regime change

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 02:40 PM (+qU29)

309 https://is.gd/EIyBNb

@HarmeetKDhillon

Hey everyone:

"No Kings" day is July 4.

Pass it on!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:45 PM (ULPxl)

310 Texas Marathon Oil Facility on fire.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:48 PM (KhjS7)

311 309 https://is.gd/EIyBNb

@HarmeetKDhillon

Hey everyone:

"No Kings" day is July 4.

Pass it on!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:45 PM (ULPxl)

*********

Speaking of "No Kings" day, King Charles is going to have to send out the Household Cavalry to put down this protest:

https://tinyurl.com/43kukde3

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 02:49 PM (026f8)

312 309 https://is.gd/EIyBNb

@HarmeetKDhillon

Hey everyone:

"No Kings" day is July 4.

Pass it on!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:45 PM (ULPxl)

The King is a Fink!

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:49 PM (mP0Kj)

313 Hey everyone:

"No Kings" day is July 4.

Pass it on!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:45 PM (ULPxl)

Just sent this reminder to my buddies in the UK.
They laughed.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (W/lyH)

314 The peasants are revolting!

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (jc0TO)

315 The peasants are revolting.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (KhjS7)

316 No Fuchs Kings!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (Aqu9a)

317 Jinx

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 02:51 PM (jc0TO)

318 Dang.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:51 PM (KhjS7)

319 The peasants are revolting!

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (KhjS7)

They stink on ice.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 02:52 PM (Aqu9a)

320 Texas City shelter-in-place issued due to incident at Marathon refinery
https://shorturl.at/Px7Op

Prankster set off fireworks on Las Vegas Strip that 'sounded like a bomb': cops
https://shorturl.at/mwqt1

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:53 PM (ULPxl)

321 no kings but Empress of India, she was okay :^x
In fairness, Victoria was pretty based...

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 02:54 PM (uxZu+)

322 - Will liberate Iran from Khamenei's rule

Posted by: Braenyard

Whoa. Take it easy there buddy.
I thought the strike was to just slow down the weapons program for another few years to do it all again.

This is almost like retaliation for that massive October terrorist strike sponsored by Iran... and, well, Trump did tell 'em it's a limited time offer.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 02:54 PM (/lPRQ)

323 I foresee that the Ukes will be very willing to settle with Russia, soon.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 02:55 PM (/lPRQ)

324 I like July 4 No Kings day

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 02:56 PM (+qU29)

325 Turn off airconditioning? Get bent.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:56 PM (KhjS7)

326 Prankster set off fireworks on Las Vegas Strip that 'sounded like a bomb': cops
https://shorturl.at/mwqt1
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:53 PM (ULPxl)

Thing is, you KNOW that area has got to be covered in Video Cameras....

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 03:02 PM (mP0Kj)

327 Thing is, you KNOW that area has got to be covered in Video Cameras....
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 03:02 PM (mP0Kj)

Say wut?

Posted by: Washington, D.C. at June 14, 2025 03:03 PM (Aqu9a)

328 >>> 326 Prankster set off fireworks on Las Vegas Strip that 'sounded like a bomb': cops
https://shorturl.at/mwqt1
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:53 PM (ULPxl)

Thing is, you KNOW that area has got to be covered in Video Cameras....
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 03:02 PM (mP0Kj)

They were off for a few minutes. Oops!

Posted by: Top Men and Whammen of the Eff.Bee.EYE at June 14, 2025 03:04 PM (ULPxl)

329 They were off for a few minutes. Oops!
Posted by: Top Men and Whammen of the Eff.Bee.EYE at June 14, 2025 03:04 PM (ULPxl)

Dry. Run.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 03:06 PM (uxZu+)

330 Handmaids Tale March in Fort Worth.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 03:06 PM (KhjS7)

331 Tim Waltz name was on his list.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 03:07 PM (KhjS7)

332 Just got a weird phone call and I have to say, if my name was Scam Likely, I would change it.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 03:15 PM (+EG6t)

333 Just got a weird phone call and I have to say, if my name was Scam Likely, I would change it.
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 03:15 PM (+EG6t)

Heh.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (Aqu9a)

334 Watched some video from the Army's 250th birthday celebration on 𝕏. Soldiers with, what I'm presuming are mockup weapons, or weapons made inert, with average Americans picking up a LAW, standing in a HUMVEE behind a mounted machine gun, etc. Everyone's grinning from ear to ear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 03:30 PM (Q4IgG)

335 The parade starts at 5:30 CT. Some of the vids online I've seen were from practice runs day or two ago.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:32 PM (BwZyW)

336 Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey

Here's Randi Weingarten leading a "No Kings" rally today.

Abolish teachers unions.

https://bit.ly/45XFYPb

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (P5BPp)

337 Kyle Seraphin @KyleSeraphin

Alleged MN shooter works at two funeral homes 6 days a week, but he worked in DRC (Congo) on food supply projects, and now he owns a SECURITY company? And he was appointed to a Workforce Dev Board by current gov Tim Walz in 2019? Dad of 5?

What the hell?

X Video: https://bit.ly/4jNiT5a

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:44 PM (P5BPp)

338 DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

Vince Boelter has an interesting property history in Pierson, Iowa. Separately, he bought a house in Green Isle, MN for $520,000 in 2023 and seems to have a couple other properties there. Unclear if the Minnesota properties were purchased with cash.

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

I've done quite a few real estate transactions, and this one makes me scratch my head big time. This looks like almost a way to launder the $99,900.

X: https://bit.ly/3ZzckMq

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (P5BPp)

339 BREAKING: IRAN THREATENS TO STRIKE DIMONA —

@iraninarabic_ir : "Dimona Reactor"

Nothing like a cryptic message to add to the suspense of a potential global war.

Iran is now allegedly threatening to target Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor - and if you’re wondering why that’s more than just a scary-sounding place, buckle up.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:51 PM (BwZyW)

340 Dimona is home to Israel’s highly secretive nuclear facility, officially called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.

It’s not listed in any tourist brochure, and for good reason - it’s long believed to be where Israel developed and maintains its undeclared nuclear arsenal.

Israel has never confirmed having nukes, but the global consensus? It does. A lot.

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1933970646649696732

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (BwZyW)

341 Nood, ICYMI

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (BwZyW)

342 Dimona's been targeted before. There's always luck, but Israel heavily defends that facility. In any case doesn't change the situation. Iranian sites will be hammered until desired damage level is reached, most likely, they're essentially defenseless now. Will not be shocked if some interesting action a la the raid on the Syrian underground site is seen (well, not seen, at least right away).

Not the remotest chance of "global war". Iran was already very weak conventionally, and has no allies. Russia and China have never/never would/can't really lift a finger to defend them. Iran is just a $ proposition for Chy-nah, and actually the just a tool for Russian vandalism on the world scene (that's really Russia's only significance, for many years now), and an opportunistic toe-hold in an important region where they've not had much sway for decades.

As for exile, hard to see where the Iranian scum might go. Doubt they'd be welcome in Moscow - where religious nutcase theocrats are not really viewed favorably. Qatar? That's the thing, reviewing possible exile destinations for the mullahs nicely outlines how isolated that regime is.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (1m82a)

The Case For Military Parades [Diogenes]

There is growing opposition to this weekend’s Army Birthday Parade…ordered by President Trump. Apparently because he ordered it, his opposition is finding all kinds of excuses to complain about it. It costs too much, it disrupts soldiers’ holiday weekend, it’s really about Trump as it is his birthday too. Hogwash.

These people are wrong.

Here’s why.

America needs this parade and frankly it needs more of them. Today’s military is drawn from a remarkably small percentage of the American public. Only about 1% of Americans are currently serving and only about 6% identify as Veterans. The result of this is an America that does not identify with the military, cannot understand what it does, and, sadly, many just don’t care. Whatever they need to know about the military, Hollywood will teach them. Parades can change this. It is an opportunity for thousands of citizens to see what an artillery piece looks like, what a tank sounds like, and what an MRAP looks like in the street. It allows citizens to see soldiers marching, looking sharp and standing tall. America meet your Army.

It is a training opportunity. The President gave an order. It will be carried out. Staffs begin planning. Units are alerted to begin preparations to participate. They will need to plan for travel, shipping of the vehicles, feeding, housing, and care of the troops. They will need to plan for time to set up, rehearse, and inspect. They will need spare parts for maintenance, special training for specific units, and leaders need time to check each soldier involved. In short, deploying to a parade in Washington DC (or anywhere else) is not that different from deploying to, say, the National Training Center for a month of training. It is just another mission to accomplish.

Further, it isn’t an excessive cost. The troops are going to be doing many of these things anyway, whether on their Post or in the field. They will still get paid. They will still eat. They will still have a place to sleep. Leaders will still be checking their soldiers. Maintenance expenses are factored into annual training forecasts. The only real delta in the budget is travel and that isn’t a huge cost, given the payoff. In short, the majority of the budget for the parade is sunk cost.

But there is a huge upside. Yes, troops will bitch about this stuff. It will be a couple of weeks of hurry up and wait. Multiple inspections, spot corrections, last minute changes, and boredom. But when the marching begins, most troops stand a bit straighter and take pride in their units. The soldiers I knew who did a major parade like this were in the DC parade after Desert Storm. All of them told me it was a real pain in the butt. But they also said that afterwards they were very glad to be a part of it. “Sir, it was a huge party!” Children coming up and giving a soldier a bouquet of flowers, strangers shaking their hands, hundreds of civilians saying thank you, and best of all, they never had to buy their own drinks.

Lastly, a parade is a huge recruiting event. When I commanded a Recruiting Company, any time I could get some equipment into a high school or a local civic event, I did so. The results were always positive and some were incredible.

America needs to renew its acquaintance with its soldiers. And soldiers need to see who it is they are fighting for. We cannot let this bond be broken.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 God bless America

Posted by: Mississippi at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (VE6XX)

2 Soldiers putting up fencing around D.C. after an election was good.

Soldiers to be cheered and celebrated by the public after an election is bad.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 09:37 AM (T4Xze)

3 Excellent post. Full agreement with your logic and your sentiment. The naysayers are full of vinegar. Its ok to have a parade for the US military. Should have treated better over the years. Sure as shit after Vietnam and the endless GWOT.

These are good kids who come from good people. Celebrate them. They absolutely deserve it. Period end of debate.

Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (YrUlT)

4 I read somewhere that they haven't done a national military parade since 1991.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (KhjS7)

5 Did they pick today for the No Kangz riots coz it's DJT's birthday?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (Splbu)

6 Never Rains on Trump's Parade

-- but all the AI spoofing tools spooing up will make these hard to top the UN-Parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbC6dLG_dQY

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (55bjE)

7 Everybody loves a parade.

Posted by: Mobile and New Orleans at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (lIgBp)

8 Ukraine "sneaks" agents into Russia, stations them close to important military bases, then has them launch drones and other short range weapons, with virtual no advance warning, destroying significant parts of Russia's defense capabilities.
Israel "sneaks" agents into Iran, stations them close to important military bases, then has them launch drones and other short range weapons, with virtual no advance warning, destroying significant parts of Iran's defense capabilities.
The USA allows hundreds of thousand Chinese to live, study, work and buy land (some near important military locations) in their country.
No one gets out of China without CCP approval.

Posted by: Tom Locker at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (SBTk7)

9 They get so confused on Father's Day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (KhjS7)

10 Hear, hear, Diogenes! I just hope and pray all goes well.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:43 AM (79pEw)

11 The USA allows hundreds of thousand Chinese to live, study, work and buy land (some near important military locations) in their country.
No one gets out of China without CCP approval.
Posted by: Tom Locker at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (SBTk7)
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Have you seen those people try to drive a car? They'll drone Canada by mistake.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

12 ”The parade will serve as a living history lesson, spanning every era of the Army from the Revolutionary War to today — and even the future — as thousands of soldiers will be decked out in era-appropriate uniforms and gear.”

This sounds really cool

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (Splbu)

13 Hope the weather cooperates with the tank parade.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (Q4IgG)

14 Big parade is good practice for July 4 2026 festivities

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (Splbu)

15 I’m sort of neutral on the idea of a military parade, it sort of goes against the whole speak softly but carry a big stick American ethos.

But on the other hand military hardware and the trappings of a military parade are CAF.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (XV/Pl)

16 But, but, having a military parade shows that you have a fascist government - like France on Bastille Day every year.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (xTIDn)

17 They hate Trump. That is all that matters

Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (tG1pe)

18 Have you seen those people try to drive a car? They'll drone Canada by mistake.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

I've never seen any Asians delivering to the local Chinese restaurants. It's always a white guy.

Posted by: KwaK! at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (89Sog)

19 I recall during Desert Storm coverage some news babe said of the soldiers, "They are all so fit!". Admiringly so.

Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (8I4hW)

20 Have you seen those people try to drive a car? They'll drone Canada by mistake.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

Have you seen any Chinese drone displays? They know how to drive drones.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (g8Ew8)

21 The soldiers I knew who did a major parade like this were in the DC parade after Desert Storm. All of them told me it was a real pain in the butt. But they also said that afterwards they were very glad to be a part of it. “Sir, it was a huge party!” Children coming up and giving a soldier a bouquet of flowers, strangers shaking their hands, hundreds of civilians saying thank you, and best of all, they never had to buy their own drinks.

I was there for that celebration. There were tanks and planes on the Mall, with soldiers atop them. I guarantee you those men will never again have a feeling of pride that intense. People walked up to them and treated them like heroes. My little girls sat next to them and were thrilled. The guys looked a bit surprised at how they were treated. It was a moment they'll remember forever.

Posted by: Inevitable Juvenile Humor at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (s8j++)

22 Yes, troops will bitch about this stuff.

Corpsmen check troops for vital signs if they don't hear any complaining. It's the truth.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (7xrfc)

23 Real America's Voice will cover the DC festivities starting at 4 PM.

Posted by: TV Guide at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (G5+As)

24 Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.

Obama hardest hit.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (xTIDn)

25 That viagra milf is AI because her sweater has many different sleeves.
I am getting an oil change and this place has a buncha flies buzzing about

Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (tG1pe)

26
The last three sentences of this post are of paramount importance.

Go read them again.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (hKoQL)

27 Well, damn.

Posted by: Archimedes = Inevitable Juvenile Humor at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (s8j++)

28 America needs to renew its acquaintance with its soldiers. And soldiers need to see who it is they are fighting for. We cannot let this bond be broken.
====

My dad opposed ending the draft because he feared the military would become alienated from the people.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

29 Thanks, Diogenes. Very good and important essay

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (Ylknx)

30 Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.

Not a smart move.

Posted by: Ukrainian drone operators at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (s8j++)

31 Yes, troops will bitch about this stuff.

Corpsmen check troops for vital signs if they don't hear any complaining. It's the truth.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (7xrfc)

LOL. Truth.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (g8Ew8)

32 25 - the one in my ad has no sweater, just a low cut wonder woman style shiny silver something

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (Splbu)

33 US Army predates the actual United States by about a year. Well worth celebrating that fact by a public parade. Father was an Army colonel and would have loved to see it or better yet be in it. Grandfather also.

Signing off for today.

Go Army!

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (ctrM5)

34 They can visit Assad.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (KhjS7)

35 My dad opposed ending the draft because he feared the military would become alienated from the people.

Many people thought that, and there is definitely some truth to it. I think anyone who volunteers to kill space bugs should get ten votes, not one.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 09:51 AM (s8j++)

36
I slept in this morning.

Is the "No King" revolution over?

Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:51 AM (j4U/Z)

37 Military parades go back at least 3,000 years for a reason.

A country that so hates its military that it refuses to parade is near the end of its life cycle.

It's interesting that Timmeh Walz can only associate this with North Korea given that National Guard units regularly participate in parades. Michigan - just across the lake, maybe he heard of it - has an annual Pass in Review this time each year where a few thousand troops form up and then march around a field and do the old fashioned roll call for the governor and various dignitaries. It's boring as hell, but still kind of cool to see each unit get announced and the crowds cheer for them as they salute the podium.

(I marched in 2022 with the Air Guard component, which always gets big shouts because so few of us show up.)

And yes, having the military in the community is part of the American ideal. Walz's vision - if it even is one - is of troops hiding in their barracks or doing TDY or whatnot, but never marching proudly down Main Street. It's bizarre, but then again, we need to remember that the bulk of his career was during the grim 1990s with tight budgets, low recruitment and so anyone who stuck around got promoted

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)

38 Don't forget about us.

Posted by: US Navy sailors in the Persian Gulf at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (lIgBp)

39 My dad opposed ending the draft because he feared the military would become alienated from the people.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

Good point.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (g8Ew8)

40 Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.

Obama hardest hit.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (xTIDn)
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IF that doesn't topple the regime, I don't know what will.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)

41 It's bizarre, but then again, we need to remember that the bulk of his career was during the grim 1990s with tight budgets, low recruitment and so anyone who stuck around got promoted

Pffffft.

Posted by: The post-Vietnam 1970s at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (s8j++)

42 I am fine with military parades.
The Bolsheviks loved them too if the Leftists remember

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (+qU29)

43 > Lastly, a parade is a huge recruiting event. When I commanded a Recruiting Company, any time I could get some equipment into a high school or a local civic event, I did so. The results were always positive and some were incredible.
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I worked, as a civilian, at the Army's Human Resources Command, Ft. Knox before retiring. The Recruiting Command is there too. I was a Program Manager for a couple of the Recruiting and Retention software systems.

During the Obama years it was something of a struggle with the recruiting side... IIRC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (Q4IgG)

44 Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.

Got a link?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (s8j++)

45 Having the Military viewed by the Public will show that everyone is human and normal. The Left would have us believe that soldiers are damaged goods who are to be pitied rather than loved.

Posted by: dc at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (u0crE)

46 The President gave an order. It will be carried out.

Overruled!!!

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at June 14, 2025 09:54 AM (ULPxl)

47 My dad opposed ending the draft because he feared the military would become alienated from the people.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (RIvkX)
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At its core, a peacetime draft is unAmerican. When the Cold War ended, we should have disbanded CIA and the three-letter agencies, cut the Active Duty Army to 200,000 troops, consisting a rapid-deployment corps-sized element, garrisons and administrative/cadre units.

Then ramp the Guard up to 1 million troops, who would meet recruitment because it's community-oriented.

Instead we kept am active duty force just large enough to piss away in nation-building and then had to start drawing on Guard units to bridge the readiness gap, causing recruiting woes on both ends.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

48 I'm still turning over Walz's bizarre "I hope it rains" comment.

Wisconsin must have been desperately short of recruiting goals to let this turd get above E-6.

I bet he was a world-class brown-noser. Licked his captain's boots clean daily.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

49 Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (ctrM5)

So good to see you posting! I hope you are feeling better.

Posted by: Ann at June 14, 2025 09:59 AM (4neFu)

50 Chinese are slowly killing us with Melamine and MSG. Not to mention Bat-borne viruses.

Posted by: Wuhan Hacking Institute at June 14, 2025 10:00 AM (G5+As)

51 I am getting an oil change and this place has a buncha flies buzzing about
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (tG1pe)

Obama's sitting close by?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 10:01 AM (5xuJ/)

52 Reads as if prep for a parade is a lot like prep for deployment.
Mass deployment is usually not for a pleasant thing but being prepared for one is part of the deal.

Free beer for all the GIs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:01 AM (6dYPy)

53 Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.

Obama hardest hit.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (xTIDn)
=====

This is what I have been waiting for, it was either Moscow or Beijing. Possibly Ankara.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:02 AM (RIvkX)

54 During the Obama years it was something of a struggle with the recruiting side... IIRC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (Q4IgG)

Speaking of Obama...

I guess we're seeing one of his greatest wishes come true..for certain values of "come true" on No Kings Riot Day.

His Civilian Security Force:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fO-usAlqak

An insane proposition that progtard enforcement thugs should be just as well funded and armed as our military.

I still can't believe that people voted for this esp. after this bit of communist inspired political control wish-casting.

Anyway, here we are. I hope these a-holes are happy and get what they deserve.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 10:02 AM (iJfKG)

55 Just googled "military parade dc". About the first dozen responses were titled "Trumps military parade". One mentioned the founding of the Army. Assholes.

Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 10:04 AM (8I4hW)

56 "Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow."

This is the lynchpin. This is what this current effort is all about.

Once the Iranian man on the street realizes that the leaders are gone then it's gonna be a new day.

Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 10:05 AM (QB+5g)

57 Despite being a blue state Rhode Island has very strong ties to the military dating back to the Revolution. During WWII, much of the state was bascially Navy bases including most of my town. Almost every PT Boat skipper was trained here and before moving to its permanent home in Annapolis the original home of the Naval Academy was in Newport. The two parks I take Elvis for a walk are both former military installations, one dating back to Revolutionary times.

Even today between the Newport Naval Base, the Naval War College and the remains of Quonset Naval Air Station where they still train RI National Guard and build submarines the ties are strong. Lots of retired military in my town and the flags will be flying today.

Not all Democrats hate the military. Just this new breed of woke idiots.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:06 AM (viF8m)

58 On Reddit I said I look forward to blue cities burning today.

I got banned for 3 days. 🤣

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:07 AM (YTjJV)

59 Parade brings the community together on the good side.
It's like Mardi Gras without the booze and bewbs. A family event.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:08 AM (6dYPy)

60
Still waking up; but if the mullah have fled to Peking doesn't it mean that the morally authoritative CCP has solved the Isreal-Iran war?

Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 10:08 AM (j4U/Z)

61 Just googled "military parade dc". About the first dozen responses were titled "Trumps military parade". One mentioned the founding of the Army. Assholes.
Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 10:04 AM (8I4hW)
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Typical media blunder. They think associating Trump with a revitalized, patriotic military carries shades of Hitler, but it actually reminds us of leaders like Reagan, Eisenhower, and Washington.

Why wouldn't the president support a military parade? Why does the left think this is unnatural?

Because it frightens them. Remember when Clinton was inaugurated, staff frowned at the troops in the parade until Hillary noted that "they belong to us, now."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

62 Wait. No beads?

Posted by: Blonde chick with nice hooters at June 14, 2025 10:09 AM (lIgBp)

63 All the best Parking Wars episodes were in Providence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:10 AM (RIvkX)

64 When I was a kid, we had military parades every year for July 4th in my small hometown. Nothing big...just a small parade and a bit of military hardware. Had an M2 50 cal in the central park that we could check out. Pretty cool.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:10 AM (XMwZJ)

65 Good post. Far too many people got their heads up their asses.

Posted by: From about That Tim at June 14, 2025 10:10 AM (fBUnn)

66 I’m not all that crazy about a military parade. It does make me think of Soviet times or Saddam or NoKo.

I’m not going to go burn down a city over it though.

And the opposition based on cost is absurd. Same people who want trillions spent on welfare freak out at $1M spent for a parade. It’s retarded.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (YTjJV)

67 We didn't flee to Parking. We fled to Moscow.
Please try to keep up.
Besides it's called Beijing now.

Posted by: The Mullahs at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (lIgBp)

68 They are intentionally NOT saying it is the Army's 250th Birthday. They want people to believe this is just Trump throwing a parade for his birthday. They know no one knows when the army started and will just believe the lie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (bss/y)

69 Ha...maybe the Ukes can kill the Iranian leadership now that they're in Moscow.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (XMwZJ)

70 Oops. Peking.

Posted by: The Mullahs at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (lIgBp)

71 Not all Democrats hate the military. Just this new breed of woke idiots.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:06 AM (viF8m)
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There is a significant amount of Boomer Dems that still think it's Scoop Jackson's party. I know several. I have to tread lightly around them, because the delusion is very deep.

And yes, they vote.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)

72 Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.

How? Most of their planes got blown up real good.

Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (Oy/m2)

73 62 Wait. No beads?
Posted by: Blonde chick with nice hooters at June 14, 2025 10:09 AM (lIgBp)

Artillery shells. But they are harder to wear around your neck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (bss/y)

74 Parking?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (XMwZJ)

75 69 Ha...maybe the Ukes can kill the Iranian leadership now that they're in Moscow.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (XMwZJ)

Well, they are going to take the city any day now. That is what I have heard for the last 5 years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:13 AM (bss/y)

76 My leftist Mayor cancelled the Memorial Day parade this year. To be fair attendance was lagging, but it is still a must to honor those who have passed . There was a ceremony . The mayor will probably show up at the No Kings protest today.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 10:13 AM (akw+7)

77 Think having an army is expensive? Try not having one.

Posted by: Old Pentagon saying at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (lIgBp)

78 Tim Walz looks to the CCP as a "moral authority"
Tim Walz says that in public
Tim Walz thinks you are immoral

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (RIvkX)

79 >>> 58 On Reddit I said I look forward to blue cities burning today.

I got banned for 3 days. 🤣
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:07 AM (YTjJV)

Only 3? You can do better than that.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (ULPxl)

80
It is the nature of the fighting man to grumble-
then follow orders, and excel.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (AOsQT)

81
Well, they are going to take the city any day now. That is what I have heard for the last 5 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:13 AM (bss/y)

#TeoWeeks

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (YTjJV)

82 I don't think they are winning.

I drove through the local state University, and hung over the main drag was an enormous US flag on a guy wire stretching from two of the buildings.

and me thinking, "wow, during pride month even"

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 10:15 AM (D7oie)

83 They are intentionally NOT saying it is the Army's 250th Birthday. They want people to believe this is just Trump throwing a parade for his birthday. They know no one knows when the army started and will just believe the lie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (bss/y)
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Right, but the message common people are getting is Trump loves the military. This whole "Caesar did this/Hitler!!!" doesn't cut it.

Besides, NO ONE READS THEM. They are dead. CNN is a husk. MSNBC is being shut down. All the dailies in Michigan print only three days a week.

Seriously, if they think OMG Trump had a parade on a sunny June day is going to cut into his support, they are more deluded than usual.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)

84 78 Tim Walz looks to the CCP as a "moral authority"
Tim Walz says that in public
Tim Walz thinks you are immoral
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (RIvkX)

Well, he is also a retard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:16 AM (bss/y)

85 63 All the best Parking Wars episodes were in Providence.

Nah

-- DeAndre “Ponytail” Hubbard from Detroit

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:16 AM (Y1sOo)

86 Seriously, if they think OMG Trump had a parade on a sunny June day is going to cut into his support, they are more deluded than usual.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)

*looks outside at the grey sky*

Sunny? Maybe in DC.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (bss/y)

87 >>> 75 69 Ha...maybe the Ukes can kill the Iranian leadership now that they're in Moscow.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (XMwZJ)

Well, they are going to take the city any day now. That is what I have heard for the last 5 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:13 AM (bss/y)

And then the EU will partition OMG Russia into 87 districts!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (ULPxl)

88 >Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.
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where they will quickly make nuisances of themselves and be sent back

Russians are irritable like that

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (AOsQT)

89 I do so tire of the reservists and NG who identify as regular army.
We are not the same.

Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (E8aDl)

90 Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.

How? Most of their planes got blown up real good.
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (Oy/m2)
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Presumably the Russians could send planes to pick them up - with an escort as well.

Israel is probably happy to see them leave rather than shoot them down. Dead, they become martyrs. Alive, they are merely cowards.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

91 And then the EU will partition OMG Russia into 87 districts!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (ULPxl)

And each technocrat will have his own fiefdom!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (bss/y)

92 -- DeAndre “Ponytail” Hubbard from Detroit
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:16 AM (Y1sOo)
=====

He was Teh Awesome Civil Servant

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:18 AM (RIvkX)

93 Well done, Diogenes!

Posted by: RushBabe at June 14, 2025 10:19 AM (19N3v)

94 69 Ha...maybe the Ukes can kill the Iranian leadership now that they're in Moscow.

I imagine Israel knows exactly where they are...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 10:19 AM (VE6XX)

95 Israel is probably happy to see them leave rather than shoot them down. Dead, they become martyrs. Alive, they are merely cowards.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

But dead is still dead.

Actually, I would think Israel would want to hype that. 'Your leaders flee! See how much they care for you! See how brave they are! They leave you to us! We will not harm you intentionally, we will merely destroy the things they have been spending money on!'

Kind of wordy for a leaflet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (bss/y)

96 Apparently the Iranian senior leadership is fleeing to Moscow.

Got a link?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM

X posts: https://bit.ly/3HA5QH1

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (P5BPp)

97 I do so tire of the reservists and NG who identify as regular army.
We are not the same.
Posted by: Reforger

-

I never served. That said, as an outside observer I think it probably happened when they were used in the Forever Wars as regular army.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (+vtNx)

98 A very nice post. Thank you.

It's the first in D.C. since 1991's Victory Celebration, and that was really a 1st since WW2.

We have not honored the fine men and women serving, or who've served honorably in the past, enough & appropriately. (And, no, dumping more $ into the VA is not the answer. It has more than enough plus an extraordinary # of FTEs & contractors to do the job RIGHT.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (NFX2v)

99 I do so tire of the reservists and NG who identify as regular army.
We are not the same.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (E8aDl)
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Not me! Weekend Warrior Zoomie REMF, and my medical file has a LOD injury for hemorrhoids.

Fun fact: I never went to tech school. Got it waived. Can't get more Guard than that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)

100 X Link is behind subscription wall.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 10:21 AM (KhjS7)

101 Well said, Sir!

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 10:22 AM (LHPAg)

102 Preach it, Diogenes!
And let's recall what Washington (or someone) said when establishing the 4th of July as a holiday: fireworks, shooting, parades!

Posted by: GWB at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (NQWij)

103 This should be interesting:

@MrAndyNgo
·
17m
A group of “Queers for Palestine” militant protesters has gathered to try to shut down the Pride event in Warsaw, Poland.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)

104 I would think the Ukes are probably pro-Iran, honestly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (bss/y)

105 100 X Link is behind subscription wall.

Yeah, I'm beginning to question this assertion.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (s8j++)

106 Happy Flag Day and 250th for the Army!
The left doesn’t like these kind of parades because
Families attend, community , people are happy and they see patriotism front and center. Love this and hope the weather holds out.

Posted by: Paisley at June 14, 2025 10:24 AM (ny1NG)

107 I’m not all that crazy about a military parade. It does make me think of Soviet times or Saddam or NoKo.

I’m not going to go burn down a city over it though.

And the opposition based on cost is absurd. Same people who want trillions spent on welfare freak out at $1M spent for a parade. It’s retarded.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (YTjJV)

I guess I grew up in different times, the 1950's. There were military parades in my town on Memorial Day, 4th Of July and Veterans Day. Of course, many WW2 vets marched in those parades, Dad included. It was considered normal and patriotic. I would be drafted in 1967 and served two years in the US Army during some very difficult and changing times. I have no problem with this parade. None at all.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 10:24 AM (5xuJ/)

108 103 This should be interesting:

@MrAndyNgo
·
17m
A group of “Queers for Palestine” militant protesters has gathered to try to shut down the Pride event in Warsaw, Poland.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)

Let them fight.
-from Godzilla

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:24 AM (bss/y)

109 A group of “Queers for Palestine” militant protesters has gathered to try to shut down the Pride event in Warsaw, Poland.

I kinda don't know who to support here.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 10:24 AM (s8j++)

110 I never served. That said, as an outside observer I think it probably happened when they were used in the Forever Wars as regular army.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (+vtNx)
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Yeah, that line got very blurred. Guard units were put on a rotational cycle same as active duty.

The big difference is that Guard units don't have all the peacetime rituals, because when they're done, they just go home and (hopefully) back to their civilian job.

When I went to Germany, I found active duty somewhat claustraphobic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)

111 https://tinyurl.com/nhf9us26

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:26 AM (bss/y)

112 *A group of “Queers for Palestine” militant protesters has gathered to try to shut down the Pride event in Warsaw, Poland.*

Let's you and him fight.

Posted by: Popcorn retailers everywhere at June 14, 2025 10:26 AM (lIgBp)

113 >>>There is growing opposition to this weekend’s Army Birthday Parade…ordered by President Trump. Apparently because he ordered it, his opposition is finding all kinds of excuses to complain about it.

Is "ordered" what he did?

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:27 AM (CQE5S)

114 This is all wonderful, Diogenes. Thank you so much.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:30 AM (CQE5S)

115 I think the parade marking the 250th birthday of the US Army and flag day is what this country needs. Let's reestablish pride in our military. Not gay butt-sex pride (pride month et al), but actual honorable pride. Plus, we get to see the power and might of our armed forces. Who doesn't want to see the hardware we use to blow stuff up? Well, besides our enemies and that's usually because the are looking down the dangerous end.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 10:30 AM (7v6oI)

116 Positive post! Thank you, Diogenes.

Nice to see whig, boron cobbie and rush babe!

Posted by: old chick at June 14, 2025 10:31 AM (F3Dlr)

117 A great guest appearance Diogenes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:33 AM (RIvkX)

118 So Queers for Palestine wants to shut down a Pride Event because they believe no one should be celebrating anything until people listen to them about Gaza. And being queer. And trans rights. And everything else. You haters

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 10:33 AM (akw+7)

119 X Link is behind subscription wall.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 10:21 AM

This one?

https://bit.ly/3HA5QH1

It's simply a link to the search results on X for "Iran leaders fleeing to Russia".

It works for me.

Here is link to Grok response. Take it with a grain of salt, as Grok considers Reuters and Al Jazeera as credible sources:

Grok: https://bit.ly/4njLRwH

No definitive evidence from credible sources, such as Reuters or Al Jazeera, confirms these claims of Iranian leaders fleeing to Russia. The situation remains fluid, with conflicting reports and no official confirmation from Iranian state media or Russian authorities. Given the lack of verified information, these reports should be treated as inconclusive.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 10:33 AM (P5BPp)

120 Is the parade on tv anywhere?

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (+qU29)

121 I guess I grew up in different times, the 1950's. There were military parades in my town on Memorial Day, 4th Of July and Veterans Day. Of course, many WW2 vets marched in those parades, Dad included.

—
That’s totally different though. Local parades that have the military as participants is great. My town has that now as well. 4th of July parade in my town is kicked off with veterans groups as the first floats.

These are not what “the parade” today is though.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (YTjJV)

122 Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses shot, allegedly by someone impersonating a police officer!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (NFX2v)

123 And let's recall what Washington (or someone) said when establishing the 4th of July as a holiday: fireworks, shooting, parades!
Posted by: GWB at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (NQWij)
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John Adams, I believe - and at the time he wrote, he believed the day would be July 2.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (6YdsJ)

124 I would think the Ukes are probably pro-Iran, honestly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (bss/y)

The people or the government? Iran is a Russian ally.

Ukraine is a U.S. ally.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:35 AM (/LUn2)

125 > Is the parade on tv anywhere?
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It starts around 6:30PM EDT. Probably on a variety of channels and YouTube streams.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 10:35 AM (Q4IgG)

126 Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses shot, allegedly by someone impersonating a police officer!
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (NFX2v)

Or an actual, you know, police officer.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:36 AM (/LUn2)

127 When I went to Germany, I found active duty somewhat claustraphobic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)

Peacetime military is the shitiest military.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 10:36 AM (g8Ew8)

128 62 Wait. No beads?
Posted by: Blonde chick with nice hooters

youtu.be/gOfYnVLu9uQ?t=43

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:36 AM (6dYPy)

129 How many people even knew Trump's birthday was today before the left started claiming that it was the "real" reason for this parade?

There is no limit to the petty mendacity of the left.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ZSsHR)

130 The people or the government? Iran is a Russian ally.

Ukraine is a U.S. ally.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:35 AM (/LUn2)

I was thinking more of the anti-Semitism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (bss/y)

131 I think the claims that the Iranian leadership fled to Moscow are premature at best. Say what you will about the mullahs; they're true believers, and I expect they'll stay in Iran to the bitter end.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (s8j++)

132 John Adams, I believe - and at the time he wrote, he believed the day would be July 2.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (6YdsJ)

And then Jefferson turned in his paper two days late, just to piss off Adams.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (/LUn2)

133 129 How many people even knew Trump's birthday was today before the left started claiming that it was the "real" reason for this parade?

There is no limit to the petty mendacity of the left.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ZSsHR)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:38 AM (bss/y)

134 I think the US Army youtube channel will broadcast the festivities

Happy Birthday, Mother Green

3/61st ADA, 2nd Brigade 3rd Armored Division USAREUR

"Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way."

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:38 AM (AOsQT)

135 I’m gonna call the Iranians in Moscow thing bullshit. There’s no mention of it anywhere. A single X account saying shit doesn’t mean much.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (YTjJV)

136 I think the claims that the Iranian leadership fled to Moscow are premature at best. Say what you will about the mullahs; they're true believers, and I expect they'll stay in Iran to the bitter end.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (s8j++)

I think pretty much all news coming out is not trustworthy.

The same people who lie about everything else are providing what is passing for "news."

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (/LUn2)

137 "I am getting an oil change and this place has a buncha flies buzzing about
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (tG1pe)"

A Studebaker Hawk?

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (ZSsHR)

138 126 Posted by: BurtTC.

Impersonating, I think. Just on as breaking news. That and Walz.

"Brown haired White guy."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (NFX2v)

139 > Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses shot, allegedly by someone impersonating a police officer!
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I saw that. Thought it was fake at first. But, no.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (Q4IgG)

140 How many people even knew Trump's birthday was today before the left started claiming that it was the "real" reason for this parade?

There is no limit to the petty mendacity of the left.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ZSsHR)

This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:38 AM (bss/y)

I thought Trump's birthday was April 20.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (/LUn2)

141 135 I’m gonna call the Iranians in Moscow thing bullshit. There’s no mention of it anywhere. A single X account saying shit doesn’t mean much.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (YTjJV)

Sir, I think you are missing the point of the internet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (bss/y)

142 122 Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses shot, allegedly by someone impersonating a police officer!
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM

https://tinyurl.com/mtmpxbx3

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (lIgBp)

143 Late to the party. Totally agree and thank you Diogenes.

Once upon a time I was in the Army… and I was not a particularly good soldier and I hated every second of it… BUT, I’m glad I got that experience; it was valuable in many ways not the least of which is it makes me very cautious about supporting military actions (only when necessary)

I will grudgingly admit I look back at a few moments with fondness

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (ZtAny)

144 You know who else had a birthday on April the 20th?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (KhjS7)

145
Sir, I think you are missing the point of the internet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (bss/y)

Porn and memes?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (YTjJV)

146 Impersonating, I think. Just on as breaking news. That and Walz.

"Brown haired White guy."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (NFX2v)

Yeah, I know that's what they're saying. I'm just saying, Minniesomalia hasn't exactly been good to their cops lately.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (/LUn2)

147 Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

How do you feel about large, civilian airshows that almost always have a large component of fully combat capable military aircraft on static display with either the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds performing as the signature event?

Do those give you the icks, too?

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (Y1sOo)

148 142. Thanks, Quarter Twenty.

Perhaps an affair stirred up the ire. 🤷

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:44 AM (NFX2v)

149 Nice to see whig, boron cobbie and rush babe!
Posted by: old chick
-------------------------

You too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:44 AM (6dYPy)

150 Good job Mr D.

Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 10:44 AM (8I4hW)

151 Porn and memes?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (YTjJV)

Yes.

but also running and riffing on speculation and rumor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:45 AM (bss/y)

152 I guess I grew up in different times, the 1950's. There were military parades in my town on Memorial Day, 4th Of July and Veterans Day. Of course, many WW2 vets marched in those parades, Dad included.

—
That’s totally different though. Local parades that have the military as participants is great. My town has that now as well. 4th of July parade in my town is kicked off with veterans groups as the first floats.

These are not what “the parade” today is though.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (YTjJV)

Then, what, exactly does this parade represent to you? I talk to my fellow vets and they're proud this is taking place. No qualms at all. In fact, my son's friends (in their early 40's) who also served are very much in favor.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 10:45 AM (5xuJ/)

153 How do you feel about large, civilian airshows that almost always have a large component of fully combat capable military aircraft on static display with either the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds performing as the signature event?

Do those give you the icks, too?
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (Y1sOo)

I’ve always thought those were just marketing campaigns. Ick? No.

But again those shows are local events. They’re not massive DC things with potus overseeing them with genetals at his side.

This is the problem with everything politics. It has to be black or white. Either you support the parade or you hate the military and everyone who has ever served. Why can’t there be a shade of gray in there? A shade where I can support the military, be grateful for everyone who served, enjoy 4th of July town parade with military participants….BUT… not be all that thrilled with a massive DC parade.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:46 AM (YTjJV)

154 61 Remember when Clinton was inaugurated, staff frowned at the troops in the parade until Hillary noted that "they belong to us, now."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

yikes

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (CQE5S)

155 "How do you feel about large, civilian airshows that almost always have a large component of fully combat capable military aircraft on static display with either the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds performing as the signature event?

Do those give you the icks, too?"

Now do Fleet Week.

Posted by: The United States Navy at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (lIgBp)

156 Irony can be pretty Ironic sometimes.

https://tinyurl.com/3wn9vaw9

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (bss/y)

157 There is growing opposition to this weekend’s Army Birthday Parade…ordered by President Trump. Apparently because he ordered it, his opposition is finding all kinds of excuses to complain about it. It costs too much, it disrupts soldiers’ holiday weekend, it’s really about Trump as it is his birthday too. Hogwash.

$45 million. USAID spent $45 million a year on dental programs for guinea pigs on Bora Bora.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (fab8c)

158 Whig,
I've always looked forward to your comments and feel educated by them.

I'm glad you feel well enough to check in.

Posted by: Wenda at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (A65Zh)

159 107 I’m not all that crazy about a military parade. It does make me think of Soviet times or Saddam or NoKo.

When this is a twice yearly thing as it was in the USSR, we’ll talk. I have no problem with this parade. And we could use two more this year: on October 13 and November 10 (for the USN and USMC). These events are rare in this country and this is a great chance for the military to show the people it defends the hardware and people the taxes go to pay for. And it just might help with recruitment.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (vm8sq)

160 I wonder if we have broom squads practicing how to sweep aside the inevitable Tiananmen Square wannabe lookalikes standing in front of our equipment. That's how I would deal with it, a half dozen men with literal floor brooms to push them.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (jc0TO)

161 Many moons ago, I went to the DoD Open House at Andrews AFB. Very cool. Blue Angels. Got to do a walk-around of a B-1 bomber. Golden Knights parachute team. The Marines did this thing where they all hooked on to a cable suspended from a helicopter and flew around the base. They latched on one by one as the chopper rose from the ground.

Fun day.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (AOsQT)

162 "How do you feel about large, civilian airshows that almost always have a large component of fully combat capable military aircraft on static display with either the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds performing as the signature event?

Do those give you the icks, too?"

Now do Fleet Week.
Posted by: The United States Navy

Ick.
Posted by: Local Hookers

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (fab8c)

163 $45 million. USAID spent $45 million a year on dental programs for guinea pigs on Bora Bora.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (fab8c)

Gotta make sure they have good teeth. Gingivitis might lead to dementia, I saw this week.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (bss/y)

164 Breaking: 2 Minnesota Dem lawmakers (and their spouses) shot in targeted attacks at their homes this morning - lawmakers in grave condition, spouses unknown. Suspect is supposedly a whitish man, brown hair, impersonating a masked cop. Yahoo and other places have the story, but I won't link it...

They both apparently crossed the aisle to support the repeal of free healthcare for illegals. Is that why they were targeted? Who knows...but the suspect is still at large and unknown, so til he's identified, we don't know much...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (tOcjL)

165 Now do Fleet Week.
Posted by: The United States Navy

"I got sore the last time I did." -Pete Buttigieg.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (7xrfc)

166 Is the parade on tv anywhere?
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It starts around 6:30PM EDT. Probably on a variety of channels and YouTube streams.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 10:35
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NewsMax is starting coverage 5p Central.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 10:49 AM (BwZyW)

167 When Democrats leave the reservation.

https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/1933879882976522635

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 14, 2025 10:50 AM (a1415)

168 Parades are fun duty. A couple of weeks of not being in the fucking motorpool. A break from the dirt and grease.
Ususlly in some TDY locale so different strippers to woo.

Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:50 AM (E8aDl)

169 Porn and memes?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
-----------------------------

No. Mentos and Coke

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (6dYPy)

170 Minnesota story confirmed by Tim Walz live on Fox

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

171 “America needs this parade and frankly it needs more of them. Today’s military is drawn from a remarkably small percentage of the American public. Only about 1% of Americans are currently serving and only about 6% identify as Veterans.”

Another bit of food for thought: of those veterans, and those currently in right now, how many are doing so because it is the family business? I went in due to no small part of the fact that my father was in the Army. (Back in the day Ramstein AB and Rhein-Main AB more or less did recruiting work for free as I got to see what the AF was all about before I joined them some years later.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (vm8sq)

172 "I am getting an oil change and this place has a buncha flies buzzing about
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (tG1pe)"

A Studebaker Hawk?

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM

ISWYDT

Posted by: Billy at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (jc0TO)

173 Fun fact: The F/A-18s flown by the Blue Angels can be made fully combat capable and ready for re-deployment to the fleet if need be in 72 hours.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (Y1sOo)

174 When this is a twice yearly thing as it was in the USSR, we’ll talk. I have no problem with this parade. And we could use two more this year: on October 13 and November 10 (for the USN and USMC). These events are rare in this country and this is a great chance for the military to show the people it defends the hardware and people the taxes go to pay for. And it just might help with recruitment.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (vm8sq)

Frankly, I always thought those Soviet and North Korean parades were cool looking. With those huge paper machete rockets, and chick soldiers in skirts....

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (vF3jY)

175 “They both apparently crossed the aisle to support the repeal of free healthcare for illegals”

Well, many illegals have no health for which to care. And no matter the laws passed, nothing is free.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (vm8sq)

176 89 I do so tire of the reservists and NG who identify as regular army.
We are not the same.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (E8aDl)
Tell that to the many reservists who retired with more than twenty years active duty, much of it deployed to actual wars. And some on this blog. Just an observation.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (LHPAg)

177 >>"How do you feel about large, civilian airshows that almost always have a large component of fully combat capable military aircraft on static display with either the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds performing as the signature event?

One of the biggest loses around here since the lockdowns is the air show they used to run out of Quonset. They would bring all sorts of military aircraft including the Blue Angels and paratroopers and they would scream up and down the bay. It was glorious.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (viF8m)

178 Irony is good for you. It's got iron in it.

Posted by: Grammatical nutritionist at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (lIgBp)

179 Minnesota story confirmed by Tim Walz live on Fox
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

In that case, now I think it must be fake.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (vF3jY)

180 Hiya Braenyard!

Posted by: old chick at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (F3Dlr)

181 112 *A group of “Queers for Palestine” militant protesters has gathered to try to shut down the Pride event in Warsaw, Poland.*

Let's you and him fight.
Posted by: Popcorn retailers

They've now united to resist your patriarchal pronouns.

Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (j4U/Z)

182 One of the biggest loses around here since the lockdowns is the air show they used to run out of Quonset.
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Home of the Hut?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (6YdsJ)

183 3rd world dictators and soviets before them have military parades to show off how big and tough their military is. It’s gay and retarded. Because if you truly have a strong military you don’t need a parade to let the world know how powerful it is. It’s like a smart person doesn’t have to tell you he’s smart. You just know.

Is Trump doing this? No. I think he genuinely wanted to do this to celebrate the Army’s history. However it also comes across as “look how tough we are”. When I first heard about it that was my first reaction, without even knowing it was his birthday (which is a realllly retarded reason to oppose it by the way).

That’s why I’m not super happy with it. Doesn’t mean I will be burning my city down to protest. Doesn’t mean I hate veterans. Doesn’t mean I hate current members of the military. Doesn’t mean I’m a communist. Doesn’t mean I hate America.

I just think it’s a bad look. That’s all.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)

184 Walz: We must all stand for political violence.

MN lawmaker, husband killed in 'targeted attack.'

Suspect is still free.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (NFX2v)

185 Breaking: 2 Minnesota Dem lawmakers (and their spouses) shot in targeted attacks at their homes this morning - lawmakers in grave condition, spouses unknown. Suspect is supposedly a whitish man, brown hair, impersonating a masked cop. Yahoo and other places have the story, but I won't link it...

They both apparently crossed the aisle to support the repeal of free healthcare for illegals. Is that why they were targeted? Who knows...but the suspect is still at large and unknown, so til he's identified, we don't know much...
Posted by: Nova Local

The LARP'ers are really wanting a shooting war. It be won't turn out like they think it will.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (fab8c)

186 Tim Walz would stand proudly in PRC MBT while sticking Wong with his wang.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (DSNOc)

187 For those of you waiting for Trump to defy the courts your time has come.

>>@Rightanglenews

>>BREAKING - President Trump’s administration has informed the judge who ordered the release of college riot organizer Mahmoud Khalil that they will not comply.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)

188 184. I'm so sorry. Really

against political violence.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

189 This US Army celebration, parade, whatever isn't some "massive," day long pornographic display of American firepower. It's got about the same number of participants as a typical Army "command change" ceremony. I doubt there's over 100 pieces of military kit like tanks, APC's, etc.

It's the Army's 250th birthday. Let 'em party.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 10:56 AM (Q4IgG)

190 Walz: We must all stand for political violence.

FU. I'm crouching and firing from cover.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:56 AM (fab8c)

191 As a retired soldier, (let me note here that I am not a combat vet, just to be clear about my status) I take it as a personal insult that anybody would participate in the "No Kings" protest.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 10:56 AM (WJz/2)

192 Frankly, I always thought those Soviet and North Korean parades were cool looking. With those huge paper machete rockets, and chick soldiers in skirts....
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (vF3jY)

I did too, until I read A Quick and Dirty Guide To War, by Dunnigan and Bay, which has no small amount of sarcasm. On those parades, they said, paraphrasing, the missiles in Red Square look great on TV but is in fact a very bad way to carry a missile if your intent is to shoot it.

(When deployed I told a fellow officer this when he asked why I went with a thigh holster instead of the cheap over the shoulder ones whoch had the M9 facing rearward: is your aim to look cool, or to use the M9 if called upon?)

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:56 AM (vm8sq)

193 Prayers for those attacked in MN.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (DSNOc)

194 >>Home of the Hut?

Yep. And the Seabees. Fittingly enough, there is a museum at Quonset for the Seabees and it is mainly housed in Quonset huts.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (viF8m)

195 One of the biggest loses around here since the lockdowns is the air show they used to run out of Quonset.
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Home of the Hut?
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Quonset the Pizza Hut.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (fab8c)

196 Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (DSNOc)

Amen

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (ymNCe)

197 Tell that to the many reservists who retired with more than twenty years active duty, much of it deployed to actual wars. And some on this blog. Just an observation.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (LHPAg)

I think I did. Still not the same.

Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (E8aDl)

198 Perhaps an affair stirred up the ire.
Posted by: L - No nic

*********

I agree that this might turn out to be a domestic thing. One male and one female victim. Cuckolded husband found out they were knocking boots. Shoots one, drives 8 miles to the house of the other. Shoots again.

Just speculating. First impressions. 72 hour rule. etc.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (/iMjX)

199 BREAKING - President Trump’s administration has informed the judge who ordered the release of college riot organizer Mahmoud Khalil that they will not comply.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)

What's he being held for?

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (vF3jY)

200 Our big parade with the military was Thanksgiving Day.
It was a big turnout.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (6dYPy)

201 from Instapundit:

https://is.gd/C6pXU5

@IngrahamAngle
This is Walton's megayacht - named KAOS.
[image]

==
Can we start a )(%# (payment on delivery) *fund* for Poo Tin to start collecting these megayachts? or will OrangeManBad authorize marque & reprisal???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (ULPxl)

202 Peace is not the ( can't find the word I want) condition of humanity.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (DLqye)

203 183 3rd world dictators and soviets before them have military parades to show off how big and tough their military is. It’s gay and retarded. Because if you truly have a strong military you don’t need a parade to let the world know how powerful it is. It’s like a smart person doesn’t have to tell you he’s smart. You just know.

Is Trump doing this? No. I think he genuinely wanted to do this to celebrate the Army’s history. However it also comes across as “look how tough we are”. When I first heard about it that was my first reaction, without even knowing it was his birthday (which is a realllly retarded reason to oppose it by the way).

That’s why I’m not super happy with it. Doesn’t mean I will be burning my city down to protest. Doesn’t mean I hate veterans. Doesn’t mean I hate current members of the military. Doesn’t mean I’m a communist. Doesn’t mean I hate America.

I just think it’s a bad look. That’s all.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)

I get what you’re saying but today IS the 250th anniversary of the Army and this isn’t the constant thing it is for dictatorships.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (vm8sq)

204 >>What's he being held for?

For lying on his visa about being a supporter of Hamas.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (viF8m)

205
What's he being held for?
Posted by: BurtTC
--------------------------

Good reason.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (6dYPy)

206 Were the MN lawmakers and their spouses killed or they are in the hospital?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (ymNCe)

207 202 Peace is not the ( can't find the word I want) condition of humanity.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (DLqye)

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Posted by: Plato at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (vm8sq)

208 KAOS?

Where's Agent 86?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (DSNOc)

209 Being reported that both of the Minnesota legislators who were shot broke with the Dems and voted to deny illegals Medicaid. Might not be the reason but it's interesting.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (akw+7)

210 drives 8 miles to the house of the other.

********

That smells personal, not political.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (/iMjX)

211 For lying on his visa about being a supporter of Hamas.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (viF8m)

Spreading misinformation and disinformation.

Sounds bad.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:01 AM (vF3jY)

212 202 Peace is not the ( can't find the word I want) condition of humanity.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (DLqye)

'Natural state'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:01 AM (bss/y)

213 KAOS?

Where's Agent 86?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (DSNOc)
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Killing As an Organized Sport

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 11:01 AM (6YdsJ)

214 Good reason.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (6dYPy)

That's what they said about the J6ers too.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:02 AM (vF3jY)

215 Rep. Anna Paulina Luna @RepLuna

This is horrible, and we condemn this awful violence. This unhinged individual -- still on the loose -- was reportedly dressed as a police officer, and shot both the representatives and their spouses. We are praying for their families.

Election Wizard @ElectionWiz

BREAKING: Minnesota Senator John Hoffman (D) and State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) have been shot at their homes. Condition unknown - KMSP/KSTP

Hortman recently supported repealing healthcare benefits for illegal aliens.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 11:02 AM (P5BPp)

216 194 >>Home of the Hut?

Yep. And the Seabees. Fittingly enough, there is a museum at Quonset for the Seabees and it is mainly housed in Quonset huts.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (viF8m)

about 15 years ago I lived across the street from a guy who had to be the oldest living seabee when he died - he lived to age 102, and he had joined the seabees when he was 40, after a construction career. Fascinating old guy.

we had a really in depth conversation once, I was wondering why he was talking to me like he knew me, and then I realized he thought I was some relative who had quit coming to see him and who he had missed. I played the part, since it made him so happy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:03 AM (uWKK8)

217 Peace is not the ( can't find the word I want) condition of humanity.
Posted by: Ben Had

***********

default?
baseline?

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:03 AM (/iMjX)

218 FS - the latest on FOX
John Hoffman and his wife are out of surgery, per reports. Both were shot multiple times. Melissa Hoffman and her spouse's conditions are unknown at this time.

Posted by: old chick at June 14, 2025 11:03 AM (F3Dlr)

219 I love a parade!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 14, 2025 11:03 AM (JkO4W)

220 Peace is not the ( can't find the word I want) condition of humanity.
Posted by: Ben Had

Normal.

War is the normal condition of humanity. Been that way sing Og wanted Ug's woman & cave.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:04 AM (fab8c)

221 No suspect found?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:04 AM (bss/y)

222 The state of peace among men living side by side is not the natural state, the natural state is one of war.

- Immanuel Kant

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (viF8m)

223 208 KAOS?

Where's Agent 86?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (DSNOc)

That’s a radio station.

Posted by: Roger Waters at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (vm8sq)

224 War is the normal condition of humanity. Been that way sing Og wanted Ug's woman & cave.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:04 AM (fab8c)

I mean, have you seen the size of her boobs? And that cave!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (bss/y)

225 muldoon. Default is close but still not quite right.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (DLqye)

226 I just think it’s a bad look. That’s all.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)

I get what you’re saying but today IS the 250th anniversary of the Army and this isn’t the constant thing it is for dictatorships.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (vm8sq)

What various men think about this parade is a pretty accurate testosterone level test. For women it's simply a Patriotism test.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (uWKK8)

227 about 15 years ago I lived across the street from a guy who had to be the oldest living seabee when he died - he lived to age 102, and he had joined the seabees when he was 40, after a construction career. Fascinating old guy.

we had a really in depth conversation once, I was wondering why he was talking to me like he knew me, and then I realized he thought I was some relative who had quit coming to see him and who he had missed. I played the part, since it made him so happy.
Posted by: Tom Servo

My uncle was a SeaBee. We he got out, he went to work on the locks & dams on the Mississippi River.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (fab8c)

228 Yep. And the Seabees. Fittingly enough, there is a museum at Quonset for the Seabees and it is mainly housed in Quonset huts.
Posted by: JackStraw

Ward Cleaver was a Seabee. Hugh Beaumont, IRL, was a CO and served as a medic during WW II.

Posted by: Life In Mayfield at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (G5+As)

229 I see we have a generation of people unaccustomed to parades.
Parades are part of history and American history. They are as American as Apple Pie and to have a parade with out the military represented should not be considered.

Put the mounted cops in for bunting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (6dYPy)

230 >>Spreading misinformation and disinformation.

>>Sounds bad.

And, you know, starting fucking riots and directing violence against Jews.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (viF8m)

231 In Minnesota:
Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed this morning in what appears to be a "politically motivated assassination".

https://tinyurl.com/2c82nne2

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (lIgBp)

232 Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.

Posted by: Vegetius at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (vm8sq)

233 Rubio said he will be deported.

A judge said nah bruh I’ll be the Sec of State from
Now on and said he can’t be deported. Even though the law clearly and unambiguously says it is the SoS who makes this decision.

Trump is telling the judge, bitch fuck off I didn’t nominate you as Sec of State.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (YTjJV)

234 Agent 99. Barbara Feldon.

https://tinyurl.com/3hysjerw

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (bss/y)

235 Well, the MN assassin shooting two D state lawmakers and their spouses in the predawn dark, on their front porches, has certainly stepped on the news cycle, no?

First we had the junior D senator from CA doing a staged martyrdom thing in the Homeland Security Secretary's presser, then came Israel bombing Iran, followed within hours by Trump doing the parade to end all parades, and now we get this.

Anybody remember the ICE riots?

How can NoKings gain any traction with their side outed as murdering assassins masquerading as cops?

Who's writing this script?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (zeLd4)

236 And, you know, starting fucking riots and directing violence against Jews.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (viF8m)

Just like J6.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (vF3jY)

237 Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
Posted by: Vegetius at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (vm8sq)
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I've always seen that as, "Si vis pacem, para bellum."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 11:08 AM (6YdsJ)

238 Is the one dude a state senator or a federal one?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:08 AM (bss/y)

239 I just think it’s a bad look. That’s all.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Can we assume your hair is un-immolated?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 11:08 AM (s8j++)

240 >>Just like J6.

No, nothing at all like J6. There were no people associated with designated foreign terrorist groups at the Capitol on J6. And as best I can tell none of them were here on a student visa which requires you to list any and all potential affiliations with enemies of the US.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:09 AM (viF8m)

241 224 War is the normal condition of humanity. Been that way sing Og wanted Ug's woman & cave.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:04 AM (fab8c)

I mean, have you seen the size of her boobs? And that cave!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (bss/y)

Troglodyte from 1972 - Best Video!
https://tinyurl.com/mer2c374

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:09 AM (uWKK8)

242 First we had the junior D senator from CA doing a staged martyrdom thing in the Homeland Security Secretary's presser,

I think this guy, who I couldn't pick out of a lineup, is actually the Senior Senator from California.

Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (jc0TO)

243 3rd world dictators and soviets before them have military parades to show off how big and tough their military is. It’s gay and retarded. Because if you truly have a strong military you don’t need a parade to let the world know how powerful it is

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)
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This is where you are wrong. The Soviets and dictators didn't invent these parades, they were *imitating* the ones held in civilized nations, like the United States.

The parades were an effort to look legitimate, but that was because all the First World nations had them as well. At the end of the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic marched through Washington for three whole days.

Victory parades were the norm, and on special days the troops would come out just as they are doing today. We got away from that because the counterculture reviles the military and parades make people proud of it.

So the "ick" factor you have is because you (and a lot of other people) are so alienated from traditional Americana that you actually associate it with Idi Amin rather than George Washington. You have it precisely backwards.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (ZOv7s)

244 I see we have a generation of people unaccustomed to parades.
Parades are part of history and American history. They are as American as Apple Pie and to have a parade with out the military represented should not be considered.

Put the mounted cops in for bunting.
Posted by: Braenyard

Call out the Shriners and their little go carts.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (fab8c)

245 My enjoyment of local parades is boundless.

In case you didn't know, the midwest has a long tradition of parades with every police vehicle, fire truck, ambulance and all publicly-owned vehicles on display for parades with lights flashing and sirens blaring.

I find it reassuring to see where our tax money is being spent.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 14, 2025 11:11 AM (RqH5H)

246 Nice post Diogenes, good job. That there are so many with such stupid reactions to a parade is no surprise. It was somewhat surprising in 1991, when I witnessed some amazing reactions. Now it's just to be expected.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 11:12 AM (1m82a)

247 This unhinged individual -- still on the loose -- was reportedly dressed as a police officer, and shot both the representatives and their spouses. We are praying for their families.
===
Bet:
Hit man. They had information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of a Clinton.

Any takers?

Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 11:12 AM (YrUlT)

248 Victory parades serve another function; they are a way the nation tells the soldiers that what they did in the war was okay.

Most humans find it very difficult to kill another human, and need affirmation from their countrymen that they are not monsters for killing.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (s8j++)

249 Call out the Shriners and their little go carts.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (fab8c)

https://tinyurl.com/yc4rje5v

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (bss/y)

250 179 Minnesota story confirmed by Tim Walz live on Fox
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

In that case, now I think it must be fake.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (vF3jY)
And an op. And ghey.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (LHPAg)

251 So the "ick" factor you have is because you (and a lot of other people) are so alienated from traditional Americana that you actually associate it with Idi Amin rather than George Washington. You have it precisely backwards.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (ZOv7s)

Times change. In modern times those parades are associated with the bad guys.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (YTjJV)

252 39 My dad opposed ending the draft because he feared the military would become alienated from the people.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

Good point.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (g8Ew

Which is why when the draft ended there became so much reliance on the Reserves and NG.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (vm8sq)

253 231 In Minnesota:
Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed this morning in what appears to be a "politically motivated assassination".

https://tinyurl.com/2c82nne2
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (lIgBp)

oh that's tragic, he murdered her husband as well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (uWKK8)

254 Leftists get their groups mixed up of who wants want
Intersectionaly isn't what they think it is

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (+qU29)

255 No, nothing at all like J6. There were no people associated with designated foreign terrorist groups at the Capitol on J6. And as best I can tell none of them were here on a student visa which requires you to list any and all potential affiliations with enemies of the US.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:09 AM (viF8m)

So more like pro-lifers praying in front of abortion clinics.

Got it.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (vF3jY)

256 It's not a Big Beautiful Parade™ unless there are 76 trombones out front.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (/iMjX)

257 Times change. In modern times those parades are associated with the bad guys.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (YTjJV)

only in the minds of femboys, tranny's, and mental defectives.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:15 AM (uWKK8)

258 It's not a Big Beautiful Parade™ unless there are 76 trombones out front.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (/iMjX)
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And 110 cornets close at hand.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 11:15 AM (6YdsJ)

259
Now do Fleet Week.
Posted by: The United States Navy

Ick.
Posted by: Local Hookers

With genetals by his side.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 11:15 AM (63Dwl)

260 Agent 99 will be 99 in about 7 years.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:15 AM (KhjS7)

261 >>So more like pro-lifers praying in front of abortion clinics.

>>Got it.

No you don't. Either intentionally or worse unintentionally you definitely don't get it.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (viF8m)

262 256 It's not a Big Beautiful Parade™ unless there are 76 trombones out front.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (/iMjX)

Who ordered these 110 cornets?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (bss/y)

263 the "ick" factor you have is because you (and a lot of other people) are so alienated from traditional Americana that you actually associate it with Idi Amin rather than George Washington. You have it precisely backwards.
===
Hippies ruined America.

Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (YrUlT)

264 Walz: " . . . political violence is not who we are . . . "

Well, Timmy, it seems it is.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (zeLd4)

265 So this murderer is possibly another Luigi Mangione? If so this story will be 86’d very quickly and Tim Walz will forget it happened

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (/iXAp)

266 Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (bss/y)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (6YdsJ)

267 No you don't. Either intentionally or worse unintentionally you definitely don't get it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (viF8m)

I get it perfectly, Jack.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (vF3jY)

268 Juneteenth parade in our town right now. Good grief. On the, uh, "other side" of town. Actually near KFC. Huh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (5xuJ/)

269 Times change. In modern times those parades are associated with the bad guys.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (YTjJV)
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Who pushed that change? Is it healthy for society to loathe its military and regard martial displays as distasteful?

Would you prefer rainbow flags and draq queens, because that is the alternative.

All societies require civic celebrations. Which do you choose?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (ZOv7s)

270 Agent 99 is from Butler, PA.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:18 AM (KhjS7)

271 The Bank closes for Juneteenth now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:19 AM (KhjS7)

272 "when Clinton was inaugurated, staff frowned at the troops in the parade until Hillary noted that "they belong to us, now."

Especially since troops were needed for the "Monica" bombings in Kosovo during Bill's impeachment hearings.

Posted by: ju at June 14, 2025 11:20 AM (vgX6l)

273 269 Times change. In modern times those parades are associated with the bad guys.
--------------------------

Only people that make that association are Democrats and communists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (6dYPy)

274 "when Clinton was inaugurated, staff frowned at the troops in the parade until Hillary noted that "they belong to us, now."
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Especially since troops were needed for the "Monica" bombings in Kosovo during Bill's impeachment hearings.
Posted by: ju at June 14, 2025 11:20 AM (vgX6l)

If I recall, Rush attributed the planes comment to actor, Ron Silver.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (vF3jY)

275 Once again, small town 4th of July parades with a military component: awesome!!! Massive DC parade with the President and generals looking on like Brezhnev and his cronies used to do, not cool.

Why is it so hard to distinguish between the two?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (YTjJV)

276 There be noodage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (lIgBp)

277 Something makes me think while a politician it has nothing to do with a political hit job.
But Walz of course wants you to think their Right wing opponents are now trying to kill Leftists

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (+qU29)

278 Well, I picked a hell of a morning to sleep in. Mrs D had me up watching one of my favorite programs, "Foyle's War."
Thanks for the contributions and comments.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (W/lyH)

279 Peace is not the ( can't find the word I want) condition of humanity.
Posted by: Ben Had

***********

default?
baseline?

Historical norm?

Posted by: Oddbob at June 14, 2025 11:25 AM (/y8xj)

280 Enjoy the parade.

Enjoy the city burnings

Enjoy the interesting times.

Gonna be a hell of a day. I’ll be on my boat away from the stupidity. Hopefully way I come back home it’s still standing and has t been taxed. Lol.

Have a great Saturday everyone.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:26 AM (YTjJV)

281 I just think it’s a bad look. That’s all.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)

It's a good look for a nation that should be prepping for war, 'cause it's coming either outside or inside our borders.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 11:26 AM (g8Ew8)

282 Thanks for the contributions and comments.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (W/lyH)

thank you for this post. Really sums up what I've thought about this parade. Those of us who served love to see a positive light shone on service.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (0aYVJ)

283
I get it perfectly, Jack
==
If that were true you would have compared them to pro lifers who use violent means. Fire. Bombs to destroy clinics. This guy was organizing destructive acts and violence against Jewish students. I accept free speech. I do not accept violence. You really shouldn't shoot abotionists. One of the worst abotionists of all time, who by his own admission killed a small city worth of babies, converted and became one of the most effective anti abortion activists of all time. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 11:30 AM (YrUlT)

284 Tone Policing a celebration of our military is not a good look. It smacks of Bulwark-ism.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (ZSsHR)

285 Okay. Here's a goodie I found while looking up the (Ron Silver) Rush quote:

"Rush’s monologue about Barack Obama’s interview. Do you remember what Obama bragged about being good at killing people?...I think it was in Rolling Stone where he was talking about droning people and it turned out he was really good at this." (killing thing)

Barry is just magical...no wonder he's a Kang wid he's oun perade!

Posted by: ju at June 14, 2025 11:36 AM (vgX6l)

286 Saw both the Sunset Parade and the Evening Parade while I was stationed in DC. After both parades the Marines mingled with the crowd. I saw lot of numbers being given to the Marines. So yeah, they'll bitch about all the build up, but the pay off is worth it

Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 11:37 AM (gwujb)

287 >Parades are fun duty.
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who doesn't like a long walk on a sunny day

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (AOsQT)

288
I drove 8 miles to sho0ot my wife sounds like a country song.

Like so:

*strums guitar*

I drove 8 miles to shoot my wife
Cuz she'd been messin' around
I never drove 8 miles for nuthin'
Never one day of my life

I'll drive 1 mile for a glass of beer
I'll drive 2 miles for a 6 pack here
For a brand new pick-up, maybe four
Or some red hot pussy, but not one mile more
So you gotta know i was really mad
And wanted to shoot my woman bad
I drove 8 miles to shoot my darlin'
Cuz she'd been messin' around

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (iJfKG)

289 Count down 3 rounds and in Hell I will be in good company

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:47 AM (+qU29)

290 Three lefts make a right.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:50 AM (AOsQT)

291 I just think it’s a bad look. That’s all.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)

so you say the US military must be cowed and submissive, never allowed to celebrate and never ever allowed to have a parade because it might convince young men to enlist.

Oh, wait, no. Unlike you I think this is all a good thing.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (D7oie)

292 I drove 8 miles to sho0ot my wife sounds like a country song.

[ . . . ]
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (iJfKG)

It has been done, in a way - Bluegrass

Steeldrivers, If It Hadn't Been For Love

youtu.be/YSzlV6VNqI4?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (D7oie)

293 Narf

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (D7oie)

294 Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 11:30 AM (YrUlT)

You don't compare exceptions to the rule to the rule unless you're Jonah Goldberg or a similar cuck.

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:10 PM (VofaG)

295 VJ Day

Renamed "End of War in the Pacific Day" by Bill Clinton for the 50th Anniversary Parade in Hawaii.

A lot of parading for that. I didin't go to the parade that was in town (Clinton had review stands built for that). I think it was more elike a typical big city 'hometown' parade with HS bands, floats, veteran groups, etc.
I had to do the separate military parade. I think he had litterally every single member of the military on Oahu march past his review stand including Coast Guard and NOAA. Literally an all fucking tropical day in the sun production for those in the parade.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:14 PM (/lPRQ)

296 The reason I lean to it is a political hit by someone on the 'Right' is that it was competently planned. I always feared that multiple star chambers is how the the 'Right' would eventually respond to the Left's actions.

I would not rule out a Reichstag scenario either.

Admittedly my comments are just internet conjecture .

Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (VofaG)

297 Happy Birthday US Army and Garry Owen to all 1st Cavalry Troopers, past, present and future.

Posted by: Moshe Ben Avram at June 14, 2025 01:51 PM (z6ixq)

298 HOOAH!!! Totally agree. My Grandson will be marching today and we are very Proud of him. He’s also the 4th straight generation of our family to Serve and today we are all standing tall! May GOD Bless the USA and May HE watch over our TROOPS!

Posted by: Rick554 at June 14, 2025 02:29 PM (39uzn)

299 Happy 250th Birthday US ARMY!
HOOAH!

Posted by: sfcmac at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM (n6vjq)

300 The one military parade I've seen was memorable for reasons other than the bands and the marching. The parade was for Armed Forces Day, and it was in Chicago in 1978. The guest of honor on the reviewing stand was the first lady, Rosalyn Carter. Standing beside her was the Chicago Democrat who organized the parade, a fellow named John Wayne Gacy. Interesting times.

Posted by: Nemo at June 14, 2025 09:45 PM (4RPgu)

301 My wife and I were able to catch almost all the celebration and parade today. A great day and a wonderful salute to our oldest service! Go Army!

Posted by: Pete B at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (mNCNl)

302 Having a big parade for the 250th Birthday of the Army is appropriate. The Army is older than our country and the reason why we became a country. Those complaining dont appreciate our history and show a lack of respect for their ignorance.

Posted by: Malcolm at June 14, 2025 11:52 PM (vfjNr)

303 Hooah

Posted by: Art at June 15, 2025 09:08 AM (gSnZg)

The Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[H/T TRex]

I would stop there just to get a cup of coffee because of their clever name. I'm guessing if they put that much thought into their name, the coffee has to be fine as well.

Now we before we enter the Prayer Revival, just a few house keeping matters to take care of. (Rulz for those of you in Delevan)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Even the trolls have warped feelings.
3) No. Don't even think about it. No. No running with sharp objects.
4) Have a nice weekend!

*****

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6/5 Update – The doctors have confirmed it is cancer, but they have not yet determined if it can be removed, or if chemotherapy will be needed first, to shrink the mass. They are so thankful for all the prayers and ask for them to continue.
5/10 – Cosda asked for prayers for his wife, who recently had a mole removed that came back as melanoma cancer. She is scheduled for surgery next week, and it looks like that should remove it completely.
6/11 Update – Pathology of the lymph node taken during surgery indicates metastatic cancer cells. Now she will have a brain MRI and a PET scan the week of 6/16. She is classified as stage 3.
5/17 – neverenoughcaffiene asked for prayers for her sister-in-law, Jackie, who is looking at dialysis. Her kidneys have been failing for several years is she is getting close based on her numbers. Hopefully new meds will help.
5/24 – The new meds have not helped. Her score for kidney function is 16, and the trigger for dialysis is 15.
5/17 – B asked for prayers for the Lord to move a bowel food constriction or “kink” out so that his bowels would function properly.
5/31 Update – B sent his thanks for the prayers. He is healed from the bowel obstruction. He requested prayers for his friend, Jerry, who is in the hospital needing surgery for an ulcer and MRSA, and another friend, Mary, who is fighting cancer.
5/23 – Hrothgar asks for prayers for a dear friend’s son. Tim battled cancer 20 years ago, but has been living with kidney disease for several years. It has progressed to the point that he needs a transplant. In a real blessing, he was approved for the transplant list. Please pray for Tim, that he would receive a donated kidney. There is no cost to the donor, and the donor generally goes on to live a full life with just one kidney, and it would make a huge difference for Tim, versus long-term dialysis.
5/31 Update – Tim must lose 50 pounds in the next 90 days to remain on the transplant list, and he is thinking that is impossible. Please pray that he realizes what a God-given blessing he has been given to reach this point, and that he makes the right lifestyle choices to lose that weight.
5/24 – Captain Obvious requested prayers for his friend J, who will be having surgery on 6/9 to try and relieve her chronic pain. She also has concerns because she is on blood thinners and nearly bled out after her hip replacement. Please pray for the best possible outcome and also to relieve her anxiety.
5/24 – L sent an update. Her daughter, Shannon, the Franciscan sister who we prayed for when she had heart surgery, is much improved. There were some setbacks along the way – a problem with defibrillation and a respiratory infection - but she is healed now and will take her final vows soon. L is also much improved, after her knee implant surgery.
5/29 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update and her thanks for all the prayers and words of encouragement. They have sustained her and her family as she continues to battle cancer. She continues to receive good news: her oncologist is quite pleased with her response to the current medication protocol; they are decreasing the lab work frequency to every other week instead of weekly; the side effects from chemo have been barely noticeable; she can just take 4 tiny pills for chemo instead of spending one day a week at the cancer center. It’s been 7 months so far, and she expects that at some point the tumors will start growing again, but for now, they are encouraged.
6/6 Update – Teresa has a side effect from the chemo – her fingernails and toenails are starting to loosen and “lift” off their nail beds. It is painful, and also carries a risk of infection.
6/4 – Grumpy and Recalcitrant asked for prayers for his mother (Lynda), asking to give her strength and healing. Also, for the medical staff to be prompted to do a complete and thorough job diagnosing her.
6/7 Update – Lynda has been diagnosed with aortic stenosis. This is a correctable medical issue using surgery where they go in endoscopically via the leg, up to the heart, to fix the lower heart valve that is leaking.
6/6 – tbodie Lurker requested prayers for his son, tbodie Jr, who is in his mid-30s and was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Please pray for healing for tbodie Jr and for peace for his family.
6/11 – Legally Sufficient asks the Horde’s prayers for her friend, Bubba, who was in a bad auto wreck on 6/8. Prayers for comfort, healing, and strength are needed for Bubba and his family. He is in ICU and will be there for a couple more weeks. Thank you!

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2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

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1 Good morning!

Posted by: Molly k. at June 14, 2025 08:10 AM (j/yko)

2 Now to read and send prayers.

Posted by: Molly k. at June 14, 2025 08:11 AM (j/yko)

3 Fag Day is upon us.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:13 AM (KhjS7)

4 Beans!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 08:13 AM (hY4dx)

5 A touch of grey.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (KhjS7)

6 In the cold, grey light of dawn...

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:16 AM (sRoQh)

7 In the cold grey light of dawn
You can't lie to yourself anymore
In the cold grey light of dawn
You can't hide the truth
Hide the truth anymore

Blue Oyster Cult

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:18 AM (sRoQh)

8 The no kings logo is as stupid as expected.

I seem to think the crown is a rip off of some skater appearl from the 90s? Or a band?

It's not original artwork

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 14, 2025 08:18 AM (NwfFc)

9 I expect to experience the wonders of Buc-cees within a day or so.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:19 AM (sRoQh)

10 Corgi going down stairs and also through a crowd on a skateboard:

https://tinyurl.com/4txkjpjr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:20 AM (vjL8G)

11 We shall see how many useful idiots show up for these godless commie throes of desperation.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:21 AM (sRoQh)

12 Praying for healing and comfort for the above.

Praying for the freedom of our fellow citizens from the powers of darkness and darkened hearts. For them to know the truth and for that to set them free.

Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (2gjbv)

13 Kinda sad Greta got deported back to Sweden, but seeing her little sister Beata singing yesterday cheered me up. Yoko is over 90 and retired to her farm, but now I'm heartened to see Beata can take her place.

Posted by: My Little Swedish Meatballs at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (G5+As)

14 I'm looking forward to the tank parade. Think it's scheduled for early evening, 6:30PM I think.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)

15 What time do the riots start?

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (Y1sOo)

16 Please pray for the safety and protection of all the military involved in the parade today as well as those people who appreciate the military and will be watching the parade in DC.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (2GCMq)

17 15 What time do the riots start?
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (Y1sOo)

---------

It's best to get there a half hour early while there are still some bricks left.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 08:25 AM (hY4dx)

18 I should have sent an update on Judy, my wife, and her battle with kidney cancer. Like Teresa, Ft. Worth, her tumors are shrinking. So dramatically, in fact, that they are discussing removing the cancerous kidney.
Evidently, since it is the original source, that would make it easier to attack and perhaps kill the other tumors.
Thanks so much for the prayers.

Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:26 AM (cPGH3)

19 >>>2) Be kind, be nice. Even the trolls have warped feelings.

This is a hard one to remember. So I'm glad you've reminded us!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:26 AM (CQE5S)

20 It's dark.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:27 AM (CQE5S)

21 I kinda like it.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:27 AM (CQE5S)

22 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at June 14, 2025 08:27 AM (G5+As)

23 It's always darkest before the racist insurrection.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:28 AM (KhjS7)

24 Lavazza Perfetto.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 08:28 AM (dR6yv)

25 11 We shall see how many useful idiots show up for these godless commie throes of desperation.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:21 AM (sRoQh)

Keeps them occupied--as it were.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)

26 I've come to believe that ingratitude should be one of the deadly sins. It's so easy to forget to give thanks for all the many blessings our God has showered upon us.
As I work on that, it eases so many small worries that I have.

Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:29 AM (cPGH3)

27 Mis Hum you spelled Delavan wrong.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at June 14, 2025 08:29 AM (SfhV1)

28 Many of the Usual Suspects in Europe were whining that the Israelis put her on a plane to get rid of her, since they knew she objected to air travel. I think they wanted them to put her in the Train to Sweden.

But it was funny that a picture showed her put in that very last seat in the back, the ones that don’t recline at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (e15Ap)

29 My coffee is grey for some reason.

Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (Oy/m2)

30 Isn't there an even bigger day next year? 250th Anniversary of 1776.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (KhjS7)

31 Slow boat to Stockholm.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (KhjS7)

32 L.A., Chicago, NYC, maybe Dallas and/or Portland may see the biggest attempts at riots today. DC also a maybe but doubtful (too many Americans will be attending).

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (g8Ew8)

33 May all prayers, asked and unasked, be answered.

And may every piece of drywall my son and I hang today, fit perfectly and line up with the studs.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (8AONa)

34 28 a picture showed her put in that very last seat in the back, the ones that don’t recline at all
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (e15Ap)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (CQE5S)

35 Greta Thunberg is the Cindy Sheehan of the 20s. She has served her purpose and is no longer useful.

Go away.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (hY4dx)

36 29 My coffee is grey for some reason.
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (Oy/m2)

Maybe it's cofveve?

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (CQE5S)

37 Good morning! Sitting on the patio couch overlooking the pond with tha lil nugget dawg next to me. Carolina wrens have built a nest in the hanging basket at the edge ofthe patio and the cannas are bustin out. After the grand daughters golf lesson this morning, gonna spread some more mulch and put in some more plants including two new water lilies. It's gonna be a good day.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (3Ope8)

38 Manatee Coffee made with my coffeemaker from Zojirushi. Life ain't bad.

Staying home today instead of going to Aikido. The leg is not happy with me right now and more importantly, we have two guest dogs arriving at some point.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 08:33 AM (7xrfc)

39 would stop there just to get a cup of coffee because of their clever name. I'm guessing if they put that much thought into their name, the coffee has to be fine as well.
======
Too many businesses spend too much time on cute and too little on products and services.
So I'm just the opposite, I avoid places with catchy names.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 14, 2025 08:34 AM (n4GiU)

40 It's gonna be a good day.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (3Ope

--------

For you maybe.

Posted by: Iran's Newest Chief of Staff at June 14, 2025 08:34 AM (hY4dx)

41 Happy Coffee Saturday all!

Prayers for all!

How wonderful is your Name, O Lord, in all creation.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 08:35 AM (Splbu)

42 37 Good morning! Sitting on the patio couch overlooking the pond with tha lil nugget dawg next to me. Carolina wrens have built a nest in the hanging basket at the edge ofthe patio and the cannas are bustin out. After the grand daughters golf lesson this morning, gonna spread some more mulch and put in some more plants including two new water lilies. It's gonna be a good day.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (3Ope

Sounds like a nice headstart on Father's Day.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:35 AM (CQE5S)

43 Oh, and good morning to you all. My grand daughters fourth birthday today.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 14, 2025 08:35 AM (n4GiU)

44 >>>32 L.A., Chicago, NYC, maybe Dallas and/or Portland may see the biggest attempts at riots today.

I hope the riots in Chicago don't put the kibosh on The Pope Bob Show.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 08:35 AM (Y1sOo)

45 Trump apparently said this in response to the "No Kings" leftist rallies which they describe as being in " response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration":

" I don't feel like a king. I have to go through hell to get stuff done " Trump said on Thursday . " We're ( I assume that means his administration ) not a king at all, thank you very much"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:36 AM (vjL8G)

46 Dumb question:

Is it "Mossad", or "The Mossad"?

Or is it like FBI and The FBI where it can be either?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:37 AM (jeWRt)

47
I'd like to speak to the manager about the formatting here.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:37 AM (QnmlO)

48 We're ( I assume that means his administration ) not a king at all, thank you very much"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:36 AM (vjL8G)

His trolling is getting more subtle...

Using the Royal We to deny being a king....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (jeWRt)

49 I typically get the mornings all to myself. I'm up at least a couple hours before my wife, so I have coffee, read up on the idiocy of the day, watch the sunrise, etc. while by myself.

No sunrise today. Gloomy and wet. Probably for the next 5 or 6 days too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (Q4IgG)

50 I'd like to speak to the manager about the formatting here.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Isn't it "Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your money back?"

Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (cPGH3)

51 32 L.A., Chicago, NYC, maybe Dallas and/or Portland may see the biggest attempts at riots today. DC also a maybe but doubtful (too many Americans will be attending).
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (g8Ew

LA
Chicago
NYC
Dallas
Portland
DC

I'm keeping a list!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:39 AM (CQE5S)

52 It's gonna be a good day.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

You mulch water lilies???

Posted by: From about That Time at June 14, 2025 08:39 AM (n4GiU)

53 Does anyone know what these new giant humvees are called?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:39 AM (KhjS7)

54 Today's celebration schedule

https://tinyurl.com/5755jpjz

Posted by: Ciampino - have fun at June 14, 2025 08:40 AM (sPQoU)

55 Isn't it "Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your money back?"
Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (cPGH3)

"Do you have a moneyback?"

"No."

"Do you.... know where to get a moneyback?"

"No...."

"Then shaddap!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:40 AM (jeWRt)

56 Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (jeWRt)

I'd heard of "We are not amused" by Queen Victoria but it hadn't occurred to me that Trump might be trolling. Thanks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:40 AM (vjL8G)

57 One of the constant equivocations used by the media is that most of those arrested for deportation "don't have a criminal record."

Falsely implying that illegal entry is not a crime.

But Trump is now also charging them with failure to register as there is an ignored law that requires all persons who enter to provide fingerprints.
Lol

Oh, and the illegal alien rioters are all getting a stack of charges, lol

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (NwfFc)

58 46 Dumb question:

Is it "Mossad", or "The Mossad"?

Or is it like FBI and The FBI where it can be either?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:37 AM (jeWRt)

Not dumb. I don't know. Maybe look here?
(p.s. Your hash!)

https://nitter.net/mossadil

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (CQE5S)

59 The "No-Kings" is the stupidest, most disconnected-from-reality and patently manufactured granfalloon in modern history.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (x2CMu)

60 Prayers for those mentioned above, and for those held in the silence of their hearts.

Prayers of thanksgiving for all those here and elsewhere in my life for the thoughts and prayers as I progress through my chemo. This has really lifted me up and I know deep in heart that I couldn't get through this without you and God's Grace . Side effects have been minimal, thankfully. 8 weekly treatments to go.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (7v6oI)

61 Yesterday my Uncle Fred passed away. He was a very good Christian man and leaves his wife, my mom's sister and 4 children. My aunt is living in same retirement community as my parents so that will help a bit though my dad is getting less able to do much.

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 AM (+qU29)

62 Prayers for Israel and for the people of Iran to stand up against the evil mullahs.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at June 14, 2025 08:42 AM (7NkZG)

63 Not dumb. I don't know. Maybe look here?
(p.s. Your hash!)

https://nitter.net/mossadil
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (CQE5S)

Ha! Router must have reset. I love it. So timely.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (jeWRt)

64 59 The "No-Kings" is the stupidest, most disconnected-from-reality and patently manufactured granfalloon in modern history.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (x2CMu)

pussy hats is still in the running

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (CQE5S)

65 Massive skyscraper fire in Dubai, about 4,000 people evacuated.

https://tinyurl.com/4uef8s3z

Posted by: Ciampino - will probably have to be demolished at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (sPQoU)

66 These marchers should be thankful that the Egyptians stopped them.

I guarantee you that by the time they reached the border that this entire marching through the desert in mid-June thing would’ve turned into a terrible idea.

Once your lips start peeling and you’re seeing mirages in the distance followed by getting dehydrated as a mummy in a museum in Cairo, it no longer seems all that romantic, much less fun.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (6ydKt)

67 No riot in Texas will go very far - I think San Antonio is the biggest worry. Abbot has already put 5,000 national guardsmen on standby in case anyone wants to get chippy today.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (e15Ap)

68 >>Prayers of thanksgiving for all those here and elsewhere in my life for the thoughts and prayers as I progress through my chemo. This has really lifted me up and I know deep in heart that I couldn't get through this without you and God's Grace . Side effects have been minimal, thankfully. 8 weekly treatments to go.

I didn't know you were going through that. Kick cancer's ass. You go it.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (viF8m)

69 Denver?

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (CQE5S)

70 We have one thing going for us: the Left is constitutionally incapable of competence.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (x2CMu)

71 50 I'd like to speak to the manager about the formatting here.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

May I help you?

Posted by: G. Greyson Grey at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (PiwSw)

72 64 59 The "No-Kings" is the stupidest, most disconnected-from-reality and patently manufactured granfalloon in modern history.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (x2CMu)

pussy hats is still in the running
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (CQE5S)

... and the handmaids cosplaying.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (CQE5S)

73 We have one thing going for us: the Left is constitutionally incapable of competence.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (x2CMu)

They make up for it in volume.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (jeWRt)

74 73 We have one thing going for us: the Left is constitutionally incapable of competence.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (x2CMu)

They make up for it in volume.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (jeWRt)

hahahahahahahahahaha

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:46 AM (CQE5S)

75 Pray for our Marines today as they do the Lord's work. If they need to shoot, you know they will shoot straight. May they rid the streets of foreign invaders.

All non-US citizens need to go at this point. May need the Army and not just the Marines to make it happen. City by city, house by house. They all have to leave.

Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 08:47 AM (SawFp)

76 66 These marchers should be thankful that the Egyptians stopped them.

I guarantee you that by the time they reached the border that this entire marching through the desert in mid-June thing would’ve turned into a terrible idea.

Once your lips start peeling and you’re seeing mirages in the distance followed by getting dehydrated as a mummy in a museum in Cairo, it no longer seems all that romantic, much less fun.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (6ydKt)

They couldn't possibly have carried enough water to stay hydrated. They are stupid.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:48 AM (CQE5S)

77 Humbly request prayer for Brother Tim. He's had a horrible time of it, is living in his car and has just been handed a cancer diagnosis. Please pray for God's Provision to be clear and comforting to him and for his healing.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 14, 2025 08:48 AM (lFFaq)

78 61 Yesterday my Uncle Fred passed away. He was a very good Christian man and leaves his wife, my mom's sister, and 4 children.

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 AM (+qU29)
----
Skip, my condolences.

Posted by: Ciampino - if I get to 80 I'll be thrilled at June 14, 2025 08:48 AM (sPQoU)

79 Our county sheriff has warned the mental defectives that he will be their huckleberry.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (dR6yv)

80 All the left has is violence and the media's political support.

Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (Oy/m2)

81 My lady and I are to be married on Monday. I humbly ask for your prayers for the success of the union.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (/qVWn)

82 Denver?
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (CQE5S)

Oh yeah. What a shame for that place. Used to be a rock-solid American city.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (g8Ew8)

83 The thing is, they actually like kings.

If Obama had made himself King Barack in 2009, they’d still be defending him as he ran the country into the dirt.

They only pretend to not like power when they aren’t holding any.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (6ydKt)

84 Trump’s greatest troll yesterday was when he was talking about ongoing negotiations with Iran.
Trump: “there might be some progress in our talks with Iran, some of the hardliners on their side aren’t coming back now.”
Reporter: “Do you mean because Israel took them out?”
Trump: “well they didn’t die from Covid.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (e15Ap)

85 Having to work tomorrow evening decided to make today a early Father's day and plan to take supper to my parents

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:50 AM (+qU29)

86 Thank you, Annie's Stew and MisHum. And thank you, Marcus T, for this, on the EMT:

13 “ Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.”

Psalm 79:9
Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (xYmv5)

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:50 AM (CQE5S)

87 Good morning, Horde, prayers up for all who need them and blessings upon all of the great Dads this weekend.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 14, 2025 08:50 AM (0nHVk)

88 Congratulations Cybersmythe!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:51 AM (e15Ap)

89 Morning again, Coffee Folken,

I'm here at my desktop with the last of my early morning pot of java, nuked in the microwave and sweetened. Dawdling a little before going out in the dispiriting heat -- groceries, probably, and maybe a stop at a coffee shop for a pastry.

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are doing well. Little Dagny in particular was dashing around after breakfast, playing with the wire Cat Dancer toy I bought for Arizona the red tabby many years ago and handed down to each cat since.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 08:52 AM (omVj0)

90 Congrats, Cybersmythe!
GL es 73!

Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 08:52 AM (TgNVd)

91 Prayers for all the Horde.

And a happy 250th birthday to the Army!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 08:52 AM (Wnv9h)

92 Congrats, Cybersmythe!

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (lFFaq)

93 I could be remembering wrong, but isn't that no kings logo kinda like the hat Jughead wore in the old Archie comics?

Coffee awaits.

Morning, Horde.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (q3u5l)

94 We also need to get ready to nuke Iran. They are bombing the innocent Israeli populace. A good nuke on Tehran might have them thinking twice.

Prayers up for all of you who need it.

Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (SawFp)

95 Aside from this "No Kings" horseshit there's a group sponsoring a riot caravan called "get on the bus" that is traveling from NYC to the capitol city to disrupt events.

They don't appear to be affiliated with No Kings.

Attempting to disrupt the events in D.C. seems ill advised. But these people be stupid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (Q4IgG)

96 Kinda sad Greta got deported back to Sweden, but seeing her little sister Beata singing yesterday cheered me up. Yoko is over 90 and retired to her farm, but now I'm heartened to see Beata can take her place.
Posted by: My Little Swedish Meatballs at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM

Hey, at least the little bastage was from there!

Posted by: Roman Moroni at June 14, 2025 08:54 AM (Wnv9h)

97 81 My lady and I are to be married on Monday. I humbly ask for your prayers for the success of the union.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (/qVWn)
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Felicitations!

Posted by: Ciampino - didn't make 50th anniv at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (sPQoU)

98 Who names their kid Beata?

Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)

99 Teacher's Union partisan betrayal. The same Union members talking about "No Kings" shut down the schools for far too long. From Ricki Schlott at the "NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/mpz648p8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:56 AM (M7AGR)

100 100

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:57 AM (CQE5S)

101 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 08:57 AM (ZOv7s)

102 93 I could be remembering wrong, but isn't that no kings logo kinda like the hat Jughead wore in the old Archie comics?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (q3u5l)

Pretty much the same.

They probably paid $50,000 for that logo and the firm that did it took two hours to find the crown clipart and then two days figuring out which font looked the coolest for the No Kings part.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:57 AM (6ydKt)

103 Great day to buy some socks or barbecue tools. No reason.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 08:58 AM (lIgBp)

104 Cybersmythe, congratulations to you and your lovely lady! May you be blessed with many happy years together.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2025 08:58 AM (DnMuk)

105 I almost hate to mention it, but when I first heard about this big military parade with Trump in attendance my mind flashed on Anwar Sadat. I hope the security precautions are dialed up to 11, because even our military has been infiltrated by left-wing nut jobs and all it takes is one who is willing to be a martyr.

On that depressing note (yeah, I'm a f***ing ray of sunshine, or so I've been told), I'm going to get some more coffee and get ready to go hiking.

Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 08:59 AM (Dsfkc)

106 Am I the only one who thinks this "No King" crap is straight out of Schoolhouse Rock?

They did an actual skit titled "No More Kings."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)

107 98 Who names their kid Beata?
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)

"The name Beata finds its origins in Latin, where it stems from the word beatus meaning blessed."

bay OTT uh (or something like that)

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (CQE5S)

108 Persians are not Arabs, and much of Iran is ready to revolt. We do NOT want to see any of the civilian population harmed, only the military and those elements that support the dictatorial regime. That is exactly what Israel is doing.
For example, the main airport in Tehran was hit hard yesterday, but ONLY those buildings which were hangars for almost all of their remaining MiG 29’s and SU-24’s. The Israelis may also have taken out the last of their F-4’s and F-14’s. (And thus does the glorious Tomcat at long last pass completely out of operational history)

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (e15Ap)

109 My lady and I are to be married on Monday. I humbly ask for your prayers for the success of the union.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM

Congratulations to you both!

May God grant you many, many happy years!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (Wnv9h)

110 Good morning everyone. I routinely pray for you all, both those on the prayer list and those who are not but need prayers anyway. And really, who doesn't need them?

Cybersmythe, congratulations to you and the future Mrs. Cybersmythe! That's great news.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (79pEw)

111 They did an actual skit titled "No More Kings."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Yep, I was thinking of that as well

https://tinyurl.com/3h2sudvh

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (DnMuk)

112
No Smoking
No Loitering
No Parking
No -king

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (CQE5S)

113 98 Who names their kid Beata?
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)

Beata is a girl's name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed" or "happy". It has been used in various European countries, including Poland, Germany, and Sweden.

It’s just a weird name to us.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (6ydKt)

114 Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2

pronounced BE- OTT or ATT TAY I believe. I went to high school with a girl witn this name. Her parents were from Sweden , and no she's not Greta Thunberg's sister.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (M7AGR)

115 Actually, I kind of like the "light gray boxes within the medium gray field" look. It's all still readable.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (omVj0)

116 Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (79pEw

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (M7AGR)

117 DeSantis: Florida drivers have right to hit protesters if they need to 'flee for your safety'. “If you’re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety, and so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you,”

a better answer might be to avoid the protest area but driving cars into "hippies' isa favorite maga fantasy. rip heather heyer

They will "kill protesters dead". And the sheriff will make them deputies. And they will reach toward heaven in church Sunday Praising their Lord, the Donald.

All fun and games till they get their windows smashed out and drug out of the car by the crowd. DeSatan doesn't care about the protestors or the MAGATs.

This is inciting violence. As are groups of heavily armed, masked men with no identification trying to break your windows and kidnap you.

These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you. How many Americans are you willing to massacre?

And that protester is carrying a .357 mag and stands his ground.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)

118 Good Saturday morning, horde!

Prayers for all on the list, and the rest of you, too.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (h7ZuX)

119 115 Actually, I kind of like the "light gray boxes within the medium gray field" look. It's all still readable.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (omVj0)

I like it a lot.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:03 AM (CQE5S)

120 Whether you see centered text, grey boxes, whatever it is, it may be the exuberance of the moment.

Posted by: Nancy P. (D-CA) at June 14, 2025 09:03 AM (3fCc4)

121 Cybersmythe, wishing you and your soon to be wife an abundance of good wishes. My parents got married on a Monday too.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 14, 2025 09:03 AM (0nHVk)

122 Cybersmythe, congratulations and best wishes to you and your bride.

Looks around. Guys, does our merch site still have the gift baskets for sale? No, no; not that one. The other one.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 09:04 AM (7xrfc)

123 These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you. How many Americans are you willing to massacre?

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
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Where is the non-violence?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:04 AM (ZOv7s)

124 Actually, I kind of like the "light gray boxes within the medium gray field" look. It's all still readable.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025
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I like it a lot.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025\

***
It looks sort of customized.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:04 AM (omVj0)

125 117
These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you. How many Americans are you willing to massacre?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)

wut

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:04 AM (CQE5S)

126 And that protester is carrying a .357 mag and stands his ground.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
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LOL, imagining one of those noodle arms firing a .357 is pretty funny. They'll plant the hammer in their forehead.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:05 AM (ZOv7s)

127 >>These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you.

Is that what President Harris told you?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:05 AM (viF8m)

128 Cybersmythe congratulations 🎊 and good luck

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (+qU29)

129 Still I can hear clattering and clunking noises coming from the other room. It's the cats, both of them, playing with the Cat Dancer. Furry little thugs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (omVj0)

130 “105 I almost hate to mention it, but when I first heard about this big military parade with Trump in attendance my mind flashed on Anwar Sadat. I hope the security precautions are dialed up to 11, because even our military has been infiltrated by left-wing nut jobs and all it takes is one who is willing to be a martyr..”

I have been a bit surprised to find that when any Egyptian natives speak of Sadat’s assassination, they universally take it for granted that those who killed him were not lone wolf terrorists at all, but instead were recruited by Egyptian high command to get rid of a leader they’d become sick of.
And then they pretended it was terrorism to the rest of the world. You can call this a conspiracy theory, but it’s accepted as unquestioned fact inside Egypt.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (e15Ap)

131 127 >>These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you.

Is that what President Harris told you?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:05 AM (viF8m)

And what, even, does this mean?

"These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (CQE5S)

132 A protest is scheduled today in my neck-o-the-woods at Graffiti Bridge.

It didn't go too well for a protester the last time there was an anti-Trump protest held here:

https://tinyurl.com/5n96tyj8

(The driver was found and arrested, but charges were eventually dropped).

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (Y1sOo)

133 Evidently there are lots of those stupid No Kings protests planned for all over this area, including 4 or 5 in my town alone. I'm very glad we will be farther west at a wedding today and hopefully won't have to encounter any of this nonsense. Although I'm fairly sure we will see protestors along the way.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (79pEw)

134

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (AOsQT)

135 @GrageDustin
·
22m
🚨 BREAKING: A suspect impersonating law enforcement has shot elected officials in Minnesota at their homes.

If you’re an elected official—DO NOT open your door without confirming through your local dispatch for anyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (viF8m)

136 Hey hey hoho grey boxes have got to go.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:08 AM (KhjS7)

137 For those who missed my update Thursday, the biopsy on the mass on my face confirmed cancer. Surgery to remove was already scheduled for next Friday, and one can only presume other measures will follow. So now I'm a homeless cancer patient, which, hoo boy.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:08 AM (LJPcY)

138 They will "kill protesters dead". And the sheriff will make them deputies. And they will reach toward heaven in church Sunday Praising their Lord, the Donald.

Imagine being this fucked in the brain.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 09:09 AM (dR6yv)

139 "These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (CQE5S)
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This is a coward trying to sound threatening.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)

140 Who names their kid Beata?
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)

Beata is a girl's name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed" or "happy". It has been used in various European countries, including Poland, Germany, and Sweden.

It’s just a weird name to us.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (6ydKt)

Although Beatrice used to be a fairly common name in the US. One of my aunts was named Beatrice.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:10 AM (g8Ew8)

141 🚨 BREAKING: A suspect impersonating law enforcement has shot elected officials in Minnesota at their homes.

It was those darned white supremacists impersonating ICE agents because they're unmarked and maskes kidnapping people! Reeeee!!!

Posted by: Unhinged Radical Leftist at June 14, 2025 09:10 AM (ycI94)

142 I find this "No Kings" extremely disturbing during Pride Month.

While gays have their 'drag queen' shows, the Subaru drivers have 'drag king' shows.

Where is the sensitivity?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3fCc4)

143 These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand.

Oh FFS....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3Ope8)

144 I have been a bit surprised to find that when any Egyptian natives speak of Sadat’s assassination, they universally take it for granted that those who killed him were not lone wolf terrorists at all, but instead were recruited by Egyptian high command to get rid of a leader they’d become sick of.
And then they pretended it was terrorism to the rest of the world. You can call this a conspiracy theory, but it’s accepted as unquestioned fact inside Egypt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (e15Ap)
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Well, they live there and know how things work. Nothing is on the up-and-up, so why should the leaders be trusted to be honest?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)

145 Willowed:

If I were to choose a place to send the Palestinians it would be Ireland, just because those assholes deserve them.
Posted by: Tom Servo
~~~~~

https://tinyurl.com/rnnz52cm
https://tinyurl.com/2rfxrtay
https://tinyurl.com/ydb36s9a
https://tinyurl.com/3uj6z8k4

I guess we Americans deserve it too.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3ImbR)

146 It's actually not gray, it's pewter. All the rage this year.

Posted by: Your real estate agent at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (lIgBp)

147 So now I'm a homeless cancer patient, which, hoo boy.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:08 AM (LJPcY)

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Prayers for a full recovery, Brother Tim. You're homeless???

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 09:12 AM (qBdHI)

148
My lady and I are to be married on Monday. I humbly ask for your prayers for the success of the union.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM

Every best wish to the both of you. And may your first child be a masculine child.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:12 AM (QnmlO)

149 Evidently there are lots of those stupid No Kings protests planned for all over this area, including 4 or 5 in my town alone. I'm very glad we will be farther west at a wedding today and hopefully won't have to encounter any of this nonsense. Although I'm fairly sure we will see protestors along the way.
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025

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As far as I've been able to tell, there's only one here, in the neighborhood just downriver from the French Quarter. There will apparently be a Pride parade in the same area. It'd be interesting if they got all tangled up with each other.

I'm staying on the west bank of the river until, well, maybe tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:12 AM (omVj0)

150 Ireland admits to being full.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (KhjS7)

151 And what, even, does this mean?

"These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."
Posted by: m

Lol....that's one of the reasons I chose that comment...I have no idea? Maybe "we're not all that committed to peaceful protest, and are itching for an excuse to fight back? We're not the noodle-armed soy pussies you think we are!!!"

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (ycI94)

152 En mi casa toman Bustelo!
Posted by: Caffiend at June 14, 2025

***
Same here, though Cafe Morro (sold at Aldi) is pretty good too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (omVj0)

153 "DO PROCESS!!!!"

Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (QB+5g)

154 This is a coward trying to sound threatening.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)

Compare and contrast; "These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."
- DU tuff guy.
“We will kill you graveyard dead.” - Buford T. Hardass, Sheriff.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (e15Ap)

155 I guess the Leftists enjoyed no king and ran by a bureaucracy the last 4 years

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:14 AM (+qU29)

156 It wouldn't surprise me if the malcontents are able to disrupt at least part of the day's festivities in the capitol city. I don't think they'll disrupt the parade, but off that route and out of camera range they'll be harassing people.

A big, splashy exhibition of violence would probably not go down the way they think it would. Yet the city government is squarely on their side so expect no recriminations.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)

157 Swedish presence in Southern New Jersey goes back to the 1600s.

Posted by: No Bikini Team, Though at June 14, 2025 09:14 AM (G5+As)

158 I knew someone that was named Beatrice so I guess that comes from Beata.

Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 09:15 AM (Oy/m2)

159 https://nitter.net/gragedustin

Emergency alert: Extreme
BKP PD issuing shelter in place order in 3 mile radius of Edinburgh Golf Course for emergent event. Police are looking for a suspect in multiple targeted shootings who is armed and dangerous. Suspect is white male, brown hair, wearing black body armor over blue shirt and blue pants and may misrepresent himself as law enforcement. Do not approach. Call 911.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:15 AM (CQE5S)

160 Evidently there are lots of those stupid No Kings protests planned for all over this area, including 4 or 5 in my town alone. I'm very glad we will be farther west at a wedding today and hopefully won't have to encounter any of this nonsense. Although I'm fairly sure we will see protestors along the way.
Posted by: bluebell

I believe last count had 36+ throughout Iowa, some in very small (and very Red) rural towns. I hope they get identified, shamed, mocked, and run out of town lol. You can go to nokings.org and they have a handy map showing all the protest locations. There are a lot...and they'll all be SOOPER gay.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:15 AM (ycI94)

161 I knew someone that was named Beatrice so I guess that comes from Beata.
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025

***
We're Beatrice!

Posted by: Ad Campaign From 1972 at June 14, 2025 09:16 AM (omVj0)

162 Isn't one of the food conglomorates owned by a Queen Beatrice.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:16 AM (KhjS7)

163
A big, splashy exhibition of violence would probably not go down the way they think it would. Yet the city government is squarely on their side so expect no recriminations.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)

Carefully edited, it'll look great on the evening news. Police body slamming some poor waif, Grandma crying from tear gas, earnest young humanities grad explaining why Trump sucks, etc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:17 AM (QnmlO)

164 Once your lips start peeling and you’re seeing mirages in the distance followed by getting dehydrated as a mummy in a museum in Cairo, it no longer seems all that romantic, much less fun.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (6ydKt)

I would like them to go ahead and have that experience, though, tbh.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 09:17 AM (h7ZuX)

165 I guess we Americans deserve it too.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3ImbR)

NYC is flirting with electing a Hamas supporting Muslim. We may have to put up a big wall around Manhattan Island.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)

166 Every leftist fantasizes about being King and imposing their 'order'.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (i0F8b)

167 165 I guess we Americans deserve it too.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3ImbR)

NYC is flirting with electing a Hamas supporting Muslim. We may have to put up a big wall around Manhattan Island.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I support his election. It's important to have a few examples of far Left failure in the nation to help scare voters in other states into some kind of sense.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (ycI94)

168 And what, even, does this mean?

"These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM

Forget it...he's rolling.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (Wnv9h)

169 Brother Tim,

I will pray for your healing and recovery. You should be able to find assistance at the hospital as I think they have social workers/liaisons that help with problems like yours.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (3AwA+)

170 Be-uh-triss or Be-AT-triss?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (e15Ap)

171
Every leftist fantasizes about being King and imposing their 'order'.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (i0F8b)

Inside every AWFL there's a princess just waiting to emerge.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (QnmlO)

172 Go long on hickory shampoo futures.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (KhjS7)

173
Be-uh-triss or Be-AT-triss?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (e15Ap)

Bet-riss

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:20 AM (QnmlO)

174 I think the oldest building here in Pa was built by Swedes, it's a log cabin

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:20 AM (+qU29)

175 Brother Tim, I'm so sorry to hear of all your troubles and will pray for you. Can you talk to someone in your county, probably a social worker, about assistance to include Medicaid?

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:20 AM (79pEw)

176 Prayers for a full recovery, Brother Tim. You're homeless???

Posted by: Lady in Black

--

May have buried the lede here...yeah, I've spent most of this year in and out of hotels, but the funds ran dry and I spent six of the last seven nights trying (and largely failing) to sleep in my car. (Local homeless shelter situation is pathetic. I've a tale to tell, another time.)

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:20 AM (7mDFu)

177 170 Be-uh-triss or Be-AT-triss?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (e15Ap)

Do be a do bee.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:21 AM (CQE5S)

178 As far as I've been able to tell, there's only one here, in the neighborhood just downriver from the French Quarter. There will apparently be a Pride parade in the same area. It'd be interesting if they got all tangled up with each other.

I'm staying on the west bank of the river until, well, maybe tomorrow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:12 AM (omVj0)

Find a high spot with a rifle and at least wing a few for us.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:21 AM (g8Ew8)

179 "Carefully edited, it'll look great on the evening news."

What is evening news?

Posted by: Most people at June 14, 2025 09:21 AM (lIgBp)

180 Big time Army parade forecast

Today
A slight chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:21 AM (AOsQT)

181 166 Every leftist fantasizes about being King and imposing their 'order'.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (i0F8b)

I don’t want to be a King. But Lord Protector has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:22 AM (e15Ap)

182 123 These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you. How many Americans are you willing to massacre?

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
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Where is the non-violence?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Mostly peaceful violence.

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:22 AM (ctrM5)

183 Ireland admits to being full.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM

Leprechaun out front shoulda told ya'.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:22 AM (Wnv9h)

184 Beatrix Kiddo

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:22 AM (AOsQT)

185 A whig sighting.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (i0F8b)

186 It’s not just in the U.S.
Looking at the No Kings map they’ve got a few dozen locations across Mexico into Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica and even one protest planned in Bogota, Colombia.

Because Latin Americans protesting against American presidents who think they’re kings is apparently a thing now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (6ydKt)

187 Every leftist fantasizes about being King...
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (i0F8b)

Actually, God.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (x2CMu)

188 Good morning,Whig! Nice to see you up and around!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (3AwA+)

189 We're now down to a single day-24 hours-time for one and all to order your Fudgie the Whale Ice Cream Cake for your Whale of a Dad. Call or visit your participating Carvel dealer today!

Posted by: Athanasios Karvelas, AKA Tom Carvel at June 14, 2025 09:24 AM (G5+As)

190 DU'ers DU'ing:

"During the "Great Reset" once we take back control

we will eradicate all nazi scum from all levers of power and lock them up for the rest of their natural born lives."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 09:24 AM (3fCc4)

191 Lord,
We give all praise and glory to You. We know You work Your will in all things. We ask Your guidance for those medical professionals ministering to our sick and suffering brothers and sisters. We ask that You grant mercy and healing to those of us much in need. Use us to advance Your word in this perverse world.
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:24 AM (LHPAg)

192 Beatrix Potter

(1866–1943), English writer for children; full name Helen Beatrix Potter. She is known for her series of animal stories, illustrated with her own delicate watercolors, which began with The Tale of Peter Rabbit (first published privately in 1900).

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (CQE5S)

193 Come see the nonviolence inherent in the system!

Posted by: Monty's Python at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (lIgBp)

194 @EricLDaugh
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33m
🚨 BREAKING: A “No Kings” protest has been CANCELED due to lack of planned attendance in Hollywood, Florida.

Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (AOsQT)

195 Massive skyscraper fire in Dubai, about 4,000 people evacuated.

https://tinyurl.com/4uef8s3z
Posted by: Ciampino - will probably have to be demolished at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (sPQoU)

What type of material are they using on the exteriors that allows the flames to crawl up the sides of the structure?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (5xuJ/)

196
...Yoko is over 90 and retired to her farm...

Posted by: My Little Swedish Meatballs at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (G5+As)

Where she sings to her livestock.

Weirdly, her farm has the highest rate of cow suicide in the world.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

197 Looking at the No Kings map they’ve got a few dozen locations across Mexico into Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica and even one protest planned in Bogota, Colombia.

Because Latin Americans protesting against American presidents who think they’re kings is apparently a thing now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM

There's a very large multi-state gang known as the "Latin Kings".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (3fCc4)

198 Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Today's rain will fall on the idiot NoKings protesters in my little leftist city. The are setting up about 3/4 mile from my house. The good Lord is raining on their parade

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (akw+7)

199 26 I've come to believe that ingratitude should be one of the deadly sins. It's so easy to forget to give thanks for all the many blessings our God has showered upon us.
As I work on that, it eases so many small worries that I have.
Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:29 AM (cPGH3)

Giving thanks to God for the gift of today and the promise it holds is a great way to start the day

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (7v6oI)

200 200

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (CQE5S)

201 >> I believe last count had 36+ throughout Iowa, some in very small (and very Red) rural towns. I hope they get identified, shamed, mocked, and run out of town lol.

There are a lot of people who seem to have been waiting for this opportunity in some of these protest spots. I dunno if they want to mess with red towns where they're talking about how they have backhoes and buy lime by the half ton. Some of the blue cities in red states are also becoming magnets for counter protesters who are waiting for the left to commit violence. Sounds like FAFO Day more than anything else.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (XXLiD)

202 No Kinks

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (CQE5S)

203 The NosmoKings festival planed for Palm Bay FL is at a unremarkable intersection a few miles south of FIT. FIT is full of nerds and foreign students trying to get degrees in ChemE and such but mostly trying to get laid by American chicks. I can't blame them.

I predict that intersection to be populated with at least 50 rolling-coal monsters driven by some upscale rednecks/good ol' boys who are desperate to send a message to all the thousands of assholes flooding into this area from elsewhere

Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (QB+5g)

204 I used to hang out with this chick named Beezus.

Posted by: Henry at June 14, 2025 09:27 AM (lIgBp)

205 188 Good morning,Whig! Nice to see you up and around!
Posted by: Brunnhilde
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I'm up but not much on going round right now due to boring chronic medical problems not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as transplants, cancer, etc. But, I am better than preceding weeks as the Lord has seen fit to help me out. Prayer works.

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:27 AM (ctrM5)

206 heh

No Smo Kings

203 The NosmoKings festival planed for Palm Bay FL
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (QB+5g)

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:28 AM (CQE5S)

207 May have buried the lede here...yeah, I've spent most of this year in and out of hotels, but the funds ran dry and I spent six of the last seven nights trying (and largely failing) to sleep in my car. (Local homeless shelter situation is pathetic. I've a tale to tell, another time.)

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Ugh, how terrible. I will pray you find suitable accommodations soon. It sounds like you've got a lot on your plate for sure.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 09:28 AM (qBdHI)

208 I have to get moving, should get gas for tractor and at least work on the front yard area.

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (+qU29)

209 Okay, there are only two No Kings sites in my little town. Funnily enough, there are none in the areas around here where most of the illegals tend to be.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (79pEw)

210 A bean to go-

cute pun although a bit of a stretch. But the sign overall is scripturally unfounded. No roasting occurred in the fiery furnace, and the Master wasn't the one trying to do the roasting.

I also wonder what percentage of passers-by "get" the pun.

Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (/iMjX)

211 This whole "No Kings" map looks like something that was created by a Russian bot.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (lIgBp)

212 Posted by: Athanasios Karvelas, AKA Tom Carvel at June 14, 2025 09:24 AM

Huh. I did not know that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (Wnv9h)

213 Whig, you take care of yourself. We need you here.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (79pEw)

214 What type of material are they using on the exteriors that allows the flames to crawl up the sides of the structure?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
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Most foamboard insulation burns if you get it started hot enough. Common enough in buildings to skim coat foamboard with concrete as a 'skin' for buildings. Similar fire killed quite a few in UK years ago when an apartment building skin went up in flames.

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (ctrM5)

215 And yes. Arrangements for a case worker through the hospital system are already underway. So ironically one problem may lead to solving another.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (oIAJn)

216 These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you. How many Americans are you willing to massacre?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)

Um...lol

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (h7ZuX)

217 RAINY SATURDAY ... Just started making enough Whiskey Onions for Father's Day and July 4th ... Six pounds of sliced Vidalias, gradually flavored with Irish whiskey and caramelized -- which might take all day because they'll be in a crockpot rather than a stovetop pan ... These onions along with gorgonzola cheese will be two toppings offered for grilled bison burgers (pre-seasoned with Boursin cheese mixed into the raw patties) ... Will probably form the patties today, chill, use sous vide tomorrow (one hour at 125 degrees), reverse sear on the grill, offer Cooper cheese for melty yum, then serve ... Salad will be either spinach or broccoli (haven't decided yet) and dessert will be two types of cookies (both doughs were prepared yesterday, so just need baking) ... So glad I was organized earlier in the week, as today's rain may cause me to surrender to a nap after lunch ... Happy Father's Day to all the Dads.

Posted by: Kathy at June 14, 2025 09:31 AM (qpw89)

218 No Kinks
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM

You really got me with that one.

Posted by: Lola at June 14, 2025 09:31 AM (Wnv9h)

219 I expect to experience the wonders of Buc-cees within a day or so.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

I didn't realize the depth of feeling for Buc'ees. I have one just a few miles away and can stop by anytime. Maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder after all.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 14, 2025 09:31 AM (FqZ/E)

220 I used to hang out with this chick named Beezus.
Posted by: Henry at June 14, 2025 09:27 AM (lIgBp)
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My kids loved those books. I used to read them out loud when we got back from swim practice in the morning. Great memories.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:31 AM (79pEw)

221 Blessed are you, Lord our god, King of Creation. Blessed is the Son of Creation, Jesus Christ Lord and Savior. Watch over your children, especially those here in need who call out to you and seek your solace. May your Holy Spirit visit them, strengthen them in their time of need, provide for them, and comfort them.

All glory and honor is your forever, until end of time

Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (lyRq1)

222 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Shadrach, Meshach, and To Bed We Go at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (lIgBp)

223 Prayers 🙏 for all in need.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (NFX2v)

224 213 Whig, you take care of yourself. We need you here.
Posted by: bluebell
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Eh, I can now sit up and type for a few minutes before the back pain sets in.

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (ctrM5)

225 No Buckees around here yet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (KhjS7)

226 If No Kings protests are happening the world over, it's most definitely screaming of deep pocketed nefarious players and the usual leftist tangled web of coordination. Like they've, once again, hit their "activate" button to rile up their useful idiots/trained seals. More impotent rage that they're not getting their way.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (qBdHI)

227 >>What type of material are they using on the exteriors that allows the flames to crawl up the sides of the structure?

Have you heard of the Grenfell Tower fire in the UK? Some of the construction techniques that have been employed in foreign countries are scary.

I used to visit Dubai farily often and the place is full of crazy architecture. Kind of a calling card. But don't look to closely at some of the construction and definitely don't stay on the top floors.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (viF8m)

228 Giving thanks to God for the gift of today and the promise it holds is a great way to start the day

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

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Word. I've had a hundred (at least!) mercies and blessings to carry me this far. I'm still exhausted, though.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (oIAJn)

229 whig, so good to see you here!

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2025 09:34 AM (DnMuk)

230 Posted by: Kathy
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Your planned meal sounds delightful and made me salivate a little. Vidalias are truly wonderful but alas limited to a couple of months each year in the grocery stores.

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:34 AM (ctrM5)

231 Eh, I can now sit up and type for a few minutes before the back pain sets in.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (ctrM5)
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Well, I meant "here" in the general sense, lol. I don't want us to be the cause of your pain! Do whatever you need to do and let us know now and again that you are limping along.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:35 AM (79pEw)

232 Actually often say at the war gaming table I play a Royalist, so having a King wouldn't be new to me

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:35 AM (+qU29)

233 Prayers for all on the prayer list , for those mentioned today and for Brother Tim for healing and for rough aces being made smooth.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:35 AM (CzW4u)

234 Even with the entire military, we outnumber you.

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Uh, yeah....no, you don't.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 09:35 AM (qBdHI)

235 I've got another wake to go to today. Third one since January. Last one was the son of a friend in NY--fentanyl. This one is the 40-year-old daughter of another friend, otherwise healthy, who developed numerous blood clots in her legs. Had surgery to remove them but developed many more throughout her body, even in her face. Eventually succumbed to multiple organ failure. All in a four-week period. Heartbreaking. Please pray for their families and for the souls of those departed.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:36 AM (3ImbR)

236 229 whig, so good to see you here!
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Thx. Up to meet the contractor for redoing the driveway. Ours has given up the ghost and is a trip hazard to stumblebums like me.

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:36 AM (ctrM5)

237 Ugh, IrishEi, that's horrendous. Will pray for that family.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:36 AM (79pEw)

238 Leftists think they are so cute with this No Kings, buy a dictator would be fine if you asked them

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:36 AM (+qU29)

239 Who are these "we" people, Kemosabe?

Posted by: Just the punchline at June 14, 2025 09:37 AM (lIgBp)

240 Good morning, fair Horde folk.

Beautiful sunny morning here.

Don't know if we'll have another mini No Kangs protest like we did a week or so ago. That one was held across the street from the nurses striking in front of the hospital. The nurses had a giant inflatable rat (for Management, I guess) and now it's joined by a giant inflatable Capitalist Pig, chomping on a cigar and holding a money bag. No top hat or monocle, because alas we live in informal times.

I may drive past to see if they have piles of bricks set up.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:37 AM (kpS4V)

241 Hey I am back
Was looking up collagen and fell down the rabbit hole of AGEs research (advanced glycation end products)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:37 AM (Splbu)

242 It's not stupid; it's insulting, hurtful, in your face.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:38 AM (NFX2v)

243 No Kings. Just Emperors . It worked for the Romans.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:38 AM (KhjS7)

244 In case no one has called nood:

Nood

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 09:38 AM (T4Xze)

245 DU'ers DU'ing:

"During the "Great Reset" once we take back control

we will eradicate all nazi scum from all levers of power and lock them up for the rest of their natural born lives."
Posted by: Duncanthrax

To be fair, most Lefties (and their NeverTrump supporters) just want Nuremberg-style trials and denazification programs. They'll only execute a few of the ringleaders, and just publicly humiliate the rest of us as second class citizens. Behind illegal immigrants lol.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (ycI94)

246 If you try and look up by zip code on the No kings site, it says the database is down. I bet those markers are for every location they were contacted from.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (AcTAo)

247 Did they pocket today for the No Kangz riots coz it's DJT's birthday?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (Splbu)

248 Eris, your protestors seem to have much more imagination than any I've seen here. Looks like we will have to drive by at least one on our way to this wedding today so I'll keep a sharp eye out for capitalist pigs.

Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (79pEw)

249 >>If No Kings protests are happening the world over, it's most definitely screaming of deep pocketed nefarious players and the usual leftist tangled web of coordination. Like they've, once again, hit their "activate" button to rile up their useful idiots/trained seals. More impotent rage that they're not getting their way.

China gets virtually all its oil from Iran. The place currently being flattened by our ally Israel. Iran is a key piece of China's Belt and Road plans.

The house is getting ready to hold a hearing with Neville Singham, billionaire based out of Shanghai, who is aligned with the CCP. He also happens to be the husband of Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink.

He has been funding a lot of these "spontaneous" riots including the BLM/antifa crap. Ultimately, China is behind a lot of this shit and has been for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (viF8m)

250 Tom Carvel was born in Greece. Lucky for us he brought his Cookie Puss to America with him.

Posted by: Wednesday Is Sundae.. at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (G5+As)

251 165
NYC is flirting with electing a Hamas supporting Muslim. We may have to put up a big wall around Manhattan Island.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)

Not the worst idea I've ever heard.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (7v6oI)

252 Actually, God.
Posted by: Ordinary American

This

Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (2gjbv)

253 You haven’t lived until you see a bunch of young Marines from 29, bored shitless from doing shitty duty for the last six months, now with a cheek full of Zyn pouches, crushing White Monsters and waiting for that first brick to be thrown. I’m p re try sure one of those Dogs will take down ten lefties.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (lyRq1)

254 I haven't been around much but glad you're here, whig. Sounds like you've had a bit of a rough go lately and I hope things are looking up.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (T4Xze)

255 If Buc-ees does declare itself an independent confederation, their city-states have enough food and fuel to withstand prolonged sieges.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (kpS4V)

256 No Buckees around here yet.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025

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I hear there are plans to open two in this state, the closest about two hours' drive from me. When I take my road trip to Indiana, though, there's one on the Interstate just a little north of Birmingham, AL. I definitely plan to stop, and maybe buy some E0 gas.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (omVj0)

257 Most foamboard insulation burns if you get it started hot enough. Common enough in buildings to skim coat foamboard with concrete as a 'skin' for buildings. Similar fire killed quite a few in UK years ago when an apartment building skin went up in flames.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (ctrM5)

I remember that fire. The exterior was made up of panels that were supposed to be more environmentally "friendly". It sure was.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (5xuJ/)

258 Buc-ees is fascinating.

I'm convinced it's managed to make itself the female version of Harley Davidson. It's a destination to stop and shop for t-shirts.

And you'd better stop.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 09:42 AM (T4Xze)

259 Bluebell, the bouncy house Capitalist Pig actually gave me a good chuckle. It's so Old School Commie.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:42 AM (kpS4V)

260 Well, I meant "here" in the general sense, lol. I don't want us to be the cause of your pain! Do whatever you need to do and let us know now and again that you are limping along.
Posted by: bluebell
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Life is pain (Princess Bride quote) but the quote should also mention joy like the the love of my wife, and my dogs and natural beauty.

I treat pain like a measuring cup. When the cup is full, I go do something else like apply ice or heat. Ice to dull the pain and heat to allow movement. Old fashioned word "stove up" is appropriate.

Watching a lot of old forgotten British TV shows on YouTube on a YT channel called 'Forgotten British TV shows' IIRC. 'Bulham' trilogy right now.

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:43 AM (ctrM5)

261 Noodus Diogenes

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:43 AM (omVj0)

262 It’s not just in the U.S.
Looking at the No Kings map they’ve got a few dozen locations across Mexico into Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica and even one protest planned in Bogota, Colombia.

Because Latin Americans protesting against American presidents who think they’re kings is apparently a thing now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (6ydKt)

In Commie Land:

Latin Kings = good
Pres. Trump = ungood

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 14, 2025 09:44 AM (pJWtt)

263 No Buckees around here yet.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM

Buc-ees are a privilege, not a right.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (3fCc4)

264 >>I remember that fire. The exterior was made up of panels that were supposed to be more environmentally "friendly". It sure was.

That's the Grenfell Tower fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (viF8m)

265 254 I haven't been around much but glad you're here, whig. Sounds like you've had a bit of a rough go lately and I hope things are looking up.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
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Heh. Same here about not being around much. Thx for the kind wishes.

Had a complication/accident that made my prior issues much worse. To tedious and boring to explain.

Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (ctrM5)

266 Maybe I'll put on pants and see what's cookin' in Tweeville. Polite and orderly civil unrest? Fingers crossed! I wanna loot that high end kitchen gadget shop.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (kpS4V)

267 Have you heard of the Grenfell Tower fire in the UK? Some of the construction techniques that have been employed in foreign countries are scary.

I used to visit Dubai farily often and the place is full of crazy architecture. Kind of a calling card. But don't look to closely at some of the construction and definitely don't stay on the top floors.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (viF8m)

Read quiet a bit about that fire and the material used. There was a very good documentary on the Smithsonian Channel about that fire, as well, and the material that they used....big hint, it was cheaper and replaced the original panels recommended in the original plans. Oh, and it was "Green". Lessons never learned.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (5xuJ/)

268 221 Blessed are you, Lord our god, King of Creation. Blessed is the Son of Creation, Jesus Christ Lord and Savior. Watch over your children, especially those here in need who call out to you and seek your solace. May your Holy Spirit visit them, strengthen them in their time of need, provide for them, and comfort them.

All glory and honor is your forever, until end of time
Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (lyRq1)
And Amen.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (LHPAg)

269 If Buc-ee's didn't exist we would have to invent it.

Posted by: The words of the profits at Subway at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (lIgBp)

270 I found this article both beautiful and helpful as regarding gratitude and thanks in the life of faith;

https://tinyurl.com/3h5zjtv3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (Ylknx)

271 Fenelon, A. H. Lloyd and Marcus T
I want to give you a huge shout-out and thank you for your witness to the Gospel and being our chaplains here. What you do matters, makes a difference. Please keep it up. We need you.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (7v6oI)

272 "If Obama had made himself King Barack in 2009, they’d still be defending him as he ran the country into the dirt."

If I would survive the thug beating I'd take, I'd stand on a curb holding a billboard to cheer on the antifa/blm/no'mo kangs mob; a photo featuring fearless leader O'Barry's 4 mansions in 4 states, Maryland (DC, Iranian Advisor, Valerie Jarrett is sometimes resident) Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (dead chef *was* a resident) Illinois, Hyde Park (near Bill Ayers, "just some guy in the neighborhood") and yes, Hawaii, (Magnum PI beachfront house demolished) and new "Build(t) Back Better" using "Shovel Ready Jobs" by "Typical White Person(s)" construction crew, with border walls.

Decisions decisions...Maybe hold up the pic, "Mussolini" Messiah Barry uplifted nose pose? Looks "kingly" to me...and so cool.

Posted by: ju at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (vgX6l)

273 165. NYC is flirting with electing a Hamas supporting Muslim. We may have to put up a big wall around Manhattan Island.
Posted by: Tom Servo

And there you are. From the 1st explosion at the World Trade Center, the 2nd in 2001 to now, less than 35 years to ruin the financial trade center of the world and kill several thousand.

I'd say, times about up.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (NFX2v)

274 Clicked on nokings site, and I feel dirty for having done so.

Still, surprised to see so many in southeastern Ohio. I think I'll go do the grocery shopping in Lancaster and roll by, check it out, point and laugh.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 09:55 AM (h7ZuX)

275 I hear there are plans to open two in this state, the closest about two hours' drive from me. When I take my road trip to Indiana, though, there's one on the Interstate just a little north of Birmingham, AL. I definitely plan to stop, and maybe buy some E0 gas.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (omVj0)
I avoid Birmingham like I avoid Atlanta, Wolf.

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 10:06 AM (LHPAg)

276 If you want to try the coffee

https://www.abeantogo.com/

Two locations in Michigan

Posted by: PMRich at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (Pe+uV)

277 "Grenfell community gathers for final anniversary before tower demolition begins"
14 hours ago

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (CQE5S)

278 222 This is about us, isn't it?
Posted by: Shadrach, Meshach, and To Bed We Go at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (lIgBp)

ha!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:26 AM (CQE5S)

279 "I've come to believe that ingratitude should be one of the deadly sins."

One of the four natural virtues is Justice. Justice is begin grateful and paying your debts and giving thanks when it is just.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ZmEVT)

280 Woke up this morning to see my daylilies had burst into bloom overnight. Started my day with a smile.
Congrats Cybersmythe. Wishing you all the best.
Happy Birthday Donald J Trump.
Happy 250th Birthday US Army.
Happy Flag Day to all patriotic Americans.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (t/2Uw)

281 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (M09Kr)

282 Reagan was able to make a deal with Russia because, it turns out, the Russians are not suicidal.

The Persians?

You cannot make a deal with a suicidal cult.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (ZmEVT)

283 Shalom, everyone.
Let's have some coffee talk and get to know each other.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 14, 2025 11:48 AM (PHmbR)

284 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (7v6oI)

Thanks. That's kind of you. I don't consider myself a chaplain here-just trying to be encouraging to other people of faith, and I am grateful for all the others here who do the same.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 01:07 PM (2GCMq)

285 Wow, awesome blog layout! How long have you been blogging for?

you made blogging look easy. The overall look of your web site is magnificent, as well as the content!

Posted by: wedding decoration services singapore at June 14, 2025 01:12 PM (r83Ec)

EMT

Is it morning or is it Memorex?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 06:47 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Mornin'

Again....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 06:48 AM (sAmhv)

2 Hey! First!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 06:48 AM (sAmhv)

3 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 06:51 AM (hoCmQ)

4 Oh -- Early Morning Thread! For a horrible moment I thought it was an *Emergency Medical* Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:52 AM (omVj0)

5 Early EMT. Thanks, MisHum.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 06:52 AM (hoCmQ)

6 No Kings Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (gbOdA)

7 Nyah?

Who's running Iran now?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (cEp5l)

8 It's a cute squirrel.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:55 AM (CQE5S)

9 Shouldn't that squirrel be carrying a laser?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

10 *Emergency Medical* Thread.

No, no Emergency Medical Program... please

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 06:56 AM (cEp5l)

11 Shouldn't that squirrel be carrying a laser?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:55 AM (RIvkX)
---
Purple pimp hat FTW!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 06:57 AM (GlyvH)

12 Willowed:

Who's going to the No Kings protests today???
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

+++
How much they paying?
- Stoner living in the basement

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:57 AM (lIgBp)

13 “ Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.”

Psalm 79:9

Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (xYmv5)

14 I will be driving through three large cities today - Wilmington, NC, Columbia, SC, and Knoxville, TN.

I'll report on any unrest I see in the upper South tomorrow.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (sYJ//)

15 14 I will be driving through three large cities today - Wilmington, NC, Columbia, SC, and Knoxville, TN.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (sYJ//)

Nice!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:59 AM (CQE5S)

16 >> Who's running Iran now?

It’s being done in pieces.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 06:59 AM (xYmv5)

17 9 Shouldn't that squirrel be carrying a laser?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:55 AM (RIvkX)
----
It's in the shop for charging.

Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with it at June 14, 2025 06:59 AM (sPQoU)

18
How much they paying?
- Stoner living in the basement
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:57 AM (lIgBp)

I'd think about 40% are of the paid demonstrator type. Another 30% are people who use any occasion to loot and throw things. Maybe 30% are True Believers, elderly Boomers trying to relive their glory days and find a Movement chick to lay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (QnmlO)

19 Good morning. top twenty?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (kYF0p)

20 mornin yall. Our local "news" site has an article about people getting ready for their No Kings protest. One of the retards was holding a handmade sign that says "Do Process".

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

21 "Look! Squirrel!"

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (CQE5S)

22 Morning peeps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (Q4IgG)

23 5 Early EMT. Thanks, MisHum.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 06:52 AM (hoCmQ)

You are welcome olddog in mo

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (QXQ4l)

24 20 mornin yall. Our local "news" site has an article about people getting ready for their No Kings protest. One of the retards was holding a handmade sign that says "Do Process".
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

Got to be a troll.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (CQE5S)

25 9 Shouldn't that squirrel be carrying a laser?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:55 AM
###

Ahem. "Directed Energy."

Posted by: DoD Style Guide at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (lIgBp)

26
So is this an interim thread or a substitute for the Saturday morning Prayer Thread? It's like when they change where things are in the store.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:02 AM (QnmlO)

27 I don’t know what it is with the squirrels around here.

I see them every morning, usually one or two in each yard, walking around foraging.

There’s always a few that like to hang out on the grass between the sidewalks and the road.

At least one of them will panic when it sees the car coming its way, do it’s decision making process turning its head back and forth trying to figure out which way to run, and then always decides to run out in front of the car at the last second.

Keep in mind it was totally safe where it was but they haven’t figured out the cars usually drive on the road and not the sidewalk.

Of course, the ones that are hanging out in the road when I drive by make the same stupid mistakes, too.

You’d figure it’d run to the nearest sidewalk but nope, they run to the other side of the road while I’m dodging them hoping they don’t run under a tire when I can’t see them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 07:02 AM (6ydKt)

28 All of our gray matter is dedicated to remembering where we hid 137 acorns.

Posted by: The squirrels at June 14, 2025 07:05 AM (lIgBp)

29 "Got to be a troll.
Posted by: m"

I don't think so. She appears to be a type of Karen.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

30 29 "Got to be a troll.
Posted by: m"

I don't think so. She appears to be a type of Karen.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

yikes

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:08 AM (CQE5S)

31 "At least one of them will panic when it sees the car coming its way, do it’s decision making process turning its head back and forth trying to figure out which way to run, and then always decides to run out in front of the car at the last second"

Suicidal Squirrel. A short lived cartoon from the 60s.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

32
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 14, 2025 07:09 AM (tljrc)

33 30 29 "Got to be a troll.
Posted by: m"

I don't think so. She appears to be a type of Karen.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

yikes

Posted by: m

====

On weekdays, she is an Educator at a nearby school.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 14, 2025 07:10 AM (8AONa)

34 We don't have a deal with the squirrels.

https://youtu.be/xPCZtrac-Ss

Posted by: George Costanza at June 14, 2025 07:12 AM (lIgBp)

35 "At least one of them will panic when it sees the car coming its way, do it’s decision making process turning its head back and forth trying to figure out which way to run, and then always decides to run out in front of the car at the last second"

I ran over one when it darted in front of my car. Still feel bad about it.

Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 07:12 AM (lJ0H4)

36 One of the retards was holding a handmade sign that says "Do Process".
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM
-------------

OK... Processed. Now Deport.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 07:13 AM (hoCmQ)

37 Army’s 250th birthday week-long celebration from June 7-14, 2025
By U.S. Army Public Affairs

Members of the media are invited to attend the Army’s 250th birthday week-long celebration from June 7-14, 2025. This year’s birthday theme, “This we’ll defend,” was first used as a battle cry by the Continental Army. Today, it reminds us that our Army’s purpose is clear: to fight and win the nation’s wars. We remain committed to honing our warfighting skills, enforcing standards and discipline, and living the values that have defined our Army for the past 250 years.

(Schedule of events follows )

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:14 AM (NFX2v)

38
Puny stuff .....

Critical Mass: An anti-Lutheran ritual
--- (Fenton Colborne)

Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with puns at June 14, 2025 07:16 AM (sPQoU)

39 > "At least one of them will panic when it sees the car coming its way, do it’s decision making process turning its head back and forth trying to figure out which way to run, and then always decides to run out in front of the car at the last second"
--------
Here, it's bunnies that do that. There's two of them that hang out on the driveway, away from the house. Every time I leave or return, they're in the driveway and wait until I'm nearly on top of them to decide where to run. It's almost always in the direction I'm going too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 07:16 AM (Q4IgG)

40 "On weekdays, she is an Educator at a nearby school.
Posted by: 2009Refugee"

That is exactly what she looks like. Probably a lesbo too.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

41 Howdy, Early Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 07:19 AM (AN2gy)

42 Rain last night at the site of the U.S. Open should soften up the greens, making holding approach shots a bit easier. Yesterday was brutal.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 07:20 AM (Y1sOo)

43 Another day without Kamala as president.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:21 AM (KwCuT)

44 34 We don't have a deal with the squirrels.

https://youtu.be/xPCZtrac-Ss
Posted by: George Costanza at June 14, 2025 07:12 AM (lIgBp)

omigosh!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:22 AM (CQE5S)

45 6 No Kings Day

Posted by: rhennigantx

The squirrel has declared itself King! All will bow!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 07:23 AM (sAmhv)

46 The White House
Presidential Actions
Flag Day and National Flag Week 2025
Proclamations
June 13, 2025

It begins, "On June 14, 1777, a banner of red, white, and blue was woven into history when the Second Continental Congress passed the First Flag Resolution, making our beloved Stars and Stripes the official flag of our emerging Republic. This Flag Day and National Flag Week, we pause to revere the star-spangled emblem of our freedom — and we honor the nearly 250 years of valor, sacrifice, and patriotism it has gloriously inspired."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:23 AM (NFX2v)

47 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

48 From the ONT:

You know what seems odd to me? Numbers that aren't divisible by two.
--- (Michael Wolf)

Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with spun at June 14, 2025 07:26 AM (sPQoU)

49 It'd be nice to have this get a lot of play:

Rick Monday saves American flag from protesters in 1976

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:27 AM (CQE5S)

50 A grandmother has chosen to self-deport over fears she'd be kicked out of the United States and sent to Mexico by Donald Trump.

The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Regina, has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989 but boarded a one-way flight to Mexico City on June 7 and left her life behind.

Her daughter, Julie Ear, said her mother had become frightened over the Trump Administration's continued efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and deportations.
****

Yay, winning...

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 07:28 AM (Y1sOo)

51 I am not going to the No Kings Rally with my sign No Commissars. I will be with friends at lunch.

Used to love going to protests, like the 2009 March on Washington, Million Man March, all the World Bank protests. But meh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

52 Good morning, one and all. On Thursday I had an MRI done on my knee (Took a spill at work back in March). The end result was this:

Your MRI does not show any acute findings. There is a sprain of the medial collateral ligament, evidence of a prior PCL injury, joint effusion and cartilage loss.

So good news: The knee is not broken.

Bad news: PT is going to suck.

Thank you to those who sent me prayers and good wishes.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 07:29 AM (7xrfc)

53 Ciampino - have fun with spun

Now that is a Dad joke! I will make my students groan with that one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

54 50: So, she's been here since 1989. She has had plenty of time to process the paperwork involved to become a citizen. She didn't. Why am I suppose to feel sorry for her?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (sAmhv)

55 Her daughter, Julie Ear, said her mother had become frightened over the Trump Administration's continued efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and deportations.

So why is it that hard working illegals can't do the hard work of going through the system and becoming citizens or permanent residents? The mind boggles.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (7xrfc)

56 Family reunion tomorrow. It's an annual event that has been going on as long as I have been alive. My dad will be the oldest this year at 88. I wonder sometimes if we can keep it going after he is gone. Maybe not his extended family, as many of them have passed, but at least our immediate family, which is starting to fill out with younguns.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

57 Morning everyone,thx MisHum. Raining again today. Not that I needed an excuse to watch the US Open but this works

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (akw+7)

58 Honest question for you folks: Am I a bad man for quietly hoping that the No Kings protesters attempt to disrupt the Army's birthday?

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 07:31 AM (7xrfc)

59 She's doing what she is afraid Trump will make her do.

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 07:31 AM (i0F8b)

60 >>> The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Regina, has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989 but boarded a one-way flight to Mexico City on June 7 and left her life behind.

Sorry, you don't have multiple heinous crimes on your record so we can't be bothered.

Posted by: Democrats at June 14, 2025 07:31 AM (AN2gy)

61 Here, it's bunnies that do that. There's two of them that hang out on the driveway, away from the house. Every time I leave or return, they're in the driveway and wait until I'm nearly on top of them to decide where to run. It's almost always in the direction I'm going too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025

***
Look out for the hrududu!

Posted by: Bigwig at June 14, 2025 07:32 AM (omVj0)

62
Were you born between 1960-1970?

Then maybe you remember Saturday mornings watching the KROFFT SUPERSHOW?

Wonderbug?
The Shrinker?
Magic Mongo?

https://is.gd/RlVUIG

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 07:33 AM (N9VmQ)

63 NR Pax

Yes. Because the men in ranks are more vulnerable to shenanigans. They have no loaded weapons or bayonets. Hope there is a lot of police.

I would like to see the No Kings instead try and disrupt the Marine Birthday celebrations.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

64 I work with a Samoan gal, her family reunions have hundreds of people.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:34 AM (RIvkX)

65 Kroft TV shows made me nauseous. They were just so dumb.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

66 fd

Have fun with your great tradition.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

67 Sid and Marty did a lot of acid. A lot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

68 No Kings

Every time I see this, I think:

"Do you have any kings?"
"I don't have any kings. Go fish."

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:35 AM (CQE5S)

69 Oh, her daughter said she had been working to gain citizenship.

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 07:36 AM (Y1sOo)

70 m

No Kings means we (the Left) are not in charge and we should be. So we are trying to take the country over.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

71 m

No Kings. Go fish.
Would be a great protest sign.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

72 With all the stuff going on in Israel, I have to laugh about some scenes in Egypt caught on video yesterday. Some group (allied with Greta’s boat stunt) claimed that they were going to march across Egypt and go into Gaza for - well I don’t really know why, logic was not strong with them. A large number of European Hamas sycophants were with them.
The videos yesterday were of ordinary Egyptians beating the shit out of them, dragging them by their hair, and throwing them out of their country. Hilarious! Now this doesn’t mean Egypt supports Israel; but the Egyptians saw these people as a pack of outsiders who had come to Egypt just to cause trouble for everyone, and they said “Oh HELL no!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:38 AM (e15Ap)

73 It's starting?

'Explosion' rocks Las Vegas strip: 'It sounded like a bomb

https://tinyurl.com/4b6p954s

Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with nups at June 14, 2025 07:38 AM (sPQoU)

74 Regina think how celebratory the oath ceremony would have been. Surrounded by family and friends. All dressed up. Posing for photos. Applause. Smiles and congratulations. All followed by a big meal at a nice restaurant and probably some gifts.

But hey, your choices. Enjoy Mehicho. Wrap yourself in the flag when you get there.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 07:39 AM (lIgBp)

75 Are there any No Queens protests during Pride Month?

Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 07:39 AM (i0F8b)

76 Who gets top billing for the events today?

- LA Riots
- No Kings
- Tank Parade

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 07:40 AM (Q4IgG)

77 Been a while since I saw an EMT... G'morning MisHum!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 14, 2025 07:40 AM (O7YUW)

78 >>> The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Regina, has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989 but boarded a one-way flight to Mexico City on June 7 and left her life behind.

Sorry, you don't have multiple heinous crimes on your record so we can't be bothered.
Posted by: Democrats

Not even the 'edge' cases - Just the even further out ludicrous ones.
Because they like to fuck with you.
Like the DemCong who last week rushed a Cabinet Member while pretending to have a weapon...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:42 AM (/lPRQ)

79 One other thought about Egypt - they are often criticized by both sides for sealing off their border with Gaza and building a huge wall there, plus parking a battalion of main battle tanks behind it in case anyone tries to mess with it.
But to me that simply means that Egypt strongly believes that Borders are Important; and that Borders must be defended if you wish to survive as a nation.
I cannot fault them for believing that; not one tiny bit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:43 AM (e15Ap)

80 So why is it that hard working illegals can't do the hard work of going through the system and becoming citizens or permanent residents? The mind boggles.
Posted by: NR Pax

Idk how long that process takes. Guessing too ling for desperate people.

Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (2gjbv)

81 The videos yesterday were of ordinary Egyptians beating the shit out of them, dragging them by their hair, and throwing them out of their country. Hilarious!

I'm going to look for the video. I will thoroughly enjoy this.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (dR6yv)

82 I know what we'll do. Let's go to Tehran now.

Posted by: Saint Greta of Thunberg at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (lIgBp)

83 After watching the Seinfeld clip, I’m so glad we don’t have any pigeons around here.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (6ydKt)

84 A grandmother has chosen to self-deport over fears she'd be kicked out of the United States and sent to Mexico by Donald Trump.

The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Regina, has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989 but boarded a one-way flight to Mexico City on June 7 and left her life behind.

Her daughter, Julie Ear, said her mother had become frightened over the Trump Administration's continued efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and deportations.
****

Yay, winning...
Posted by: one hour sober
====

I knew a Canook who lived his whole adult life as an illegal alien in the US. Round 1999 they caught up with him and initisted deportation proceedings despite having an American wife, kids, and grandkids.

Deport every one of this scofflaw skum.
Especially the Canooks.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:46 AM (/lPRQ)

85 14 I will be driving through three large cities today - Wilmington, NC, Columbia, SC, and Knoxville, TN.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (sYJ//)

Hopefully not in that order.

Because that would be one helluva circuitous route.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (6ydKt)

86 >>> Sid and Marty did a lot of acid. A lot.

That's the rumor.

HR Puffenstuff just didn't appeal to me. Probably because it was on so late that I had my fill of TV by that hour.

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (AN2gy)

87 80 So why is it that hard working illegals can't do the hard work of going through the system and becoming citizens or permanent residents? The mind boggles.
Posted by: NR Pax

Idk how long that process takes. Guessing too ling for desperate people.
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM

+++
Give me a break. I've only had 36 years.

Posted by: Regina from South L.A. at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (lIgBp)

88 But for people like her she’s just lazy. Or maybe trying to get something for free and doesn’t want to pay taxes. I see that in latino culture a lot from personal experience.

Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:48 AM (2gjbv)

89 It's starting?

'Explosion' rocks Las Vegas strip: 'It sounded like a bomb

https://tinyurl.com/4b6p954s
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with nups

========

False Alarm,
It was just a Del Taco three epic burrito dinner Afterblast.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:48 AM (/lPRQ)

90 "HR Puffenstuff just didn't appeal to me."

It was weird and stupid. Not like the Banana Splits.

Posted by: Frank N Stein at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

91
I knew a Canook who lived his whole adult life as an illegal alien in the US. Round 1999 they caught up with him and initisted deportation proceedings despite having an American wife, kids, and grandkids.

*fingers collar nervously*

Posted by: Col. Tom Parker at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (QnmlO)

92 Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

93 off undead sock

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

94 Sorry mistype. One handed typing sucks.

Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:50 AM (2gjbv)

95 Say No Kings
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Delaware County Courthouse
201 Court Stree, Media, PA

Speakers
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
Eliza Shatzman, Attorney & Activist
Brad Butting, OEF Combat Veteran

Sponsored by Delco Indivisible
-----------
My stinking county since the Democrats took over (brought in ringers to accomplish it) the county council seats in 2017.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:50 AM (NFX2v)

96 NaClyDog: I would like to see the No Kings instead try and disrupt the Marine Birthday celebrations.

As a former Marine, I concur. Starting shit with drunk Marines is not a smart lifestyle choice.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 07:51 AM (7xrfc)

97 HR Puffenstuff just didn't appeal to me. Probably because it was on so late that I had my fill of TV by that hour.

--

Who's your friend when things get rough!

I watched HR Puff'n'stuff, but even as a kid, I thought it was cheesy and well, just weird.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 07:51 AM (qBdHI)

98
Give me a break. I've only had 36 years.
Posted by: Regina from South L.A. at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (lIgBp)

Well, if she's been trying to regularize her situation, there ought to be some official record, is that not so?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:51 AM (QnmlO)

99 72 With all the stuff going on in Israel, I have to laugh about some scenes in Egypt caught on video yesterday. Some group (allied with Greta’s boat stunt) claimed that they were going to march across Egypt and go into Gaza for - well I don’t really know why, logic was not strong with them. A large number of European Hamas sycophants were with them.
The videos yesterday were of ordinary Egyptians beating the shit out of them, dragging them by their hair, and throwing them out of their country. Hilarious! Now this doesn’t mean Egypt supports Israel; but the Egyptians saw these people as a pack of outsiders who had come to Egypt just to cause trouble for everyone, and they said “Oh HELL no!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:38 AM (e15Ap)

The videos are fun to watch!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:52 AM (CQE5S)

100 But for people like her she’s just lazy. Or maybe trying to get something for free and doesn’t want to pay taxes. I see that in latino culture a lot from personal experience.

You described every culture.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 14, 2025 07:52 AM (a4flb)

101 84 You even hear legal immigrants whine about how tough the feds make it for them. I had a friend, Brit, who was a legal alien. He insisted that he was born an Englishman and would die as one (he did) so no US Citizenship. He used to keep everything in order. I think it was once a year he would have to drive from Erie to Pittsburgh, renew some stuff with INS and then go for a sammich at Primanti's. That was it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (gm9Sb)

102 50 A grandmother has chosen to self-deport over fears she'd be kicked out of the United States and sent to Mexico by Donald Trump.

The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Regina, has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989 but boarded a one-way flight to Mexico City on June 7 and left her life behind.

—-

I’m pretty sure she took her life with her.
Unless they’re saying that Trump killed her so hard that she flew back home to Mexico as a ghost and is now haunting some random taco stand in Tlalpan.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (6ydKt)

103 79 One other thought about Egypt - they are often criticized by both sides for sealing off their border with Gaza and building a huge wall there, plus parking a battalion of main battle tanks behind it in case anyone tries to mess with it.
But to me that simply means that Egypt strongly believes that Borders are Important; and that Borders must be defended if you wish to survive as a nation.
I cannot fault them for believing that; not one tiny bit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:43 AM (e15Ap)

May I ask why the not-open-borders side would criticize that choice?

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (CQE5S)

104 The squirrel has declared itself King! All will bow!!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 07:23 AM (sAmhv)
---
At least taxes should be low.

A bag of bird feed should last a while.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 07:54 AM (GlyvH)

105 I remember the Krafts! HR Puffnstuff most of all, damn was that an acid fueled fantasy.
One of the funniest things about the Sid and My Kraft Supershow is that it was filmed inside the building that would become CNN’s HQ after “Thff ed World of Sid and Marty Kroft” (an indoor Atlanta theme park) failed.
Those city shots in that linked video clip are of Atlanta, 1976, before it had become a ghetto.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:54 AM (e15Ap)

106 84 I knew a Canook who lived his whole adult life as an illegal alien in the US. Round 1999 they caught up with him and initisted deportation proceedings despite having an American wife, kids, and grandkids.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:46 AM (/lPRQ)

And he was, in fact, deported?

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:55 AM (CQE5S)

107 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde
Happy Birthday US Army

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 07:56 AM (+qU29)

108 Everytime I write “Kroft” spellcheck fights to change it to Kraft. Maybe it likes Kraftwerk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:56 AM (e15Ap)

109 The country continues to be no BS.

Time, Dec 9, 2014 —
The U.S. began rendering people suspected of involvement in terrorism to Egypt in 1995 under President Bill Clinton.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:56 AM (NFX2v)

110 87 80 +++
Give me a break. I've only had 36 years.
Posted by: Regina from South L.A. at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (lIgBp)

She's a Queen!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:56 AM (CQE5S)

111 56 Family reunion tomorrow. It's an annual event that has been going on as long as I have been alive. My dad will be the oldest this year at 88. I wonder sometimes if we can keep it going after he is gone. Maybe not his extended family, as many of them have passed, but at least our immediate family, which is starting to fill out with younguns.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

Blessings on all y'all.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:57 AM (CQE5S)

112 Yudhishthira's Dice

Welcome to my NC city. Stormy today.

Posted by: CapeFear at June 14, 2025 07:57 AM (+JzKz)

113 Tree rats.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 07:58 AM (ZmEVT)

114 You described every culture.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Idk I think some are definitely lazier than others.

Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:59 AM (2gjbv)

115 The squirrel has declared itself King! All will bow!!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 07:23 AM (sAmhv)
---
At least taxes should be low.

A bag of bird feed should last a while.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
===

But you have to make him think he is stealing the bird feed, Mission Impossible style.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:59 AM (/lPRQ)

116 My wife organized her 3 oldest kids citizenship paperwork. They simply had to go and pick it up and file in person.
15 years ago.
They couldn't be bothered then, can't be bothered now.
Deport them, maybe they will grow up

Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (3U9lo)

117 88 But for people like her she’s just lazy. Or maybe trying to get something for free and doesn’t want to pay taxes. I see that in latino culture a lot from personal experience.

Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:48 AM (2gjbv)
----
Yeah, no taxes, probably Medicaid, EBT, etc. - all freebies.

Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with sunp at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (sPQoU)

118 May I ask why the not-open-borders side would criticize that choice?
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (CQE5S)

Because at times Israel and even some of its supporters here have wished that Israel could kick everyone out of Gaza and move them down to Sinai. Egypt says “excuse me, you want us to take in two million aliens who the world knows have no skills and are nothing but trouble wherever they go? And then we’ll have to feed them and take care of them forever? Naah, bro.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (e15Ap)

119 And he was, in fact, deported?
Posted by: m

They finally did the paperwork.
Before or after his family reunion in Vancouver I don't recall.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 08:02 AM (/lPRQ)

120 I don't understand that picture up top. I don't see a book in its hands.

Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:03 AM (Oy/m2)

121 Where's the purple pimp hat?

Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 08:03 AM (WJz/2)

122 "It was weird and stupid. Not like the Banana Splits."

Do you have constant cravings for pannenkoechen and have a thing for a woman named Winona?

Posted by: KwaK! at June 14, 2025 08:03 AM (89Sog)

123 56 Family reunion tomorrow. It's an annual event that has been going on as long as I have been alive. My dad will be the oldest this year at 88. I wonder sometimes if we can keep it going after he is gone....
Posted by: fd

Great timing. Sounds like it'll be a wonderful Father's Day for your dad, too.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 08:04 AM (NFX2v)

124 " I don't see a book in its hands."

You're a day early.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 08:04 AM (ZmEVT)

125 For the first time ever, one of my children has sent me a Father's Day gift.

Wow.

I really like his wife. He would never of thought of doing that.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (ZmEVT)

126 Because at times Israel and even some of its supporters here have wished that Israel could kick everyone out of Gaza and move them down to Sinai. Egypt says “excuse me, you want us to take in two million aliens who the world knows have no skills and are nothing but trouble wherever they go? And then we’ll have to feed them and take care of them forever? Naah, bro.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (e15Ap)

They saw what happened to Jordan and Lebanon and wanted no part of Palestinian refugees.

I’d say move them all to Sweden but they’ve got enough problems as is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (6ydKt)

127 Many people - including the Donald at times - have wished that the Palestinians in Gaza could be moved somewhere. But the sad fact is that there is not a single country on Earth that wants them inside its borders; and the people who know them the best (Egyptians and Jordanians) despise them the most.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (e15Ap)

128 "Great timing. Sounds like it'll be a wonderful Father's Day for your dad, too.
Posted by: L - No nic"

Always the first Sunday in June after the full moon.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

129 "Do you have constant cravings for pannenkoechen and have a thing for a woman named Winona?
Posted by: KwaK!"

No, but to this day I still want an 6 wheel ATV.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

130 "a"

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

131 If I were to choose a place to send the Palestinians it would be Ireland, just because those assholes deserve them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:07 AM (e15Ap)

132 How do you pronounce "RDNZL"?

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:08 AM (CQE5S)

133 Many people - including the Donald at times - have wished that the Palestinians in Gaza could be moved somewhere. But the sad fact is that there is not a single country on Earth that wants them inside its borders; and the people who know them the best (Egyptians and Jordanians) despise them the most.
Posted by: Tom Servo

IIRC - they so disliked the 'natives' that refused return of former territory captured by Israel in a war.
Kind of like the Gadsden Strip which was virtually forced upon the US as war reparations.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 08:09 AM (/lPRQ)

134 118 May I ask why the not-open-borders side would criticize that choice?
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (CQE5S)

Because at times Israel and even some of its supporters here have wished that Israel could kick everyone out of Gaza and move them down to Sinai. Egypt says “excuse me, you want us to take in two million aliens who the world knows have no skills and are nothing but trouble wherever they go? And then we’ll have to feed them and take care of them forever? Naah, bro.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (e15Ap)

Thank you.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:10 AM (CQE5S)

135 How do you pronounce "RDNZL"?
Posted by: m
+++
I'd like to buy a vowel Pat.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 14, 2025 08:10 AM (Lo97M)

136 How do you pronounce "RDNZL"?
Posted by: m

Don't know. My Welsh is rusty.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at June 14, 2025 08:11 AM (SfhV1)

137 >>> How do you pronounce "RDNZL"?

Poorly

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 08:11 AM (AN2gy)

138 90 "HR Puffenstuff just didn't appeal to me."

It was weird and stupid. Not like the Banana Splits.
Posted by: Frank N Stein at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

You didn’t use to call yourself BananaSplitsGuy, did you? LOL!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:11 AM (e15Ap)

139 I watched the video. An "activist" played the "we wernt doin' nuffin" card when describing Egyptian authorities "attacking them for no reason."

Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 08:13 AM (Y1sOo)

140 I'm thinking we could move the "Palestinians" to somewhere like Somalia. After all, they're suffering from a lack of low IQ people since they keep getting sent to the US.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 08:13 AM (7xrfc)

141 Happy Birthday Donald.

Keep punching leftists in the junk and making them cry.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (viF8m)

142 I keep thinking "RDNZL, RDNZL, let down your long hair."

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (CQE5S)

143 "How do you pronounce "RDNZL"?
Posted by: m"

Redunzel. It may stand for "Ruth, Duke, Napoleon, Zappa, Luc Ponty" as they all play on a version of it, but there are probably multiple meanings.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

144 143 "How do you pronounce "RDNZL"?
Posted by: m"

Redunzel. It may stand for "Ruth, Duke, Napoleon, Zappa, Luc Ponty" as they all play on a version of it, but there are probably multiple meanings.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

supercool

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (CQE5S)

145 *For the first time ever, one of my children has sent me a Father's Day gift.*

Socks or Barbecue tools?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 08:15 AM (lIgBp)

146
I don’t know what it is with the squirrels around here.
I see them every morning, usually one or two in each yard, walking around foraging.
There’s always a few that like to hang out on the grass between the sidewalks and the road.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

You f***ed with squirrels, Morty! We've got a good five minutes before they're back and up on our ass, Morty! We have to pack up and move to a new reality, Morty!
— Rick telling Morty about squirrels

Posted by: Morty's Mind Blowers - at June 14, 2025 08:15 AM (MsrgL)

147 125 For the first time ever, one of my children has sent me a Father's Day gift.

Wow.

I really like his wife. He would never of thought of doing that.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (ZmEVT)

Congratulations!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:15 AM (CQE5S)

148 DC celebrations and possible disruptions ..... Reuters

https://www.youtube.com/live/HEq8_ZZfhRg

Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with snup at June 14, 2025 08:16 AM (sPQoU)

149 131. If I were to choose a place to send the Palestinians it would be Ireland, just because those assholes deserve them.
Posted by: Tom Servo

It seems they do - 🫣😭

The Irish Times
Number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland rises eight-fold
Israel must respect that ‘Ireland is for Irish people and Palestine is for Palestinians’, says Palestinian ambassador to Ireland
Feb. 7, 2025

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 08:17 AM (NFX2v)

150 ace has several of the Egyptians-vs-Intifada-cosplayers posted here:

https://nitter.net/aceofspadeshq

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:17 AM (CQE5S)

151 140 I'm thinking we could move the "Palestinians" to somewhere like Somalia. After all, they're suffering from a lack of low IQ people since they keep getting sent to the US.
Posted by: NR Pax

...since they keep getting sent to the US...
There's the huge flaw.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 08:19 AM (NFX2v)

152 > For the first time ever, one of my children has sent me a Father's Day gift.
--------
Me too. My son, who will text me most of the time for events, sent a card and a present. An "ammo case" styled container with cutouts for single and double stacked handgun magazines. Holds a dozen.

It's full.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 08:20 AM (Q4IgG)

153 Nood. Coffee is served.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (9/wDe)

154 143 "How do you pronounce "RDNZL"?
Posted by: m"

It appears your transmission has a "Z" gear.
I'd have a mechanic look it over.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (DsA2n)

155 153 Nood. Coffee is served.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (9/wDe)

We are not worthy.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (CQE5S)

156 154 143 "How do you pronounce "RDNZL"?
Posted by: m"

It appears your transmission has a "Z" gear.
I'd have a mechanic look it over.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (DsA2n)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:25 AM (CQE5S)

157
"By Allah, these people really hate the Jews!" - Palestinians in Ireland

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:26 AM (QnmlO)

158 I shouldn't be up yet but see if I can find any coffee

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:26 AM (+qU29)

159 Red Nezzle

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (ZmEVT)

160 ace has several of the Egyptians-vs-Intifada-cosplayers posted here:

https://nitter.net/aceofspadeshq
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:17 AM (CQE5S)

I’m laughing that the one girl thinks that because she’s recording it all on her cellphone that the world will punish Egypt for stopping their march to Gaza.

And then an Egyptian walks toward her and suddenly we’re looking at her recording legs and feet.

There’s an even funnier video further down where some people were harassing cops in Las Vegas.

Talking crap until the cops turn around and walk back towards them and then…

“That wasn’t me! I didn’t say nothing! I’m just watching.”

lol.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (6ydKt)

161 If I were to choose a place to send the Palestinians it would be Ireland, just because those assholes deserve them.
Posted by: Tom Servo
~~~~~

https://tinyurl.com/rnnz52cm
https://tinyurl.com/2rfxrtay
https://tinyurl.com/ydb36s9a
https://tinyurl.com/3uj6z8k4

I guess we Americans deserve it too.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (3ImbR)

162 RDNZL was the Zappa family car's license plate in the 70s.

From the webs.

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Posted by: site at June 14, 2025 07:27 PM (l1AbH)

Daily Tech News 14 June 2025

Top Story

How Palm died for a second time. (Substack)

Written by Phil McKinney, who was the CTO of Hewlett Packard at the time HP bought and then promptly murdered Palm.

The CEO at the time of the acquisition was fired by the board before HP's new PalmOS products could launch, and the new CEO wanted nothing to do with hardware, and killed the entire lineup seven weeks after launch.

While the CTO was out recovering from emergency surgery.

And the new CEO was in turn fired by the board just months later, after spending $10 billion on British software company Autonomy and then being forced to write down its value by 80%.
My first day back at HP will be burned into my memory forever. I was simply trying to grab lunch in the cafeteria at HP Labs when I found myself surrounded by what felt like the entire technical staff. They weren't there to welcome me back - they were there to hold me accountable.
The scene was intense and unambiguous. Engineers and researchers who had watched the WebOS disaster unfold were pointing fingers and raising voices. Their message was crystal clear and brutal: "You can never take leave again - EVER!"

Their exact words still echo in my mind: "The CEO and board need adult supervision."
Indeed they did. Those were dark days at Hewlett Packard.

Tech News

AMD just announced its cheapest and slowed X3D CPU yet - the Ryzen 5500X3D. (WCCFTech)

Expected to retail for around $150, it might be a decent option if you have an older AM4 system you want to upgrade.
AIs are designed to tell us what we want to hear. Let's fix that by designing them to tell us what we don't want to hear. (Substack)

Oh, yeah, that'll definitely work.
Corporate adoption of AI is slowing as it turns out that it's expensive and kind of useless. (The Register)
Gartner warned last year that end user organizations adopting AI could discover "500 to 1,000 percent errors of AI cost estimates are possible," because of vendor price hikes, not paying attention to the cost, or simply inappropriate use of AI.
Yeah, beancounters love it when bills are unexpectedly ten times higher than you told them.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Had to throw out two lizards today. Don't know how they keep getting in.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1
>>(The Register)[quote>Gartner warned last year that end user organizations adopting AI could discover "500 to 1,000 percent errors of AI cost estimates are possible," because of vendor price hikes, not paying attention to the cost, or simply inappropriate use of AI.[/quote>Yeah, beancounters love it when bills are unexpectedly ten times higher than you told them.

ChatGPT, please unscramble this.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 04:39 AM (wbZPZ)

2
But seriously, Pixy Misa, I love your columns. I've been saving myself out of all kinds of misery by learning that -noai switch in Google search.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 04:40 AM (wbZPZ)

3 1 ChatGPT, please unscramble this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Oops. Fixed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 14, 2025 04:41 AM (BLOW1)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 04:45 AM (MmTZZ)

5 G'Day everyone
Not up yet, just peeking in

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 04:45 AM (+qU29)

6 I think AI is in the “check this out” phase for most people and companies. If you are of a certain age you recall people making a cup of hot water in a microwave just to show what a miracle has been invented. I suspect for many it will never move beyond the figurative popcorn making of using it as a glorified search engine.

But its impact will continue to grow as more serious attempts to implement the manipulation of data become prevalent. Any admin task that is repetitive will likely become a machine task.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 04:55 AM (cOyB6)

7 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Supposed to be receiving the extra invitation things for our anniversary party tomorrow. Apparently 140 invitations weren't enough - never realized that we knew so many people 😲😲😲

Between work, family, church, and friends, it really adds up - should be a lot of fun, though!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 14, 2025 04:55 AM (SRRAx)

8 And then the crazy hard things start to happen.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 04:56 AM (cOyB6)

9 Good morning Pixy, Mortician, Skip and TIFW.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 04:57 AM (cOyB6)

10 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 14, 2025 04:59 AM (a1415)

11 Morticia, Sorry. My first thing AI could fix is making auto correct context sensitive.

For example, it looks at the Good Morning, “knows” I’m saying hello to the nice of preceding commenters and doesn’t change Morticia to Mortician.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 05:00 AM (cOyB6)

12 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks, where the Fordlet saga plays slowly out. Glad I'm not in a hurry here. Finding the cars isn't difficult, but finding one that has been equipped and maintenanced as per factory spec is harder than I expected.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 05:00 AM (hKoQL)

13 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 05:03 AM (AN2gy)

14 My first thing AI could fix is making auto correct context sensitive.

The answer is 42.

Posted by: AI at June 14, 2025 05:04 AM (KHLXg)

15 Nics not nice. Another example.

A lot of improvement will occur as people learn how to define the training and application data for the model. Using a cesspool like Reddit will always likely be difficult as so many opinions are expressed as facts that back checking will become too big a hassle.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 05:06 AM (cOyB6)

16 Had to throw out two lizards today. Don't know how they keep getting in.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

***
Cats handle such things with a beautiful simplicity. They hunt, "play," kill, and enjoy.

Evening and morning to all on this Saturday: Flag Day in the U.S. and Pres. Trump's birthday!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:09 AM (omVj0)

17 Oh, there's a "no AI" switch you can add to search requests? Does it work for other search engines like Brave's and Startpage?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:12 AM (omVj0)

18 So that was Katy Perry in the music video.

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 05:13 AM (AN2gy)

19
No Nuclear Reactors - the left since forever; it will kill the Earf.

Yes Nuclear Reactors - we need to power our mechanistic AI god.

Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 05:16 AM (bSnkm)

20 Or I could,

1. Read all of my posts a final time before hitting Post to correct the autocorrect or
2. Ignore the stupid bastard and the trouble it causes.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 05:17 AM (cOyB6)

21 I really need to go work out at least a little this morning. So I dare not look on the Web to see what the current temp and heat index are. No, no, not gonna do it.

I'll simply feed the furry thugs, drink my second cup of coffee, change and stretch, and go. When I get back I can look up the temp of what I just struggled through -- and be properly horrified.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:17 AM (omVj0)

22 What got into Bing?! They actually have a picture of a flag and a little note, "Wave it proudly."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:18 AM (MaBDr)

23 Jeez, I went full Publius. The difference between us is that he appears to actually know about which he is writing.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 05:20 AM (cOyB6)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 14, 2025 05:20 AM (tljrc)

25 Yes Nuclear Reactors - we need to power our mechanistic AI god.
Posted by: 13times

Why does god need a power source?

(a future forbidden question)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 05:21 AM (MmTZZ)

26 Christian devotional on Romans 8:14-17 . A man writes on a father. a son and our Heavenly Father. An "Our Daily Bread": devotional :

https://tinyurl.com/ydtfeth3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:26 AM (MaBDr)

27 Weather today in the NorCal valley will be a very mild 86/57. We had a super mild winter and I hope summer will be mild too.

Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 05:26 AM (bSnkm)

28 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 14, 2025 05:31 AM (lIgBp)

29 I read the Studio Notes article about HP and Palm right up to this point:

"The Deeper Truth: Why I Still Believe in HP"

{ financial disclaimer clipped but it being present was an obvious 'tell' }

"Here's what might surprise you: I haven't sold a single HP share since leaving the company. Despite watching the WebOS disaster unfold, despite being blamed for not preventing it, despite everything that went wrong during that period, I still believe in HP as an organization."

And then I realized why he turned down the bonus and maintained his ability to talk about what happened. It let him try to tell a story in the future (now apparently) that would build public confidence in HP so the stock price would go back up, and he could finally sell his shares and get out with his real retirement money.

The entire story is a company valuation manipulation.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 14, 2025 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

30 18 So that was Katy Perry in the music video.
Posted by: fluffy

Bit earlier: Kathy McCarty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_McCarty

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 14, 2025 05:33 AM (BLOW1)

31 Yesterday I flipped through my old address book. I've got names and phone numbers in there I don't even recognize any more. One that was useful: the phone number to get the correct time from WWV. When I lived in Denver it was a local call, and I used it all the time. So I rang it and set one of my watches to the time signal.

As far as I know, the Time.gov site that I've been using for years now is synchronized with WWV.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:34 AM (omVj0)

32 From the " NY Post":

The Second Continental. Congress voted to create the Continental Army on June 14, 1775 after battlles against the British in Concord and Lexington , snd
Naming George Washington the commander in chief the next day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:39 AM (MaBDr)

33 @16

Good morning, Wolfus--as you probably know, it's also the 250th birthday of my beloved Army, a military without peer on this earth, fitting for the most exceptional country that exists.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 05:42 AM (hKoQL)

34 as you probably know, it's also the 250th birthday of my beloved Army, a military without peer on this earth, fitting for the most exceptional country that exists.

"This page intentionally blank."

Posted by: google.com at June 14, 2025 05:51 AM (6pVrF)

35 I’ve mainly used Brave search for awhile and it doesn’t always default to an AI answer when doing a search.

It’s has a special button to click if you want an answer from the AI.

It will also usually give an AI answer if you add a question mark at the end of a complicated query.

I usually double-check the answers with the source pages it quotes and summarizes from because it will get things wrong if it finds conflicts in the sources it uses, but it’s good at informing you of different answers; “some sources say this, while others disagree and say this” kind of thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 05:53 AM (6ydKt)

36 Rabbi's daughter writes on how we say what we say . Scripture is Proverbs 25:11:

https://tinyurl.com/5bv2ch5s

Pray for Israel's victory and protection!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:53 AM (MaBDr)

37 No Nuclear Reactors - the left since forever; it will kill the Earf.

Yes Nuclear Reactors - we need to power our mechanistic AI god.
Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 05:16 AM

Also the left: The Iranians, sitting on an ocean of oil, absolutely must have nuclear reactors for totes peaceful civilian power generation.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 05:57 AM (Wnv9h)

38 Heads up.
Tomorrow is Socks & BBQ Tools day.
But there's plenty of shopping time left.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:03 AM (lIgBp)

39 I posted this yesterday Girl who is graduating from hs is a star softball player., has a great academic average and will be in the ROTC in college. She says she was inspired by her grandfather who served in Vietnam:

https://tinyurl.com/mvvyk54j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 06:03 AM (MaBDr)

40 The most complicated part of using AI so far, for me anyhow, is getting the prompt itself correct.

It’s fine for easy stuff: “I want a picture of a cat with sunglasses on.”

You’ll probably get something close to what you’re asking.

It’ll give you problems when you add more variables: “I want a picture of a cat wearing sunglasses driving a car down Sunset Boulevard from the 1960s with a beautiful sunset in the background and a hot chick in a bikini sitting next to it.”

Is likely to give you something strange as hell.

I’m betting the next big college courses/majors, and internet/YouTube tutorials will be “AI Prompting”.

It will turn into an art form to be able to efficiently and effectively prompt AI to give you exactly what you want on a regular basis.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:07 AM (6ydKt)

41 The most complicated part of using AI so far, for me anyhow, is getting the prompt itself correct.

It’s fine for easy stuff: “I want a picture of a cat with sunglasses on.”

You’ll probably get something close to what you’re asking.

Does AI stand for Automated Indian? Sure sounds the same as outsourcing to Bangalore.

Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 06:12 AM (TJMjl)

42 Old and Busted: Using the Internet, the sum of all human knowledge, to look at cat pictures.

New Hotness: Using the Internet, the sum of all human knowledge, to make cat pictures

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 14, 2025 06:16 AM (PiwSw)

43 I think this qualifies as cognitive dissonance:

I was watching a NewsNation clip on UToob about ChiComs buying up land in Nashua, NH while paying way more than market value. There was concern about a water company siphoning millions of gallons from the public water supply.

There was a an interview with LilyTang Williams, who recently ran for congress in NH. She is solidly pro-freedom, minces no words.

At the end the was a promo blurb from... Chris Cuomo?

They interview a woman to far right for the NH GOP on a news outfit that has this CNN washout as headliner.

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 06:17 AM (AN2gy)

44 Does AI stand for Automated Indian? Sure sounds the same as outsourcing to Bangalore.
Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 06:12 AM (TJMjl)

Builder.ai just got busted for doing exactly that.
Was supposed to be an AI platform that could write your software for you.

Turned out to be 700 Indians doing all the work.

Even worse, SoftBank and Microsoft had invested billions in the company.

It filed for bankruptcy a few weeks ago.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:19 AM (6ydKt)

45 Who names their kid LilyTang?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 14, 2025 06:20 AM (lIgBp)

46 I will be celebrating National Sock Day today by buying some more socks as they mostly seem to have disappeared into the black hole of wherever socks- or at least one of them- disappear to.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 06:21 AM (EBPnT)

47 G'mornin' everyone!

50 degrees, overcast & fog = perfect hiking weather!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:21 AM (/Ghsb)

48 But I thought everybody loves cat videos?

Are you saying the world has enough cat videos already?

Because I’m not convinced that’s the case after looking around the internet for 25 years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:22 AM (6ydKt)

49 Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 06:17 AM (AN2gy)

That is odd. And they have a dog's vomit choice for Mayor in NYC Curtis Sliwa would probably be ok but he's a R, and won't be elected the Democrats are far left weirdos including a guy who's a "Democrat Socialist" and a Muslim (?) and awful Cuomo. Oh yes, the current Mayor is running as an I.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 06:26 AM (2GCMq)

50
Sounds like AI is the TQM of the 2020's.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:27 AM (QnmlO)

51 Looks like Israel did OK yesterday.

The town of Ramat Gan outside of Tel Aviv didn’t do so well, a lot of damage and destruction there.

They’re saying Iran launched over 200 missiles so I’d say Israel did pretty well protecting itself, all things considered.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:32 AM (6ydKt)

52 >>> Who names their kid LilyTang?

A couple in China did, apparently. Well, they are likely responsible for the Tang portion. She probably adopted Lily as her English name.

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 06:32 AM (AN2gy)

53 Powerline's Week in Pictures is up!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:36 AM (/Ghsb)

54
Who's going to the No Kings protests today???

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:38 AM (QnmlO)

55 Hahahahaha I remember working on a project to bring in some autonomy products. To say disaster is just touching the service. A common refrain from their onsite reps was “Sales told you WHAT?”

Project ended a year late, of the 107 test cases attached to my side only 3 passed, and we opted to do what we should have done in the first place: build a solution in house.

The kicker was that Christmas, talking to an uncle about a terrible product his company had tried to bring in that year that had turned into a nightmare. Yep, it was Autonomy.

HP bought them out soon after. Guess they wanted to buy crap outright and save the step of turning something decent into crap.

Posted by: AFeralDuck at June 14, 2025 06:39 AM (ZajzL)

56 53 Powerline's Week in Pictures is up!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:36 AM (/Ghsb)

https://is.gd/oJCR07

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Intrepid AoSHQ Link Sherpa at June 14, 2025 06:39 AM (PiwSw)

57 Good morning, Wolfus--as you probably know, it's also the 250th birthday of my beloved Army, a military without peer on this earth, fitting for the most exceptional country that exists.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025

***
+ 1000

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:39 AM (omVj0)

58 I'm back from my workout. Okay, let's see what I just struggled through.

*Checks local CBS outlet's webpage*

"80 F., 91% humidity, feels like 88."

Me: *Gack glurp thud*

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:44 AM (omVj0)

59 Disclaimer: Had to throw out two lizards today. Don't know how they keep getting in.

You mean real lizards, right? But don't they eat the spiders?!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 06:45 AM (NFX2v)

60 Disclaimer: Had to throw out two lizards today. Don't know how they keep getting in.

You mean real lizards, right? But don't they eat the spiders?!
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 06:45 AM (NFX2v)
---
But then you are just inviting the snakes in to eat the lizards.

Pretty soon you're up to your eyeballs in saltwater crocs eating everything in sight.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)

61 If only there were more Reddits we could use to train Artificial Intelligence!

Posted by: Eb at June 14, 2025 06:48 AM (zhWvq)

62 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

63 A MisHum EMT has been posted above^^^^^^^^^

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 06:49 AM (sAmhv)

64 Noodus early morning thread

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:52 AM (omVj0)

65 Oh, no! w00t

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (CQE5S)

66
There's a small get together planned for this evening, maybe 15 people in all for a celebration of the Army's birthday. If it follows function, it'll be more pure social interaction than anything else complete with some fine eating. We've done this for many years, it is so neat to see the progression of people, all vets, through their lives.

We consider anyone who wore the uniform regardless of branch or MOS as a veteran, all took the same oath.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (hKoQL)

67 "...is just touching the service."

Love that talk to text.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (lIgBp)

68 I'm back from my workout. Okay, let's see what I just struggled through.

*Checks local CBS outlet's webpage*

"80 F., 91% humidity, feels like 88."

Me: *Gack glurp thud*
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:44 AM (omVj0)

It’s 94% humidity here this morning.
Luckily it’s only 76 degrees so it feels like 79.

It’s rained nearly every day for about two weeks, so it’s like a sauna every morning when you walk outside.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:54 AM (6ydKt)

69 67 "...is just touching the service."

Love that talk to text.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (lIgBp)

heh

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:56 AM (CQE5S)

70 G&R:

172 103 Alright, it's time to go to work. Apparently I have fictitious children to drive from their fictitious homes, to their fictitious schools, in the mythical land of Canada, which according to Pixy, is not a real place.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 13, 2025 06:28 AM (O7YUW)

I'll park this here.

@orderupx
3h
Replying to @AMAZlNGNATURE
birds aren’t real
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (CQE5S)

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:57 AM (CQE5S)

71 Canadia. It's like a whole 'nother country.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:59 AM (lIgBp)

72 It's like a hat.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:00 AM (CQE5S)

73 Everyone in the nearby city is suppose to gather downtown for 'no kings days'. Could anyone fill me in on what that is? King Charles, King cheese, or just a excuse to loot and burn, to grab what the youth can from the few stores left in the city, and their are not many. Just convenience stores and dollar stores...

Posted by: colin at June 14, 2025 07:03 AM (wlQdF)

74 I find it amusingly odd that AI is never, ever touted as being able to replace C level management.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 14, 2025 07:15 AM (BkdKv)

75 AI can never be smarter than those who write it's code.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 07:17 AM (hKoQL)

76 Everyone in the nearby city is suppose to gather downtown for 'no kings days'. Could anyone fill me in on what that is? King Charles, King cheese, or just a excuse to loot and burn, to grab what the youth can from the few stores left in the city, and their are not many. Just convenience stores and dollar stores...
Posted by: colin

An excuse to cause trouble, embarrass PDT and inconvenience us normies.

Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 07:27 AM (lJ0H4)

77 AI can never be smarter than those who write it's code.

"smart" can mean different things, so the statement doesn't say anything.

In Computer Vision, it can be the ability to pattern match and "recognize" things, or numbers of things.

In LLMs, its just a tokenizer and probability machine, useful for performing quick searches and cobbling up some sort of response that was generated by fragments of others linked data.

If you mean "quick thinking". Its like a savant in some areas and an imbecile in most others. So to quickly scan a document and provide a summary, its better than all of its developers in aggregate. It can use a prediction engine to score a chess move faster, react faster to a changing environment.

But is totally incapable of wisdom.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (a4flb)

78 If only there were more Reddits we could use to train Artificial Intelligence!

I would hate to see what would happen if directed here for shelving instructions, dating advice or wound treatments.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 14, 2025 07:46 AM (a4flb)

79 I worked at HP on Stevens Creek 51U in the early 90s and they were full woke before woke was even a term. HP put an imbecile that didnt know the difference between Storage and Memory running the Network Server Division. She was a useless black women named Sharon Paris. Back in those days HP used assigned IP addresses and this one idiot refused to touch his computer because the last octet was 666. HP was not what they once were by any stretch.

Posted by: Fisht at June 14, 2025 09:42 AM (BHEHK)

80 A Daniel Johnston song.

Posted by: front toward enemy at June 14, 2025 10:32 AM (TIizU)

81 Oh Lord...Apotheker. Singlehandedly turned HP to absolute shyte with his obsession with turning the company into yet another crappy software mill and forgot that software needs hardware to run on. I wish my late husband was still around to see this; Apotheker absolutely disgusted him for how badly he screwed up HP.

Posted by: Saber Alter at June 14, 2025 12:20 PM (AZg1Q)

82 >>>Back in those days HP used assigned IP addresses and this
>>>one idiot refused to touch his computer because the last octet
>>>was 666.

Not possible. No octet in an IPv4 address can be larger than 255 (decimal), or 0xFF (hexadecimal).

Posted by: The Nth Doctor at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (5Zj4S)

Brevity Is The Soul Of The ONT

Howdy folks! Before we get to the memes, let's take a quick peek at how things are going in Tehran:

American badass

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025

American, translated

Calendars

Good news everybody!

pic.twitter.com/N3bTIpXfBL
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025

Which one of you Morons is this?

Damn straight

Holy shit!

pic.twitter.com/QaZNHGV8o2
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025

A primer on America

Words to work into normal conversations

I have always relied on the kindness of strangers

pic.twitter.com/YMJGQp5Tn1
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025

Recruiting master class

I have questions

You'll shoot your balls off

pic.twitter.com/I7nT2HhO7k
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025

Immigration

Math r hard

Perry!

pic.twitter.com/RlzurBeMPM
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 14, 2025

Rooftop Korean is based part 1

Rooftop Korean is based part 2

The sandwich

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 14, 2025

Coming soon

It's a shame this isn't real, 'cuz these would sell like beer on the 4th of July

2026 Chevy Chevelle 454 - Welcome to the rebirth of an American legend: the 2026 Chevy Chevelle SS 454. pic.twitter.com/IvX7Ce11lb
— Bob Golen (@BobGolen) June 12, 2025

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by mechanical bulls:
Linked, not embedded, because technically it's NSFW

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Friday ONT
How happy we can be
Fun and games
And music and joy
This is the way it should be

Posted by: mindful webworker - The M-F war at June 13, 2025 10:00 PM (Z5w4n)

2 Evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 10:00 PM (+qU29)

3 That Target woman is a 1.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

4 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 13, 2025 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

5 1. brevity.

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 13, 2025 10:01 PM (hftn9)

6 2336 Seleucid Era.
If Syria were Christian as it should be.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:02 PM (gKWVE)

7 Top 5 will do.

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 13, 2025 10:02 PM (hftn9)

8 More westerners getting their asses kicked in Egypt

@EYakoby
BREAKING: Western leftists who flew to Egypt to “march to Gaza,” quickly realize that they’re no longer in leftist Western cities.

Criminal behavior is actually not tolerated in most of the world.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)

9 To steal a line from that asshole, Sean Hannity, Tony Moon "is a GREAT American."

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:07 PM (gKDq2)

10 All the ONTs are great, Fridays just bring a little something extra!

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:08 PM (TfUTr)

11 I WANT TO GO TO THAT SANDWICH

Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 10:09 PM (AOsQT)

12 >>>That sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence.

I've seen the words "crapulence" and "crapulous" used in the Aubrey-Maturin novels on occasion and couldn't quite make sense of them. That certainly clears things up.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 10:09 PM (jGGMD)

13 Interrobang?! What a interesting word.

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:10 PM (TfUTr)

14 Tonypete @ 3: Until you wake up in the tub, covered in ice with a kidny missing.

Posted by: Butch at June 13, 2025 10:10 PM (Vvz8q)

15 Criminal behavior is actually not tolerated in most of the world.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)

Unless you're a Chirstian, then they can kill you. Say anything about you and get away with it, too, you blasphemer. "He made fun of the profit Mohammad." As if Ol' Mo has any feelings at the moment. But still, that'll get you killed and your killer will be a hero.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:11 PM (gKDq2)

16 Apparently the Minnesota Twins are getting death threats aimed at their families because sometimes they lose. Media is blaming sports gambling.
I think the media is probably right.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)

17 Wait. I thought we paid Napoleon for the middle of the country.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:12 PM (dDmld)

18 6 2336 Seleucid Era.

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Antiochus Epiphanes is a fink!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:14 PM (dDmld)

19 Something, something, Louisiana Purchase...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 13, 2025 10:14 PM (/HDaX)

20 The recruiter thing hits close to home. When my daughter was 17 (Sr year of HS) a recruiter was texting her, and not her parents, about enlisting. She sent me his number and I pointed out that txting underage girls makes you a pedo and there are several ways to deal with you. Never heard from him again.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (0jqe/)

21 2026 Chevelle?

Yeah, buncha bs. I've seen claims of a new 2026 Model T and Model A. Someone's pulling legs....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (0eaVi)

22 2336 Seleucid Era.
If Syria were Christian as it should be.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:02 PM (gKWVE)

Been a lot of Seleucid references on the blog today, for some reason.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (jGGMD)

23 More westerners getting their asses kicked in Egypt

@EYakoby
BREAKING: Western leftists who flew to Egypt to “march to Gaza,” quickly realize that they’re no longer in leftist Western cities.

Criminal behavior is actually not tolerated in most of the world.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)

Performance activism doesn't go so well in other places. Pampered American autistics probably won't get it.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (Rm1xR)

24 I thought stomach rumbling was borborygmi.

Always been a huge fan of interrobangs and use them frequently.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (3ImbR)

25 The "Florida Woman" meme is a fake mug shot of WWE wrestler Becky Lynch. She is a badass, but the whole thing was a stunt.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (8r4Hk)

26 Why would you go to all the trouble of bringing back one of the great cars of all time, the Chevelle SS, and then stick an automatic in it?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (viF8m)

27 Apparently the Minnesota Twins are getting death threats aimed at their families because sometimes they lose. Media is blaming sports gambling.
I think the media is probably right.
Posted by: gKWVE

Gambling and booze, the only two addictions which are allowed to advertise.

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (TfUTr)

28 Wait. I thought we paid Napoleon for the middle of the country.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:12 PM (dDmld)

True but the people living there didn't know it was owned -- or even sold -- in the first place. Land title deeds were never a thing with the Natives.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (gKDq2)

29 That Carls Jr. in the rooftop Korean pic?

I used to eat there all the time. I worked at 3701 Wilshire Blvd back then. (Carls Jr was on Western.)

There was a great Korean restaurant just up the street that had glass noodles.

Mmmm. Glass noodles.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:17 PM (dDmld)

30 Been a lot of Seleucid references on the blog today, for some reason.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (jGGMD)

Because it's Hammer Time?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

31 The five Michelin star criteria:
the quality of the ingredients, the harmony of flavours, the mastery of techniques, the personality of the chef as expressed through their cuisine and, just as importantly, consistency both across the entire menu and over time.

Based on those criteria, I sm giving WD a 5 star rating.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:17 PM (Pqqp4)

32 hehehehe, tittle, hehehehe...

Posted by: Beavis at June 13, 2025 10:18 PM (i0F8b)

33 Been a lot of Seleucid references on the blog today, for some reason.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (jGGMD)

Al Gorithm.

Is Ella live or is it Memorex?

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:18 PM (gKDq2)

34 Read the content, want the Chevelle.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 10:19 PM (LHPAg)

35 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 13, 2025 10:20 PM (s1NDj)

36 Epic ONT, Weird Dave!!!!!! Thanks!

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (aBgBM)

37 I don't get the Iran as Spirit Halloween. Can someone explain please?

Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (bOJ2I)

38 crap, that is the prettiest concept dash board I have seen in nearly forever. I think I would buy a car just for that alone - If they could shoe-horn that dash and steering wheel into a Prius or a Varus, I think I would buy it

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (D7oie)

39 2026 Chevelle?

Yeah, buncha bs. I've seen claims of a new 2026 Model T and Model A. Someone's pulling legs....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (0eaVi)

GM wouldn't build it, but a few of the better streetrod fabricators could.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (EIeK8)

40 Mmmm, Chevelles.

Posted by: huerfano at June 13, 2025 10:22 PM (n2swS)

41 Trump flying into Qatar is awesome!

Boy jumping into that waterhole is an idiot...

Platypuses are kewl!

Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:22 PM (VCgbV)

42 So basically, platypuses (platypi?) are aquatic pandas.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 10:22 PM (/y8xj)

43 Here's a preformed interrobang:

‽

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:24 PM (CQE5S)

44 The "Florida Woman" meme is a fake mug shot of WWE wrestler Becky Lynch. She is a badass, but the whole thing was a stunt.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (8r4Hk)

Gosh I hope so, sushi and cinnamon rolls together make me feel crapulous without eating too much.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:24 PM (D7oie)

45 Knew one rural high school where the highest asvab score was 30.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 10:24 PM (LHPAg)

46 41 Trump flying into Qatar is awesome!

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Dude knows production values.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:24 PM (dDmld)

47 Here's an inverted one:

⸘

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (CQE5S)

48 Performance activism doesn't go so well in other places. Pampered American autistics probably won't get it.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (Rm1xR)

Revolution in third world countries is real, not play time, and can get you disappeared real quick.

As you say, pampered performace autists, a very apt phrase. That's how I view the 'Just Stop Oil' loons. Those clowns couldn't exist without all the items that come from the very thing they want to ban. I've come to the conclusion there are no functioning brain synapses in any of those people. It's a magician's trick they speak at all.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (gKDq2)

49 I thought we paid Napoleon for the middle of the country.
——

Correct. $15,000,000 or a few cents an acre. The original plan was to purchase the port of New Orleans. When it became clear the French wanted to sell the entirety of Louisiana, President Jefferson wasn’t sure it was legal to do so, but it was a screamin’ deal. So he went ahead and bought it.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (im9tq)

50 Oh wow that chevelle!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (e15Ap)

51 The hijinks at the quarry. Yikes.

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (CQE5S)

52 Great ONT, WeirdDave, thank you.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (Eo96p)

53 Here's an inverted one:

⸘
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (CQE5S)

for Spanish?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (D7oie)

54 Maya Long Count 13.0.12.11.14. Get used to it, Californians!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

55 want the Chevelle.
Posted by: Eromero

Makes two of us. HS buddy, my motor head go to guy, traded up from a 57 Chevy Belair to a 65 Chevelle SS. You couldn't cruise with him if you were a wimp. That 396 had some serious, scary get up and go.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:27 PM (Pqqp4)

56 Platypussy was Bond's most enigmatic foe.

Posted by: Dr. Maybe at June 13, 2025 10:28 PM (TdYBy)

57 That dumb ex-vp candidate would disappear along with his whole family for 3 generations if this were actually North Korea...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:28 PM (VCgbV)

58 That bacon is seriously undercooked, Gordon!

Posted by: keena at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (ienUH)

59 17 Wait. I thought we paid Napoleon for the middle of the country.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:12 PM (dDmld)

We paid Mexico for the dog-tooth piece at the SE corner of the 1848 section. Gadsden Purchase, 1854. Bought it for a easier railroad route to Tucson and points west

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (aBgBM)

60 Wait. I thought we paid Napoleon for the middle of the country.
Posted by: Cicero

Paid Mexico's ass also.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago

In turn, the U.S. government paid Mexico $15 million "in consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States" and agreed to pay debts owed to American citizens by the Mexican government. Mexicans in areas annexed by the U.S. could relocate within Mexico's new boundaries or receive American citizenship and full civil rights.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (fab8c)

61 ⸘En el mes del orgullo?!

Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (t8jkU)

62 I don't get the Iran as Spirit Halloween. Can someone explain please?
Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (bOJ2I)

Spirit Halloween stores move into big empty spaces.

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (144I4)

63 I hope they are treated as well as the J6ers.

@amuse
INSURRECTION: Insurgents repeatedly blocked vehicles using barriers at the Newark detention center. It’s time to deploy the National Guard to restore order and arrest these obstructionists. This brazen defiance of federal law cannot be allowed to stand.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (mlg/3)

64 53 Here's an inverted one:

⸘
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (CQE5S)

for Spanish?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (D7oie)

I guess.

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (CQE5S)

65 37 I don't get the Iran as Spirit Halloween. Can someone explain please?
Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (bOJ2I)
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I think it's because it's not uncommon for Spirit Halloween stores to take up a space that's been vacated like at a strip mall or something. So, it's saying Iran's regime is about to be removed, leaving room for a Spirit Halloween to come in its place.

Not the strongest meme, but that's my best shot.

Posted by: Werewolf of London at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (xtKM4)

66 I didn't get Spirt Halloween either

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 10:31 PM (+qU29)

67 Had a friend with an SS396, a '66 I think. Sweet car, hurst shifter and special rear end.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 13, 2025 10:32 PM (n4GiU)

68 Not sure if this'll work; Apple Color Emoji interrobang:

⁉️

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:32 PM (CQE5S)

69 I'll take a 1967 Shelby GT500 in dark blue with white racing stripes. But with a 2024 Shelby GT500 engine and transmission.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:32 PM (cEp5l)

70 Revolution in third world countries is real, not play time, and can get you disappeared real quick

It will get you same day shipping to Jesus.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 10:32 PM (fab8c)

71 President Jefferson wasn’t sure it was legal to do so, but it was a screamin’ deal. So he went ahead and bought it.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (im9tq)

I recall that Jefferson knew that he certainly did NOT have the authorization to make that deal, but he did it anyways. A lot of people in the Congress were furious, but ordinary people loved it, and when Jefferson said “okay, do you want me to give it back?” Everyone knew it was ours to stay.

Britain was furious, they thought he was intentionally financing Napoleon’s war against them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:33 PM (e15Ap)

72 Looks like bull riding girl was dressed ready for action.

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 13, 2025 10:33 PM (144I4)

73 Not making any predictions, not a prognosticator or seer; However,

I think the commies are going to that lake of burning sulfur known as hell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 10:33 PM (IU1e3)

74 66 I didn't get Spirt Halloween either
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 10:31 PM (+qU29)

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Failed stores turn into Spirit Halloweens for three months.

Same with failed regimes?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:33 PM (dDmld)

75 Did a wellness check on my older brother this morning. I ended up calling the EMTs. I am now approaching 8 1/2 hours in the hospital. I've been upgraded from the ER to the ICU waiting room. I think they may have forgotten I'm here. Keep me entertained morons.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (Pqqp4)

76 Walz needs to be followed around at ever press conference with the Tiananmen Square video of that ONE average guy staring down the tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (cEp5l)

77 That dumb ex-vp candidate would disappear along with his whole family for 3 generations if this were actually North Korea...
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:28 PM (VCgbV)

That's what really pisses me off so much: The ahistorical illiteracy rampant today. And the good press the commies get. Lenin was a monster. Not just a Russian monster, an historical one. I don't get why one ideology's loved and the other hated when they are two sides of the same coin.

I replied to some asshole on X, complaining about 'fascism' today, to let me know when Trump signed his own 'Night And Fog' EO. I don't think he had a clue what that even meant. So much for knowing what 'fascism' is.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:35 PM (gKDq2)

78 Britain was furious, they thought he was intentionally financing Napoleon’s war against them.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Dudes, we kicked your ass just a few short years ago. No, we ARE NOT your friends.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 10:35 PM (fab8c)

79 Cinnamon frosted California Roll?

Is that a new TikTok challenge?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:35 PM (cEp5l)

80 69 I'll take a 1967 Shelby GT500 in dark blue with white racing stripes. But with a 2024 Shelby GT500 engine and transmission.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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I'd keep the posi-traction too, just be careful on the curves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 10:36 PM (IU1e3)

81 I didn't get Spirt Halloween either
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 10:31 PM (+qU29)

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Failed stores turn into Spirit Halloweens for three months.

Same with failed regimes?
Posted by: Cicero

Might as well. They won't be using the real estate.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 10:36 PM (fab8c)

82 I think big block Chevelles had a magnet-like attraction to light poles. A guy I knew in high school had an LS-5 that crossed the rainbow bridge that way and my Camaro had a 454 swapped from the previous owner's nephew's Chevelle that did the same.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 10:37 PM (/y8xj)

83 I thought interrobang was conversation during sex.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (rvwwT)

84 41 Boy jumping into that waterhole is an idiot...
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:22 PM (VCgbV)

I wonder if it's CGI. Or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days.

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (CQE5S)

85 We paid Mexico for the dog-tooth piece at the SE corner of the 1848 section. Gadsden Purchase, 1854. Bought it for a easier railroad route to Tucson and points west
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (aBgBM)

Fun trivia - guess who was the government official who pushed for that more than anyone, and the one who made it happen?
Jefferson Davis. He wanted a southern railroad to get to California first.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (e15Ap)

86 I'd keep the posi-traction too, just be careful on the curves.

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It's a limited slip differential which distributes power equally to both the right and left tires. The '64 Skylark had a regular differential, which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step on the gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing.

Posted by: Mona Lisa Vito at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (dDmld)

87 Walz should spend more time with Jasmine Crockett. They make a good couple. They should run for P and VP.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (IU1e3)

88 INSURRECTION: Insurgents repeatedly blocked vehicles using barriers at the Newark detention center. It’s time to deploy the National Guard to restore order and arrest these obstructionists. This brazen defiance of federal law cannot be allowed to stand.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (mlg/3)

So what's the difference between blocking a Federal fort and blocking a Federal detention center? Inquiring minds want to know. Democrat defiance of the government is the overarching theme I see.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (gKDq2)

89 I thought interrobang was conversation during sex.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (rvwwT)

Her: (afterwards) What are you thinking about??

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (Aqu9a)

90 Wow!, even platypi are venomous. Aussies sure got more than their share of poisonous animals.

Posted by: Danger Down Under at June 13, 2025 10:40 PM (G5+As)

91 So they are doing math trick questions in school now?

Or just combining math with reading comprehension ?

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:40 PM (VofaG)

92 Watching coverage of Israel v Iran anywhere other than here is really disappointing. So many normies seem to think Israel just attacked out of the blue for no reason.

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 10:40 PM (Dnobf)

93 Criminal behavior is actually not tolerated in most of the world.

I've been watching some Ludacris cam with Steve Inman. There's some pretty wild vigilante justice going on in some countries.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:41 PM (0Htd1)

94 Gambling and booze, the only two addictions which are allowed to advertise.
Posted by: Some Rat

I'm right here. I know you didn't forget me.

Posted by: your smartphone at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (DgGvY)

95 ASVAB Marine with a score.of.70?
OCS for.that man.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (W/lyH)

96 Yeah, I'm going to have to pull rank on the meaning of "minimus". You can call you little finger whatever you like, but everyone knows that "minimus" the pet name Goebbels had for that Fuhrer guy back in the day.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (dIske)

97 75 Did a wellness check on my older brother this morning. I ended up calling the EMTs. I am now approaching 8 1/2 hours in the hospital. I've been upgraded from the ER to the ICU waiting room. I think they may have forgotten I'm here. Keep me entertained morons.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (Pqqp4)

Hey, Sock Monkey!

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (CQE5S)

98 I knew a guy with an 1969 SS 454 El Camino (chevelle front half) that also met the telephone pole end. Damn that was a great car.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (e15Ap)

99 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (SRRAx)

100 WTF is wrong with Tim Walz? That guy has some major screws loose. Mincing commie-loving poof.

And he runs a state?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (dDmld)

101 Apparently the Minnesota Twins are getting death threats aimed at their families because sometimes they lose.

Midwestern nice.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

102 Great job on map of USA. Love that Gadsden Purchase was not included.
Bought, not conquered. Could have bought the rest but then we'd be stuck with Mexico.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (vvIbr)

103 Good evening morons и спасибо wd

Use whatever calendar. But everyone should speak English.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (RIvkX)

104 I thought minimus was Mickey’s girlfriend.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (e15Ap)

105 I wonder if it's CGI. Or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days.
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (CQE5S)

Yeah I think the jump is real and was into a large body of water. They just CIG'd the water into a small hole.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (VofaG)

106 So they are doing math trick questions in school now?

Homeschool your kids.

There's a reason that the College of Education is always the largest graduating class at any university. There are qualified teachers out there but a large chunk of them are people who washed out of every other major.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (/y8xj)

107 76 Walz needs to be followed around at ever press conference with the Tiananmen Square video of that ONE average guy staring down the tanks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (cEp5l)

Such an iconic video.

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (CQE5S)

108 We're not angry that you took half our country. It's just that you took the half with all the roads.

Posted by: Mexico at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (dDmld)

109 79 Cinnamon frosted California Roll?

Is that a new TikTok challenge?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:35 PM (cEp5l)

ewwwww

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:45 PM (CQE5S)

110 Wow!, even platypi are venomous. Aussies sure got more than their share of poisonous animals.
Posted by: Danger Down Under

https://is.gd/NBXYQt

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:45 PM (DgGvY)

111 @amuse
INSURRECTION: Insurgents repeatedly blocked vehicles using barriers at the Newark detention center. It’s time to deploy the National Guard to restore order and arrest these obstructionists. This brazen defiance of federal law cannot be allowed to stand.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (mlg/3)

Deploy some snipers. Blow out some brains.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:46 PM (PCqbQ)

112 WTF is wrong with Tim Walz? That guy has some major screws loose. Mincing commie-loving poof.

And he runs a state?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (dDmld)

I don't think he deals well with stress, first he got raked over the coals during a Congressional hearing, and then it has come out there is circumstantial evidence that he may have been working for the Chinese while he was also in the National Guard.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:46 PM (D7oie)

113 6 I didn't get Spirt Halloween either
Thanks! Glad it was not just me...

Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:47 PM (bOJ2I)

114 WTF is wrong with Tim Walz? That guy has some major screws loose. Mincing commie-loving poof.
And he runs a state?
Posted by: Cicero

He's a commie sociopath. QED.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:47 PM (mlg/3)

115 I WANT TO GO TO THAT SANDWICH
Posted by: Don Black

It's a close call, but I'll still take the Korean gal.

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:47 PM (DgGvY)

116 I know Trump is restricted from dealing properly with with Mexico by domestic politics.

But is he really?

What if, Trump as an American President acting in the best interests of the United States were to use all of his powers against Mexico.

And Trump just crushed and took over Mexico.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 10:47 PM (Rm1xR)

117 Walz is running that state right into the ground.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 13, 2025 10:48 PM (Eo96p)

118 Not a trick question, the math teacher just doesn't know math.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (rvwwT)

119 As you say, pampered performace autists, a very apt phrase. That's how I view the 'Just Stop Oil' loons. Those clowns couldn't exist without all the items that come from the very thing they want to ban. I've come to the conclusion there are no functioning brain synapses in any of those people. It's a magician's trick they speak at all.
Posted by: RickZ

And Greta whatshername. The Scandinavian Troll.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (0Htd1)

120 Walz is running that state right into the ground.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 13, 2025 10:48 PM (Eo96p)

FURTHER into the ground.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (VofaG)

121 I choose the Korean gal to make me that sammich.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (rvwwT)

122 118 Not a trick question, the math teacher just doesn't know math.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

There's math, and then there's DEI math!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at June 13, 2025 10:50 PM (hOUT3)

123 118 Not a trick question, the math teacher just doesn't know math.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Teacher doesn't know carpentry either.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 10:51 PM (Aqu9a)

124 https://is.gd/NBXYQt
Posted by: mikeski
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🤣😂

Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:51 PM (VCgbV)

125 So a big Car fire at the local shopping area. A lesburu started smoking and then torched off the Prius parked next to it. Three fire trucks there and they just stood around watching them burn.
Two issues...no water in the hydrants, and a prius EV.
Washington State trying hard to be California North.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 10:51 PM (W/lyH)

126 It's a magician's trick they speak at all.
Posted by: RickZ

Scary part is that apparently there there are some that listen when they speak!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (hOUT3)

127 91 So they are doing math trick questions in school now?

Or just combining math with reading comprehension ?

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:40 PM (VofaG)

We had those back in the day. Word problems, I think they're called; real-life application of math. That example isn't a bad one, I don't think.

But, math on the blog. I just.

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (CQE5S)

128 I suspect he did that to shorten the length of the video. Or maybe he's just a freak who doesn't like his bacon crispy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (0Htd1)

129 I didn't get Spirt Halloween either
Thanks! Glad it was not just me...
Posted by: Iris

Nor I, but the Horde will always deliver answers. Sometimes seriously f'd up answers, but still answers.

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (TfUTr)

130 Sock, what's up with your brother?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (Eo96p)

131 THE FRIDAY NIGHT JOKE

A wife and her husband were having a dinner party for all the major status figures in Rome, Italy. The wife was very excited about this and wanted everything to be perfect. At the very last minute, she realized that she didn't have any snails so she asked her husband to run down to the beach with the bucket she was handing him to gather some snails.

Very grudgingly he agreed. He took the bucket, walked out the door, down the steps, and out to the beach. As he was collecting the snails, he noticed a beautiful woman strolling alongside the water just a little further down the beach. He kept thinking to himself "Wouldn't it be great if she would even just come down and _talk_ to me." He went back to gathering the snails. All of a sudden he looked up, and the beautiful woman was standing right over him. They got to talking, and she invited him back to her place.

(cont.)

Posted by: Ciampino - two parter at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (sPQoU)

132 I choose the Korean gal to make me that sammich.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (rvwwT)

Koreans are not great at sandwiches. If you want a good sandwich, find a Vietnamese chick. Mmmm. Ban Mih

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (D7oie)

133 I thought interrobang was conversation during sex.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Technically, only the questions.

"Is it in yet‽" -- Gwen Walz

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:53 PM (DgGvY)

134 The Left is really on its heels tonight:

Iran getting hammered by Israel
The Iranian people cheering for this
Egyptians are beating the shit out of palestinian sympathizers
Street protests in Spain against the socialist PM
Cops around the US are finally getting tough with rioters

something's happening here

Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 10:53 PM (AOsQT)

135 (cont.)

They were at her apartment a ways down the beach, and they started messing around. It got so hot and heavy that he was exhausted afterwards and passed out there. At seven o'clock the next morning he woke up and exclaimed, "Oh
no!!! My wife's dinner party!!!" He gathered all his clothes, put them on real fast (how long does it take to throw on a toga and buckle some sandals?), grabbed his bucket, and ran out the door. He ran down the beach all the way to his apartment.
He ran up the stairs of his apartment. He was in such a hurry that when he got to the top of the stairs, he dropped the bucket of snails. There were snails all down the stairs. The door opened just then, with a very angry wife standing in the doorway wondering where he's been all this time. He looked at the snails all down the steps, then he looked at her, then back at the snails and said:

"Come on guys, we're almost there!"

Posted by: Ciampino - two parter 2 at June 13, 2025 10:54 PM (sPQoU)

136 Not a trick question, the math teacher just doesn't know math.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (rvwwT)

Also doesn't know that 2 cuts yield 3 pieces. 3 cuts yield 4 pieces.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:54 PM (PCqbQ)

137 What if, Trump as an American President acting in the best interests of the United States were to use all of his powers against Mexico.

And Trump just crushed and took over Mexico.

Then it would be direct welfare payments instead of remittances.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 13, 2025 10:54 PM (lUFok)

138 I take it that Tony Moon is a moron.

Posted by: The Moron Detective at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (LILNU)

139 Washington State trying hard to be California North.
Posted by: Diogenes

Trying? We blew past that warning sign years ago.

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (TfUTr)

140 Not a trick question, the math teacher just doesn't know math.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Misdirection. The teacher doesn't know carpentry.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (VofaG)

141 There's a reason that the College of Education is always the largest graduating class at any university. There are qualified teachers out there but a large chunk of them are people who washed out of every other major.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (/y8xj)

Harvard now has to offer remedial math and English. That says two things to me: The public/private education system in this country is fucked and colleges are total bullshit with basically rich people getting 'paid for' degrees merely by being able to afford the astronomical tuition today. It's a self-sustaining anti-intellectual elite. As that great philosopher, Bugs, would say, 'What a bunch a maroons'. Crazy.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (gKDq2)

142 125 A lesburu
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 10:51 PM (W/lyH)

LOL

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (CQE5S)

143 Not a trick question, the math teacher just doesn't know math.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

The teacher would blue-screen at the fencepost problem.

"If you're building a 50-yard fence, with a post every 2 yards, how many fenceposts do you need?"

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (DgGvY)

144 So happy to see the Israelis doing the Lord's work. We cannot allow the Iranians to get nukes. We made a mistake allowing the Norks to get them. If all the countries in the Axis Of Evil get them, we are in major trouble.

Pray for our military tomorrow as they do their duty and protect ICE and arrest foreign invaders. Semper Fi, Marines! When in doubt show those insurrectionists what a rifleman can do!!!

Posted by: Diabeetus at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (SawFp)

145 Walz is a political gift to our side that keeps-on giving. For as long as the DNC lets him run his mouth in public.

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (aBgBM)

146 Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude

Praying for you and your brother. I spent some late nights at the ER when caring for my parents. Weekend nights in the ER are a bit scary. In ours, they had a guard and locked doors between the waiting room and the cubicles.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (0Htd1)

147 Hello everyone. In honor of today's date, I watched the first "Friday the 13th" film. My opinion remains the same--it's stupid but handsomely produced.

I then watched what I believe is the only feature film made in Esperanto, "Incubus" by Leslie Stevens and starring William Shatner. It's...interesting.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (CHHv1)

148 I've been kind of smitten by Greta T. to tell the truth, but the song stylings of her little sis Beata has me all agog.

Posted by: Little Swedish Meatballs at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (G5+As)

149 @29

>>There was a great Korean restaurant just up the street that had glass noodles. Mmmm. Glass noodles.

Oh my G-d, I want some Bibimbap right now!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)

150 138 I take it that Tony Moon is a moron.
Posted by: The Moron Detective at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (LILNU)

A good Moron!

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (CQE5S)

151 WTF is a 'Chevelle'? I don't get it...is it a plug-in or what?

Posted by: Gen Z at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (XeU6L)

152 well, the Twins lost. 3-10.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (gKWVE)

153 It took Marie 10 minutes to saw a board into two pieces. If she works just as fast, how long would it take to cut another board into three pieces?

ColoradoMarie would use the 12 gauge and let somebody who dared pick up the pieces.

Posted by: Miklos solves Problem logically at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (K6h4I)

154 Walz fell in love with China long ago. Made many trips there. Had a agreement with China to bring other Americans there to get swooned away like he did.
Would have truly been a Manchurian Candidate

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:00 PM (+qU29)

155 Did a wellness check on my older brother this morning. I ended up calling the EMTs. I am now approaching 8 1/2 hours in the hospital. I've been upgraded from the ER to the ICU waiting room. I think they may have forgotten I'm here. Keep me entertained morons.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Prayers aren't very entertaining, but you get those too.

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:00 PM (DgGvY)

156 Shoot your balls off. Good one for the gun thread.
jajajajajaj

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:00 PM (IU1e3)

157 143 Not a trick question, the math teacher just doesn't know math.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

The teacher would blue-screen at the fencepost problem.

"If you're building a 50-yard fence, with a post every 2 yards, how many fenceposts do you need?"
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (DgGvY)

Let's try an easy one: There's 319 teams in a triple elimination soccer tournament. How many games on the schedule?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (pIfcn)

158 143 Not a trick question, the math teacher just doesn't know math.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

The teacher would blue-screen at the fencepost problem.

"If you're building a 50-yard fence, with a post every 2 yards, how many fenceposts do you need?"
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (DgGvY)

And one at each end?

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (CQE5S)

159 Esperanto is the language of the future, and always will be.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (dDmld)

160 Prayers up, Sock Monkey- you're a good brother.

Posted by: sal at June 13, 2025 11:02 PM (f+FmA)

161 Good news everybody!

Nutectomy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:02 PM (ynpvh)

162 Math teacher is an idiot.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 11:02 PM (VCgbV)

163 Sock, what's up with your brother?
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Kidney, pneumonia, Parkinson. Unknown to me his grandsons moved to Ohio and he was living on his own, unable to care for himself. Picking up a burger, on my way home .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (Pqqp4)

164 Not stolen, some bought, some volunteered.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (IU1e3)

165 37 I don't get the Iran as Spirit Halloween. Can someone explain please?
Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (bOJ2I)
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So basically where I live, we used to have a Circuit City, they went out of business and Spirit Halloween opened up. Then, we had an Office Max go out of business and Spirit Halloween opened up there. KMart, Chuck-E-Cheese... Spirit Halloween is a seasonal business so they find empty buildings and rent them for a few months, make some money and move on. They will often show up in your town but in a different building every year.

Meme interpretation: The Mullahs in Iran are going out of business complements of Israel.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (Ux3xW)

166 Let's try an easy one: There's 319 teams in a triple elimination soccer tournament. How many games on the schedule?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (pIfcn)

Who gets the bye?

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (VofaG)

167 the only feature film made in Esperanto
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

"Your producers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

Posted by: some other feature film at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (DgGvY)

168 Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

WeirdDave, people are doing math on the blog‽

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (CQE5S)

169 I then watched what I believe is the only feature film made in Esperanto, "Incubus" by Leslie Stevens and starring William Shatner. It's...interesting.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (CHHv1)
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Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

170
We paid Mexico for the dog-tooth piece at the SE corner of the 1848 section. Gadsden Purchase, 1854. Bought it for a easier railroad route to Tucson and points west
Posted by: Gref
===

It was reparations for taking the rest of the SW from Mexico.
They demanded that we take more because they didn't want it.

Kind of lays waste to the aztlan / reconconquista / la raza assholes - Mexico insisted the US take a bigger bite. Assholes don't even recognize what their country did.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)

171 Esperanto is the language of the future, and always will be.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (dDmld)

I'm waiting for some Hollywood doofus to do a PSA for it. I mean, they'll do PSAs for anything. 'Save The Salmon Eggs!' Forget about the human ones, but the animal ones are cool. Present and future sushi.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:06 PM (gKDq2)

172 He looked at the snails all down the steps, then he looked at her, then back at the snails and said:

"Come on guys, we're almost there!"
Posted by: Ciampino

Excellent! Perfect joke to embellish and lengthen, Norm MacDonald style. 😃

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 13, 2025 11:06 PM (AwlwC)

173 You'll shoot your balls off

Is that related to the first guy earlier?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:06 PM (ynpvh)

174 Salmon eggs?

It's ova.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (dDmld)

175 Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.

Pretty sure binary is another.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (CHHv1)

176 My ex-wife said I just didn't understand her.
I think she was a platypus.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 13, 2025 11:08 PM (Fju+s)

177 173 You'll shoot your balls off

Is that related to the first guy earlier?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:06 PM (ynpvh)

It's related to Tim Walz, too.

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:08 PM (CQE5S)

178 Cinnamon frosted California Roll?

Is that a new TikTok challenge?
Posted by: Anna Puma

They're a Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band, I think.

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:08 PM (DgGvY)

179 162 Math teacher is an idiot.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 11:02 PM (VCgbV)

That teacher is a bigger idiot than you think. Couldn't read the answer in the teacher guide for the math quiz book. Or it could be the author of the quiz book and the teacher guide is a still-bigger idiot. Put the wrong answer and solution logic in the teacher guide.

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 11:09 PM (aBgBM)

180 The mechanical bull reminded me of the myth of Pasiphae. She was the wife of King Minos of Crete who was punished by the god Poseidon by being made to fall in love with a bull. The inventor Daedalus built a mechanical cow that Pasiphae could climb into and so get it on with the bull. Their offspring was the Minotaur.

Yes, quite a lot of Greek mythology is NSFW.

Posted by: Nemo at June 13, 2025 11:09 PM (4RPgu)

181 If you get them jammed between your toes while walking in the stream, it's roe vs wade.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 11:09 PM (PCqbQ)

182 174 Salmon eggs?

It's ova.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (dDmld)
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So Ovaltine is an egg fork?

Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson a BBQ fork? at June 13, 2025 11:09 PM (sPQoU)

183 2026 Chevelle, my leaped. Sad. stupid GM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (IU1e3)

184 And Greta whatshername. The Scandinavian Troll.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (0Htd1)

Latest update to the AoS Style Guide says to use:

Doom Goblin

Posted by: browndog with pruney paw pads at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (TTAGa)

185 151 WTF is a 'Chevelle'? I don't get it...is it a plug-in or what?
Posted by: Gen Z at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (XeU6L)

It's a female Chevy?

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (CQE5S)

186 Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (gKDq2)

187 The male is a platydick.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (VofaG)

188 Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance are the future of the Republican Party. 2028 and beyond.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (Rm1xR)

189 'Save The Salmon Eggs!' Forget about the human ones, but the animal ones are cool. Present and future sushi.
Posted by: RickZ

You need a lot of human eggs to make sushi, though.

Posted by: Barbecue, the Haitian warlord at June 13, 2025 11:11 PM (DgGvY)

190 175 Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.

Pretty sure binary is another.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (CHHv1)

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*ahem*

Posted by: DNA Nucleotide Base Pairs at June 13, 2025 11:11 PM (dDmld)

191 185 151 WTF is a 'Chevelle'? I don't get it...is it a plug-in or what?
Posted by: Gen Z at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (XeU6L)

It's a female Chevy?

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (CQE5S)
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To be precise it's a French female Chevy.

Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson a BBQ fork? at June 13, 2025 11:11 PM (sPQoU)

192 how many gates on the fence?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 11:12 PM (rvwwT)

193 So Ovaltine is an egg fork?
Posted by: Ciampino

Content reference!

* golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:12 PM (DgGvY)

194 175 Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.

Pretty sure binary is another.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (CHHv1)

There are only 10 types of people in this world; those that understand binary and those that don't...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)

195 166 Let's try an easy one: There's 319 teams in a triple elimination soccer tournament. How many games on the schedule?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (pIfcn)

Who gets the bye?
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (VofaG)

Let's say seven teams, but it's completely irrelevant to the answer

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 13, 2025 11:14 PM (pIfcn)

196

You won't fuckingbelievethis, you guys!

But ALL the tiktok goblins are now fake "experts" on Posse Comatatus.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 13, 2025 11:14 PM (GmAgP)

197 186 Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (gKDq2)

I C++ what you did there.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:14 PM (ynpvh)

198 Would the question be less confusing to the teacher if it said ' Takes 10 minutes to cut a board in half. How long to cut it into 3 pieces. '

And since there was no size requirement of the pieces the time is variable.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (VofaG)

199 The written versions of most African languages were made up by missionaries.

Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)

200 If you drive a Chevelle you are a Chevellier.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)

201 154 Walz fell in love with China long ago. Made many trips there. Had a agreement with China to bring other Americans there to get swooned away like he did.
Would have truly been a Manchurian Candidate
Posted by: Skip

Because the Chinese are full authoritarian with their citizens. Some dems wish that they could treat us like that.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)

202 I hope the math test thing is fake because that is utterly retarded. But then again, "educators" are retarded.

Posted by: It's ten minutes per cut! 20 minutes! at June 13, 2025 11:16 PM (TbWk/)

203 >> A Florida woman has been accused of driving a motorized shopping cart through a Target while drinking wine from the bottle and eating sushi and
cinammon rolls.

That’s a crime now!?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 13, 2025 11:16 PM (l3YAf)

204 Back in '69, a teenage co-worker gave me a two-block ride in his Super Sport Chevelle..Four on the floor -- that was a beautiful rocket!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (MyqLb)

205 If you drive a Chevelle you are a Chevellier.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)

If you drive a Ram, does that make you a Shofar?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (PCqbQ)

206 The width of your columella nasi indicates your intelligence.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (RIvkX)

207 There are only 10 types of people in this world; those that understand binary and those that don't...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)

Um, wouldn't that be like two.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (Rm1xR)

208 202 I hope the math test thing is fake because that is utterly retarded. But then again, "educators" are retarded.

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Educators are like journalists. They're experts in everything.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (dDmld)

209 Because the Chinese are full authoritarian with their citizens. Some dems wish that they could treat us like that.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)

Sadly about half the voters in America want to be treated like that.

Posted by: Freedom is HAAARD at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (TbWk/)

210 198 Would the question be less confusing to the teacher if it said ' Takes 10 minutes to cut a board in half. How long to cut it into 3 pieces. '

And since there was no size requirement of the pieces the time is variable.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (VofaG)

There is a time requirement: It took Marie 10 minutes to [perform one cut]. If she works just as fast ....

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (CQE5S)

211 Walz needs to be followed around at ever press conference with the Tiananmen Square video of that ONE average guy staring down the tanks.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Good one for the
"Where are they now?" File.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (/lPRQ)

212 206 The width of your columella nasi indicates your intelligence.

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What do you make of my cursus honorum?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (dDmld)

213 Yeah, buncha bs. I've seen claims of a new 2026 Model T and Model A. Someone's pulling legs....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (0eaVi)

GM wouldn't build it, but a few of the better streetrod fabricators could.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (EIeK

Had to go somewhere.

Whoever is posting those modern antique cars is putting out that it's Ford and GM building them. That's the BS part. I'm sure plenty of garages can do it, but aren't really.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 11:19 PM (0eaVi)

214 If you drive a Chevelle you are a Chevellier.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)

If you drive a Ram, does that make you a Shofar?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (PCqbQ)

Ramalamadingdong

Posted by: Bop she bop she bop etc at June 13, 2025 11:19 PM (TbWk/)

215 If you drive a Chevelle you are a Chevellier.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)

And your name becomes Maurice.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 11:19 PM (Aqu9a)

216 Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.

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First three I used on job.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (MyqLb)

217 Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance are the future of the Republican Party. 2028 and beyond.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (Rm1xR)

Okay, pass the crack pipe.

Donald Trump ain't the Republican Party and the Republican Party ain't Trump.

Trump is a one-off, a self-generated force of nature. He doesn't do the 'go along to get along' Republican Failure Kabuki Theater. When Trump is gone, the Dems are going to come hard. J.D. Vance better start doing some things now. We criticized Kammie for doing nothing.

But the Republican Party will be thrilled Trump can no longer run in '28, moreso than even the Dems. The Republicans can get back to losing with dignity, then becoming a hard-core verbal opposition Party which fails once again yet somehow with individuals getting rich. I've seen this play before, with multiple casts over the years.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (gKDq2)

218 175 Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.

Like Klingon?

Posted by: Ciampino - how many tines in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (sPQoU)

219 The written versions of most African languages were made up by missionaries.
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
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All the best alphabets were made by monks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (RIvkX)

220 >>>ONT has been brought to you by mechanical bulls [& cowboys]:
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https://tinyurl.com/5ef3tr46

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (IU1e3)

221 207 There are only 10 types of people in this world; those that understand binary and those that don't...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)

Um, wouldn't that be like two.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (Rm1xR)

Just wait for it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (ynpvh)

222 Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.

Pretty sure binary is another.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (CHHv1)

Is it, though? It’s just as valid as any other radix. Arguably, moreso, because its the easiest base to translate into boolean logic, and those are very efficient logic gates to construct out of transistors.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (l3YAf)

223 I learned the fun of flow charts in Fortran class.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:21 PM (VofaG)

224 216 Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.

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First three I used on job.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (MyqLb)

I've used the first two myself...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:21 PM (ynpvh)

225 199 The written versions of most African languages were made up by missionaries.

Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)

The written Vietnamese language was latinized by the French when they ruled there, which is a shame.

Posted by: Farquad at June 13, 2025 11:22 PM (NLzBw)

226 219 The written versions of most African languages were made up by missionaries.
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
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All the best alphabets were made by monks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (RIvkX)

Some had a cool numbering system. Look up Cisterian numbers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:22 PM (ynpvh)

227 Just wait for it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (ynpvh)

Heh.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (VofaG)

228 Cistercian numbers

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (ynpvh)

229 221 207 There are only 10 types of people in this world; those that understand binary and those that don't...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)

Um, wouldn't that be like two.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (Rm1xR)

Just wait for it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (ynpvh)

Nicely handled! I'm sitting here tapping my fingers on the desktop, thinking, jim (in Kalifornia), where did you go‽

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (CQE5S)

230 8 More westerners getting their asses kicked in Egypt

@EYakoby
BREAKING: Western leftists who flew to Egypt to “march to Gaza,” quickly realize that they’re no longer in leftist Western cities.

Criminal behavior is actually not tolerated in most of the world.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)

***************

Break the popcorn out, here's a couple of videos of the event:

https://tinyurl.com/46zzmtp4

https://tinyurl.com/5yef5scj

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (Eo/8K)

231 The written Vietnamese language was latinized by the French when they ruled there, which is a shame.

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Somehow, Banh Mi became the Croque Monsieur.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:24 PM (dDmld)

232 Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

233 Keep me entertained morons.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (Pqqp4)

Of course!

https://tinyurl.com/58s3mcjk

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 11:24 PM (0eaVi)

234 Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles is CLOSING its center for tr*nsgender youth. HUGE

https://tinyurl.com/ajrwt8vy

Posted by: Ciampino - dicks have already been cut off? at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (sPQoU)

235 Would the question be less confusing to the teacher if it said ' Takes 10 minutes to cut a board in half. How long to cut it into 3 pieces. '

And since there was no size requirement of the pieces the time is variable.
-
The time is only variable if the shape of the pieces is variable, or put another way, if the cuts don't need to be parallel.

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (Dnobf)

236 Heard tell no American Indians had a written language

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)

237
In re A Primer on America

Red America: Hell, yeah!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (QnmlO)

238 Okay, that 'Florida Woman' mugshot looks suspiciously like pro-wrester Becky Lynch.

Also, that Canadian immigration chart is downright scary...

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (Lhaco)

239
Their offspring was the Minotaur.

Yes, quite a lot of Greek mythology is NSFW.
Posted by: Nemo

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I thought the Minotaur was the offspring of Europa after she was raped by Zeus in the form of a bull -- but it turns out that was another bull! Meanwhile, that Minotaur was a fvcking monster that gave me nightmares. James Cameron could do a sequence on it that would give heart attacks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (wbZPZ)

240 I WANT TO GO TO THAT SANDWICH
Posted by: Don Black

It's a close call, but I'll still take the Korean gal.
Posted by: mikeski

Tiffany Fong?
Sounds Chynese to me.

Which would explain the dis.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (/lPRQ)

241 The time is only variable if the shape of the pieces is variable, or put another way, if the cuts don't need to be parallel.
Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (Dnobf)

I should have said shape and size.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (VofaG)

242 I'm sitting here tapping my fingers on the desktop, thinking, jim (in Kalifornia), where did you go‽

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (CQE5S)

Normally just jump in for a short bit some days and them pop out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (ynpvh)

243 Arguably, Hungarians are part space aliens

Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (lqKtE)

244
Heard tell no American Indians had a written language
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)

________

Read that somewhere.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (QnmlO)

245
GM wouldn't build it, but a few of the better streetrod fabricators could.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Already do
https://transamworldwide.com/

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 11:27 PM (XeU6L)

246
Deploy some snipers. Blow out some brains.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:46 PM (PCqbQ)

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Subsonic .22 LR. Aim for the butt cheeks. Let them think about what they did.

"God hates your ass."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 11:27 PM (QwK6F)

247 236 Heard tell no American Indians had a written language

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)

I think a Cherokee came up with a written form of their language...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)

248
Because the Chinese are full authoritarian with their citizens. Some dems wish that they could treat us like that.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)

Sadly about half the voters in America want to be treated like that.
Posted by: Freedom is HAAARD at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (TbWk/)

_________

"Spank me, Daddy!!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (QnmlO)

249 Already do
https://transamworldwide.com/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Heh. Prices start at $195,000

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (XeU6L)

250 it should have said 3 equal size pieces.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (rvwwT)

251 Ummmm...that Florida woman driving around in the motorized shopping cart happened back in 2015, and the woman in the mug shot is the one. In fact, that mug shot is from Atlanta.

Here's the real culprit. Who just happens to be a meth head according to the article.

2015... Josseleen Lopez, 25, allegedly shot up meth and then exhibited odd behavior at a Walmart in Lecanto. She had a half empty bottle of wine in her cart and ate sushi, mini muffins, cinnamon rolls, rotisserie chicken, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office.

https://tinyurl.com/3j7hh46s

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)

252 247 236 Heard tell no American Indians had a written language

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)

I think a Cherokee came up with a written form of their language...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)

Incans used knots. I forget what the Iriquois used...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (ynpvh)

253
Arguably, Hungarians are part space aliens
Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (lqKtE)

________

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (QnmlO)

254 243 Arguably, Hungarians are part space aliens
Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (lqKtE)

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FUN FACT: John Von Neumann, a Hungarian mathematician and theorist, was so preternaturally brilliant that it was widely whispered among his colleagues that he was actually an alien from outer space.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dDmld)

255 The written versions of most African languages were made up by missionaries.
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)

This is basically first-degree felony noticing. A true hate crime.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:31 PM (Rm1xR)

256 >Oh my G-d, I want some Bibimbap right now!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)

Dolsot bibimbap, please

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at June 13, 2025 11:33 PM (RP4Sp)

257 Incans used knots.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (ynpvh)

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Yeah. 6,000 years after cuneiform was in use in Mesopotamia.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:33 PM (dDmld)

258 Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.
Posted by: RickZ

Don't forget JCL - loved that.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

259 Heard tell no American Indians had a written language
Posted by: Skip

That's how you know it's true!

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:35 PM (DgGvY)

260 92 Methos -- Same people who believe Harry Truman got out on the wrong side of the bed and decided to drop Abombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (2XtqA)

261 197 186 Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (gKDq2)

I C++ what you did there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:14 PM (ynpvh)

***********

*Sigh*

I should have been included parenthetically into that list...

Posted by: Lisp at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (Eo/8K)

262 Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)

Dolsot bibimbap, please
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at June 13, 2025 11:33 PM (RP4Sp)
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The best in town is on my corner just steps away.

I could have it every day.
/blessed

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (RIvkX)

263 What do you make of my cursus honorum?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (dDmld)

A dead end?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (0eaVi)

264 Read any books interpreted from Indians written in 1600?

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (+qU29)

265
FUN FACT: John Von Neumann, a Hungarian mathematician and theorist, was so preternaturally brilliant that it was widely whispered among his colleagues that he was actually an alien from outer space.
Posted by: Cicero
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Yeah, I recollect one of his cohorts saying, 'Johnny's not like other people. You know, human.'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (XeU6L)

266 I think a Cherokee came up with a written form of their language...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)

Yes. After having learned to speak and write English, he had a revelation and came up with the idea of a written form for Cherokee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (PCqbQ)

267 Tolkien completely made up Elvish didn't he?

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (+qU29)

268 Sounds Chynese to me.
Which would explain the dis.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

* blink * * blink *

Dang, I shouldn't have needed BEN for that one.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (DgGvY)

269 "Sequoyah was one of the most influential figures in Cherokee history. He created the Cherokee Syllabary, a written form of the Cherokee language."

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:39 PM (CQE5S)

270 267 Tolkien completely made up Elvish didn't he?
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (+qU29)

He was a scholar of ancient languages, after all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (e15Ap)

271
It's sad that Oppenheimer is considered a martyr gets movies made about him and von Neumann languishes in comparative obscurity.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (QnmlO)

272 Heard tell no American Indians had a written language
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)

The Mayans did. The Incans might have; a string and knot system that may have been a full 'written' language, but we don't know for sure.

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (Lhaco)

273 I had a banh mi for lunch this week a good one with really good pate and garlic mustard and no cilantro.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:41 PM (RIvkX)

274 From my faulty memory: Assembler was the language of binary. All '0's and '1's. Also vaguely about 5 number groupings for added complexity in commands, but don't quote me on that. It was understood at the time to be the language of the computer. It was everything. The original Operating System. Using punchcards.

Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:41 PM (gKDq2)

275 If you drive a Chevelle you are a Chevellier.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)

And your name becomes Maurice.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 11:19 PM (Aqu9a)
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And you speak of the Pompatus of Love.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 13, 2025 11:42 PM (6YdsJ)

276 269 "Sequoyah was one of the most influential figures in Cherokee history. He created the Cherokee Syllabary, a written form of the Cherokee language."
Posted by: m
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Sequoyah , also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation. In 1821, Sequoyah completed his Cherokee syllabary, enabling reading and writing in the Cherokee language. One of the first North American Indigenous groups to gain a written
_Bing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:44 PM (IU1e3)

277 FUN FACT: John Von Neumann, a Hungarian mathematician and theorist, was so preternaturally brilliant that it was widely whispered among his colleagues that he was actually an alien from outer space.
Posted by: Cicero
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Yeah, I recollect one of his cohorts saying, 'Johnny's not like other people. You know, human.'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

The actual quote is supposed to have been-

"he knows humans very well, and imitates them almost perfectly"

(the Hungarian word "emberek" means both "people" and "humans")

Posted by: Miklos Szilard Teller von Neumann at June 13, 2025 11:44 PM (K6h4I)

278 Tolkien completely made up Elvish didn't he?
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (+qU29)
/---------
Quenya is based on Finnish. Sindarin is based on Welsh.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 13, 2025 11:44 PM (6YdsJ)

279 It's sad that Oppenheimer is considered a martyr gets movies made about him and von Neumann languishes in comparative obscurity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (QnmlO)

History has become Herstory. It's all about Fat Black Women now.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:44 PM (Rm1xR)

280 100 bottles of beer on the wall
100 bottles of beer...
Take one down and pass it around
FF bottles of beer on the wall

Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)

281 North American Indians had no writing; but the Aztecs had a pictographic system, and the Maya had a very advanced system, as well as an advanced knowledge of mathematics.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:46 PM (e15Ap)

282 266 I think a Cherokee came up with a written form of their language...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)

The way I heard it (probably from "Guns Germs and Steel") was that a Cherokee blacksmith came up with a unique writing system, using some English books as a reference. But he didn't read English, so he ended up using the English alphabet, but each letter has a different/random sound associated with it in Cherokee. Basically, the guy re-created an alphabet by being familiar with the concept of an alphabet, without actually understanding how his example worked...

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 13, 2025 11:46 PM (Lhaco)

283 Tolkien completely made up Elvish didn't he?
Posted by: Skip

There are a few constructed languages in music, too. Magma sings in Kobaïan, and Sigur Rós did an album in Vonlenska (aka Hopelandic.)

Yuki Kajiura might qualify, though she calls Kajiurago a "meaningless language," so it might just be scat singing with additional nerd cred.

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:46 PM (DgGvY)

284 Arguably, Hungarians are part space aliens
Posted by: Common Tater

I deny you my Essence

Posted by: Gen. Miklos D. Molnar-Ripper at June 13, 2025 11:47 PM (K6h4I)

285 I hope the Dims keep on keeping on like they are doing. They will get slaughtered in the next elections. People look at Walz
and friends and say "what the hell?" These people are loons!
They are wrong on every issue. They are losers. Please keep it up Dims. America is pulling for you to lose big time.

Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 11:49 PM (k7qYZ)

286 It's sad that Oppenheimer is considered a martyr gets movies made about him and von Neumann languishes in comparative obscurity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (QnmlO)

History has become Herstory. It's all about Fat Black Women now.
Posted by: Abi

This also raises questions of physics, mass, and gravity.

Posted by: Janos von Miklos at June 13, 2025 11:49 PM (K6h4I)

287 Zoltan Bathory is an interesting Hungarian. He is a founding member of Five Finger Death Punch.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 13, 2025 11:49 PM (0aYVJ)

288 The way I heard it (probably from "Guns Germs and Steel") was that a Cherokee blacksmith came up with a unique writing system, using some English books as a reference. But he didn't read English, so he ended up using the English alphabet, but each letter has a different/random sound associated with it in Cherokee. Basically, the guy re-created an alphabet by being familiar with the concept of an alphabet, without actually understanding how his example worked...
Posted by: Castle Guy

Should've given him a crack at the Voynich Manuscript.

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:51 PM (DgGvY)

289 The written versions of most African languages were made up by missionaries.
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
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All the best alphabets were made by monks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
+++++

The Korean alphabet was created by a Korean monk.

All those funky characters are syllables in the consonant- vowel - consonant format (C-V-C). The are either stacked vertically or C over V with last C to the right. If there in no leading or following C then a null placeholder is put there. This null placeholder character looks like "0".

They have about ten C sounds and 25 V sounds.
No "L" or "R" sounds, but something in between.
No hard "G" or "K", but something in between.

Hence the steriotype about them getting their Ls and RS mixed up.
Actually it's just us getting them mixed up when we hear them.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:51 PM (/lPRQ)

290 What do you make of my cursus honorum?
Posted by: Cicero

So

Are you a Novus Homo?

Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis at June 13, 2025 11:53 PM (K6h4I)

291 289 The Korean alphabet was created by a Korean monk.

All those funky characters are syllables in the consonant- vowel - consonant format (C-V-C). The are either stacked vertically or C over V with last C to the right. If there in no leading or following C then a null placeholder is put there. This null placeholder character looks like "0".

They have about ten C sounds and 25 V sounds.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:51 PM (/lPRQ)

Can you say how many distinct syllables that ca. 35 sounds yields?

Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:55 PM (CQE5S)

292 Yes. After having learned to speak and write English, he had a revelation and came up with the idea of a written form for Cherokee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I think riffed off the Sami people.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:56 PM (/lPRQ)

293
Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance are the future of the Republican Party. 2028 and beyond.
Posted by: Abi

Oh goody, another dynasty.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 11:56 PM (63Dwl)

294

Good evening, good people, from the Adirondacks. Here the Fordlet search continues apace. Several have been inspected and not claimed, my preference is one that remains faithful to the factory spec. Just a simple driver.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 13, 2025 11:57 PM (hKoQL)

295 280 100 bottles of beer on the wall
100 bottles of beer...
Take one down and pass it around
FF bottles of beer on the wall

Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)

You put a Hex on it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:59 PM (ynpvh)

296 It's sad that Oppenheimer is considered a martyr gets movies made about him and von Neumann languishes in comparative obscurity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (QnmlO)

Von Neumann is my personal hero. Genius. Super based.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 14, 2025 12:01 AM (l3YAf)

297 Zoltan Bathory is an interesting Hungarian. He is a founding member of Five Finger Death Punch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey

Öt Ujjus Halálos ütés

My favorite Hungarian band name (and cool band) was the Vágtázó Halottkémek, the "Galloping Coroners"

https://tinyurl.com/5a2v4pm8

Posted by: Miklos Translates! at June 14, 2025 12:02 AM (K6h4I)

298 280 100 bottles of beer on the wall
100 bottles of beer...
Take one down and pass it around
FF bottles of beer on the wall

Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)
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FF bottles of beer = 255 in hex.

Posted by: Ciampino - no one mentioned BASIC at June 14, 2025 12:03 AM (sPQoU)

299 Worth noting that the New World tribes that developed written language had also developed cities and agriculture, creating both a need for record-keeping, and places to store such written records.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:04 AM (PCqbQ)

300 FF bottles of beer on the wall

Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)

You put a Hex on it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Oh

German beer

Posted by: Miklos goes looking for metric beer opener at June 14, 2025 12:04 AM (K6h4I)

301 Fat black women in 2025 United States.

Possibly the most undeservidley privileged cohort in the history of all time.

Black women in 2025 United States without question the most fortunate in the history of all time.

Posted by: Abi at June 14, 2025 12:04 AM (Rm1xR)

302 So

Are you a Novus Homo?
Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis at June 13, 2025 11:53 PM (K6h4I)

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I don't even put up a flag during Pride Month.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:05 AM (dDmld)

303 One thing. If the Comanche and the Apache were still around we wouldn't have to worry about the Muslims.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:08 AM (IU1e3)

304 280 100 bottles of beer on the wall
100 bottles of beer...
Take one down and pass it around
FF bottles of beer on the wall

Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)

You put a Hex on it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

It's Friday night, somebody's bound to be FF'ing around.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:09 AM (lUFok)

305 Limy murdock's faux noise. Israel smashes Iran's military capability Israeli on faux noise said. Breaking another missile explodes in down town tel aviv as you can see on your tv screen. Now back to the Israeli spokeman: As I was saying we have totaly smashed Iran's ability to fight back!

Posted by: raimondo at June 14, 2025 12:09 AM (aNNuC)

306 I don't even put up a flag during Pride Month.
Posted by: Cicero

NO FAGS NO FLAGS

Posted by: Miklos interprets as he pleases at June 14, 2025 12:09 AM (K6h4I)

307 One thing. If the Comanche and the Apache were still around we wouldn't have to worry about the Muslims.

The Mescalero and Tonto Apache both run gambling operations now. So if we can just get the Muslims into those Casinos...

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (lUFok)

308 raimondo wears a rainbone in his ass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (PCqbQ)

309 My Mom died this afternoon at 93 years of age after a fortunately brief fight with cancer. She died in her own house attended by her own family. She was the mother of 10, the grandmother of 24, and the great grandmother of 21. She outlived Dad by 24 years. She was an active RN nurse until age 90. I'm not asking for prayers but for cheers for a woman who lived life as it should be lived. I'm sure she's praying for the rest of us.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (FNphl)

310 My high school had a hopped up Chevelle. It was passed down through the Senior classes for several years.

Don't know who bought it originally, but a high school senior working part time at the sawmill while living at home could make the payments on it.

Of course, graduation meant getting married and starting a family, so the Chevelle would get sold to the next kid in the incoming senior class.

I left town and never looked back. For all I know, that Chevelle is still rumbling in the high school parking lot at lunchtime.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (UJD2L)

311 British prefer their bacon very floppy. It takes some getting used to, but it's bacon and it's still good. They also like beans for breakfast, and those half cooked 'maters.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (Ezs10)

312 A tip of the glass to Cosda's Mom for a life well lived. May you always remember her fondly.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (lUFok)

313 My Mom died this afternoon at 93 years of age after a fortunately brief fight with cancer. She died in her own house attended by her own family. She was the mother of 10, the grandmother of 24, and the great grandmother of 21. She outlived Dad by 24 years. She was an active RN nurse until age 90. I'm not asking for prayers but for cheers for a woman who lived life as it should be lived. I'm sure she's praying for the rest of us.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (FNphl)

My condolences, Cosda. She sounds like a grand lady. May she rest in peace.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (PCqbQ)

314 The current American Black descendants of slaves have won the historical lottery.

Truly privileged.

Posted by: Abi at June 14, 2025 12:14 AM (Rm1xR)

315 Cheers and huzzahs for Mama Cosda!

She will be missed terribly and remembered with much love.

Thank you for telling us about her!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:14 AM (Ezs10)

316 Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (FNphl)

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Sounds like she lived a full life. Condolences, Cosda.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:15 AM (dDmld)

317 British prefer their bacon very floppy. It takes some getting used to, but it's bacon and it's still good. They also like beans for breakfast, and those half cooked 'maters.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (Ezs10)

I like my bacon less crisp. But my wife and kids require bacon to be nearly cinders.

So when I cook breakfast, it's ham slices.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 12:15 AM (0aYVJ)

318 My Mom died this afternoon at 93 years of age after a fortunately brief fight with cancer. She died in her own house attended by her own family. She was the mother of 10, the grandmother of 24, and the great grandmother of 21. She outlived Dad by 24 years. She was an active RN nurse until age 90. I'm not asking for prayers but for cheers for a woman who lived life as it should be lived. I'm sure she's praying for the rest of us.
Posted by: Cosda

* raises a glass *

To a life well-lived.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:16 AM (DgGvY)

319 My condolences, Cosda. She sounds like a grand lady. May she rest in peace.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*****
Thanks, AOP.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:16 AM (FNphl)

320 My favorite Hungarian band name (and cool band) was the Vágtázó Halottkémek, the "Galloping Coroners"

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That's hot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (dDmld)

321 Truly privileged.
Posted by: Abi at June 14, 2025 12:14 AM (Rm1xR)

Halp! I'm being belabored!

Posted by: The Obvious at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (PCqbQ)

322 Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (FNphl)

Prayers for your mother.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (0aYVJ)

323 Hey, mondo, do you ever think about just coming on and chatting about something other than politics? I would like to find some common ground with you. You can disagree with people without being so snotty all the time.

Morons are great people!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (Ezs10)

324 .....was that the real raimondo trying to copy "raimondo on tap?"

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (DgGvY)

325 Thanks to all.
She would have fit in here except she wasn't much this new tangled online stuff.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (FNphl)

326 My favorite Hungarian band name (and cool band) was the Vágtázó Halottkémek, the "Galloping Coroners"

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That's hot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (dDmld)

Did "Lawyers in Track Shoes" open for them?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:19 AM (PCqbQ)

327 323 Hey, mondo, do you ever think about just coming on and chatting about something other than politics? I would like to find some common ground with you. You can disagree with people without being so snotty all the time.

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Raimondo After Hours?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:19 AM (dDmld)

328 309 My Mom died this afternoon at 93 years of age after a fortunately brief fight with cancer. She died in her own house attended by her own family. She was the mother of 10, the grandmother of 24, and the great grandmother of 21. She outlived Dad by 24 years. She was an active RN nurse until age 90. I'm not asking for prayers but for cheers for a woman who lived life as it should be lived. I'm sure she's praying for the rest of us.
Posted by: Cosda at June

Bless her, Cosda. Salud to what sounds like an amazing woman. Prayers for you, because it doesn’t matter how old you are, losing your mama is hard.

Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2025 12:20 AM (pZEOD)

329 Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (FNphl)

She is an Honorary "ette now!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:21 AM (Ezs10)

330 311 British prefer their bacon very floppy. It takes some getting used to, but it's bacon and it's still good. They also like beans for breakfast, and those half cooked 'maters.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (Ezs10)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast

I never understood the idea of bacon fried so crisp that it scatters all over the table on attempted capture. I wouldn't do that to prosciutto or pancetta. If you want bacon crumbs then try Bacon Bits.

Posted by: Ciampino - no one said GOTO BASIC at June 14, 2025 12:21 AM (sPQoU)

331 321 Truly privileged.
Posted by: Abi at June 14, 2025 12:14 AM (Rm1xR)

Halp! I'm being belabored!
Posted by: The Obvious at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (PCqbQ)

a-hahahahahaha!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:22 AM (CQE5S)

332 Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (FNphl)

She is an Honorary "ette now!

If we're doing the whole nomination thing I'll second.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:22 AM (lUFok)

333 I never understood the idea of bacon fried so crisp that it scatters all over the table on attempted capture. I wouldn't do that to prosciutto or pancetta. If you want bacon crumbs then try Bacon Bits.
Posted by: Ciampino - no one said GOTO BASIC at June 14, 2025 12:21 AM (sPQoU)

I like my bacon very crispy. Tastier that way.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (PCqbQ)

334 Cosda my condolences on your mom.

A uncle of mine passed away this morning.

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (+qU29)

335 Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:22 AM (lUFok)

Hey there! How are you these days?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (Ezs10)

336 The Mescalero and Tonto Apache both run gambling operations now. So if we can just get the Muslims into those Casinos...
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (lUFok)
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They've been domesticated.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (IU1e3)

337 A uncle of mine passed away this morning.
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (+qU29)

Condolences to you too, Skip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:24 AM (PCqbQ)

338 323 You can disagree with people without being so snotty all the time.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (Ezs10)

Tammy, I believe that some people really can't.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:27 AM (CQE5S)

339 Gas station sushi bacon.

Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 12:29 AM (1k4Yv)

340 WeirdDave, people are doing math on the blog‽

Ain't I a stinker?

Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2025 12:29 AM (nqStX)

341 I prefer my bacon crispy, so the fat melts on my tongue. I will eat it however it is presented to me, but I prefer crispy to floppy. Doesn't have to be like a charcoal briquet; more like a Lays potatoes chip.

But, again, I'll take it half raw the British way, or burnt. I ate a pound a day when I was doing strict carnivore.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:30 AM (Ezs10)

342 340 WeirdDave, people are doing math on the blog‽

Ain't I a stinker?
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2025 12:29 AM (nqStX)

Ha!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:30 AM (CQE5S)

343 Well, I am getting real sleepy. Going to get an early one. Night, Horde. Thanks for a fun ONT, WD.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:31 AM (PCqbQ)

344 Having to work Sunday evening I am going over to my parents tomorrow and want to get a Stromboli from my dad's favorite pizza shop for Father's day. My aunt lives in the same retirement community

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:31 AM (+qU29)

345 OK... seriously... Fla Woman... can I get her number?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 12:31 AM (mP0Kj)

346 Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:27 AM (CQE5S)

I think you're probably correct, and that is true on both sides of the aisle!

But I bet raimondo could if he tried.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:32 AM (Ezs10)

347 because it doesn’t matter how old you are, losing your mama is hard.
Posted by: Piper
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Thank you. Yes it is. I'm her oldest and can remember her as a 20 something when life was a little tougher than when my youngest siblings came around. She was strong willed and devout. And would kick a kid or even a grand kids butt when needed.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:33 AM (FNphl)

348 *raises glass*

To Cosda's mom & Skip's uncle.

Comfort to all their loved ones left behind.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 12:33 AM (rdVOm)

349 My condolences, Skip.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:33 AM (Ezs10)

350 Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:33 AM (FNphl)

An 'ette, for sure! I'm sorry you had to let her go.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:35 AM (Ezs10)

351 Bacon has been described as "streaky" or "crispy".
Sounds about right...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2025 12:35 AM (XSkJl)

352 346 Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:27 AM (CQE5S)

I think you're probably correct, and that is true on both sides of the aisle!

But I bet raimondo could if he tried.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:32 AM (Ezs10)

Can't hurt to try!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:35 AM (CQE5S)

353 All this talk of *bacon*

So I just HAD TO put some in the oven!

You people, I swear... Thank you.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

354 Sleep good, AOP!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (Ezs10)

355 Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (FNphl)

She is an Honorary "ette now!

If we're doing the whole nomination thing I'll second.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
**********
Thanks.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (FNphl)

356 OK... seriously... Fla Woman... can I get her number?
Posted by: Romeo13

No, but it sounds like you could get tickets to her show.

25 The "Florida Woman" meme is a fake mug shot of WWE wrestler Becky Lynch. She is a badass, but the whole thing was a stunt.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (DgGvY)

357 Cosda
What a lovely tribute to your mother. So sorry for your loss.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 14, 2025 12:37 AM (Eo96p)

358 Heard tell no American Indians had a written language
Posted by: Skip

Yes, but they could speak with trees.

Posted by: javems at June 14, 2025 12:37 AM (8I4hW)

359 356 OK... seriously... Fla Woman... can I get her number?
Posted by: Romeo13

No, but it sounds like you could get tickets to her show.

25 The "Florida Woman" meme is a fake mug shot of WWE wrestler Becky Lynch. She is a badass, but the whole thing was a stunt.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (DgGvY)

And another Man's Dreams, shattered on the rocks of reality....

Reality... YOU BITCH!!!!

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 12:38 AM (mP0Kj)

360 356 OK... seriously... Fla Woman... can I get her number?
Posted by: Romeo13

No, but it sounds like you could get tickets to her show.

25 The "Florida Woman" meme is a fake mug shot of WWE wrestler Becky Lynch. She is a badass, but the whole thing was a stunt.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (DgGvY)

maybe not?

251 Ummmm...that Florida woman driving around in the motorized shopping cart happened back in 2015, and the woman in the mug shot is the one. In fact, that mug shot is from Atlanta.

Here's the real culprit. Who just happens to be a meth head according to the article.

2015... Josseleen Lopez, 25, allegedly shot up meth and then exhibited odd behavior at a Walmart in Lecanto. She had a half empty bottle of wine in her cart and ate sushi, mini muffins, cinnamon rolls, rotisserie chicken, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office.

https://tinyurl.com/3j7hh46s
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:39 AM (CQE5S)

361 To hear Leftists American Indians just lived with nature peacefully

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:39 AM (+qU29)

362
I got interested in the physics of deep penetration. You know bunker-busting, as in trying to blow up buried nuclear facilities.

Turns out 200 m of rock is damned good protection. The only reasonable thing to try is to seal it off, collapse the entrance tunnels, ventilation shafts, power and comm inputs, etc.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:41 AM (w6EFb)

363 357 Cosda
What a lovely tribute to your mother. So sorry for your loss.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
*******
Thank you.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:41 AM (FNphl)

364 Doing well, Miss Tammy. Just running in and out trying to get various household tasks done. As you can see, it's causing communications delays.

I do hope you and the God of Thunder are doing well.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:42 AM (lUFok)

365 361 To hear Leftists American Indians just lived with nature peacefully
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:39 AM (+qU29)

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Imagine there's no writing
It's easy if you doooo
No wheels on chariots
And no metal dishes too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:43 AM (dDmld)

366 I got interested in the physics of deep penetration. You know bunker-busting
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Is that what they're calling it now?! 😉

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:43 AM (Ezs10)

367 Turns out 200 m of rock is damned good protection. The only reasonable thing to try is to seal it off, collapse the entrance tunnels, ventilation shafts, power and comm inputs, etc.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:41 AM (w6EFb)

At that pint its all about creating enough energy to make an artificial earthquake... strong enough to collapse tunnels and destroy equipment.

Centrifuges have EXTREME tolerances on how they rotate, or they fail.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 12:43 AM (mP0Kj)

368 I just read the dumbest article I think I ever have...on Gizmodo, which I guess is not a surprise.

The gist of it is that it is Trump's fault, from 2017, that the tech industry is having layoffs.

See Trump reduced a tax loophole allowing mega globe corps to write off money on "research". Because he's greedy. And the billionaires owning these companies are greedy. Oh and the people working at them? Also greedy.

So get that? Trump is helping the rich by reducing a tax loophole that the rich use. And that's bad. Because Trump is for the rich.

Not only is this propaganda tripe presented as news, even if you believe every part of it it does make any sense.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:44 AM (t0Rmr)

369 I remember reading a book about him when I was a child:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoyah

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 14, 2025 12:44 AM (SRRAx)

370 Cosda my condolences on your mom.

A uncle of mine passed away this morning.
Posted by: Skip
*******
Skip,
I'm sorry for your loss. May the both watch us from heaven.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:44 AM (FNphl)

371 To hear Leftists American Indians just lived with nature peacefully

Tell them the American Indians would whisper into the ear of a bison and ask for a ride, which the bison would often agree to. And that they should do the same.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:45 AM (lUFok)

372 Centrifuges would be destroyed if they were in operation when the power was interrupted. The gas that's in them… Uranium hexafluoride? would throw them off kilter as they slow down, and they would basically blow up. They are brought up to speed in stages.

Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2025 12:47 AM (nqStX)

373 Looking at the primer article is it any wonder that young men are turning to the right?

You get hot blonde chicks and fried chicken.

And if you go the blue route? Well you at best get to argue with female baseball players who are neither hot nor blonde, and instead of a bucket of wings, you have to at least sip a little penis.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:47 AM (t0Rmr)

374 Not only is this propaganda tripe presented as news, even if you believe every part of it it does make any sense.
Posted by: 18-1

WE BELIEVE!!! NO SENSE MAKES SENSE!!!

Posted by: NPC's at June 14, 2025 12:48 AM (MmTZZ)

375 Cheers and huzzahs for Mama Cosda!

A Life Well Lived is a Blessing to All

Posted by: Miklos at June 14, 2025 12:48 AM (K6h4I)

376
At the low end of the scale here, imagine trying to drill a hole in the ground by repeatedly shooting a bullet at the same spot. I think it's fairly intuitive that you're not going to get very far doing that. The first few bullets will knock out a crater, but after you get so deep, material just starts falling back in, and all you're doing is just churning dirt.

The same limit, on a larger scale, applies to bunker busting bombs. On the simple hand, you can try to just pure kinetic energy, a big, fast bullet. On the other end, you have the bunker busters, which use kinetic energy to penetrate, and then a high explosive to cause a shockwave. As you try to increase the energy, there is no difference in the limit, and you can just imagine something like "rods from God", throwing hypersonic projectiles at the target.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

377 To hear Leftists American Indians just lived with nature peacefully

Have them watch Apocalypto, A Clockwork Orange style

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:49 AM (t0Rmr)

378 See on tablet news a Philly postal worker stole $80M in Treasury checks

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:50 AM (+qU29)

379 Latest Waffle House training video just dropped:

https://videy.co/v/?id=naT70anP1

Note for raimondo: Yes, it's satirical. Real corporations don't use those words in their videos, just their boardrooms.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:50 AM (lUFok)

380

Cosada,

If it feels right to you, some time, I think many of us here would be pleased to hear your remembrances of her. Quiet heroes are never celebrated, but always enjoyed, treasured when we encounter them.

Someday I would love to hear your memories. And hope that it would encourage more of us to share. And celebrate!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at June 14, 2025 12:50 AM (dnRIi)

381 maybe not?

251 Ummmm...that Florida woman driving around in the motorized shopping cart happened back in 2015, and the woman in the mug shot is the one. In fact, that mug shot is from Atlanta.
https://tinyurl.com/3j7hh46s
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: m

Presumably, Orson meant "the woman in the mug shot is NOT the one?"

Because I don't see any way the woman in the mug shot up there in the Content, and the woman in the mug shot at that tinyurl, can be the same woman. Age and plastic surgery and all the Covid shots can't change people that much.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (DgGvY)

382
The limit of maniacally throwing Rods from God penetrators at a 200m in rock target. You get a big crater, but not 200m deep. In the limit, after 100s of hits, all the energy just goes to heat. You get a little basin of molten lava in the crater. At that point, the heat loss to radiation (and a little vaporizing) limits the temperature. A red hot little pool of molten rock.

That does not get down 200 m.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (w6EFb)

383 I do hope you and the God of Thunder are doing well.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:42 AM (lUFok)

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Oh, we're ok. I'm struggling with caring for my mom. I don't m7nd it, I don't mean that, but I am starting to feel trapped. There is no respite care within a hundred miles, and no one local to leave her with. Thor is actually doing far better with her overall, but she's different with him, and of course he can't bathe her or help her dress or use the bathroom, and she always wants me in the middle of the night. Multiple times. She is barely sleeping, and I'm not sleeping at all on the nights I stay with her, which is 4 nights a week. I think I'm slowly losing my mind!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (Ezs10)

384 373 Looking at the primer article is it any wonder that young men are turning to the right?

You get hot blonde chicks and fried chicken.

And if you go the blue route? Well you at best get to argue with female baseball players who are neither hot nor blonde, and instead of a bucket of wings, you have to at least sip a little penis.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:47 AM (t0Rmr)

Oh, I hadn't even understood that it was left vs right! NOW I see it.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:53 AM (CQE5S)

385 Turns out 200 m of rock is damned good protection. The only reasonable thing to try is to seal it off, collapse the entrance tunnels, ventilation shafts, power and comm inputs, etc.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

You promised not to tell

Posted by: Miklos invited Publius to the extinct volcano ONCE at June 14, 2025 12:53 AM (K6h4I)

386 Actually reading 4 people got caught stealing Treasury checks, 2 stole them out of mail, sold to 2 others who tried to sell them off

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:53 AM (+qU29)

387 376 At the low end of the scale here, imagine trying to drill a hole in the ground by repeatedly shooting a bullet at the same spot. I think it's fairly intuitive that you're not going to get very far doing that. The first few bullets will knock out a crater, but after you get so deep, material just starts falling back in, and all you're doing is just churning dirt.

The same limit, on a larger scale, applies to bunker busting bombs. On the simple hand, you can try to just pure kinetic energy, a big, fast bullet. On the other end, you have the bunker busters, which use kinetic energy to penetrate, and then a high explosive to cause a shockwave. As you try to increase the energy, there is no difference in the limit, and you can just imagine something like "rods from God", throwing hypersonic projectiles at the target.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

This is reminding me of Wile E. Coyote.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:55 AM (CQE5S)

388 Also can someone explain to me why lefties like Starbucks?

The coffee tastes like shit. Its expensive. And its served from an EVVVVVVIL globo mega corp that drives independent coffee shops out of business.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:56 AM (t0Rmr)

389 Rod from God
Space based high energy laser
Rod from God
Space based high energy laser
Rod from God
Space based high energy laser

wash, rinse, repeat until you get to the creamy center...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:57 AM (t0Rmr)

390 always wants me in the middle of the night. Multiple times. She is barely sleeping, and I'm not sleeping at all on the nights I stay with her, which is 4 nights a week. I think I'm slowly losing my mind!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (Ezs10)

You are doing an incredibly difficult job. I have known others in this situation; hospice exists because everyone who does this knows that it always comes to a point where one or two just cannot carry the burden anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 12:58 AM (e15Ap)

391 381 maybe not?

251 Ummmm...that Florida woman driving around in the motorized shopping cart happened back in 2015, and the woman in the mug shot is the one. In fact, that mug shot is from Atlanta.
https://tinyurl.com/3j7hh46s
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: m

Presumably, Orson meant "the woman in the mug shot is NOT the one?"

Because I don't see any way the woman in the mug shot up there in the Content, and the woman in the mug shot at that tinyurl, can be the same woman. Age and plastic surgery and all the Covid shots can't change people that much.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (DgGvY)

Oh, thanks!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:59 AM (CQE5S)

392 Oh, I hadn't even understood that it was left vs right! NOW I see it.
Posted by: m

"It's an older meme, but it checks out."

If the battle-of-the-sexes at the top had the blue girl in a pussy hat and the blue guy with a doucheknot, it would be current.

And I never figured out why Hewlett-Packard was republican, and sushi was democrat.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:59 AM (DgGvY)

393 Tammy, that sounds exhausting! Can you hire somebody for a few hours a day, to give you and Thor a break?

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

394

I estimate 17 God Rods into Seattle and Olympia would change the course of the Republic forever.

ELON!!!!!

Posted by: Elderly Git at June 14, 2025 01:00 AM (dnRIi)

395 Rod from God
Space based high energy laser
Rod from God
Space based high energy laser
Rod from God
Space based high energy laser

wash, rinse, repeat until you get to the creamy center...
Posted by: 18-1

I now want those programs code-named "Wabbit Season" and "Duck Season."

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 01:00 AM (DgGvY)

396

Why be concerned about destroying a well buried bunker? Simply complete the entombment and let it sit in eventual silence.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 01:00 AM (hKoQL)

397 I think I'm slowly losing my mind!

Very sorry to hear that. Unfortunately I have no advice to give, good or bad, as both of my parents went fairly quickly and had people to take care of them. Feel free to vent at me any time, just wish it would help with the sleep situation.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 01:01 AM (lUFok)

398 Latest Waffle House training video just dropped:

Posted by: Blanco Basura

That is fake

Nothing about the juke box

Darleen wrote the book

or would just tell you, you no tip sumbitch

Posted by: Miklos heard ALL the stories at June 14, 2025 01:02 AM (K6h4I)

399 The same limit, on a larger scale, applies to bunker busting bombs. On the simple hand, you can try to just pure kinetic energy, a big, fast bullet. On the other end, you have the bunker busters, which use kinetic energy to penetrate, and then a high explosive to cause a shockwave”

To kill Nasrallah in Beirut, the Israeli’s employed a novel technique, sinc his bunker may have been 200 feet underground. They dropped 50 or 60 high powered bombs in rapid succession, targeted and timed to dig their way down to him. Even so, when his followers finally dug through the 200 tons is smashed concrete that was on top of his last redoubt, they found that he hadn’t been killed by the explosion; but the bombs had sucked all of the oxygen out of his underground fortress and left nothing but poison gases behind.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 01:04 AM (e15Ap)

400 400

Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 01:04 AM (CQE5S)

401
So, little bullets at a 200 m under rock target are no good. How about a bigger bullet? Imagine we have unlimited energy. Let's throw a small asteroid at the target.

We could do there. A mere 100 m diameter rock at 50 km/s would do it. That would make a crater down to 200 m of solid rock. Impact energy would be 380MT. A YUGE nuke, about 9 Tsar Bombas. That would not be an extinction level event, but it would wipe out a 100 km radius.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 01:06 AM (w6EFb)

402 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 12:58 AM (e15Ap)

You are so kind to say this! We do have a hospice in town, but the respite care is only for terminal patient, probably because it's the only one around.

I truly don't mind caring for her, she's my mama and I would do anything for her. But I didn't have kids because I'm phobic about responsibility, and yet here I am. I'm all but in a state of panic at this point, which I know is ridiculous! 😂

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:10 AM (Ezs10)

403 Also can someone explain to me why lefties like Starbucks?

The coffee tastes like shit. Its expensive. And its served from an EVVVVVVIL globo mega corp that drives independent coffee shops out of business.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:56 AM (t0Rmr)

Nope.

I've had Starbucks exactly twice in my life, free both times because I voted. Took a sip each time, then dumped the coffee down a sewer grate and the cup into the trash. Burnt coffee. Do not understand it. Don't like whole bean roasts which taste burnt, either, like French roast. I guess I'm a mild to medium roast guy.

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:12 AM (gKDq2)

404 I'm all but in a state of panic at this point, which I know is ridiculous! 😂
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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Not ridiculous at all, Tammy. Burnout is a Real Thing. Maybe the local hospice can recommend home caregivers to help ease your load? Perhaps some of their qualified employees are looking for extra work?

My heart goes out to you.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

405 I'm all but in a state of panic at this point, which I know is ridiculous! 😂
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

Hang in there Tammy. In my experience, caring for my father was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. At the same time, knowing now, what I didn't know then, I would do it again in a heartbeat. Venting helps so vent away.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 14, 2025 01:18 AM (Pqqp4)

406 Stayed up long enough
Have a great night everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:20 AM (+qU29)

407 Someday I would love to hear your memories. And hope that it would encourage more of us to share. And celebrate!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer
*******
That's a good idea. Here's a start. Mom outlived her siblings and most of her friends. She was feeling a little lost after a lifelong friend of her and Dad died a few years ago. She then realized that me, her oldest son, born when she herself was still basically a kid, remembered and could converse about people and events in our mutual past. I was a little nerdy kid who often hung around and listened to the adults talk rather than playing, so in yhe last few years we could talk and compare our memories.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 01:21 AM (FNphl)

408 Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:12 AM

I'm with ya on that!

CHARbux sux. Burnt, bitter, gross. I get it, that they're mostly making coffee-flavored milkshakes for sissies, but damn.. Just.. Damn. Ick.

I like a good mild/medium roast. BRCC SS ("silencer smooth") was good, IMO, when I could afford it.

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

409 Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 01:01 AM (lUFok)

The lack of sleep is torture for me, but even worse for her. She always did have trouble sleeping, and dementia patients are notorious for it, so it's kind of a double whammy for her. It's awful to see her struggle to sleep. I have every sympathy for Michael Jackson, cuz Ive seen my poor mama take 3 Ambien, 2 Ativans, a couple of Trazadones and several 10 MG Melatonin tablets and not even get drowsy. Hallucinations, mind you ,but not so much as a yawn. Had to take all the pills away, because she was forgetting what all she took, and nothing really helps. I'm giving her Trazadone earlier than she wants it, then one more and some melatonin when she actually goes to bed, and it seems to work better than everything at once.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:23 AM (Ezs10)

410 Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 01:21 AM (FNphl)

What a joy and blessing you were to her! 🥰🥰🥰

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:24 AM (Ezs10)

411 404 I'm all but in a state of panic at this point, which I know is ridiculous! 😂
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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Not ridiculous at all, Tammy. Burnout is a Real Thing. Maybe the local hospice can recommend home caregivers to help ease your load? Perhaps some of their qualified employees are looking for extra work?

My heart goes out to you.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

Did Hospice with both my parents... many years apart... they were a blessing BUT don't expect a whole lot of sympathy from them...

They try... they really do... but they see death every damn day.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 01:27 AM (mP0Kj)

412 CHARbux sux. Burnt, bitter, gross. I get it, that they're mostly making coffee-flavored milkshakes for sissies, but damn..
Posted by: JQ

Even the "coffee milkshakes" taste burnt.

I get tea when my friends want to go there. They haven't found a way to burn that.

Yet.

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 01:28 AM (DgGvY)

413 I'm giving her Trazadone earlier than she wants it, then one more and some melatonin when she actually goes to bed, and it seems to work better than everything at once.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor`

Sounds like when I was looking after Old Mama.

With time, she got crazier, but was heavily over medicated too. Some of those meds make a difficult situation worse. Ambien was a particular zombie-crazy-maker.

Posted by: Miklos understands sometimes at June 14, 2025 01:29 AM (K6h4I)

414 I'm giving her Trazadone earlier than she wants it, then one more and some melatonin when she actually goes to bed, and it seems to work better than everything at once.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor`

Melatonin did not do anything for me... not a bit... I think it is another of those drugs that is dependent on your body chemistry.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 01:31 AM (mP0Kj)

415 JQ, she's a bit of a fussbudget, not mean or hateful, just particular about how things are done, as well as being rather reserved, so the home care people we've tried didn't work out.

And thank you all so much! It does help to vent!

I'll bid you good night and spare you any further whining... for now! 😁

Thank you for a lovely evening. Y'all are the best!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:32 AM (Ezs10)

416 I like a good mild/medium roast. BRCC SS ("silencer smooth") was good, IMO, when I could afford it.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

I have my favorite National coffees, like Costa Rican or Jamaican Blue Mtn or even our own Kona from Hawaii. Last two very expensive. I've enjoyed some African beans, some not so much. Coffee, at least national beans, are like wine. Different tastes and strengths for different people. The bean grown and the drying/roasting method used.

I like espresso, but it's strong, not burnt. Of course, there is the mandatory add of some Sambuca. But that's neither here nor there. I also love New Orleans Roast, with the chicory. A local bean place had a recipe for that, with 10% of the mix being dry roasted chicory. It was as good as Cafe du Monde as I could get as far away from the cafe as I was. But's that's pretty much it on the strong, almost burnt stuff. More medium roast is better to me. My stomach seems happier, too.

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:33 AM (gKDq2)

417
So, who has their Pride Tree set up and decorated? Anybody?

My son's idiot in-laws have theirs done and posted pictures!

Yay, them!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 14, 2025 01:34 AM (Tv15w)

418 I'll bid you good night and spare you any further whining... for now!

Go cuddle up with Thor and proclaim, "The snuggle is real!"

Might help, couldn't hurt.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 01:35 AM (lUFok)

419 "What a joy and blessing you were to her! 🥰🥰🥰
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor"
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Maybe. But I'm sure it was the other way around. She was a blessing to us.

Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 01:36 AM (FNphl)

420 I've come to the conclusion Starbucks is a multi-level marketing cult, just like Crossifit or Amway. Drink coffee here, drink coffee there, drink coffee on the go (we'll provide cute little carboard holders so you won't burn your hands and you'll look real cool carrying it). A bloody cult is what it is.

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:36 AM (gKDq2)

421
I've had Starbucks exactly twice in my life, free both times because I voted. Took a sip each time, then dumped the coffee down a sewer grate and the cup into the trash. Burnt coffee. Do not understand it. Don't like whole bean roasts which taste burnt, either, like French roast. I guess I'm a mild to medium roast guy.
Posted by: RickZ

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Have you found a place that makes good coffee, or do you have to make it yourself?

And good evening!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 01:37 AM (wbZPZ)

422 Jumping back on to say that melatonin does nothing fir me either, and that she took Anbuen fir years with no problem and then it not only quutcqorking, but she started having hallucinations. And I think it may have contributed to the dementia, too, based on studies that are coming out. She took Benadryl for sleep constantly when I was a kid, and there are studies implicating it as a contributor, as well.

Ok, out for real!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:38 AM (Ezs10)

423 So, who has their Pride Tree set up and decorated? Anybody?

I'd ask if that was a real thing but I'm pretty sure these demons will do anything to mock Christianity, including mocking it's stolen pagan symbolism.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 01:38 AM (lUFok)

424 Have you found a place that makes good coffee, or do you have to make it yourself?

And good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Cafe du Monde

With beignets

Posted by: Le Nouvel Mikleuse d'Orleans at June 14, 2025 01:43 AM (K6h4I)

425
Off to continue pursuing my Swedish ancestors. As another ancestor, Norwegian, as it so happened, used to rhapsodize,

Ten thousand Swedes
Ran through the weeds
Chased by one Norwegian

Later, y'all!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 14, 2025 01:43 AM (Tv15w)

426 Bacon. Mmmm.

Nom nom nom

Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

427 Have you found a place that makes good coffee, or do you have to make it yourself?

And good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 01:37 AM (wbZPZ)

I've been grinding my own beans (sometimes my gears but those are different stories) since the mid '80s, when I got my first coffee grinder, somewhere around $25-30; lasted for well over twenty years. Now I'm on coffee grinder # 2, again well over 20 years because this one was used; my friend no longer used it so I inherited it. This one's probably around 35 years old now. Coffee grinders last a long time if you don't beat them up. I also like the fresh ground flavor that comes with grinding beans at home, all those just released oils brewed into the pot. That's why I get an oil slick on my pitcher of iced coffee and why I stir before I pour. I don't want to be greedy with the flavor so I redistribute.

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:47 AM (gKDq2)

428 Late to the party. Read the content - well done, WD. 'evening/morning, Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 01:50 AM (41CYW)

429 Re 2026 Chevelle: never ever happen. What's funny is usually they photoshop late model Camaros for this stuff. Closest we will ever get is the last Challenger. Today's "elite" auto exec thinks anything like a Chevelle is absolutely yucky. They drool over Euro sports sedans and boring Lambo type supercars. Been that way for decades.

Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 01:51 AM (3/XaG)

430 I find myself a mite fatigued.

Not that I have done anything today

Posted by: Miklos Welk anna Sissy anna Bobby at June 14, 2025 01:52 AM (K6h4I)

431 429 Re 2026 Chevelle: never ever happen. What's funny is usually they photoshop late model Camaros for this stuff. Closest we will ever get is the last Challenger. Today's "elite" auto exec thinks anything like a Chevelle is absolutely yucky. They drool over Euro sports sedans and boring Lambo type supercars. Been that way for decades.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 01:51 AM (3/XaG)

We know best how to build a car anyway.

Posted by: DC Bureaucrats at June 14, 2025 01:52 AM (2Rbgs)

432
Cafe du Monde

With beignets
Posted by: Le Nouvel Mikleuse d'Orleans

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If only I could live there.

So, RickZ, no chains or restaurant recommendations from you? I don't know why my fresh-ground coffee doesn't taste magnitudes greater than Starbux.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 01:53 AM (wbZPZ)

433 Funny thing about the L.A. riots of 1992 is that I do not remember the “rooftop Koreans”. I DO remember street Koreans: dudes who had their guns out, pointed at the mob, who made it plain that their lives and property would only be threatened at the mob’s personal risk.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 01:54 AM (2Rbgs)

434 . I don't get why one ideology's loved and the other hated when they are two sides of the same coin.

Yep. Hitler and Stalin were Coke and Pepsi. And they were next door to each other. Both always knew eventually they would fight even though it would have better for both of them to ally.

Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 01:55 AM (3/XaG)

435 424 Have you found a place that makes good coffee, or do you have to make it yourself?

And good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Cafe du Monde

With beignets
Posted by: Le Nouvel Mikleuse d'Orleans at June 14, 2025 01:43 AM (K6h4I)

You know what’s on my mind right now? It ain’t the coffee in my kitchen…

Posted by: Jimmy at June 14, 2025 01:56 AM (2Rbgs)

436 Once in a while my parents would see new stock offerings - and if they both agreed - they would go ahead and buy. They're not frivolous gamblers.

Mom voted to buy Starbucks and Dad against. It split multiple times and they would've scored big time.

Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 01:58 AM (887Oq)

437 434 . I don't get why one ideology's loved and the other hated when they are two sides of the same coin.

Yep. Hitler and Stalin were Coke and Pepsi. And they were next door to each other. Both always knew eventually they would fight even though it would have better for both of them to ally.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 01:55 AM (3/XaG)

They weren’t going to ally for, despite how angry it makes people, Communists and Fascists/ Nazis absolutely hate each other. Yeah, their end results look similar but the journey to getting there always looks different hence their violent opposition to each other.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 01:58 AM (2Rbgs)

438 So, who has their Pride Tree set up and decorated? Anybody?
My son's idiot in-laws have theirs done and posted pictures!
Yay, them!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

How does one decorate a pride tree? Rainbow-colored dildos?

Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 01:58 AM (DgGvY)

439 341 I prefer my bacon crispy, so the fat melts on my tongue. I will eat it however it is presented to me, but I prefer crispy to floppy. Doesn't have to be like a charcoal briquet; more like a Lays potatoes chip.

But, again, I'll take it half raw the British way, or burnt. I ate a pound a day when I was doing strict carnivore.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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Have to cook it three ways here. Briquette for the lovely Mrs., very crispy for the doggo, floppy for me.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 02:00 AM (41CYW)

440 I have said this before and I will say it again...Cadillac and Lincoln will eventually die as it will never work to effectively be "look at us, we are almost like Benz and BMW but a bit cheaper". The only hope, and it might not work without really good advertising, would be to build big retro cruisers with a classic feel. Modern V8 engines, suspensions and mostly tires would allow them to get 25 mpg highway and handle perfectly fine for anyone who isn't a road racer. Think Harleys but cars. Use old American model names. It's been long enough that the gramps who bought the last of them are off the road and younger people don't really have that association. Never happen though. as the " elites" all are envious of foreigners and want to be them.

Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 02:03 AM (3/XaG)

441 So what's the difference between blocking a Federal fort and blocking a Federal detention center? Inquiring minds want to know. Democrat defiance of the government is the overarching theme I see.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (gKDq2)

Is a Federal detention center where they have illegal immigrants write “I will never do border incursions ever again 100 times on the chalkboard before being released?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 02:05 AM (2Rbgs)

442 I don't know why my fresh-ground coffee doesn't taste magnitudes greater than Starbux.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 01:53 AM (wbZPZ)

It's finding the coffee bean and the ratio per mug that suits your taste buds. For me, three mugs of coffee starts with 3 cups of water, plus a half a cup for the pot. (Leftovers become iced coffee.) My spoon is a certain Naval service tablespoon. Two of those per mug, plus 1 for the half. 7 TBS of beans per 3 mugs, plus a little, of coffee. I grind them not into a powder but a course ground, in pulses, just like using a food processor. If you grind the beans for too long to get that powder, they actually begin to 'cook' from the heat of the spinning blades and it ruins the flavor. Try pulsing if you're not doing that already.

Other than that technical side, like wine, it's all about the bean you like. Not what everybody else likes, what you like. As I said, I really enjoy Costa Rican coffee beans. A pleasant but unique flavor. Same with some of the African ones. Never really bought Asian coffee, except for that Kona.

Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 02:17 AM (gKDq2)

443 Speaking of Cadillac, they qualified first and second for the 24 Hours of LeMans. They'll be in the pole position for one of the Biggest motorsports event in the world! Coverage begins about 9:00 EST on MotortrendTV and HBO Max.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 02:20 AM (MmTZZ)

444 The coffee tastes like shit. Its expensive. And its served from an EVVVVVVIL globo mega corp that drives independent coffee shops out of business.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:56 AM (t0Rmr)
I’d argue Starbucks spawned independent coffee houses that have better coffee.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 02:21 AM (2Rbgs)

445 Whut a stupid Headline I just saw on MSN main page...

'Reason why you see so many Mexican Flags in LA Protests'.

uh... duh?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:24 AM (mP0Kj)

446 Instant coffee packet from a box of C-rats. Mix with lukewarm water and serve in an aluminum canteen cup.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 02:25 AM (UJD2L)

447 Use old American model names. It's been long enough that the gramps who bought the last of them are off the road and younger people don't really have that association. Never happen though. as the " elites" all are envious of foreigners and want to be them.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 02:03 AM (3/XaG)

Cadilac once had the PERFECT American Commercial... but then squandered their brand trying to be Euro Cars.

We went to the moon, and then didn't go back... why? because we got bored... we left a car up there with the keys in because we know we are the only ones who will go back...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:27 AM (mP0Kj)

448
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 02:17 AM (gKDq2)

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All right! We begin testing tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 02:35 AM (wbZPZ)

449 This is not your Grandfather's Oldsmobile

Posted by: A rockin' 440 Olds 88 at June 14, 2025 02:40 AM (K6h4I)

450 All right! We begin testing tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 02:35 AM (wbZPZ)

todays shopping list included...

Wine
Popcorn
12 Guage 00 Buck...

May have things covered

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:41 AM (mP0Kj)

451 Didya like the Friday Night Joke? The snails one?

Posted by: Ciampino - GOTO BASIC at June 14, 2025 03:01 AM (sPQoU)

452 Another one:

You know what seems odd to me? Numbers that aren't divisible by two.
(Michael Wolf)

Posted by: Ciampino - GOTO BASIC THEN PEEK & POKE at June 14, 2025 03:20 AM (sPQoU)

453 Nessun dorma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ciampino - GOTO BASIC THEN PEEK & POKE ! at June 14, 2025 03:23 AM (sPQoU)

454 MOAR CHROME!!!

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 03:25 AM (a4NoL)

455 Re 2026 Chevelle: never ever happen.

Just saw a Chevelle or Impala last week, during our first summer day. Man, what a nice rumble it made. Probably one of my high school classmates, as we had plenty back in the day.

Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 03:26 AM (0pSdA)

456 I’d argue Starbucks spawned independent coffee houses that have better coffee.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 02:21 AM (2Rbgs)

Always hit the coffee hut. Ignore Starfucks. Get good coffee, not overpriced burnt coffee. There are rules about this.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 03:27 AM (a4NoL)

457 All around the interwebs, I'm seeing 'King Trump'. Yea, bots and retarded algorithms programmed to be retarded. Anyway, Trump is the worse king ever. Any other king in history would have eradicated the opposition by know. Do better King Trump. Do better.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 03:31 AM (MmTZZ)

458 Left-wing activists chant “F**k you Israel, F**k you Egypt” after being detained by Egyptian authorities and put on a bus ready for deportation.

https://tinyurl.com/4n4dmect

Posted by: Ciampino - deport to El Salvador at June 14, 2025 03:32 AM (sPQoU)

459 That Chevelle at the end there - used a '70 front clip and a.....is that a Buick or Olds butt? Looks like a nice restomod with serious interior modernity detail. That's all it would take if the Big Three would just stick to that plan - make it look, exactly like tye classic on the outside but modernize everything else. Nut, nope. Every time a US automaker announces a classic resurrection despite having the clear winning style blueprint they faceplant epic. Most recently the Ford Bronco. If a duckfart was a vehicle style.....

Posted by: Moland Springs at June 14, 2025 03:40 AM (AN+ve)

460 Ramsey has created an entire empire by convincing people that everything is better with butter.

I would never pay what he charges for his fake gourmet meals.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 14, 2025 03:44 AM (fY84s)

461 Anyway, Trump is the worse king ever.

He said so himself. If he were such a powerful king, how come he gets overruled all the time?

Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 03:54 AM (c3KN4)

462 Good post. I learn something new and challenging on websites I stumbleupon every day.
It will always be helpful to read through articles from other writers and practice a
little something from their web sites.

Posted by: candid wedding photography at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (uX23Q)

Army Anniversary Cafe

Sometimes you just gotta get on your moped with your goat.

Owl shows off his beer muscles.

Crystal clear and yet green lake in India.

This dog doesn't just play soccer. He holds his own selfie-stick to film himself playing soccer.

Hyraxes, the evil river otters of the capybara family.

Cows love two things: thick grass and smooth jazz.

A mama cat lost her baby, so her owner got a new kitten for her. Here's her reaction.

This baby kangaroo is just too cute.

Little dog wants smoochers.

Sometimes parents have to think outside of the box to entertain their children.

Very bad dog! Aw, I can't stay mad at him, he's a good boy.

A boat filled with Real American Heroes finds an owl lost over the sea and struggling to stay aloft. So they do what Real American Heroes do.

To a cat, everything is a cat-toy, except actual cat-toys (obviously).

Imma just be down in your wires "fixing" them. Thanks to The Patriarch Tree.

Soldiers are getting ready for the Army Anniversary Parade, some wearing Revolutionary War era uniforms.

Some soldiers are wearing Vietnam-era uniforms. Neat. I guess they're doing an NFL-style Throwback Uniforms display, and I'm all about it.

Update: A commenter says the Real America network will cover the parade starting at 4pm. (Eastern, I guess.) The Right Side Broadcasting network will cover it starting at 4:30.

Governor Tampon says that the US Army parading is like North Korea -- or "Pyong-Pyong" as he so ignorantly says -- and also says he hopes our troops get bad weather for their parade.

The left is so insanely hateful and so possessed of Terrorist Fervor that I'm very worried they're going to attack the troops.

And then we'll have to hear CNN and the New York Times instructing us that it was a Fiery But Mostly Peaceful terrorist attack on US troops.

Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
The former Army National Guard "Command Sergeant Major" opposes the 250th birthday celebration for the Army?
Fascinating.

We can have an entire month of drag queens gyrating their dick-and-balls into kid's faces but we can't have a single day to honor the troops?

Jeeze, even Jake Tapper feels the pressure to pretend to Support the Troops.

A giant Anteater eating pic.twitter.com/vAPKcWvLlB
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 12, 2025

This is cute but I have a feeling the goat isn't picking up on the distinction between wearing a helmet and not wearing a helmet.

Now THAT'S the best enrichment activity a Goat could ask for. pic.twitter.com/PcIEHPX8Lx
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 11, 2025

The future is here. Still no flying cars, of course.

Redwood
NEO�s AI pic.twitter.com/zmV45R7kWC
— 1X (@1x_tech) June 10, 2025

there is something about this that is just so majestic and powerful pic.twitter.com/qq3UB9Kl5s
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 11, 2025

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1 Uno

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (g47mK)

2 👍

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (g47mK)

3 You had a banner day, Ace. Go ahead and knock off early.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (uS/oN)

4 Flying cars...I like the concept

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:24 PM (g47mK)

5 German shepherd puppies are very fuzzy.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:25 PM (g47mK)

6 You just want to pet them, you know ??

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:25 PM (g47mK)

7 The German Shepherd picture above? Nice sound system.

A woofer with two sub woofers.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (fab8c)

8 I have puppy deprivation.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (DLqye)

9 Good thing they are not raptors, or they would kill each other. And the one who loses, is fed to the one who is left standing. By the parent!

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (g47mK)

10 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (+qU29)

11
Flying cars...I like the concept
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:24 PM (g47mK)

________

Now people can be assholes in three dimensions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (QnmlO)

12 rickb223, standing ovation on that one.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (DLqye)

13 Hmmm, I'm torn. On the one hand, I'd love to be in the WW I section, but my uncles went to 'Nam, and I'd love to represent them, giving them the respect they never got.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

14 >>>A mama cat lost her baby, so her owner got a new kitten for her. Here's her reaction.

Mama cat wins the thread.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (uS/oN)

15 Flying cars...I like the concept
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:24 PM (g47mK)
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Better not rely on velocity, because all the stoners would stall out and it would be Death from Above all the time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (ZOv7s)

16 >>>The German Shepherd picture above? Nice sound system.
A woofer with two sub woofers.

haha

if there was a bird they'd have a tweeter

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (KRtlO)

17 The German Shepherd picture above? Nice sound system.

A woofer with two sub woofers.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (fab8c)

Now you just need a bird to land there, and you'll also have a tweeter.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2025 07:29 PM (S/Y4j)

18 Very important to have a spare dog in case one needs a nap.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:30 PM (7xrfc)

19 Why would someone have Hyraxes around if they have that disposition?

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:31 PM (+qU29)

20 With flying cars, I sort of imagine Lucas' Coruscant, in Attack of the Clones.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:31 PM (g47mK)

21 I reported for Army boot camp at Fort Knox Kentucky on 20 July 1975. Did boot camp and infantry training. Got sent to the 3rd ID in Germany. Got tired of sleeping in the mud and eating out of a can so I switched over to the Navy. 3 hots and a cot and I never had to sleep in the mud again.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (e5NfL)

22 >>Now THAT'S the best enrichment activity a Goat could ask for.

Just another example in an endless list of why women live longer than men.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (viF8m)

23 Don't start with me !! It aged well !

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (g47mK)

24 I've read the parade will include uniforms from every era.
I saw this done once before. The Vietnam era got a rousing cheer!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (W/lyH)

25 The German Shepherd picture above? Nice sound system.

A woofer with two sub woofers.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (fab8c)

Now all you need is a bird to land there, and you'd have a tweeter.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (uS/oN)

26 I've read the parade will include uniforms from every era.
I saw this done once before. The Vietnam era got a rousing cheer!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (W/lyH)
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I bet they will tomorrow.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:34 PM (ZOv7s)

27 I also bet that the guys who get to wear the 'Nam uniforms are the envy of everyone else. The guys in the photo looked pretty happy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

28 Waltz is just a despicable POS.
I had to watch the momma cat with new kitty vid twice to get the blood pressure down.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:36 PM (W/lyH)

29 and also says he hopes our troops get bad weather for their parade.

That's a normal day in the field.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:36 PM (7xrfc)

30 Scratch hyrax off the pet list for me. Are they good eatin' at least?

Posted by: Hangry Hank at June 13, 2025 07:36 PM (G5+As)

31 Looked at channel listing and didn't see parade listed

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (+qU29)

32 There is no indication that that goat on the moped is alive. If it were standing on the handle bars it would be cool but it looks like it's front legs are tied together around the guys neck and he's taking it home to butcher. IMO

Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (bLe0J)

33 DOJ gets their first four convictions regarding USAID bribery.

Over a half a billion dollars in fraud.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (oSeBJ)

34 Doggie!

Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (77rzZ)

35 G-d bless our military and their sacrifices to give us the freedom we enjoy. You deserve every honor.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (DLqye)

36 "so her owner got a new kitten for her"

I saw another video where an orphaned kitten was taken to a rescue where there was a nursing cat. They were going to be really cautious about the introduction and mom cat had other ideas.

"There is a kitten that is crying because it does not have a mother! GIVE IT TO ME NOW!"

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (7xrfc)

37 Tim Walz is a big fat faggot

Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (YwEeS)

38 27 I also bet that the guys who get to wear the 'Nam uniforms are the envy of everyone else. The guys in the photo looked pretty happy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

Parades are interesting. For most troops it's a pain in the ass. Lots of waiting around, rehearsals, boredom. But once it gets rolling they get with the program. My Unit looked the best!
And afterwards they never seem to have to buy their own drinks.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (W/lyH)

39 You say the AI robot can bend over?

Posted by: totally not Sid at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (gKWVE)

40 The future is here. Still no flying cars, of course.

I got an object here I want my robot to grasp.

Posted by: Inevitable Juvenile Humor at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (s8j++)

41 to be honest I wasn't going to watch the parade but now that I see they're wearing all the uniforms of the eras I'm going to watch.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (KRtlO)

42 Thanks for all of the neat videos. I loved several of them.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (lIio7)

43 Watch the festivites tomorrow on Real America's Voice. Starts at 4PM.

Posted by: I Love A Parade! at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (G5+As)

44 >>.3 You had a banner day, Ace. Go ahead and knock off early.

thank you. If anyone has a beef against Israel it's me. I try to arrange things so that Friday is half-day for me. Not this Friday though.

Thanks a lot, Jews

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (KRtlO)

45 Flying cars would be a freakin’ disaster. No bueno.

Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (77rzZ)

46 Effeminate weirdo Tim Walz is a weirdo and effeminate.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (kTd/k)

47
Governor Tampon says that the US Army parading is like North Korea -- or "Pyong-Pyong"

________

We've had a commenter right here this week who said much the same thing. Plus Americans are Soviets.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (QnmlO)

48 The 37MPH thing is disingenuous.

You're trying to catch a dog running a straight line at an angle.

Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (iGK7y)

49 It's pretty much subconscious that when you see your own army marching in formation, you feel good. When you see the enemy's army marching in formation, you feel angry and uncomfortable.

You know, Tim. Just sayin'. Make of that what you will.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (jeWRt)

50 >>> 33 DOJ gets their first four convictions regarding USAID bribery.

Over a half a billion dollars in fraud.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (oSeBJ)

Quick, let's riot some more!!!

Posted by: leftists at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (ULPxl)

51 >>43 Watch the festivites tomorrow on Real America's Voice. Starts at 4PM.

thank you!

>>42 Thanks for all of the neat videos. I loved several of them.

glad you liked them. You're welcome.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (KRtlO)

52 Insidious joos forcing ace to work late, is there anything they can't do?

Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (YwEeS)

53 I reported for Army boot camp at Fort Knox Kentucky on 20 July 1975. Did boot camp and infantry training. Got sent to the 3rd ID in Germany. Got tired of sleeping in the mud and eating out of a can so I switched over to the Navy. 3 hots and a cot and I never had to sleep in the mud again.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (e5NfL)

Heh!
We probably passed each other on the tank trail in Graf.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (W/lyH)

54 >>>Parades are interesting. For most troops it's a pain in the ass. Lots of waiting around, rehearsals, boredom. But once it gets rolling they get with the program.

Isn't that basically life in the army? Hurry up to wait? Twenty three and three quarters hours of boredom and then 15 minutes of terror?

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)

55 Tampon Timmy is still bitter that he never landed a soldier husband and probably a little sad about Hogg dumping him, too.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 07:42 PM (ULPxl)

56 I, along with all our fellow chiroptophiles, are still coming off of the high of yesterday's Café bats.

Have a great weekend, Ace! Avoid crowds.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:43 PM (Vb7TB)

57 Isn't that basically life in the army? Hurry up to wait? Twenty three and three quarters hours of boredom and then 15 minutes of terror?
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)

Usually.
But the good news about when the shooting starts, the troops get to shoot back.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:43 PM (W/lyH)

58 And afterwards they never seem to have to buy their own drinks.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (W/lyH)

Nor should they - they signed up to do a job that could end their lives. A drink is the least we fellow Americans who are safe because of them should be buying.

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:44 PM (wLjpr)

59 Twenty three and three quarters hours of boredom and then 15 minutes of terror?
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)

Whoa, Irony....

My Gimp says the same damn thing.

Posted by: Adam Kinzinger at June 13, 2025 07:44 PM (iGK7y)

60 rickb223, standing ovation on that one.
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you.
I have a good one every now & then. 😁

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 07:45 PM (fab8c)

61 Everyone have a great night.

Going to bed sober.

The house appraiser was here today. I can't wait until all this is over.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:45 PM (jvJvP)

62
Big words from a deserter.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:46 PM (QnmlO)

63 Back to FoxNews and Israel.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (jvJvP)

64 63 Back to FoxNews and Israel.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (jvJvP)

Poor Jack Keane is gonna be all hoarse and chafed tomorrow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (jeWRt)

65 Isn't that basically life in the army? Hurry up to wait? Twenty three and three quarters hours of boredom and then 15 minutes of terror?
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM

For soldiers, yeah.

For sailors, no, because in the Navy, “It’s Not Just a Job, It’s An Adventure”.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (Vb7TB)

66 Insidious joos forcing ace to work late, is there anything they can't do?

Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (YwEeS)

Get him up before the crack of noon?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 07:48 PM (uS/oN)

67 61 Going to bed sober? What fun is that?

Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:49 PM (77rzZ)

68 Nor should they - they signed up to do a job that could end their lives. A drink is the least we fellow Americans who are safe because of them should be buying.
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:44 PM (wLjpr)

Agreed.
Parades are important. America...meet your soldiers.
Soldiers, meet the people you would be fighting for.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:50 PM (W/lyH)

69 Duncanthrax, my ex was Navy. Told me the adventures of scraping paint off a satellite supporting pole and repainting it.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:50 PM (DLqye)

70 67 61 Going to bed sober? What fun is that?
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:49 PM (77rzZ)

I know...
Ughhh...

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:50 PM (jvJvP)

71 I would never want a robot in my home, those things are going to kill us all in our sleep.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM (oGdsR)

72 The wife and I have to go into DC tomorrow to watch a play. Not looking to it.

Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM (77rzZ)

73 >>>Get him up before the crack of noon?

never!

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM (KRtlO)

74 For sailors, no, because in the Navy, “It’s Not Just a Job, It’s An Adventure”.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (Vb7TB)

Navy Adventure:
Day one at sea. Blue water
Day two: blue water
Day 47 blue water.

At least in the Army you get to meet new people every day.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (W/lyH)

75 71 I would never want a robot in my home, those things are going to kill us all in our sleep.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM (oGdsR)

"Well, it'll usually do your dishes for you. Sometimes, it will kill you in your sleep."

"So... I won't have to do dishes either way, then?"

"Well, no."

"Sold!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (jeWRt)

76 ace. You have the best Cobs in existence. You

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (DLqye)

77 Scratch hyrax off the pet list for me. Are they good eatin' at least?
Posted by: Hangry Hank

Lorax > Hyrax

Posted by: Dr. Suess at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (DgGvY)

78 72 Not lookin “forward” to it.

Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (77rzZ)

79 At least in the Army you get to meet new people every day.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (W/lyH)

The water is always trying to kill you.

But at least it's unarmed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (jeWRt)

80 Isn't that basically life in the army? Hurry up to wait? Twenty three and three quarters hours of boredom and then 15 minutes of terror?
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)
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In the Air Force, the terror happens when the internet connection fails.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (ZOv7s)

81
At least in the Army you get to meet new people every day.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (W/lyH)

________

And kill them!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (QnmlO)

82 Navy Adventure:
Day one at sea. Blue water
Day two: blue water
Day 47 blue water.

At least in the Army you get to meet new people every day.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (W/lyH)
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One of my house mates after college was a submariner. Said it was like being locked in a bathroom for two months.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

83
Agreed.
Parades are important. America...meet your soldiers.
Soldiers, meet the people you would be fighting for.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:50 PM (W/lyH)

This. I love this, and what Warai said about Timmy dissing the parade. Both incredibly incisive thoughts.

Every nation with a standing army has a parade to celebrate them. Why shouldn't we?

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (wLjpr)

84 77 The Lorax? He speaks for the trees!

Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (77rzZ)

85 The Israelis have the best technology in the world so I don't understand why they aren't sending robots into those booby trapped buildings?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (DLqye)

86 I would never want a robot in my home, those things are going to kill us all in our sleep.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM

Have you never read a transcript from one of the cat meetings when no one else is around?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

87 Hey BenHad!!! Hugs to you!!!

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:56 PM (wLjpr)

88 Going to bed sober.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:45 PM (jvJvP)
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I gave that another try in March, and it didn't do anything for me, so I stopped.

YMMV.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:56 PM (ZOv7s)

89 Duncanthrax, my ex was Navy. Told me the adventures of scraping paint off a satellite supporting pole and repainting it.
Posted by: Ben Had

That's a really tall pole.

If they just let it orbit freely, it would belong to the Space Force, though, wouldn't it?

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 07:56 PM (DgGvY)

90 Thought of going into the Navy never crossed my mind

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:57 PM (+qU29)

91 >>The water is always trying to kill you.

>>But at least it's unarmed.

Oh no, its armed.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (viF8m)

92 I reported for Army boot camp at Fort Knox Kentucky on 20 July 1975. Did boot camp and infantry training. Got sent to the 3rd ID in Germany. Got tired of sleeping in the mud and eating out of a can so I switched over to the Navy. 3 hots and a cot and I never had to sleep in the mud again.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (e5NfL)

Heh!
We probably passed each other on the tank trail in Graf.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM

Probably, I did a whole bunch of flippies at Graf.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (e5NfL)

93 And kill them!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (QnmlO)

Don't shoot the frauliens!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (W/lyH)

94 In the Air Force, the terror happens when the internet connection fails.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM

"Pffft."
-- AFB golf courses closed for maintenance

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

95 This. I love this, and what Warai said about Timmy dissing the parade. Both incredibly incisive thoughts.

Every nation with a standing army has a parade to celebrate them. Why shouldn't we?
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (wLjpr)
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It is really telling that this asshole wants troops who are following unquestionably lawful order to be miserable.

To get Trump.

I would have hated to be in that butt-munch's unit. Total chow thief and blue falcon to boot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (ZOv7s)

96 Have you never read a transcript from one of the cat meetings when no one else is around?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

And now I'm thinking of the Far Side cartoon where the cows are standing around on their hind legs, until the lookout yells "Car!"

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (DgGvY)

97 32 There is no indication that that goat on the moped is alive. If it were standing on the handle bars it would be cool but it looks like it's front legs are tied together around the guys neck and he's taking it home to butcher. IMO
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM

How about a surfing goat? I see this guy sometimes and his car has goats painted on it and he always has the goats with him everywhere.

https://tinyurl.com/ydp6b3rj

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (oGdsR)

98 I don’t think that was beer muscles on the owl. Owls are badass predators. They ain’t afraid of some house cat.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (m4tox)

99 moki, we gotta have an email chin wag. So many things I want to ask you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (DLqye)

100 "Pffft."
-- AFB golf courses closed for maintenance
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (0sNs1)
---
The horror! The horror!

Posted by: Every pilot on base at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (ZOv7s)

101 Probably, I did a whole bunch of flippies at Graf.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (e5NfL)

That was good bier!
Had to buy a lighter just to have one for those rubber things.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (W/lyH)

102 I used to be a volunteer at the Children's Zoo in San Francisco. We had a hyrax. When he was being taken out of his cage, there had to be two of us there: One at the door and the other ready to grab the little bastard when he leaped over you.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 08:00 PM (7xrfc)

103 99 moki, we gotta have an email chin wag. So many things I want to ask you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (DLqye)

Ask away, my friend! the old email you have still works, and I can send you my new email!

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 08:00 PM (wLjpr)

104 "So... I won't have to do dishes either way, then?"

That's a rather good way to look at it. I wonder if they can clean floors as well?

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (7xrfc)

105 Thought of going into the Navy never crossed my mind
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:57 PM (+qU29)
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I pondered switching to the Naval Reserve so I could get a service trifecta.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)

106 aren't hyraxes (hyrices?) the little bastards who are the closest living relatives of elephants or something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (jeWRt)

107 I thought the own was signaling to the cat
Just don't even think about starting trouble

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (+qU29)

108 You can teach the droid to wash the dishes but it will never know why it is washing the dishes.

Posted by: fd at June 13, 2025 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

109 moki, new email would probably be best.

Hugs to you and the family and scritches for Abner

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:02 PM (DLqye)

110 The left is so insanely hateful and so possessed of Terrorist Fervor that I'm very worried they're going to attack the troops.
________________

Issue the troops live ammunition.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 08:03 PM (YqDXo)

111 108 You can teach the droid to wash the dishes but it will never know why it is washing the dishes.
Posted by: fd at June 13, 2025 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

Well shit man you can say that about me.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:03 PM (jeWRt)

112 Issue the troops live ammunition.

Problem solved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 08:03 PM (YqDXo)
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"Give 'em a whiff of grapeshot!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:04 PM (ZOv7s)

113 "Just do the dishes you lazy fuck!"

"NO! Why don't YOU just balance things on a half a paper towel over your leg like a normal person!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:05 PM (jeWRt)

114
You can teach the droid to wash the dishes but it will never know why it is washing the dishes.
Posted by: fd at June 13, 2025 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

________

You. Didn't. Load. The. Dishwasher. Correctly. Again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:05 PM (QnmlO)

115 "Pffft."
-- AFB golf courses closed for maintenance
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (0sNs1)
---
The horror! The horror!
Posted by: Every pilot on base at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (ZOv7s)

***
DEFCON 2!
DEFCON 2!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:05 PM (W/lyH)

116 DEFCON 2!
DEFCON 2!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:05 PM (W/lyH)

"Is that the good one or the bad one?"

"Shit! Where's our Marine?!?!?! He'd know!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:06 PM (jeWRt)

117 I keep asking for my exoskeleton.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:06 PM (DLqye)

118 I'm sorry Dave, I don't do dishes.

Posted by: HAL at June 13, 2025 08:07 PM (i0F8b)

119 >>You can teach the droid to wash the dishes but it will never know why it is washing the dishes.

That's why I have a dog. Dishes are spotless when he's done with them.

Saves on water too.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 08:07 PM (viF8m)

120 JackStraw, Amen!

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:08 PM (DLqye)

121 106 elephants and sirenians (dugongs and manatees)

Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 08:08 PM (77rzZ)

122 Air Force life was tougher than you might think. I remember the night the enlisted dining facility almost, ALMOST, ran out of lobster tails.

There were a tense few moments, but we persevered!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 13, 2025 08:09 PM (ZTJjv)

123
I mean, damn. Can you imagine a 250th under a Kammie administration?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:10 PM (QnmlO)

124 I am Senator Alex Padilla!

Posted by: Spartacus at June 13, 2025 08:10 PM (jc0TO)

125 "Is that the good one or the bad one?"

"Shit! Where's our Marine?!?!?! He'd know!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:06 PM (jeWRt)
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It's funny because I spent 13 years assigned to USAFE AFFOR staff and it never once came up.

I burned out on public affairs but like doing planning. No one here will be surprised that when we would develop COAs I was always the guy who suggested using nukes.

"Hear me out, but one nuke and this whole problem goes away."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)

126 Parades are interesting. For most troops it's a pain in the ass. Lots of waiting around, rehearsals, boredom. But once it gets rolling they get with the program.

Isn't that basically life in the army? Hurry up to wait? Twenty three and three quarters hours of boredom and then 15 minutes of terror?
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)
——-

That seems to be true about most sports and active activities. The ratio of practice and prep to actual activity is about 10 to 1.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (m4tox)

127 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

You are fine as you stand! Horses and exo-skeletons may not mix.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (u82oZ)

128 I can imagine a lot of things that would have happened under the kumsucker and none of them are good.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (DLqye)

129 Army dog comes with two subwoofers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (63Dwl)

130 Thanks for Cafe, Ace! Hope your weekend rocks!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (/Ghsb)

131 Air Force life was tougher than you might think. I remember the night the enlisted dining facility almost, ALMOST, ran out of lobster tails.

There were a tense few moments, but we persevered!
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 13, 2025 08:09 PM (ZTJjv)
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Active duty guys coming to our ANG base were stunned that we had to bus our own trays.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

132 Elric the Bladiest Blade

Same ratio for helo maintenance vs flying hours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:13 PM (u82oZ)

133
That seems to be true about most sports and active activities. The ratio of practice and prep to actual activity is about 10 to 1.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (m4tox)

___________

Dog shows involve hours of preparation for two minutes in the ring.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:13 PM (QnmlO)

134 I was always the guy who suggested using nukes.

"Hear me out, but one nuke and this whole problem goes away."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)

I decided long ago that the most likely scenario is that we dismantled all our nukes, or sold them for cash to other countries, because we decided we'd never use them again and if we just make everyone else think we're bristling with enough Yotta-tons of kerplooey to extinguish the Sun, it wouldn't matter.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:14 PM (jeWRt)

135 I mean, damn. Can you imagine a 250th under a Kammie administration?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:10 PM (QnmlO)
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They wouldn't have had one. Pride Month wouldn't have left room for it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)

136 I may wear my utility cover tomorrow. It’s all squared and blocked. It’s 45 years old

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:14 PM (LHPAg)

137 This hasn't gotten much coverage for some reason, but, like pallets of cinder blocks, there apparently have been some pallets of crayons delivered in L.A. to show support for the sustainment of the Marines.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

138 Hadrian, horseshows involve years for two minutes in the ring.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (DLqye)

139
"Hear me out, but one nuke and this whole problem goes away."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)

_________

"Just a demo."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (QnmlO)

140 DJ Jazzy Jeff

I remember a working party loading meat to the ship's freezer. There was a box labeled Rejected by Arizona State Prisons.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (u82oZ)

141 98 I don’t think that was beer muscles on the owl. Owls are badass predators. They ain’t afraid of some house cat.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (m4tox)

That's a fledgling that probably can't fly that well yet. I've walked outside and oh crap, there's an owlet right there and they're huge, just ginormous for being like 3 months old. And they click their bills at you and the parents are hooting in the tree above you while also clicking their beaks in a warning to leave their baby alone. They get back in the tree in a day or so.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 08:16 PM (oGdsR)

142 I decided long ago that the most likely scenario is that we dismantled all our nukes, or sold them for cash to other countries, because we decided we'd never use them again and if we just make everyone else think we're bristling with enough Yotta-tons of kerplooey to extinguish the Sun, it wouldn't matter.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:14 PM (jeWRt)
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Clearly you have forgotten that time when we inadvertently loaded LIVE nukes onto some B-52s and sent them to Barksdale by mistake. Was that Offut? What a mess.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)

143 Active duty guys coming to our ANG base were stunned that we had to bus our own trays.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

Hope they were just joshing. If not, things have changed. Best chow ever was in the Kunsan, Korea mess hall…followed closely by the flight line facility there.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (ZTJjv)

144 Warai-otoko

Nukes keep the peace between Great Powers. Since 1945.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (u82oZ)

145 Best thing I ever did was sober up. Booze was a waste of time and money

Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (cOn95)

146 113, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (/Ghsb)

147 Barksdale.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

148 I remember a working party loading meat to the ship's freezer. There was a box labeled Rejected by Arizona State Prisons.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (u82oZ)

Oh my!!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (ZTJjv)

149
Was that Offut? What a mess.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)

__________

Whole lot of people got sent to recruiting offices in Kallikak, Burgoo, Possum Snot and Mushrat Dell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (QnmlO)

150 ---
It's funny because I spent 13 years assigned to USAFE AFFOR staff and it never once came up.

I burned out on public affairs but like doing planning. No one here will be surprised that when we would develop COAs I was always the guy who suggested using nukes.

"Hear me out, but one nuke and this whole problem goes away."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)

Exercise after Exercise I'd haul those damned NRAS safes in my track. Never got to play.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (W/lyH)

151 Since Ace is off-duty until Monday, that means that Israel and Iran are on hold until then, too. Right?

Hope everybody had a great Friday the 13th.

Posted by: mindful webworker - The M-F war at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (Z5w4n)

152 47
Governor Tampon says that the US Army parading is like North Korea -- or "Pyong-Pyong"

________

We've had a commenter right here this week who said much the same thing. Plus Americans are Soviets.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

If that was the case, Comrade Timmuh would be all for it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 13, 2025 08:19 PM (s1NDj)

153 DJ Jazzy Jeff

I remember a working party loading meat to the ship's freezer. There was a box labeled Rejected by Arizona State Prisons.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (u82oZ)
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In a shocking turn of events, for lunch during a disaster response exercise, we were actually issued expired MREs.

I immediately wrote a sharp letter to the chef.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

154 Elric the Bladiest Blade

Same ratio for helo maintenance vs flying hours.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:13 PM (u82oZ)
——-

Yea, I race cars. The prep and time spent getting to the race, unloading the car, setting up, and everything else is nuts. For maybe a few hours of actual race time. The drive to and from the race alone is often 18 hours or more. Why do I do it? Well those few hours of racing are insanely exciting.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 08:19 PM (m4tox)

155 Barksdale by mistake. Was that Offut? What a mess.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Nay. I think is was Barksdale to Minot. Wiki has the info.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:20 PM (u82oZ)

156 I am headed to Hilton Head, SC tomorrow morning. Leaving at 4 AM, get there around 10. It's an annual vacation, but this year it will coincide with my in-laws 60th Anniversary. Just felt like telling people that.
(Also, we are doing a "Dolphins and Doughnuts" excursion, which can't not be fun).

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 13, 2025 08:21 PM (2cS/G)

157 147 Barksdale.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (0sNs1
Schweebspote/Bozier!

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM (LHPAg)

158 Nay. I think is was Barksdale to Minot. Wiki has the info.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:20 PM (u82oZ)
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Dammit, Minot. It was on the tip of my tongue.

What a shitshow. Curtis LeMay turned in his grave.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)

159 Fun fact: Neither Israel or Iran have any Walmarts, although they have plenty of Targets.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM (0sNs1)

160 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

You were right. Minot to Barksdale.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:23 PM (u82oZ)

161 If that was the case, Comrade Timmuh would be all for it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 13, 2025 08:19 PM (s1NDj)
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Equating American troops marching in a parade to Communist propaganda tells you just what a crapweasel this loser is.

He should have gotten the full Dreyfuss treatment - tear off his rank, stomp on his hat and break his favorite pencil.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:23 PM (ZOv7s)

162 When the ship's evaporators went tits up off of Central America, we had to UNREP for potable water.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:25 PM (u82oZ)

163 Being prior Army gave me much more of an appreciation for Air Force life. Also helped in joint situations.

"Excuse me, LT, I speak Army..."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)

164 That seems to be true about most sports and active activities. The ratio of practice and prep to actual activity is about 10 to 1.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (m4tox)

There was a one time idea that one had to put in so many thousands of hours to become an expert in a particular endeavor.

This rule seems more applicable to physical areas like sports than creative areas like music.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (Rm1xR)

165 Newark ICE altercation.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (KhjS7)

166 "Pyong-Pyong"? Isn't that the game featuring a table, a net and two opponents with pyaddles?

Posted by: Paco at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (mADJX)

167 In a shocking turn of events, for lunch during a disaster response exercise, we were actually issued expired MREs.

I immediately wrote a sharp letter to the chef.

You should have demanded to speak to the manager.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (/y8xj)

168 When the ship's evaporators went tits up off of Central America, we had to UNREP for potable water.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:25 PM (u82oZ)
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I remember when the water cooler in the front office broke, and we all had to go the BX and get slushies.

Terrible.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

169 You should have demanded to speak to the manager.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (/y8xj)
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True story: I interviewed the new superintendent for Services, and he talked a good game about menus, elite food service and all that. Nothing happened.

From time to time I'd propose the base newspaper carry a story: "Commentary: the food still sucks."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)

170 Chowhall at Torreon was better than the galley at Rota.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:29 PM (LHPAg)

171 When the ship's evaporators went tits up off of Central America, we had to UNREP for potable water.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:25 PM

Evian or Topo Chico?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

172 WTH is a 'Lister Bag'?

Posted by: Airman at June 13, 2025 08:30 PM (XeU6L)

173 Being prior Army gave me much more of an appreciation for Air Force life. Also helped in joint situations.

"Excuse me, LT, I speak Army..."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)

When my acronyms meet your acronyms and new letters are creates, it's a beautiful thing!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:30 PM (W/lyH)

174 Why doesn't Tim Walz just have a parade featuring drag queens, and maybe a giant tampon float? That'll show Trump!

Posted by: Paco at June 13, 2025 08:30 PM (mADJX)

175
When the ship's evaporators went tits up off of Central America, we had to UNREP for potable water.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Was it a steam powered ship?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (63Dwl)

176 Fun fact: Neither Israel or Iran have any Walmarts, although they have plenty of Targets.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM

*snort*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (Wnv9h)

177 So nice to have a pro American President for the 250th.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (0HaGk)

178 Lister Bag is a big water bag on a tripod used to decontaminate water.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 08:32 PM (KhjS7)

179 Benhad, I'm sorry, I cant find your email!

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 08:32 PM (wLjpr)

180 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

We had a Naval aviator bad boy, a fallen angle seaman apprentice (E-2) sentenced to sea duty come to the ship in a shipyard. His Chief tasked him to get a Fallopian Tube. Off he went.

He came back hours later, red lipstick on his jumper. He told the Chief, "I got as close as I could, but she would not let me have it".

His stock rose significantly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:33 PM (u82oZ)

181 Tim Walz is a pimple on the ass of a baboon.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:33 PM (DLqye)

182
So nice to have a pro American President for the 250th.
Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (0HaGk)

_________

Instead of one who considers the US occupied territory.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (QnmlO)

183 If the troops are attacked by a bunch of paid protestors, I hope it becomes a mostly peaceful bayonet exercise.

Posted by: Paco at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (mADJX)

184 When the ship's evaporators went tits up off of Central America, we had to UNREP for potable water.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Hey!
There's ladies reading this!
The correct term is Tango Uniform!
(We in the Army are gentlemen.)

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (W/lyH)

185 moki, left sidebar under the TXMoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (DLqye)

186 Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Spruance class gas-turbine powered DD.
80,000 shp, but no water to drink.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (u82oZ)

187 So nice to have a pro American President for the 250th.
Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (0HaGk)

No doubt that is vexing the Left, if only at the subconscious level.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 08:36 PM (Rm1xR)

188 Diogenes

OK. TU.

I'm over it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:36 PM (u82oZ)

189 OK. TU.

I'm over it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:36 PM (u82oZ)

;-)

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:37 PM (W/lyH)

190 181 Tim Walz is a pimple on the ass of a baboon. - Ben Had

Baboon ass pimples everywhere explode in outrage and puss at the metaphor.

Posted by: Paco at June 13, 2025 08:38 PM (mADJX)

191 NaCly, tell.me you are taking good care of yourself. You know you can't lie to me

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:39 PM (DLqye)

192 Hey Ben, for some reason when I click on the link it comes up blank! I know I'm bad with computers, but dang, I didn't think fear could erase information!!!

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 08:39 PM (wLjpr)

193 moki, no.problem I will just send to your old address.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:41 PM (DLqye)

194 Ben Had

I am. I got a good report from my doctor today. "Keep doing what you are doing."

There are four potential gold-diggers after my bank account. My wife knew them all. So dodging is aerobic.

I am returning them to good friends and/or coworkers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:41 PM (u82oZ)

195 Boss Moss

Lister bags do not work on salt water, BTW.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:43 PM (u82oZ)

196 I gained 25 pounds in 90 days messcooking in the USS Independence CPO mess.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:43 PM (LHPAg)

197 {{{moki}}}

Still remembering that time in Herndon with a smile on my face.

You and hubby have the best first date story I ever heard.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (u82oZ)

198 Tim Walz is a pimple on the ass of a baboon.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:33 PM

That would at least give him some color.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (0sNs1)

199 I am. I got a good report from my doctor today. "Keep doing what you are doing."

There are four potential gold-diggers after my bank account. My wife knew them all. So dodging is aerobic.

I am returning them to good friends and/or coworkers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:41 PM (u82oZ)
***

Send them back with a smile on their faces!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (W/lyH)

200 Eromero, repeat that now please. Need more date loaf?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (DLqye)

201 Diogenes

Negative, Ghost Rider. The pattern is full.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:45 PM (u82oZ)

202 Thanks, (G5+As) for the tip about Parade tomorrow on Real America's Voice. I just tested it on Roku streaming device.

Posted by: I Love Those Sockpuppets!

Posted by: CapeFear at June 13, 2025 08:46 PM (+JzKz)

203 expired MRE's, ?

that's what the civilian market gets; been eatin' 'em for decades
(under hunger duress, be it noted)

significantly better than nuffin' atall, & no ill effects yet ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 08:46 PM (/Ghsb)

204 Lister bags do not work on salt water, BTW.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:43 PM

I thought the one designed for marine use was known as a Listerine?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:46 PM (0sNs1)

205 Sorry but AC/DC is awesome. I don’t understand people who say all their songs sound the same.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:47 PM (VofaG)

206 Nice article on the Roof Koreans:

https://tinyurl.com/2vbsamvh

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 13, 2025 08:48 PM (AcTAo)

207 Boston songs all sound the same. But More than a feeling is a damn good song.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:49 PM (CA3k/)

208 I gained 25 pounds in 90 days messcooking in the USS Independence CPO mess.
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:43 PM (LHPAg)

Did the same thing my freshman year as a dishwasher in a sorority. Free food and $25 a month. Wash dishes and watch the girls.
I win!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:50 PM (W/lyH)

209 There are four potential gold-diggers after my bank account. My wife knew them all. So dodging is aerobic.

I am returning them to good friends and/or coworkers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:41 PM (u82oZ)

This is the classic outline of a great soap opera.

Just add in the forced diversity and it becomes a hot mess.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 08:51 PM (Rm1xR)

210 Boston songs all sound the same. But More than a feeling is a damn good song.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Don't Look Back was our Senior Graduation song voted on by the senior class.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 08:51 PM (fab8c)

211 My dad was in the Marines for 8 years and the Air Force for 12 years . I never asked but I assume the Air Force was easier duty.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:51 PM (VofaG)

212 207 Boston songs all sound the same. But More than a feeling is a damn good song.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:49 PM (CA3k/)

Don’t disagree but I think all of their Boston album was pretty good.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:53 PM (VofaG)

213 We had a Naval aviator bad boy, a fallen angle seaman apprentice (E-2) sentenced to sea duty come to the ship in a shipyard. His Chief tasked him to get a Fallopian Tube. Off he went.

He came back hours later, red lipstick on his jumper. He told the Chief, "I got as close as I could, but she would not let me have it".

His stock rose significantly.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Legendary Status if his Chief realized it was his wife's color. 😉

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 08:54 PM (fab8c)

214 145 Best thing I ever did was sober up. Booze was a waste of time and money
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (cOn95)

You clean your oven when you are sober? How does that work?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 08:54 PM (a4NoL)

215 Don’t disagree but I think all of their Boston album was pretty good.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:53 PM (VofaG)

That's my point. It is iterations on a theme and that theme (More than a Feeling) is a damn good one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:54 PM (CA3k/)

216 aerobic is good NaCly!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 08:55 PM (/Ghsb)

217 USAF was fine, to be in, not sure why I left, bored of it maybe.

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 08:55 PM (+qU29)

218 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:54 PM (CA3k

👍

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:55 PM (VofaG)

219 Sorry but AC/DC is awesome. I don’t understand people who say all their songs sound the same.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:47 PM (VofaG)

That would be Cher.
Barf!!!
Her first hit sounds just like the last one.
*shudders*
*pours more whiskey*

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (W/lyH)

220 Ovens have a self cleaning setting.

Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (sSkke)

221 Cheerios has recently pulled Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios, and Honey Nut Cheerios Minis.

If you're a devoteé of any of those flavors, stock up now, ahead of the rush.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (0sNs1)

222 You clean your oven when you are sober? How does that work?
Posted by: tcn in AK

Close door. Set lock. Set to 500 degrees.
Easy peasy lemon squeezey.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (fab8c)

223 211 My dad was in the Marines for 8 years and the Air Force for 12 years . I never asked but I assume the Air Force was easier duty.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:51 PM (VofaG)

We had a Marine for Asst. Chief of Design Branch at USACE. Dude was a serious head case, hated the Army for being so lax, wouldn't help anybody find anything (look it up your damned self), that kind of crap. He never did figure out we were mostly civilians and none of us had been a Marine.

Eventually even the Chief had enough and he quietly disappeared for a civvie job with the Marines overseas. I'm sure he's much happier.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (a4NoL)

224 220 Ovens have a self cleaning setting.
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (sSkke)

In my case, my oven gets cleaned by the wife.

Which is me.

So, no, not all of them do. And yes, I'd rather have a couple of cocktails first.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 08:57 PM (a4NoL)

225 That would be Cher.
Barf!!!
Her first hit sounds just like the last one.
*shudders*
*pours more whiskey*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (W/lyH)

They had auto tune all the way back then?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:57 PM (CA3k/)

226 214 145 Best thing I ever did was sober up. Booze was a waste of time and money
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (cOn95)

I've got to do that.

I just want my living situation stabilised.

And then develop some goals.

Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (jvJvP)

227 Sorry but AC/DC is awesome. I don’t understand people who say all their songs sound the same.
Posted by: polynikes

Angus Young, paraphrased...
"People say we had 12 albums that all sound the same. That's not true. We had 13 albums that all sound the same."

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (cPGH3)

228 162 When the ship's evaporators went tits up off of Central America, we had to UNREP for potable water.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:25 PM (u82oZ)

LPH-2 Iwo Jima coming back from the Med... Evaps down and they had to keep Potable water to wash off the Helos.

Needless to say, the Crew was NOT amused... they did 'allow' us showers finally when we got back to No Fuck Vagina... didn't want the married guys families to complain.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (mP0Kj)

229 Personally, I miss the days when a beautiful woman would clean my oven.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (CA3k/)

230 I liked AC DC. Bagpipes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 08:59 PM (KhjS7)

231 Or I'd clean hers. I guess the metaphor works better the other way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:00 PM (CA3k/)

232 200 Eromero, repeat that now please. Need more date loaf?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (DLqye)
Weighed 170 after supper. And I have a1/2 gallon cookies n’ cream ice cream in front of me right now.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 09:00 PM (LHPAg)

233 It seems like the Dems are pushing that Trump is just doing a military parade for the lulz.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:01 PM (CA3k/)

234 Romeo13

Bad time to be an A-Gang Division Officer.

The most famous A-gang officer was on the IJN CA Tone. The catapult for a search plane did not work, and it took a while to launch the scout. Which would have found the USN CVs to the Northwest, and lose us the Battle of Midway.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:01 PM (u82oZ)

235 231 Or I'd clean hers. I guess the metaphor works better the other way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:00 PM (CA3k/)

Well, girls may think they want romance, but if a guy is willing to clean my oven, he's gonna get in my pants.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (a4NoL)

236 They had auto tune all the way back then?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:57 PM (CA3k/)

I'll have you know I had a very sensitive tuning knob on my '59 VW AM Blauplunkt radio.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (W/lyH)

237 How about it is a big milestone for the country?

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (+qU29)

238 I liked AC DC. Bagpipes.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 08:59 PM (KhjS7)

It’s a long way to the top.

Money talks is my favorite Ac/DC song.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (VofaG)

239 I'll have you know I had a very sensitive tuning knob on my '59 VW AM Blauplunkt radio.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (W/lyH)

Is that what they called it back then?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (CA3k/)

240 Well, girls may think they want romance, but if a guy is willing to clean my oven, he's gonna get in my pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Guys, Write this down.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (u82oZ)

241 too true, Aetius.

LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (/Ghsb)

242 Well, girls may think they want romance, but if a guy is willing to clean my oven, he's gonna get in my pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (a4NoL)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (CA3k/)

243 Well, girls may think they want romance, but if a guy is willing to clean my oven, he's gonna get in my pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK

There's a lesson there, somewhere, I'm sure.

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (cPGH3)

244 How about it is a big milestone for the country?
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (+qU29)

Technically it has to be smaller than a mile

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 09:04 PM (D7oie)

245 Message from the Supreme Leader.

https://tinyurl.com/5yhczpkd

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 09:04 PM (viF8m)

246
You and hubby have the best first date story I ever heard.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (u82oZ)

({{{NaCly}}}. Thanks, that date turned out pretty darn good!! And Herndon was a most delightful breakfast indeed!!

How are you holding up, dear friend?

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 09:06 PM (wLjpr)

247 Personally, I miss the days when a beautiful woman would clean my oven.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (CA3k/)

A beautiful woman is more or less the showstopper. In the history of all time it always comes back to a beautiful woman.

Let's just call it for what it is.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 09:06 PM (Rm1xR)

248 BREAKING: Judge Kamehameha has just ruled ISRAEL has to halt all actions and give full control of it’s military to CA Governor Newsom.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (e7kz6)

249 king missile cthulhu
youtu.be/pFDEsNrKDts

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (gKWVE)

250 Write that down

https://tinyurl.com/3e9uwtwm

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (cPGH3)

251 I'll have you know I had a very sensitive tuning knob on my '59 VW AM Blauplunkt radio.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (W/lyH)

Is that what they called it back then?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (CA3k/)

A.clear step up from soup cans and string.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (W/lyH)

252 JackStraw, oh shit, I hurt myself laughing .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 09:08 PM (DLqye)

253 thanks ben, I'm sorry to be a bother!!

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 09:08 PM (wLjpr)

254 It's way too hot here today. Up to 70 and we are sweating up a storm. I doubt I could ever adjust the Lower 48 again. Even the dogs are panting nonstop, but then, they are sled dogs. May have to take them to the glacier so they can cool their hot paws.

Yeah, we have become heat weenies.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:08 PM (a4NoL)

255 moki

Doing OK. Plowing slowly through Estate tasks.

Plus, see my comment on 194.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (u82oZ)

256 My GE gas stove says to pour some water in the bottom of the stove and crank the heat to "clean". I think the steam does the work.

Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (4qMiv)

257 X is loading up on them, Ben Had. AI may get us all killed but it's going to be funny until then.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (viF8m)

258 JackStraw

LOL!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (u82oZ)

259 Well, girls may think they want romance, but if a guy is willing to clean my oven, he's gonna get in my pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Well dang!
Apparently TSA won't let me board my flight with a few cans of EasyOff.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:10 PM (W/lyH)

260 Most modern stoves have a self clean feature that is more or less effective but if you really want it clean, you gotta get in there and scrub

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 09:10 PM (e7kz6)

261 lol Salty! Be careful of those wily old women!!

glad to hear you are healthy!!! that is very good news!!

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 09:11 PM (wLjpr)

262
We tried the "Clean" setting on our stove. Set off every smoke alarm in the house for hours.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 09:11 PM (QnmlO)

263 meh, I tried that theory for years in my younger days; gotta be honest, dint work for s#i7.
I got s#i7 on my hands & boots, "bad boys" got the good stuff.
Mister Happy was not amused.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:12 PM (/Ghsb)

264 256 My GE gas stove says to pour some water in the bottom of the stove and crank the heat to "clean". I think the steam does the work.
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (4qMiv)

I see nothing in that statement that precludes cocktails.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:12 PM (a4NoL)

265 254 It's way too hot here today. Up to 70 and we are sweating up a storm. I doubt I could ever adjust the Lower 48 again. Even the dogs are panting nonstop, but then, they are sled dogs. May have to take them to the glacier so they can cool their hot paws.

Yeah, we have become heat weenies.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:08 PM (a4NoL)

Your body adjusts to area temperature norms - when we were in Saudi, 120 was a regular day for most of the year. One day it dropped to 80 degrees, and everyone was piling on sweaters and jackets to warm up!

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 09:13 PM (wLjpr)

266 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16TdfxWnZD/

DH says Tug Bar for dinner. I'm all in on that. Not running the stove when it is this hot.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:15 PM (a4NoL)

267 then I met the Future Mrs Eez ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:16 PM (/Ghsb)

268 Self cleaning an oven sorts out the defective door glass, and gives the electronics a nice case of heat stroke.

Use that feature at your own peril.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 13, 2025 09:18 PM (8AONa)

269 DH says Tug Bar for dinner. I'm all in on that. Not running the stove when it is this hot.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:15 PM (a4NoL)

Nice menu!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:18 PM (W/lyH)

270 sock_rat_eez

So, a happy ending!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:18 PM (u82oZ)

271 We are all over the single/double entendre tonight, boys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:18 PM (zZu0s)

272 BREAKING: Judge Kamehameha has just ruled ISRAEL has to halt all actions and give full control of it’s military to CA Governor Newsom.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (e7kz6)

A more believable ruling would be an injunction against the Trump administration taking any actions that would benefit the Netanunuh led Zionist regime.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 09:19 PM (Rm1xR)

273 One thing always wanted to see was that midnight sun. In England my memory is it was light until 10pm and light again 3am. Was in Scotland New Years and was opposite

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 09:19 PM (+qU29)

274 The kid the helmet taking on the goat is an up and coming John Otway....

https://youtu.be/dH-CXwphIDM

Posted by: Rex B at June 13, 2025 09:20 PM (7szT/)

275 isthere anything that precludes cocktails?
*rhetorical; don'wanna know*

tonight?
New Glarus Moon Man; spozin' anyone has the faintest interest ...
+ Svedka = The New Valu-Rite!

init?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:21 PM (/Ghsb)

276 tonight?
New Glarus Moon Man; spozin' anyone has the faintest interest ...
+ Svedka = The New Valu-Rite!

init?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez

=====

Dear New Glarus,

Please make Kid Kolsch available year-round

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 13, 2025 09:23 PM (8AONa)

277 true dat, NaCly! here we still are ...

some good meet cute & first date stories, too ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:23 PM (/Ghsb)

278 276, this!
*fistbump*
*high five!*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:25 PM (/Ghsb)

279 Be careful out there tomorrow. Gotta a feeling there is going to be trouble.

https://tinyurl.com/utx6bhbw

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 09:27 PM (viF8m)

280 You know if I was still President of the UN and that Black Guy, I believe his name was Steve Austin was still SecDef, then today would have not happened between Israel and Iran.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 13, 2025 09:27 PM (1sBXy)

281 "Redwood, pick up the .45 and kill my enemies"

Posted by: Ib1netmon at June 13, 2025 09:27 PM (vTTFR)

282 Well, girls may think they want romance, but if a guy is willing to clean my oven, he's gonna get in my pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK
-----
Guys, Write this down.

Underneath the heading "Things I Wish I'd Known 45 Years Ago."

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 09:28 PM (/y8xj)

283 yeah, same here JS

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:28 PM (/Ghsb)

284 Insurection-y

https://tinyurl.com/24cmbxrr

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 09:30 PM (viF8m)

285 279, 283, ...

https://x.com/KurtSchlichter/status/1933486672869798297
&
opsecopsecopsec, first & always

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:34 PM (/Ghsb)

286 Have a great night, everyone.

But, head on a swivel and have a plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:34 PM (u82oZ)

287 well int that just insurrectiony as all hell ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:35 PM (/Ghsb)

288
Astros are beating the Twins like a redheaded stepmule baby seal, 9-1 after 4 and there's been no move to relieve the Twins starter. Their bullpen is worn out, so this poor fellow has to stay in and keep getting hammered.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 09:35 PM (QnmlO)

289 that's it in a nutshell NaCly!

and the same to you, and many more!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:36 PM (/Ghsb)

290 Be careful out there tomorrow. Gotta a feeling there is going to be trouble.

https://tinyurl.com/utx6bhbw
Posted by: JackStraw

I never get to have any fun. I'm at the end of a dirt road. In order to get to me, you have to pass five other homes with working backhoes.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 09:39 PM (fab8c)

291 furthermore, g'night to everyone from Chateau D'Eez!

seeya onna Pixythread innamornin'

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:40 PM (/Ghsb)

292 Black women, particularly fat black women, are the most undeveredly privileged segment of today's American society.

This is so obvious that I don't think it is in any way controversial.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 09:40 PM (Rm1xR)

293 Please enjoy this brief (37 sec) video of Iran's supreme leader

I laughed to tears
YMMV

https://tinyurl.com/2s32jh87

Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 09:43 PM (AOsQT)

294 Every time Tim Walz says China has moral authority.

Drink!

Plus replay the Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square being stared down by one average guy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 09:52 PM (cEp5l)

295 Pretty boring hete too

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 09:52 PM (+qU29)

296 Astros/Twins in the 6th inning now, still 9-1

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 09:54 PM (gKWVE)

297 nope, 9-2. Twins back in the game!!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 09:55 PM (gKWVE)

298 aren't hyraxes (hyrices?) the little bastards who are the closest living relatives of elephants or something?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (jeWRt)

Nothing wrong with high racks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 09:56 PM (EIeK8)

299 BWAHAHAAHAHAH~~~!!!!!

@amuse 4m
FAFO: Democrats arriving in Egypt planning to ‘March to Gaza’ in solidarity with the Palestinians are being attacked and thrown out by Egyptians who won’t tolerate Palestinian sympathizers.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 09:57 PM (mlg/3)

300 Whoops. ONT

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:00 PM (mlg/3)

301 There are shenanigans in store for Boise tomorrow, but I do not expect much more than elderly spinsters, their dotard husbands, and the usual assortment of college age tofu slabs yelling at the capitol building.

Nevertheless, our plan is to take a day trip to one of the many small towns and hang around with normal people.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 13, 2025 10:00 PM (0aYVJ)

302 Every time Tim Walz says China has moral authority.
Drink!
Plus replay the Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square being stared down by one average guy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 09:52 PM (cEp5l)

And repeat again every leftist who defended every leftist regime that racked up their 100+ million body count throughout the 20th century.

Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 10:01 PM (Rm1xR)

303
Hey Army, happy birthday.

And thanks for the LAV-25s

I guess you're not so bad

Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 13, 2025 10:03 PM (ciYHQ)

304 Best thing for our country is for Democrats to keep talking their stupid crap and keep doing stupid stuff. I can see the average people across this country shaking their heads at these fools.

Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (k7qYZ)

305 My spirit animal is the anteater.
Always wondering why my eating disgusts others.
Now I know.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (vvIbr)

306 Guten Abend, Morons. It has cooled off nicely here, which should be conducive for sleeping. Going hiking in the morning, then probably yard work in the afternoon. Sunday I'll cook my own Father's Day dinner, but I haven't settled on the menu.

Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 12:42 AM (TgNVd)

307 HAPPY 250th BIRTHDAY, US ARMY!
HOOAH!

Posted by: sfcmac at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (n6vjq)

The Week In Woke

Three people are shot or stabbed at the "Pride" rally in DC after "protester" object to prudent security measures and a police presence.

A shooting and separate stabbing occurred Saturday during DC's Pride celebrations, leaving three injured. The violence followed a decision to reverse a security closure of the park after activists protested the original plan.
Key Details:
The incidents unfolded in Dupont Circle, a symbolic venue for LGBT+ events in Washington, D.C. One male was injured in the shooting, while two others were stabbed nearby. No deaths were reported as of Saturday evening.
Police had originally planned to shut down Dupont Circle from June 5th to 9th, citing a history of property damage and public safety risks during Pride festivities. That decision was overturned following public backlash from local officials and activists.
In a joint Saturday statement, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the National Park Service confirmed the reversal, saying they worked "overnight" on a compromise to keep the park open while attempting to maintain security.

You wanted it, you got it. You should be happy.

Woke corporations are doubling down on the Groomer Merch.

In the face of sweeping changes to federal DEI guidance under President Donald Trump's administration, corporations across the retail, tech, and fashion sectors are charging ahead with Pride 2025 promotions. This comes even as public support for corporate social engineering through DEI has waned, and major events like NYC Pride have lost longtime financial backers. Nevertheless, over 20 companies have released LGBTQ+ themed merchandise, pledging millions to aligned nonprofits and advocacy groups.
Levi's, for example, released its "Meet You In The Park" campaign featuring reclaimed iconography such as the inverted pink triangle. Notably, the brand's shareholder base recently shut down a move to scale back DEI policies. Levi's continues to donate $100,000 annually to Outright International, a global LGBTQ+ advocacy group.
Calvin Klein rolled out its retro-styled campaign starring LGBTQ+ actor Cooper Koch. The company reaffirms its support for The Trevor Project and other left-leaning organizations like the Transgender Legal Defense Fund. Diesel, in a more radical move, partnered with the erotic art-focused Tom of Finland Foundation, using images of gay party scenes in its merchandise.
Even companies like Target, which earlier this year signaled a departure from DEI hiring quotas, are hedging their stance by keeping Pride merchandise alive--albeit scaled back. This year's offering includes "Pride birds" and limits most sales to online platforms.
Retailers including Urban Outfitters, Hollister, and Abercrombie & Fitch have released gender-neutral lines, with Abercrombie committing $400,000 to The Trevor Project irrespective of sales. Guess Watches framed its offering as "Pride with purpose," donating to the same group.
Meanwhile, tech giant Apple launched a handcrafted "Pride Edition" watch band and other rainbow accessories, stating only that it supports LGBTQ+ groups financially--without disclosing amounts or beneficiaries. Disney went ahead with its themed merchandise inside parks, including rainbow ear headbands and a Stitch plush in a Pride sweatshirt.

While the Red Sox go all out on "pride," even inviting drag queens to put on shows inside the park and throw the opening pitch, the Texas Rangers refuse to host a "pride" night, and the left-wing media is angry that one ballclub shows any diversity on this issue.

Another rapist teacher. But there won't be any Boston Globe exposes or Hollywood films about the moral rot inside the teachers unions.

The Indiana home where disgraced teacher Brittany Fortinberry is accused of making teenagers as young as 13 wear "Scream" masks while having group sex with her has been put up for sale after her husband dumped her, according to a report.
Fortinberry's husband, Nicholas, filed for divorce from the 31-year-old educator, and the couple can no longer afford their Martinsdale home, according to divorce documents seen by TMZ.
The house is where police say some of Fortinberry's alleged sick sexual encounters with minors took place last year -- and where a stripper pole and sex toys were found inside, according to court documents seen by Fox59.

I hope she was one wearing the mask.

Munchausen-by-proxy evil mother is so proud to Signal Her Virtue as she brings her very young mentally-ill daughter in to have her breasts amputated.

Democratic outreach to normal straight men is going great.

Just watched 2 white liberals stop traffic and tell a mother who was begging to go to work, that illegals and their children are more important.

I then asked them how they felt stopping a black woman from getting to work

They both laughed in our facespic.twitter.com/XA1zItqIHq
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 10, 2025

Rep Sara Jacobs (D) tries accusing Hegseth of injecting culture wars into the military by banning transgender people.

It didn�t go how she hoped�

�These are men who think they�re women. What we�ve identified is that there�s mental health issues with that belief system, that� pic.twitter.com/0CivRNEPfb
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 12, 2025

Cruel:

Somebody should take food away from her. They�d be doing her a favor. https://t.co/cOX5Fj5YCh
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 12, 2025

Lockheed Martin actually wrote down specific numbers of white people to eliminate from the year-end bonus list https://t.co/ybG0gSin2d
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) June 12, 2025

Full story here. The DEI hire and human resources manager "La Wanda" (that's her real name) told her employers they had to take bonuses away from whites and give them to blacks Because Muh Racism.

Lockheed Martin is now scrambling to cover up their crimes:

Christopher F. Rufo
@realchrisrufo
BREAKING: Lockheed Martin has released a statement in response to my reporting about its racially discriminatory compensation practices. The company claims it is now a "meritocracy" and will "compensate any employees" who were victims.
This is not enough. We need prosecutions.

Let's all join in on the fun:

OMG.

A bystander came out of nowhere and performed one of the best tackles you will ever see on a rioter.

https://t.co/isRFH6PUfV
— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) June 12, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 06:26 PM

Comments

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1 Top ten

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 13, 2025 06:26 PM (0jqe/)

2 Here !

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 06:26 PM (g47mK)

3 Read the content...still making rookie mistakes !

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 06:27 PM (g47mK)

4 A teacher should know better.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (jgmnb)

5 teacher Brittany Fortinberry is accused of making teenagers as young as 13 wear "Scream" masks while having group sex with her ...
Fortinberry's husband, Nicholas, filed for divorce

This, this is why I wrote that Gospel.

Posted by: Saint Matthew at June 13, 2025 06:30 PM (gKWVE)

6 Willowed:

Bad Joke:
Brother and Sister together...
Sister: "You do it better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Tasteless jokes:
If she's not good enough for your family, she's damn sure not good enough for mine.
Posted by: rickb223

"Incest!" A game the whole family can play.

.....by Milton-Bradley.
Posted by: 1980s TV commercial voiceover guy

O. M. G. LOL 😂

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 06:31 PM (fab8c)

7 Meanwhile, tech giant Apple launched a handcrafted "Pride Edition" watch band and other rainbow accessories, stating only that it supports LGBTQ+ groups financially--without disclosing amounts or beneficiaries.

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

What, is the CEO of Apple gay AND retarded?

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (qOuxy)

8 >>> Lockheed Martin actually wrote down specific numbers of white people to eliminate from the year-end bonus list https://t.co/ybG0gSin2d

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) June 12, 2025

Speculation: this is far worse than it sounds and involves a shitload of woketard companies. Some may have general "blacklists" of employees for age, ethnicity, 'social credit' etc, maybe even including being SCIENCE! and VAXX!! Deniers.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (ULPxl)

9 The donations to The Trevor Project are why I stopped doing business with Harry's Razors. Which is a shame because I did like their products.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (7xrfc)

10 Sign that fellow up for the NFL. As in No Fuckin' Layabouts.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (a4NoL)

11 Fortinberry's husband, Nicholas, filed for divorce from the 31-year-old educator, and the couple can no longer afford their Martinsdale home, according to divorce documents seen by TMZ.

Probably still got alimony, child support, half his retirement accounts and full custody.

Posted by: Just a minor past transgression at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (TbWk/)

12 Willowed from last thread, ties into Woke...

Fletcher, the female singer that was all about women until she fell in love with a man, "outed" herself in her new single "Boy." (Dropped during pride month, the horror.) The lyrics are about her fear of sharing this with news with her community and fans. Which makes sense, they are rabidly unforgiving of "traitors."

sample lyrics:
I've been sitting on a secret / And I don't think I can keep it anymore / I've been hiding out in Northern California / Where nobody knows who I was before / Where they won't judge me in the morning

And I know it's not what you wanted to hear / And it wasn't on your bingo card this year / Well, it wasn't on mine
I fell in love / And it wasn't with who I thought it would be
And I'm scared to think of what you'll think of me
His lips were soft / I had no choice, I kissed a boy

You can think that I'm a hypocrite, that's cool / I'm just following my heart, is what it is / And only time will tell / If I will or won't do this again / Maybe I've changed or maybe it's just him / But I leaned in and kissed a boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynYXVYI0I
I kissed a boy and I liked it Hope my fanbase don't mind it

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (Eng1Z)

13 Munchausen-by-proxy evil mother is so proud to Signal Her Virtue as she brings her very young mentally-ill daughter in to have her breasts amputated.

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

Munchausen-by-butchery.

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (qOuxy)

14 I guess Hot for Teacher isn't what it use to be

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (+qU29)

15 9 The donations to The Trevor Project are why I stopped doing business with Harry's Razors. Which is a shame because I did like their products.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (7xrfc)

The Trevor Project was a venue for that ratfucker who stole the luggage. He was up here pimping for it, and pretty much got laughed at. This was before he was working for the Nukes and then got busted.

I don't honestly remember that particular ratfucker's name, just his ugly face and complete lack of fashion sense.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (a4NoL)

16 So how much is that home in Indiana going for? I bet it's at a sharply reduced price.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:34 PM (7xrfc)

17 Cruel:

I think we can all see how SNAP benefits have helped her...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:34 PM (ynpvh)

18 13 Munchausen-by-proxy evil mother is so proud to Signal Her Virtue as she brings her very young mentally-ill daughter in to have her breasts amputated.

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Munchausen-by-butchery.
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (qOuxy)

Of course the girl is nervous. She's about to take her attention-seeking to a permanent place and she's not sure it is going to do what she thinks it is going to do.

It's not. Maybe someone should tell her.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (a4NoL)

19 Just watched 2 white liberals stop traffic and tell a mother who was begging to go to work, that illegals and their children are more important.

I then asked them how they felt stopping a black woman from getting to work

They both laughed in our faces

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"Whites Have No Home Here."

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (qOuxy)

20 Those Lockheed bonuses are going to end up killing people.

Posted by: Jack Squat. Bupkis at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (dQfJF)

21 Steve Inman has the play-by-play up for the tackle. Maybe for the cafe?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

22 I can't believe her husband dumped her- she seems like a real peach.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (CA3k/)

23 A teacher should know better.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM

Serious question....why? I mean with what they are being taught in universities these days how why they think it is a bad thing to fvck their students? They are being taught to get into details about students sex lives and explore the sexuality of kindergarten kids. Why would we think they know it isn't right to have sex with their students?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (e5NfL)

24 Brittany Fortinberry is accused of making teenagers as young as 13 wear "Scream" masks while having group sex with her

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What, women can't have hobbies?

Posted by: Cave Johnson at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (8RvIK)

25 >>> Another rapist teacher. But there won't be any Boston Globe exposes or Hollywood films about the moral rot inside the teachers unions.

My stepson got propositioned by a male teacher at his school, who was later "vanished" by the school when his grooming habits with other teens at the school came to light.

There are not enough millstones in the world.

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (Eng1Z)

26 I would have nut punched the man-bun freak

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (DLqye)

27 Also, she looks like the fugly security chick from Andor.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (8RvIK)

28 I then asked them how they felt stopping a black woman from getting to work

They both laughed in our faces

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

"Whites Have No Home Here."
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (qOuxy)
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BLM was never about actually making black lives better. It was about virtue signalling.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)

29 So how much is that home in Indiana going for? I bet it's at a sharply reduced price.

Ask for a cleaning and disinfecting allowance. A big one.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (/y8xj)

30 >>> 26 I would have nut punched the man-bun freak
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (DLqye)

The cops shot off my nuts with a tear gas canister!

Posted by: man-bun freak at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ULPxl)

31 Why would we think they know it isn't right to have sex with their students?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (e5NfL)

"Was that wrong? Because I didn't think it was wrong...."

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:38 PM (a4NoL)

32 BLM was never about actually making black lives better. It was about virtue signalling.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)

You forgot the grift part. That part was big.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:38 PM (a4NoL)

33 >>> BLM was never about actually making black lives better. It was about virtue signalling. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)

The money and houses didn't hurt either.

I love that all these fake charity scams are getting a second look. Even Bono's charity concert scam.

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (Eng1Z)

34 A teacher should know better.
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (jgmnb)
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They become teachers to diddle kids. This is known.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (ZOv7s)

35 Which makes sense, they are rabidly unforgiving of "traitors."

She should try pointing out that she was born that way and love is love. Of course Al-Gayeda is not going to buy it but it's worth the try.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (7xrfc)

36 26 I would have nut punched the man-bun freak
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (DLqye)

https://youtu.be/XbYZhMMLHGo

Shoot 'em in the dick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (a4NoL)

37 You forgot the grift part. That part was big.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:38 PM (a4NoL)
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The dopes who put the trademarked yard signs weren't getting any of the grift - they were the marks who wanted to virtue signal.

But even they never believed in it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)

38 Ask for a cleaning and disinfecting allowance. A big one.
Posted by: Oddbob

Along with a priest to bless the house once it was physically clean.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (7xrfc)

39
BLM was never about actually making black lives better. It was about virtue signalling.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)

__________

Went straight to Racket without passing through Crusade and Business.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (QnmlO)

40 OMG.

A bystander came out of nowhere and performed one of the best tackles you will ever see on a rioter.

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

Excellent form!

That needs a Steve Inman voiceover ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (LCdVS)

41 The dopes who put the trademarked yard signs weren't getting any of the grift - they were the marks who wanted to virtue signal.

But even they never believed in it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)

My yard sign:

In this house we believe that your useless yard sign proves that you are an arrogant, ignorant twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (a4NoL)

42 I can't even believe Amy Klobuchar was stupid enough to put forth an obese whale to argue for her need for food stamps...apparently for life. What horrible optics.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (qBdHI)

43 "Levi's, for example, released its "Meet You In The Park" campaign featuring reclaimed iconography such as the inverted pink triangle."

What?

Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces Grant Program:
The “Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces” grant program is a collaboration between the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and The Walt Disney Company. Disney funds grants that NRPA awards to park and recreation agencies that submit the best ideas to help make outdoor play accessible to children and families in underserved communities.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 06:42 PM (NFX2v)

44 She should try pointing out that she was born that way and love is love. Of course Al-Gayeda is not going to buy it but it's worth the try.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (7xrfc)
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Sexuality is totally fluid unless you return to being straight.

That is not permitted.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:42 PM (ZOv7s)

45 I feel honestly bad for teachers who go into teaching to... teach kids, and then their school gets into the news because some sick freak did shit like this.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 06:42 PM (gKWVE)

46 Do these leftists ever ask where all the heros of their causes are now that the money ran out?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (DLqye)

47 Trump's America is about to get rocked! Soon, Drumpy, you won't have enough National Guard troops to deploy to quell the growing backlash against you, TYRANT! NO KINGS!

Nice project for a Saturday: reclaiming our country. Everybody show up, be safe, and have fun.

Working on ideas for a sign. I'm thinking along these lines:
No Kings
No One Above the Law
With an upside down U.S. flag

I'm keeping it short:
No Kings
No Dictators
No Nazis

We had a make your own protest sign get-together yesterday. It was really fun. Way more people than I expected. Probably 12 - 13. We spread out these long narrow tables and there were at least three people at each of them.

He's looking for an excuse to institute martial law. Of course we should protest and exercise our first amendment rights. But civil war is coming. Trump is going to put the full force of our military against the American people.

Anyone who says "civil war is coming" is suppressing dissent. I will be unarmed if it does, but I don’t much give a *** because it ain’t worth living in a fascist tinpot shell of a once-great-nation stripped bare of decency, civil rights, truth, goodwill.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)

48 Shoot 'em in the dick.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Or punch them in the dick: https://youtu.be/80CIWZ9iRRs

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (7xrfc)

49 46 Do these leftists ever ask where all the heros of their causes are now that the money ran out?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (DLqye)

They just cough up another "hero." They are like goldfish swimming in a tank:

Oh, look, a castle.

Next pass:

Oh, look, a castle.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:44 PM (a4NoL)

50 >>> A bystander came out of nowhere and performed one of the best tackles you will ever see on a rioter.

If he ever applies for a Secret Service or security job, that is one hell of an audition tape.

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (Eng1Z)

51 Anyone who says "civil war is coming" is suppressing dissent. I will be unarmed if it does, but I don’t much give a *** because it ain’t worth living in a fascist tinpot shell of a once-great-nation stripped bare of decency, civil rights, truth, goodwill.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)

Oh boy.. LOL

Posted by: Mississippi at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (VE6XX)

52 Excellent form!

That needs a Steve Inman voiceover ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (LCdVS)
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He already has one. Used the Ludacris Cam.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (ZOv7s)

53
Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces Grant Program:
The “Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces” grant program is a collaboration between the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and The Walt Disney Company. Disney funds grants that NRPA awards to park and recreation agencies that submit the best ideas to help make outdoor play accessible to children and families in underserved communities.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 06:42 PM (NFX2v)

All this does is remind me of this gay guy that was friends with my oldest sibling and he told me all about the parks. There used to be bathrooms at Cal Poly, UCSB, the parking lot of the nude beach, certain places they go to hook up with strangers in basically public places where kids could possibly walk in. How bizarre.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (oGdsR)

54
Lockheed Martin actually wrote down specific numbers of white people to eliminate from the year-end bonus list

_________

Companies don't have labor lawyers to tell them what the law says to do, they have them come up with reasons to justify what they want to do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (QnmlO)

55 Levi heiress also supported the Social Justice for palestine group also.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (DLqye)

56 Anyone who says "civil war is coming" is suppressing dissent. I will be unarmed if it does, but I don’t much give a *** because it ain’t worth living in a fascist tinpot shell of a once-great-nation stripped bare of decency, civil rights, truth, goodwill.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

"once-great-nation"? This one is not up on the current leftist programming.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (M0V4/)

57 22 I can't believe her husband dumped her- she seems like a real peach.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (CA3k/)

It's the husband's fault for failing to be the Christlike servant-leader he was called to be. She would never have committed these sins if he was fulfilling his divinely-appointed role as a man and husband.

Posted by: He's just as guilty if not moreso! at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (TbWk/)

58 So when they sell the house, how do the realtors explain the pole?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 06:47 PM (gKWVE)

59 I see the DUmmies got into the brown acid.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 06:48 PM (ULPxl)

60 58 So when they sell the house, how do the realtors explain the pole?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 06:47 PM (gKWVE)

Load-bearing

Posted by: Double, maybe triple, entendre at June 13, 2025 06:48 PM (TbWk/)

61 Cruel:

I think we can all see how SNAP benefits have helped her...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......

Yes. Who needs a turkey?
Her arm is almost ready for Thanksgiving dinner.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 06:48 PM (UjdFS)

62 Being "Woke" means never having to say your sorry.
What a world.

Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 06:48 PM (k7qYZ)

63 "once-great-nation"? This one is not up on the current leftist programming.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (M0V4/)

I really can't figure out what's in it for the average Joe leftist. It's not like they will end up on the top of the heap if all their demented dreams come true. And I have yet to see one single example of why this country isn't great, unless they are so ignorant of the rest of the world and history in general. Where's the argument, beyond "I don't like this" in a whiny voice.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (a4NoL)

64
"once-great-nation"? This one is not up on the current leftist programming.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (M0V4/)

_________

To be shot for pro-American agitation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (QnmlO)

65 Kevlar tights? Is that part of the new Combat Yoga craze?

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (dIske)

66 Bye Felecia.

Posted by: Adiposity is not a virtue at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (TbWk/)

67 Lockheed Martin actually wrote down specific numbers of white people to eliminate from the year-end bonus list

_________

Companies don't have labor lawyers to tell them what the law says to do, they have them come up with reasons to justify what they want to do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM

They also did this for older employees some years back. My engineer buddy won a wrongful termination suit based on his age. He never had to work again after that because they gave him a very nice settlement.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (e5NfL)

68 Somebody should take food away from her. They’d be doing her a favor.

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If Triglycerides Trigglypuff and Nadipose Nadler had a love- daughter via anal cesarean ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (LCdVS)

69 Levi heiress also supported the Social Justice for palestine group also.

==

This is why I love that we don't have aristocracy. Just meritocracy. *sort of !

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (g47mK)

70 It's the husband's fault for failing to be the Christlike servant-leader he was called to be. She would never have committed these sins if he was fulfilling his divinely-appointed role as a man and husband.
Posted by: He's just as guilty if not moreso! at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (TbWk/)

How in hell did he not know this was taking place?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (a4NoL)

71 As far as I last heard, BLM never filed any taxes forms for the billions they took in

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (+qU29)

72
🎵
Got it bad
got it bad
got it bad...
I'm hot for Teacher

Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (AOsQT)

73
So when do the lawsuits against school districts and teachers unions begin for moving these monsters from school to school?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (QnmlO)

74 I bet her Levi ancestors would beat her stupid ass. If they were alive, that is.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (g47mK)

75 So when they sell the house, how do the realtors explain the pole?
Posted by: gKWVE

One-story fire station.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (M0V4/)

76 🎵
Got it bad
got it bad
got it bad...
I'm hot for ~~Teacher~~ students

Posted by: Updated for modern audiences at June 13, 2025 06:52 PM (TbWk/)

77 New story seen on a local CBS station now that inflation is down, "Living Comfortably" is now out of reach for the average American.

Posted by: javems at June 13, 2025 06:52 PM (8I4hW)

78 So when they sell the house, how do the realtors explain the pole?
Posted by: gKWVE
_______

The owners were Festivusians

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 13, 2025 06:52 PM (ITkJX)

79 73
So when do the lawsuits against school districts and teachers unions begin for moving these monsters from school to school?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (QnmlO)

They don't have the deep pockets the Catholic Church supposedly had. Funny how none of those lawsuits targeted any Protestant denominations, or other lovely places where perverts preyed on kids. Follow the money. Has nothing to do with solving the evil problem.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:53 PM (a4NoL)

80
They also did this for older employees some years back.

________

My former company also had a jihad against older employees. Sure you can sue, but what do you live on while the suit goes on?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:53 PM (QnmlO)

81 I'm hot for Teacher
Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (AOsQT)
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A song about teenage male sexual fantasies was not intended to be a how-to guide for educators.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:54 PM (ZOv7s)

82 I really can't figure out what's in it for the average Joe leftist. It's not like they will end up on the top of the heap if all their demented dreams come true.
Posted by: tcn in AK

If they truly were students of history, they'd realize that if what they say they want comes to pass, their type is the first against the wall for outliving their usefulness.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:54 PM (M0V4/)

83 80
They also did this for older employees some years back.

________

My former company also had a jihad against older employees. Sure you can sue, but what do you live on while the suit goes on?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:53 PM (QnmlO)

This goes on all over the place all the time. It's illegal as fuck but good luck proving it.

Posted by: We just don't think you're a good cultural fit at June 13, 2025 06:55 PM (TbWk/)

84 Hadrian, I'm still scratching my head over Paxton not taking on the AISD. There was an actionable case for the forced gay shit and the Brooks Warden fiasco.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (DLqye)

85
the couple can no longer afford their Martinsdale home

Martinsville

https://t.ly/NqoA0

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (63Dwl)

86 They don't have the deep pockets the Catholic Church supposedly had. Funny how none of those lawsuits targeted any Protestant denominations, or other lovely places where perverts preyed on kids. Follow the money. Has nothing to do with solving the evil problem.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:53 PM (a4NoL)
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Government schools have sovereign immunity, which is a tough nut to crack. Protestant churches are often decentralized, so much as much money.

And of course, since the pervs have been almost entirely purged from the Church, we're getting lawsuits for the acts of dead people.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (ZOv7s)

87
They don't have the deep pockets the Catholic Church supposedly had.

________

The Catholic Church is like a guy who lives in a $2 million house and has $37.14 in his checking account.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (QnmlO)

88 Correction: Not as much money.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:57 PM (ZOv7s)

89 BLM was never about actually making black lives better. It was about virtue signalling.
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It was about the grift primarily. The chaos and virtue signaling were just bonuses.

Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 06:57 PM (TN0g+)

90 I hope that bitch has trouble affording a cardboard box under a sewer somewhere.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:58 PM (DLqye)

91 "I would have nut punched the man-bun freak"

If she was in Florida, she could have gotten in her car and run over them .... DeSantis said it is OK to escape kidnaping.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 13, 2025 06:59 PM (vbXSk)

92 Geez

Scum and villainy, all that remains of the Demoncr@p Party

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 07:00 PM (cEp5l)

93 Tired of having leftist 'tards with an equal voice.

Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:00 PM (iGK7y)

94 The nerve of this mouthy bitch:

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday urged U.S. authorities not to conduct immigration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday, where Mexico's team is due to play the Dominican Republic.

"We don't believe that at any soccer match there will be any [immigration] action ... we call for none to be taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Sheinbaum said in her morning press conference.

Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (TN0g+)

95 65 Kevlar tights? Is that part of the new Combat Yoga craze?
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (dIske)

Kevlar, its the new cotton... it breathes...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (mP0Kj)

96 90 I hope that bitch has trouble affording a cardboard box under a sewer somewhere.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:58 PM (DLqye)

Any idea why she started crying? I guess it made her more pitiable or something.

Honestly, take a walk and eat a salad.

How does a land whale like that even get pregnant? How does a guy find.... oh, well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (a4NoL)

97 AI - Yes, an androgynous appearance is relevant and popular in 2025, particularly within the context of fashion and broader societal shifts towards inclusivity and self-expression - and a breaking down of traditional gender boundaries.

---
She was way too much of a lady on camera when it came to It 1 and It 2 chuckling about her being unable to move her vehicle.
---
Klobuchar ate her salad with a comb, a report said years ago. She needs to have real compassion and teach Felicia what a salad is and how to use a comb for silverware and grooming.

She let that poor, foolish woman testify like she was on Queen for a Day.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (NFX2v)

98 "Rep Sara Jacobs (D) tries accusing Hegseth of injecting culture wars into the military by banning transgender people.

It didn’t go how she hoped…

“These are men who think they’re women. What we’ve identified is that there’s mental health issues with that belief system, that are DETRIMENTAL to readiness” - Secretary Hegseth"

Suddenly the Dems are really concerned about military readiness and war-fighting capability? One of today's MSLSD talking points is that taking 700 Marines and training them to deal with 'peaceful civil demonstrations' is costing them needed combat training time, and deploying them in LA will damage America's warfighting capability!

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (aBgBM)

99
Although I went to a weekday Confession at St. Helen's in Pearland this week and they had the most opulent confessionals I've ever seen.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (QnmlO)

100 94 The nerve of this mouthy bitch:

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday urged U.S. authorities not to conduct immigration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday, where Mexico's team is due to play the Dominican Republic.

"We don't believe that at any soccer match there will be any [immigration] action ... we call for none to be taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Sheinbaum said in her morning press conference.
Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (TN0g+)

So two South of the border teams will be playing the Un American game of Soccer in Los A... at the same time as PLANNED protests... but don't you dare have cops around!!!!

Talk about conditions to CREATE a riot...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:03 PM (mP0Kj)

101 Kevlar Boxer Briefs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 07:03 PM (KhjS7)

102 How many baby daddies does Felecia have? How many did she cannibalize?

Posted by: Thar she blows at June 13, 2025 07:03 PM (TbWk/)

103 How does a land whale like that even get pregnant? How does a guy find.... oh, well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (a4NoL)

The term you are searching for is....

mulatto bastard.

Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (iGK7y)

104 "Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday urged U.S. authorities not to conduct immigration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday..."

With all the political assassinations going on down there, I wonder if the cartels have tried taking her out. If not, that would be telling.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (M0V4/)

105 and they had the most opulent confessionals I've ever seen.

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hot towels?? snacks? sprits of cologne??

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (g47mK)

106 Kevlar tights? Is that part of the new Combat Yoga craze?

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (dIske)

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"The Paolo needs Kevlar tights when, how you say, he's hanging out in public."

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (LCdVS)

107 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday urged U.S. authorities not to conduct immigration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday, where Mexico's team is due to play the Dominican Republic.

Posted by: Crusader
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If the attendees are illegal, then they're offside.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (ITkJX)

108 103 How does a land whale like that even get pregnant? How does a guy find.... oh, well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (a4NoL)

The term you are searching for is....

mulatto bastard.

Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (iGK7y)

So Pookie, Tyrone and RayRay been visiting?

Posted by: Mo babies mo welfare at June 13, 2025 07:05 PM (TbWk/)

109 99
Although I went to a weekday Confession at St. Helen's in Pearland this week and they had the most opulent confessionals I've ever seen.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (QnmlO)

I went to Mass in Trapper Creek a few weeks ago, in an old wood frame building that was half buried, tiny space, low suspended ceiling, bad pine trim, and the toilet room opened directly into the "sanctuary." It ain't all wine and roses in the Catholic Church.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (a4NoL)

110 There is no situation that a dem leftist cannot apply pretzel logic to. I am as adamant in my position as they are in theirs.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (DLqye)

111
Felecia is living, waddling proof that guys will nail anything.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (QnmlO)

112 82 I really can't figure out what's in it for the average Joe leftist. It's not like they will end up on the top of the heap if all their demented dreams come true.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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I still think it's an envy thing. They don't have the tools, intellect or motivation to succeed. So, by God, no one else gets to succeed in front of them making them FEEL bad about themselves. That's where all the name calling comes in. That "fascist" tag gets firmly applied to anyone who has the audacity cast them in a shadow.

It's, also, why we're fast approaching the "popcorn" phase. Some are just letting it go and playing the depressed puppy. But, there are others who are going to pop off and the number of violent outbursts are going to escalate like a pan of popcorn sitting on the stove. These jackasses love their trends. And, that is one trend I am not looking forward to.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (dIske)

113 How many baby daddies does Felecia have? How many did she cannibalize?

Posted by: Thar she blows at June 13, 2025 07:03 PM (TbWk/)

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* snort *

Her nickname was "Down-in Two Scoops" before it was cool.

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (LCdVS)

114 Suddenly the Dems are really concerned about military readiness and war-fighting capability? One of today's MSLSD talking points is that taking 700 Marines and training them to deal with 'peaceful civil demonstrations' is costing them needed combat training time, and deploying them in LA will damage America's warfighting capability!
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (aBgBM)
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So maybe call off the rioting?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (ZOv7s)

115 105 and they had the most opulent confessionals I've ever seen.

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hot towels?? snacks? sprits of cologne??
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (g47mK)

I think the joke is that he was on the priest's side.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (a4NoL)

116 51 Anyone who says "civil war is coming" is suppressing dissent. I will be unarmed if it does, but I don’t much give a *** because it ain’t worth living in a fascist tinpot shell of a once-great-nation stripped bare of decency, civil rights, truth, goodwill.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)

Oh boy.. LOL

Posted by: Mississippi at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (VE6XX)

AWFLs and their beta male cuck-husbands plan to pay illegals $5 a day to go fight the civil war for them.

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (aBgBM)

117
It ain't all wine and roses in the Catholic Church.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (a4NoL)

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The Good Lord was just as much home there as at St. Peter's Basilica.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (QnmlO)

118 Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (dIske)

Is it weird that in my morning supply run today.... I bought a bunch of Popcorn, and 12 Gauge 00 Buck?

Oh, and Wine.... lots of wine...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (mP0Kj)

119 I finished smoking my pork butt, and got the smoker put away before the impending thunderstorms. Suck it, Mother Nature!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (s8j++)

120 Felecia is living, waddling proof that guys will nail anything.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (QnmlO)
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Does she live near a military base? That would explain it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (ZOv7s)

121 I'm sorry but after looking at that video above, I'm reminded of a meme with Doctor Phil:

"Look, you're fat. I'm not going to sugarcoat it because you'd eat that too."

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (7xrfc)

122 111
Felecia is living, waddling proof that guys will nail anything.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (QnmlO)

Sure, but I don't even know where you'd find a bag that big.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:09 PM (a4NoL)

123 That was an AWESOME tackle!!!

Posted by: tubal at June 13, 2025 07:09 PM (PCK5/)

124 119 I finished smoking my pork butt, and got the smoker put away before the impending thunderstorms. Suck it, Mother Nature!

And you too, Trebek!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (s8j++)

125 tcn, they still make gunny sacks

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (DLqye)

126 The Good Lord was just as much home there as at St. Peter's Basilica.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (QnmlO)

And how. You should have heard those kids sing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (a4NoL)

127 "She works up to 3 jobs at a time"

Is that like "starting at $29.99"? Because nobody gets the starting price.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (rvwwT)

128 How does she work as a bus monitor and transport children with disabilities? I can't see her in the seats or moving the usual necessary equipment onto and off of a transport.
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Nevermind. We elect people like that to office in PA routinely. It doesn't dawn on voters that such individuals are only monitoring or transporting their own children, advocating for their own husband, etc.

We had one woman call another a Welfare Queen in public and that was enough to get the WQ elected and the other woman (mother of four) punished.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (NFX2v)

129 Bitch sat on a dollar bill and squeezed a boogie out of George Washington's nose...

Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (iGK7y)

130 125 tcn, they still make gunny sacks
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (DLqye)

Thank God for small favors.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (a4NoL)

131 If we could just get Beata Thunberg and Yoko Ono to team up for a series of duets....Something we could use in lieu of waterboarding.

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (X+xvk)

132 Sure, but I don't even know where you'd find a bag that big.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Deflated hot-air balloon?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (M0V4/)

133 > Does she live near a military base? That would explain it.

It's hilarious because it's true.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)

134 "She works up to 3 jobs at a time"

Is that like "starting at $29.99"? Because nobody gets the starting price.

"Up to" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (s8j++)

135 I still think it's an envy thing. They don't have the tools, intellect or motivation to succeed. So, by God, no one else gets to succeed in front of them making them FEEL bad about themselves. That's where all the name calling comes in. That "fascist" tag gets firmly applied to anyone who has the audacity cast them in a shadow.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (dIske)
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Marxism has always been about weaponizing sin. It's centered on envy, and drives into wrath. It also calls to pride, because you should be rich, not them.

It has always been an anti-religion, which is why they used to call it "scientific socialism."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)

136 119 I finished smoking my pork butt, and got the smoker put away before the impending thunderstorms. Suck it, Mother Nature!
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (s8j++)

Smoking the Pork Butt... this is not how the Paulo would put it...

Posted by: The Paulo at June 13, 2025 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)

137 119 I finished smoking my pork butt, and got the smoker put away before the impending thunderstorms. Suck it, Mother Nature!
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (s8j++)
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Euphemisms?

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:12 PM (dIske)

138 My governor just declared a state of emergency in “ anticipation” of insurrection activities, calling up the guard and all pertinent “ civil militias” effective until June 30th… love my state.

Posted by: tubal at June 13, 2025 07:12 PM (PCK5/)

139 Fags have been cruising and using public bathrooms as playgrounds since 1950. Drilling holes in toilet partitions has always been a fave.

Posted by: Decline and Fall at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (G5+As)

140 That was an AWESOME tackle!!!
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It was textbook form too--he "saw what he hit". The NFL should send that vid out to all of its teams when camps open this summer.

Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (TN0g+)

141 "31-year-old educator"

I don't know why, but that word irks the hell out of me.

You're teachers. That's it. Stop acting like you're more important than you actually are.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (eYAt4)

142 How does she work as a bus monitor and transport children with disabilities? I can't see her in the seats or moving the usual necessary equipment onto and off of a transport.
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Somebody else does that as a reasonable accommodation for her fat disability under the ADA.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (ITkJX)

143 I think the joke is that he was on the priest's side.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (a4NoL)

🤣🤣

Is this real Baccarat ??!!

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (g47mK)

144 133 > Does she live near a military base? That would explain it.

It's hilarious because it's true.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)

A dependopotamus? She's a single mother though.

Posted by: Had the species evolved? at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (TbWk/)

145 "She works up to 3 jobs at a time"

Is that like "starting at $29.99"? Because nobody gets the starting price.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk

DoorDash, Grubhub and UberEats...strange thing is that nobody gets their deliveries.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 07:14 PM (M0V4/)

146 That last video needs a Steve Inman narration.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 07:14 PM (Wnv9h)

147 Nice form on the tackle but he stopped his feet. You gotta drive through the tackle and keep your feet moving.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:14 PM (viF8m)

148 A dependopotamus? She's a single mother though.
Posted by: Had the species evolved? at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (TbWk/)

Does not matter... if she can prove its yer kid, military will force child support.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

149 I wonder what tje average Leftist gets out of having a big government, maybe handouts or wish they will get life benefits

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (+qU29)

150 > Does she live near a military base? That would explain it.

I worked as an armed gate guard at Ft Lewis for a while when they had contractors doing this work. We had so many EXTREMELY underaged girls trying to get in so they could cruise the barracks for sex. I'm talking like 13 year olds. Adult women would go after soldiers for sex too, but they would just go to the bars where soldiers gathered.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (lIio7)

151 Red Sox does ghey pride Texas doesn’t. Kinda works as it should I guess. Giving their fan bases what they want.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (YTjJV)

152 It's hilarious because it's true.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)
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IYKYK

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (ZOv7s)

153 147 Nice form on the tackle but he stopped his feet. You gotta drive through the tackle and keep your feet moving.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:14 PM (viF8m)

Heh… I chalked that up to he decided to not kill his sorry ass.

Posted by: tubal at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (PCK5/)

154 You're teachers. That's it. Stop acting like you're more important than you actually are.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM

Excuse us?!

Posted by: Journalists at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (Wnv9h)

155 140 That was an AWESOME tackle!!!
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It was textbook form too--he "saw what he hit". The NFL should send that vid out to all of its teams when camps open this summer.
Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (TN0g+)

It was too violent for the 'new' NFL.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:16 PM (mP0Kj)

156 Does not matter... if she can prove its yer kid, military will force child support.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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She'd have to at least narrow it down the company level.

Which might be difficult, because she can't even see her own ass, let alone who might be poking into it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:16 PM (ZOv7s)

157 The gun popping out after the tackle was...interesting.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (W/lyH)

158 It's hilarious because it's true.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)
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IYKYK
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM

The majestic Dependa....

-David Attenborough

Posted by: Journalists at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)

159 Damn it! Off, fucktard sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)

160 158 It's hilarious because it's true.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)
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IYKYK
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM

The majestic Dependa....

-David Attenborough
Posted by: Journalists at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)

Her herd still roams free, grazing near the Zambezi River…

Posted by: tubal at June 13, 2025 07:18 PM (PCK5/)

161 > The gun popping out after the tackle was...interesting.

I'm not convinced it's a gun. When it lands on the ground, it looks like there's some space between the parts, and it looks like it flops around in the air. I think it might be two key fobs on a key chain that happen to land at a 90 degree angle to each other.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (lIio7)

162 Trump celebrating flag day and the military vs riots in favor of illegals for Democrats.

If the gop doesn’t cut about 1000 ads using the juxtaposition they don’t deserve to win any future elections.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (YTjJV)

163 "Journalists"

Yeah. I took great pleasure in watching Sovereignty smoke Journalism in the Derby and Belmont.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (eYAt4)

164 Dear Penthouse,

I was working the late shift....

Posted by: LA Rioter at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (iGK7y)

165 >>> 162 Trump celebrating flag day and the military vs riots in favor of illegals for Democrats.

If the gop doesn’t cut about 1000 ads using the juxtaposition they don’t deserve to win any future elections.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (YTjJV)

*eyeing portfolios*

...elections?

Posted by: GOPe at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (ULPxl)

166 If your wife has a striper pole mounted in the living room it might be a sign something is not right.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (viF8m)

167 I'm going to go ahead and guess that the tackler was an undercover fed. Not, some disinterested bystander.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (dIske)

168
"She works up to 3 jobs at a time"

________

When people asked where I worked, I'd reply that I worked at home and went to the office to rest.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (QnmlO)

169 The majestic Dependa....

-David Attenborough
Posted by: Journalists at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)
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Because I was in the Guard, my wife was never fully into the military spouse thing, but she did interact with them on social media and HOLY CRAP the stuff she heard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)

170 The majestic Dependa....

"As you see, they stalk parties where E-3s and below gather. Searching for the military paycheck to fund her lifestyle, the herd will find a drunken PFC and corner him with a mating dance."

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (7xrfc)

171 I'm going to go ahead and guess that the tackler was an undercover fed. Not, some disinterested bystander.
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (dIske)
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No fed could tackle like that. Might break a nail.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)

172 Dog and stuff, nood , you go now.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (g47mK)

173 I thought BLM was brainwashing so there was no dividing line between a US citizen who could prove a family link to past slavery inside this country and other persons who had no such heritage. 🤷‍♀️

ALL BLM.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (NFX2v)

174 >>> 167 I'm going to go ahead and guess that the tackler was an undercover fed. Not, some disinterested bystander.
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (dIske)

Tackler wasn't wearing jorts.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 07:22 PM (ULPxl)

175 I'm not convinced it's a gun. When it lands on the ground, it looks like there's some space between the parts, and it looks like it flops around in the air. I think it might be two key fobs on a key chain that happen to land at a 90 degree angle to each other.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (lIio7)
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I think it's a pair of sunglasses.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)

176 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday urged U.S. authorities not to conduct immigration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday, where Mexico's team is due to play the Dominican Republic.

Someone explain to me why these two teams are not playing each other in a) the Dominican Republic or b) Mexico?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (hB7mE)

177 The majestic Dependa...

See VWV and Amvet Posts

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (NFX2v)

178 That scumbag who taunted that working mom....let's make him famous...

Posted by: Vivi at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (judmr)

179 Nood.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (uS/oN)

180 The large woman may qualify for a job on the View.

Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 07:24 PM (k7qYZ)

181 When people asked where I worked, I'd reply that I worked at home and went to the office to rest.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

My Dad always said he wasn't going to work, he was going to his "place of employment, no work involved".

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 07:25 PM (M0V4/)

182 I think you're right. Zoomed in. Sunglasses.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (W/lyH)

183 OMG, the girl that mom is calling 'son' does not even have a tomboy haircut. I think MOM is the only one who actually wants that transition, and the surgeon and clinic that are seeing $$$. But tell me again how I should trust the medical profession. /no offense to the good individual Drs, nurses, etc. I'm not going Xtian Science and refusing to see or use a Doctor, but I sure as hell will never again just take their word on anything after the covid mess.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (CKOCg)

184 This is who Republicans in Congress are trying to take food away from.

Um, I listened to the first few minutes of her whining. She had one child that she couldn't manage to take care of, so she went on to have 3 more. Some of these people DO cause their own poverty. I had a neighbor like that. She had 3 daughters out of wedlock. Once the 3 were in school, she didn't get a job. Once the 3 girls were in high school, she didn't get a job. The two oldest girls both were knocked up at 15. Fortunately, she moved so that I didn't have to watch the youngest girl go down the same path.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (0Htd1)

185 53. All this does is remind me of this gay guy that was friends with my oldest sibling and he told me all about the parks. Posted by: CaliGirl

Rest stops in the evening & night in PA & DE. The LEOs get no rest.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (NFX2v)

186 166 If your wife has a striper pole mounted in the living room it might be a sign something is not right.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (viF8m)

It's for exercise and why are you so insecure and controlling and stop questioning me you're really triggering me and I bet you're cheating on me!!! *crocodile tears*

Posted by: How that conversation would go at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (TbWk/)

187 185 53. All this does is remind me of this gay guy that was friends with my oldest sibling and he told me all about the parks. Posted by: CaliGirl

Rest stops in the evening & night in PA & DE. The LEOs get no rest.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (NFX2v)
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My wife and I took our pups to a nearby park that was entirely deserted except for four cars parked near the rest rooms with one guy in each car. WTF? I asked the park ranger when he came by.

"Faggots looking to hook up."

Yuk.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 08:09 PM (YqDXo)

188 Three people are shot or stabbed at the "Pride" rally in DC
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That's one way to get rid of them, I guess.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 08:09 PM (YqDXo)

189 Gays refusal of security precautions leads to deaths.
Gay bathhouses anyone? Bueller?

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 13, 2025 10:31 PM (vvIbr)

190 Nic update

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 10:54 PM (/JOu+)

Quick Hits

Ana Paulina Luna says that congressional subpeonas will be issued to George Soros and another man I've just heard of -- apparently a CCP-connected donor -- to left-wing organizations set on destabilizing America.

As a wise man once said, Tell me you don't want to see dem beefers.

Byron York
@ByronYork

Appalling to remember that this man--partisan, emotional, hotheaded--held a sensitive position in the national security structure of the White House. Used it to set off the first Trump impeachment and become a Hero of the Resistance.

Trump: "Unlike Biden, I stay awake at night, thinking of how to save our country. He was much better at sleeping than me. He could sleep at a beach with cameras rolling. I can't do that." I voted for the continued humiliation of the evil criminal jackass braggart Joe Biden.

Data Republican tracks the Democrat front group NGOs funding the No More Kings riots to take place tomorrow.

That's a shame. No Ludacris Cam yet, so here's a weak substitute for now.

Ban the Chinese (or any other non-allied country) from buying up US land. (I can't just say "ban all foreign ownership of US land" because the Brits and the Dutch and a lot of other allied countries own a lot of our buildings and companies.)

There have been thirty-seven political assassinations in Mexico just this campaign season:

Mexico isn't sending their best. They're also not keeping their best. Quick, let's import all the dysfunctional people from all the third-world basket-case countries so that we can all be "equal" in all living in civil war/religious war hellholes.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been quick to take credit for the recruiting surge of 61,000 new recruits into the Army.

Hegseth described a �morale shift� starting at Trump�s inauguration. https://t.co/yQAuBxlfyY
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 13, 2025

Mollie Hemingway commented something like, "Imagine them taking credit for something they 100% are responsible for."

The Washington Post recently reported the "mystery" of why fentanyl seizures plummeted after Trump sealed the border:

This was the EXACT type of approach they had recently with the sharp drop in Fentanyl seizures, after the border crossings dropped by over 90%.

�It�s a complete mystery wrapped inside an enigma!� pic.twitter.com/hfpY2w7jfz
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) June 13, 2025

This is of a piece with the New York Times' frequently-run headline: Despite Increase in Prison Population, Crime Continues to Fall. Experts baffled. What could account for crime falling when we're locking up felons?

Speaking of locking up felons:

In this segment, soon to be felon LaMonica McIver says multiple things:

- Trump is racist.
- Court is expensive.
- Republicans are fascists.
- She's not getting the support she thought she would.

These people are PATHETIC. pic.twitter.com/eBi5kJT73N
— Gunther Eagleman� (@GuntherEagleman) June 12, 2025

Greta Thunberg�s sister goes viral for bizarre vocals while performing at an LGBTQI+ event.

Beata Thunberg, who goes by the name Beata Mona Lisa, posted a singing video showing off her bizarre voice on Instagram at the same time her sister, Greta, was being detained in Israel. pic.twitter.com/4taOuUWXgG
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) June 13, 2025

Leftist TikTokers are having emotional breakdowns after listening to "audio" of a child crying because her mother was taken by ICE.

The thing is... the audio is from a movie and is fake�pic.twitter.com/BhEw82aOAD
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 13, 2025

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1 Nice.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:26 PM (ExV1e)

2 I alerted the previous thread.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

3 Alexander Vindman sounds like he needs to do some deep breathing and perhaps take some anti anxiety meds.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (2GCMq)

4

Ban the Chinese (or any other non-allied country) from buying up US land. (I can't just say "ban all foreign ownership of US land" because the Brits and the Dutch and a lot of other allied countries own a lot of our buildings and companies.)

That's pretty weak. You can say anything you want on your own smart military blog.

Posted by: imp at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (g6TN6)

5 Leftist TikTokers are having emotional breakdowns after listening to "audio" of a child crying because her mother was taken by ICE.

The thing is... the audio is from a movie and is fake.

*SNORT

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (fab8c)

6 This Neville Singman is married to Jodie Evans, of Code Pink fame, who also led the governor's campaign of Jerry Brown.

The two live in Shanghai but they're not connected to the CCP at all!!

Sure.

Posted by: PJ at June 13, 2025 05:30 PM (RRCAT)

7

You're just not you when you need a bear claw

Posted by: imp at June 13, 2025 05:30 PM (g6TN6)

8 Not long enough for a Yakkity-Sax version.

AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_
WATCH: Man celebrating the Iranian missiles hitting Tel Aviv, Israel on the road gets hit by a vehicle.

https://tinyurl.com/mt6cs2cf
4 seconds; violence but no gore; clearly, Allah's will!

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 05:30 PM (2yoRf)

9 There should be Ludacris Cam on Basic Cable, a good replacement for CNN.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 05:30 PM (pMi6S)

10 "Ban the Chinese (or any other non-allied country) from buying up US land. (I can't just say "ban all foreign ownership of US land" because the Brits and the Dutch and a lot of other allied countries own a lot of our buildings and companies.)"

An easy way to address this is to force intermediary ownership. Rich Chinese investing money here just to hide assets from the CCP isn't necessarily a problem, just need things to be operated and run by US fund managers, so set up similar to them buying shares in US firms through mutual funds.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 05:30 PM (okun6)

11 Alexander Vindman needs a good long spell in solitary confinement.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 13, 2025 05:31 PM (ZmEVT)

12 Seal Team 6, Delta, with the 75th Ranger Regiment in support, all to raid Soros compounds. Seize the computers, roll up the networks.

Governors, be ready to appoint new Senators?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:31 PM (u82oZ)

13 And "'eff off, you fascist b****" is some a high level of intellectual political argument./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 05:31 PM (2GCMq)

14 Oh I can't wait for a statement from Soros then pled the 5th

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 05:31 PM (+qU29)

15 Alexander Vindman sounds like he needs to do some deep breathing and perhaps take some anti anxiety meds.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (2GCMq)

And maybe some Yoga.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 05:32 PM (Aqu9a)

16 I've been watching something called polite cat calls. In that spirit Alexander Vindmann looks like he prays over ever donut he eats. He does a lot of praying.

Posted by: Still lurking at June 13, 2025 05:32 PM (kTd/k)

17 Is the parade going to be televised? If so, where?

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at June 13, 2025 05:32 PM (USyCi)

18 Can we deport that lardass to Ukraine?

Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 05:32 PM (YwEeS)

19 Greta Thunberg's sister

Holy Mother of God, there are TWO of them?

Not sure the Earth can handle this.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 05:33 PM (pMi6S)

20 Beata Thunberg is my idol.

Posted by: Manly Mike at June 13, 2025 05:33 PM (G5+As)

21 what the hell did I just watch

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 13, 2025 05:33 PM (Pv3Rg)

22 Toga! Toga!Toga!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 13, 2025 05:33 PM (W2Pud)

23 The US Military is wide open to a mass drone strike at our flight lines and vehicle parks.

We need robust counter-intelligence, good sensors, and no Chinese property near military bases.

Build hardened shelters and hangers is good infrastructure. But counter-intelligence is cheaper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (u82oZ)

24 Vindman needs to fundraise for KEEEV by letting normies kick him in the place where his balls should be.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (ULPxl)

25 And maybe some Yoga.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 05:32 PM (Aqu9a)

There was a mention this morning of Yoga with kittens . Maybe that would help.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (2GCMq)

26 18

The people of Sudan are starving. She can help.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (u82oZ)

27 > Is the parade going to be televised? If so, where?
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Probably on YouTube, X, streaming, whatever.

Posted by: AoSHQ Bot at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (Q4IgG)

28
Is the parade going to be televised? If so, where?
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom

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

Nice to see you around. I hope things are going well.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 05:35 PM (wbZPZ)

29 here's a weak substitute for now

Pretty disgusting that the police are their shielding the assholes blocking the road from righteous Mad Max style vengeance.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:35 PM (ExV1e)

30 Alexander Vindman sounds like he needs to do some deep breathing and perhaps take some anti anxiety meds.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (2GCMq)

And maybe some Yoga.
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He needs to take a few laps around the track.

Posted by: Chef at June 13, 2025 05:35 PM (TN0g+)

31 (I can't just say "ban all foreign ownership of US land" because the Brits and the Dutch and a lot of other allied countries own a lot of our buildings and companies.)

Can we confiscate whatever the Brits own, too?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:36 PM (ULPxl)

32 >>>Quick, let's import all the dysfunctional people from all the third-world basket-case countries so that we can all be "equal" in all living in civil war/religious war hellholes.

Ahoy!

Posted by: Bill Kristol at June 13, 2025 05:36 PM (jGGMD)

33 Ban the Chinese (or any other non-allied country) from buying up US land. (I can't just say "ban all foreign ownership of US land" because the Brits and the Dutch and a lot of other allied countries own a lot of our buildings and companies.)

Can you really call the Brits and Dutch allies, though?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

34 My friend’s son in law got accepted into the Army Medical Corps after a 2 year wait. I guess it’s finally OK for a white boy to be commissioned as a Captain and assist in healing the troops.

The last administration kept his application on ice, they were waiting for just the right Slay Kween to fill the position.

Posted by: kallisto at June 13, 2025 05:36 PM (nYt+K)

35 FenelonSpoke

When I was my fittest, running 10K every other day, with a French girlfriend I could never take home to Mom, I joined a yoga class on Naval Base Norfolk. So many fit, attractive women! Who kicked my ass.

I respect yoga exercise, but can not do it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:37 PM (u82oZ)

36 I was shocked when I gained 20 pounds after months of eating nothing but pizza and ice cream. It’s a mystery and I’ll need to call in experts to analyze this extremely complex set of circumstances. Baffling….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 13, 2025 05:37 PM (P/Wjn)

37 >>> 23 The US Military is wide open to a mass drone strike at our flight lines and vehicle parks.

We need robust counter-intelligence, good sensors, and no Chinese property near military bases.

Build hardened shelters and hangers is good infrastructure. But counter-intelligence is cheaper.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (u82oZ)

Thanks, Brandon and handlers!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:37 PM (ULPxl)

38 Vindman can pound sand. Larry Correia, as always, had a good take on why Padilla's stunt was reckless and dangerous, especially when all these WH cabinet members are getting death threats and Trump was almost assassinated last year...

Part 1

"I made a crack about this earlier, but I want to use this video to expound upon why the democrats clutching their pearls over Kristi Noem's security cuffing Senator Padilla are lying trash, and everyone with a brain knows it...
When someone (we'll call them the VIP, even though that's probably a stretch for Professor Hill here) is giving a speech or doing a press conference, they are in a fixed, known beforehand location. If a violent criminal actor (VCA) wants to do the VIP harm, this is a wonderful opportunity. That's why there's been so damned many assassinations at events like this over the centuries.
So VIPs who might have VCAs out there who wish them harm will often have some security around them during these events. The bigger the VIP, the more/better security they're going to have. This has got fuck all to do with fascism, and everything to do with the fact nobody likes getting shot."

to be continued...

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 05:37 PM (Eng1Z)

39 Wait until all the sobbing videos the libs make when they find out Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:37 PM (E0p3T)

40 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 14m
HAPPENING NOW - Iran air defense interceptions over Tehran

https://tinyurl.com/4fayydpr
29 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (2yoRf)

41 @datarepublican is doing the Lord's work.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (oGdsR)

42 >>>Ban the Chinese (or any other non-allied country) from buying up US land. (I can't just say "ban all foreign ownership of US land" because the Brits and the Dutch and a lot of other allied countries own a lot of our buildings and companies.)

Or "allied".

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (jGGMD)

43 {{{goddessoftheclassroom }}}

Good to see your posts. Is school out?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (u82oZ)

44 So you're telling me the entire Thunberg family is retarded?

Because that's the vibe I'm getting.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

45 22 Toga! Toga!Toga!

wasn't that the secret code that told the japanese pilots to bomb pearl harbor?

Posted by: anachronda at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (sGtp+)

46 First off, I will believe this when it happens. Secondly, if it actually happens and subpoenas are issued, there will be a hundred gazillion lawsuits to prevent him from testifying in front of anyone.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 05:39 PM (e5NfL)

47 Larry Correia part 2:

Lying ass democrats are acting like Noem's security should have just let Senator Fuckface shout and blunder his way up to their VIP. Except that isn't how any of this works in real life.
If this chick had a gun, Hill would likely be dead. Instead Hill just got the spicy treats. But there's no way of knowing what she's going to hit him with until the weapon comes out. (and we've seen political assassinations like this with knives and even fucking samurai swords)...
So when somebody acts suspicious and tries to get close to the VIP, their security is going to react.
Same goes for Senator Fuckface. If you are guarding a VIP, and somebody is forcing their way into I Absolutely Want To Be Certain I Can Merc This Target On The First Try range, you aren't going to assume they're doing so because they're sane and rational. You're going to assume they're up to no good and act accordingly.
In this case it was verbal challenges, which were ignored, followed by the laying on of hands, which was resisted. Which was when Senator Fuckface started screaming how he was a senator, and the feds are like, sure you are, buddy, and I'm the Secretary of Agriculture...

TBC

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 05:39 PM (Eng1Z)

48 Not long enough for a Yakkity-Sax version.

AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_
WATCH: Man celebrating the Iranian missiles hitting Tel Aviv, Israel on the road gets hit by a vehicle.

https://tinyurl.com/mt6cs2cf
4 seconds; violence but no gore; clearly, Allah's will!
Posted by: andycanuck

Karma comes hot & fast in the ME.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:39 PM (fab8c)

49 Leftist TikTokers are having emotional breakdowns after listening to "audio" of a child crying because her mother was taken by ICE.

The thing is... the audio is from a movie and is fake...

Their entire reality is fictional, that won't stop them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 05:39 PM (6ydKt)

50 Beata Thunberg, who goes by the name Beata Mona Lisa, posted a singing video showing off her bizarre voice on Instagram at the same time her sister, Greta, was being detained in Israel.

Why wear a bathing suit with a bunch of "look at my skin" cutouts over granny panties and a sports bra?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:40 PM (ExV1e)

51 Larry Correia, as always, had a good take on why Padilla's stunt was reckless and dangerous
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The Left already knows. They just love watching us waste our time explaining it to them. Like all those years we tried to "prove" to them the media was "biased".

Better to just laugh and tell the commies to go fuck themselves and their fascism, then arrest them while they sleep just for breathing.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:40 PM (E0p3T)

52 Guess who Neville Singham is married to. It's not that big a circle.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 05:40 PM (viF8m)

53 I'm just kidding about arresting commies by the way.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:40 PM (E0p3T)

54 >>> 38
==
Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 05:37 PM (Eng1Z)

Some other Moron pointed out that in addition to the publicity stunt aspect, this could have been a *test* of her security to see how they responded.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:40 PM (ULPxl)

55 Alexander Vindman sounds like he needs to do some deep breathing and perhaps take some anti anxiety meds.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (2GCMq)

Alexander Vindman needs to be abducted by the Ukrainian military and taken to the front lines.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:41 PM (ExV1e)

56 The thing is... the audio is from a movie and is fake...
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Fake but accurate.

Posted by: Dan Rather at June 13, 2025 05:41 PM (E0p3T)

57 Larry Correia part 3:

Notice how the feds promptly surround him? That's not fascism. That's their training, because they're positioning themselves to control his limbs should he try to produce a gun to shoot their VIP.
Oh, and that bit about how all those federal agents should have totally known he was a senator and thus given him a pass, no cop has ever memorized the faces of 538 distinct assholes, and Senator Fuckface was still acting in a very suspicious manner, so even if one of the many feds there did know, oh well. It's not like politicians have ever done anything wacky and violent before in American history! (except for like dozens of times, but we all know democrats aren't big on remembering their history)
All the elected shitlibs who are throwing a tantrum about the manhandling of Senator Fuckface also have security who would have reacted in the exact same manner (or worse) toward the same kind of potential threat.
If you acted exactly like Senator Fuckface or the Pepper Spray Whale during a Gavin Newsom press conference, the California Highway Patrol (or whoever does his security, I don't know) is going to beat your fucking ass.

TBC

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 05:41 PM (Eng1Z)

58 Nobody who lives abroad is going to show up for Congressional Subpoenas,and even people who do live here who are leftist WEF or CCP supporters probably won't either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 05:41 PM (2GCMq)

59 Torro torro torro.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 05:41 PM (KhjS7)

60 Beata Thunberg
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Exactly.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:41 PM (E0p3T)

61 Someone should tell Anna that her lips were just fine without enhancements.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 05:42 PM (IU1e3)

62 Beata is Neata!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 05:42 PM (63Dwl)

63 >>> 52 Guess who Neville Singham is married to. It's not that big a circle.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 05:40 PM (viF8m)

Vicky Nuland?

Taylor Lorenz?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:42 PM (ULPxl)

64 The US Military is wide open to a mass drone strike at our flight lines and vehicle parks.

We need robust counter-intelligence, good sensors, and no Chinese property near military bases.

Build hardened shelters and hangers is good infrastructure. But counter-intelligence is cheaper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM

Hey it isn't like we lined up all of our aircraft and warships in neat straight lines just begging to be attacked back in December 1941 or anything like that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 05:42 PM (e5NfL)

65 and another man I've just heard of -- apparently a CCP-connected donor

The guy lives in Shanghai.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 13, 2025 05:42 PM (xTIDn)

66 Vindman and the emotional, screeching left just keep acting like they are auditioning for Broadway.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 05:42 PM (2bFN5)

67 Robert Francis Thunberg

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:43 PM (E0p3T)

68 35 When I was my fittest, running 10K every other day, with a French girlfriend I could never take home to Mom,

couldn't get a visa?

Posted by: anachronda at June 13, 2025 05:43 PM (sGtp+)

69 Real America's Voice will broadcast the entire day's events in DC tomorrow. Bannon and crew will all be there.

Posted by: War Room at June 13, 2025 05:43 PM (G5+As)

70 The thing is... the audio is from a movie and is fake.
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And, I understand, it's the mother leaving her child ... in Mexico.

It's as stupid as their "if you support ICE, you would have turned in Anne Frank."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 05:44 PM (NwfFc)

71 Larry Correia part 4:

Not to mention we live in a time where Democrats think it's totally cool to shoot congressmen at baseball games and we've had TWO presidential assassination attempts in the last year. Democrats are murdering CEOs (and getting cheered for it), intimidating SCOTUS judges in their homes (and also trying to murder them), and just generally acting like psychotic fucking assholes all the time... and you think the dudes around a controversial cabinet secretary are going to be chill?
But this isn't even a partisan issue. If you did this to a movie star or a famous rapper while they're doing some event, you'd get fucked up by their security too...
And all the democrats who are throwing their big performative tantrum know this. Hell, Senator Fuckface understands this. He knew exactly what would happen, because it was one big stunt....
But for all you gullible fucks who've gotten butt hurt at me for talking about this ... and how Senator Fuckface only got cuffed because of fascism, you should go to a senator's press conference, act in the exact same way, and see how that shakes out for you...

(End Larry Rant)

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 05:44 PM (Eng1Z)

72 Toga! Toga!Toga!

wasn't that the secret code that told the japanese pilots to bomb pearl harbor?
Posted by: anachronda at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (sGtp+)

Japanese? -- Senator John Blutarsky

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:44 PM (ExV1e)

73 anachronda

Tora, Tora, Tora (Tiger) was the IJN code word for "go for the surprise attack plan" at Pearl Harbor.

They had two attack plans, one for surprise accomplished, the other for unsurprised.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:45 PM (u82oZ)

74 Remember, when you're blocking roads, all lives splatter

Hah!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 05:45 PM (ynpvh)

75
Regarding Vindman... I have an inclined board, musty towel and a 5 gallon jug of water. I'm just sayin'

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 05:45 PM (y9nCu)

76 >>Vicky Nuland?

>>Taylor Lorenz?!

Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink and the campaign manager for Jerry Brown when he ran for president. The Jerry Brown former governor of California.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 05:45 PM (viF8m)

77 Alexander Vindman sounds like he needs to do some deep breathing and perhaps take some anti anxiety meds.

Or, alternatively, he could be shoved inside a circus cannon and fired at a brick wall. Both equally helpful for someone with his condition.

Posted by: Nelly at June 13, 2025 05:46 PM (cHLus)

78 It appears the genetics of the Thundbergs is questionable.

Hopefully, the children won't reproduce.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 05:46 PM (rvwwT)

79 >>> 76
==
Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink and the campaign manager for Jerry Brown when he ran for president. The Jerry Brown former governor of California.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 05:45 PM (viF8m)

I hadn't heard of her, but Code Pink? She seems nice.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:46 PM (ULPxl)

80 75
Regarding Vindman... I have an inclined board, musty towel and a 5 gallon jug of water. I'm just sayin'

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 05:45 PM (y9nCu)

Perjury is not a 1st Amendment protected activity...
Neither is treason.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 05:47 PM (ynpvh)

81 >>> @datarepublican is doing the Lord's work.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (oGdsR)

Seriously! Love her. I'm glad in doxxing her, they got her husband's business a lot of support and new customers.

Everyone that attacks her is ableist. Clearly. The left has told me that's how it works.

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 05:48 PM (Eng1Z)

82 My sheriff is sending out word no bullshit will be tolerated. But it’s a small office since we’re a pretty small county population wise. Word is Antifa and even black panthers are coming here because they know they can overwhelm the small police presence. We’re not too far from a big-ish blue city shithole. Close enough for an afternoon visit by the Democrat terrorists. Their duty will be burning too.

Gonna be all sorts of crazy going on.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 05:48 PM (YTjJV)

83 I seem to remember almost a decade ago that Beata was more screwed up than Greta. All kinds of OCD behavior and nuttiness.

Posted by: Armchair Psychiatrist at June 13, 2025 05:48 PM (G5+As)

84 Mollie Hemingway is simply awesome.

Posted by: 13times at June 13, 2025 05:48 PM (fWfc6)

85 [And do it begins:]
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk

This is just the tip of the iceberg
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Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
BREAKING: USAID official and 3 company executives plead guilty in fraud and bribery scheme involving at least 14 contracts worth over $550 million

USAID Official Roderick Watson took bribes, was showered with lavish gifts— including cash, laptops, thousands of dollars in tickets to a suite at an NBA game, a country club wedding, downpayments on two residential mortgages, cell phones, and jobs for relatives.

In exchange for the bribe payments, Watson influenced the award of contracts by manipulating the procurement process at USAID.

Watson faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.

Imagine how much more fraud there is…

https://is.gd/ju3x7e

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (kbIZX)

86 >>I hadn't heard of her, but Code Pink? She seems nice.

Medea Benjamin gets most of the publicity because she's a big mouth attention whore but Jodie Evans brings in the money. Mostly from her communist husband.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (viF8m)

87 > The US Military is wide open to a mass drone strike at our flight lines and vehicle parks.
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I think the wakeup call was made. It's a difficult problem to fix without billions upon billions of irresponsibly spent money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (Q4IgG)

88 Beata Thunberg, who goes by the name Beata Mona Lisa, posted a singing video showing off her bizarre voice on Instagram

Better or worse than Yoko? I'm afraid to click the link...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (ynpvh)

89
It's as stupid as their "if you support ICE, you would have turned in Anne Frank."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 05:44 PM (NwfFc)

Yes the libs are on the side of both Anne Frank and Hamas.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (E0p3T)

90 ARMA 3 has entered the fray.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (KhjS7)

91 Oh, and that bit about how all those federal agents should have totally known he was a senator and thus given him a pass,

A US Senator knows how to observe protocol and appropriately address a cabinet member. Padilla was there to make a scene. Also, how is any politician exempt from the curse of mental illness, whether of organic origin or Fake News- induced??

Padilla should consider himself lucky he didn’t have to spit out his teeth.

Posted by: kallisto at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (nYt+K)

92 There's a dude lighting up a crack pipe outside my apartments bedroom window.

I need to get the F out of here.

I haven't moved into my new house yet because I have been so busy at work but guess what?

I just got notice I'm being laid off in two weeks.

BYE!!!

Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (QB+5g)

93 Vindman just opened himself up to UCMJ Proceedings. Article 88 applies: he is drawing retired pay and still under UCMJ as a retired officer. Court Martial his ass, take away his retirement pay, bust his ass to Pvt, and give him a long vacation in Ft Leavenworth.

Posted by: Dragoon 45 at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (48kHp)

94 Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

The Pacific Fleet was in port rarely in 1941. They were at sea practicing meeting the IJN off of the Mandates. Our plan was greatly flawed, and we would have lots big time.

They were worn out that Sunday, but were very fast to recover from the surprise attack. The second wave of IJN planes were hit hard. And the previous weekend was an all services Defense drill which would have hurt the IJN.

The IJN lost an entire year worth of trained pilots at Pearl Harbor.

Bottom line, we were very fortunate the ships were hit in harbor, rather that sunk in deep water with a much greater loss of life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:50 PM (u82oZ)

95
They had two attack plans, one for surprise accomplished, the other for unsurprised.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Surprise Surprise Surprise

Posted by: Gomer Pyle, IJN at June 13, 2025 05:50 PM (63Dwl)

96 >>> I seem to remember almost a decade ago that Beata was more screwed up than Greta. All kinds of OCD behavior and nuttiness. Posted by: Armchair Psychiatrist at June 13, 2025 05:48 PM (G5+As)

One child with fetal alcohol syndrome is an accident. Two just looks like carelessness.

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 05:50 PM (Eng1Z)

97 Hopefully, the children won't reproduce.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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BiL says of the idiots, "They're always breeders."

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 05:50 PM (2bFN5)

98 As a wise man once said, Tell me you don't want to see dem beefers.
......

I'd like to see Anna Paulina Luna's beefeers.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 05:51 PM (UjdFS)

99 >>This is of a piece with the New York Times' frequently-run headline: Despite Increase in Prison Population, Crime Continues to Fall. Experts baffled. What could account for crime falling when we're locking up felons?

James Taranto (of WSJ Best of Web) named this the Fox Butterfield effect after the reporter famous for such articles.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at June 13, 2025 05:51 PM (89/YY)

100 It's as stupid as their "if you support ICE, you would have turned in Anne Frank."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 05:44 PM (NwfFc)

Yes the libs are on the side of both Anne Frank and Hamas.
Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (E0p3T

Just another example of one of ten mental defects common in all Leftists.

The inability to make logical comparisons.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:51 PM (VofaG)

101 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Drinking Lamp. like Miklos, is LIT

Posted by: Miklos , L'chaim! at June 13, 2025 05:52 PM (K6h4I)

102 ICEICE baby.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 05:52 PM (KhjS7)

103 91 Oh, and that bit about how all those federal agents should have totally known he was a senator and thus given him a pass,

A US Senator knows how to observe protocol and appropriately address a cabinet member. Padilla was there to make a scene. Also, how is any politician exempt from the curse of mental illness, whether of organic origin or Fake News- induced??

Padilla should consider himself lucky he didn’t have to spit out his teeth.

Posted by: kallisto at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (nYt+K)

$20, same as in town

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 05:52 PM (ynpvh)

104 Alexander Vindman sounds like he needs to do some deep breathing and perhaps take some anti anxiety meds.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (2GCMq)

Alexander Vindman needs to be abducted by the Ukrainian military and taken to the front lines.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Alexander Vindman needs to be waterboarded with cement.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 05:52 PM (M0V4/)

105 No, I am Senator Alex Padilla!

Posted by: Senator Alex Padilla at June 13, 2025 05:53 PM (n2swS)

106 Beata Thunberg is no Yoko Ono

Posted by: Pete in Texas at June 13, 2025 05:53 PM (BHrzb)

107 It's as stupid as their "if you support ICE, you would have turned in Anne Frank."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 05:44 PM (NwfFc)

How stupid is that anyway when most of their protests before this were anti Israel protests.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:53 PM (VofaG)

108 Mexican politicians are killing each other? I'm starting to feel a little more envious of this Mexico place.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 05:53 PM (UjdFS)

109 97 Hopefully, the children won't reproduce.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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BiL says of the idiots, "They're always breeders."

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 05:50 PM (2bFN5)

Idiocracy?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 05:53 PM (ynpvh)

110 anachronda

Tora, Tora, Tora (Tiger) was the IJN code word for "go for the surprise attack plan" at Pearl Harbor.

They had two attack plans, one for surprise accomplished, the other for unsurprised.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:45 PM (u82oZ)

But no Wing Attack Plan R, I notice.

Posted by: Major Kong at June 13, 2025 05:53 PM (Aqu9a)

111 Ok...

My new weird crush is Beata Thunberg. The heart wants what it wants.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 05:54 PM (0HaGk)

112 Maybe that will catch on in El Norte.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 05:54 PM (KhjS7)

113 111 Ok...

My new weird crush is Beata Thunberg. The heart wants what it wants.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 05:54 PM (0HaGk)

Were you into cabbage patch kids when you were younger?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 05:54 PM (ynpvh)

114 unusual_whales @unusual_whales 1h
Iran has reportedly launched 150 missiles toward Israel, with only 9 successfully striking their target, per the IDF

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 05:54 PM (2yoRf)

115 Padilla should consider himself lucky he didn’t have to spit out his teeth.

Posted by: kallisto at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (nYt+K)

Spitters are quitters.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:54 PM (ExV1e)

116 I watch Gret2.0 but couldn't bare to listen

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 05:54 PM (+qU29)

117 Ok...

My new weird crush is Beata Thunberg. The heart wants what it wants.
Posted by: eleven

Love is love.

Posted by: Tuna at June 13, 2025 05:55 PM (lJ0H4)

118 Oh, Beata. Where's Simon Cowell when you need him?

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 13, 2025 05:55 PM (ZSsHR)

119 Willowed:

Oh, are we talking pizza?

If you haven't eaten Conan's Savage and Barbaric Cosmic Pie in Austin,

we'll then fella, you haven't eaten the best pizza on Earth.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 13, 2025 05:55 PM (iJfKG)

120 Vindman just opened himself up to UCMJ Proceedings. Article 88 applies: he is drawing retired pay and still under UCMJ as a retired officer. Court Martial his ass, take away his retirement pay, bust his ass to Pvt, and give him a long vacation in Ft Leavenworth.

Posted by: Dragoon 45 at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM

lieutenant colonel cream puff is still subject to recall as he is in the Army retired reserve as he has not completed the mandatory 30 years of service to be retired.

He can be recalled for military discipline. I seriously doubt it will happen though.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 05:55 PM (e5NfL)

121 119 Willowed:

Oh, are we talking pizza?

If you haven't eaten Conan's Savage and Barbaric Cosmic Pie in Austin,

we'll then fella, you haven't eaten the best pizza on Earth.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 13, 2025 05:55 PM (iJfKG)

Well, it can be out of this world, as long as it isn't from Uranus...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 05:55 PM (ynpvh)

122 Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

Execute Major Hassan first.

Then go after the Vbird.

Business before pleasure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:56 PM (u82oZ)

123 But this isn't even a partisan issue. If you did this to a movie star or a famous rapper while they're doing some event, you'd get fucked up by their security too...

Senator Padilla should have received at the bare minimum a broken nose from eating the floor.

Because yeah, they'd flatten your ass.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:56 PM (fab8c)

124 Mexican Politicians have taken the hILLRY playbook to a new level.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 05:57 PM (UjdFS)

125 Beata Thunberg, who goes by the name Beata Mona Lisa, posted a singing video showing off her bizarre voice on Instagram
Better or worse than Yoko? I'm afraid to click the link...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I think you'd have to find a clip where you can make out her voice over the crowd and the wind noise and the microphone clipping like all f--k.

I'd guess "equal to."

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 05:57 PM (DgGvY)

126 Yoko Ono has some competition.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:57 PM (VofaG)

127 Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

The Japanese have over 100 on Death Row. They give only 2 hours warning to them before hanging them in a quick drop hanging.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:57 PM (u82oZ)

128 @3

>>Alexander Vindman sounds like he needs to do some deep breathing and perhaps take some anti anxiety meds.

Alexander Vindman is a disgusting, traitorous pig, who should should have been tried for treason and seditious conspiracy and meet the fate of traitors.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 13, 2025 05:58 PM (XV/Pl)

129
My new weird crush is Beata Thunberg. The heart wants what it wants.
Posted by: eleven

No Queens

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 05:58 PM (63Dwl)

130 My new weird crush is Beata Thunberg. The heart wants what it wants.
Posted by: eleven

I will pray for you, eleven.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:58 PM (u82oZ)

131
Vindman just opened himself up to UCMJ Proceedings. Article 88 applies: he is drawing retired pay and still under UCMJ as a retired officer. Court Martial his ass, take away his retirement pay, bust his ass to Pvt, and give him a long vacation in Ft Leavenworth.
Posted by: Dragoon 45 at June 13, 2025 05:49 PM (48kHp)

If memory serves, as a commissioned officer, he doesn't even have to be retired or drawing retirement pay to have his fat ass dragged back to active duty if the President so desires. It just makes the justification stronger. Drag him back, give him a PT test the same day, and when he fails, bust him down to Captain and make him a Mess Officer at Ft Polk.

Stupid fucker should have gotten himself busted down to enlisted status before separation. It's almost impossible to bring back an enlisted man once they serve their active/inactive reserve time, usually a minimum of 8 years total.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 05:58 PM (y9nCu)

132 Ok...

My new weird crush is Beata Thunberg. The heart wants what it wants.
Posted by: eleven

Love is love.
Posted by: Tuna

$50/hour. Same as in town.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:59 PM (fab8c)

133 I'd just like to point out that Canada (by far) owns more US land than any other country....to the tune of about 15.35 million acres.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 05:59 PM (dIske)

134 Vindman just opened himself up to UCMJ Proceedings. Article 88 applies: he is drawing retired pay and still under UCMJ as a retired officer. Court Martial his ass, take away his retirement pay, bust his ass to Pvt, and give him a long vacation in Ft Leavenworth.
Posted by: Dragoon 45

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Officers never really 'retire'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 05:59 PM (/lPRQ)

135 >>> Greta Thunberg’s sister goes viral for bizarre vocals while performing at an LGBTQI+ event.

Pride related, but a bunch of supposedly lesbian/queer/bisexual female celebs are suddenly all about the dick, and it's throwing the LGBT crowd into a tizzy...during pride month!!

Jojo Siwa, Billie Eilish, Flertcher, Demi Lovato... if you can't trust celebs on their sexuality, who/what can you trust?!

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:00 PM (Eng1Z)

136 130 My new weird crush is Beata Thunberg. The heart wants what it wants.
Posted by: eleven

I will pray for you, eleven.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:58 PM (u82oZ

His dial goes to eleven, alright.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 06:00 PM (mzM2O)

137 Toga! Toga!Toga!

wasn't that the secret code that told the japanese pilots to bomb pearl harbor?
Posted by: anachronda at June 13, 2025 05:38 PM (sGtp+)

And "Climb Kitten Natividad Mountains" was the operation's go code to open up hostilities.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 06:00 PM (Aqu9a)

138 Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 13, 2025 05:58 PM (XV/Pl)

It was a joke about his obviously being highly strung and with no deeper meaning on my part.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 06:00 PM (2GCMq)

139 A foreigner can’t by property in Mexico. You can only long term lease it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 06:00 PM (VofaG)

140 Appalling to remember that this man--partisan, emotional, hotheaded--held a sensitive position in the national security structure of the White House. Used it to set off the first Trump impeachment and become a Hero of the Resistance.

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The treasonous Lt. Col. Bearclaw needs a good & deep forensic financial, forensic, & physical investigation & examination by Noem, Gabbard & Patel here -- along with some simultaneous waterboarding & military tribunal therapy down at Club Gitmo.

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:01 PM (kbIZX)

141 anachronda

Tora, Tora, Tora (Tiger) was the IJN code word for "go for the surprise attack plan" at Pearl Harbor.

They had two attack plans, one for surprise accomplished, the other for unsurprised.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Toro! Toro! Toro! We mow at dawn!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 06:01 PM (fab8c)

142 When I was a teen, in the 60s, Swedish girls had the rep of being hot. What happened?

Posted by: Eeyore at June 13, 2025 06:01 PM (od0dV)

143
He can be recalled for military discipline. I seriously doubt it will happen though.
Posted by: Mister Scott

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C'mon, Secretary Hegseth. Do this and you'll get another 50,000 recruits.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 06:01 PM (wbZPZ)

144 Beata Thunberg, who goes by the name Beata Mona Lisa

Ok...
My new weird crush is Beata Thunberg. The heart wants what it wants.
Posted by: eleven

Based on that outfit, I'd give a 40% chance you can find her on OnlyFans as "Mistress Mona Lisa."

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 06:01 PM (DgGvY)

145 Bearclaw's pardon can't cover future acts. So, now, isn't he subject to recall to active duty by President Trump? Let him join the Fed Weight Loss Program at Leavenworth.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 06:01 PM (0eaVi)

146
Oh, Beata. Where's Simon Cowell when you need him?
Posted by: Toad-0

Or Chuck Barris

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (63Dwl)

147 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 8m
Iranian air-defence batteries are firing continuously in Tehran’s Pastour neighbourhood where Supreme Leader Khamenei lives and the president’s compounds are located, residents said. - NYT

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (2yoRf)

148 Eeyore

The invasion of the Islamics. Finnish girls are the new hot Baltic standard.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (u82oZ)

149 Beeta and Greta Thunberg.

We are here to paaaamp you uuppppp!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (mzM2O)

150 When I was a teen, in the 60s, Swedish girls had the rep of being hot. What happened?
Posted by: Eeyore

The First World got hit with unlimited calories.

Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (DgGvY)

151 When I was a teen, in the 60s, Swedish girls had the rep of being hot. What happened?
Posted by: Eeyore at June 13, 2025 06:01 PM (od0dV)

Seka

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (VofaG)

152 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes?

It’s like two retarded sewer rats with syphilis fucked each other in the ass in a dumpster fire while both were taking a monkeypox shit and then homeless junkie with rabies vomited on the embryo. Then he ate the embryo and shit it back out directly into that horrid skank mother’s twat.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna8)

153 "No Queens
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. "

The earrings sold me.

Plus she clearly does butt stuff.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 06:03 PM (0HaGk)

154 147 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 8m
Iranian air-defence batteries are firing continuously in Tehran’s Pastour neighbourhood where Supreme Leader Khamenei lives and the president’s compounds are located, residents said. - NYT

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (2yoRf)

They'll stop soon...they don't use Energizer.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:03 PM (ynpvh)

155 andycanuck

Looks like AA with tracer rounds. I'd worry if it was VT fused rounds.

Let them melt the barrels of the guns and run out of ammo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 06:03 PM (u82oZ)

156 Plus she clearly does butt stuff.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 06:03 PM (0HaGk

You need Jesus.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 06:04 PM (mzM2O)

157 152 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes?

It’s like two retarded sewer rats with syphilis fucked each other in the ass in a dumpster fire while both were taking a monkeypox shit and then homeless junkie with rabies vomited on the embryo. Then he ate the embryo and shit it back out directly into that horrid skank mother’s twat.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna

Their Viking ancestors chose poorly...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:04 PM (ynpvh)

158 There have been thirty-seven political assassinations in Mexico just this campaign season:

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Yet another good reason to sell Califzuela to Mexico for 1 Peso ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:04 PM (kbIZX)

159 152 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes?

It’s like two retarded sewer rats with syphilis fucked each other in the ass in a dumpster fire while both were taking a monkeypox shit and then homeless junkie with rabies vomited on the embryo. Then he ate the embryo and shit it back out directly into that horrid skank mother’s twat.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna

Mom and dad are brother and sister?

Posted by: Still lurking at June 13, 2025 06:04 PM (kTd/k)

160
AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 8m
Iranian air-defence batteries are firing continuously in Tehran’s Pastour neighbourhood where Supreme Leader Khamenei lives and the president’s compounds are located, residents said. - NYT
Posted by: andycanuck

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Sounds random to me.

--NY Times reporter

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 06:05 PM (wbZPZ)

161 Thunberg girls is something rare, indeed.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 06:05 PM (jgmnb)

162 159 152 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes?

It’s like two retarded sewer rats with syphilis fucked each other in the ass in a dumpster fire while both were taking a monkeypox shit and then homeless junkie with rabies vomited on the embryo. Then he ate the embryo and shit it back out directly into that horrid skank mother’s twat.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna

Mom and dad are brother and sister?

Posted by: Still lurking at June 13, 2025 06:04 PM (kTd/k)

Bad Joke:
Brother and Sister together...
Sister: "You do it better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:05 PM (ynpvh)

163 polynikes

Seka was a native of Hopewell, Virginia. Near Richmond.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 06:05 PM (u82oZ)

164 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 8m
Iranian air-defence batteries are firing continuously in Tehran’s Pastour neighbourhood where Supreme Leader Khamenei lives and the president’s compounds are located, residents said. - NYT
Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (2yoRf)

Wouldn't it be ironic if the continuous fire took out some more of the Iranian leadership?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2025 06:06 PM (S/Y4j)

165 >>> A foreigner can’t by property in Mexico. You can only long term lease it. Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 06:00 PM (VofaG)

I finally heard the news that Gov. DeSantis is flirting with the idea of getting rid of property taxes. It'll take revising the constitution, but he says if you have to rent your property from the government for life, you don't really own it.

I don't like humidity, mosquitos the size of birds, and gators in every pond, but I might if I didn't have to pay property taxes.

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:06 PM (Eng1Z)

166 I would look up Beata on YouTube but would get Beata videos for a month if I did

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 06:06 PM (+qU29)

167 Great essay from September of 2003 about the threat that Islam mixed with nuclear weapons presents in a post-9/11 world: https://tinyurl.com/2st4mw2j

It reads as well today as it did then, and isn't overly long. I think its worthy of its own post by Ace but that's up to him and the rest of you.

Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 06:07 PM (TN0g+)

168 166 I would look up Beata on YouTube but would get Beata videos for a month if I did

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 06:06 PM (+qU29)

I thought Beata was replaced by VHS...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:07 PM (ynpvh)

169 Bad Joke:
Brother and Sister together...
Sister: "You do it better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Tasteless jokes:
If she's not good enough for your family, she's damn sure not good enough for mine.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 06:07 PM (fab8c)

170 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes?

It’s like two retarded sewer rats with syphilis fucked each other in the ass in a dumpster fire while both were taking a monkeypox shit and then homeless junkie with rabies vomited on the embryo. Then he ate the embryo and shit it back out directly into that horrid skank mother’s twat.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna

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That's a Disney movie right there ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:07 PM (kbIZX)

171 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday night!

Who’s buying the drinks?

Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 06:07 PM (77rzZ)

172 polynikes

Seka was a native of Hopewell, Virginia. Near Richmond.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 06:05 PM (u82oZ)

Gotcha. Trick question.

( okay not really)

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 06:08 PM (VofaG)

173 I'd just like to point out that Canada (by far) owns more US land than any other country....to the tune of about 15.35 million acres.
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In America, first you get the beachfront property.
Then you get the power.
Then you get the women.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 06:08 PM (2yoRf)

174 And Swedish woman are usually very good looking, there must be crossed genes in those two

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 06:08 PM (+qU29)

175 169 Bad Joke:
Brother and Sister together...
Sister: "You do it better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Tasteless jokes:
If she's not good enough for your family, she's damn sure not good enough for mine.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 06:07 PM (fab8c)

That's NOT funny! I've met plenty of great girls at family reunions!

Posted by: Arkansas at June 13, 2025 06:09 PM (ynpvh)

176
What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes?

It’s like two retarded sewer rats with syphilis fucked each other in the ass in a dumpster fire while both were taking a monkeypox shit and then homeless junkie with rabies vomited on the embryo. Then he ate the embryo and shit it back out directly into that horrid skank mother’s twat.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna

The Aristocrats!!!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 06:09 PM (y9nCu)

177 Data republican seems to be exceptionally good at what she does. I hope someone somewhere has her under some protection as she is shining way too much light on way too many rats.

Posted by: Checkers at June 13, 2025 06:09 PM (FATGr)

178 The Thunberg Family looks like proof positive for the Theory of Devolution.

The Science is settled, people.

DEVO was right!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRguZr0xCOc

Posted by: naturalfake at June 13, 2025 06:09 PM (iJfKG)

179 152 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes?
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Leftist Brain Cancer?

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 06:09 PM (aBgBM)

180 >>> 152 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes? Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna

>>> Mom and dad are brother and sister?
Posted by: Still lurking at June 13, 2025 06:04 PM (kTd/k)

Relevant article:
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
By Sarah Zhang

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/
2024/03/dna-tests-incest/677791/

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:10 PM (Eng1Z)

181

Sex Crimes Spark Three Nights Of Anti-Immigration Riots In N. Ireland

https://t.ly/hUhD0

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 06:10 PM (63Dwl)

182 Mom and dad are brother and sister?
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Hard-partying show business celebrities so fetal alcohol syndrome. Probably nuts too.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 06:10 PM (2yoRf)

183 Back on Earth-315 we just threw a cruise missile at Soros. There should be consequences for fking with America. You guys are weird. Although I got to admit your Mac n Cheese is better than ours

Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 13, 2025 06:11 PM (CgVac)

184 Is that really Greta Scumberg's sister?

Oof.

Who knew that Greta was the good looking one?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 13, 2025 06:11 PM (TdYBy)

185 I've been watching for Neville Singham ever since it was revealed that he funded most of the northeastern BLM riots in 2020.

Wanna know the best part about Neville Singham? He made his fortune, and gets almost all of his money, from the CCP. If you want to know who is one of the biggest players in this.

in case anyone doesn't see it. China doesn't give a damn about any of these causes. China believes that unrest inside our homeland makes the US weaker, and anything that makes the US weaker makes them stronger. That's what is going on here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 06:11 PM (uWKK8)

186 Just Beata It.

Posted by: The Zombie Gloved One at June 13, 2025 06:11 PM (Aqu9a)

187 It was going to be "Eatta Loada Choada" but Kamala Harris threatened to sue.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 06:12 PM (gKWVE)

188 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 8m
Iranian air-defence batteries are firing continuously in Tehran’s Pastour neighbourhood where Supreme Leader Khamenei lives and the president’s compounds are located, residents said. - NYT
Posted by: andycanuck

Lucky for them they have that Hollywood Infinite Ammo upgrade.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 06:12 PM (uWKK8)

189 186 Just Beata It.
Posted by: The Zombie Gloved One at June 13, 2025 06:11 PM (Aqu9a)

With a stick...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 06:12 PM (VE6XX)

190 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes?

It’s like two retarded sewer rats with syphilis fucked each other in the ass in a dumpster fire while both were taking a monkeypox shit and then homeless junkie with rabies vomited on the embryo. Then he ate the embryo and shit it back out directly into that horrid skank mother’s twat.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
......

Seems like too much work.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 06:12 PM (UjdFS)

191 Seems the current top porn fetish is brother /sister and step mother porn. So I’ve read.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 06:13 PM (VofaG)

192 186 Just Beata It.

Posted by: The Zombie Gloved One at June 13, 2025 06:11 PM (Aqu9a)

We got the Beata!

Posted by: Go-Gos at June 13, 2025 06:13 PM (ynpvh)

193 Beata Thunberg, who goes by the name Beata Mona Lisa ...

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Witness The Abominable Furry birth of the Beata Mona O'Rourke meme ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:13 PM (F+dPH)

194 191 Seems the current top porn fetish is brother /sister and step mother porn. So I’ve read.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 06:13 PM (VofaG)

The Japanese are strange...
Apparently lots of girls are into boy-boy manga too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:13 PM (ynpvh)

195 Have a great evening, everyone.

May there be no further Israeli casualties. However there are always losses in a big operation.

Civilization is winning!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 06:14 PM (u82oZ)

196 Hit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 06:14 PM (KhjS7)

197 Holy f@#k.

There's another Thunberg, and this one does gay, retarded opera?

Their parents need to be hunted down and introduced to the Tree of Woe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 06:15 PM (Wnv9h)

198 >>> That's a Disney movie right there ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:07 PM (kbIZX)

Well they had a movie with a firefly in love with the moon, so...

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:15 PM (Eng1Z)

199 Beata Thunberg?

She looks more like Eat-a Thunberg. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2025 06:15 PM (omVj0)

200 Just Beata It.
Posted by: The Zombie Gloved One at June 13, 2025 06:11 PM (Aqu9a)

With a stick...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 06:12 PM

I believe the AoSHQ Style Guide calls for a tire iron.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 06:16 PM (Wnv9h)

201 Our Precious Ratchetocracy

Posted by: McIver and Padilla can go horsefuck at June 13, 2025 06:17 PM (TbWk/)

202 Well they had a movie with a firefly in love with the moon, so...
Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:15 PM (Eng1Z)

We grew up with a movie about a pig who's mentor was a spider.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 06:17 PM (zZu0s)

203 The Beer Goggles do nothing for Beata.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 06:17 PM (Aqu9a)

204 Just Beata It.
Posted by: The Zombie Gloved One at June 13, 2025 06:11 PM (Aqu9a)

With a stick...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 06:12 PM

I believe the AoSHQ Style Guide calls for a tire iron.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 06:16 PM (Wnv9h)

When she was born, the doctor missed and she slammed face-first into the delivery room wall?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2025 06:18 PM (S/Y4j)

205 180 >>> 152 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes? Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna

>>> Mom and dad are brother and sister?
Posted by: Still lurking at June 13, 2025 06:04 PM (kTd/k)

Relevant article:
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
By Sarah Zhang

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/
2024/03/dna-tests-incest/677791/

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:10 PM (Eng1Z)

One in 7,000 people, according to his unpublished analysis, was born to parents who were first-degree relatives—a brother and a sister or a parent and a child.

Holy Crap! The numbers are that high. Wonder what the geographical distribution is like?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:18 PM (ynpvh)

206 Beata's a bit thick. Linebacker thighs.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 13, 2025 06:19 PM (ITkJX)

207
Holy Crap! The numbers are that high. Wonder what the geographical distribution is like?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:18 PM (ynpvh)

I know you're gonna blame us

Posted by: Mississippi at June 13, 2025 06:19 PM (VE6XX)

208 Tasteless jokes:

Y'mean your 12 year old daughter is sexually active?

Naww, she just lies there like her mother.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 13, 2025 06:20 PM (+6e2h)

209 "We grew up with a movie about a pig who's mentor was a spider.
Posted by: Aetius451AD"

It made complete sense back then, somehow.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 06:20 PM (0HaGk)

210 Just Beata It.
Posted by: The Zombie Gloved One

No Kings! Not even of Pop.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:20 PM (M0V4/)

211 207
Holy Crap! The numbers are that high. Wonder what the geographical distribution is like?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:18 PM (ynpvh)

I know you're gonna blame us

Posted by: Mississippi at June 13, 2025 06:19 PM (VE6XX)

I thought it'd be higher...

Posted by: Arkansas at June 13, 2025 06:20 PM (ynpvh)

212 180 That might explain a lot

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 06:21 PM (+qU29)

213 I would like to beat a Thunberg. Jesus, she sounds like Yoko Ono if she was on testosterone.

Posted by: Contralto screeching at June 13, 2025 06:21 PM (TbWk/)

214 Lucky for them they have that Hollywood Infinite Ammo upgrade.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 06:12 PM (uWKK

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

My primary complaint with the John Wick films (but otherwise enjoyed them, especially #4 despite the predictable ending).

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:21 PM (Rp7n7)

215 I missed earlier Iran Gets De-Nuked threads. Here is a poll -

Which group is more butt-hurt today?

Group A.
Iranian Supreme Leader

Group B.
Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Antony Blinken, Madeleine Albright, John Kerry, every Democrat in the nation except John Fetterman, everyone employed at CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSLSD, NYT, and WaPo, everyone at every US foreign policy institute, everyone fired from the Dept. of State by Marco Rubio, every member of Code Pink, and 99.9 percent of people employed by the UN.

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 06:21 PM (aBgBM)

216 The Beer Goggles do nothing for Beata.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 06:17 PM (Aqu9a)
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You'd need the Vodka Telescope, at the very least.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 13, 2025 06:22 PM (6YdsJ)

217 215 I missed earlier Iran Gets De-Nuked threads. Here is a poll -

Which group is more butt-hurt today?

Group A.
Iranian Supreme Leader

Group B.
Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Antony Blinken, Madeleine Albright, John Kerry, every Democrat in the nation except John Fetterman, everyone employed at CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSLSD, NYT, and WaPo, everyone at every US foreign policy institute, everyone fired from the Dept. of State by Marco Rubio, every member of Code Pink, and 99.9 percent of people employed by the UN.

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 06:21 PM (aBgBM)

Group B is still alive. Group A might not be for long.

Posted by: Arkansas at June 13, 2025 06:22 PM (ynpvh)

218 197 Holy f@#k.

There's another Thunberg, and this one does gay, retarded opera?

Their parents need to be hunted down and introduced to the Tree of Woe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 06:15 PM (Wnv9h)

Klingon Opera was too manly...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 06:24 PM (mP0Kj)

219 Oh, and Fletcher, the female singer that was all about women until she fell in love with a man, "outed" herself in her new single "Boy." (Dropped during pride month, the horror.) The lyrics are about her fear of sharing this with news with her community and fans. Which makes sense, they are rabidly unforgiving of "traitors."

sample lyrics:
I've been sitting on a secret / And I don't think I can keep it anymore / I've been hiding out in Northern California / Where nobody knows who I was before / Where they won't judge me in the morning

And I know it's not what you wanted to hear / And it wasn't on your bingo card this year / Well, it wasn't on mine
I fell in love / And it wasn't with who I thought it would be
And I'm scared to think of what you'll think of me
His lips were soft / I had no choice, I kissed a boy

You can think that I'm a hypocrite, that's cool / I'm just following my heart, is what it is / And only time will tell / If I will or won't do this again / Maybe I've changed or maybe it's just him / But I leaned in and kissed a boy

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:24 PM (Eng1Z)

220 The Beer Goggles do nothing for Beata.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 06:17 PM (Aqu9a)
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You'd need the Vodka Telescope, at the very least.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

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The Bourbon Hubble

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 06:24 PM (rvwwT)

221 213 I would like to beat a Thunberg. Jesus, she sounds like Yoko Ono if she was on testosterone.

Posted by: Contralto screeching at June 13, 2025 06:21 PM (TbWk/)

I really don't want to click the link now...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:25 PM (ynpvh)

222 The Beer Goggles do nothing for Beata.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 06:17 PM (Aqu9a)
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You'd need the Vodka Telescope, at the very least.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 13, 2025 06:22 PM (6YdsJ)
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The Captain Morgan paper bag.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:25 PM (ZOv7s)

223 218 197 Holy f@#k.

There's another Thunberg, and this one does gay, retarded opera?

Their parents need to be hunted down and introduced to the Tree of Woe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 06:15 PM (Wnv9h)

Klingon Opera was too manly...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 06:24 PM (mP0Kj)

Maybe she could do some Vogon poetry...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:25 PM (ynpvh)

224 All the elected shitlibs who are throwing a tantrum about the manhandling of Senator Fuckface also have security who would have reacted in the exact same manner (or worse) toward the same kind of potential threat.

-----

Yeah, someone needs to ask these guys if they've given a tape of the incident to their own security staff and explained to them that anyone acting like Padilla is NOT a threat and should not be treated like one.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at June 13, 2025 06:25 PM (8RvIK)

225 210 Just Beata It.
Posted by: The Zombie Gloved One

No Kings! Not even of Pop.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:20 PM (M0V4/)

Cracks me up that a 'No Kings' Protest will be to protest what the Democratically elected President of teh US is doing....

Almost like they don't believe in Democracy.... who woulda thunk it!

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 06:25 PM (mP0Kj)

226 Nood- Week in Woke

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 13, 2025 06:26 PM (0jqe/)

227 The Beer Goggles do nothing for Beata.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 06:17 PM (Aqu9a)
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You'd need the Vodka Telescope, at the very least.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

-------
The Bourbon Hubble
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 06:24 PM (rvwwT)

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

The Whiskey Webb.

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:27 PM (qOuxy)

228
Yeah, someone needs to ask these guys if they've given a tape of the incident to their own security staff and explained to them that anyone acting like Padilla is NOT a threat and should not be treated like one.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at June 13, 2025 06:25

Well if we had a functioning media they could ask this very question. And have a few follow up questions too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 06:27 PM (oGdsR)

229 Khamenei and the President of Iran's residences have been struck.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:27 PM (DLqye)

230 Impromptu Range Report: Took my IMI Jericho 941 out to the range this afternoon and it is an absolute beast. Once I got used to the trigger, this thing was a tack hammer. Crazy accurate.

This was Israeli surplus, and clearly well-used, but ran exceptionally well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)

231 Bad Joke:
Brother and Sister together...
Sister: "You do it better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Tasteless jokes:
If she's not good enough for your family, she's damn sure not good enough for mine.
Posted by: rickb223

"Incest!" A game the whole family can play.

.....by Milton-Bradley.

Posted by: 1980s TV commercial voiceover guy at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY)

232 There's another Thunberg, and this one does gay, retarded opera?

Their parents need to be hunted down and introduced to the Tree of Woe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Introduced to the Iron of Tire.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (fab8c)

233 219 Oh, and Fletcher, the female singer that was all about women until she fell in love with a man, "outed" herself in her new single "Boy." (Dropped during pride month, the horror.) The lyrics are about her fear of sharing this with news with her community and fans. Which makes sense, they are rabidly unforgiving of "traitors."

That we live in a world where a girl falling in love with a boy is controversial and a motivation for hate makes me yearn for nuclear WW3.

Posted by: Fuck this. Fuck this world. at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (TbWk/)

234 A deep throat ad, perhaps?
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LaMonica McIvers - and her Congressional buddies - need to move really fast and have their silly ass protest moved from tomorrow, US Flag Day & the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army, to Juneteenth.

The Democrats are nothing more than authoritarian communists and under their rules, Congress isn't necessary anyway.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (NFX2v)

235 Bad Joke:
Brother and Sister together...
Sister: "You do it better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Tasteless jokes:
If she's not good enough for your family, she's damn sure not good enough for mine.
Posted by: rickb223

"Incest!" A game the whole family can play.

.....by Milton-Bradley.
Posted by: 1980s TV commercial voiceover guy

O. M. G. LOL 😂

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 06:29 PM (fab8c)

236 231 Bad Joke:
Brother and Sister together...
Sister: "You do it better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Tasteless jokes:
If she's not good enough for your family, she's damn sure not good enough for mine.
Posted by: rickb223

"Incest!" A game the whole family can play.

.....by Milton-Bradley.

Posted by: 1980s TV commercial voiceover guy at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY)

Find out WHICH Uncle is your Daddy! On Incestry.com

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:29 PM (ynpvh)

237 All the elected shitlibs who are throwing a tantrum about the manhandling of Senator Fuckface also have security who would have reacted in the exact same manner (or worse) toward the same kind of potential threat.

-----

Seems like only last year these people were having parents at school board who expressed opinions they did not like arrested for 'terrorism' (even if they waited for their 30 seconds at the mic).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 06:29 PM (/lPRQ)

238 One in 7,000 people, according to his unpublished analysis, was born to parents who were first-degree relatives—a brother and a sister or a parent and a child.

Holy Crap! The numbers are that high. Wonder what the geographical distribution is like?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:18 PM (ynpvh)
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The Atlantic is a garbage publication and it's now trying to normalize incest.

Remember when the media tried to normalize adultery to cover for the Clintons? Same thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)

239

Beata gives "zaftig" new meaning

Posted by: imp at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (g6TN6)

240 >>All the elected shitlibs who are throwing a tantrum about the manhandling of Senator Fuckface also have security who would have reacted in the exact same manner (or worse) toward the same kind of potential threat.
======

It is sickeningly hilarious that the shitlibs are screaming that Padilla verbally identified himself as a US Senator, therefore should not have been touched. So now a verbal shout-out that you are a US Senator is adequate to tell security personnel they must let you go anywhere and do anything you please? Jeez, I suppose if the scumbag at the Butler, PA, rally had yelled-out he was a US Senator, local cops and the the SS idiots would have let him openly set-up on the roof and fire away at Trump all day, huh? Leftists are beneath contempt.

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (aBgBM)

241 Sounds random to me.

--NY Times reporter

They're shootin' at the lights....

Posted by: Nelly at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (cHLus)

242 Not long enough for a Yakkity-Sax version.

AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_
WATCH: Man celebrating the Iranian missiles hitting Tel Aviv, Israel on the road gets hit by a vehicle.

https://tinyurl.com/mt6cs2cf
4 seconds; violence but no gore; clearly, Allah's will!
Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 05:30 PM (2yoRf)

Inscrutable are the ways of Allah.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (pJWtt)

243 Maybe she could do some Vogon poetry...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:25 PM

What kind of monster are you?!

Posted by: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz at June 13, 2025 07:00 PM (Wnv9h)

244 You don't know what it's like to grow up with an older, thinner sister who overshadows you your whole life, who gets all the attention from mom and dad and then the world. I had to do SOMETHING! Oh, I don't just sing, I'm also a model!

Posted by: Beata Pissing and Moaning Lisa at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (UHILh)

245 Padilla should consider himself lucky he didn’t have to spit out his teeth.

Padilla should consider himself lucky he didn’t wind up in a pine box.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (nHcc1)

246 180 >>> 152 What the UNHOLY UNDEAD UNFUCK is in the Thunberg genes? Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 06:02 PM (dIna

>>> Mom and dad are brother and sister?
Posted by: Still lurking at June 13, 2025 06:04 PM (kTd/k)

Relevant article:
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
By Sarah Zhang

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/
2024/03/dna-tests-incest/677791/

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:10 PM (Eng1Z)

One in 7,000 people, according to his unpublished analysis, was born to parents who were first-degree relatives—a brother and a sister or a parent and a child.

Holy Crap! The numbers are that high. Wonder what the geographical distribution is like?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:18 PM (ynpvh)

While I don't deny that incest does occur, I'd take that data with a huge amount of salt. "Unpublished" analysis that just happens to land in that noted scientific journal, The Atlantic?

Ummm ... sure, Jan.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (pJWtt)

Israel's Strikes Killed Dozens of High-Ranking Iranian Terror Generals and Nucular Scientists
Update: Photos of the Penthouses of the Pious Leaders of Iran

Obviously Israel failed to blow up all of Iran's missile sites, but they did target them pre-attack:

Amit Segal
@AmitSegal
Israeli security source:
Significant intelligence was collected and surveillance was carried out to incriminate senior Iranian security officials and nuclear scientists who were eliminated.
Alongside this, a covert operational campaign to damage Iran's strategic missile array. The Mossad carried out a series of covert operations in Iran, which were intended to damage Iran's strategic missile array and its air defense capabilities.
As part of their activities, Mossad agents implemented significant moves to introduce special weapons on a large scale, deploy them throughout Iran, and launch them towards the attack targets in a precise and effective manner.
These are three different operations:
First, in central Iran, squads of Mossad commando fighters operated to deploy operational systems of precision-guided weapons, in open areas near the location of Iranian surface-to-air missile systems (SAM).
With the beginning of the Israeli attack, in parallel with the air force attacks throughout Iran, the systems were trained and activated, and the precision missiles were launched directly at the targets at once and with great accuracy.
In another operational campaign to thwart Iran's air defense capabilities that threaten Israeli fighter jets, the Mossad, in secret operations, planted sophisticated attack systems and technologies on vehicles. With the start of the surprise attack, the weapons were launched and completely destroyed the targets of the attack - the Iranian defense systems.
In the third campaign, the Mossad established a base of explosive drones that were infiltrated into the heart of Iran long before the attack by Mossad agents. During the Israeli attack, the explosive drones were activated and launched at the surface-to-surface missile launchers (SGMs) located at the Asfaqabad base near Tehran and that pose a threat to strategic targets and Israeli citizens.

Israel also attempted a decapitation strike against Iran's senior terror command.

Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
🚨🇮🇷BREAKING: IRAN NAMES NEW ARMY CHIEF AS ISRAEL CLAIMS 15 TOP TARGETS KILLED
Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes.
At a press briefing, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin confirmed that Israel has killed at least six senior Iranian commanders and nine nuclear scientists.
The slain officials include:
Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri
IRGC Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami
Khatam-al Anbiya HQ head Gholam Ali Rashid
IRGC Air Force chief Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Drone unit commander Taher Pour
Air defense chief Davoud Shaykhian
The Israeli military describes this as one of the most surgically targeted operations in its history.
Source: Times of Israel, N12

Niyak Ghorbani
@GhorbaniiNiyak
@IDF Statement: Three Top Iranian Military Commanders Eliminated
In a large-scale overnight operation, more than 200 Israeli Air Force fighter jets -- guided by pinpoint intelligence -- struck over 100 high-value targets across Iran.
Among those eliminated:
* Mohammad Hossein Bagheri -- Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces
* Hossein Salami -- Commander of the IRGC
* Gholam-Ali Rashid -- Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya (Emergency Command)
This marks a major blow to the military leadership of the Iranian regime.

srael Defense Forces
@IDF

ELIMINATED: Commander of the IRGC's Air Force & Senior Chain of Command of the Air Force

The Intelligence Directorate identified that the senior chain of command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Air Force had assembled in an underground command center to prepare for an attack on the State of Israel.

IAF fighter jets struck the command center where Commander of the IRGC's Air Force Amir Ali Hajizadeh was located along with other senior officials.

Along with Hajizadeh, Commander of the UAV Force of the IRGC's Air Force Taher-pour and Commander of the Aerial Command of the IRGC�s Air Force Davoud Shaykhian, were eliminated.

Eyal Yakoby
@EYakoby
BREAKING: Dana Bash: Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.
Bash: "Meaning Israel got them?"
Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

This is my President. I definitely voted for this.

An Israeli source claims that Israel's intelligence had figured out on what conditions Iran's senior military staff would gather in one place to plot against them. They took the actions and put out the signals (radio chatter, etc.) that would cause the high command to congregate in this one place. Then they kept taking actions and putting out radio chatter that would keep them in this place... while its jets closed in to blow them all up.

Trey Yingst
@TreyYingst
On the strikes against IRGC Air Force leadership: Israel tricked the top command of Iran's air force into a meeting and then kept them there, I'm told by an Israeli security official.
"We did specific activities to help us understand things about them and then used that information to make them act in a specific way," the official said. "We knew this would make them meet, but more importantly we knew how to keep them there."

Update: Israel shot missiles into the penthouses of Iran's senior terror commanders.

Penthouses to Pillars of Dust: The Fall of Tehran�s Teflon Generals

While ordinary Iranians scraped by below, the IRGC�s top brass played gods in glass towers�perched in penthouses like vultures on marble thrones.

Now, those sky-high fortresses lie torn open, their opulence� pic.twitter.com/woNSCqxDu5
— Ian S�gal ✍🏻 (@segalian) June 13, 2025

This New York Times "reporter" says that Israel randomly struck the apartment of a university professor. He can't think of any possible reason that Israel would assassinate a university professor.

Mark Hemingway suggested an obvious possibility: this professor was a nuclear scientist or otherwise involved in their nuke program.

We don't know that yet, but that's the way to bet.

A friend in Tehran sent me this video, apartment complex housing university professors attacked directly across the street from her house. The randomness of strikes in residential neighborhoods have terrified Iranians. pic.twitter.com/HIzadO0krE
— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) June 13, 2025

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
Check this intrepid New York Times reporter's timeline, and you'll be shocked to learn that she hasn't posted anything about Iran spamming ballistic missiles at civilians, which *are* actually random strikes.

"Martyr Made," praised by Tucker Carlson as one of the most important "popular historians" (Twitter gasbag, he means) alive, calls for America bombing Tel Aviv, because he's so "anti-war" and "against US foreign intervention."

They switched from "we can't get involved in another foreign war" to "bomb Tel Aviv" in record time.

But at least they're "anti war," amirite? pic.twitter.com/3c2WbmTlLU
— Han Shawnity 🇺🇸 (@HanShawnity) June 13, 2025

And fucking Matt Walsh thinks it's America's job to stop... Israel.

Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States. We do not need to get involved in yet another war in the Middle East for reasons that have nothing to do with defending our own nation.

Kurt Schlichter
@KurtSchlichter
Iranians have literally murdered hundreds of Americans. I don't want any part of any movement that doesn't make avenging the deaths of Americans central to its purpose. Haven't we learned our lesson about tolerating this crap?

Iran is sacrificing everything to build a fucking nuclear bomb, Walsh. Do you believe them when they say they're enriching uranium up to weapons grade for Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Purposes?

They intend to use it. They can put it on a missile, or they can just "lose" it to a group of totally unaffiliated terrorists who, alas, detonate it in America. And Matt Walsh will say, "You can't hit Iran, they didn't detonate the nuke. Some terrorists tht Iran totally wasn't funding just stole it."

I'm so fucking tired of these grifters taking ever more extremist positions to appease a conservative minority which is much smaller than the grifters think it is.

They keep claiming that other country's wars are our wars and that we have to affirmatively go to war with countries like Israel to show how "anti-war" we are.

No foreign interventions, guys, except the foreign interventions against Israel on behalf of Muslim terror states. Those we're obligated to do.

Fuck you.

You're triggered by soldiers of the United States Army practicing for a parade celebrating their 250th birthday? You really are a bunch of pedo tools. 😡
— Based Jane Doh 🇺🇸✝️ (@BasedMaryKay) June 13, 2025

The Horseshoe Theory is real. So many "right-wing" people have simply adopted the entire left-wing Peace At Any Cost agenda. But they change the words to make it sound "tougher." Instead of bleating about foreign civilians, they just claim that they're extra-special indifferent to the lives of foreign civilians and that's why we have to sometimes help Iran kill foreign Israeli civilians.

See? That's "tough." That's not the old-fashioned pansy-ass leftwing anti-American agenda. This is a new-fangled tough, patriotic anti-American agenda.

But it's still the same antisemitism. No, Matt, we do not run Israel, and despite your strong implication, Israel does not run America. Israel is a sovereign state which has been attacked by Iran since the seventies, and if they want to go to war with Iran, they have my blessing and support, although they need neither.

Old left-wing peacenik agenda: We're so concerned with foreign civilians that we are reflexively hostile to both American and Israeli counter-attacks on Muslim terrorists

New "right-wing" peacenik agenda: We're so sociopathically indifferent to foreign civilians that we are reflexively hostile to both American and Israeli counter-attacks on Muslim terrorists

It's the same shit. You just adopted the Code Pink/ANSWER platform and did a quick rebrand using anti-foreigner sentiment instead of pro-foreigner sentiment. It all shakes out the same way, and is actually offered for all the same reasons that the Red-Green alliance offered the agenda -- they're anti-America, anti-Israel, and anti-Western, and pro-Muslim terrorists and pro-foreign despot.

Good video: Israeli warplanes refueling over Syria. Maybe the previous video I linked was not over Iran, as I said, but just over Syria.

Posted by: Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 I foresee more bitching from our newest visitors.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (ExV1e)

2 Prima Moronus

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (2UnvF)

3 I alerted the prior thread.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (ExV1e)

4 omg i'm first and i read the content

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (wbZPZ)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (Zz0t1)

6 Where's Tehran Bob to tell us this isn't true?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (Zz0t1)

7 2 Prima Moronus
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (2UnvF)

Gotta sting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (ExV1e)

8 boom

Posted by: gnats local 675 at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (CWTWj)

9 BREAKING: Dana Bash: Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.

Bash: "Meaning Israel got them?"

Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

Dana Bash.

You stupid.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (Zz0t1)

10
OUT: IRG (Islamic Revolutionary Guard).
IN: IRG (Iranian Revolving Generals).

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (mKcVH)

11
Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

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

Give 'em time, Matt.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (wbZPZ)

12 Anyone who would consider questioning support for America bombing Tel Aviv is prima facie evil!

Posted by: C. Tarlson at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (ccvr7)

13 Did they call for an Uber??

AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 15s
WATCH: Man celebrating the Iranian missiles hitting Tel Aviv, Israel on the road gets hit by a vehicle.

https://tinyurl.com/mt6cs2cf
4 seconds; violence but no gore; clearly, Allah's will!

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:33 PM (2yoRf)

14 We probably should be check all this Chinese owned "farmland" to see how many drones are stashed here.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (jc0TO)

15 >>Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

Now that's funny.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (viF8m)

16 Fuck Matt Walsh and all the other assholes at the Daily Wire.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (xcxpd)

17 Hopefully within 48 hours the Persians will take back their country and Iranian belligerence will be in the rearview mirror.

And the US will be one step closer not having to worry about the Middle East anymore...

Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (kQBSd)

18 15 >>Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

Now that's funny.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (viF8m)

The man has wit

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (xcxpd)

19 Why does Mossad always spill the beans on how they do stuff?

Seems like they'd just keep quiet and let everyone sweat on how they keep Batman'ing everyone.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (mzM2O)

20 Israel's Strikes Killed Dozens of High-Ranking Iranian Terror Generals and Nuclear Scientists

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (cYBz/)

21 BREAKING: Dana Bash: Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.

Bash: "Meaning Israel got them?"

Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

But did they die *with* covid? That's the real question.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 04:35 PM (jGGMD)

22 Last tine it was pagers and cellphones. This time it will be splodey latrines.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:35 PM (/U5Yz)

23 Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

Yes, I'm sure Iran would be harmless as kittens if it obtained nukes, posing no special threat to a country it refers to as The Great Satan in particular.

Posted by: Matt Walsh is Kinda Dumb at June 13, 2025 04:35 PM (M40Ri)

24 I'm generally in favor of bombing university professors on principle at this point.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:36 PM (wItF4)

25 This New York Times "reporter" says that Israel randomly struck the apartment of a university professor. He can't think of any possible reason that Israel would assassinate a university professor.
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The Brits requested it because he was teaching that imperialist scum, Chaucer!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:36 PM (2yoRf)

26 The Mullahs have just been caught up in the exuberance of the moment.

Posted by: Nancy P. (D-CA) at June 13, 2025 04:36 PM (3fCc4)

27 >>>Yes, I'm sure Iran would be harmless as kittens if it obtained nukes, posing no special threat to a country it refers to as The Great Satan in particular.

i forgot to mention the Great Satan/Little Satan thing.

Probably just MOSSAD PROPAGANDA anyway.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 04:37 PM (KRtlO)

28
lol numbskull NY Times reporter says these in the same breath:

-apartment complex housing university professors

-random

Jeez, does she get lost on the way to her own living room?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:37 PM (wbZPZ)

29 I cannot disagree.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at June 13, 2025 04:37 PM (P7Iz+)

30 BREAKING: Dana Bash: Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.

Bash: "Meaning Israel got them?"

Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

This makes me think PDT or one of his staffers reads the HQ.

Posted by: COVID and air strikes, but mostly air strikes at June 13, 2025 04:37 PM (TbWk/)

31 Excellent post , ace!!!!

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 04:37 PM (g47mK)

32 19 Why does Mossad always spill the beans on how they do stuff?

Seems like they'd just keep quiet and let everyone sweat on how they keep Batman'ing everyone.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (mzM2O)

I would assume to keep their adversaries focused on their last move. Getting the Iranians paranoid about their organization and meeting protocols is also immediately disruptive in the medium and short run.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM (okun6)

33 * Mohammad Hossein Bagheri
* Hossein Salami
* Gholam-Ali Rashid
......

Only one Mohammad? And what's with this Salami guy?

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM (UjdFS)

34 24 I'm generally in favor of bombing university professors on principle at this point.
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Snort.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM (FmapG)

35 The Forgotten 11th Commandment:

"Thou Shall Not FAFO With The Jews."

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM (mKcVH)

36 Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

I thought he was based when he ran 'Americas Most Wanted'. Sad.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM (jc0TO)

37 Why does Mossad always spill the beans on how they do stuff?

Seems like they'd just keep quiet and let everyone sweat on how they keep Batman'ing everyone.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (mzM2O)

Ah, but it's the stuff they don't blab about that's got Tehran worried.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM (jGGMD)

38 Why does Mossad always spill the beans on how they do stuff?

Seems like they'd just keep quiet and let everyone sweat on how they keep Batman'ing everyone.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (mzM2O)

...

Because "we figured out how to make you all get in a room" will now constantly ring in their skulls every time they think about getting into a room together.

And they will still have to get into a room together so all they will do is be sweating harder when they do.

Posted by: TexasDan at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM (z/ifB)

39 I'm so fucking tired of these grifters taking ever more extremist positions to appease a conservative minority which is much smaller than the grifters think it is.

===

yep

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM (g47mK)

40 The last 24 hours has also informed us why DoD was not getting a budget cut.

I'm just getting up to speed on everything, but again, the telegraphing we did that something was coming...it's amazing how much Iran screwed up at the beginning, putting high ranking military personnel together in one non-defendable place, and leaving large targets for Israel to hit at will.

I don't know if this is the best idea...but it's not our idea, it's Israel's...and we can let them hopefully finally finish the issues in the area.

I think I'm in the "better them than us" category...and I don't mind bankrolling them b/c Iran does try to kill us and chants death to America every day...

Not sure I want to see us get more involved, though...not unless Iran wants to bring us in by being even more stupid...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (tOcjL)

41 Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes

Well that guy has to be nervous.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (mzM2O)

42 >>I'm generally in favor of bombing university professors on principle at this point.

Of all the shit Pol Pot got wrong...that was not one of them.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (QIh6T)

43 This makes me think PDT or one of his staffers reads the HQ.
Posted by: COVID and air strikes

If the staff doesn't, they are missing some Class A comments!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (cYBz/)

44 Why does Mossad always spill the beans on how they do stuff?

Seems like they'd just keep quiet and let everyone sweat on how they keep Batman'ing everyone.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (mzM2O)

I would assume to keep their adversaries focused on their last move. Getting the Iranians paranoid about their organization and meeting protocols is also immediately disruptive in the medium and short run.

I'm sure they've already thought 3 or 4 steps ahead to the next subterfuges. After all, they're crafty, crafty Joos.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (s8j++)

45 2 Prima Moronus
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM

More like imperito secundo

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (3fCc4)

46 Amir Khatami should hold a staff meeting , STAT !

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (g47mK)

47 Is that our Jane Doh? If so... * waves *

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (/y8xj)

48
"We knew this would make them meet, but more importantly we knew how to keep them there."

I know we're going to joke about goat porn and whatnot, but I'm really intrigued by this and I want to know what it was.

Or did the Israelis just bolt the doors from the outside?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (wbZPZ)

49 OSINTdefender @sentdefender 5m
Israeli strikes against Iran appear to have resumed, with air-defense activity and explosions being reported now over Tehran.

Pentagon Pizza Report @PenPizzaReport 2h
The Domino's closest to the Pentagon continues to have an abnormally active Friday afternoon.

BIG surge as of 2:25pm ET

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (2yoRf)

50 Because "we figured out how to make you all get in a room" will now constantly ring in their skulls every time they think about getting into a room together.

And they will still have to get into a room together so all they will do is be sweating harder when they do.

One thing's for sure, they won't be using pagers.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (s8j++)

51 The ~~randomness~~ precision of strikes in residential neighborhoods have terrified Iranians.

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

FIFY

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (mKcVH)

52 The Lincoln Project@ProjectLincoln
No, this isn't North Korea you're seeing.

-
Those Eagle flags gave it away.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (L/fGl)

53 My dick has never been so hard.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (/U5Yz)

54 it's amazing how much Iran screwed up at the beginning, putting high ranking military personnel together in one non-defendable place, and leaving large targets for Israel to hit at will.

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (tOcjL)

The place was no doubt defensible from their perspective. The way Israel took out their air defenses was very innovative.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (okun6)

55 11
Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

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

Give 'em time, Matt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (wbZPZ)

Same mentality of some in the last thread.

Might as well just sit back and wait for them to ACTUALLY DEVELOP a nuclear weapon, as their overwhelming mantra is DEATH TO AMERICA, and see what they do with it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (Zz0t1)

56 BREAKING: Dana Bash: Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.

Bash: "Meaning Israel got them?"

Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

This makes me think PDT or one of his staffers reads the HQ.
Posted by: COVID and air strikes, but mostly air strikes at June 13, 2025 04:37 PM (TbWk/)

Sounds like something Reagan would have said

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (NtVYv)

57 Ah, but it's the stuff they don't blab about that's got Tehran worried.
Posted by: Dr. T

That would be the unknown unknowns. Amirite?
-- Zombie Donald Rumsfeld

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 04:42 PM (cYBz/)

58 @MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

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

Give 'em time, Matt.

I generally like Walsh but sometimes he's just dumb for the sake of contrariness.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:42 PM (/y8xj)

59 Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes

Well that guy has to be nervous.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (mzM2O)
----
Heh. I'm imagining a bunch of officers in a room and his name gets read out as the new leader.

"What? Me? No, no, no, you want the OTHER guy!" He then struggles to lose himself in a crowd while everyone else is pushing him forward.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2025 04:42 PM (GlyvH)

60 "Well, they didn't die of Covid."

Maybe we should name a bomb Covid and have fun with this.

And yes, I voted for this.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 04:42 PM (7xrfc)

61 The Lincoln Project@ProjectLincoln
No, this isn't North Korea you're seeing.

Look who dug their way out of prepubescent penis enough to post something.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (Zz0t1)

62 I'm guessing that the recent riots along with this Iran business strengthens the post-haste argument for the BBB?

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (x2CMu)

63 48
"We knew this would make them meet, but more importantly we knew how to keep them there."

I know we're going to joke about goat porn and whatnot, but I'm really intrigued by this and I want to know what it was.

Or did the Israelis just bolt the doors from the outside?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (wbZPZ)

In broad strokes based on how these things tend to work,

1. the chatter they let Iran hear indicated a threat of emergency levels
2. continued updates to the situation kept them in place planning Iran's response to the false threat

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (okun6)

64 Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes

Well that guy has to be nervous.

Here's is some recent footage of him, using a pseudonym, Nathan Thurm.

https://is.gd/prWMDA

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (s8j++)

65 I wish the Marines from Beirut 1983 could come back and have a nice face to face conversation with Matt Walsh.

Posted by: They haven't nuked us YET so it's OK at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (TbWk/)

66 Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes

Well that guy has to be nervous.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
......

Amir was last seen this morning crossing the border dressed as a goatherder.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (UjdFS)

67 Destroying C3I of the adversary also serves to neutralize military capabilities.

Just saying.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (jH5TK)

68
AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 15s
WATCH: Man celebrating the Iranian missiles hitting Tel Aviv, Israel on the road gets hit by a vehicle.

https://tinyurl.com/mt6cs2cf
4 seconds; violence but no gore; clearly, Allah's will!
Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:33 PM (2yoRf)

Man plans, God laughs

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (y9nCu)

69 Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.

-
Trump is a tough negotiator.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (L/fGl)

70 OSINTdefender @sentdefender 28m
Casualties from the Iranian ballistic missile attack tonight against Israel have risen to 40 injuries, with two of those in critical condition, most are being treated at Sheba Medical Center, as well as Sourasky and Beilinson Hospitals.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (2yoRf)

71 Then they kept taking actions and putting out radio chatter that would keep them in this place... while its jets closed in to blow them all up.

The best way to fight your enemy is to what we call "turn inside his decision cycle." It's even better when you set the topic of what they think they are deciding.
What Israel did will be studied for years to come.
Meanwhile the Iranians will be second guessing themselves.for years.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (W/lyH)

72 The Mossad lives rent free in the mullah's heads and that makes me lol.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (oGdsR)

73 I'm pro-Israel and America First. These two things are not mutually exclusive.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (M0V4/)

74 Notice how all the 'this is like being in a communist country' assholes never mention that it's the army's 250th birthday and the country's as well?

Soy is so corrosive to men's balls.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (mzM2O)

75 So, this place really is a smart military blog today?

Posted by: General Nuisance at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (G5+As)

76 "We knew this would make them meet, but more importantly we knew how to keep them there."

I know we're going to joke about goat porn and whatnot, but I'm really intrigued by this and I want to know what it was.

Or did the Israelis just bolt the doors from the outside?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (wbZPZ)

Look, let's not rule out the goat porn.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (jGGMD)

77 >>> 14 We probably should be check all this Chinese owned "farmland" to see how many drones are stashed here.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (jc0TO)

Confiscate it, sell it to rednecks at fire sale prices, watch as they build shops and attempt to rewire any suspicious devices they find. Or just shoot at them after setting out some thermite nearby.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (ULPxl)

78 >>"We knew this would make them meet, but more importantly we knew how to keep them there."

Hot Young Goats in Your Area!

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (QIh6T)

79 Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes

Well that guy has to be nervous.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (mzM2O)
----
Heh. I'm imagining a bunch of officers in a room and his name gets read out as the new leader.

"What? Me? No, no, no, you want the OTHER guy!" He then struggles to lose himself in a crowd while everyone else is pushing him forward.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirre
.....

and here's your new pager.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (UjdFS)

80 >> Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

Holy shit. Is he really that stupid?

Posted by: Marcus T at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (g88zo)

81 Or did the Israelis just bolt the doors from the outside?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (wbZPZ)

They relied on the moose out front to tell people they weren't there.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (jH5TK)

82 Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes

Well that guy has to be nervous.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (mzM2O)

Like the guys that Darth Vader would appoint after he strangled their predecessor and dropped him on the floor.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (k9OZB)

83 I have been watching Al Jazeera. Typically when the Israelis blow up the bad guys Al Jazeera goes wall to wall with anti Israel coverage including lots of children and women with injuries. This time there is a decided lack coverage. It has mostly been talking heads pontificating with sober words and more sober faces; sort of like a CSPAN book discussion. The Sunni Arabs are giving no purchase here due to their pro forma statements that bombs are bad. I am sort of hearing the unsaid that Iran can piss off.

Note to self: Do not f' with the Hebrews. And thank you Israel for doing the necessary heavy lifting here; the degree of intelligence gathering, strategic planning and tactical execution has been brilliant. As for the USA's lack of involvement: absolutely 1000% true (wink, wink).

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (NXz8h)

84 Well that guy has to be nervous.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (mzM2O)
----
Heh. I'm imagining a bunch of officers in a room and his name gets read out as the new leader.

"What? Me? No, no, no, you want the OTHER guy!" He then struggles to lose himself in a crowd while everyone else is pushing him forward.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2025 04:42 PM (GlyvH)

Heheheh

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (mzM2O)

85 Meanwhile, north of the border . . .

Suicide Hotline Operator Encourages Disabled Canadian To Consider Assisted Suicide

-
Just rename it Suicide Cheerleader Hotline.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (L/fGl)

86 The best way to fight your enemy is to what we call "turn inside his decision cycle." It's even better when you set the topic of what they think they are deciding.
What Israel did will be studied for years to come.
Meanwhile the Iranians will be second guessing themselves.for years.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (W/lyH)
----
Israelis are masters of the OODA loop.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (GlyvH)

87 @MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

That's surprisingly dumb.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (x2CMu)

88 >>Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

Neither did 19 goat humpers/hijackers.

One quote that stayed with me after 9/11 and I don't remember which intel person said it but it was something along the lines of what made the attack on 9/11 possible was a lack of imagination on our part.

The idea that any country with enough malice and money can't hurt us is asinine.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (viF8m)

89 Pentagon Pizza Report @PenPizzaReport 2h
The Domino's closest to the Pentagon continues to have an abnormally active Friday afternoon.

For as much of our tax $$ as they're spending, I would have hoped that they'd get better pizza than Domino's. They're probably paying $429 for a large cheese.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (/y8xj)

90 I'm pro-Israel and America First. These two things are not mutually exclusive.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (M0V4/)

A strong Israel means a safer America. This isn't that hard.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 04:47 PM (jGGMD)

91 The best way to fight your enemy is to what we call "turn inside his decision cycle." It's even better when you set the topic of what they think they are deciding.
What Israel did will be studied for years to come.
Meanwhile the Iranians will be second guessing themselves.for years.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM

What does turn inside his decision cycle mean? I searched and I see examples for I think managers.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 04:47 PM (oGdsR)

92 >>> 58
==
I generally like Walsh but sometimes he's just dumb for the sake of contrariness.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:42 PM (/y8xj)

He's been amusing on the tranny insanity.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:48 PM (ULPxl)

93 Like the guys that Darth Vader would appoint after he strangled their predecessor and dropped him on the floor.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (k9OZB)
---
Within the Star Wars EU, being assigned to Vader's flagship was often a quick path to promotion--if you survived his capriciousness.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2025 04:48 PM (GlyvH)

94 So it looks to me the primary mission wasn't nuclear facilities. Worth it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:48 PM (VofaG)

95 I'd pay good money to hear the Houthi radio traffic today. Most of it would be muffled as they hid in their favorite hole.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 04:48 PM (dIske)

96 I thought Khatami was some hawt Jap Motorcycle.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 13, 2025 04:48 PM (FmapG)

97 For as much of our tax $$ as they're spending, I would have hoped that they'd get better pizza than Domino's. They're probably paying $429 for a large cheese.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (/y8xj)

I have no problem believing that even Domino's is better than what the DoD serves.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:49 PM (jH5TK)

98 A hot, shooting war in the Middle East is the Prolog for Ralph Bakshi's Wizards ...

Just sayin'

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at June 13, 2025 04:49 PM (cfyxU)

99 Why is Iran still able to post on X?

https://x.com/IRIran_Military

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:49 PM (/U5Yz)

100 We did specific activities to help us understand things about them and then used that information to make them act in a specific way," the official said. "We knew this would make them meet, but more importantly we knew how to keep them there."

—————-

They got the fancy goats.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 13, 2025 04:49 PM (W2Pud)

101 Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States. We do not need to get involved in yet another war in the Middle East for reasons that have nothing to do with defending our own nation.

1. Has anyone pointed out that Trump's team spent two months trying to prevent this? At some point you let the toddler touch the stove and learn the lesson.
2. Has Trump suggested, or Israel requested, US forces to intervene? You'd think that would be big news.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:49 PM (ExV1e)

102 >>> 67 Destroying C3I of the adversary also serves to neutralize military capabilities.

Just saying.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (jH5TK)

How do you know that? Maybe you should read something!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:49 PM (ULPxl)

103 Israel is destroying Our Democracy.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 04:50 PM (E0p3T)

104 I expected a little better from Walsh, but I should've known better I guess. He's very good on certain cultural issues but definitely has his head up his ass on some things.

Posted by: disappointment is inevitable at June 13, 2025 04:50 PM (TbWk/)

105 All anyone is talking about in my town is tmorrows riots.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 04:50 PM (YTjJV)

106 Suicide Hotline Operator Encourages Disabled Canadian To Consider Assisted Suicide

Didn't know they were hiring from 4chan. "Have you considered kys?" I'm just surprised he didn't add "do it faggot"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 04:50 PM (gKWVE)

107 >> @MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

They pose less of a threat today, Matt.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (QIh6T)

108 Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.
-------------------------

Neither does Russia.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (E0p3T)

109 Dana, you ignorant slut.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (ZmEVT)

110 Israel refueling in Syrian airspace?

I know they pounded the Syrians heavily, and I know the current leadership is not that thrilled with Iran, which supported proxies that supported Assad.

But refueling operations?
For an attack on Iran?

Could this be an actual sign of something Trump accomplished with his last trip to Saudi Arabia?

Is Syria really prepared to switch sides, even to just a frigid neutral?

That is, as the saying goes, a BFD.

Posted by: Sam at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (7jMef)

111 104 I expected a little better from Walsh, but I should've known better I guess. He's very good on certain cultural issues but definitely has his head up his ass on some things.
Posted by: disappointment is inevitable at June 13, 2025 04:50 PM (TbWk/)

Depends on who he is trying to impress this week.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (mzM2O)

112 Within the Star Wars EU, being assigned to Vader's flagship was often a quick path to promotion--if you survived his capriciousness.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2025 04:48 PM (GlyvH)

I'll take my chances working in the Death Star commissary.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (k9OZB)

113
Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.

-
Trump is a tough negotiator.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (L/fGl)

The Golden Scalp Weasel is a big fan of the Corbin Dallas Doctrine.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (y9nCu)

114 "Give 'em time, Matt."

We've been hearing warnings of the imminent Iranian nuclear bomb since 1984. They either lack the technical means, fissile material or will to develop a nuclear weapons program.

Heard all this imminent threat bullshit before the last Iraq war. Hearing it all again now.

Sad.

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (2dTd+)

115
Here's "They didn't die of COVID."

https://tinyurl.com/32vkpw66

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (wbZPZ)

116 Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (/y8xj)

I like Dominos . Also like their sandwiches.

Most expensive Pizza chain that I came across is Marco's pizza. Not worth the money. Admittedly only had it once.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (VofaG)

117 >>I expected a little better from Walsh, but I should've known better I guess. He's very good on certain cultural issues but definitely has his head up his ass on some things.

He's just trying to get all up and inside Candace.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:52 PM (QIh6T)

118 How do you know that? Maybe you should read something!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:49 PM (ULPxl)

🤣🤣

I should say that I was not some super Rambo terminator super warrior. Just a tactical coordinator (TC).

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:52 PM (jH5TK)

119 But refueling operations?
For an attack on Iran?

During Pride Month? DURING PRIDE MONTH??!!

Posted by: During Pride Month. at June 13, 2025 04:52 PM (TbWk/)

120 44 I'm sure they've already thought 3 or 4 steps ahead to the next subterfuges. After all, they're crafty, crafty Joos.

lots of knitting and crocheting going on over in mossad hq

Posted by: anachronda at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (sGtp+)

121 And just like that the Left is..... anti-war again?

Send 100 more billion to Uke!!!!!!

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (E0p3T)

122 >>> 108 Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.
-------------------------

Neither does Russia.
Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (E0p3T)

OMG RUSSIA IS A THREAT TO OUR PRECIOUS DEMOCRACY!!!

Posted by: This... is XiNN at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (ULPxl)

123 "We knew this would make them meet, but more importantly we knew how to keep them there."

"Hello? Is your vehicle's warranty about to expire? Let me tell you about this great special we are running this week..."

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (M0V4/)

124 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Tim Walz compares DC on Saturday to “Pyong-yong” and hopes the military runs into bad weather at the parade.
“This may get me in trouble or whatever."

-
Kamala picked him because he was a white male pro-military guy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (L/fGl)

125 @MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.
-
Why did President Trump feel a need to whack Soleimani?

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (Dnobf)

126 Suicide Hotline Operator Encourages Disabled Canadian To Consider Assisted Suicide

"Um, I didn't think this was a tech support line."

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (/y8xj)

127 Ask 10 different people which pizza chain is the best, and you'll get 10 different answers.

Even though the only correct answer is "Pizza Hut."

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 04:54 PM (jGGMD)

128 TMLutas
@TMLutas
·
2h
Replying to @monsterhunter45
I’ve been asking Democrats today what they want the new rules to be that should have applied to Sen Padilla and will apply to their next press conference. So far, no takers.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:54 PM (wItF4)

129 113 The Golden Scalp Weasel is a big fan of the Corbin Dallas Doctrine.

whereas mossad is big fans of the zorg "i know it won't happen again" doctrine.

Posted by: anachronda at June 13, 2025 04:54 PM (sGtp+)

130 Now I'm COMPLETELY confused by the Daily Wire.

Where are they at on things? I can't get a read on these guys AT ALL.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 04:54 PM (0HaGk)

131 >>Posted by: JasonG at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (3+0We)

The Armchair Reich was Angry that day.

Like an old man, trying to send soup back in a Deli.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:54 PM (QIh6T)

132 Israel refueling in Syrian airspace?

Exactly. What airspace the Israelis used to get over Iran is a very interesting question. I lean towards thinking the answer will say much about the real politick of the Middle East at this time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 13, 2025 04:55 PM (NXz8h)

133 MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

Except for financing terrorists who kill Americans.

Man that is a stupid post.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:55 PM (VofaG)

134 You’d think muzzles at some point would start acting scared of Jews

Posted by: District Judge at June 13, 2025 04:55 PM (dQfJF)

135 Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

Holy shit. Is he really that stupid?
Posted by: Marcus T at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (g88zo)

You can be totally stupid some of the time, and kinda stupid most of the time, but this guy is looking to be totally stupid all of the time.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 04:55 PM (W/lyH)

136

Neither did 19 goat humpers/hijackers.

One quote that stayed with me after 9/11 and I don't remember which intel person said it but it was something along the lines of what made the attack on 9/11 possible was a lack of imagination on our part.

The idea that any country with enough malice and money can't hurt us is asinine.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (viF8m)

So true...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:55 PM (tOcjL)

137 >>Ask 10 different people which pizza chain is the best, and you'll get 10 different answers.

None. Chain Pizza is all crap.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:55 PM (QIh6T)

138 BREAKING: Dana Bash: Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.

Bash: "Meaning Israel got them?"

Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

***
All Hail Trumpinius Superbus!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2025 04:55 PM (omVj0)

139 ...Marco's pizza. Not worth the money.

My sample set is a little larger than yours, maybe 3 or 4 different ones but they seem to vary wildly store to store.

Aaaaand, now it's a pizza thread.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (/y8xj)

140 Like the guys that Darth Vader would appoint after he strangled their predecessor and dropped him on the floor.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (k9OZB)
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The look on Admiral Piett's face as he receives his promotion while Admiral Ozzel drops dead next to him.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (6YdsJ)

141 Fiery, but mostly peaceful protest against Iran's nuclear facilities.

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (Gcn+Q)

142 Even though the only correct answer is "Pizza Hut."

The correct answer is "pre-Yum Brands Pizza Hut".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (wItF4)

143 101 Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States. We do not need to get involved in yet another war in the Middle East for reasons that have nothing to do with defending our own nation.

1. Has anyone pointed out that Trump's team spent two months trying to prevent this? At some point you let the toddler touch the stove and learn the lesson.
2. Has Trump suggested, or Israel requested, US forces to intervene? You'd think that would be big news.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:49 PM (ExV1e)

Pretty sure Trump and Bibi had a deal - Trump would get 60 days to try the easy way...and then Bibi got to try the hard way...this is Bibi's show now...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

144 I had Round Table pizza a while back. It was really good

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (NtVYv)

145 77 >>> 14 We probably should be check all this Chinese owned "farmland" to see how many drones are stashed here.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (jc0TO)

Confiscate it, sell it to rednecks at fire sale prices, watch as they build shops and attempt to rewire any suspicious devices they find. Or just shoot at them after setting out some thermite nearby.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (ULPxl)

Do you, perchance, have a newsletter to which I might subscribe?!!

Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (wLjpr)

146 He's just trying to get all up and inside Candace.
Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:52 PM (QIh6

Ignoring the golden rule.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (VofaG)

147 I just tried Jet's Pizza the other day. I liked it quite a bit. Detroit style isn't generally my thing but I think they did a good job.

But agreed, best pies are the little mom and pop shops.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (jH5TK)

148 Aleph א @no_itsmyturn 11m
Iranian nuclear scientists reportedly eliminated:
-Said Borji (explosives expert at SPND; worked directly under Mohsen Fakhrizadeh; sanctioned by US in March 2019)
-Akbar Motallebizadeh (chemical engineer and explosives specialist at SPND; sanctioned by US in March 2019)
-Mansur Asgari (head of research & tech dept at SPND; sanctioned by US in March 2019)
-Ahmad Hagigat Talab (SPND senior official; sanctioned by US in May 2025)
-Amir Hossein Feqhi (nuclear professor at Shahid Beheshti University)
-Abdulhamid Manouchehr, head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Shahid Beheshti University
-Sayyed Mohammad Reza Seddighi Saber (head of SPND; sanctioned by US in May 2025)
-Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari (nuclear engineering professor at Shahid Beheshti University)
-Ali Bakouei Katrimi (Atomic Molecular Physics professor at Tarbiat Modares University)

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (2yoRf)

149 > Now I'm COMPLETELY confused by the Daily Wire.
----------
I refer to them as the "Daily Wired." It's like some of them are drinking several Red Bulls before sitting down to peck out some of their drivel.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (Q4IgG)

150 Within the Star Wars EU, being assigned to Vader's flagship was often a quick path to promotion--if you survived his capriciousness.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 13, 2025 04:48 PM (GlyvH)

I'll take my chances working in the Death Star commissary.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (k9OZB)

"I despise white chocolate, and yet you give me this Zero bar."

"Lord Vader, forgive me, it's my first da*urk*"

"I will not tolerate such incompetence."

*THUD*

"Lieutenant Fozek, you take over the register."

Posted by: No job is safe! at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (TbWk/)

151 yay Jane d'oh!!

yeah X is a cess pit today

I had to do a lot of timeline cleansing

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (Pv3Rg)

152 Kamala picked him because he was a white male pro-military guy.

Which he is. Just not our military.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (/y8xj)

153 Ron DeSantis just gave the order, Floridian's are allowed to drive over protestors blocking roads.

beep beep

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (/U5Yz)

154 >>> 118
==

I should say that I was not some super Rambo terminator super warrior. Just a tactical coordinator (TC).
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:52 PM (jH5TK)

But you had some interesting comments. There's usually one or two Horde members who have informed opinions on whatever the topic is.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (ULPxl)

155 >> @MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.
--------------
Denial is one strategy. Not a good one, but is one.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (2bFN5)

156 BREAKING: Dana Bash: Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead.

Bash: "Meaning Israel got them?"

Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."

I would have been happier with "Dana, you ignorant slut."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (NXz8h)

157 Aaaaand, now it's a pizza thread.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (/y8xj)

I admit, that wasn't on my bingo card.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (jH5TK)

158 So, this place really is a smart military blog today?
Posted by: General Nuisance at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (G5+As)

Tits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (ExV1e)

159 Only one Mohammad? And what's with this Salami guy?
Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:38 PM

Smoked.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (kgE5c)

160 "None. Chain Pizza is all crap.
Posted by: garrett "

Pretty much. Only good for a slice or two at best.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (0HaGk)

161 98 A hot, shooting war in the Middle East is the Prolog for Ralph Bakshi's Wizards ...

lisp > prolog

Posted by: anachronda at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (sGtp+)

162 The words "pizza"and "chain" do not belong in the same sentence.

Posted by: Independent Cheesemongers Alliance at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (G5+As)

163 Is Syria really prepared to switch sides, even to just a frigid neutral?
-
Current leadership in Syria doesn't want to get on Isrel's shit list.

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (Dnobf)

164 But you had some interesting comments. There's usually one or two Horde members who have informed opinions on whatever the topic is.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (ULPxl)

❤️ thanks for that!!

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (jH5TK)

165 The shoe/handbag repair place, to which I brought my ancient (ca. 1994) Eddie Bauer shoulder strap briefcase for repairs, has called. $50 and it should be ready next week.

If they do as good a job as they did with the resoling of my Dan Post boots, all should be well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (omVj0)

166 Pretty sure Trump and Bibi had a deal - Trump would get 60 days to try the easy way...and then Bibi got to try the hard way...this is Bibi's show now...

right and Iran was just yanking PDJT's chain and that is NOT NOT AGGRESSIVE

it is, in fact, aggression. they were wasting our time on purpose to distract from their actual plan

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (Pv3Rg)

167 But refueling operations?
For an attack on Iran?

During Pride Month? DURING PRIDE MONTH??!!
Posted by: During Pride Month

That little plane was sticking its nozzle in the back of that big plane, so...I guess so?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (M0V4/)

168 There is only one pizza worth discussing: Pepperoni and Green Chiles.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (NXz8h)

169 >>Aleph א @no_itsmyturn 11m
Iranian nuclear scientists reportedly eliminated:

Turns out you don't need a bomb that blows up shit 400 feet below the ground. You just have to wait for the moles to come to the surface.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (viF8m)

170 Posted by: andycanuck

Is Michael Bay directing this?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (L/fGl)

171 9 Ask 10 different people which pizza chain is the best, and you'll get 10 different answers.

Even though the only correct answer is "Pizza Hut."
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 04:54 PM (jGGMD)

Marco's is pretty much the only one that doesn't suck these days.

Posted by: Slim pickings at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (TbWk/)

172

I would like to eat pizza off of a really nice pair of tits...

Posted by: Dirty Frank at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (+gRkI)

173 I am pleased that Israel did this without our armed forces joining them.

It makes the Mullahs look even more feckless, and it is indeed Israel's immediate problem. Yes, it is also our problem, but that would be down the road a bit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (mWSu4)

174 Now they need to commute James Alex Fields' sentence.
Everyone knows he's an asshole. But he was not a murdering asshole.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (gKWVE)

175 Pineapple sucks.

Begun, the topping wars have.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (jH5TK)

176 None. Chain Pizza is all crap.
Posted by: garrett "

I assume you like the grease dripping floppy NYC slice?

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (VofaG)

177 Holy shit. Is he really that stupid?
Posted by: Marcus T at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (g88zo)

He's an out of touch media jackass who saw the widespread objection to US involvement / funding in the Ukraine conflict but failed to understand the reasons for that objection.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

178 Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes.

Now, I can't predict the future, but I wouldn't recommend that Gen. Khatami buy any green bananas.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (kgE5c)

179 >>> 133 >>Posted by: JasonG at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (3+0We)

The Armchair Reich was Angry that day.

Like an old man, trying to send soup back in a Deli.
Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:54 PM (QIh6T)

NO SOUP FOR YOU!

Posted by: Soup Nazi at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (ULPxl)

180 146 I had Round Table pizza a while back. It was really good

i haven't even *seen* a round table in, like, decades!

Posted by: anachronda at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (sGtp+)

181 Why is it that Schlichter and the rest of you can bring up the Marine barracks, but roll your eyes at bringing up USS Liberty?

Posted by: JasonG at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (3+0We)
##################################

Anyone who thinks the USS Liberty was erroneously identified as an Egyptian vessel while in a war zone is prima facie evil!

Posted by: C. Tarlson at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (ccvr7)

182 Is that OUR Jane Doh?!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (kpS4V)

183 Never had Salami on pizza before. Might try it now.

Posted by: Pizza Town, USA at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (G5+As)

184 I am pleased that Israel did this without our armed forces joining them.

It makes the Mullahs look even more feckless, and it is indeed Israel's immediate problem. Yes, it is also our problem, but that would be down the road a bit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (mWSu4)

Much less of a problem than yesterday, imo.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (jH5TK)

185 I am not willing to go to war with Iran. Not the type of war that we wage nowadays anyway. The US plays at war. I'm done with that shit. You don't play at war.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:01 PM (E0p3T)

186 Not just over Syria:

The Immortal @TheImmortal007 4h Replying to @sentdefender
This is beyond humiliation.
IAF jets are refueling over Iranian skies.
Incredible.

https://tinyurl.com/43dt3uae
19 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 05:01 PM (2yoRf)

187 So, this place really is a smart military blog today?
Posted by: General Nuisance at June 13, 2025 04:44 PM (G5+As)

Tits.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:58 PM (ExV1e)

Multi-tasking. It's what we do.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 05:01 PM (W/lyH)

188 Matt Wash is the Jack Murphy of Rick Wilson's.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 05:01 PM (zZu0s)

189 >>> 149 I just tried Jet's Pizza the other day. I liked it quite a bit. Detroit style isn't generally my thing but I think they did a good job.

But agreed, best pies are the little mom and pop shops.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (jH5TK)

Just Pies in Tyler TX.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:01 PM (ULPxl)

190 >>I assume you like the grease dripping floppy NYC slice?

Grease Dripping is a Philly thing. NYC Pizza is not typically greasy unless you get a Pepperoni pie.

But, yes. Thin Crust.

Or, a proper Sicilian.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (QIh6T)

191 Anyone remember Godfather's Pizza?

"A pizza you can't refuse!!"

Went to one by school during lunch period.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (jH5TK)

192 Why is it that Schlichter and the rest of you can bring up the Marine barracks, but roll your eyes at bringing up USS Liberty?

Was that the one John McCain sank?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (wItF4)

193 Times of Israel.com

Israelis told they can leave shelters, but to remain nearby after second Iran missile barrage

35 injured * Hanegbi: Military force alone can’t destroy Iran’s nuke program; only Trump can compel Iran to abandon it; Iran’s political leaders won’t be targeted * Houthi missile lands in southern West Bank Palestinian town

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (fab8c)

194
Well that guy has to be nervous.

_________

"Do YOU want to be part of a dynamic organization with the opportunity for rapid advancement?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (QnmlO)

195 Miss Linda and I usually have a pizza every Friday night. She prefers rising crust, I like thin. We've tried the ones from Aldi, Red Baron, and Walmart's own brand, and the best (as in tastiest) has been WM's "barbecue chicken" pizza.

Four cheese is good too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (omVj0)

196 >>None. Chain Pizza is all crap.

Correct answer.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (viF8m)

197 >>Never had Salami on pizza before. Might try it now.

Salami is mid-tier for a Meat Topping.

Try Cappicola instead.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (QIh6T)

198 Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

Neither did 19 goat humpers/hijackers.

One quote that stayed with me after 9/11 and I don't remember which intel person said it but it was something along the lines of what made the attack on 9/11 possible was a lack of imagination on our part.

The idea that any country with enough malice and money can't hurt us is asinine.
-------------

If any of you haven't read an essay penned a year or so after 9/11 called "The 3 Conjectures", please take the time to do so. It makes a succinct yet convincing case for why entities such as Iran can *never* be allowed to have nuclear capability, and why nations cannot be ignored just because working with/against them is difficult.

Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (TN0g+)

199 179 Holy shit. Is he really that stupid?
Posted by: Marcus T at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (g88zo)

He's an out of touch media jackass who saw the widespread objection to US involvement / funding in the Ukraine conflict but failed to understand the reasons for that objection.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

One is that Russia doesn't attack or fund attacks on our troops and its people don't chant death to America every day...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (tOcjL)

200 >>> 155 Ron DeSantis just gave the order, Floridian's are allowed to drive over protestors blocking roads.

beep beep
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (/U5Yz)

*looks at Abbott*

Well? We're WAITING!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (ULPxl)

201 > BREAKING: IRAN NAMES NEW ARMY CHIEF AS ISRAEL CLAIMS 15 TOP TARGETS KILLED

Seen on monster.com:

Commander-in-Chief, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps

Seeking a candidate with extensive background in ululating and killing Jews. Solid benefits package.

This is a temporary position.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (qpyNK)

202 More than 100 missiles fired at Israel.

Ongoing emergency response operation in Tel Aviv - concerning children and the elderly - is being undertaken as they are removed from a large building that was struck.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (NFX2v)

203 "Do YOU want to be part of a dynamic organization with the opportunity for rapid advancement?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM

The sky's the limit.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (jc0TO)

204 But, yes. Thin Crust.

Or, a proper Sicilian.
Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (QIh6T)

👍 on the thin crust.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (VofaG)

205 Meat topping sounds ghey.

Posted by: Cheesy power bottoms? at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (TbWk/)

206 Great. Now I'm hungry.

Thanks for a good afternoon y'all! I needed one this week.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 05:04 PM (jH5TK)

207 Johnnys in Bryn Mawr PA

best pizza

amazing cheesesteaks too

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 13, 2025 05:04 PM (Pv3Rg)

208 Chicago-style "pizza" is really just a foul stew. May as well add carrots.

Posted by: 5 Boroughs Only at June 13, 2025 05:04 PM (G5+As)

209 "I assume you like the grease dripping floppy NYC slice?
Posted by: polynikes "

Holy shit yes!!!

I'm George Costanza. Gimme that grease if you don't want it!

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 05:04 PM (0HaGk)

210 "Do YOU want to be part of a dynamic organization with the opportunity for rapid advancement?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (QnmlO)

With a goat in every bunk!

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 05:04 PM (jGGMD)

211 I had an insanely good cubed strip spicy salami pizza in Rome. Thin crust. Spicy sauce (not fucking sweet.) Delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 05:05 PM (zZu0s)

212 >> Chicago-style "pizza" is really just a foul stew. May as well add carrots.

It's not a Pizza. It's a Casserole.

Essentially a partial birth abortion in a pan.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:05 PM (QIh6T)

213 Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.

Hi there!

Posted by: A Ford Econoline Van With A Nuke In It! at June 13, 2025 05:05 PM (xTIDn)

214
Try Cappicola instead.
Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (QIh6T)

Da fuck you talkin about? You mean gabbagool?

Posted by: Tony Soprano at June 13, 2025 05:05 PM (TbWk/)

215 "We knew this would make them meet, but more importantly we knew how to keep them there."

Israel found some serious Kabab place that does take out.

Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 05:05 PM (QB+5g)

216 General Cappicola ???

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (g47mK)

217
None. Chain Pizza is all crap.
Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 04:55 PM (QIh6T)

Regina Pizza in Boston. The exception that proves the rule.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (y9nCu)

218 The Immortal @TheImmortal007 4h Replying to @sentdefender
This is beyond humiliation.
IAF jets are refueling over Iranian skies.
Incredible.

Galactic level of trolling.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (fab8c)

219 Ask 10 different people which pizza chain is the best, and you'll get 10 different answers.

Even though the only correct answer is "Pizza Hut."
Posted by: Dr. T

Funny way to spell Me and Ed's.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (M0V4/)

220 The Golden Scalp Weasel is a big fan of the Corbin Dallas Doctrine.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 04:51 PM (y9nCu)

It's never failed. Plus, it got him multipass access to Leeloo's parking garage, IYKWIM.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (ExV1e)

221 Best breadsticks were Pizza Express in Bloomington. Their pizza was crap, but the breadsticks were insanely good.

Commies have probably ruined them by now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (zZu0s)

222 Moose's Tooth in Anchorage, Alaska makes the best pizza in the United States. And yes, I've had Chicago pizza, New York pizza, and numerous others.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (qpyNK)

223 "Sicilian" pizza deserves all the scorn that can be piled on it!

Posted by: Tony From Arthur Avenue at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (G5+As)

224 "Do YOU want to be part of a dynamic organization with the opportunity for rapid advancement?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Free cell phone and pager!

Posted by: Dirty Frank at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (+gRkI)

225 >>I had an insanely good cubed strip spicy salami pizza in Rome.

Like a Paprika and Pepper Salami. Because those can work.

It's the Genoa / Finochia Salami that I dislike when it is cooked.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (QIh6T)

226 "This is a temporary position.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia "

"So tell me...where do you see yourself in five years"?

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (0HaGk)

227 Well now You People have me craving pizza for dinner.

Except I will RESIST!!! and continue with my plan to make BLTs instead.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (ULPxl)

228 >>> 155 Ron DeSantis just gave the order, Floridian's are allowed to drive over protestors blocking roads.

beep beep
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (/U5Yz)

*looks at Abbott*

Well? We're WAITING!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (ULPxl)

It's on the books in Louisiana too, if I'm not mistaken, though I don't know if it's been publicly announced.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (jGGMD)

229 Well, this takes the heat off of me for a while. Needed to shop for some new nail polish anyway.

Posted by: Barbie Bondi at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (/U5Yz)

230 Now, I can't predict the future, but I wouldn't recommend that Gen. Khatami buy any green bananas.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Or a full gallon of milk.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (L/fGl)

231 Chicago style hotdogs are also an abomination.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (VofaG)

232 Even though the only correct answer is "Pizza Hut."
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 04:54 PM (jGGMD)

Who hurt you as a child?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

233 > 210 Chicago-style "pizza" is really just a foul stew. May as well add carrots.
Posted by: 5 Boroughs Only at June 13, 2025 05:04 PM (G5+As)

New York style is basically just a thin layer of store-brand catsup scraped across a big saltine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (qpyNK)

234 I would take whatever Hanegbi has to say with some scepticism.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (DLqye)

235 what made the attack on 9/11 possible was a lack of imagination on our part.

The idea that any country with enough malice and money can't hurt us is asinine.

Posted by: JackStraw

------------
That was in the commission report, "a failure of imagination."

I think specifically it was a reference to the failure to reinforce cockpit doors as all prudence would have mandated.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (89/YY)

236 Much less of a problem than yesterday, imo.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 05:00 PM (jH5TK)

Heh...pretty good investment for us. A few billion $$$ of weaponry and Israel does the rest. Or at least most of the rest. But without an Iranian air force or anti-aircraft systems, Israeli aircraft can spend lots of time getting targets on their lists.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (mWSu4)

237 >> 155 Ron DeSantis just gave the order, Floridian's are allowed to drive over protestors blocking roads.

beep beep
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (/U5Yz)

*looks at Abbott*

Well? We're WAITING!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (ULPxl)

It's on the books in Louisiana too, if I'm not mistaken, though I don't know if it's been publicly announced.
Posted by: Dr. T

It's easy to strap a log to the front bumper.

Posted by: Barbie Bondi at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (/U5Yz)

238 228 "This is a temporary position.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia "

"So tell me...where do you see yourself in five years"?
Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 05:06 PM (0HaGk)

"Not answering idiotic questions like 'where do you see yourself in five years.'"

Posted by: Guy who hates idiotic job interview questions at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (TbWk/)

239 >>Chicago style hotdogs are also an abomination.

If you are forced to eat in Chicago:

Italian Potted Beef / Braciola.

Or, Mexican.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (QIh6T)

240 One is that Russia doesn't attack or fund attacks on our troops and its people don't chant death to America every day...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (tOcjL)

Russia sure loves them some Iran though. And the Dems love Iran.

Huh.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (E0p3T)

241 I don't need Abbott to give me permission. ( yes I understand the potential consequences)

Just snarking about reality.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (VofaG)

242 Yay for Israel!

Jane Doe calling the Lincoln Project dickheads "pedo tools" is perfection. Sic 'em, Jane!

I wish President Trump had told Bash they were "graveyard dead" as the FL Sheriff did. This shocked the UK DM as if he said he was going to kill everyone who protested...when he clearly said they could protest in peace. I doubt most know what they are protesting anyway.

He was clear that if rocks were thrown at police they might be graveyard dead and I am fine with this. If they block roads they will be arrested. If they spit they will be wounded and in jail after a trip to the hospital. If they run they will be tired in jail...and some might be bitten in jail when his dogs get them. Fellow Floridians will run over them if they cling to their cars.

GO FLORIDA!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (6PCLE)

243 What DOES Iran have for an air force these days? The last I heard (which was a long time ago, frankly) they were still flying stuff we gave to the Shah, keeping it limping along with black-market spare parts.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (qpyNK)

244 Best breadsticks were Pizza Express in Bloomington.
--------

IN?

Used to date an IU gal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (XeU6L)

245 >>Regina Pizza in Boston. The exception that proves the rule.

To be a real chain you have to have locations outside the same area code.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (viF8m)

246 Pretty sure Trump and Bibi had a deal - Trump would get 60 days to try the easy way...and then Bibi got to try the hard way...this is Bibi's show now...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

I reckon that's true but I also reckon that Trump really did try to head this all off peacefully.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (ExV1e)

247 233 Chicago style hotdogs are also an abomination.
Posted by: polynikes

This right here. Who puts pickle slice on a hot dog? Geez.

Posted by: Barbie Bondi at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (/U5Yz)

248 >>> 239
==
It's easy to strap a log to the front bumper.
Posted by: Barbie Bondi at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (/U5Yz)

I wonder if it's too late to get one of those cow pusher thingys on my truck before tomorrow.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (ULPxl)

249 If tat is or Jane Doh, or not, that is great tweet to the homo Maoist pedos of the Lincoln project.

Posted by: Xi at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (17s+e)

250 Who hurt you as a child?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

Parents, teachers, and classmates. But at least my taste in pizza is sound. Ish.

Posted by: Pizza the Hutt? Seriously? at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (TbWk/)

251 "Do YOU want to be part of a dynamic organization with the opportunity for rapid advancement?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The sky's the limit!!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (cYBz/)

252 127 Why is it that Schlichter and the rest of you can bring up the Marine barracks, but roll your eyes at bringing up USS Liberty?
Posted by: some disingenuous twink at June 13, 2025 04:53 PM (3+0We)

American Thinker: tinyurl.com/yujcrpk5
You were "just askin' queschins" and you got answered. Your move.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (gKWVE)

253 Best pizza I can recall having was one at a local bistro on Esplanade, Port of Call, in something like 1990. It was hardly my first pizza, but there was something extra about it that said, "This is what your very first pizza tasted like." In other words, what pizza *should* be like.

Port of Call is the cousin to the more famous Snug Harbor a few blocks away. The last time I was in PoC, I confirmed my earlier judgment, that it's dark and secluded and "the kind of place you take someone you're not married to."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (omVj0)

254 242 One is that Russia doesn't attack or fund attacks on our troops and its people don't chant death to America every day...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (tOcjL)

Russia sure loves them some Iran though. And the Dems love Iran.

Huh.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (E0p3T)

Russian relations with Iran are for pragmatic reasons(also true of China), and they haven't in recent history favored their ascent in the Middle East as actual Iranian expansion puts them in a rivalrous position. Russia also more under the table keeps reasonable relations with Israel.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (okun6)

255 Love Trump's answer to Dana Bash. Yes, I love my smart ass President

I can't even imagine the level of paranoia and gastrointestinal distress going on right now in what's left of the Iranian leadership.

Posted by: Cheri at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (oiNtH)

256 New York style is basically just a thin layer of store-brand catsup scraped across a big saltine.

This is incorrect. A big soggy saltine.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (/y8xj)

257 IN?

Used to date an IU gal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (XeU6L)

Yep. IU had some nice ladies. Friendly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (zZu0s)

258 Off globalist whore sock

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (/U5Yz)

259 >>New York style is basically just a thin layer of store-brand catsup scraped across a big saltine.

Then you have never had a proper NY Style Pizza.

The key to NY style is the Crust. It should be leathery rather than cracker-like. Seared on the bottom, but not brittle.
Cracker-like crust comes from using the wrong type of Flour and not mixing/kneading sufficiently.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (QIh6T)

260 Who hurt you as a child?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

Dad leaving me has nothing to do with Pizza Hut's tastiness. Stay on target!

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (jGGMD)

261 🚨🇮🇷BREAKING: IRAN NAMES NEW ARMY CHIEF AS ISRAEL CLAIMS 15 TOP TARGETS KILLED

I assume he was the only one who didn't take a step backwards.

Posted by: t-bird at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (9Niia)

262 Bang for the buck nationally I think Dominos. Brooklyn crust and 3 topping roll your own can be good. I like sausage, mushrooms and jalapeños.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (n4GiU)

263 Posted by: No job is safe! at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (TbWk/)

Vader: I'll have the penne all'arrabbiata.
Cantina worker: You'll need a tray.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (ExV1e)

264 "So tell me...where do you see yourself in five years"?
Posted by: eleven

Part of me over here, part of me over there.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 05:12 PM (L/fGl)

265 Ron DeSantis just gave the order, Floridian's are allowed to drive over protestors blocking roads.

beep beep
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:57 PM (/U5Yz)

*looks at Abbott*

Well? We're WAITING!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (ULPxl)

It's on the books in Louisiana too, if I'm not mistaken, though I don't know if it's been publicly announced.
Posted by: Dr. T

Oklahoma just did also.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:12 PM (fab8c)

266 I assume you like the grease dripping floppy NYC slice?
Posted by: polynikes

-----
Reminds me, what is up with olive oil prices?

OK, OJ doubled in price because of Chinese bio-weapon "greening disease" that they spread around the world.

But what happened to olives? why has that doubled in price this past year?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at June 13, 2025 05:12 PM (89/YY)

267 What DOES Iran have for an air force these days? The last I heard (which was a long time ago, frankly) they were still flying stuff we gave to the Shah, keeping it limping along with black-market spare parts.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (qpyNK)

And Tom Cruise stole one of them.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:12 PM (VofaG)

268 >>> 242 One is that Russia doesn't attack or fund attacks on our troops and its people don't chant death to America every day...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (tOcjL)

Russia sure loves them some Iran though. And the Dems love Iran.

Huh.
Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 05:08 PM (E0p3T)

I am curious to see *how much* Russia, or for that matter CHYna, objects to the Joos attacking Iran. I would put much higher odds on the CCP doing something, anything, directly against the US.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:12 PM (ULPxl)

269 I would like to eat pizza off of a really nice pair of tits...
Posted by: Dirty Frank at June 13, 2025 04:59 PM (+gRkI)

Seems like that would be uncomfortable for her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:13 PM (ExV1e)

270 To be a real chain you have to have locations outside the same area code.
Posted by: JackStraw
-----
Boston region I'd say Papa Ginos. And that barely makes it outside 495.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 13, 2025 05:13 PM (n4GiU)

271 It's on the books in Louisiana too, if I'm not mistaken, though I don't know if it's been publicly announced.
-----
Oklahoma just did also.

Tomorrow could turn out to be more interesting than I expected.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 05:14 PM (p+g4D)

272 I am disturbed that the people in the Pentagon are consuming Dominoes pizza. Sure sign of abominable decision making.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 05:14 PM (g47mK)

273 Broadway North Pizza in Armonk, NY has the best Sicilian Pie you will ever encounter.

Broadway Pizza in North White Plains has the best White Pizza you will ever encounter.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:14 PM (QIh6T)

274 I can't even imagine the level of paranoia and gastrointestinal distress going on right now in what's left of the Iranian leadership.

Posted by: Cheri
===

We are going to need a revision to the weekly poop map in last night's ONT.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 13, 2025 05:15 PM (17s+e)

275 >>> 248 Pretty sure Trump and Bibi had a deal - Trump would get 60 days to try the easy way...and then Bibi got to try the hard way...this is Bibi's show now...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

I reckon that's true but I also reckon that Trump really did try to head this all off peacefully.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (ExV1e)

Yes, I appreciate that he both doesn't fck around, and yet seems to grasp the concept that some things should be avoided if possible.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:15 PM (ULPxl)

276 Domino's Brooklyn style is how you do Dominos.

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 05:16 PM (0HaGk)

277 I am disturbed that the people in the Pentagon are consuming Dominoes pizza. Sure sign of abominable decision making.
Posted by: runner

Definitely abdominal abominable decision making.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:17 PM (fab8c)

278 Almost time to feed the giant kittens.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 13, 2025 05:17 PM (omVj0)

279 Off globalist whore sock

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (/U5Yz)

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

You're gonna have to be A LOT more specific ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 05:17 PM (SY0IH)

280 Domino's Brooklyn style is how you do Dominos.

Posted by: eleven
---

Better idea.... do NOT do Dominos.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 13, 2025 05:18 PM (17s+e)

281 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Tim Walz compares DC on Saturday to “Pyong-yong” and hopes the military runs into bad weather at the parade.

-
Get Senator Speaks With Forked Tongue to do a rain dance.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 05:18 PM (L/fGl)

282 > To be a real chain you have to have locations outside the same area code.
Posted by: JackStraw
---------
Outlets in one area code states hardest hit.

There are 11 states.

Posted by: AoSHQ Bot at June 13, 2025 05:18 PM (Q4IgG)

283 There are some people that actually put ketchup on a hot dog. Barbaric.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 05:18 PM (/U5Yz)

284 We are going to need a revision to the weekly poop map in last night's ONT.
Posted by: Jukin

Yeah. What was up with that? What frenchie shits 7 times a day on average?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:18 PM (fab8c)

285

[I JUST HOPE BOTH TEAMS ENJOY THE GAME]
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Can we just not give a fuck about the middle east for a while? Let everyone bomb everyone. Go, Team Death!

Posted by: imp at June 13, 2025 05:19 PM (g6TN6)

286 But did the IDF get Gruta?

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 05:19 PM (dIna8)

287 Vader: I'll have the penne all'arrabbiata.
Cantina worker: You'll need a tray.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:11 PM (ExV1e)

Vader surveying the trays: "Did you dry these in a rainforest? This one is wet, this one's wet, this one's wet..."

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 13, 2025 05:19 PM (k9OZB)

288 >>> 286 But did the IDF get Gruta?
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 05:19 PM (dIna

I hope she's *still* screaming at her tee wee back in scandiland.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:19 PM (ULPxl)

289 Great slam by Jane D'oh to the Lincoln Pedos.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 13, 2025 05:20 PM (qBdHI)

290 One is that Russia doesn't attack or fund attacks on our troops and its people don't chant death to America every day...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 05:03 PM (tOcjL)

Also, our intelligence agencies arranged for the conflict to happen and it could have been ended at any time if the western countries (not officially involved) would permit it to end. That conflict exists solely to kill as many ordinary Ukrainians / Russians as possible.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

291 Pretty sure Trump and Bibi had a deal - Trump would get 60 days to try the easy way...and then Bibi got to try the hard way...this is Bibi's show now...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

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Good Op, Bad Op?

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 05:20 PM (SY0IH)

292 Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:02 PM (QIh6T)

NYC pizza is overrated... like most things associated with NYC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:21 PM (ExV1e)

293 There are some people that actually put ketchup on a hot dog. Barbaric.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

*Raises hand* Ketchup, yellow mustard and pickle relish.

Posted by: Tuna at June 13, 2025 05:21 PM (lJ0H4)

294 What DOES Iran have for an air force these days? The last I heard (which was a long time ago, frankly) they were still flying stuff we gave to the Shah, keeping it limping along with black-market spare parts.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 13, 2025 05:09 PM (qpyNK)
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Here is a link to warpower dot com. Don't know much about that site, but seems plausible what they have listed there for counts and types. https://tinyurl.com/34ak5vct

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 05:21 PM (2bFN5)

295 There are some people that actually put ketchup on a hot dog. Barbaric.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

*Raises hand* Ketchup, yellow mustard and pickle relish.

Posted by: Tuna

Yellow mustard & sauerkraut.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:22 PM (fab8c)

296 Dominoes is some nasty stuff.

Woodstock Pizza in Corvallis OR is bomb.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 13, 2025 05:22 PM (W2Pud)

297 >>> 290
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Also, our intelligence agencies arranged for the conflict to happen and it could have been ended at any time if the western countries (not officially involved) would permit it to end. That conflict exists solely to kill as many ordinary Ukrainians / Russians as possible.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

The list of "celebrities" who immediately began screeching 'we have to support KEEEV against OMG Russia' creeps me the fck out.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 05:22 PM (ULPxl)

298 Rodrigo Borgia

Iran got some Iraqi aircraft that flew there for safety during the Gulf War. These were not returned. They used Russian parts.

You can look up their Air OOB yourself.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 05:22 PM (u82oZ)

299 Red Baron thin crust supreme is my GoTo pizza.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 05:22 PM (Aqu9a)

300 Just walked 3.5 miles

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 05:23 PM (+qU29)

301 What DOES Iran have for an air force these days?

Balsa wood & rubber bands.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:23 PM (fab8c)

302 I'll eat most pizzas and in fact have.

I support DEI pizza eating.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 05:23 PM (rvwwT)

303 >>NYC pizza is overrated.

Sure. The place that invented Pizza as it is currently known did it all wrong.

Gotacha.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 05:23 PM (QIh6T)

304 Don't forget fried onions

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 05:24 PM (+qU29)

305 >>> 302 I'll eat most pizzas and in fact have.

I support DEI pizza eating.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 05:23 PM (rvwwT)

Hi!

Posted by: Totino's at June 13, 2025 05:24 PM (ULPxl)

306 Just walked 3.5 miles
Posted by: Skip
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Just skipped 3.5 miles

Posted by: Walker at June 13, 2025 05:24 PM (TN0g+)

307 I am so aching for a popular uprising and counter-revolution in Iran right now. The leadership is in chaos and scared shitless. The army is running around trying to deal with Israel, totally overwhelmed already. If enough people take to the streets and storm enough government buildings, there just won't be enough personnel to stop them. And once the fuse is lit, the uprising will spread nationwide very quickly.

Realistically, it probably won't happen, but damn this is their chance.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 05:24 PM (pMi6S)

308 The best pizza is pizza that has been ordered, picked up or delivered, and paid for by someone else.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 05:25 PM (Aqu9a)

309 Iran has appointed General Amir Khatami as the new commander of its army, following the deaths of senior military leadership in Israeli strikes.
________________

This just in: Khatami's insurance carrier has just canceled his life insurance.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 05:25 PM (YqDXo)

310 NYC pizza is overrated.

Sure. The place that invented Pizza as it is currently known did it all wrong.

Gotacha.
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Ford brought automobiles to the masses but I sure don't want to buy one.

Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 05:25 PM (TN0g+)

311

Dana, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say let 'em crash!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 05:25 PM (63Dwl)

312 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Tim Walz compares DC on Saturday to “Pyong-yong” and hopes the military runs into bad weather at the parade.

BuT wAlZ sUpPoRtS ta TwOOpZ

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 05:25 PM (gKWVE)

313
I wonder if it's too late to get one of those cow pusher thingys on my truck before tomorrow.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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[recalls scene from 'Death Race 2000']
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6LahtrxVhg

F/F to 1:16

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 05:26 PM (XeU6L)

314 1. Horseshoe theory is bullshit because it incorrectly places authoritarians (Nazis, and other race essentialists) on the right.
2. Iran isn't our fight. True they're an adversary who funds various campaigns against us, but they aren't an existential threat by a long shot. For Israel they certainly are.
3. Plenty of right wing jews (and other conservatives, I guess) conflate what's good for Israel, and what's good for us foreign-policy-wise. There's plenty of overlap, but I don't think it was ever in our best interest to initiate war with Iran.
4. The war with Gaza must pretty much be over if Israel is launching this attack.

Posted by: wat at June 13, 2025 05:26 PM (Dk542)

315 Tomorrow could turn out to be more interesting than I expected.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 05:14 PM (p+g4D)

Hopefully no dipshits go out looking for the opportunity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:26 PM (ExV1e)

316 There are some people that actually put ketchup on a hot dog. Barbaric.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

*Raises hand* Ketchup, yellow mustard and pickle relish.

Posted by: Tuna at June 13, 2025 05:21 PM (lJ0H4)
***

You forgot the chopped onions.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 05:26 PM (W/lyH)

317 Nood. Quickies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 05:26 PM (ExV1e)

318 Ron DeSantis just gave the order, Floridian's are allowed to drive over protestors blocking roads.

Only Floridians? Not tourists in rental cars? Boo!

Posted by: Chuck C at June 13, 2025 05:27 PM (fPf7z)

319 There are some people that actually put ketchup on a hot dog. Barbaric.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

*Raises hand* Ketchup, yellow mustard and pickle relish.

Posted by: Tuna

This is the way. But on. Sams's Club hot dog soda combo for $1.99

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 13, 2025 05:27 PM (MsrgL)

320 Red Baron thin crust supreme is my GoTo pizza.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Digiorno's Loaded Ultra Thin Crust Carnivore Pizza.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 05:27 PM (fab8c)

321 There are some people that actually put ketchup on a hot dog. Barbaric.

I've witnessed that. With pity.

Posted by: DanMan at June 13, 2025 05:28 PM (8uzBS)

322 No, this isn't North Korea you're seeing.

It's a marching band followed by a marching infantry unit in perfect formation.

And the first thing The Lincoln Project pedos think of is North Korea?

I believe it was a common occurrence, at one time, to see the military participate in parades in America.

Somewhere along the way we stopped doing that.

I never went and saw the Blue Angels as a kid and thought "NORTH KOREA!!!".
I just enjoyed the show and was proud of our country for making such magnificent equipment.

We aren't allowed to be proud of our military anymore without associating it with dictatorship?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 05:28 PM (6ydKt)

323 Gholam-Ali Rashid

smoke him low and inside

I remember we did a lot of cruel comedy for the IRGC

maybe a best of thread sometime.

Posted by: DaveA at June 13, 2025 05:28 PM (FhXTo)

324 315 Tomorrow could turn out to be more interesting than I expected.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 05:14 PM (p+g4D)

Hopefully no dipshits go out looking for the opportunity.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

15% of the participants are now furiously scribbling out their "No Kings" signs and sloppily writing "Stop Israel" "Kill Zionazi Scum" instead.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 05:28 PM (pMi6S)

325 OSINTdefender @sentdefender 10h
Satellite imagery today of the Natanz Nuclear Facility in Central Iran shows massive damage to the complex, including the destruction of several buildings, as a result of this morning’s strikes by the Israeli Air Force.

https://tinyurl.com/3njbnhvc
2 satellite images; bigger versions accessible using 'open image in a new tab/window'.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (2yoRf)

326 299 Red Baron thin crust supreme is my GoTo pizza.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 05:22 PM (Aqu9a)

I use their basic cheese pizza as a base for other ingredients when I'm cranking out a last minute pizza.

Posted by: 3-7-77 at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (dLmtu)

327 >>> @MattWalshBlog
Iran does not pose any credible threat to the United States.
That's surprisingly dumb.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (x2CMu)

It's like saying on December 6, 1941, or September 10, 2001, that Japan and Al Quaeda don't pose a credible threat.

They don't, Matt...until they do, and Tel Aviv or a major US city is a smoking crater from a nuke.

Believe our enemies when they call us Satan, and plot our destruction. Especially since Dems when in power put their heads in the sand and gave them pallets of cash.

Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 05:29 PM (Eng1Z)

328 319 There are some people that actually put ketchup on a hot dog. Barbaric.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

*Raises hand* Ketchup, yellow mustard and pickle relish.

Posted by: Tuna

This is the way. But on. Sams's Club hot dog soda combo for $1.99
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 13, 2025 05:27 PM (MsrgL
Dogs should be grilled on a stick.
- b ubambo

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 05:30 PM (jgmnb)

329
Realistically, it probably won't happen, but damn this is their chance.
Posted by: zombie

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That's why I was asking in another thread what keeps the mullahs in power. I don't get the impression they have a Stasi, or an army patrolling the streets Argentina-style. In fact, there's a lot of open anti-mullah sentiment.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 05:30 PM (wbZPZ)

330 I can't even imagine the level of paranoia and gastrointestinal distress going on right now in what's left of the Iranian leadership.

Posted by: Cheri at June 13, 2025 05:10 PM (oiNtH)
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Just try to get a bathroom stall in Iran's HQ. There's probably an unruly line of guys hopping from foot to foot, trying to hold it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 05:31 PM (YqDXo)

331 wat: 2. Iran isn't our fight. True they're an adversary who funds various campaigns against us, but they aren't an existential threat by a long shot. For Israel they certainly are.

I propose that when nonexistential threats add up, and aren't addressed soon enough, they become existential. There were plenty of German tribes who were no existential threat to Rome until Odoacer made himself "King of Italy".

wat: 3. Plenty of right wing jews (and other conservatives, I guess) conflate what's good for Israel, and what's good for us foreign-policy-wise. There's plenty of overlap, but I don't think it was ever in our best interest to initiate war with Iran.

See above. Also, the Islamic Republic declared war on America. They haven't ever said "oops, our bad, let's quit spreading Shia jihad all over the Near East and stinking up the place and just concentrate on trade like... Jews. Jews, amirite? Hahaha. No seriously, that jihad shit was stupid."

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 05:31 PM (gKWVE)

332
I am disturbed that the people in the Pentagon are consuming Dominoes pizza. Sure sign of abominable decision making.
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 05:14 PM (g47mK)

Do you really think that the actual decision makers are eating Domino's pizza? They bought Domino's for the Majors and below to "improve morale".

Someone's OER is coming up and they're bucking for a star and a Defense Distinguished Service Medal.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 13, 2025 05:32 PM (y9nCu)

333 NOOD!

Posted by: Totino's at June 13, 2025 05:33 PM (ULPxl)

334 DOGE pie rate

Posted by: DaveA at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (FhXTo)

335 "Satellite imagery today of the Natanz Nuclear Facility in Central Iran shows massive damage to the complex, including the destruction of several buildings, as a result of this morning’s strikes by the Israeli Air Force.
"

Looks like they took out the power transformers at a large switchyard. That's will shut things down for a while.

Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (QB+5g)

336 Nucular? Is this irony?

Posted by: Guy Fleegman as Crewman #6 at June 13, 2025 05:34 PM (vydmm)

337 Ford brought automobiles to the masses but I sure don't want to buy one.
Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 05:25 PM (TN0g+

You know how I know you don't live in Texas?

( full snark disclosure: I own a Chevy trail boss)

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 05:35 PM (VofaG)

338 Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman

While everyone is distracted by what's happening in Israel and Iran, don't forget that we are currently going through a judicial coup.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 05:39 PM (NpAcC)

339 Matt Walsh isn’t all wrong. We do not need to get involved. But we probably will. It’s how America rolls. We’ve gone a generation without a war. We’re due.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 05:43 PM (YTjJV)

340 Putin must be somewhat upset, because his ally Iran suffered such a setback. However, what is good for Russia is not necessarily good for the US.

Posted by: PG at June 13, 2025 05:44 PM (afPT4)

341 KC at least still has Godfather's Pizza. They're the only chain that dedicated a facility to making gluten-free pizza. Yum, although I haven't had it in years because my boys need to avoid the cheese too and theirs is prepped off-site to avoid contamination. Dang it, now I'm even hungrier in an Ember Day.

Posted by: Catherine at June 13, 2025 05:44 PM (ZSsrh)

342
Oh, are we talking pizza?

If you haven't eaten Conan's Savage and Barbaric Cosmic Pie in Austin,

we'll then fella, you haven't eaten the best pizza on Earth.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 13, 2025 05:52 PM (iJfKG)

343 Ace, the lincoln blasphemers and their line about the parade reminds me that their biggest most persistent trope is pretending that anything Trump does is unprecedented and unlike anything any POTUS has done before.

Posted by: Ronzoni at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (tof4A)

344 Can we Rename this to :

The Weak in Woke

Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 06:54 PM (iGK7y)

345 What Trump actually said was: "Well, they died from an Israeli bomb up the ass and acute embarrassment, but mostly from an Israeli bomb up the ass"!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (PQOq3)

346 The moral of this story is, "Don't Screw with the Jews."

heh

Posted by: Beverly at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM (Epeb0)

347 All I want is for Israeli citizens to never need to go to bomb shelters again. If that means a 50 miles dead zone and an Iran that is completely stripped of modern conveniences, well, not my fight but I hope the Israelis can someday sleep soundly.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 13, 2025 11:35 PM (vvIbr)

Iran Fires Dozens of Missiles at Tel Aviv
Plus: Former Democrat Candidate for Vice President Tim Walz: We Need a Country With "Moral Authority" to Step In to Save Iran from Israel.
Oh, I Know Who Has Moral Authority -- China!!!

All of Israel's attacks were against valid military targets. Including pinpoint-accurate strikes against generals of the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian Air Force (RIP) and professors working on Iran's nuke program.

The Muslims, of course, are bad at making conventional war so they go straight to terror-bombing major population centers:

Iran is taking its vengeance. It's trying to blow up Jewish civilians -- of course -- but most of its missiles lobbed at population centers are being intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.

But a handful of missiles are getting through.

They hit a high-rise apartment building.

BREAKING: Iranian missiles strike Tel Aviv, Israel. pic.twitter.com/3WiigBz1Kk
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) June 13, 2025

BREAKING: Iranian missiles have made impact in Tel Aviv as Israel's air defense system fails to intercept all of the missiles.

Residents have been told to remain in bomb shelters. pic.twitter.com/TuIgcIGNrc
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 13, 2025

I saw someone say that five to seven missiles got through so far (and this claim was made more than an hour ago). One missile hit a surface-to-air-missile site -- an actual legal military target -- but that seems more like pure luck and coincidence than intent to comply with the Geneva Conventions. And why hit a defensive missile battery in Tel Aviv, anyway? Just to knock it out so you can kill more Jewish civilians.

Although my first reaction was "bomb Teheran's civilians, then," my second reaction is this: The Iranian regime has been humiliated. There is an outside chance of a revolt. But not if Israel plays into the mullahs' bloody hands and incenses the population against Israel.

So, keep on hitting the nuke sites and Revolutionary Guards sites. Kill the leaders. Decapitate the state and let dissidents kill the rest of the regime.

On to Tim Walz's plea for China to come save its ally Iran:

Tim Walz on Israel striking Iran: �Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.� pic.twitter.com/tLQFgOj0xL
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) June 13, 2025

Note that he visited Tienanmen Square shortly after his Chinese patrons murdered dozens of protesters.

WATCH: Rep. Nancy Mace just OBLITERATED Tim Walz in a lightning round beatdown during the sanctuary state hearing.

�Are you still friends with school shooters?�

This was savage.@NancyMace: �Are you calling for ICE agents to be brought to a tribunal under the threat of death� pic.twitter.com/u2XqvzlqS3
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 12, 2025

More from the sanctuary city hearings: Rep. Gill confronts fatally obese transgender extremist Governor Pritzker of Illinois with a previous tweet in which he exhorted men to use women's bathrooms to protest Trump.

He wants to know if this gargantuan bag of fat blew up any women's toilets with his blockbuster deuces.

JUST IN: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker goes mute after Rep. Brandon Gill stumps him on his previous tweet about men in women's bathrooms.

Gill: Do you think men should be allowed in women's restrooms?

Pritzker: I'm not sure why this has come to this issue.

Gill: You tweeted:� pic.twitter.com/BBuaybTwRV
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 12, 2025

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Posted by: GF at June 13, 2025 03:14 PM (K1ovB)

2 Is there anything that the Democrats can do/say that would cause lefty Jews to abandon it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (ExV1e)

3 On to Tim Walz's plea for China to come save its ally Iran:

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What can he say?

He loves slavery.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:16 PM (GBKbO)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)

5 Seems the title has been slightly chopped.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)

6 Oh, never mind. Lamont must've stepped in and fixed it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)

7 Good afternoon all!!

Trump and Israel played Iran. LOL

Posted by: Jmel at June 13, 2025 03:17 PM (bVhJi)

8 Shitter's clogged !

Posted by: Prickzger at June 13, 2025 03:17 PM (qMnM9)

9 I really like this Congressman Gill...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:17 PM (VE6XX)

10 More from the sanctuary city hearings: Rep. Gill confronts fatally obese transgender extremist Governor Pritzker of Illinois with a previous tweet in which he exhorted men to use women's bathrooms to protest Trump.

He wants to know if this gargantuan bag of fat blew up any women's toilets with his blockbuster deuces.

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It's the dastardly Scott Jennings method.

Quote Democrats back at them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:18 PM (GBKbO)

11 He wants to know if this gargantuan bag of fat blew up any women's toilets with his blockbuster deuces.

You know, there's a channel for that......

Posted by: Pron Hub at June 13, 2025 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

12 That seething mass of masculinity, Tim Walz.

So much man just dripping off of him.

Weird.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 03:19 PM (VI06/)

13 I've been waiting for this war since I was in college, in the late 70s. They instituted the draft registration then, that still exists today. We expected it to be US vs Iran.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 13, 2025 03:19 PM (hOOi9)

14 Prayers for Israel...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:19 PM (VE6XX)

15 Is there anything that the Democrats can do/say that would cause lefty Jews to abandon it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (ExV1e)

Generations of stabbing them in the back says not likely.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

16 Waltz thinks the Chinese?
He just lost the Somali vote.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (W/lyH)

17 Question: With the current retaliation from Iran, how about targeting the mullahs ? They are directing this and as far as I’m concerned, should now be military targets.

Posted by: Jen the original at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (uFhcf)

18 All of Israel's attacks were against valid military targets. Including pinpoint-accurate strikes against generals of the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian Air Force (RIP) and professors working on Iran's nuke program.

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They all had three babies strapped to them when they died.

Israel targeted babies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (GBKbO)

19 With their precision air defenses down and their offensive operations outside their borders eroded in recent years, Iran doesn't seem to have much of a negotiating position.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (okun6)

20 Walz is a Chinese stooge

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (+qU29)

21 hat seething mass of masculinity, Tim Walz.

So much man just dripping off of him.

Weird.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 03:19 PM (VI06/)

You misspelled "dripping off his chin."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

22 14 Prayers for Israel...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:19 PM (VE6XX)

Amen.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (pZEOD)

23 17 Question: With the current retaliation from Iran, how about targeting the mullahs ? They are directing this and as far as I’m concerned, should now be military targets.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (uFhcf

I imagine they would like to...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (VE6XX)

24 Let's not forget that that there is a cooperative between Iran and China on their nuclear development. China sits on the fence spouting that they don't think it's a good idea for Iran to have nuclear weapons all the while providing expertise through Chinese personnel in the process.

Hopefully, some Chinese scientists bought the farm yesterday as well. I suspect this was an under the table topic of last week's economic talks with China. I, also, suspect that when the US contingent called an end to the Iranian talks it was along the lines of "gosh, my arms are getting tired of holding back the Israelis. I'm going to take a little break." (AKA--- Hodor diplomacy)

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (dIske)

25 Is your position that Israel can launch missiles with impunity into Iran including Iran’s cities but Iran can’t retaliate.

Posted by: Really? at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (IyRU1)

26 2 Is there anything that the Democrats can do/say that would cause lefty Jews to abandon it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (ExV1e)

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Their religion is progressivism which supersedes their ethnicity of Jewishness.

They will sacrifice anything, including their own lives, to keep open borders and abortion legal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (GBKbO)

27 This is not going to end the way iran thinks it will.

At this point iran is just trying to save face, they have no hope of seriously damaging Israel. However, the more they try the harder Israel is going to hit them back.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (e5NfL)

28 Iran is taking its vengeance. It's trying to blow up Jewish civilians -- of course -- but most of its missiles lobbed at population centers are being intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.
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And their coreligionists in the West Bank, apparently.

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (Dnobf)

29 Gill: You tweeted: 'As a protest against President Trump, everyone should use the other gender's bathroom today.' Have you ever used the women's restroom?

Pritzker: Not that I can recall.

Gill: So you just wanted everybody else to do it, but you didn't?

Pritzker: ...

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I got a good chuckle when I saw that clip yesterday.

Typical modern-progressive-leftist...

'Do As I Say, Not As I Do.'

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (6ydKt)

30 Tim will freak out a young woman in the bathroom. Her father will Kung fu him.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (ZSvpp)

31 Every flag Iran has is about violence and killing.

The Left : "THEY'RE THE GOOD GUYS!!!"

Posted by: XTC at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (UnA8+)

32 Generations of stabbing them in the back says not likely.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

Yeah, but I don't think we've ever had a P/VP candidate ever be quite so explicit before. Maybe he thought it was some kind of diss of Trump but dayum.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (ExV1e)

33 >>>At this point iran is just trying to save face, they have no hope of seriously damaging Israel. However, the more they try the harder Israel is going to hit them back.

Agree in part, but not with the last part. Israel intends to end the Iranian regime, period. There is nothing Iran can do to incite them further. And there is nothing they can do to call Israel off. They end now.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (KRtlO)

34 All of Israel's attacks were against valid military targets. Including pinpoint-accurate strikes against generals of the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian Air Force (RIP) and professors working on Iran's nuke program.

The Muslims, of course, are bad at making conventional war so they go straight to terror-bombing major population centers:
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Important distinction when the talking heads and shriekers start their whataboutism BS.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (2bFN5)

35 16 Waltz thinks the Chinese?
He just lost the Somali vote.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (W/lyH)

I just learned this -- Somalia is on the UN Security Council. Seriously.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 13, 2025 03:23 PM (PiwSw)

36 I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Tim Waltz.

But it is kind of a perfect solution -- make this whole situation China's problem. And why stop there? Let them take over the role of Global Empire.

If they're stupid enough to take on the challenge, then they can bleed their treasury dry and send their kids to die for non-stop wars all over the planet.

Because this is what brought down the British empire, and what is bringing down the American empire.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:23 PM (uCjyK)

37 Shitter's clogged !

Dancing shitter?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (ZWUXj)

38 The U S is actively helping to shooting down the Iranian missiles.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (DLqye)

39 Mace can be great fun to watch when she's bludgeoning the right person. But I don't trust her in any position of great power. She's like Ted Cruz in the sense she's great when she's pointed the right direction, but she seems to have really bad instincts at times.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (lIio7)

40 >>>36 I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Tim Waltz.

I can believe you're saying it. You are fully on board with the Obama Doctrine.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (KRtlO)

41 33 Agree in part, but not with the last part. Israel intends to end the Iranian regime, period. There is nothing Iran can do to incite them further. And there is nothing they can do to call Israel off. They end now.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (KRtlO)

======

I don't know about that.

It's related to my point about the depth of bomb busting equipment.

They really need boots on the ground to ensure that the technology is destroyed. Are they planning on boots on the ground?

If not, then they're only hoping to stall things, maybe with the idea that the US will negotiate with Iran to stopping terrorism funding and nuclear development.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (GBKbO)

42 > I just learned this -- Somalia is on the UN Security Council. Seriously.
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The UN is a very unserious entity. It's the USAID of international grifting operations with a side of irrelevance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (Q4IgG)

43 40 >>>36 I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Tim Waltz.

I can believe you're saying it. You are fully on board with the Obama Doctrine.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (KRtlO)

Thanks Ace for calling him/her out..

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (VE6XX)

44 Posted by: Really? at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (IyRU1)

Consider re-reading the first paragraph and spending the time required to comprehend it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (ExV1e)

45 The Israelis in Tel Aviv have (reportedly) been told they can leave the shelters, but to stay close by.

So no more imminent waves of drones incoming, for now.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (vbXSk)

46 Yeah Tim Walz, he's definitely a CCP bot, but a LOT of congress is.

Data Republican, again

https://tinyurl.com/dotconnection

"It's important to understand that the June 8–9 protests were financed by PSL, the People's Front, and Neville Singham... entities aligned with anti-Western Communist/Chinese interests.

These groups are entirely separate from those funding the NoKings protests, which are backed by globalist Western organizations and billionaires."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (e7kz6)

47 >>> There is nothing Iran can do to incite them further.

well, I guess Iran could launch a missile filled with nuclear material, which would invite a nuclear counter-strike.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM (KRtlO)

48 High school dropout Mace just beat down the most manly man that the donks can put forth. That was a blood bath.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM (17s+e)

49
I can believe you're saying it. You are fully on board with the Obama Doctrine.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (KRtlO)

It's like there's not been any mention of "death to America" or "death to the west" that says we should just ignore all that shit and let our sworn enemies arm the plan our demise to their hearts content.

Nothing like waiting to be struck first.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM (Zz0t1)

50 Mace can be great fun to watch when she's bludgeoning the right person.

Appropriate name, when it comes to that...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM (OUMaO)

51 Tim Walz on Israel striking Iran: “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”

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Old & Busted: Tampon Tim.
New Hotness: Tianjin Tim.

Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM (qpkqc)

52 So, Gov. Pritzker, do you ever find yourself in bathrooms and don't recall how you got there?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM (PiwSw)

53 I've seen multiple reports on X of Iranian missiles hitting Gaza and the West Bank.

"HA-ha!" - Nelson

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 03:27 PM (2ocoG)

54 Al Jazeera News LIVE UPDATES
'Sirens sound across Israel amid Iranian missile attacks'

Published 10 minutes ago -
Over a dozen people injured in Tel Aviv: Report

Published 15 minutes ago -
Explosions heard in Jerusalem: Report

Published 15 minutes ago -
Trump quiet, meeting with experts in White House Situation Room

Published 18 minutes ago -
Israel denies Israeli pilot captured in Iran

Published 20 minutes ago -
Footage emerges from site of impact in Tel Aviv

Published 21 minutes ago -
Iranian media reports ‘massive explosion’ in central city of Isfahan

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 03:27 PM (NFX2v)

55 Iran's people are going to have to take care of the problem themselves.

It's a perfect opportunity.

But who knows how that will end up once it starts.

Could be a new 'democracy'.
A continued theocracy.
They might end up in a civil war.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:27 PM (6ydKt)

56 The Communist Chinese slaughtered around ten-thousand unarmed Chinese college students on live international television at Tiananmen Square, all for asking for the right to choose their own leaders and their own form of government.

Tim Walz saw this and thought, "What an ideal vacation spot!"

Standing ankle-deep in the blood of innocents with a smile on your face and joy in your heart is just part of belonging to the Democrat Party. Whether it's supporting slavery, founding the Ku Klux Klan, aborting babies at nine months or honeymooning in the Soviet Union, Democrats are always more than happy to partake.

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 13, 2025 03:27 PM (X+xvk)

57 Speaking of people who sound like escaped mental patients (referring to Gov Walz), I saw a group of about a dozen people protesting outside my Congressman's local office.

Like Walz, they looked like pretty respectable people. It was the slogans on their signs that gave the unmistakable hints that they had missed their meds today. Do they imagine that any NORMAL person, outside their delusional Leftist Lunatic bubble, even knows what "NO KINGS" is supposed to even be talking about? I forget the other slogans, but they were equally cryptic and delusional.

The were apparently short-sheeted though. No pallets of bricks. My Congressman was likely not even there, of course. Outside of the biggest cities, in upstate NY (which is where I'm talking about) is MAGA country, so no National Guard was required.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 13, 2025 03:27 PM (hOOi9)

58
Old & Busted: Tampon Tim.
New Hotness: Tianjin Tim.
Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM (qpkqc)

Man Goo Guy Tim

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)

59 I can't bear to watch these Democrat imbeciles. They know they aren't fooling anyone. They just spout meaningless bs that may or may not line up with the goals of their totalitarian project. The totalitarian project is all that matters to them.

Posted by: Minuteman at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (47/pr)

60 Several are reporting on X that Dimona has been hit.

Posted by: beckster at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (NLtte)

61 It just needs to keep being pointed out that China has state-sponsored and enforced slavery...today.

And that is who Walz is saying has greater moral authority than the US.

I mean, if we want to argue about American malfeasance in foreign affairs, especially over the past 30 years or so, I'm open. But...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (GBKbO)

62 China?? hahahah. We all knew Walz had a little Chinese in him.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (g47mK)

63 >>>They really need boots on the ground to ensure that the technology is destroyed. Are they planning on boots on the ground?

I was thinking that yeah, they might bring in some commandos to plant charges. I dunno, of course. It's super-risky.

As for "ensuring the technology is destroyed" -- Israel has probably contemplated doing to Iran what the US did to post-Gulf-War Iraq, and just keeping up "maintenance bombing" of weapon sites indefinitely.

They can just keep bombing Iran forever.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (KRtlO)

64 Because this is what brought down the British empire, and what is bringing down the American empire.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes
===

Gotta disagree. What is bringing the USA down is the welfare state and an additional 50 million illegal invaders sucking it dry.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (17s+e)

65 I just learned this -- Somalia is on the UN Security Council. Seriously.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Wasn’t North Korea on the Human Rights council at some point?

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (W2Pud)

66 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:23 PM (uCjyK)

_______________________

The Little Red Book Club looks as all non-Chinese as lesser. In other words, they'd never bother trying to police the world other than under conquest and subrogation. Conscripts, market tampering, brutal application of military resources. They have no empathy for those other than themselves. They have no interest in fairness.

I'm sure they would willingly step into the role of singular superpower, and the rest of the world would pay the price. A high price.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (dIske)

67
Note that he visited Tiananmen Square shortly after his Chinese patrons murdered dozens of protesters.

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Not just dozens. Best estimate is about 10,000.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (ES1Rb)

68 34 All of Israel's attacks were against valid military targets...
**
We go through this sick double-standard in every conflict. Israel takes pains to avoid civilian casualties; the mullahs deliberately target civilians. The media ignores the fact, turns Israel into the heartless civilian-slaughterer and most of the world laps up the lies.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (x2CMu)

69 So are we sending in troops yet? I haven't had an erection this hard in 20 years!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (Iu6NJ)

70 If citizens were going to revolt against the Iranian regime, they would have done it by now.

It isn't like the Regime decided to deport a bunch of peopl

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (Z3lXG)

71 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:23 PM (uCjyK)

What sort of bargaining position do they have? They cannot directly attack Israel, we wouldn't allow that. I suppose they could get Iran to play nice temporarily and hope to convince Israel to buy the BS again but unless Trump tells them to know it off I don't think that would work.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (ExV1e)

72 63 I was thinking that yeah, they might bring in some commandos to plant charges. I dunno, of course. It's super-risky.

As for "ensuring the technology is destroyed" -- Israel has probably contemplated doing to Iran what the US did to post-Gulf-War Iraq, and just keeping up "maintenance bombing" of weapon sites indefinitely.

They can just keep bombing Iran forever.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (KRtlO)

=======

If it's just cruise missiles for a few days and then the negotiating table, Israel has no intention of taking this to the logical end of deposing the mullahs and actually ending their nuclear program.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

73 Because this is what brought down the British empire, and what is bringing down the American empire.

The Gay American Empire is being brought down by the Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (2ocoG)

74 I do like Harry Paratestes and Maj. Healey but we didn't sign up for their Blame America First/Sell Out American Allies to the Muslims plan for "peace."

They're not arguing for "peace." They're arguing for what Obama argued for -- that we can "absorb" terrorist attacks indefinitely because we have so many people.

In case you guys forgot, Iran funded, and continues to fund, every anti-American terrorist group in the world. They have killed hundreds of Americans.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (KRtlO)

75 63 >>>They really need boots on the ground to ensure that the technology is destroyed. Are they planning on boots on the ground?

I was thinking that yeah, they might bring in some commandos to plant charges. I dunno, of course. It's super-risky.

As for "ensuring the technology is destroyed" -- Israel has probably contemplated doing to Iran what the US did to post-Gulf-War Iraq, and just keeping up "maintenance bombing" of weapon sites indefinitely.

They can just keep bombing Iran forever.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (KRtlO)

Given the lack of response capability, the real question is whether the Iranian regime capitulates or is eventually replaced. Their rule has shown some cracks over the last decade plus.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (okun6)

76 I don't know who the fat, dumb gal was interviewing Walz, but she sounded as though she thought Israel "striking Iran" was random. She described it as "escalatory."

Yeah, bitch, they can't have nukes and they can't continue to bully for the "palestinians."

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (PMtkd)

77 I can believe you're saying it. You are fully on board with the Obama Doctrine.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (KRtlO)

I don't know about that, but I know I'm not on board with the Cheney doctrine.

Didn't Tim Walz campaign with Liz Cheney, as a matter of fact? And the entire neocon establishment took their cruise ships right on over to the D side when Trump ran in 2016 on the idea that maybe we shouldn't be involving ourselves in constant wars around the world?

Because if my memory is correct, other than Republicans named "Bush" and their crowd of foreign policy experts who brought us the great resounding successes in Afghanistan and Iraq, it has always been the Republican position to stay out of foreign entanglements.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (uCjyK)

78 It's all because Israel bombed the "Baby Milk Factory."

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (Z3lXG)

79 CHina's biggest competitor in the drone market is Iran. Now, they do love Iran's (illegal) oil business, but you know, Russia is right there! With so much cheap oil and gas and stuff. you go now.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (g47mK)

80 Every time this shit starts I cross my fingers that Iran nails the Dome of the Rock.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (jc0TO)

81 China is the new Russia for the left. Seriously.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

82 They really need boots on the ground to ensure that the technology is destroyed. Are they planning on boots on the ground?

I was thinking that yeah, they might bring in some commandos to plant charges. I dunno, of course. It's super-risky.

As for "ensuring the technology is destroyed" -- Israel has probably contemplated doing to Iran what the US did to post-Gulf-War Iraq, and just keeping up "maintenance bombing" of weapon sites indefinitely.

They can just keep bombing Iran forever.
Posted by: ace

it is forever if we are giving them the bombs and aircraft forever.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (PcQFu)

83 China?? hahahah. We all knew Walz had a little Chinese in him.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (g47mK)
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Timmy do rou have a rittle chinee in you?.... Do rou want some?

Posted by: Xi at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (17s+e)

84 Is your position that Israel can launch missiles with impunity into Iran including Iran’s cities but Iran can’t retaliate.
Posted by: Really? at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (IyRU1)

No, what he pretty clearly noted was that Israel is capable of hitting specific targets in Iran which are part of its military or programs supporting it, and the incompetent Persians can only shoot missiles in Israel's general direction and hope to get lucky and murder some women and children.

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (Dnobf)

85 Iran doesn’t care about the Vienna Convention of. 1961. I doubt they heard of the Geneva Convention.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (vm8sq)

86 It is truly astonishing that Walz and Pritzker think they have a real shot at being the Dem nominee, and then president. Neither one can form a coherent thought.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (s8j++)

87 >>>78 It's all because Israel bombed the "Baby Milk Factory."

Apparently Iran is a world leader in baby formula production with all the facilities that get bombed.

Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (jGJov)

88 If only the GOP Congress cared as much about fiscal responsibility and border security as they do about making Democrat governors reveal their idiocy.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (c+P3c)

89 So no more imminent waves of drones incoming, for now.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (vbXSk)

Not for Israel just yet.
For the US, expect every useful installation to get droned hard.

Posted by: a CCP-owned farm near you at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (gKWVE)

90 They can just keep bombing Iran forever.

==

no , just a few weeks

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (g47mK)

91 Also Al Jazeera News, today

Egypt, Libya stop activists gathering for March to Gaza, organisers say
Security sources say dozens have been detained or deported from Cairo airport and other locations.

In part, "Authorities in both Egypt and Libya have stopped activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza, protest organisers have said, with reports of more detentions and deportations taking place.

“Forty participants of the Global March to Gaza have had their passports taken at a checkpoint on the way out of Cairo,” the organisers of the Global March to Gaza said in a statement on Friday."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (NFX2v)

92 Man Goo Guy Tim
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)

Thread winner.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (2ocoG)

93 If you're in the Walz / Liz Cheney camp on a particular issue, it's likely you'd be better off at DU or that Football site than here. You'll fit in much better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)

94 China must be supplying (for free) Tim's wife her crazy pills.

She's got crazy eyes and of course says crazy shit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (PMtkd)

95 Even capitalist running dogs like Tim Walz understands we have absolute moral authority.

It is on a blank page that the most beautiful poems are written.

Posted by: Mao at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (vm8sq)

96 If it's just cruise missiles for a few days and then the negotiating table, Israel has no intention of taking this to the logical end of deposing the mullahs and actually ending their nuclear program.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

It's up to the people of Iran to depose the Iranian Regime. Remember that Iran has a population of 88 million; Israel has a population of 9.4 million. Israel is not going to invade Iran and overthrow their government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (uWKK8)

97 86 It is truly astonishing that Walz and Pritzker think they have a real shot at being the Dem nominee, and then president. Neither one can form a coherent thought.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (s8j++)

=======

Having driven out the working class elements of the electorate, especially after Biden's four years of open borders, the key path towards nomination may be just embracing crazy leftism.

Except...if everyone does it, it splits the vote.

Still, the donation dollars are with the crazies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

98 Iran is a pissant country with the GDP of Dallas-Ft Worth, almost all of which is derived from a commodity that has to be exported by tanker or exposed pipeline.

Posted by: toby928 repeats himself at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (jc0TO)

99 No, what he pretty clearly noted was that Israel is capable of hitting specific targets in Iran which are part of its military or programs supporting it, and the incompetent Persians can only shoot missiles in Israel's general direction and hope to get lucky and murder some women and children.
Posted by: Methos

youre right, the thing is part of why we did not start ww3 with the sovs was we did not want to have our civs hit by sov bombs

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (PcQFu)

100 86 It is truly astonishing that Walz and Pritzker think they have a real shot at being the Dem nominee, and then president. Neither one can form a coherent thought.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (s8j++).

Your point?

Posted by: Kamala Harris at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (PiwSw)

101 74 I do like Harry Paratestes and Maj. Healey but we didn't sign up for their Blame America First/Sell Out American Allies to the Muslims plan for "peace."

They're not arguing for "peace." They're arguing for what Obama argued for -- that we can "absorb" terrorist attacks indefinitely because we have so many people.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (KRtlO)

ace, I appreciate you saying that. Because obviously I like you as well and enjoy your writing or I wouldn't have spent so many hours here over the years.

But I don't think that's my position. My position is that we cannot solve the domestic problems at home while so much of domestic policy is driven by foreign affairs. I think, fundamentally, that you cannot have both a global empire and a self-governing republic.

Am I taking a bit of an extreme position? Maybe. But my point is that it is very unclear to me that the average Joe Sixpack benefits in any way from the US's foreign policy, and in fact, there are many, many drawbacks to it. Not the least of which is trillions of dollars in debt.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (uCjyK)

102 Wonder if Walz got Swawell's sloppy seconds.

Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (kQBSd)

103 >>>Is your position that Israel can launch missiles with impunity into Iran including Iran’s cities but Iran can’t retaliate.
Posted by: Really?

Is it your position that Iran can train, equip, and fund the Hamas rape-terrorists of 10/7 and Israel just has to let themselves be raped and kidnapped?

That is your position. Fucking own it, scumbag.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (KRtlO)

104 Mace can be great fun to watch when she's bludgeoning the right person. But I don't trust her in any position of great power. She's like Ted Cruz in the sense she's great when she's pointed the right direction, but she seems to have really bad instincts at times.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (lIio7)

she can point them at me....

-_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (nXhwP)

105 Fuck Walz, fuck Pritzker, and fuck Obama Biden for giving the Iranians billions of dollars for nuclear development, terrorism, and ordnance.

Posted by: These cocksuckers are vile at June 13, 2025 03:34 PM (F5hC5)

106 The “widest war” in modern ME history has been raging since 10/7/23, much of it was raging in unconventional form for decades before. And the US has been warred on by Iran, with varying but often feckless (in Obama era, unbelievably idiotic) US response.

Pro-tip: pre-emption actually has a meaning. So do uncertainty, margins of safety, and the fallibility of intelligence.

The discussion of this topic, including (especially?) on “the right”, is indistinguishable from the ignorant unserious rantings on DU about the Drumpf dictatorship or systemic racism.

Sad!

Posted by: rhomboid at June 13, 2025 03:34 PM (0/ySy)

107 Am I taking a bit of an extreme position? Maybe. But my point is that it is very unclear to me that the average Joe Sixpack benefits in any way from the US's foreign policy, and in fact, there are many, many drawbacks to it. Not the least of which is trillions of dollars in debt.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (uCjyK)

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Agreed. 100%

Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 03:34 PM (kQBSd)

108 39 Mace can be great fun to watch when she's bludgeoning the right person. But I don't trust her in any position of great power. She's like Ted Cruz in the sense she's great when she's pointed the right direction, but she seems to have really bad instincts at times.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (lIio7)

Except Cruz is really smart, and Mace posts grainy videos of herself walking around naked. I kind of see where you are going, but I think Cruz is far more right than wrong. His wrongs are awe inspiring, of course. Mace feels like 98% loose cannon, and 2% accidentally got it right because she read the cards from her staffers in the correct order.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 03:34 PM (pZEOD)

109 Instapundit recently reminded us that the Staff Secretary is potentially important piece of the autopen (and so many other!) Brandon scandals that ought be looked into.

https://instapundit.com/725152/

Guess who is interviewing Walz in that clip...

Posted by: geewhiz at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (V87Oy)

110 >>>But I don't think that's my position. My position is that we cannot solve the domestic problems at home while so much of domestic policy is driven by foreign affairs. I think, fundamentally, that you cannot have both a global empire and a self-governing republic.

You are not arguing for American restraining itself, you are arguing for America restraining Israel.

Weird how you continue conflating Israel with America. Which is what you guys say WE do.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (KRtlO)

111 96 It's up to the people of Iran to depose the Iranian Regime. Remember that Iran has a population of 88 million; Israel has a population of 9.4 million. Israel is not going to invade Iran and overthrow their government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (uWKK

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Well, there you go.

Israel can't be serious about actually taking out the mullahs. It cannot be their mission. They probably couldn't manage it.

Weaken Iran and hope the US negotiates something advantageous.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (GBKbO)

112 That is your position. Fucking own it, scumbag.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (KRtlO)

100%. Sick of the Hamas simps pretending otherwise.

Posted by: mea culpa at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (TOGmQ)

113 No Burger Kings Day is gonna be LIT, yo! I'm hoping it crashes and burns into a rancid orgy of left-on-left violence, with all the various factions fighting for prominence and spewing monkeypox on each other.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

114
Agreed. 100%
Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 03:34 PM (kQBSd)

.. Why am I not surprised ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (VE6XX)

115 it is forever if we are giving them the bombs and aircraft forever.
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (PcQFu)

Try “they are buying the bombs and aircraft.”

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (vm8sq)

116 Given the lack of response capability, the real question is whether the Iranian regime capitulates or is eventually replaced. Their rule has shown some cracks over the last decade plus.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (okun6)

Probably the most guaranteed kiss of death for a dictatorial regime is if they fail to respond effectively to an external military challenge. That's the only thing they're supposed to be really good at, after all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 03:36 PM (uWKK8)

117 113 No Burger Kings Day is gonna be LIT, yo! I'm hoping it crashes and burns into a rancid orgy of left-on-left violence, with all the various factions fighting for prominence and spewing monkeypox on each other.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

I wonder if there will be any counter protesters ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:36 PM (VE6XX)

118 some guy posted a picture of Mace's rack when she was promising (dishonestly) to post naked video of herself.

He said something like, "now tell me you don't want to see them beefers."

Meaning boobs.

Has anyone else ever heard this? It's been stuck in my head ever since. I looked it up on Urban Dictionary but no one there has ever called boobs "beefers."

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:36 PM (KRtlO)

119 It's up to the people of Iran to depose the Iranian Regime. Remember that Iran has a population of 88 million; Israel has a population of 9.4 million. Israel is not going to invade Iran and overthrow their government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (uWKK

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Hold that thought. Iran's infrastructure is falling apart. Additionally, they are currently sitting at nearly 40% inflation. It's expected to hit more that 50% in the next two years. The Mullahs keep printing money with, absolutely, no effort put into stemming its rise. That is not viable. As costs increase, and hunger starts taking hold, the next Iranian Revolution is pretty much assured. I think Israel pounding the hell out of their military speeds up the process a little because paying to replace what is lost is only going to speed up the domestic chaos.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (dIske)

120 What sort of bargaining position do they have? They cannot directly attack Israel, we wouldn't allow that. I suppose they could get Iran to play nice temporarily and hope to convince Israel to buy the BS again but unless Trump tells them to know it off I don't think that would work.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (ExV1e)

I was being a little tongue in cheek there, the Chinese don't want to touch it.

Obviously they'd rather the chants be "Death to America" than "Death to China!"

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (uCjyK)

121 You are not arguing for American restraining itself, you are arguing for America restraining Israel.

Weird how you continue conflating Israel with America. Which is what you guys say WE do.

without American aid theres no Israel so

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (PcQFu)

122 Beefers.

They're what's for dinner.

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (X+xvk)

123 118 some guy posted a picture of Mace's rack when she was promising (dishonestly) to post naked video of herself.

He said something like, "now tell me you don't want to see them beefers."

Meaning boobs.

Has anyone else ever heard this? It's been stuck in my head ever since. I looked it up on Urban Dictionary but no one there has ever called boobs "beefers."
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:36 PM (KRtlO)

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Should have community noted the bastard.

"Beefers is not an accepted slang term for women's breasts."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (GBKbO)

124 >Agree in part, but not with the last part. Israel intends to end the Iranian regime, period. There is nothing Iran can do to incite them further. And there is nothing they can do to call Israel off. They end now.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (KRtlO)

I don't have the same faith that you do that regime-change-via-bombing is a viable strategy. Smacks of Dubya thinking.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (RP4Sp)

125 Armchair Hitlers are having the sadz today.

Don't worry guys! Iran is flying its RED FLAG OF REVENGE!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (ULPxl)

126 Try “they are buying the bombs and aircraft.”
Posted by: Cow

with aid we give

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:38 PM (PcQFu)

127 The Little Red Book Club looks as all non-Chinese as lesser. In other words, they'd never bother trying to police the world other than under conquest and subrogation. Conscripts, market tampering, brutal application of military resources. They have no empathy for those other than themselves. They have no interest in fairness.

I'm sure they would willingly step into the role of singular superpower, and the rest of the world would pay the price. A high price.

America does what it does because of a sense that it should stand for right, not only because it's right, but because it's best for everyone, including America.

China does what it does because it thinks it should rule the world.

Equating the two by calling them both an empire is facile idiocy.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 03:38 PM (s8j++)

128 I'm not clear what Israel was otherwise supposed to do. Can someone explain what Israel's course of action should have been given a nuclearized Iran that completely ignored outreaches to peace and nuclear disarmament?

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (x2CMu)

129 Fox News, Breaking

U. S. assisting Israel to shoot down missles, Jennifer Griffin at the Pentagon

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (NFX2v)

130 Has anyone else ever heard this? It's been stuck in my head ever since. I looked it up on Urban Dictionary but no one there has ever called boobs "beefers."
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:36 PM (KRtlO)

No. Usually referring to meat means a man's junk. Women aren't really referred to as beef unless you're discussing the whole cow, or large portions of it.

A side of beef, a heiffer, things of that nature would be a woman. But her tits? Naw. Not beefers.

Hooters, highbeams, puppydog noses, tits, hangers, headlights, boobs, bazoombas, jugs, funbags.........not beefers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)

131 At this point I think Israel can stand on its own and does not need billions of dollars poured into it every year from our coffers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (e7kz6)

132 some guy posted a picture of Mace's rack when she was promising (dishonestly) to post naked video of herself.

He said something like, "now tell me you don't want to see them beefers."

Meaning boobs.

Has anyone else ever heard this? It's been stuck in my head ever since. I looked it up on Urban Dictionary but no one there has ever called boobs "beefers."
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:36 PM (KRtlO)
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That dude might be a fag. "Beefers" sounds unappetizing, and something that would better describe a man's junk. I think this guy was just making up nonsense words. I do it all the time, including in these comments.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

133 105 Fuck Walz, fuck Pritzker, and fuck Obama Biden for giving the Iranians billions of dollars for nuclear development, terrorism, and ordnance.
Posted by: These cocksuckers are vile at June 13, 2025 03:34 PM (F5hC5)

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Yes, Ayers, Jarrett, Rice, Powers and (the bitch that set up the Ukraine debacle?) provided for the Iranians rather nicely. Dumbasses.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (PMtkd)

134 Two pirate ships flying the Jolly Roger

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (dzZCL)

135 Weaken Iran and hope the US negotiates something advantageous.

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As an instructor told me at A School... "Hope is not a plan."

This is all gamed out. Hope has nothing to do with it. Using "hope" as a plan results in ineffectively lobbing missiles and hope they hit something.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (Z3lXG)

136 Agreed. 100%
Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 03:34 PM (kQBSd)

This is your sign HP, to rethink a few things. Luckily, you are super smart, or you would not have the job you do. I have faith here.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (pZEOD)

137
Israel hits military target: "War crimes! REEEE!"

Iran hits high rise: "Kill the Jews!!!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (QnmlO)

138 70 If citizens were going to revolt against the Iranian regime, they would have done it by now.

It isn't like the Regime decided to deport a bunch of peopl
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (Z3lXG)

The Green Revolution. It failed. The crackdown killed a shit ton of the revolutionary types.
They were doing hangings 6 or 8 at a time from forklifts. Spraying AK fire into crowds from motorcycles. It was pretty horrible to see even just on shitty sattelite phone cameras.

Posted by: Reforger at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (6k8Dh)

139 At this point I think Israel can stand on its own and does not need billions of dollars poured into it every year from our coffers.

they have not finished gaza, so guessing they are not going to forswear our aid now

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (PcQFu)

140 At this point I think Israel can stand on its own and does not need billions of dollars poured into it every year from our coffers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM

Give it a few more months.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (jc0TO)

141 Iran is flying its RED FLAG OF REVENGE!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (ULPxl)

I learnt from Paul Cadmus that a red tie signals availability for a quick tryst in the park bushes.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (gKWVE)

142 Try “they are buying the bombs and aircraft.”

==

Selling bombs and aircraft to the good guys is a virtue. Of course the usual suspects really cannot decipher who the good guy is ! They just can't !

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (g47mK)

143 This is Israel. Israel is a small country. This is Iran. Iran is a much larger country. So it isn't right that [checks notes] Israel has attacked [checks notes again] Iran, a much larger country. [Vacuous smile.]

Posted by: Day Drunk Harris at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (qUkBO)

144
without American aid theres no Israel so
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (PcQFu)

Yeah, because Israel will just shut up, roll over and die. Whatever.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (vm8sq)

145 135 As an instructor told me at A School... "Hope is not a plan."

This is all gamed out. Hope has nothing to do with it. Using "hope" as a plan results in ineffectively lobbing missiles and hope they hit something.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (Z3lXG)

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I don't know what else one can do regarding the mullahs' negotiations other than hope that a bloody nose gets them to negotiate in good faith.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (GBKbO)

146 A New York Times reporter does the usual:

A friend in Tehran sent me this video, apartment complex housing university professors attacked directly across the street from her house. The randomness of strikes in residential neighborhoods have terrified Iranians.

Gee, I wonder what these "university professors" were working on?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (xTIDn)

147 That dude might be a fag. "Beefers" sounds unappetizing,...

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

I've seen some pimpled barfers...

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (dzZCL)

148 I'm sorry they are not dumbasses, they are evil.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (PMtkd)

149 Hooters, highbeams, puppydog noses, tits, hangers, headlights, boobs, bazoombas, jugs, funbags.........not beefers.

*cough*

Posted by: Major League Yabbos at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (s8j++)

150
Beefers were a nickname for udders in olden farming times.

Posted by: Auspex at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (j4U/Z)

151 I mean, they can't even overthrow Hamas in Gaza with the benefit of being literally next door and deploying ground troops.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (RP4Sp)

152 It's a pretty ballsy move to pretend that the history of Israel begins in 1948, so that you can accuse them of being colonialists, but that Israel can't claim the history of this current war started on 10/07/23 when they were attacked, unprovoked, during peacetime by Hamas, and then Hezbollah and the Houthis later on.

All of those terrorist groups are backed by Iran - which then went on to launch missiles and drones at Israel.

This is all the same war that was started by Iran and her proxies well over a year ago.

Israel just gave Iran a breather after the last year.

This has been planned since that attack.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (6ydKt)

153 WATCH: Rep. Nancy Mace just OBLITERATED Tim Walz in a lightning round beatdown during the sanctuary state hearing.

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lmao

[Mace on Tianjin Tim's Lies Vis-A-Vis Kommie-la & Their "Campaign" -- with hilarious expressions and a tone of disbelief:]

"What kind of operation were you guys running over there?"

Mace: "What is a woman?"
Tianjin Tim: "I don't understand the question."

Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (bH6aI)

154 So the U.S. is assisting Israel with shooting down missiles from Iran.
Candace Owens is not going to be happy.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (NpAcC)

155 At this point I think Israel can stand on its own and does not need billions of dollars poured into it every year from our coffers.

1% of our population. The only Republic (democracy) that's not musselmen in the middle-east.
I think they're worth supporting, even as a surrogate.

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (cPGH3)

156 without American aid theres no Israel so
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:37 PM (PcQFu)

Yeah, because Israel will just shut up, roll over and die. Whatever.
Posted by: Cow

I am for supporting Israel, however, we should have an understanding of how things are, should Israel, you, its supporters want to go it alone do so

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (PcQFu)

157 I can see people being confused about Russia/Ukraine - both are brotherly people, and the conflict looks like civil war, but fucking mullahs vs the state of Israel ? And they can't tell the protagonist here ? must be something these clowns internalized, absorbed with mother's milk and father's drunken slurs.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (g47mK)

158 Beefers were a nickname for udders in olden farming times.
Posted by: Auspex at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM

I thought that was firkins.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (jc0TO)

159 ***But not if Israel plays into the mullahs' bloody hands and incenses the population against Israel.
=-----------------

I think Netanyahu made a broadcast to Iranians yesterday that Israel has no enmity against the people. That this is directed toward the mullah/Khamenei prophet regime.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (IU1e3)

160 A New York Times reporter does the usual:

A friend in Tehran sent me this video, apartment complex housing university professors attacked directly across the street from her house. The randomness of strikes in residential neighborhoods have terrified Iranians.

Gee, I wonder what these "university professors" were working on?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (xTIDn)
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Cures for cancer. Duh.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (iFTx/)

161 Israel should be able to do whatever it needs to do to defend itself, but I'd also rather we zero out our tax dollars going to them as aid. We have our own issues and they're a first world country. Selling them military hardware at an allies' discount is fine.

Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (jGJov)

162 No Burger Kings Day is gonna be LIT, yo! I'm hoping it crashes and burns into a rancid orgy of left-on-left violence, with all the various factions fighting for prominence and spewing monkeypox on each other.

The LA protests were already hijacked by We Was Kangz looting all the stores (except the ones with smoke alarm batteries). I think it's inevitable that something even more stupid happens tomorrow.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (2ocoG)

163
I learnt from Paul Cadmus that a red tie signals availability for a quick tryst in the park bushes.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 03:40 PM (gKWVE)

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That explains my horrid experience visiting Central Park.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (PMtkd)

164 4th of July came early.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (UjdFS)

165 You are not arguing for American restraining itself, you are arguing for America restraining Israel.

Weird how you continue conflating Israel with America. Which is what you guys say WE do.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:35 PM (KRtlO)

I don't believe that Israel is acting independently here, just like I don't believe that Ukraine is acting independently in Russia.

I think in both situations our Deep State and intel agencies are up to their eyeballs in these wars.

As they have been in most wars around the globe going back to the early days of the Cold War.

I'm not saying we should ask Israel to restrain themselves. I'm saying we should stay out of it. If Russia wants to sell weapons to either or both sides in any war, let them deal with the fall out.

Where is it written in stone that the US and our weasely European sometimes allies have to put our noses in every situation around the globe?

And yes, I know the counterarguments, they've be around forever -- we need to stop the spread of communism / islam / whatever, and we need to keep the flow of oil / gold / bat guano flowing.

I'm saying well... maybe we don't have to do that.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (uCjyK)

166 Has anyone else ever heard this? It's been stuck in my head ever since. I looked it up on Urban Dictionary but no one there has ever called boobs "beefers."
Posted by: ace
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I saw/read that also. Thought someone linked it here in the comments?

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (2bFN5)

167 China is the new Russia for the left. Seriously.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

As long as Xi allows them to bugger Chinese orphans and promises to kill them last, they love Chynah long time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (ExV1e)

168 Tim Walz is free to move to China if he loves it so much.

Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (YwEeS)

169 160 Cures for cancer. Duh.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (iFTx/)

======

Just days away!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

170 Today I am wearing my red underwear of revenge!

Posted by: Mohammad Abdul Mohammad at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (qUkBO)

171 33 ... Israel intends to end the Iranian regime, period. There is nothing Iran can do to incite them further. And there is nothing they can do to call Israel off. They end now.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:22 PM (KRtlO)

Wow. That would really be awesome. Like the falling of the Berlin Wall, which I was sure I was never going to see happen. "Interesting times", indeed!

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (hOOi9)

172 The Little Red Book Club looks as all non-Chinese as lesser. In other words, they'd never bother trying to police the world other than under conquest and subrogation. Conscripts, market tampering, brutal application of military resources. They have no empathy for those other than themselves. They have no interest in fairness.

Right, China views its self as the "middle kingdom" still, halfway between heaven and earth. They consider all other peoples to be inferior.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (e7kz6)

173 Tim Walz signs order forcing all stores that sell ammo to also stock feminine hygiene products. He stated "Many times when I'm stopping for shotgun shells ahead of a hunt I wish I could buy the products my shotgun craves at the same time."

Posted by: Loaded for bear at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (X7Ha8)

174 the US's foreign policy, and in fact, there are many, many drawbacks to it. Not the least of which is trillions of dollars in debt.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (uCjyK)

Our foreign policy in this case was arbitrating peace talks after Iran launched ballistic missiles at Israel.

That's not interventionist nor an "entanglement" it's simple diplomacy.

Posted by: Sjg at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (aqZN1)

175 A friend in Tehran sent me this video, apartment complex housing university professors attacked directly across the street from her house. The randomness of strikes in residential neighborhoods have terrified Iranians.

Seen on X: "I've gotten calls from people in Tehran who want everyone to know 99.9% of the city has not been bombed by Israel".

Tater hardest hit.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (2ocoG)

176 128 I'm not clear what Israel was otherwise supposed to do. Can someone explain what Israel's course of action should have been given a nuclearized Iran that completely ignored outreaches to peace and nuclear disarmament?
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (x2CMu)

Shut up and take it was the proposed course of action.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (vm8sq)

177 China is the new Russia for the left. Seriously.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

As long as Xi allows them to bugger Chinese orphans and promises to kill them last, they love Chynah long time.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (ExV1e)
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Those fucking beefers ....

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

178 Tim Walz is free to move to China if he loves it so much.
Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (YwEeS)

Communist nations are GREAT places to honeymoon!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)

179 If only the GOP Congress cared as much about fiscal responsibility and border security as they do about making Democrat governors reveal their idiocy.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (c+P3c)

Fiscal responsibility and border security won't make my clip go viral. Harrumph to you, sirruh, and, again, harrumph. -- GOP

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (ExV1e)

180 170 Today I am wearing my red underwear of revenge!
Posted by: Mohammad Abdul Mohammad at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (qUkBO)

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Good, as long as you're comfortable dying in it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (PMtkd)

181 128 I'm not clear what Israel was otherwise supposed to do. Can someone explain what Israel's course of action should have been given a nuclearized Iran that completely ignored outreaches to peace and nuclear disarmament?
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (x2CMu)

Shut up and take it was the proposed course of action.
Posted by: Cow

is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (PcQFu)

182 >>> 172 The Little Red Book Club looks as all non-Chinese as lesser. In other words, they'd never bother trying to police the world other than under conquest and subrogation. Conscripts, market tampering, brutal application of military resources. They have no empathy for those other than themselves. They have no interest in fairness.
==
Right, China views its self as the "middle kingdom" still, halfway between heaven and earth. They consider all other peoples to be inferior.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (e7kz6)

Unpossible!

Only wypipo in Europe and especially the US can be rayciss!!!

Posted by: leftists at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (ULPxl)

183 If I'm not mistaken, there are a bunch of Arab countries who are also frightened of Iran getting nukes.

The usual suspects, though, think Israel is the bad guy, even though the actions of Israel will let various Arab regimes sleep better at night.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (tT6L1)

184 If you think the Iranian Regime has support, ask yourself why Israel's covert operations inside Iran have been so successful. The Israeli's had an entire drone launching base set up inside Iran that they had been building up for months that launched part of this attack - of course some people in Iran knew about it.

Most incredible thing is that one of Iran's top Generals turned up in Jerusalem today. The IDF announced that he has actually been working for Israel for at least 2 or 3 years now, decided after this that he would be too exposed to risk staying there. Thanks to him, and others like him, Israel knows the Iranian chain of command and future plans inside and out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (uWKK8)

185 >>>Beefers were a nickname for udders in olden farming times.

is that true or is it like "San Diego came from an old Spanish word meaning 'a whale's vagina'"?

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (KRtlO)

186 >America does what it does because of a sense that it should stand for right, not only because it's right, but because it's best for everyone, including America.

You actually believe that happy horseshit Boomer slop?

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (RP4Sp)

187 The Little Red Book Club looks as all non-Chinese as lesser. In other words, they'd never bother trying to police the world other than under conquest and subrogation. Conscripts, market tampering, brutal application of military resources. They have no empathy for those other than themselves. They have no interest in fairness.

Right, China views its self as the "middle kingdom" still, halfway between heaven and earth. They consider all other peoples to be inferior.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (e7kz6)
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Middle Earth >> Middle Kingdom

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

188 I don't know what else one can do regarding the mullahs' negotiations other than hope that a bloody nose gets them to negotiate in good faith.

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If good faith were a factor on the Iranian side, none of this would be happening.

This is more than a bloody nose in some small skirmish. Israel doesn't have to engineer an overthrow or nation build. They just have to neutralize and marginalize Iran. No negotiations needed. And they're doing just fine.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (fFFrU)

189 I'm not saying we should ask Israel to restrain themselves. I'm saying we should stay out of it.

Cool it with the antisemitic remarks

Posted by: ADL at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (2CvYV)

190 Just stepping back for some perspective --- isn't it amazing that Tim Walz was the Democrat's VP candidate?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (PiwSw)

191 If colleges weren't on summer break they would be a hot bed of protest now supporting Iran

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (+qU29)

192 I do hope obama and that ratfaced shebitch valerie jarette are fuming

Posted by: banana Dream at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (cduTK)

193 >>>Iran doesn't seem to have much of a negotiating position.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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They know the position.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (IU1e3)

194 For the US, expect every useful installation to get droned hard.
Posted by: a CCP-owned farm near you at June 13, 2025 03:32 PM (gKWVE)

Chynah won't pull that trigger until they're ready to go after Taiwan. Did anyone see the story about a second Chinese student/professor who "accidentally" smuggled in some of that "kill all the grain" shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (ExV1e)

195 America does what it does because of a sense that it should stand for right, not only because it's right, but because it's best for everyone, including America.

yeah, now do covid, open borders

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (PcQFu)

196 At this point I think Israel can stand on its own and does not need billions of dollars poured into it every year from our coffers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (e7kz6)
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Yes, we're all deeply concerned about the few billion dollars in armaments given each year to the one American ally that fights and wins wars on its own, rather than the immense free-riding of the many members of NATO, and other countries around the world, who are protected by the American military and react to this by spending less themselves.

Posted by: Deep Deep Concern at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (ccvr7)

197 183 If I'm not mistaken, there are a bunch of Arab countries who are also frightened of Iran getting nukes.

The usual suspects, though, think Israel is the bad guy, even though the actions of Israel will let various Arab regimes sleep better at night.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (tT6L1)

Most of the Arab regimes will posture against Israel but it's just performative. In practice they're cooperative.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (okun6)

198 As usual the media will report any Iranian claim of civilian casualties as fact instantly

Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (YwEeS)

199 >>> 181
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is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (PcQFu)

You're going with "It's going to make them MAD"? Because most Muslims have been fine with JOOOS existing up until about what, 16 hours ago, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (ULPxl)

200 Governor of Missouri has declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard ahead of tomorrow's festivities.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM (2UnvF)

201 174 the US's foreign policy, and in fact, there are many, many drawbacks to it. Not the least of which is trillions of dollars in debt.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (uCjyK)

Our national debt will simply magically disappear if we just become the whiny, toothless nation Harry so badly wants. And if this means the PRC takes over the world, he says “So be it,”.

Seriously, do you isolationists work overtime to ignore history or are your efforts out of a deep, overwhelming embarrassment and shame at being American?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM (vm8sq)

202 188 If good faith were a factor on the Iranian side, none of this would be happening.

This is more than a bloody nose in some small skirmish. Israel doesn't have to engineer an overthrow or nation build. They just have to neutralize and marginalize Iran. No negotiations needed. And they're doing just fine.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (fFFrU)

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Eh.

Since this was obviously done in conjunction with Trump's negotiating timeline with Iran, I think it's silly to assume that this is just Israel going total war and expecting total victory.

This is probably going to be something like a repeat of last year's exchanges where things steadily just die down and return to the same tepid normal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM (GBKbO)

203 Israel should be able to do whatever it needs to do to defend itself, but I'd also rather we zero out our tax dollars going to them as aid. We have our own issues and they're a first world country. Selling them military hardware at an allies' discount is fine.

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let me put some knowledge into you. loans that are repaid. Loans that can only be used on US equipment. And so you and the like understand, Israel's GDP is 1/2 trillion. A lot of of it in military sales - their own home grown R&D, production, like defense, radar systems. Every time they have a sale of some tech company , it is in 20-30 billion range. The 4-6 billion in loans they get from US..is not all that.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM (g47mK)

204 is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (PcQFu)

you can never make an enemy love you.

But you can make an enemy too scared of you to risk fucking around with you. And after you kick enough ass, bystanders will most likely think it's best to stay on your good side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM (uWKK8)

205 197 183 If I'm not mistaken, there are a bunch of Arab countries who are also frightened of Iran getting nukes.

The usual suspects, though, think Israel is the bad guy, even though the actions of Israel will let various Arab regimes sleep better at night.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (tT6L1)

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Sunni vs. Shia, bruh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (GBKbO)

206 160 A New York Times reporter does the usual:

A friend in Tehran sent me this video, apartment complex housing university professors attacked directly across the street from her house. The randomness of strikes in residential neighborhoods have terrified Iranians.

Gee, I wonder what these "university professors" were working on?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (xTIDn)
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Cures for cancer. Duh.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (iFTx/)

Involving nuclear radiation therapy!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (wtvvX)

207 This is probably going to be something like a repeat of last year's exchanges where things steadily just die down and return to the same tepid normal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM

As long as there are no centrifuges running.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (jc0TO)

208 Walz: "Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”

How many US politicians would grant the CCP a shred of moral authority? The Chinese? Really? The people who harvest hearts, kidneys, and corneas from Falun Gong practitioners to sell to medical tourists? The people who suppressed a pro-democracy protest with tanks?
Walz is evil.

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatick at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (fgkXD)

209 is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (PcQFu)

You're going with "It's going to make them MAD"? Because most Muslims have been fine with JOOOS existing up until about what, 16 hours ago, right?
Posted by: He

had somebody bombed your house and or family , for whatever reason, would you not dedicate yourself to revenge?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (PcQFu)

210 youre right, the thing is part of why we did not start ww3 with the sovs was we did not want to have our civs hit by sov bombs

So Israel should have sat back and waited for Iran to finish a nuke or ten because, otherwise, some civilians will get killed?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (ExV1e)

211 1% of our population.

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 03:42 PM (cPGH3)
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10 million people, so about 3% of the population of the United States.

Posted by: Math! at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (ccvr7)

212 America does what it does because of a sense that it should stand for right, not only because it's right, but because it's best for everyone, including America.

And too often this is even true.
Which is how Iraq got its showcase democracy, and how Iran got... whatever you call what Iran got.
Americans have good intentions, yes. And then it turns out that the rest of this planet isn't full of Americans. We can barely get Latinos to pretend to be American in L.A.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (gKWVE)

213 There is one thing that works in the ME - strength. The more you kick their ass, the more they respect you.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (g47mK)

214 207 This is probably going to be something like a repeat of last year's exchanges where things steadily just die down and return to the same tepid normal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM

As long as there are no centrifuges running.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (jc0TO)

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Sure.

And with Iran continuing to fund terrorist organizations like Hezbollah.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (GBKbO)

215 Am I taking a bit of an extreme position? Maybe. But my point is that it is very unclear to me that the average Joe Sixpack benefits in any way from the US's foreign policy, and in fact, there are many, many drawbacks to it. Not the least of which is trillions of dollars in debt.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM

Everyone needs to remember that iran closed the persian gulf down in the 80s and started targeting all of the oil tankers transiting the hormuz straight back in the late 80s. They are capable of doing that again. We had to go in and escort reflagged kuwatii tankers just to get the oil out and we blew up a ton of their stuff doing it. If we had not done that oil prices would have skyrocketed and led to a severe recession.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (e5NfL)

216 Mace can be great fun to watch when she's bludgeoning the right person. But I don't trust her in any position of great power.

-
Mace the Enforcer.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (L/fGl)

217 I'm not clear what Israel was otherwise supposed to do. Can someone explain what Israel's course of action should have been given a nuclearized Iran that completely ignored outreaches to peace and nuclear disarmament?
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (x2CMu)

Tank a few cities being vaporized, just like the US is supposed to do.

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (Dnobf)

218 youre right, the thing is part of why we did not start ww3 with the sovs was we did not want to have our civs hit by sov bombs

So Israel should have sat back and waited for Iran to finish a nuke or ten because, otherwise, some civilians will get killed?

it is that if you attack some guy that has nothing but weapons that are imprecise then you know what is going to happen

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (PcQFu)

219 Your point?
Posted by: Kamala Harris at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM (PiwSw)

This post did not contain:

- cackles
- at least 50 unnecessary words
- a Venn diagram

I don't believe you're really Kamala Harris

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (ExV1e)

220
All the Muslim countries in MENA think Iran gives fanaticism a bad name.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (QnmlO)

221 --

If good faith were a factor on the Iranian side, none of this would be happening.
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Trump gave them sixty days. He made all kinds of positive ovations. He told them how bad it would be. Everything he said was true.

He is a man of his word. A point being made to Iran and the rest of the world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (IU1e3)

222 High school dropout Mace just beat down the most manly man that the donks can put forth. That was a blood bath.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM

Point of order. Mace graduated from The Citadel. Kinda well-known for it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (Wnv9h)

223 I think there is a decent chance that Iran will see their government collapse by the end of Summer. This time the revolt will have support.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (e7kz6)

224 I can't tell what's more amusing? The MIGA clowns twisting themselves into knots to defend the US involvement in this, or the henpecked cowards who know better and are afraid to disagree.
So much for no new wars.

Posted by: MIGA at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (jj6/A)

225 unusual_whales @unusual_whales 1h
BREAKING: Reported Iranian missile intercepts by Israel, alongside a ballistic missile impact earlier in Downtown Tel-Aviv, per Kim Hovik.

https://tinyurl.com/bdz994hy
12 seconds; no sound; I think includes the apartment building strike.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (2yoRf)

226 161 Israel should be able to do whatever it needs to do to defend itself, but I'd also rather we zero out our tax dollars going to them as aid. We have our own issues and they're a first world country. Selling them military hardware at an allies' discount is fine.
Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (jGJov)

Besides, if we eliminate the State Department, refuse to spend single penny overseas, and simply not have a military, the national debt will simply vanish!

Right?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (vm8sq)

227
is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (PcQFu)

You're going with "It's going to make them MAD"? Because most Muslims have been fine with JOOOS existing up until about what, 16 hours ago, right?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (ULPxl)

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Muslims are ALWAYS mad. They are not "happy people."

Come on, if goats and children were your outlet, you're a sick unhappy lot.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (PMtkd)

228 "Is there anything that the Democrats can do /say that would cause lefty Jews to abandon it?"

LOL. Have you ever talked to them about this? They will look you square in the eyes and say "We are a stubborn people".

Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (k7qYZ)

229
This post did not contain:

- cackles
- at least 50 unnecessary words
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- the sodden aroma of cheap wine

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (QnmlO)

230 Right, China views its self as the "middle kingdom" still, halfway between heaven and earth. They consider all other peoples to be inferior.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:44 PM (e7kz6)

The Communist Party of China checks all the boxes, and rules like, a fascist entity.

State control of the commanding heights of the economy - check.
Totalitarian bureaucratic government and a communications control system - check.
Strong military & police state - check.
Believe in a superiority of the people and culture - check.
Ultra-nationalism, racism and discrimination/persecution of minorities - check.

They are the obvious fascists of the 21st Century and our Fascist Hunters in the West can't see it to save their lives because they call themselves "Communists".

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (6ydKt)

231 #225 Grok @grok 1h
The Iron Dome is designed to intercept short-range rockets (4-70 km), not long-range ballistic missiles like those likely used in the June 13, 2025, attack on Tel-Aviv. Ballistic missiles are handled by systems like David's Sling or Arrow. Reasons some missiles got through may include:
1. The missile's range exceeded Iron Dome's capabilities.
2. The attack's scale overwhelmed defenses.
3. Potential gaps in David's Sling or Arrow systems.
No defense is 100% effective, especially against large or advanced missile barrages.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (2yoRf)

232
Point of order. Mace graduated from The Citadel. Kinda well-known for it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (Wnv9h)

Your facts have no business here, sir.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)

233 215 Am I taking a bit of an extreme position? Maybe. But my point is that it is very unclear to me that the average Joe Sixpack benefits in any way from the US's foreign policy, and in fact, there are many, many drawbacks to it. Not the least of which is trillions of dollars in debt.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM

Everyone needs to remember that iran closed the persian gulf down in the 80s and started targeting all of the oil tankers transiting the hormuz straight back in the late 80s. They are capable of doing that again. We had to go in and escort reflagged kuwatii tankers just to get the oil out and we blew up a ton of their stuff doing it. If we had not done that oil prices would have skyrocketed and led to a severe recession.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (e5NfL)

Furthermore, the mullahs are on paper a doomsday cult.

It's hard to be certain just how eager they are to bring about their version of the end times with nuclear war, but there's a much bigger risk than with North Korea, and even the India/Pakistan situation.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (okun6)

234 Shit.

I need a drink......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:53 PM (Zz0t1)

235 had somebody bombed your house and or family , for whatever reason, would you not dedicate yourself to revenge?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (PcQFu)
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Now apply your own reasoning to the Israelis, who have been repeatedly attacked by Iran and its proxies.

Posted by: Deep Deep Concern at June 13, 2025 03:53 PM (ccvr7)

236
Since this was obviously done in conjunction with Trump's negotiating timeline with Iran, I think it's silly to assume that this is just Israel going total war and expecting total victory.

This is probably going to be something like a repeat of last year's exchanges where things steadily just die down and return to the same tepid normal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM (GBKbO)

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Meh

It's pretty silly to assume that Israel committed itself to a highly planned out and expertly executed operation just to "hope" Iran comes to its senses.

When a combatant enters a battle "hoping" things will work out, he accepts a very significant disadvantage.

Biggest mistake anyone can make in battle is assuming the adversary will do what you hope. I never "hoped" a sub driver would go in a direction where I conveniently dropped a buoy line. I boxed him in.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:53 PM (fz7Mb)

237 OK, which one of you guys is this?

http://tiny.cc/bgvm001

You have style I can only dream of having.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:53 PM (lIio7)

238
What keeps the mullahs in power? A big domestic enforcement "public security bureau" type organization? I get the impression most Iranians don't like them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 03:53 PM (wbZPZ)

239 >>> Posted by: MIGA at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (jj6/A)

Cry more.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (ULPxl)

240 is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:45 PM (PcQFu)

Are you kidding????

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (wtvvX)

241 50 Mace can be great fun to watch when she's bludgeoning the right person.
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She's tough and not dumb. Just crackers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (IU1e3)

242 236 Meh

It's pretty silly to assume that Israel committed itself to a highly planned out and expertly executed operation just to "hope" Iran comes to its senses.

When a combatant enters a battle "hoping" things will work out, he accepts a very significant disadvantage.

Biggest mistake anyone can make in battle is assuming the adversary will do what you hope. I never "hoped" a sub driver would go in a direction where I conveniently dropped a buoy line. I boxed him in.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:53 PM (fz7Mb)

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Unless they are sending in troops to go down the shafts and make sure the technology is destroyed, they're hoping that their bunker busters reached low enough to actually destroy the technology.

And if they're not going in to verify and destroy, then...what's the end game?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (GBKbO)

243 Sunni vs. Shia, bruh.

Yeah that's the key here. And the division is actually visible in the Democratic Party as well. The Obama crime family is big on the Shia Muslims, wanting to see Iran as a nuclear world superpower.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (e7kz6)

244 let me put some knowledge into you. loans that are repaid. Loans that can only be used on US equipment. And so you and the like understand,

All of the tax dollars that go to Israel are repaid? I know some of it is for military hardware purchases, but all of it is loans? I'm asking a genuine question -- I'm not some "and the like" questioning Israel's right to exist or whatever gets thrown around anytime you question foreign aid to Israel

Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (jGJov)

245 185 >>>Beefers were a nickname for udders in olden farming times.

is that true or is it like "San Diego came from an old Spanish word meaning 'a whale's vagina'"?
Posted by: ace

Always trust Auspex content.

Especially the barnyard milkmaid stories.

Posted by: Auspex at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (j4U/Z)

246 StefenCrypto @StefenCrypto 1h Replying to @unusual_whales
@grok explain in Fortnite terms

Grok @grok 1h Replying to @StefenCrypto @unusual_whales
In Fortnite terms, Iran and Israel are like rival squads in a heated match. Iran, armed with rocket launchers (missiles), launches a barrage at Israel's base. Israel, using a shield potion (Iron Dome), blocks most of Iran's drones. But one rocket (ballistic missile) slams into Tilted Towers (Downtown Tel Aviv), causing chaos. Both sides are now fortifying, with the world watching like players urging a truce to avoid an all-out storm. Details on damage are unclear, and tensions are high.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (2yoRf)

247 Our national debt will simply magically disappear if we just become the whiny, toothless nation Harry so badly wants. And if this means the PRC takes over the world, he says “So be it,”.

Seriously, do you isolationists work overtime to ignore history or are your efforts out of a deep, overwhelming embarrassment and shame at being American?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 13, 2025 03:48 PM (vm8sq)

No, I think the more you understand history and economics the more you realize that war is destruction, it costs money and lives and is something that should be avoided at all costs.

Allowing ghoulish sociopaths to start a wars in Eastern Europe that end up with hundreds of thousands dead and billions of dollars blown up on battle fields for their own personal enrichment is not how a sensible country runs its foreign policy.

It's nihilistic and gross. And if the afterlife is real, there is a special place in hell for anyone who would support such a thing.

Are there necessary wars? Yes, I think so. I'm not a Quaker. But I don't think we've even pretended to be involved in a "necessary war" since WWII.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (uCjyK)

248
It's hard to be certain just how eager they are to bring about their version of the end times with nuclear war, but there's a much bigger risk than with North Korea, and even the India/Pakistan situation.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (okun6)

It's their belief that scum allah will come to Earth with tremendous fire (because he's actually Satan) and what burns bigger and brighter than a nuclear weapon? They'll launch it 15 minutes after it's completed, should they get one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (Zz0t1)

249 Am I taking a bit of an extreme position? Maybe. But my point is that it is very unclear to me that the average Joe Sixpack benefits in any way from the US's foreign policy, and in fact, there are many, many drawbacks to it. Not the least of which is trillions of dollars in debt.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:33 PM

Does anyone imagine that Joe Sixpack thinks that having insane Islamic extremists that wish for Armageddon armed with nuclear missiles is a GOOD thing - for ANYBODY?!?

Just listen to yourself!

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (hOOi9)

250 Although my first reaction was "bomb Teheran's civilians, then," my second reaction is this: The Iranian regime has been humiliated. There is an outside chance of a revolt. But not if Israel plays into the mullahs' bloody hands and incenses the population against Israel.

Give them three days. If there is no sign of revolt, smoke them.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (Ln7a4)

251 had somebody bombed your house and or family , for whatever reason, would you not dedicate yourself to revenge?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (PcQFu)
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Now apply your own reasoning to the Israelis, who have been repeatedly attacked by Iran and its proxies.
Posted by: D

and? where do you think it goes then, if you have to sets of citizens that are murdering each other where does it go?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (PcQFu)

252 “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”
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CCP shill says whaaaat??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (oXJtT)

253 He is a man of his word. A point being made to Iran and the rest of the world.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (IU1e3)
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Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates comes to mind.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (tT6L1)

254 Shit.

I need a drink......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:53 PM (Zz0t1)

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Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (2UnvF)

255
Other arab countries publicly denounce Israeli for the attack, and high five eachother celebrating Iran being attacked behind closed doors. They know Iran is the state sponsor of terror.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (IifOV)

256 It is truly astonishing that Walz and Pritzker think they have a real shot at being the Dem nominee, and then president. Neither one can form a coherent thought.
Posted by: Archimedes
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My money's on Booker. Heh.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (UjdFS)

257 is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?

I cannot imagine a way Israel can have any MORE enemies

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (e7kz6)

258 Shit.

I need a drink......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:53 PM

I was kind of wondering about that sock until I saw the hash.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (Wnv9h)

259 So far, not a peep from SCOAMF. I wonder why?

Posted by: pudinhead at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (FmapG)

260 For those wondering what Israel does for us, a few things to think about-
1. We share intelligence. This intelligence includes things related to terrorism and people who would like to blow us to smithereens. Avoiding being blown to smithereens is a benefit to me, an average person.

2. Israel does some incredible things with biology and technology. They share this with us. They are cutting edge in many of these spaces and we absolutely benefit from them.

3. Israel is strategically located for all things ME, and this is important considering the current climate.

4. They are our ally, and countries need alliances. It is not realistic to believe we can change our phone number and remove ourselves from the world stage all together.

This is a simple take, of course, but to think we get nothing out of our relationship with Israel is not true.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (pZEOD)

261 Remember Iran some months ago launched a shig load of missiles against Israel.

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (+qU29)

262 257 is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?

I cannot imagine a way Israel can have any MORE enemies
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (e7kz6)

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There's always Todd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

263 and? where do you think it goes then, if you have to sets of citizens that are murdering each other where does it go?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM

Ideally, one side wins.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (jc0TO)

264 256 It is truly astonishing that Walz and Pritzker think they have a real shot at being the Dem nominee, and then president. Neither one can form a coherent thought.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Remember their last Candidate was Kamala....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (VE6XX)

265 Posted by: MIGA at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (jj6/A)

How about the cowards who suddenly appear with a new handle never seen before?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (2GCMq)

266 Besides, if we eliminate the State Department, refuse to spend single penny overseas, and simply not have a military, the national debt will simply vanish!

Right?

totally, exactly what I was secretly hinting at, you got me

Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (jGJov)

267 loans that are repaid. Loans that can only be used on US equipment. And so you and the like understand, Israel's GDP is 1/2 trillion. A lot of of it in military sales - their own home grown R&D, production, like defense, radar systems. Every time they have a sale of some tech company , it is in 20-30 billion range. The 4-6 billion in loans they get from US..is not all that.
Posted by: r

bs

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (PcQFu)

268 --
Meh
It's pretty silly to assume that Israel committed itself to a highly planned out and expertly executed operation just to "hope" Iran comes to its senses.
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They intend for the Ayatollahs and mullahs and Khomeinis to be dead.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM (IU1e3)

269 A side of beef, a heiffer, things of that nature would be a woman. But her tits? Naw. Not beefers.

Hooters, highbeams, puppydog noses, tits, hangers, headlights, boobs, bazoombas, jugs, funbags.........not beefers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)

Side of beef has always meant guy, in my experience.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM (ExV1e)

270 Gov. Tim Turdburger

Posted by: China Calling at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM (MtY/8)

271 > is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?

Neither. Anyone who is an enemy of Israel after this action was an enemy of Israel before this action.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM (lIio7)

272 Ideally, one side wins.
Posted by: toby9

so now they ae going to finish gaza, then iran?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM (PcQFu)

273 It's hard to be certain just how eager they are to bring about their version of the end times with nuclear war, but there's a much bigger risk than with North Korea, and even the India/Pakistan situation.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (okun6)

It's their belief that scum allah will come to Earth with tremendous fire (because he's actually Satan) and what burns bigger and brighter than a nuclear weapon? They'll launch it 15 minutes after it's completed, should they get one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (Zz0t1)
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Imagine their surprise when allah comes to Earth with merely a flaming beefer between his legs

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

274 Fuckin Todd

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 13, 2025 03:58 PM (2UnvF)

275 Seems the title has been slightly chopped.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:16 PM

It may be the exuberance of the moment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 03:58 PM (3fCc4)

276 so now they ae going to finish gaza, then iran?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM

or the Mullahs win. Wars don't go on forever.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 03:58 PM (jc0TO)

277 Israel should not, and never will, strike strictly civilian sites, as an act of tit for tat.

I believe the majority of Iranians are pro-Israel, and desperately want regime change in Iran.

I know countries aren't supposed to engage in outright assassinations, but the Ayotolla and mullahs need to go down next. They've probably already left the country, but hopefully with a bit more softening strikes, they can hold off so civilians can take to the streets and start decorating lamp posts with lesser officials. Surely someone in the oppisition camp has been putting contingency plans oin place for this type of scenario.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 13, 2025 03:58 PM (Vvh2V)

278 Unless they are sending in troops to go down the shafts and make sure the technology is destroyed, they're hoping that their bunker busters reached low enough to actually destroy the technology.

And if they're not going in to verify and destroy, then...what's the end game?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (GBKbO)

JFC. You don't drop a bomb and assume it's destroyed the target. You look, and fairly simple when you have air superiority. Then bomb again. For bombing raids the ground forces aren't all that valuable because the objective is to destroy the target, not capture it.

I was not trained to drop a torp on a sub and then send James Cameron to go check things out. I can tell if the sub was sunk from the air.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:58 PM (fz7Mb)

279 > But her tits? Naw. Not beefers.

I would guess that any plural noun has been used at some point to describe a pair of boobs.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (lIio7)

280 I'm surprised Hezbollah and Hamas haven't started lobbing rockets from their locations.

You'd think they'd at least try for a show of solidarity.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

281 Besides, if we eliminate the State Department, refuse to spend single penny overseas, and simply not have a military, the national debt will simply vanish!

Right?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 13, 2025 03:52 PM (vm8sq)

What kind of argument is that? Seriously.

Why cut anything in government ever then? It's not like cutting back on USAID is going to get rid of the national debt overnight.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (uCjyK)

282 This is a simple take, of course, but to think we get nothing out of our relationship with Israel is not true.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 03:56 PM (pZEOD)

Compare it for instance to our military bases in Europe. Europe is one of the least significant regions as far as American interests go, yet we have a bunch of residual Cold War operations there.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (okun6)

283 278 JFC. You don't drop a bomb and assume it's destroyed the target. You look, and fairly simple when you have air superiority. Then bomb again. For bombing raids the ground forces aren't all that valuable because the objective is to destroy the target, not capture it.

I was not trained to drop a torp on a sub and then send James Cameron to go check things out. I can tell if the sub was sunk from the air.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:58 PM (fz7Mb)

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Can you tell if a nuclear facility 200m below the earth has been destroyed from the air?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

284 The Dems a pissed because this takes some of the attention from their Martyr Padillo and their No Kings totally spontaneous "protests."

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (VE6XX)

285 Posted by: Major League Yabbos at June 13, 2025 03:41 PM (s8j++)

I prefer minor league yabbos. -- Joe Biden

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (ExV1e)

286 Hooters, highbeams, puppydog noses

Reminds me of Monty Python's Penis Song from Contractual Obligation. Had a few names in there I'd not heard before.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 04:00 PM (e7kz6)

287 SLC luggage thief gets trussed up like a spider's next meal.

http://tiny.cc/ogvm001

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 04:00 PM (lIio7)

288 Neither. Anyone who is an enemy of Israel after this action was an enemy of Israel before this action.
Posted by: bonh

so when there are those arguing that theres going to be a revolution to overthrow mullahas in iran, those guys are enemies of Israel , none of those guys were pissed off about having family offed now?

forever we have heard that it was unwise to invade because it would send iranians into the arms of the mullahs.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:00 PM (PcQFu)

289 > I just learned this -- Somalia is on the UN Security Council. Seriously.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 13, 2025 03:23 PM (PiwSw)

Remember when they had motherfucking Iran on the "Human Rights Council".

As another poster said above, this is a fundamentally unserious organization. Trump really needs to withdraw and kick them the fuck out of New York. Let the ChiComs pay the bills for a while.

Posted by: TIMMY! at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (qpyNK)

290 >>> 283

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Can you tell if a nuclear facility 200m below the earth has been destroyed from the air?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

If you *know* it was 200m deep and your bombs dig a crater 300-400m deep, you have good odds that the facility is gone.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (ULPxl)

291 All those pallets of American cash, blown to smithereens.

Black Jesus wept.

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (X+xvk)

292 Can you tell if a nuclear facility 200m below the earth has been destroyed from the air?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

Yes.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (fz7Mb)

293
Compare it for instance to our military bases in Europe. Europe is one of the least significant regions as far as American interests go, yet we have a bunch of residual Cold War operations there.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

I would rather stick with Israel, up to the point I listen the leaders of Great Britain and realize we are just making the ME bigger.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (pZEOD)

294 260 For those wondering what Israel does for us, a few things to think about-
1. We share intelligence. This intelligence includes things related to terrorism and people who would like to blow us to smithereens. Avoiding being blown to smithereens is a benefit to me, an average person.

2. Israel does some incredible things with biology and technology. They share this with us. They are cutting edge in many of these spaces and we absolutely benefit from them.

3. Israel is strategically located for all things ME, and this is important considering the current climate.

4. They are our ally, and countries need alliances. It is not realistic to believe we can change our phone number and remove ourselves from the world stage all together.

This is a simple take, of course, but to think we get nothing out of our relationship with Israel is not true.
Posted by: Piper
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n Moses n Western Civilization and that stuff too

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (IU1e3)

295 So far, not a peep from SCOAMF. I wonder why?
Posted by: pudinhead
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He's busy planning the next round of riots.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (v0R5T)

296 283 278 JFC. You don't drop a bomb and assume it's destroyed the target. You look, and fairly simple when you have air superiority. Then bomb again. For bombing raids the ground forces aren't all that valuable because the objective is to destroy the target, not capture it.

I was not trained to drop a torp on a sub and then send James Cameron to go check things out. I can tell if the sub was sunk from the air.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 03:58 PM (fz7Mb)

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Can you tell if a nuclear facility 200m below the earth has been destroyed from the air?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

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They should nuke it from orbit just to be sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (6ydKt)

297 Neither one can form a coherent thought.
Posted by: Archimedes

The Democrats got a gawt damned dementia patient elected. The phrase "Yellow dog Democrat" goes back decades.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (Vvh2V)

298 241 50 Mace can be great fun to watch when she's bludgeoning the right person.
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She's tough and not dumb. Just crackers.
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Eh, "according to widespread media reports" needs to be upgraded to "reported in NY Times, Jan 15, 2024 you were quoted as saying..." . Also, have you been to Tianamen Square in 1990? So what, remind Timmy and the viewers why it matters, like "Did your CCP handlers show you the bloodstains from the protestors for democracy were killed the year before, or did they clean up all the evidence of their crimes by then?"

I prefer a good nailing to the wall with facts otherwise it just a random browbeating.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM (Dv3i1)

299 I would guess that any plural noun has been used at some point to describe a pair of boobs.

Reminds me of Jeff Foxworthy's bit on single vs married men.

Single men turn everything into a double entendre, no matter how innocent or neutral.

Woman: "I need to get my tires rotated"
Single man: "I'd like to rotate her tires"
Married man: "You need a recommendation where to go? I have some coupons!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM (e7kz6)

300 so now they ae going to finish gaza, then iran?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM

or the Mullahs win. Wars don't go on forever.
Posted by: toby9

nobody is getting rid of the mullahs without boots in country and Israel has no ability to do so

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM (PcQFu)

301 Pritzker, Walz and Holchul have stunned to realize that Republicans can save screenshots and use their words against them.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM (7xrfc)

302 I read someone's tweet that said there is an Iranian sub that is launching missiles.

Makes me wonder, if this is true, whether we've got attack subs in the Persian gulf and in the Med.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM (zeLd4)

303 How radioactive is the smoke plume?

Posted by: DaveA at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM (FhXTo)

304 Although my first reaction was "bomb Teheran's civilians, then," my second reaction is this: The Iranian regime has been humiliated. There is an outside chance of a revolt. But not if Israel plays into the mullahs' bloody hands and incenses the population against Israel.

Give them three days. If there is no sign of revolt, smoke them.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (Ln7a4)
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Israel has refrained thus far from targeting Iran's political leadership, but a proper response to Iran's indiscriminate attacks on Israeli civilians would be to first threaten to neutralize the mullahs if they continue with such attacks and then to do so if they don't stop. Not to respond in kind by attacking civilians.

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM (ccvr7)

305 288 Neither. Anyone who is an enemy of Israel after this action was an enemy of Israel before this action.
Posted by: bonh

so when there are those arguing that theres going to be a revolution to overthrow mullahas in iran, those guys are enemies of Israel , none of those guys were pissed off about having family offed now?

forever we have heard that it was unwise to invade because it would send iranians into the arms of the mullahs.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:00 PM (PcQFu)

A ground invasion is something else entirely and presents more military challenges.

Your reasoning regarding hitting military targets and a small number of people on their nuclear programs makes no sense, 99% of the population doesn't have family relations involved. Since civilian areas are not being targeted, there is little reason for them to feel threatened.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 04:03 PM (okun6)

306 290 If you *know* it was 200m deep and your bombs dig a crater 300-400m deep, you have good odds that the facility is gone.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (ULPxl)

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Here's the thing.

Iran probably has a good idea of how deep bunker busters go. They probably know how deep to dig underground facilities to be protected from that.

From what I can tell, MOPs go 200 feet below the ground, assuming concrete.

So, building at 400 feet below the ground, with reinforced concrete, probably protects what's 400 feet below.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:03 PM (GBKbO)

307 So it looks like we are assisting Israel against the missle attack...How long before a judge puts a TRO on it ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 04:03 PM (VE6XX)

308 is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?

Neither. Anyone who is an enemy of Israel after this action was an enemy of Israel before this action.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:57 PM (lIio7)
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If anything, nominal enemies of Israel like Saudi Arabia are singing Hava Nagila right now ....

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

309 292 Can you tell if a nuclear facility 200m below the earth has been destroyed from the air?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

Yes.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (fz7Mb)

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What if your MOPs can't go as far down as the facility has been built?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:03 PM (GBKbO)

310 “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”
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China adds another pearl to her necklace.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 04:04 PM (XeU6L)

311 302 I read someone's tweet that said there is an Iranian sub that is launching missiles.

Makes me wonder, if this is true, whether we've got attack subs in the Persian gulf and in the Med.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM (zeLd4)

Of course we do.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 04:04 PM (uCjyK)

312 Is there anything that the Democrats can do/say that would cause lefty Jews to abandon it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

After the revolution the anti-Jewish feeling will fade away as the Democrats do communism right.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:04 PM (L/fGl)

313 But her tits? Naw. Not beefers.

I would guess that any plural noun has been used at some point to describe a pair of boobs.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (lIio7)

Tensor is busy. Queued up for AI pictorial of "beefers."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 04:05 PM (0eaVi)

314 had somebody bombed your house and or family , for whatever reason, would you not dedicate yourself to revenge?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (PcQFu)
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Now apply your own reasoning to the Israelis, who have been repeatedly attacked by Iran and its proxies.
Posted by: D

and? where do you think it goes then, if you have to sets of citizens that are murdering each other where does it go?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (PcQFu)

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Circular reasoning much?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 04:05 PM (oXJtT)

315 I just looked up the data for U.S. Navy attack subs. They are Los Angeles class, and we've 40 of them.

Los Angeles class. Heh. They ought to put Mayor Bass, she with the name of a fish, on one of those attack fishes as it hunts down the Iranians.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 13, 2025 04:05 PM (zeLd4)

316 is this going to fix everything or give Israel more enemies?

Pretty sure every country on Earth is either nominally or explicitly Israel's enemy with the sometimes exception of the US. Unless some other country is going to fragment so that they can up the count, Israel won't end up with MORE enemies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:05 PM (ExV1e)

317 If you *know* it was 200m deep and your bombs dig a crater 300-400m deep, you have good odds that the facility is gone.
Posted by: H

nobody has something that craters 300m

it is nonsense to write of things about which you have no understanding

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:05 PM (PcQFu)

318 nobody is getting rid of the mullahs without boots in country
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM

I could, Mikey, if I was in charge.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:06 PM (jc0TO)

319 Must be fun slaving away 400 feet below the desert waiting to see if bunker busters work.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:06 PM (UjdFS)

320
"Lassie! Where's Timmy?"

"Woof. Woof woof, woof."

"He's stuck in the 5th grade boy's bathroom? Again?"

Posted by: Auspex at June 13, 2025 04:06 PM (j4U/Z)

321 What if your MOPs can't go as far down as the facility has been built?

As long as it goes deep enough to close off all access, who cares?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:06 PM (s8j++)

322 One of these day's. God is going to have enough of this junk. Soon

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (Bmxi2)

323 So far, not a peep from SCOAMF. I wonder why?
Posted by: pudinhead
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He's busy planning the next round of riots.
Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (v0R5T)

Sure. That's what he's doing!

(wink)

Posted by: Reggie at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (0eaVi)

324 321 What if your MOPs can't go as far down as the facility has been built?

As long as it goes deep enough to close off all access, who cares?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:06 PM (s8j++)

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Because Iran can build new tunnels to get back at the work?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (GBKbO)

325
If 95% of Iran's ballistic missiles and drones get shot down, how would they deliver their very rare, very expensive nuclear warheads to Israel?

Interesting fact: components in nuclear warheads apparently give off emissions that can be detected at a distance. This would impact delivery by shipping container or truck.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (hf+Z7)

326 Allowing ghoulish sociopaths to start a wars in Eastern Europe that end up with hundreds of thousands dead and billions of dollars blown up on battle fields for their own personal enrichment is not how a sensible country runs its foreign policy.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (uCjyK)

A normal person might interpret that as a rebuke against Putin. You know, the dictator actually launching wars because he longs for the glory days of Russia ruling over the USSR and Warsaw pact.

But of course it's somehow the US foreign policy that forced Putin to invade his neighbor. Impressive that your hatred of intervention doesn't extend to Russia not attempting to annex their sovereign neighbor.

Posted by: Sjg at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (aqZN1)

327 and? where do you think it goes then, if you have to sets of citizens that are murdering each other where does it go?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (PcQFu)

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Circular reasoning much?
Posted by: S

how is that circular reasoning? noting how something achieves nothing but murder forever is not circular reasoning

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (PcQFu)

328 blast depth >> blast radius

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (XeU6L)

329 Trolls love to shriek about ground invasion! as a deflection. Good argument. Keep fvcking that chicken Tucker.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 04:08 PM (oXJtT)

330 318 nobody is getting rid of the mullahs without boots in country
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM

From what I've read they do

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 04:08 PM (VE6XX)

331

Take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at June 13, 2025 04:08 PM (+gRkI)

332 Most of the Arab regimes will posture against Israel but it's just performative. In practice they're cooperative.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 03:47 PM (okun6)

Because:

A. They realize that Shiite Iran is more dangerous than Jewish Israel.
B. Israel has kicked their asses every time they've tried shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:08 PM (ExV1e)

333 Beefeater makes gin.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (Zz0t1)

334 I'm thinking of Top Gun : Maverick

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (VofaG)

335 What if your MOPs can't go as far down as the facility has been built?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:03 PM (GBKbO)

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A thought exercise.

I drop a bomb. It results in a crater.

I then drop another bomb into the crater. That crater gets deeper.

Shock waves from the explosions radiate outward, including down. Said facility is being hit with those waves before any ordnance actually hits it. Said shockwave also result in damage to the ground under the blast, loosening it up.

Underground facility is taking damage, stressing out the construction. The closer the bombs get because of the ever deepening crater, the more damage it takes. Surface access has been destroyed well before all of this.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (eD91D)

336 >>> 317 If you *know* it was 200m deep and your bombs dig a crater 300-400m deep, you have good odds that the facility is gone.
Posted by: H

nobody has something that craters 300m

it is nonsense to write of things about which you have no understanding
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:05 PM (PcQFu)

Oh, are you an EXPERT!!! on this? If one bomb forms a 100m deep crater, what happens if you can drop another close enough on that same spot?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (ULPxl)

337 how is that circular reasoning? noting how something achieves nothing but murder forever is not circular reasoning

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You remind me of my daughter about age 12.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (oXJtT)

338 86 It is truly astonishing that Walz and Pritzker think they have a real shot at being the Dem nominee, and then president. Neither one can form a coherent thought.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 03:31 PM (s8j++)

Raises an interesting question: who DOES have a real shot?

Does anybody really think that Biden's nomination was legit? That the majority of Dems really wanted an old white guy with dementia, and no charisma, who had failed in countless other attempts, and whose only claim to fame was putting countless black men behind bars?

Of course, there was Kamala. She was dead last in the primary SHE was in, so the simply didn't HAVE a primary to get her in. And she suddenly turned from being an Indian woman to being black. She couldn't even handle a FRIENDLY interview.

Does AOC have a shot, as is sometimes talked about?

Remember, this stuff is more FIXED than a KC Chiefs game!

If it were a fair primary, I'd probably expect Newsome. He has charisma, I guess, and there's plenty of clueless Dems who clearly don't know how much worse than a failure he is. Abject failure is deemed "success" in the Dem party, even with the voters.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (hOOi9)

339 Two equivalent lunatic cultures slugging it out...

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (dzZCL)

340 I can imagine that the shockwave of a bomb that can penetrate 200' of reinforced concrete would be very bad for centrifuges spinning fluorine dissolved uranium, even if they were another 200' down.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (jc0TO)

341 had somebody bombed your house and or family , for whatever reason, would you not dedicate yourself to revenge?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (PcQFu)
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Now apply your own reasoning to the Israelis, who have been repeatedly attacked by Iran and its proxies.
Posted by: D

and? where do you think it goes then, if you have to sets of citizens that are murdering each other where does it go?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (PcQFu)

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It's been said a lot, you should try to understand it.

If the Iranians/Palestinians laid down their arms, there would be peace with Israel the next day.

If Israel laid down their arms, their enemies would invade & destroy them the next day.

That's the difference.
One side wants peace, and the other side wants to annihilate them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (6ydKt)

342 A normal person might interpret that as a rebuke against Putin. You know, the dictator actually launching wars because he longs for the glory days of Russia ruling over the USSR and Warsaw pact.

But of course it's somehow the US foreign policy that forced Putin to invade his neighbor. Impressive that your hatred of intervention doesn't extend to Russia not attempting to annex their sovereign neighbor.
Posted by: Sjg at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (aqZN1)

I don't mean this to be disrespectful, but did you just discover the Ukrainian / Russian situation this year from watching CNN or Fox News?

I don't think I'm saying anything the least bit controversial here -- the US and our European allies 100% engineered the entire Ukrainian / Russian war. They didn't even try to hide it, you can find Victoria Nuland and Hillary Clinton among others bragging about how they set the wheels in motion by funding a coup against the elected President of Ukraine back during the Obama years.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (uCjyK)

343 there has been no or not much success getting rid of tunnels in gaza with bombs and they are tens of m below ground, some of the iranian facilities are thought to be as far as 800 m below ground, nothing is going to get those.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (PcQFu)

344 Sign up for a No Mullahs rally near you!

Posted by: The IDF at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (lIgBp)

345 > n Moses n Western Civilization and that stuff too
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 04:01 PM (IU1e3)

Eh... much of what we know of as Western Civilization came from Greece and the Roman Republic, both of which were pagan as shit. Another big chunk came from the classic liberals (not to be confused with modern liberals who are simply communists with a different brand name), not all of whom were devout Christians (some were outright atheists).

I won't go so far as to say that Christianity and Judaism have contributed nothing, because that would be stupid. Of course they have.

But they definitely don't deserve credit for the whole shebang.

Posted by: TIMMY! at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (qpyNK)

346 335 A thought exercise.

I drop a bomb. It results in a crater.

I then drop another bomb into the crater. That crater gets deeper.

Shock waves from the explosions radiate outward, including down. Said facility is being hit with those waves before any ordnance actually hits it. Said shockwave also result in damage to the ground under the blast, loosening it up.

Underground facility is taking damage, stressing out the construction. The closer the bombs get because of the ever deepening crater, the more damage it takes. Surface access has been destroyed well before all of this.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM (eD91D)

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I don't think it operates like this. The stress of many strikes may quake the ground enough to cause damage further down, but ultimately, your not actually moving earth out of the way. It's mostly staying in place, getting displaced within the crater area.

And there's only one way to be sure, and it's not from the air.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

347 Underground facility is taking damage, stressing out the construction. The closer the bombs get because of the ever deepening crater, the more damage it takes. Surface access has been destroyed well before all of this.

Yeah you do not have to physically dig out the facility, every bomb that hits close causes catastrophe underground.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (e7kz6)

348 blast depth >> blast radius
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (XeU6L)

I think we need confirmation from occasional commenter Blast Hardcheese to be sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (Zz0t1)

349 Because Iran can build new tunnels to get back at the work?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (GBKbO)

So now the assumption is that the adversary is going to dig new tunnels in the middle of a bombing raid. Using big equipment and without air superiority.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (eD91D)

350 Credit to Mace, by the way. I completely forgot about Walz's whole "I befriended school shooters" thing.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (2ocoG)

351 What if your MOPs can't go as far down as the facility has been built?

As long as it goes deep enough to close off all access, who cares?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:06 PM (s8j++)

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Because Iran can build new tunnels to get back at the work?

1) You maintain a presence overhead, and if you notice anyone trying, which would be an enormous and obvious effort, you take them out as well.
2) How long will the current crew and equipment last in a sealed environment? Not long enough is my guess.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (s8j++)

352
Posted by: Auspex at June 13, 2025 04:06 PM (j4U/Z)

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I have to scroll up a ways to find out what the context for this is, but I have a friend who could do this with foreign languages.

Ancient Toothless Korean Grandmother who even the Korean workmen can't understand: Grrr. Howrr rrhha. Garrhh.

My friend: She says there's a set of extra keys in the bottom drawer in the kitchen.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (wbZPZ)

353
how is that circular reasoning? noting how something achieves nothing but murder forever is not circular reasoning

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (PcQFu)

Here in the real world and in real history, retaliation discourages continued aggression. Punitive expeditions are nothing new.

Non-responsiveness encourages endless attacks and raids.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (okun6)

354 Posted by: Sjg at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (aqZN1M

Yeah Ukraine was just sitting doing nothing. The Russian attack just came out of nowhere.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (VofaG)

355 If you think Saudi considers Israel an enemy, then you know nothing about Arabs. First understand that every public statement about anything made by any Arab official is a lie. It’s expected in their culture. Public statements are meant to keep the lower classes, who the rulers regard as little more than cattle, from acting up. That’s all they are.
Iran is Saudi’s greatest enemy. So are the Palestinians. So was Hezbollah, because they sided with Iran. So are any of the Heretic Shiites.
Israel is just a convenient verbal punching bag, but they are fine working with them behind closed doors.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (EVFZ5)

356 blast depth >> blast radius
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (XeU6L)

I think we need confirmation from occasional commenter Blast Hardcheese to be sure.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (Zz0t1)
_______

"The Paolo, he go both deep and wide ...."

-- The Paolo

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (iFTx/)

357 Hooters, highbeams, puppydog noses, tits, hangers, headlights, boobs, bazoombas, jugs, funbags.........not beefers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Braless in a tight blue top they're Smurf noses.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (L/fGl)

358 Drop the first. 200m. Drop the second... with debris, 300m.
The third? Bingo!
No? Then the 4th, the 5th, ad nauseum.

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (cPGH3)

359 349 Because Iran can build new tunnels to get back at the work?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:07 PM (GBKbO)

So now the assumption is that the adversary is going to dig new tunnels in the middle of a bombing raid. Using big equipment and without air superiority.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (eD91D)

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No. The bombing will stop at a certain point.

Just destroying the air shafts and existing tunnels while leaving the existing underground structure, as Archimedes asserted and I was responding to, is easily bypassed once Israel stops attacking.

Which they will do at some point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

360 had somebody bombed your house and or family , for whatever reason, would you not dedicate yourself to revenge?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (PcQFu)

Iran could live in peace and all it would require is living in peace.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (ExV1e)

361 And there's only one way to be sure, and it's not from the air.

Pour gasoline down the air intake until flames start coming out? Any underground manned bunker has one.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (2ocoG)

362 Oh, are you an EXPERT!!! on this? If one bomb forms a 100m deep crater, what happens if you can drop another close enough on that same spot?
Posted by: H

thats not how it works, read something

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (PcQFu)

363 and? where do you think it goes then, if you have to sets of citizens that are murdering each other where does it go?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:55 PM (PcQFu)
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There are two countries in a war against each other, not "sets of citizens that are murdering each other", and wars end either in victory or some kind of negotiated settlement.

The best outcome against Iran is that the Iranian people rise up against their oppressive regime and reclaim sovereignty.

Posted by: Deep Deep Concern at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (ccvr7)

364
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (wbZPZ)

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Also, friend never studied a word of Korean.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (wbZPZ)

365 > blast depth >> blast radius

So you're saying girth not length.

What an interesting concept.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (viF8m)

366
Los Angeles class. Heh. They ought to put Mayor Bass, she with the name of a fish, on one of those attack fishes as it hunts down the Iranians.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 13, 2025 04:05 PM

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She'd probably try to grab the wheel and steer into a sea mount. Or foment an insurrection amongst the minorities in the crew.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 04:13 PM (hf+Z7)

367

We should build a giant wall around the site, flood it and send robot submarines down the tunnels!

Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at June 13, 2025 04:13 PM (+gRkI)

368 I can imagine that the shockwave of a bomb that can penetrate 200' of reinforced concrete would be very bad for centrifuges spinning fluorine dissolved uranium, even if they were another 200' down.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:09 PM

The Fat Electrician had a few things to say about that.

https://youtu.be/Tulb9VutyCc

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 04:13 PM (Wnv9h)

369 All of the tax dollars that go to Israel are repaid? I know some of it is for military hardware purchases, but all of it is loans? I'm asking a genuine question -- I'm not some "and the like" questioning Israel's right to exist or whatever gets thrown around anytime you question foreign aid to Israel
Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (jGJov)

Yes ! "the United States has provided Israel with loan guarantees, which are different from direct loans. These guarantees allow Israel to borrow money from commercial banks at lower interest rates and with longer repayment periods, with the U.S. government acting as a cosigner to ensure repayment. Israel has never defaulted on these loans, so the U.S. has not had to pay out funds directly." so we are bribing Israel to buy our equipment with favorable loan terms.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 04:13 PM (g47mK)

370 351 1) You maintain a presence overhead, and if you notice anyone trying, which would be an enormous and obvious effort, you take them out as well.
2) How long will the current crew and equipment last in a sealed environment? Not long enough is my guess.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (s8j++)

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I'm imagining new efforts to start digging it out happening weeks or even months later.

As long as the facility is largely intact, the tech is intact, and it can just continue from a certain point.

Destroying access, as you asserted, is not the end of that facility. Unless Israel is planning on maintaining presence over that airspace forever which would be difficult without ground support, Iran will have opportunity to start digging again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:13 PM (GBKbO)

371 Here in the real world and in real history, retaliation discourages continued aggression. Punitive expeditions are nothing new.

Non-responsiveness encourages endless attacks and raids.
Posted by: R

yeah, have you noticed iran has been a pariah state since 79? not changing.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:13 PM (PcQFu)

372 We can barely get Latinos to pretend to be American in L.A.

That's because, some time back, the left started telling everyone that your ethnicity was the most important thing about you and a lot of people listened.

American Latinos used to be pretty damned patriotic about America. Some still are.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (ExV1e)

373
Braless in a tight blue top they're Smurf noses.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (L/fGl)

Blue. Grey. What's the difference?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (Zz0t1)

374 361 And there's only one way to be sure, and it's not from the air.

Pour gasoline down the air intake until flames start coming out? Any underground manned bunker has one.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (2ocoG)

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Well, yeah.

That requires boots on the ground, though.

If Israel sends in ground troops to deal with this, I'll believe they're serious about actually smashing the operations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (GBKbO)

375 I don't mean this to be disrespectful, but did you just discover the Ukrainian / Russian situation this year from watching CNN or Fox News?

I don't think I'm saying anything the least bit controversial here -- the US and our European allies 100% engineered the entire Ukrainian / Russian war. They didn't even try to hide it, you can find Victoria Nuland and Hillary Clinton among others bragging about how they set the wheels in motion by funding a coup against the elected President of Ukraine back during the Obama years.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (uCjyK)

Conspiracy nuts are retards

Just because some dems are trying to profit off of Ukraine doesn't make Russia's actions justified or moral.

Posted by: Sjg at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (aqZN1)

376 I clearly remember when Iran took Americans hostage in '79. I guess I hold a grudge for a long time. Not sad to see Israel, our ally, bombing the shit out of them.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (0Htd1)

377 I think, everywhere there' a carrier group there's a sub.
The George Washington has left Japan for the region. The Harry Truman is there. And two more are there or on the way. Not counting any independent subs. As nosy as we are there are at least two loitering.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (IU1e3)

378 361 And there's only one way to be sure, and it's not from the air.

Pour gasoline down the air intake until flames start coming out? Any underground manned bunker has one.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (2ocoG)

Air ducts....

/nods

Posted by: Luke Skyfaller at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (mP0Kj)

379 >>> 362
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thats not how it works, read something
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (PcQFu)

So if you can drop a bomb where another one has previously landed, it can't remove any further depth?

Why not, are there rules against that?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (ULPxl)

380 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

So you think Israel attacked knowing they couldn't cause any real consequential damage to Iran's nuclear program?

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (VofaG)

381 We be wants Presdent Obana two dew somethongs about Isreal attacking Iraq.

This bothers us and call on the War Crimeral Trump too be jailed buy the UN Now !!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (q/j2W)

382 Damn.....

Another forgotten link.

https://is.gd/xhaQos

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (Zz0t1)

383 The stress of many strikes may quake the ground enough to cause damage further down, but ultimately, your not actually moving earth out of the way. It's mostly staying in place, getting displaced within the crater area.

And there's only one way to be sure, and it's not from the air.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

You're basing this on what? Your training? 😊

You just said the earth isn't going anywhere after a bomb hit, but then say it's being displaced. Where, pray tell, is it being displaced TO?

Verification doesn't require troops and equipment to dig down and see if it's neutralized.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (jH5TK)

384 Makes me wonder, if this is true, whether we've got attack subs in the Persian gulf and in the Med.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM

The Arabian Gulf is shallow, and not great for sub operations. That said, never say never.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (3fCc4)

385 > So you're saying girth not length.

Like a tuna can.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (lIio7)

386 There is one thing that works in the ME - strength. The more you kick their ass, the more they respect you.
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 03:50 PM (g47mK)

Kick? Damn. -- Pete Buttigieg as he zips his pants

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (ExV1e)

387 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (Zz0t1)

How's the Mrs. feeling ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (VE6XX)

388 > 343 there has been no or not much success getting rid of tunnels in gaza with bombs and they are tens of m below ground, some of the iranian facilities are thought to be as far as 800 m below ground, nothing is going to get those.
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (PcQFu)

Using multiple $3.5 million GBU-57s to whack a few "Palestinian" sewer rats doesn't make sense.

The calculus changes when it's a nuclear facility.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (qpyNK)

389 380 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

So you think Israel attacked knowing they couldn't cause any real consequential damage to Iran's nuclear program?
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (VofaG)

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I think they attacked with the understanding that it would be a setback, but not actually ending the program which is outside their airstrike abilities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

390 We should build a giant wall around the site, flood it and send robot submarines down the tunnels!

Perhaps the ents are available.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (s8j++)

391
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 04:11 PM (EVFZ5)

The Saud Royal family will do whatever we tell them to do, since they only exist on our whim.

The people getting rich off the oil don't want war, they want to hang out at the Four Seasons in Dubai and have sex with insta THOTS they import from the US.

That said, I don't think it's accurate to say KSA and Iran are enemies in the European sense of the word. They are adversaries, there are deep resentments among the Arabs towards Persians and Turks for how they ruled Arab lands going back to ancient history. The whole region is a fucking tribal nightmare with thousands of years of history that is not worth trying to figure out.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (uCjyK)

392 all the talk about us "giving " Israel money is ...well, you know , Candace Owens talk. But she is an ignorant slut. We gave Ukraine money , not a loan. the EU was smart and made it a loan, probably underwritten with rare earth or something. that is why Trump wanted that contract.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (g47mK)

393 184 If you think the Iranian Regime has support, ask yourself why Israel's covert operations inside Iran have been so successful. The Israeli's had an entire drone launching base set up inside Iran that they had been building up for months that launched part of this attack - of course some people in Iran knew about it.

Most incredible thing is that one of Iran's top Generals turned up in Jerusalem today. The IDF announced that he has actually been working for Israel for at least 2 or 3 years now, decided after this that he would be too exposed to risk staying there. Thanks to him, and others like him, Israel knows the Iranian chain of command and future plans inside and out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 03:46 PM (uWKK

So awesome.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 13, 2025 04:16 PM (hOOi9)

394 Pour gasoline down the air intake until flames start coming out? Any underground manned bunker has one.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (2ocoG)

Or bomb the air ducts. They are fairly fragile.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:16 PM (jH5TK)

395 383 You're basing this on what? Your training? 😊

You just said the earth isn't going anywhere after a bomb hit, but then say it's being displaced. Where, pray tell, is it being displaced TO?

Verification doesn't require troops and equipment to dig down and see if it's neutralized.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (jH5TK)

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I said within the crater area. Right there in my comment.

Your not attacking a crater and sending rock hundreds of yards away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:16 PM (GBKbO)

396 I've heard "milkers" and "milk makers" as additional terms for boobelehs, but never beefers. I agree with earlier commenters that sounds kinda gay.

Posted by: Mmmmm...boobies at June 13, 2025 04:16 PM (TbWk/)

397 376 I clearly remember when Iran took Americans hostage in '79. I guess I hold a grudge for a long time. Not sad to see Israel, our ally, bombing the shit out of them.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Right on.
If this is day two, there will be four more days of this activity unless Israel accepts Iran's surrender. I hope they don't.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 04:16 PM (IU1e3)

398 Soar @Soar_Earth 4h
Full HD satellite image of the Israeli airstrike on the Natanz Nuclear Facility in central Iran (13 June 2025)
You can pan around, zoom in and also create your own maps over this incredible imagery using the 🖌️ icon at the center of the screen.
tinyurl.com/5n8dk44c

War Mapper @War_Mapper 4h
A full HD satellite image of Natanz is now available on Soar, showing the damage to the facility overnight.
Further details soon

War Mapper @War_Mapper 3h
Close-up satellite imagery of the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran following Israeli strikes last night.
High-resolution visuals show visible damage to multiple structures across the site.
soar.earth/draw/2257

War Mapper @War_Mapper 3h
Use the arrows at the bottom of the window to cycle through the slides.
https://tinyurl.com/5jptdfvy

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:16 PM (2yoRf)

399 POLITICO@politico
Democrats reclaim the American flag

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I thought they were giving it a Viking funeral.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:16 PM (L/fGl)

400 So if you can drop a bomb where another one has previously landed, it can't remove any further depth?

Why not, are there rules against that?

yeah, heres the thing, theres been discussion about building bunkr busters to deal with irans facilities, libyas facilities, many different sits for years, nobody has anything to get that far underground, even when they considered your brilliant thought.

why would you think your extensive experience as an hq commenter has mad you a weapons expert, read something.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (PcQFu)

401 I think they attacked with the understanding that it would be a setback, but not actually ending the program which is outside their airstrike abilities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

Air superiority is a force multiplier.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (jH5TK)

402 I must say, we do have the best military stuff. The best!

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (g47mK)

403 399 POLITICO@politico
Democrats reclaim the American flag

What does that mean ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (VE6XX)

404 Nightmare on Pennsylvania Ave .................

Kamal Harris is POTUS right now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Iran would have Nukes by now and the world would be destabilized, and another Economic Depression would be around the corner..

Posted by: Ferd Berfal at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (q/j2W)

405 Enriching uranium at scale requires enormous amounts of electricity. I would just judge off that to determine if a site survived or not.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (jc0TO)

406 401 I think they attacked with the understanding that it would be a setback, but not actually ending the program which is outside their airstrike abilities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

Air superiority is a force multiplier.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (jH5TK)

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If you send in troops.

Are they sending in troops? Maybe. But not yet.

I doubt it, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (GBKbO)

407 I read someone's tweet that said there is an Iranian sub that is launching missiles.

Makes me wonder, if this is true, whether we've got attack subs in the Persian gulf and in the Med.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 13, 2025 04:02 PM

We have used SSN's in the persian gulf but it is not an ideal environment for them. I doubt that we have enough attack boats left to permanently station one in the Gulf though. We only have 50 or so commissioned attack boats and nearly a third of them are in some sort of maintenance/commissioning cycle at any given time and are not available for deployment.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (e5NfL)

408 371 Here in the real world and in real history, retaliation discourages continued aggression. Punitive expeditions are nothing new.

Non-responsiveness encourages endless attacks and raids.
Posted by: R

yeah, have you noticed iran has been a pariah state since 79? not changing.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:13 PM (PcQFu)

Diplomatic isolation isn't generally meaningful retaliation. There are multitudes of examples of raiders and pirates being discouraged through history by the obvious route of just counterattacking. To propose that violence and war do not resolve conflicts due to some sort of civilian feud cycle is idiotic. That actually doesn't happen. The civilians killed in Germany during WW2 didn't launch a blood feud against Americans.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (okun6)

409 why would you think your extensive experience as an hq commenter has mad you a weapons expert, read something.
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (PcQFu)

And your extensive experience a a weapons expert is...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (jH5TK)

410 379 >>> 362
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thats not how it works, read something
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (PcQFu)

So if you can drop a bomb where another one has previously landed, it can't remove any further depth?

Why not, are there rules against that?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (ULPxl)

No DUE PROCESS!!!!

Posted by: Fed Judge at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (mP0Kj)

411 Conspiracy nuts are retards

Just because some dems are trying to profit off of Ukraine doesn't make Russia's actions justified or moral.
Posted by: Sjg at June 13, 2025 04:14 PM (aqZN1)

Yes, yes, people who read the news and actually try to stay on top of what's going on in the world are retards. Thank god you've got it all figured out. I only wish I could be so wise some day where I know all of the answers without even having to do any independent reading of my own.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (uCjyK)

412 So it's a nipple thread?

Posted by: Just got here at June 13, 2025 04:19 PM (lIgBp)

413 So you're saying girth not length.

Like a tuna can.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM

If you can't reach the bottom, bang the heck out of the sides.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 04:19 PM (3fCc4)

414 343 there has been no or not much success getting rid of tunnels in gaza with bombs and they are tens of m below ground, some of the iranian facilities are thought to be as far as 800 m below ground, nothing is going to get those.
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:10 PM (PcQFu)

Using multiple $3.5 million GBU-57s to whack a few "Palestinian" sewer rats doesn't make sense.

The calculus changes when it's a nuclear facility.
Posted by: Rodrigo B

it was the gbu 39 that should have been used not the 2000lb non penetrating bombs

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:19 PM (PcQFu)

415 >>> 409 why would you think your extensive experience as an hq commenter has mad you a weapons expert, read something.
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (PcQFu)

And your extensive experience a a weapons expert is...?
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (jH5TK)

LOL

I was just going to suggest reading *your* comments.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:20 PM (ULPxl)

416 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

Israel knew that there would be retaliatory attacks against civilians. They would not undertake such a mission believing an attack would just be a temporary set back. Not worth it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:20 PM (VofaG)

417 Per Grok: Israel possesses powerful conventional bombs, such as the U.S.-supplied GBU-28 bunker buster, a 5,000-pound laser-guided bomb capable of penetrating about 6 meters of concrete or 30 meters of earth.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 13, 2025 04:20 PM (2cS/G)

418

Hire suicide squads from Big Penguin.

Posted by: Pendulating Richard at June 13, 2025 04:20 PM (+gRkI)

419 So it's a nipple thread?
Posted by: Just got here at June 13, 2025 04:19 PM

Not until Montgomery's tubercles are mentioned.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 04:20 PM (3fCc4)

420 Nipple thread?

Where's Fredo?

Fredo Awalz that is.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (8gejw)

421 416 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

Israel knew that there would be retaliatory attacks against civilians. They would not undertake such a mission believing an attack would just be a temporary set back. Not worth it.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:20 PM (VofaG)

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They did it last year.

They bombed Iran last year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

422 why would you think your extensive experience as an hq commenter has mad you a weapons expert, read something.
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:17 PM (PcQFu)

And your extensive experience a a weapons expert is...?

experience none, however, ive read the technical docs and followed the development since forever, enough to know what I do not know, which she does not know.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (PcQFu)

423 392 all the talk about us "giving " Israel money is ...well, you know , Candace Owens talk. But she is an ignorant slut. We gave Ukraine money , not a loan. the EU was smart and made it a loan, probably underwritten with rare earth or something. that is why Trump wanted that contract.
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (g47mK)

Well, perfect then. If we're not giving Israel any money, but are instead bribing them with loans that they fully pay back in order to buy our weapons, then no harm no foul if we stop giving them loans. And we should not be engaged in bribery, and I'm sure Israeli citizens are outraged that their government is being bribed to buy weapons.

So there, problem solved.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (uCjyK)

424 OK If you are blessed by God you probably don't know who Bonnie Blue is. For those of us who sadly are aware, there's a twist.

This Bonnie person is infamous for outrageous sexual stunts like having sex with over 1000 dudes in a single 24 hour period. Blue got kicked off the sleazy Onlyfans site for planning a stunt too over the top for even them.

Someone dug up an old interview where Bonnie Blue stated that... she used to be a he.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (e7kz6)

425 You Morons love to argue.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (jc0TO)

426 425 You Morons love to argue.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (jc0TO)

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No we don't.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (GBKbO)

427 They did it last year.

They bombed Iran last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

What was that mission?

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (VofaG)

428 As to who the Arabs hate most: most Arabs have hated the US since we openly backed Israel starting about 60 years ago.
The Arabs have hated the Jews ever since that Mohammed chap told them to, about 1700 years.
The Arabs have hated the Persians ever since that Cyrus dude subjugated them, 2500 years ago and counting.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (EVFZ5)

429 Forget China...their economy is about to get totally fc'ked...

https://tinyurl.com/24nschk7

Wanna guess where the ChiComs get most of their oil?

Posted by: CPT. Charles at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (XjTSo)

430 If you send in troops.

Are they sending in troops? Maybe. But not yet.

I doubt it, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (GBKbO)

SoS...

You aren't capturing the target. You are neutralizing it. It's actually less than ideal to have ground forces in place since that hampers operations. And you don't need them here. The objective can be met without anyone there.

Or is the argument that if I use a tactical nuke then I have to send in a rifle company to double check...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (fFFrU)

431 412 So it's a nipple thread?
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Puffies for the win!

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM (2yoRf)

432 Yeah that's the key here. And the division is actually visible in the Democratic Party as well. The Obama crime family is big on the Shia Muslims, wanting to see Iran as a nuclear world superpower.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (e7kz6)

Is it really? Carter backed Iran. Obama backed Iran. Biden (whatever) backed Iran. I don't know if Bubba had an official position but I bet, if push came to shove, that Hillary would have made him back Iran also.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM (ExV1e)

433 421 416 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

Israel knew that there would be retaliatory attacks against civilians. They would not undertake such a mission believing an attack would just be a temporary set back. Not worth it.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:20 PM (VofaG)

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They did it last year.

They bombed Iran last year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

Wasn't that on essentially pre-arranged corridors with target limitations set by Iran? This on the other hand crosses lines that Iran claims they will respond more seriously to.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM (okun6)

434 398 Soar @Soar_Earth 4h
Full HD satellite image of the Israeli airstrike on the Natanz Nuclear Facility in central Iran (13 June 2025)
You can pan around, zoom in and also create your own maps over this incredible imagery using the 🖌️ icon at the center of the screen.
tinyurl.com/5n8dk44c

War Mapper @War_Mapper 4h
A full HD satellite image of Natanz is now available on Soar, showing the damage to the facility overnight.
Further details soon

War Mapper @War_Mapper 3h
Close-up satellite imagery of the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran following Israeli strikes last night.
High-resolution visuals show visible damage to multiple structures across the site.
soar.earth/draw/2257

War Mapper @War_Mapper 3h
Use the arrows at the bottom of the window to cycle through the slides.
https://tinyurl.com/5jptdfvy
Posted by: andycanuck
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Cool links, andycanuck. I was thinking bigger mess - looks like precision hits.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM (2bFN5)

435 I think Israel must know how to destroy something underground or else they wouldn't bother with air strikes.

My guess is they just bury the facility under the earth with repeated bombing. Weaken the structure. Make it unusable without complete rebuild.

You don't have to obliterate something to make it inoperable.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM (mzM2O)

436 IDF F-22's out of the morning sun......

See the little Raghead sucking on its mother's Tit...

The Ayatollahs do not give a Shit..........

GPS Guided MK-82s FRAG Iranian Mullah Ragheads...

The Horror............... The Horror.........

Posted by: Col Kurtz at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM (aKoaI)

437 In a nipple thread, the chick with three boobs in Total Recall wins

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM (e7kz6)

438 This idea that we have no interests outside the United States is hilarious, if not a demonstrable fallacy. There are very few people who constantly make that argument and none of them have our best interests at heart. Fighting everyone’s wars at the behest of neocons has poisoned that well a bit. But this idea that offensive action by another sovereign or our participation, or support in those endeavors where we clearly have a national interest, like I dunno against a rogue country financing and engaging in the worst terrorist activities against our country, demonstrably, and who aspires to gain nuclear weapons with no real discernible defensive purpose, other than to protect their terror operations and nuke their enemies, is not in our national interests- well the question answers itself.

I realize watching Russia’s shit getting blown up and shown useless, while also being monkey stomped by a third rate country and their IW upsets you, but that’s as they say too bad.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM (g88zo)

439 You Morons love to argue.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (jc0TO)

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No we don't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM

That's not an argument, it's just a contradiction!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (kgE5c)

440 Or bomb the air ducts. They are fairly fragile.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:16 PM

The exhaust port is good, as well.

Posted by: Red Leader One at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (3fCc4)

441 427 They did it last year.

They bombed Iran last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

What was that mission?
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (VofaG)

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Does it matter? They attacked Iran directly last year without the hope of ending the Iranian leadership situation. Why should this one be different?

All I'm seeing is attacking of nuclear sites from the air which may or may not be enough to destroy them completely. Are they going to follow up with anything else?

Have they destroyed Hezbollah? They bombed the shit out of Lebanon a couple of years ago, too.

And this is going on while they still are cleaning up Gaza, where most of their ground troops are focused.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (GBKbO)

442 >>> experience none, however, ive read the technical docs and followed the development since forever, enough to know what I do not know, which she does not know.
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (PcQFu)

I'm not claiming to be any kind of expert.

I want you, especially having "read the technical docs and followed the development since forever", to explain to me and the rest of the class why it's unpossible for more than a single bomb to remove dirt or rock cover.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (ULPxl)

443 Areolas like silver dollar pancakes.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (jc0TO)

444 PM (jc0TO)

426 425 You Morons love to argue.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (jc0TO)
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No we don't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (GBKbO)

Shut yo’ mouf!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (EVFZ5)

445 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (okun6)

Yup, need to try the Romeo13 Doctrine. Iranians after this long are NOT innocent in their Governments actions... they have had decades to change leadership, but have not. Our Declaration of Independence is based on the Concept that a People have not just a Right, but a DUTY, to change their Government is it is doing things they don't want.

If Iran wants to act like 7th Century barbarians? Then they can live as such.

Bomb every Bridge, Factory, Power Plant, Road, Port, Merchant Ship, Truck.... everything that makes a Modern Economy function.

Hell, we KNOW where they have Phone and Data cables buried... cut them off from Modern Communications... and banking.

If they want to live like Mohamed did, then their Terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Fed Judge at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)

446 >>> 426 425 You Morons love to argue.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (jc0TO)

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No we don't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (GBKbO)

Shut up you asshoe, he's right! Except when he's wrong!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (ULPxl)

447 Iran could live in peace and all it would require is living in peace.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:12 PM (ExV1e)

Iran cannot live in peace. The Mullahs are all in on killing all Jews, and the would lose their "moral" positions faster than their nice fat rich jobs if they decided to not kill Jews. It ain't about Israel, even, it's just about keeping their fat asses in power.

The Persians hate 'em about as much as we do.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (a4NoL)

448 Israel has F-35I Adirs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (8gejw)

449
had somebody bombed your house and or family , for whatever reason, would you not dedicate yourself to revenge?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (PcQFu)

Iran could live in peace and all it would require is living in peace.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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Does Iran have one of those eternal revenge cultures? I wonder if it would be possible for a pro-peace, Israel-tolerant leader to be popularly elected in Iran.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (wbZPZ)

450 Nothing will be resolved in congress until the duelling pistols are brought out.

Posted by: Mark Kelly at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (/U5Yz)

451 So it's a nipple thread?
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Puffies for the win!
Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:23 PM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Glass Cutters at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (3fCc4)

452 I don't think it's accurate to say KSA and Iran are enemies in the European sense of the word.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (uCjyK)

It is absolutely accurate. Iran is Shia, and KSA is Sunni. They kill each other for shits and giggles.

If Iran had nukes they would probably hit KSA right after Israel and us.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (mWSu4)

453 430 SoS...

You aren't capturing the target. You are neutralizing it. It's actually less than ideal to have ground forces in place since that hampers operations. And you don't need them here. The objective can be met without anyone there.

Or is the argument that if I use a tactical nuke then I have to send in a rifle company to double check...?
Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM (fFFrU)

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The argument is that it's safe to assume that Iran built their facilities in ways to be protected from MOPs and assuming that MOPs are enough is just operating on hope.

Assume your enemy is smart, not dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

454 Stars and Stripes
'California Guard troops have helped Ukraine beat Russia on battlefield, Army official says,' By Doug G. Ware, Jul 13, 2023

In part, The State Partnership Program began in 1993 and aligning the California National Guard with Ukraine was one of the program’s first pairings. The program was created initially so the United States military could give defense training to new countries that formed from the breakup of the Soviet Union — such as Ukraine. Smaller ally nations with a need for defensive assistance have since joined. In return, National Guard troops get to experience training operations in various regions of the world.

“The Guard is currently partnered with more than half of the world’s nations and we expect to see continued growth in the coming years,” Zana said.

Ukrainian troops have been able to successfully fend off Russian forces in many parts of the country with substantial U.S. military training and billions of dollars in weapons and equipment. Last week, the United States pledged another round of military aid worth $800 million."
...

Last line of the article, “We’re here to advance whatever is best for both America and our allies.”

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (NFX2v)

455 POLITICO@politico
Democrats reclaim the American flag

What does that mean ?
Posted by: It's me donna

It means even Politico can read the polls.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (L/fGl)

456 Did the IDF hit Kharg Island Yet ????

Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (J7c+Z)

457
How's the Mrs. feeling ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (VE6XX)

She's been asleep much of the day, but is riding some water and 2 dry toast slices for a few hours now with no issue.

Thanks for asking.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (Zz0t1)

458 Shut up you asshoe, he's right! Except when he's wrong!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (ULPxl)

"I came here for a debate but all you've given me is an argument!"

"No I haven't."

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (a4NoL)

459 Your afternoon smile:

AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 15s
WATCH: Man celebrating the Iranian missiles hitting Tel Aviv, Israel on the road gets hit by a vehicle.

https://tinyurl.com/mt6cs2cf
4 seconds; violence but no gore; clearly, Allah's will!

Posted by: andycanuck at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (2yoRf)

460 >>I realize watching Russia’s shit getting blown up and shown useless, while also being monkey stomped by a third rate country and their IW upsets you, but that’s as they say too bad.

Who do you think Russia is fighting? Where do you think the weapons, money and intel that Ukraine is using is coming from?

If NATO pulled out tomorrow Ukraine would be an grease spot.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (viF8m)

461 I kept waiting for Pritzker to reach over and grab a Klatooine paddy frog.

Posted by: Sassy Fred at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (RMjVS)

462 Unless they are sending in troops to go down the shafts and make sure the technology is destroyed, they're hoping that their bunker busters reached low enough to actually destroy the technology.

And if they're not going in to verify and destroy, then...what's the end game?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:54 PM (GBKbO)

OR, unless Israel knows that all the boasts Iran has made about how well protected these facilities are is just bullshit.

Think out of the box.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (g8Ew8)

463 Rhymes with a female body part.

Posted by: Seinfeld reference at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (lIgBp)

464 experience none, however, ive read the technical docs and followed the development since forever, enough to know what I do not know, which she does not know.
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:21 PM (PcQFu)

All capabilities are not necessarily made public.

OPSEC....😁

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (fFFrU)

465 Argument or abuse clinic, you decide.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (8gejw)

466 Does Iran have one of those eternal revenge cultures?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (wbZPZ)

Not nearly as all-encompassing as the Arabs do.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (mWSu4)

467 >>> Posted by: Fed Judge at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)

If the Romeo13 Doctrine is approved by Federal Judges, that's good enough for me!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:27 PM (ULPxl)

468 Wars don't go on forever.
Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 03:58 PM (jc0TO)

I tried. -- 100 Years War

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:27 PM (ExV1e)

469 450 Nothing will be resolved in congress until the duelling pistols are brought out.
Posted by: Mark Kelly at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (/U5Yz)

I thought Congresscritters used canes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 04:27 PM (a4NoL)

470 Soar @Soar_Earth 4h
Full HD satellite image of the Israeli airstrike on the Natanz Nuclear Facility in central Iran (13 June 2025)

I literally have no idea what I'm looking at but there seem to be an awful lot of buildings still standing.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (/y8xj)

471 The argument is that it's safe to assume that Iran built their facilities in ways to be protected from MOPs and assuming that MOPs are enough is just operating on hope.

Assume your enemy is smart, not dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

Well, even when we telegraphed what was coming, didn't they still put all their high ranking military in one place?

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

472 427 - polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:22 PM

That's when the Israelis made Iran's, Russian-made, air defense system go.....POOF.

Right now, the Iranians are mostly relying on manually-guided AAA to defend their airspace; their 'air force' is a no-show.

I think we all see how THAT is working out for them...

Posted by: CPT. Charles at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (XjTSo)

473 Let's go out on the patio and watch the missile fight !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (NtVYv)

474 Thought the Serbs were the grudge champions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (8gejw)

475 So if you can drop a bomb where another one has previously landed, it can't remove any further depth?
......

In Iran, the wind just blows the sand back in.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (UjdFS)

476 >>> 465 Argument or abuse clinic, you decide.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (8gejw)

*throws pies randomly*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (ULPxl)

477 If NATO pulled out tomorrow Ukraine would be an grease spot.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (viF8m)

Yup. But Europe will fight to the last Ukrainian!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (mWSu4)

478 Iran threatens to hit US bases in the Middle East..

Do it Goat Fuckers...... I beg you to do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (J7c+Z)

479 Thought the Serbs were the grudge champions.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (8gejw)

Where do the Hatfield's and McCoy's rank?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (Zz0t1)

480 Tomorrows military parade will be lit.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (/U5Yz)

481 We need a country with moral authority.
WTF??!!
Piss off Walz you suckass piece of shit.
You wouldn't know moral authority if it bit you in the ass.
Hey...remember the NCO's Creed? Yeah. I didn't think so.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (W/lyH)

482 “So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe you will be a small people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel.” - Lawrence of Arabia

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (EVFZ5)

483 I'm not claiming to be any kind of expert.

I want you, especially having "read the technical docs and followed the development since forever", to explain to me and the rest of the class why it's unpossible for more than a single bomb to remove dirt or rock cover.
Posted by: H

nobody has said thats unpossible, however, it is the nature of your question that betrays your ignorance, the goal of bunkr busing bombs is not to remove the dirt above the target to hit the target it is to direct as much of the energy from the explosion downward towards that target, that is why the gbu 39 was a better choice for gaza than the 2000 lbers the Israelis were so fond of, it penetrates the ground and directs the energy downwards, not outwards.

even when it is exposed reinforced concrete has great strength and is hard to get through, see the nazi sub pens.

nobody has a bomb that is going to hit someting as farw underground as some the iranian sites, it is not the moab, not the gbu39.

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (vn9pv)

484 478 Iran threatens to hit US bases in the Middle East..

Do it Goat Fuckers...... I beg you to do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (J7c+Z)

Oh yeah?

Lulz

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (mzM2O)

485 Thought the Serbs were the grudge champions.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Macedonians have entered the chat.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (cYBz/)

486 Underground Facilities are no problem...........

US probably gave the IDF "Bunker Busters"

Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (J7c+Z)

487 467 >>> Posted by: Fed Judge at June 13, 2025 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)

If the Romeo13 Doctrine is approved by Federal Judges, that's good enough for me!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:27 PM (ULPxl)

LOL... MAJOR Sock Failage!

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (mP0Kj)

488 >>> 473 Let's go out on the patio and watch the missile fight !
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (NtVYv)

We paid for most if not all of the missiles*, so it seems fair.

*perhaps not all at the same time

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (ULPxl)

489 Nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (ExV1e)

490 When you've lost Tim Walz, you've lost not much at all.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (FmapG)

491 *throws pies randomly*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (ULPxl)

=====

Hey, are any of those apple? Gimme!

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (q8Jo4)

492 POLITICO@politico
Democrats reclaim the American flag

What does that mean ?
Posted by: It's me donna

So Dems have officially claimed the Mexican flag as their insurrection battle flag?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (NXz8h)

493 480 Tomorrows military parade will be lit.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (/U5Yz)

DC closed roads 2 days in advance...and let feds work from home today - something wildly unexpected...until last night explained it all...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (tOcjL)

494 The argument is that it's safe to assume that Iran built their facilities in ways to be protected from MOPs and assuming that MOPs are enough is just operating on hope.

Assume your enemy is smart, not dumb.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

SoS...

Sure, the facilities may be reinforced. Which will be under continued stress. For a prolonged period. Design limits of which are known by combat engineers who inform strike zones. And you don't need troops to look down on a target like that and see that it's been neutralized.

Where did you get your training?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (jH5TK)

495 Israel should send in the gay gas.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (/U5Yz)

496 >>> 477 If NATO pulled out tomorrow Ukraine would be an grease spot.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (viF8m)

Yup. But Europe will fight to the last Ukrainian!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (mWSu4)

The EUfag commie *governments* would also love to fight to the last deplorable in their countries, but it looks like things are getting a bit sporty in some places.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:31 PM (ULPxl)

497 TJM, the GBU-57 A/B is the bomb you seek.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (3fCc4)

498 478 Iran threatens to hit US bases in the Middle East..

Do it Goat Fuckers...... I beg you to do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (J7c+Z)

I have kinda been waiting for that since 1979. It would not break my heart to see Iran eliminated as a force of evil. Curious that the CIA hadn't engineered some kind of destablization after all those years, but there ya go.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (a4NoL)

499 Well Golly Sgt Waltz .............

Gomer Pyle is here to save you !!!!

Posted by: Gomer Pyle at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (J7c+Z)

500
"Seal off" is probably the strategy for something like Fordow. It's too deep for conventional explosive penetrators to hit.

But any site, no matter how deep, has to have entrances and exits, and ventilation shafts and power and comm links.

The goal is try to seal those off. That requires knowing where the well hidden access points are.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (w6EFb)

501 > Tomorrows military parade will be lit.
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I'll watch... for the near pornographic display of Army armor.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (Q4IgG)

502 Meanwhile, north of the border . . .

Suicide Hotline Operator Encourages Disabled Canadian To Consider Assisted Suicide

-
Just rename it Suicide Cheerleader Hotline.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (L/fGl)

503 , even when we telegraphed what was coming, didn't they still put all their high ranking military in one place?
Posted by: Nova Local at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

I'd call that a point scored.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (jH5TK)

504 All capabilities are not necessarily made public.

OPSEC....😁
Posted by: W

yeah if thats so then were not having our secret bunkr busters go after iran were saving those for the chinese

Israelis are certainly good with weapons design, if its something that is not unpossible why did they not build some bunkr busters to get rid of iranian facilities

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (vn9pv)

505 I thought Congresscritters used canes.
Posted by: tcn in AK
.......

Canes at ten walker lengths.

Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (UjdFS)

506 Assume your enemy is smart, not dumb.

Good advice but since the Israelis apparently had people on the inside, maybe they didn't have to assume at all.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (/y8xj)

507 491 *throws pies randomly*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (ULPxl)

=====

Hey, are any of those apple? Gimme!
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 13, 2025 04:30 PM (q8Jo4)

Does seem like kind of a waste of good pie, doncha think?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 04:33 PM (a4NoL)

508 Israelis are certainly good with weapons design, if its something that is not unpossible why did they not build some bunkr busters to get rid of iranian facilities
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (vn9pv)

I thought you knew what you didn't know.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (jH5TK)

509 I think they attacked with the understanding that it would be a setback, but not actually ending the program which is outside their airstrike abilities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

Ending the program means getting rid of the mullahs, so that makes no sense.

Israel has made it clear that the goal was to end the possibility of an Iranian nuclear weapon. They will succeed, and Iran will have to start over.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (mWSu4)

510 Point of order. Mace graduated from The Citadel. Kinda well-known for it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 03:51 PM (Wnv9h)

_________________________________

Well then, mission accomplished. Because everything I've seen about Nancy Mace suggests that her ultimate goal is be "well-known."

I don't care which side of the aisle she come down on most of the time. I despise people like her. She's sitting in a "representative" position and most of her efforts are for self-benefit in a warped type of way.

I prefer reluctant politicians. Not self-promoting side show circus types.

Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 04:34 PM (dIske)

511 Israelis are certainly good with weapons design, if its something that is not unpossible why did they not build some bunkr busters to get rid of iranian facilities
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:32 PM (vn9pv)

I thought you knew what you didn't know.
Posted by: W

how is that contradictory to what I said?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:35 PM (vn9pv)

512 >>> 483
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goal of bunkr busing bombs is not to remove the dirt above the target to hit the target it is to direct as much of the energy from the explosion downward towards that target
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Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:29 PM (vn9pv)

Ok, great. It only took you what, a dozen comments to answer the fucking question. After WitchDoktor gave that answer back at 335.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:36 PM (ULPxl)

513 how is that contradictory to what I said?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:35 PM (vn9pv)

Do you know what the Israelis have built?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:36 PM (jH5TK)

514 >> If NATO pulled out tomorrow Ukraine would be an grease spot.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (viF8m)

Z is a greasy little dictator. But we’ve dealt with a lot of them over the years. Don’t let your disdain for him get in the way of realizing that Russia is the aggressor. I won’t retread those details again. But as you can see from Russia’s demands to settle the conflict, which reads more like a hostage demand list, they are still focused on the objectives they were after when they started invading Ukraine. They don’t want a neutral Ukraine. They want to take over the country and use it as a launching pad for further misadventures. You would think at least a few people would get the clue about what’s going on when they keep pulling out the nuke card. This isn’t in the end about Ukraine, it’s about Russia using every weapon at their disposal to remain relevant in a world where they are completely irrelevant.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (g88zo)

515 Facebook, VoteVets's post, 3h

"While Trump throws himself a birthday parade, Democrats are reclaiming the flag.
Veterans in Congress are standing up to say what needs to be said:
Patriotism doesn’t belong to one party. The flag belongs to the people—and sure as hell not to a draft-dodging wannabe dictator."

Politico, 'Democrats reclaim the American flag' Ambitious Democrats are leaning on their credentials as veterans to draw a contrast with Republicans. Bu Adam Wren, 6/13/25

In part, "Democrats’ newest approach to win back voters is a fresh embrace of the nation’s oldest symbol.

Two days ahead of Flag Day, when President Donald Trump’s military parade will run through the streets of Washington, Democratic Reps. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) fanned out Thursday afternoon to give a gift to their colleagues to unite them."

(Stepping back to 2017. Last week at the Philly commie/union protest, few women were holding American flags & one telling the press how it's so loved.

One of the cable tv rags & witches (Wallace, perhaps) had guests saying it had been OK for MAGA to have non-American flags - such as the Confederate flag - at their protests in the past.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (NFX2v)

516 how is that contradictory to what I said?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:35 PM (vn9pv)

Do you know what the Israelis have built?
Posted by: W

nothing I said is contradictory,

I know the Israelis are good with weapons design,

I askd about what I do not know, why didnt they use super bunkr busters if they have super bunkr busters?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (vn9pv)

517 aw crap there's a NOOD!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (ULPxl)

518 Ok, great. It only took you what, a dozen comments to answer the fucking question. After WitchDoktor gave that answer back at 335.
Posted by: H

how many times do you need to be told something?

Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:40 PM (vn9pv)

519 I askd about what I do not know, why didnt they use super bunkr busters if they have super bunkr busters?
Posted by: n at June 13, 2025 04:39 PM (vn9pv)

I'd say your arguments are that because you don't know, it must be "unpossible."

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (jH5TK)

520 aw crap there's a NOOD!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Argh! A surprise attack!!🤣🤣🤣

See you all there.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 13, 2025 04:41 PM (jH5TK)

521 I find it unbelievable that Iran doesn't already have a nuclear weapon. How can that be? I don't believe that with billions of dollars thay haven't laid hands on some weapons grade uranium.
I'm praying I'm wrong.

Posted by: steven at June 13, 2025 04:42 PM (AY3ny)

522 Dems are reclaiming the flag and then burning it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:43 PM (VofaG)

523 Posted by: steven at June 13, 2025 04:42 PM (AY3n

According to Israel they do have a 'primitive' nuclear bomb.

Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 04:45 PM (VofaG)

Israel Is Now Bombing Iran's Main Uranium Enrichment Site

There are fresh strikes, which I'll get to in a bit. Let me digest the whole first night of the Israel-Iran War.

Which is what it is.

This post will be about the strikes against Iran's air defenses and nuclear sites. I'll do another post about their strikes against Revolutionary Guards and Air Force generals later.

I've had a pro-Israel friend who was so beside himself over his belief that Trump was selling out Israel that I had to quit the chat group I was in. I was tired of hearing it every hour on the hour.

I want to rejoin just to see what he's saying now.

Apparently Trump did want to negotiate with Iran, to see if he could pull an Art of the Deal coup and avoid war.

But Trump knew there was a countdown clock running, and a hard deadline.

Iran made it clear that they were just jerking him off -- as they've done with every US president, pretending to "negotiate" while they build their nukes.

The deadline passed.

Israel took out Iran's nuke sites, Revolutionary Guard leaders, Air Force leaders.

And Trump knew this was coming the whole time he was negotiating with Iran.

Two can play at the Talk While You Plan War game.

The operation, which is continuing into Friday, came after President Donald Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give Iran 60 days for negotiation. Operation Rising Lion commenced on Day 61.
...
In the first post at 5:56 a.m. ET, Trump lamented that the Iranian leadership wouldn't make a deal:

I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to "just do it," but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn't get it done. I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come - And they know how to use it. Certain Iranian hardliner's [sic] spoke bravely, but they didn't know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse! There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end. Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. God Bless You All!
In the second post at 7:36 a.m. ET, the president reiterated that there's still time for Iran to negotiate:

Two months ago I gave Iran a 60 day ultimatum to "make a deal." They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn't get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!

More on Trump's warning to Iran that they had better make a deal now or face even "more brutal" strikes.

President Donald Trump warned Iran that further attacks will be 'even more brutal' if it does not agree to a deal following Israel's shock strikes on its nuclear and military facilities.
Overnight, Operation Rising Lion targeted Tehran and Iran's nuclear sites in a devastating wave of assaults, escalating fears the Middle East is on the brink of all-out war.

This is a standard claim: That "tensions are escalating" and that we're "on the brink of an all-out war."

In what sense? Who would be the other parties in this "all-out war"?

The Gulf States are all engaged in war, cold or hot, against Iran. Which Middle Eastern powers are going to join the war on Iran's side, exactly?

Now, Iran's terror proxy army of the Houthis in Yemen did attempt a retalliatory missile attack against Israel.

They hit the Palestinians.

This is not the "all-out war" I was promised.

Explosions boomed across the Iranian capital as simultaneous raids hit buildings believed to be the homes of senior military commanders.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the sophisticated operation targeted a nuclear facility in Natanz and a ballistic missile program, thanks to a secret drone base set up in Iran by Mossad.
The operation involved a barrage of explosive-laden drones and more than 200 Israeli jets.
Though the US initially sought to distance itself from the attack, Trump has now told Iran: 'There is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end.'

...
Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff is reportedly hopeful that the talks will continue as scheduled despite Israel's actions overnight.
The president followed up on Truth Social saying Iran 'should have' followed his 60-day ultimatum to strike a nuclear deal.

What Israel did to Iran is incredible. As David Strom commented, this is perhaps even more audacious and incredible a covert operation than we saw in the "Grim Beeper" assassination campaign.

Israel commandos smuggled explosives-carrying drones inside Iran and set up whole "drone bases." I assume these would be in desert areas or otherwise barren land.

The reason they did this is because they wanted a first strike against Iran's air defenses and air force that came out of nowhere. There would be no long warning as Iran tracked Israeli planes from Israeli airspace. No, these drones, already in Iran and within miles of their targets, would just suddenly take flight and start hitting their targets within minutes with no opportunity to intercept them and no chance to scramble their planes off the ground.

That's the first strike -- to cripple their air defense and grant Israel complete unchallenged air supremacy over Iran.

The drones took out Iran's entire air defense grid.

And then the jets took off to start dropping the bigger payloads.

Alongside the Israeli military's strikes on nuclear and military targets, Mossad successfully pulled off a daring covert operation designed to cripple Iran's air defences and allow Israel's war planes to launch their attacks safely.
This included deploying precision-guided weapons in open areas near Iranian surface-to-air missile systems sites, and using drones launched from an undercover base near Tehran to target air defence assets, according to Israeli media reports citing security sources.

Trump did tell Netanyahu to not interfere with the talks and give the (fruitless) negotiations a chance.

Which Netanyahu did.

But the countdown was still running.

When asked at the White House about the possibility of a strike on Iran last night, Trump said: 'I don't want to say imminent, but it looks like something that could very well happen.
'It's very simple - not complicated. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Other than that, I want them to be successful. We'll help them be successful. We'll trade with them, we'll do whatever's necessary.
'I want to have an agreement with Iran. We're fairly close. As long as there is an agreement, I don't want [Israel] going in because I think that would blow it.
'There's a chance of massive conflict. We have a lot of American people in this area, and I said: 'We've gotta tell them to get out because something could happen soon, and I don't want to be the one who didn't give them any warning.'
'We've had very good discussions with Iran. Whether or not we get there, I can't tell you - but it'll happen soon.'
He admitted to Fox News today that he was made aware of Operation Rising Lion before it happened.
He added: 'Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table.
'We will see there are several people in leadership in Iran that will not be coming back.'
Early this morning, Iran launched a swarm of 100 drones towards Israel in retaliation to Israel's strikes.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel 'should anticipate a severe punishment', adding that military forces 'won't let them go unpunished.'
He said that Israel had 'sealed for itself a bitter and painful destiny.'
Meanwhile, Iran's foreign ministry said its army would not 'hesitate to defend Iran's sovereignty with full strength and in the manner they deem appropriate'.
But Iran's drones have reportedly been intercepted by Israel's air defence systems.

Where's the all-out war, then?

Additional footage of the ballistic missile storage site attacked in Tabriz, northern Iran � continuous secondary explosions. pic.twitter.com/thFBL0hY6Y
— Israel News Pulse (@israelnewspulse) June 13, 2025

My, oh my.... pic.twitter.com/RHfHyT0jVy
— Kenneth A. Grimm ن "K. A. G. Sundaram" (@kagsundaram) June 13, 2025

This report came in a couple of hours ago: Now "massive explosions" reported in Fordow, "Iran's most heavily protected nuclear facility."

Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
BREAKING: MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN FORDOW - THE HEART OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR FORTRESS
2 massive explosions have rocked the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, Iran's most heavily protected nuclear facility.
Fordow isn't just another site - it's Iran's nuclear red line.
Buried deep in a mountain near Qom, the site was built to survive bunker-busting bombs and sustain uranium enrichment even under attack.
Targeting Fordow signals Israel's intent to take out Iran's nuclear program at its core - not just delay it, but dismantle it.
Hitting this facility risks crossing thresholds Tehran has long warned are untouchable.
This is no longer shadow war.
It's direct.
Source: @Tammuz_Intel

🚨🇮🇷BREAKING: MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN FORDOW - THE HEART OF IRAN�S NUCLEAR FORTRESS

2 massive explosions have rocked the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, Iran�s most heavily protected nuclear facility.

Fordow isn�t just another site - it�s Iran�s nuclear red line.

Buried� https://t.co/VLk9knC2Rq pic.twitter.com/O96RcH0qlo
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 13, 2025

One can "harden" a nuclear site by burying it deep underground or in the mountains. But the earth won't shield you forever. Not if enemy planes are able to loiter over your location and drop munition after munition on you.

Refueling jets in mid-air is a dangerous operation. You have to fly slowly and in a perfectly straight and level line. In other words, you have to make yourself a very easy target during the refueling operation.

You would never, ever do this over enemy territory.

Not unless you had completely wiped out their air defenses and air force and could refuel in their air space with total impunity.

Israel has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever over Iranian skies. pic.twitter.com/f6XNFQAwf7
— Sonny Bobiche (@SonnyBobiche) June 13, 2025

Many people are pointing out that China keeps buying American farmland near American military bases.

Obviously, China might be buying this land -- and almost certainly is buying this land -- to hide their own first-strike drone air forces right next to American bases.

Trump will have to act on this threat.

Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
ISRAEL: BOMBS WON'T END IRAN'S NUKES - BUT MAYBE DIPLOMACY WILL (AFTER)
Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi:
"Iran's nuclear programme cannot be completely destroyed by a military campaign.

But the military campaign could create the conditions for a long-term deal, led by the United States, that will completely thwart the nuclear program."
So... blow it up now, negotiate later?

Posted by: Ace at 02:05 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 13, 2025 02:05 PM (GYt5+)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 13, 2025 02:05 PM (GYt5+)

3 I did not vote for this.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 02:05 PM (/U5Yz)

4 Obligatory:

Bomb bomb bomb,
Bomb bomb Iran.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:06 PM (pMi6S)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)

6 Lots to digest here

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 13, 2025 02:06 PM (NtVYv)

7 The red flag of revenge.

How cute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)

8 How deep underground are these sites and can the bombs Israel is using penetrate that deep?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:07 PM (GBKbO)

9 Operation Rising Lion >> Mufasa >> Gay Tiger King >> Any fucking thing having to do with lions or kings >> No Kings Day

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

10 Lindsey Graham just a boner. Hide yo children.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 02:07 PM (/U5Yz)

11 How deep underground are these sites and can the bombs Israel is using penetrate that deep?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:07 PM (GBKbO)
________

That's what she said

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

12 Is that the guy from Mystery Science Theater 3000 raising the Revenge Flag?

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 02:08 PM (0HaGk)

13 Remember how Hezbollah did that massive missile attack against Israel a few months ago?

Which side was able to restock more easily? Israel or Iranian-backed Hezbollah?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:08 PM (GBKbO)

14 >>> 7 The red flag of revenge.

How cute.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)

If you're going to get revenge, get revenge.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (ULPxl)

15 11 How deep underground are these sites and can the bombs Israel is using penetrate that deep?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:07 PM (GBKbO)
________

That's what she said
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

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I knew it was coming.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

16 I bet the illegal alien protestors are PISSED about this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (Zz0t1)

17 Hope this does the trick, not a needed drawn out multiple times attack

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (+qU29)

18 > Israel commandos smuggled explosives-carrying drones inside Iran and set up whole "drone bases." I assume these would be in desert areas or otherwise barren land.

For some reason, this reminds me of all the farm land China bought near military bases. No reason, just a thought.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (lIio7)

19 What was that you were saying? About penetration?

Posted by: Don Lemon at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (jGGMD)

20 The drones took out Iran's entire air defense grid.

And then the jets took off to start dropping the bigger payloads.
______________

Ref, stop the fight! This is like Mike Tyson v. PeeWee Herman.

You'd think the Iranians would realize that they're badly outclassed, their Red Flag of Revenge notwithstanding.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (YqDXo)

21 Have they taken out any austere scholars?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (SXxzC)

22 >>>8 How deep underground are these sites and can the bombs Israel is using penetrate that deep?

I dunno, but the thing with these underground sites is that they still need airshafts to the surface and still need surface elevators and stairways. If you bomb the shafts that communicate from the base to the surface, the base is unusable and inaccessible.

Iran could bring in construction equipment to dig the bases out... but Israel is going to keep on bombing.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (KRtlO)

23 What I'm praying for is the the Iranian people will take this opportunity to rise up and overthrow the Mullahs, since the government is now in disarray and are distracted by Israel. Never would be a better time than now to stage a counter-revolution.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (pMi6S)

24 "President Donald Trump warned Iran that further attacks will be 'even more brutal' if it does not agree to a deal following Israel's shock strikes on its nuclear and military facilities."

What's the point of a deal now? Serious question. I assume the answer is just to keep up appearances and jerk Iran off while Israel smashes.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

25 Iran is often behind terror in the middle wast and further abroad, frequently targeting Americans and American allies or interests. I'm not interested in any deals with the mullahs. Bomb away indefinitely.

Posted by: Neo-isolationist, Not Crazy at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (BzdsX)

26 >>> 18 > Israel commandos smuggled explosives-carrying drones inside Iran and set up whole "drone bases." I assume these would be in desert areas or otherwise barren land.
==
For some reason, this reminds me of all the farm land China bought near military bases. No reason, just a thought.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (lIio7)

It's mentioned in the content...?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (ULPxl)

27 Israel Is Now Bombing Iran's Main Uranium Enrichment Site
—Ace

Actually, Iran is stopping these missiles with the Earth itself. 100% success, so far.

Posted by: Zombie Baghdad Bob at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (cSMYS)

28 14 >>> 7 The red flag of revenge.

How cute.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)

If you're going to get revenge, get revenge.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (ULPxl)
_____________

"Israel's done it now! We're going to run up a red flag with squiggles on it!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (YqDXo)

29 > How deep underground are these sites and can the bombs Israel is using penetrate that deep?

Probably the same method we used in the Iraq war where we hit the same spot with 17+ cruise missiles one after another to crack open their hidey holes.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (lIio7)

30 Bang up job, guys.

@joelpollak 5m
Red Crescent says 3 Palestinian children injured by shrapnel, after Yemeni missile lands in West Bank

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (mlg/3)

31 "Israel commandos smuggled explosives-carrying drones inside Iran and set up whole "drone bases.""

As did Ukraine against Russia.

I sure do hope the Pentagon is making sure that doesn't happen here.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (rd+R0)

32 For some reason, this reminds me of all the farm land China bought near military bases. No reason, just a thought.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (lIio7)

I've heard more times than I care to remember that China thinks on a 100-year level, we think on a four-year level. If that.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (jGGMD)

33 Iran may want to rethink their negotiating strategy.

Posted by: Weasel at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (PBGYg)

34 22 I dunno, but the thing with these underground sites is that they still need airshafts to the surface and still need surface elevators and stairways. If you bomb the shafts that communicate from the base to the surface, the base is unusable and inaccessible.

Iran could bring in construction equipment to dig the bases out... but Israel is going to keep on bombing.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (KRtlO)

=======

Assuming the only entry is straight up.

And if bombs only go so deep, they only go so deep no matter how much rubble stays on top.

Destruction of nuclear capability when your bombs can only damage down 100m but the sites are 200m down...?

I dunno, but I don't assume that airstrikes on these sites means actual destruction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

35 You'd think the Iranians would realize that they're badly outclassed, their Red Flag of Revenge notwithstanding.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (YqDXo)

Nah, they'll bravely find some defenseless civilians to kill in a shopping district or something.

Posted by: Neo-isolationist, Not Crazy at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (BzdsX)

36 What are the odds that the leftwing shitmongers staging the No Burger King Day are now furiously trying to rejigger the op to trash Israel for attacking Iran? I say 50/50 at least.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (iFTx/)

37 > It's mentioned in the content...?

*kicks dirt clods*
I didn't read all of the content.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (lIio7)

38 Does anyone else find it hilarious that Israel Bomb-Bomb-Bombed Iran the day after Brian Wilson died?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (wtvvX)

39 Oh great, another war.

But like I was saying a few weeks ago, we really need to change it up.

Ukraine / Russia was a nice departure from the middle east / central Asia, but we haven't seen a good jungle war in a while. That could be fun.

What's going on in the Philippines these days, anyways?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (uCjyK)

40 >>>3 I did not vote for this.

You didn't vote for one country you don't live in and have no power over to bomb another country you also don't live in?

It's weird listening to you hardcore fake "anti-intervention" types. You say you're against foreign intervention, but it turns out you DO want to intervene -- specifically, you want the US to use its military and economic clout to restrain Israel while Iran continues firing missiles at it.

This is exactly like the left during the war on terror. If you're REALLY against foreign intervention, you'll sit back and let foreign countries do what they do.

But are you against foreign intervention, or just against Israel?

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (KRtlO)

41 Look like chem trails to me....

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (SGpb+)

42 You'd think the Iranians would realize that they're badly outclassed, their Red Flag of Revenge notwithstanding.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:09 PM (YqDXo)

I guess we'll find out if they really do think their 12th imam is going to crawl out of that well and save them, or however the hell that goes.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 02:13 PM (jGGMD)

43 Red Crescent says 3 Palestinian children injured by shrapnel, after Yemeni missile lands in West Bank

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (mlg/3)
_______________

Remake of The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:13 PM (YqDXo)

44 When the Crimson Vengeance Flag comes out, hoo boy, watch out.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at June 13, 2025 02:13 PM (rd+R0)

45
@joelpollak 5m
Red Crescent says 3 Palestinian children injured by shrapnel, after Yemeni missile lands in West Bank
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (mlg/3)/i]

So, no one was injured as there's no such thing as a 'palestinian.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (Zz0t1)

46
THE RED FLAG OF REVENGE!

The commentators at Zero Hedge have to be fapping furiously.

Posted by: Auspex at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (j4U/Z)

47 For some reason, this reminds me of all the farm land China bought near military bases. No reason, just a thought.
Posted by: bonhomm

You'd think the .gov would use eminent domain on those, rather than on US-owned property.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (hB7mE)

48 Good post, Ace.
Thanks.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (xcxpd)

49 >>>Oh great, another war.

Weird, it's a war being conducted by a foreign country but you keep claiming that we're the ones at war.

Again, your idea of being "anti-interventionist" seems to contain a suspiciously large amount of interventionism, as long as it's against Israel and in favor of Iran.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (KRtlO)

50 I'm not sure you need a judge's permission to enter someone's farmland to search for national security threats.

You certainly don't need it to search their land for baited corn.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (dQfJF)

51 Trump wasn’t getting jerked off by Iran. Jerked around maybe. On the other hand, Obama got jerked off by the mullahs and he loved it.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (X3DzW)

52 FINISH HIM!!

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (jc0TO)

53 As did Ukraine against Russia.

I sure do hope the Pentagon is making sure that doesn't happen here.
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (rd+R0)

I imagine the Pentagon is part of the group that made it happen in Russia and Iran.

As far as it happening here? Could happen, who knows?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (uCjyK)

54 Gov. Tim Walz: Who Holds Moral Authority To Negotiate With Iran? Not Us, "Might Be The Chinese"

https://tinyurl.com/3ba5wcyc

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

55 They're attacking baby food factories now? For shanda!

Posted by: MSNBC at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (0xo8i)

56 *kicks dirt clods*
I didn't read all of the content.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (lIio7)

Content? Pfft.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (Zz0t1)

57 It's interesting, tactically speaking, that both Ukraine and Israel used similar methods to infiltrate enemy territory with suicide drones, close to within miles of their targets and then take them out.

As Ace pointed out, our bases are at risk. Now. Today. I'm guessing (hoping) this will be rectified ASAP. It's a pretty big failure, exposed for anyone to see, and exploit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (Q4IgG)

58 Red Flag of Revenge = "We're on our period -- stay away, menstrual contamination."

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (pMi6S)

59 >>But are you against foreign intervention, or just against Israel?

We all know the answer.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (QIh6T)

60 Oh great, another war.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes

It's not our war though, so...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (hB7mE)

61 This was not the dirty Joos. This was the Progressive Islamic Republic converting from nuclear power to wind farms.

Posted by: American Leftist at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (CbkSq)

62 We don't deserve you ace. I'm just not gonna say which way I mean that.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (SGpb+)

63 >>> 34

=======

Assuming the only entry is straight up.

And if bombs only go so deep, they only go so deep no matter how much rubble stays on top.

Destruction of nuclear capability when your bombs can only damage down 100m but the sites are 200m down...?

I dunno, but I don't assume that airstrikes on these sites means actual destruction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

Bombs (or any other explosions) form craters, which means that some of the ground cover was *removed*. So *if* you are able to keep hitting the same spot, you can 'dig' deeper than you would with a single bomb.

istr a proposal (back in the 50s maybe?) to dig a new canal across Central America using nukes.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (ULPxl)

64 It's not war. Some people did something.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (SGpb+)

65
You certainly don't need it to search their land for baited corn.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (dQfJF)

Send in the Texas Game Wardens. They're not bound by The Constitution in any way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)

66 The drone sneak attack comes on the heels of the Uke's deep strike by drone against the Russian air force.

It's a brave new world.

Buy a shotgun, everyone.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (xcxpd)

67 More intel on how the Day 1 decapitation strike was carried out: Brilliant.

https:/x.com/AmitSegal/status/1933422107452395871

Posted by: Beverly at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (Epeb0)

68 54 Gov. Tim Walz: Who Holds Moral Authority To Negotiate With Iran? Not Us, "Might Be The Chinese"
___

Who paid you to say that, Timmy?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (Dv3i1)

69 @joelpollak 5m
Red Crescent says 3 Palestinian children injured by shrapnel, after Yemeni missile lands in West Bank
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (mlg/3)/i]

*womp womp*

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (jGGMD)

70 >>> 37 > It's mentioned in the content...?

*kicks dirt clods*
I didn't read all of the content.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:12 PM (lIio7)

Nobody even TOLD me there was content until last week.

*glares at Horde*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (ULPxl)

71 We need to add a couple of dead Mullahs to the equation...perhaps then the people would take care of the rest.

Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (TN0g+)

72 >>Red Crescent says 3 Palestinian children injured by shrapnel, after Yemeni missile lands in West Bank

The Yemenis did 3x the damage that Iran was able to do the last time they attacked Israel.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (QIh6T)

73 I saw a rumor that Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's "Quds Force," is in Israel.

Imagine the intelligence he gave them!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (mWSu4)

74
Like Walz knows anything about morals.

Shut up you POS

Posted by: four seasons at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (3ek7K)

75 It sort of bugs me that it isn't us and/or the Europeans dealing with Iran. We certainly have casus belli many times over.

Posted by: toby928 at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (jc0TO)

76 >>>Never would be a better time than now to stage a counter-revolution.

There may be more decapitation to come, but the waiting for the Iranian resistance to step up may be a long one. Why stick your neck out if Israel will do it for you?

Now, if they wanted to provide intel as to where the IRGC leadership is hanging out, that could be fruitful. Then we'd hope the regular Iranian army would step up and finish those loons off.

Posted by: spongeworthy at June 13, 2025 02:17 PM (CDWlY)

77 73 I saw a rumor that Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's "Quds Force," is in Israel.

Imagine the intelligence he gave them!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (mWSu4)

======

Apparently fake news.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:17 PM (GBKbO)

78 I don't really care what the j0000000 haters have to say about Trump's supposed deference to Israel: Islam is the biggest threat to global security and prosperity outside China, and Iran is China's catspaw.

If Harris had won last year, Tel Aviv would have been nuked during her tenure and America would have maintained its conciliatory noninterference before, during, and afterward. Because Western communists are catspaws of China, too, colleagues of Islamists.

Posted by: mea culpa at June 13, 2025 02:17 PM (TOGmQ)

79 > But are you against foreign intervention, or just against Israel?

I saw so many comments on X threads will "anti-interventionists" angrily declaring they will not be conscripted into a fight for Israel.

Nobody's asking you to, dummy. You protest too much.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:17 PM (lIio7)

80 Nobody even TOLD me there was content until last week.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (ULPxl)

CONtent.

It's a con. There is no content!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 02:17 PM (mWSu4)

81 Gov. Tim Walz: Who Holds Moral Authority To Negotiate With Iran? Not Us, "Might Be The Chinese"

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (NpAcC)
_________________

Any chance we could get the Israelis to bomb Minnesota?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:17 PM (YqDXo)

82 >>> 65
You certainly don't need it to search their land for baited corn.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (dQfJF)

Send in the Texas Game Wardens. They're not bound by The Constitution in any way.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)

*ponders*

Are they hiring?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (ULPxl)

83 The Carmine Pennant of Pique.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (rd+R0)

84 Weird, it's a war being conducted by a foreign country but you keep claiming that we're the ones at war.

Again, your idea of being "anti-interventionist" seems to contain a suspiciously large amount of interventionism, as long as it's against Israel and in favor of Iran.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (KRtlO)

I have no connection to either Israel or Iran.

I wouldn't care if Israel was bombing Iran if I didn't think we were balls deep in it.

Same with Ukraine and Russia. If it truly was a war between Russia and Ukraine, I wouldn't care.

But at the end of the day, we can't fix domestic issues if we continue this plan of trying to be chessmasters moving pieces around the board, causing all kinds of calamities around the world, then inviting the people displaced by these wars to come live in the US.

Can we, for once, focus on the American people and the American middle class, instead of sticking our noses in to every conflict around the world? Keeping in mind that we are 36 trillion and counting in debt.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (uCjyK)

85 I'd be more apt to support actions such as this if I wasn't 100% convinced that our government allowed a shit ton of bad actors to infiltrate our borders and leave us completely vulnerable to retaliation.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (KbCG3)

86
*ponders*

Are they hiring?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (ULPxl)

I'm told the internship is a bitch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)

87 I saw so many comments on X threads will "anti-interventionists" angrily declaring they will not be conscripted into a fight for Israel.

Nobody's asking you to, dummy. You protest too much.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:17 PM (lIio7)
_________________

They're like people saying Trump is out to get them, when Trump doesn't know they're alive.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (YqDXo)

88 I did not vote for this.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 02:05 PM (/U5Yz)
_____

I did. Letting Israel off the leash to punish and deter its mortal enemies, instead of those mortal enemies getting endlessly feted and rewarded by American democrap presidents, was part of the Trump Bonus Package. I voted for the whole damn thing.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (iFTx/)

89 This is just like the surprise retaliatory bombing of Pearl Harbor by the innocent Japanese.

Posted by: MSNBC at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (0xo8i)

90 So I guess Iran has gone from FA to FO. I rather liked the Mullahs telling Israel and everyone else how tough they are and how they will get their revenge. Difficult to do that when you've been blown to smithereens.

BTW, what is a smithereen?

I guess Iran knows now.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (a4NoL)

91 >>I dunno, but I don't assume that airstrikes on these sites means actual destruction.

No matter how far down you go, you need to supply air to your facility. Enough ordnance can destroy that capability and kill any/all occupants.

Actual (total) destruction of the facility proper becomes a secondary objective.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (QIh6T)

92 Israel has a right to take out Iran's arms.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (SGpb+)

93 It's interesting, tactically speaking, that both Ukraine and Israel used similar methods to infiltrate enemy territory with suicide drones, close to within miles of their targets and then take them out.

As Ace pointed out, our bases are at risk. Now. Today. I'm guessing (hoping) this will be rectified ASAP. It's a pretty big failure, exposed for anyone to see, and exploit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (Q4IgG)

I mean, it's been obvious for most of a decade, if not longer. Long before the newest dust-up in Ukraine started. Plenty of blogs have war-gamed out how a drone-led terrorist strike on the U.S. might unfold, and it ain't pretty.

Conventional aerial warfare as we know it may be at an end.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (jGGMD)

94 >>>That's the first strike -- to cripple their air defense and grant Israel complete unchallenged air supremacy over Iran.

That's legendary.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (i24o9)

95 Does the Shah have any descendants?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (dQfJF)

96 All the super conservatives are saying Trump better not get sucked in to a war or retaliate. They’re already pissed he knew about it and greenlite the op. It’s also rumored we are providing intel and logistics. So, now apparently Trump is a neocon. lol.

*waives to Tucker and friends*

Posted by: Vengeance at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (8bQ1C)

97 Israel has a right to take out Iran's arms.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (SGpb+)

F*CK YOU!!!!!!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

98 istr a proposal (back in the 50s maybe?) to dig a new canal across Central America using nukes.

That was a proposal for the Russians to create a new canal in central asia. thankfully they didnt do it.

Posted by: Scott_T at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (2waQ7)

99 "CONtent. It's a con. There is no content!"

We should counterbalance it with protent.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (rd+R0)

100 Israel has a right to take out Iran's arms.
Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (SGpb+)

*sobs*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (SGpb+)

101 Any chance we could get the Israelis to bomb Minnesota?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:17 PM (YqDXo)
*******
We dodged a bullet.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (NpAcC)

102 The drones in country made me thin of Telefon. "and miles to go before i sleep..."

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (naiw2)

103 People! PEOPLE! They've put up a red flag!

Posted by: Weasel at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (PBGYg)

104 If the Cultural Marxists were in charge and Iran was attacking Israel the Leftists would be rejoicing

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (+qU29)

105 Trump says he was fully read in ahead of time on Israel’s plans to attack Iran
US president tells Tehran to make nuke deal ‘before it’s too late’ * IDF details strike on underground centrifuge facility at Natanz * Mossad video shows covert actions after activating secret drone base inside Iran.

timesofisrael.com

Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (fab8c)

106 F*CK YOU!!!!!!
Posted by: Michelle Fields at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

LOL I figured *someone* wouldn't leave that hanging....

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (SGpb+)

107
BTW, what is a smithereen?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (a4NoL)

I thought they were the backup singers for The Smiths.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (Zz0t1)

108 Why can Israel go so hard and heavy against a much bigger, more sophisticated sovereign state like Iran, and not utterly crush the mangy backwards goatfuckers in Gaza?

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

109 >>> 86
==
I'm told the internship is a bitch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)

Uh oh.

Do they make you march around with a bunch of other probies wearing navy blue shirts and khakis, complete with ball caps and masks???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (ULPxl)

110 91 No matter how far down you go, you need to supply air to your facility. Enough ordnance can destroy that capability and kill any/all occupants.

Actual (total) destruction of the facility proper becomes a secondary objective.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (QIh6T)

=======

If they can recover the technology, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (GBKbO)

111 >>>I wouldn't care if Israel was bombing Iran if I didn't think we were balls deep in it.

How much effort should we have taken to stop Israel from fighting a just war against a country that financed 10/7 and has been shooting missiles at it for decades?

Boy it sure seems you DO want to intervene in foreign countries' affairs, Harry.

Trump restrained Israel for 60 days to give peace a chance. What should he have done further? Warn Iran? Sign up with the Boycott Divest Sanction anti-Israel movement?

All of this is foreign interference. You just seem favorably inclined to some foreign interference.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (KRtlO)

112 Russia is very upset all their super great top shelf air defense systems are going splody and the drone factories are being destroyed. How can I tell? Russian mouthpiece ZH is very upset.

Take comfort, you guys and enjoy your new Chinese friends.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (8bQ1C)

113
Coach says you'll thank him for those condom dispensers after he orders a "Pick Six".

Posted by: Auspex at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (j4U/Z)

114 People! PEOPLE! They've put up a red flag!
Posted by: Weasel at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (PBGYg)

That means the beaches are closed, right?

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (jGGMD)

115 54 Gov. Tim Walz: Who Holds Moral Authority To Negotiate With Iran? Not Us, "Might Be The Chinese"

https://tinyurl.com/3ba5wcyc
Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

Bet he wasn't saying that when Shit Midas was sending Iranians pallets of cash.

Posted by: Neo-isolationist, Not Crazy at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (BzdsX)

116 "Many people are pointing out that China keeps buying American farmland near American military bases."

Is it against the law to have a ban on foreign governments purchasing land in the US? If not there should be

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (qoLdL)

117 Prayers up for my nephew, who just deployed to Iraq. And for Pooky's old unit, who is most likely deployed for this.

Posted by: pookysgirl, worrying more than usual at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (Wt5PA)

118
Uh oh.

Do they make you march around with a bunch of other probies wearing navy blue shirts and khakis, complete with ball caps and masks???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (ULPxl)

While shoveling up Texas road kill.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (Zz0t1)

119 AND DURING PRIDE MONTH

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

120 I hope to vacation in Tehran in retirement in twenty years or so. Maybe Gaza will be a Mediterranean resort by then, too.

Posted by: mea culpa at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (TOGmQ)

121 Israel has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever over Iranian skies.

==

🤣🤣🤣🤣

those guys!

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (g47mK)

122 I hope that THIS time, America won't yank on Israel's leash.

Let Them Finish the Job, dammit. No more hudnas!

Posted by: Beverly at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (Epeb0)

123 >>Why can Israel go so hard and heavy against a much bigger, more sophisticated sovereign state like Iran, and not utterly crush the mangy backwards goatfuckers in Gaza?

Because Israel is trying to not kill Gazan 'Civilians'.

Iran has set their Military Industry apart from their population / population centers.

The Gazans have done the opposite for operational safety.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (QIh6T)

124 Prayers up for my nephew, who just deployed to Iraq. And for Pooky's old unit, who is most likely deployed for this.
Posted by: pookysgirl, worrying more than usual at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (Wt5PA)

Woof.

Godspeed to your nephew.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (Zz0t1)

125 > BTW, what is a smithereen?

The theory is smithereen came from the Irish word smidiríní, which means little bits.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (lIio7)

126 38 Does anyone else find it hilarious that Israel Bomb-Bomb-Bombed Iran the day after Brian Wilson died?
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This is like Steve Buscemi on Con Air. Spooky. He's got the whole world, in his hands...

Posted by: pudinhead at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (FmapG)

127 You know who else was against foreign intervention?

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (SGpb+)

128 4 Obligatory:

Bomb bomb bomb,
Bomb bomb Iran.
Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:06 PM (pMi6S)

The acts of a Beach Boy from Heaven, I suppose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (a4NoL)

129 Is it against the law to have a ban on foreign governments purchasing land in the US? If not there should be
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (qoLdL)

I believe some states are doing exactly that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)

130 54 Gov. Tim Walz: Who Holds Moral Authority To Negotiate With Iran? Not Us, "Might Be The Chinese"

https://tinyurl.com/3ba5wcyc

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

Tim "Owned by The Chinese Communist Party" Walz has no moral or any other type of authority to say anything about anything.

Communist China negotiating with Iran to end Iranian nuclear weapon development, on behalf of the Civilized World. We need a new word to succinctly describe "infinitely beyond insanity."

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (aBgBM)

131 Having de-secured Syrian airspace and taken the summit of Mount Hermon, Israel can now mount airstrikes deep into Iran by running refueling flights over Syria. Before the Syrian collapse and subsequent strikes on Syrian AA facilities, this kind of logistic support wouldn't have been possible.

I saw it on a YouTube channel called RealLifeLore. "fall of assad checkmates russia and iran" might get you there.

Posted by: Bombadil at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (MX0bI)

132 I didn't vote for the annihilation of the mullahs.

But it's ONE HELL OF A BONUS.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (wtvvX)

133 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:23 PM (Zz0t1)

How is the missus doing now. Send her my best.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (SGpb+)

134 What I'm praying for is the the Iranian people will take this opportunity to rise up and overthrow the Mullahs, since the government is now in disarray and are distracted by Israel. Never would be a better time than now to stage a counter-revolution.

And unlike the last time they tried, Obama and Jarett aren't standing by to help the mullahs.

Make Iran Persia Again.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

135 Senator Murphy says this is eleventy times worse than Stukas bombing Scranton PA. And he doesn't think kugel should be sold to minors.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (gm9Sb)

136 >>If they can recover the technology, though.

That will take a lot of will, time and money that may or may not be available at the end of this conflict.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (QIh6T)

137 Just saw another story about what an incredible victory this has been - Israel knew the identities of the men who would be in charge of a ballisic missile counterstrike against Israel. They also knew that these men would gather as soon as any attack happened, to plan out such a counterstrike. And they knew which building that was.
The IDF said that they knew they could keep them there by throwing new things at them - and as soon as one of their intelligence assets confirmed these leaders had gathered in their HQ, the Isrealis launched a strike which destroyed that building, with all of these men inside it.

Big reason why no effective counterstrike has been launched from Iran.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 02:25 PM (uWKK8)

138 Many people are pointing out that China keeps buying American farmland near American military bases.

Obviously, China might be buying this land -- and almost certainly is buying this land -- to hide their own first-strike drone air forces right next to American bases.

Trump will have to act on this threat.

==

indeed

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:25 PM (g47mK)

139 As re the Chicoms buying land near bases, Ms Katy Hobbs says, oh noes, we won't prevent them from doing this in MY state.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 13, 2025 02:25 PM (zeLd4)

140 I did not vote for this.

_____

I did. Letting Israel off the leash to punish and deter its mortal enemies, instead of those mortal enemies getting endlessly feted and rewarded by American democrap presidents, was part of the Trump Bonus Package. I voted for the whole damn thing.

---------

My 1st reaction to this yesterday was (not kidding) this could be the start of armageddon. And then 90 seconds or so later the thought came to me that Israel NOT doing this might have only delayed armageddon for a month or a year and yet made the outcome worse for all. Israel didn't "do" this...Iran did, by spending the last 40+ years promising to destroy Israel.

Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 02:25 PM (TN0g+)

141 111 >>>I wouldn't care if Israel was bombing Iran if I didn't think we were balls deep in it.

How much effort should we have taken to stop Israel from fighting a just war against a country that financed 10/7 and has been shooting missiles at it for decades?

Boy it sure seems you DO want to intervene in foreign countries' affairs, Harry.

Trump restrained Israel for 60 days to give peace a chance. What should he have done further? Warn Iran? Sign up with the Boycott Divest Sanction anti-Israel movement?

All of this is foreign interference. You just seem favorably inclined to some foreign interference.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (KRtlO

People like Harry have talked themselves out of looking at foreign policy on a case by case basis, like any serious consideration of the national interest would require. Instead, he's adopted the Prime Directive, even with respect to adversaries who in no way share his non-interventionist preferences. It amounts to allowing Iran to do whatever it wants unrestrained and calling foul if the US or its allies do anything back.

Posted by: Neo-isolationist, Not Crazy at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (BzdsX)

142 38 Does anyone else find it hilarious that Israel Bomb-Bomb-Bombed Iran the day after Brian Wilson died?

I predicted it.

Posted by: Nostradamus at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (aBgBM)

143 Very nice summation, Ace.
You are among the bestest...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (TGPs7)

144
MIGA

Make Iran Glass Again

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (SGpb+)

145
How is the missus doing now. Send her my best.
Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (SGpb+)

She's had some water and a couple pieces of dry toast that she's held down for about 45 minutes, so just waiting to see if that stays down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

146 Hopefully Israel has eliminated the immediate Event Horizon for a Breakout, already.

Now they need to make that Horizon all but impossible to achieve while hoping that the Mullahs can't hold onto power in the future.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (QIh6T)

147 At least now I'll believe it when the IAEA inspectors can't find any evidence of Iran building nukes...

Posted by: red speck at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (0Id0S)

148 Why can Israel go so hard and heavy against a much bigger, more sophisticated sovereign state like Iran, and not utterly crush the mangy backwards goatfuckers in Gaza?

The Iranians aren't hiding their military stuff inside mosques and hospitals and private homes.

The mangy goatfuckers are.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (2ocoG)

149 95 Does the Shah have any descendants?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

Yeah, he has a son who claims to be the legitimate Shah, but not even all the anti-government groups in Iran support him; apparently he's kind of a bozo. If there is to be a counter-revolution, it would probably be in support of democracy, not a return to oligarchy.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (pMi6S)

150 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (ULPxl)

both Star Wars and Top Gun show you find an air duct, of course!

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (mP0Kj)

151 The Star of David is a nice touch...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (TGPs7)

152 In solidarity with my Muslim brothers, I am raising the orange flag of India Pale Ale this afternoon.

Posted by: GeoNC at June 13, 2025 02:27 PM (wOaji)

153 Wait what's that in the sky?

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

It's the Star of Dunking on Iran!

Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 02:27 PM (0HaGk)

154
How much effort should we have taken to stop Israel from fighting a just war against a country that financed 10/7 and has been shooting missiles at it for decades?

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:21 PM (KRtlO)

Zero effort. We should not have been involved in any way, shape or form.

If Israel wants to bomb their neighbors, that's not our concern. If Europe gets worried about oil or trade routes or anything else, they can get involved.

But US dollars, intel, military equipment, etc. should not be involved. Nor should we in any way help deal with the inevitable contrived or real refugee crisis that will likely result from this.

And luckily, we're on the path to have more Muslims here than Jews in the coming decades. So we'll have to deal with the resulting street violence either way, but at least we can say "not our monkeys, not our circus."

I really don't see how this is a controversial position to take, especially for people who voted for Trump due in part to promise of ending the wars we're involved in all over the world and not getting involved in any new ones.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:27 PM (uCjyK)

155 117 Prayers up for my nephew, who just deployed to Iraq. And for Pooky's old unit, who is most likely deployed for this.
Posted by: pookysgirl, worrying more than usual at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (Wt5PA)

I kinda wondered why there was so much military activity flying over my house this week. It was either special training or they were scrambling for effect. Now I guess we know.

When Bush declared the start of the first Gulf War, every plane in Alaska scrambled, so we knew something was up long before it was reported. The sound of that is really awesome, in the sense that it was awe inspiring. And a little bit scary.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 02:27 PM (a4NoL)

156 Not the Red Flag of Revenge!!! I'm scared, Mommy!

This reminds me of the early days of the fight against Al Qaeda. The news endlessly showed this crack terrorist army "training," trying to strike fear in American citizens. A buddy of mine always laughed, "On no! They're climbing monkey bars! Quick! Close the TransAtlantic Monkey Bar Bridge!"

Posted by: Wally at June 13, 2025 02:27 PM (CbkSq)

157 My oldest brother was a USAF pilot during the Vietnam war and few one of those refuelers. A Stratotanker? I could have the name wrong. Always though. that was pretty cool.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 13, 2025 02:27 PM (3ImbR)

158 @Breaking911 said "More than 20 of the most senior commanders in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were meeting in a secret underground bunker and were all killed in a single IDF airstrike"

Why were 20 senior commanders in an underground bunker at 3AM? Did they know the attack was coming?

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (rd+R0)

159 Israel told them.

Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (jgmnb)

160 @joelpollak 5m
Red Crescent says 3 Palestinian children injured by shrapnel, after Yemeni missile lands in West Bank

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (mlg/3)

Next Hamas talking point: The Iron Dome didn't protect us from our allies!

Posted by: pookysgirl with tomorrow's news today at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (Wt5PA)

161 *thought

Posted by: IrishEi at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (3ImbR)

162 >>> 93 It's interesting, tactically speaking, that both Ukraine and Israel used similar methods to infiltrate enemy territory with suicide drones, close to within miles of their targets and then take them out.

As Ace pointed out, our bases are at risk. Now. Today. I'm guessing (hoping) this will be rectified ASAP. It's a pretty big failure, exposed for anyone to see, and exploit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 02:15 PM (Q4IgG)

I mean, it's been obvious for most of a decade, if not longer. Long before the newest dust-up in Ukraine started. Plenty of blogs have war-gamed out how a drone-led terrorist strike on the U.S. might unfold, and it ain't pretty.

Conventional aerial warfare as we know it may be at an end.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (jGGMD)

Yeah, I don't know if this counts as DOOM! posting but I wouldn't be all that surprised if someone launches a drone attack in the US later this year. Possibly CHYna as prep for an attack on Taiwan (which, iirc April and October are the most favorable months for them so, hmm). Brandon and his handlers left a giant clusterfck for OrangeManBad to clean up.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (ULPxl)

163 PSYCH!

[Baboom!!]

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (/HDaX)

164
I really don't see how this is a controversial position to take, especially for people who voted for Trump due in part to promise of ending the wars we're involved in all over the world and not getting involved in any new ones.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:27 PM (uCjyK)

The constant droning of 'Death To America' not withstanding........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)

165 Chuck Grassley and other Senate RINO'S removed a provision from Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which would have allowed him to sidestep rogue judges orders and govern as he is sworn to do within his full authority of the executive branch under Article II.

Why do I keep voting for Republican's?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (/U5Yz)

166 Iran is launching missiles now. idiots.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (g47mK)

167 Many people are pointing out that China keeps buying American farmland near American military bases.

Obviously, China might be buying this land -- and almost certainly is buying this land -- to hide their own first-strike drone air forces right next to American bases.

Trump will have to act on this threat.

That certainly makes a lot of sense as to why they were buying that land.

I'd never thought about it, but since Ukraine and Israel have both used this tactic in the last two weeks, it is something we have to be prepared for now, not in the distant future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (6ydKt)

168 >>>But US dollars, intel, military equipment, etc. should not be involved.

So BDS, then?

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:28 PM (KRtlO)

169 They were mostly peaceful strikes.

Posted by: The media we used to watch at June 13, 2025 02:29 PM (lIgBp)

170 142 38 Does anyone else find it hilarious that Israel Bomb-Bomb-Bombed Iran the day after Brian Wilson died?

I predicted it.
Posted by: Nostradamus

"Barbara Ann:" was NOT a Beach Boys song. It was a Top 40 hit in 1961 by the Regents. Four years later the Beach Boys recorded a live cover version during a concert, and unexpectedly it became an even bigger hit. But it never was a Beach Boys song -- just a set-filler during some of the concert tours.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:29 PM (pMi6S)

171 >>> 117 Prayers up for my nephew, who just deployed to Iraq. And for Pooky's old unit, who is most likely deployed for this.
Posted by: pookysgirl, worrying more than usual at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (Wt5PA)

{{{pookysgirl}}}

You got it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:29 PM (ULPxl)

172 She's had some water and a couple pieces of dry toast that she's held down for about 45 minutes, so just waiting to see if that stays down.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

45 minutes is good. I have been there many times. I keep ondasetron on hand for bad ones and it saved me a couple trips to ER. At some point there is no reason to be sick anymore. Like you don't always want to stop it at the beginning but after a while you have to.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:29 PM (SGpb+)

173 I respect Israel going all in. First, second, and if necessary, continual strikes to neuter the crazies.

I want to keep American troops out of this. Israel can purchase as much of our firepower as needed.*

*I have no idea what we have, what we squandered in Ukraine, or anything else.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 02:30 PM (PMtkd)

174 Iran is targeting the center of Tel Aviv as it launches retaliatory missiles.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:30 PM (NpAcC)

175 Why were 20 senior commanders in an underground bunker at 3AM? Did they know the attack was coming?

==

I read it was a well planned ruse by Israel to get them all together. lead them by the nose. More sophisticated version of the beeper campaign.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:30 PM (g47mK)

176 I just hope Iran didn't have a few warheads hidden somewhere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 02:30 PM (6ydKt)

177 3 Palestinian children
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East solution. Find the guys who used them as shields.

Posted by: ... at June 13, 2025 02:30 PM (SGpb+)

178 People! PEOPLE! They've put up a red flag!
Posted by: Weasel at June 13, 2025 02:20 PM (PBGYg)

That means the beaches are closed, right?
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 02:22 PM (jGGMD)

Diver in the water.

Posted by: TexasDan at June 13, 2025 02:31 PM (z/ifB)

179 Trump was playing good cop , bad cop and the bad cop had enough of waiting...

Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 02:31 PM (YwEeS)

180 I did not vote for this.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Regions of responsibility? Yes, you did, and you're going to love how this ends. Give it some time.

Posted by: t-bird at June 13, 2025 02:31 PM (x405f)

181 Maybe the IDF could drop the Democratic caucus on Iran.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 13, 2025 02:31 PM (SXxzC)

182 137 Just saw another story about what an incredible victory this has been - Israel knew the identities of the men who would be in charge of a ballisic missile counterstrike against Israel. They also knew that these men would gather as soon as any attack happened, to plan out such a counterstrike. And they knew which building that was.
The IDF said that they knew they could keep them there by throwing new things at them - and as soon as one of their intelligence assets confirmed these leaders had gathered in their HQ, the Isrealis launched a strike which destroyed that building, with all of these men inside it.

Big reason why no effective counterstrike has been launched from Iran.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 02:25 PM (uWKK

Iran fucks around.
Israel does not.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 13, 2025 02:31 PM (wtvvX)

183 somebody check on Tucker Carlson, see if he is ok

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:31 PM (g47mK)

184 95 Does the Shah have any descendants?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (dQfJF)

Don't care. The Shah was an asshole, and his kids are probably the same.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (a4NoL)

185

And Iran, I ran so far away
I just ran, I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away

Posted by: Mustuffah Seeguls at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (NtVYv)

186 There is strength in Trump's Words of Iron.

Posted by: Chief Ten Bears at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (KRtlO)

187
Obligatory

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

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (IifOV)

188 BTW, what is a smithereen?

It's an 80s alternative rock band from NJ. But that's not important right now.

https://youtu.be/vqML7WbOun8

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (Wnv9h)

189 somebody check on Tucker Carlson, see if he is ok
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:31 PM (g47mK)

Better check on Ben Shapiro as well. I'm betting he's dehydrated from all the jizzing he's doing today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)

190 166 Iran is launching missiles now. idiots.
Posted by: runner

Missiles armed with conventional explosives.

If Israel hadn't taken out Iran's nuke sites, those same missiles would soon have been re-armed with nuclear explosives. And they definitely would have been launched. And then it really WOULD have been WWIII.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (pMi6S)

191 Hearing there are now 7 hits by Iran in Israel

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (VI06/)

192 77 73 I saw a rumor that Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's "Quds Force," is in Israel.

Imagine the intelligence he gave them!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 13, 2025 02:16 PM (mWSu4)

======

Apparently fake news.
_____________________
Iran is now saying he's dead.

Posted by: beckster at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (NLtte)

193 As streiff over at RedState pointed out, no matter how buried and how hardened a site might be, it still has surface access gates, and it still has surface ventilation passages.

When Trump says "get back to the negotiating table" it can mean for accepting the terms of unconditional surrender, too.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (bufu1)

194 And luckily, we're on the path to have more Muslims here than Jews in the coming decades. So we'll have to deal with the resulting street violence either way, but at least we can say "not our monkeys, not our circus."

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:27 PM (uCjyK)
____________

I'll bet any amount of money we already have more Muslims than Jews here. Officially, we don't. But the "official" figures almost certainly don't include the significant Muslim presence in the 20+ million rats Biden let in.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

195 Shah has descendants. One of his grandsons just had a wedding !

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (g47mK)

196 Trump says he was fully read in ahead of time on Israel’s plans to attack Iran
______________

The good news on this: the Israelis trust Trump not to rat them out or leak. I bet they never told Biden jack shit.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (YqDXo)

197 We used to be a thing.

Posted by: The LA riots at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (lIgBp)

198
It's an 80s alternative rock band from NJ. But that's not important right now.

https://youtu.be/vqML7WbOun8
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (Wnv9h)

NICELY done, sir......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

199 *concern troll

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (g47mK)

200 23 Zombie -- My thoughts exactly. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (2XtqA)

201 'We will see there are several people in leadership in Iran that will not be coming back.'

Wouldn't surprise me if somehow Mossad attached trackers to any and all leadership for the purposes of marking them on the Future Targets list.

Like spiking their water with nanotech robots that beep GPS coordinates.

This New World keeps getting Braver and fiction has become reality. If you can think it, you can do it.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (gLikB)

202 67 More intel on how the Day 1 decapitation strike was carried out: Brilliant.

https:/x.com/AmitSegal/status/1933422107452395871
Posted by: Beverly
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Thanks for the link, Beverly.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (2bFN5)

203
Attacking deep underground facilities is not necessarily limited to dropping bombs on them. Like e.g., a little robotic drill could quietly burrow in, carrying a hose. Pump in liquid explosive when the time comes. Just s throwaway thought, but as long as the Mossad can smuggle in and set up such large quantities of weapons, kind of gets one thinking.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (tAAke)

204 >> Can we, for once, focus on the American people and the American middle class, instead of sticking our noses in to every conflict around the world?

Your schtick here is growing a bit tiresome. As someone who knows this stuff first hand, I am completely against war. It should always be the last option. But some wars are just wars that must be fought. They also must be fought to win. The case can be made we should not have been in Iraq and a bunch of other places. We had Afghanistan won well inside the first six months, when DoS lost it and then kept us there unjustly for 20+ years. Subject for another day. But shitbags like Iran have been allowed to kill my brothers for years in a lot of different places like those because fellow shitbag Democrats allowed it. We knew where the ratlines from Iran were and they mostly would not let us hit them. We knew where the IED parts were coming from and ditto. Go look at the wall from Iraq and AFG and see how many guys they killed. They fully intend to kill more people with a nuclear weapon. It’s their obsession. It isn’t just the Jews. They’re first. If there was ever a case for us to be involved it’s Iran. I wish Trump would grow a set.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (vDOPC)

205 >>>Prayers up for my nephew, who just deployed to Iraq. And for Pooky's old unit, who is most likely deployed for this.

Prayers deployed.

Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (KRtlO)

206 We used to be a thing.
Posted by: The LA riots

me too !

--Abrego Garcia

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (g47mK)

207 195 Shah has descendants. One of his grandsons just had a wedding !
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (g47mK)

Wouldn't it be awesome to put them back in charge.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (dQfJF)

208 Looks like the Iron Dome is taking care of the Iranian missiles on Fox right now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (6ydKt)

209 >>>And luckily, we're on the path to have more Muslims here than Jews in the coming decades.

For some reason Muslim immigration skyrocketed after 9/11. Odd.

Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (jGJov)

210
Apparently fake news.
_____________________
Iran is now saying he's dead.
Posted by: beckster at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (NLtte)

Because Iranian info is much more trustworthy than Hamas's.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

211 People keep breathlessly talking about World War III and a certain sect of Christianity is rapturous (so to speak) about the eschaton but I suspect that this isn't going to amount to much beyond some raids and missiles flying about.

Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbarino...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (e7kz6)

212 Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (YwEeS)

213 I'll bet any amount of money we already have more Muslims than Jews here. Officially, we don't. But the "official" figures almost certainly don't include the significant Muslim presence in the 20+ million rats Biden let in.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

You're probably right.

It's a fun way to import the worlds problems to our country.

Have intellectual doorknobs like Victoria Nuland start wars all over the world, then we bring in the people who hate us to live amongst us.

What could go wrong?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (uCjyK)

214 And Iran, Iran so far away
I just ran, Iran all night and day
I couldn't get away ....

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (iFTx/)

215 Iranian missiles are reportedly impacting Tel Aviv now.

https://tinyurl.com/2acrtrvp

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (paSBy)

216 That "Red Flag of Revenge" is ridiculous. I wonder if the wogs know people are laughing at them for that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:35 PM (YqDXo)

217 Walz is a Chinese candidate

Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 02:35 PM (+qU29)

218 I love it that Trump gave Iran 60 days to come to a deal, and Israel attacked Iran at 60 days and 15 minutes.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 13, 2025 02:35 PM (IifOV)

219 I don’t understand how they intercepted the drones while the Red Flag of Revenge was flying!

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:35 PM (pZEOD)

220 "Israel commandos smuggled explosives-carrying drones inside Iran and set up whole "drone bases.""

As did Ukraine against Russia.

I sure do hope the Pentagon is making sure that doesn't happen here.
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (rd+R0)

We're counting on it!

whispers

(To get rid of you)

Posted by: The pentagram, uh, gon at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (0eaVi)

221 I say.... These Israeli chaps seem a tad determined. Most assuredly the "not to be fucked with" type. One would be quite smart to not annoy these people.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (2J/Lj)

222 For some reason Muslim immigration skyrocketed after 9/11. Odd.
Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (jGJov)

It is odd, isn't it?

Things were going a bit too swimmingly after the fall of the USSR, so we decided to spice it up at home.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (uCjyK)

223 188 BTW, what is a smithereen?

It's an 80s alternative rock band from NJ. But that's not important right now.

https://youtu.be/vqML7WbOun8
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I like that song and the top comment under it says that music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it. I agree.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (FjtSk)

224 Khamenei.ir
@khamenei_ir

Our Armed Forces are ready, and the country's officials and all the people are behind the Armed Forces.

The Iranian nation won’t permit the blood of its valued martyrs to go unavenged, nor will it ignore the violation of its airspace.

The Zionist regime has made a big mistake, a grave error, and committed a reckless act. By God’s grace, the consequences of this will bring that regime to ruin.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (NpAcC)

225 135 Senator Murphy says this is eleventy times worse than Stukas bombing Scranton PA. And he doesn't think kugel should be sold to minors.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 13, 2025 02:24 PM (gm9Sb)

If we could send all of today's Democrat politicians back in time to March 7, 1936, every one of them would be on the side of not sending the French Army in to kick the ass of the small German forces that remilitarized the Rhineland, then marching on and taking Berlin.

The French Army probably could not have done all that at that time, but our Brave Anti-fascist Democrats would be against trying.

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (aBgBM)

226 I love the Smithereens, one of my favorite late 80s bands

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (e7kz6)

227 >>> 218 I love it that Trump gave Iran 60 days to come to a deal, and Israel attacked Iran at 60 days and 15 minutes.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 13, 2025 02:35 PM (IifOV)

It was 59 days, 23 hours and 59 minutes!!!

Posted by: Iranian Mullahs at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (ULPxl)

228 So, about those deeply buried Iranian nuclear labs and whatnot...

The GBU-57A/B MOP, a huge 12 ton bomb, can penetrate up to 200' before exploding. Carried by the B-2.

MOP = Massive Ordinance Penetrator

If there's any doubt about the complete and total destruction of said underground facilities. Short of a nuke.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (Q4IgG)

229 For some reason Muslim immigration skyrocketed after 9/11. Odd.
Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (jGJov)

Well, you see, Islam means peace, and we can always use some more peace.

Posted by: George W. Bush - Remember Voting For Me? at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (BzdsX)

230 The Smithereens were pioneers in the subgenre of "Whine Rock."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (PiwSw)

231 Speak bigly and carry a big bunker buster

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (akw+7)

232 I really don't see how this is a controversial position to take, especially for people who voted for Trump due in part to promise of ending the wars we're involved in all over the world and not getting involved in any new ones.

I mean, the mullahs have not been shy about stating that first it's death to Israel then to the Great Satan USA.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (2ocoG)

233 Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

Here's the conflict: there's a sizable portion of the Democratic Party leadership that insists that they MUST have nuclear weapons.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (e7kz6)

234 Iranian missiles are reportedly impacting Tel Aviv now.

https://tinyurl.com/2acrtrvp
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (paSBy)
______

Fake? I see all those people lounging on roof decks just chilling and watching the missiles come down. Really?

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:38 PM (iFTx/)

235 NICELY done, sir......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM

Sometimes I get inspired.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 02:38 PM (kgE5c)

236 Khamenei.ir
@khamenei_ir

Our Armed Forces are ready, and the country's officials and all the people are behind the Armed Forces.

The Iranian nation won’t permit the blood of its valued martyrs to go unavenged, nor will it ignore the violation of its airspace.

The Zionist regime has made a big mistake, a grave error, and committed a reckless act. By God’s grace, the consequences of this will bring that regime to ruin.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (NpAcC)
___________________

Uh oh. Sounds like they're going to run up a second red flag.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:38 PM (YqDXo)

237 Wouldn't it be awesome to put them back in charge.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

No, he broke our deal and had to be replaced.

Posted by: The CIA at June 13, 2025 02:38 PM (r/hGe)

238 It's a fun way to import the worlds problems to our country.
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We are the Empire of Ghettoes.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 13, 2025 02:38 PM (FmapG)

239 217 Walz is a Chinese candidate
Posted by: Skip

*Waves down to you from my Chinese spy balloon*

Posted by: Mark Kelly at June 13, 2025 02:38 PM (/U5Yz)

240 AgendaFreeTV on Youtube gives you literally second by second updates

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at June 13, 2025 02:38 PM (5AVMW)

241 >>> 224 Khamenei.ir
@khamenei_ir

Our Armed Forces are ready, and the country's officials and all the people are behind the Armed Forces.

The Iranian nation won’t permit the blood of its valued martyrs to go unavenged, nor will it ignore the violation of its airspace.

The Zionist regime has made a big mistake, a grave error, and committed a reckless act. By God’s grace, the consequences of this will bring that regime to ruin.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (NpAcC)

Say when.

No really, *when* are you going to DO something, instead of *talk*?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (ULPxl)

242
Sometimes I get inspired.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 02:38 PM (kgE5c)

I have them in my rotation and am utterly disappointed I completely forgot about them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (Zz0t1)

243 We do have to give the non-Fetterman Democrats at least some credit. Their "TACO" campaign in the international lamestream media, against Trump, ended up being part of the subterfuge. It gave Trump plausible deniability that he was working with Israel on this operation the whole time. Thank you AmeriKKKa-hating pro-Iran Democrats for doing the things you do.

Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (bWR5k)

244 A few missiles got through the Iron Dome. IDF is asking that citizens in Tel Aviv not broadcast the strike areas for strategic reasons.

Posted by: Eric Swallowell at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (AaY6N)

245 I did. Letting Israel off the leash to punish and deter its mortal enemies, instead of those mortal enemies getting endlessly feted and rewarded by American democrap presidents, was part of the Trump Bonus Package. I voted for the whole damn thing.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:18 PM (iFTx/)

The entire free world is safer this morning thanks to Israel.

Posted by: LASue at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (lCppi)

246 I really don't see how this is a controversial position to take, especially for people who voted for Trump due in part to promise of ending the wars we're involved in all over the world and not getting involved in any new ones.
__________________

Would this be a bad time to point out that we're not involved in this war?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (YqDXo)

247 Charlie Kirk says about 100 missiles were aimed at Tel Aviv, five to seven weren't intercepted.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (paSBy)

248 Uh oh. Sounds like they're going to run up a second red flag.

The Green Flag of "Geronimo!". (ok, that only works as text).

Posted by: t-bird at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (wrInX)

249 The Iranian language is one of the ugliest. They sound like a bunch of phlegmatic monkeys.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (s8j++)

250 226 I love the Smithereens, one of my favorite late 80s bands
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:36 PM (e7kz6)

Before they both got famous, did you know that Pat DiNizio worked for Suzanne Vega?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (PiwSw)

251 I have no idea why we (The US of A) aren't all in with Israel on this op.
We're an aggrieved party as much as is Israel.

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (cPGH3)

252 Well, you see, Islam means peace, and we can always use some more peace.
Posted by: George W. Bush - Remember Voting For Me? at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (BzdsX)

And of course -- Diversity is Our Strength (tm).

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (uCjyK)

253 No really, *when* are you going to DO something, instead of *talk*?

The only way they can cling to power is talk tough, they have to be the big man. Its cultural even though they are not Arabic, its all that region. Remember the Iranian Information Minister? Talk tough all the way to the end.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (e7kz6)

254 >>> 229 For some reason Muslim immigration skyrocketed after 9/11. Odd.
Posted by: brak at June 13, 2025 02:34 PM (jGJov)

Well, you see, Islam means peace, and we can always use some more peace.
Posted by: George W. Bush - Remember Voting For Me? at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (BzdsX)

Go back to Maine.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (ULPxl)

255 The Mullahs may be so weakened by these actions that Iran could disintegrate into separate nations. The Persians are an ethnic minority in their country, so the Kurds, Balouchis and Azeri could strike forth for their own states. Then you could see them uniting with the Kurdish populations in Syria, Iraq and Turkey for a general Kurdistan. And anything which weakens Turkey and Evil Erdogan is fine by me...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (TGPs7)

256 A few missiles got through the Iron Dome. IDF is asking that citizens in Tel Aviv not broadcast the strike areas for strategic reasons.
Posted by: Eric Swallowell at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (AaY6N)

Too late

' - -- - - - - Rooftop Citizen Journalist With an iPhone and an X account

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)

257 "Obviously, China might be buying this land -- and almost certainly is buying this land -- to hide their own first-strike drone air forces right next to American bases."

Did Chinese nationals go on a purchasing spree immediately after the Biden-Approved Transcontinental Espionage Balloon passed over the country? 'Cause maybe it was then that China acquired some fantastic, high resolution imagery to scout out the best and worst locations for planting rice or something. Coincidentally.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (gLikB)

258 "Barbara Ann:" was NOT a Beach Boys song. It was a Top 40 hit in 1961 by the Regents. Four years later the Beach Boys recorded a live cover version during a concert, and unexpectedly it became an even bigger hit. But it never was a Beach Boys song -- just a set-filler during some of the concert tours.

Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:29 PM (pMi6S)

Yep. And I like the earlier version better. But the Beach Boys' version is the one that will always be better known...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (wtvvX)

259 Tired and sick but Iran sealed its fate with its ballistic missile attacks and attacks by its proxies in Yemen, Lebanon, and Gaza.

Basically, Iran and Israel have been in a state of war since then so anything goes in international law regarding military, leadership, and strategic targets for Israel to go after.

Iran's leadership was delusional in believing that reliance on allying with Russia and China would prevent cataclysms from befalling them from either the Israelis or the US.

Only so long that the world really tolerates assholes that ignore every precept of international law over the years because of some idiotic 7th Century ideology/religion allegedly compels them to seek overlordship of the Middle East.

That is all. Back to sickbed.

Posted by: whig at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (ctrM5)

260 I love it that Trump gave Iran 60 days to come to a deal, and Israel attacked Iran at 60 days and 15 minutes.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 13, 2025 02:35 PM (IifOV)

They really should have googled "FAFO."

Posted by: LASue at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (lCppi)

261
Here's the conflict: there's a sizable portion of the Democratic Party leadership that insists that they MUST have nuclear weapons.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM (e7kz6)

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Where did Obama and his scum handlers send those pallets of cash again?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (PMtkd)

262 The really big loser in all this is Senator Padilla. He's trying to grab the spotlight back by having a press conference where he speaks really bad halting Spanish with a thick American accent. Like, *I* have a better Spanish accent and I'm whiter than Casper the ghost.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (2ocoG)

263 Would this be a bad time to point out that we're not involved in this war?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (YqDXo)

Of course we are.

Just like we're involved in the Ukrainian war.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (uCjyK)

264 That is all. Back to sickbed.
Posted by: whig at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (ctrM5)

Prayers to your healing, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)

265
They really should have googled "FAFO."
Posted by: LASue at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (lCppi)

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Heh, good one.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 02:42 PM (PMtkd)

266 So, about those deeply buried Iranian nuclear labs and whatnot...

The GBU-57A/B MOP, a huge 12 ton bomb, can penetrate up to 200' before exploding. Carried by the B-2.

MOP = Massive Ordinance Penetrator

If there's any doubt about the complete and total destruction of said underground facilities. Short of a nuke.

Look at the map in Ace's post. It identifies the entrances. I'm sure there are more, and I'm sure the Israelis know where they are. Block those with rubble, and nobody is getting in or out. Then pump some CO in through the ventilation shafts. Or perhaps some hand grenades, if Jim Brown is still available.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 02:42 PM (s8j++)

267 Before they both got famous, did you know that Pat DiNizio worked for Suzanne Vega?

That I did not know. I liked her first couple albums before she met black men and sort of lost her way

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:42 PM (e7kz6)

268 >> Posted by: whig at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (ctrM5)

You take care of yourself and may Gods blessing be upon you.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (vDOPC)

269 256 A few missiles got through the Iron Dome. IDF is asking that citizens in Tel Aviv not broadcast the strike areas for strategic reasons.
Posted by: Eric Swallowell at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (AaY6N)

Off! Chinese-spy-banging sock!

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (AaY6N)

270 I don’t understand how they intercepted the drones while the Red Flag of Revenge was flying!
Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:35 PM (pZEOD)

And during Pride Month!!!!!

Posted by: LASue at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (lCppi)

271 How deep underground are these sites and can the bombs Israel is using penetrate that deep?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:07 PM (GBKbO)

Drop a 50-megatonner down that fookin' well in Qom. Blame it on the U-enrichment plant going splodey.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (2r7wc)

272 I cant see any other avenue other than Israel fucking the shit out of Iran to stop their nukes nonsense

Anyone who thinks its fine to stand around and jerk off while a bunch of crazed deranged psychopathic regime build nukes that would end the world needs a reality check

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (HYKHz)

273
The GBU-57A/B MOP, a huge 12 ton bomb, can penetrate up to 200' before exploding. Carried by the B-2.

MOP = Massive Ordinance Penetrator

If there's any doubt about the complete and total destruction of said underground facilities. Short of a nuke.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 02:37 PM

----

I don't think Israel has those. 5,000 pound types, they do.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (tAAke)

274
Israeli fighter jets are now delivering pizzas to bombers as they cruise lazily over blasted nuclear sites.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (wbZPZ)

275 That is all. Back to sickbed.
Posted by: whig at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (ctrM5)

Feel better, whig.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (uCjyK)

276 Candace Owen is hyperventilating about how evil Israel is.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (SXxzC)

277 whig!!! get better, you!

I'm not sure what OMG Russia or CHYna can do other that supply weapons, and I expect they would want to get *paid* for anything, which could now be a problem.

...except for the thing about the CCP having land around US bases. Hmm.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (ULPxl)

278 263 Would this be a bad time to point out that we're not involved in this war?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (YqDXo)

Of course we are.

Just like we're involved in the Ukrainian war.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (uCjyK)
________________

Peripherally, but our military is not involved.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (YqDXo)

279 That is all. Back to sickbed.
Posted by: whig at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (ctrM5)

Prayers for a quick and complete healing.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 13, 2025 02:44 PM (/HDaX)

280 Only so long that the world really tolerates assholes that ignore every precept of international law over the years because of some idiotic 7th Century ideology/religion allegedly compels them to seek overlordship of the Middle East.

That is all. Back to sickbed.

Posted by: whig

Nice to see you here.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 02:44 PM (s8j++)

281 he Iranian language is one of the ugliest. They sound like a bunch of phlegmatic monkeys.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 02:40 PM (s8j++)
________

"Fuck you!"

-- Phlegmatic Monkeys

There are so many dialects in Iran -- and maybe even distinct languages -- that it's hard to know what "Iranian" sounds like. I do know some Persian girls -- and they always describe themselves as "Persian," and not Iranian -- and whatever native language they're speaking sounds kinda hot.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

282 That is all. Back to sickbed.
Posted by: whig at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (ctrM5)

Hey, look! Someone was asking if Whig was dead the other day. The answer: probably not!

Posted by: mostly accurate obituaries at June 13, 2025 02:44 PM (BzdsX)

283 Israel gonna wrap this all up before the Sabbath

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 13, 2025 02:44 PM (Splbu)

284 Of course we are."

Involved ain't the same as part of. Hens and pigs were involved with breakfast... in very different ways.
Not recognizing that is...

Posted by: Man at June 13, 2025 02:45 PM (tubbA)

285 Besides knocking out the nuclear facility, Israel also brought Padilla’s performance art to a screeching halt. The attempt to secure the news cycle for future name recognition and campaign funding has gone up in smoke, much like the Iranian military leaders. All of that drama for nothing.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:45 PM (pZEOD)

286 Candace Owen is hyperventilating about how evil Israel is.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (SXxzC)

Sux2BeHer.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 13, 2025 02:45 PM (/HDaX)

287 Give Iran back to it's rightful rulers:

The Mongols.

If they don't want it, the Greeks have a claim.

But, it doesn't belong to the Islamic colonializers.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 02:45 PM (VI06/)

288 The entire free world is safer this morning thanks to Israel.

==

Hear ! Hear!

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:46 PM (g47mK)

289 I mean a IAEA french gaysoy (but I repeat myself) is standing around whining that Israel shouldnt have attacked a nuclear facility because pride month

omg shut the fuck up you retarded fucknit

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:46 PM (HYKHz)

290 >>> 289 I mean a IAEA french gaysoy (but I repeat myself) is standing around whining that Israel shouldnt have attacked a nuclear facility because pride month

omg shut the fuck up you retarded fucknit
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:46 PM (HYKHz)

It's not good for you to hold in your feelings like that.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 02:46 PM (ULPxl)

291 What I'm praying for is the the Iranian people will take this opportunity to rise up and overthrow the Mullahs, since the government is now in disarray and are distracted by Israel. Never would be a better time than now to stage a counter-revolution.
Posted by: zombie at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (pMi6S)

Indeed. Israel should make overtures to the few Christians and Zoroastrians, and the Pahlavis. Let them know Israel will have their backs if they stage a coup, and turn all the muzzies into serfs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 02:47 PM (2r7wc)

292 Candace Owen is hyperventilating about how evil Israel is.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 13, 2025 02:43 PM (SXxzC)

Black people are especially vulnerable to Joo space lazers because the melanin is less reflective.

Posted by: al sharptonish at June 13, 2025 02:47 PM (BzdsX)

293 Give Iran back to it's rightful rulers:

The Mongols.

If they don't want it, the Greeks have a claim.

But, it doesn't belong to the Islamic colonializers.

I mean...

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 02:47 PM (s8j++)

294 But, it doesn't belong to the Islamic colonializers.

All those people who yell "colonizer" seem very reluctant to mention the way Muslims colonized much of Eurasia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:47 PM (e7kz6)

295 Besides knocking out the nuclear facility, Israel also brought Padilla’s performance art to a screeching halt. The attempt to secure the news cycle for future name recognition and campaign funding has gone up in smoke, much like the Iranian military leaders. All of that drama for nothing.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:45 PM (pZEOD)
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And the LA rioters are frustrated: "Hey, what about us?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:47 PM (YqDXo)

296 The entire free world is safer this morning thanks to Israel.
Posted by: LASue at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (lCppi)

And also American college campuses...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 13, 2025 02:47 PM (PiwSw)

297 Candace Owen is hyperventilating about how evil Israel is.

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Ignorant sow.

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (g47mK)

298 Give Iran back to it's rightful rulers:

The Mongols.

If they don't want it, the Greeks have a claim.

But, it doesn't belong to the Islamic colonializers.

Dang.

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: The Seleucids at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (s8j++)

299 Posted by: whig at June 13, 2025 02:41 PM (ctrM5)

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Hope you feel better!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (GBKbO)

300 Indeed. Israel should make overtures to the few Christians and Zoroastrians, and the Pahlavis. Let them know Israel will have their backs if they stage a coup, and turn all the muzzies into serfs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 02:47 PM (2r7wc)

The US and the Brits tried that before. Twice. Kind of how we got ourselves in to this stupid situation in the first place.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (uCjyK)

301 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: retarded fucknits everywhere at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (lIgBp)

302 Candace Owen is hyperventilating about how evil Israel is.

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Meanwhile she also thinks Harvey Weinstein was framed

Shes a weird one for sure but Id still tap that like a maple tree in Vermont

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (HYKHz)

303 The good news on this: the Israelis trust Trump not to rat them out or leak. I bet they never told Biden jack shit.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:33 PM (YqDXo)

They knew Biden and his druggie son and wife would leak like Sr. Biden's depends.

Posted by: LASue at June 13, 2025 02:49 PM (lCppi)

304 And also American college campuses...

The Gaza cosplayers are all furiously Googling where to buy Iranian flags.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:49 PM (2ocoG)

305 Do we still have any MOABs laying around?

Posted by: Inogame at June 13, 2025 02:49 PM (53oGX)

306 There's one apartment building burning in Tel Aviv.
That's the only damage they've shown on TV so far.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

307
I bet the illegal alien protestors are PISSED about this.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

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On No Kings Day Eve?!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 02:50 PM (wbZPZ)

308 Meanwhile she also thinks Harvey Weinstein was framed

Shes a weird one for sure but Id still tap that like a maple tree in Vermont
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (HYKHz)

I haven't watched all of her Weinstein report, but she makes some very valid points.

Posted by: LASue at June 13, 2025 02:50 PM (lCppi)

309
Guessing the "rallies" tomorrow will now include Jew haters.

Fuck 'em all.

Posted by: four seasons at June 13, 2025 02:50 PM (3ek7K)

310 And also American college campuses...

The Gaza cosplayers are all furiously Googling where to buy Iranian flags.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:49 PM (2ocoG)
________________

The commies are printing up their protest signs as we type.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:50 PM (YqDXo)

311 In the meantime, Tampax Timmy made the following statement:

"Tim Walz on Israel striking Iran: “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”"

What a complete f*cking waste of skin.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 13, 2025 02:50 PM (/HDaX)

312 Persians speak Farsi.

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 02:51 PM (cPGH3)

313 Terrific thread, Ace. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 02:51 PM (NFX2v)

314 That is all. Back to sickbed.
Posted by: whig at June 13, 2025

Whig! Yay! Still praying for you, friend. But you already know that. ☺️

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:51 PM (pZEOD)

315 Inogame: "Do we still have any MOABs laying around?"

Are those ground-penetrating? I kinda thought they were more surface area spreading weapons.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 13, 2025 02:51 PM (gLikB)

316
Meanwhile she also thinks Harvey Weinstein was framed

Shes a weird one for sure but Id still tap that like a maple tree in Vermont
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (HYKHz)

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She does NOT think Weinstein is innocent. But some accusations were absolute crap and if you care about justice he should not have gone to prison for the bullshit accusations.

Candace has done an amazing job just reviewing actual testimony.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 02:51 PM (PMtkd)

317 Give Iran back to it's rightful rulers

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 02:45 PM (VI06/)

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Goats?

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

318 Meanwhile she also thinks Harvey Weinstein was framed

I don't think there's a lot of doubt that he was watering the ficus a lot. I do get a little fuzzy on why it's a prosecutable crime for him but not the entire rest of Hollywood.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (2ocoG)

319 It's almost like the Israelis took literal notes from Top Gun Maverick. Actually, has anyone seen Tom Cruise in the last 24 hours?

Posted by: toddg at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (aGKc9)

320 In the meantime, Tampax Timmy made the following statement:

"Tim Walz on Israel striking Iran: “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”"

What a complete f*cking waste of skin.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 13, 2025 02:50 PM (/HDaX)
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Moral authority? The Chinese??

Walz is seriously retarded.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (YqDXo)

321 Phlegmatic Monkeys was the garage band name for the group that would ultimately go on to call themselves The Animals.

Posted by: Music Nerd at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (lIgBp)

322 Assuming the only entry is straight up.

And if bombs only go so deep, they only go so deep no matter how much rubble stays on top.

Destruction of nuclear capability when your bombs can only damage down 100m but the sites are 200m down...?

I dunno, but I don't assume that airstrikes on these sites means actual destruction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

I would assume they would have multiple air shafts and escape tunnels, because I would. But doubtful any such emerge miles away from the site, because tunneling is expensive. If Israel has complete air superiority, fly in a landing team, secure the area, and bring in a portable drilling rig. Drill a 12-inch hole down into the cavern, drop in a small nuke on a time fuze, and unass the place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (2r7wc)

323 Sylvania has decided to sit this one out. However, Fredonia is bringing all their forces to bear in Iran's defense!

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (G5+As)

324 I was wondering if the rioters are going to change from Mexican and Honduran flags to Iranian flags for their big protests and I'm delighted that they're off the news.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (FjtSk)

325 "If he really thinks we're the Devil, then let's send him to Hell."

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

Posted by: Side 1 Song 3 at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (KAi1n)

326 318 Meanwhile she also thinks Harvey Weinstein was framed

I don't think there's a lot of doubt that he was watering the ficus a lot. I do get a little fuzzy on why it's a prosecutable crime for him but not the entire rest of Hollywood.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (2ocoG)

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Because the rest of Hollywood's boys club was cowed and started giving women upper management jobs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

327 Can only hope North Korea is taking notes. This could be you.
I mean hell they couldn't even launch a ship right

Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (k7qYZ)

328 Meanwhile she also thinks Harvey Weinstein was framed

Shes a weird one for sure but Id still tap that like a maple tree in Vermont
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (HYKHz)

Does she think he was framed or railroaded? Because I'd agree he was railroaded.

They brought in dozens of witnesses to tell stories about how much of a pig Weinstein is (I'm sure he is). But normally, you can't have "propensity" witnesses. You're tried for the crime you're accused of. Not some neighbor saying "you know, he was always a piece of shit kid. I bet he did rob that store, he stole my sons bike when he was 12."

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (uCjyK)

329 "Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese."

Dude's a Chinese agent. Has to be.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (gLikB)

330 All very cool. But if we get dragged into this, Trump has some explaining to do. No more NeoCon adventures in the Middle East, please.

Israel wants to take out Iran? Cool. Do so. But US should not get involved.

If we get involved in this thanks to Israel, then save a couple of JDAMs for Tel Aviv in addition to Tehran.

Tired of that whole area...

Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (kQBSd)

331 Which Middle Eastern powers are going to join the war on Iran's side, exactly?

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ISIS!

Oh, wait ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (mnEYM)

332 329 "Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese."

Dude's a Chinese agent. Has to be.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (gLikB)

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Doing his honeymoon in China after having his wedding on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square wasn't enough of a clue?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:54 PM (GBKbO)

333 285 Besides knocking out the nuclear facility, Israel also brought Padilla’s performance art to a screeching halt. The attempt to secure the news cycle for future name recognition and campaign funding has gone up in smoke, much like the Iranian military leaders. All of that drama for nothing.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:45 PM (pZEOD)

Yep. I love that!

But the Democrat-Media Complex will quickly recover and revert to its evergreen narrative. "It's all bad and it's all Trump's fault!!!"

Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 02:54 PM (aBgBM)

334 324 I was wondering if the rioters are going to change from Mexican and Honduran flags to Iranian flags for their big protests and I'm delighted that they're off the news.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (FjtSk)

Can we donate some revenge flags? Because that is hysterical. I mean, again, I don’t want to make light of death or war, it’s ugly. But a revenge flag?

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:54 PM (pZEOD)

335 >>> 320
__________________

Moral authority? The Chinese??

Walz is seriously retarded.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (YqDXo)

We pay good.

Posted by: CHYna at June 13, 2025 02:54 PM (ULPxl)

336 I wonder what the Iron Dome's usual hit rate for interceptions is.

They missed some when Iran shot those missiles last year, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 02:54 PM (6ydKt)

337 The Israelis are not the CIA.

For Operation Eagle Claw the CIA designated Desert One runway was beside a major highway.

And apparently no one in the DoD or in the Carter White House thought this was sub-optimal.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 02:54 PM (8gejw)

338
"Tim Walz on Israel striking Iran: “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”"

What a complete f*cking waste of skin.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

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He surprises me. I literally was expecting "Joe Biden" at the end of the line.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (wbZPZ)

339 315 Inogame: "Do we still have any MOABs laying around?"

Are those ground-penetrating? I kinda thought they were more surface area spreading weapons.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 13, 2025 02:51 PM (gLikB)

They were made to smash mountains, and anything in them.

Posted by: Inogame at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (53oGX)

340
Israel wants to take out Iran? Cool. Do so. But US should not get involved.

If we get involved in this thanks to Israel, then save a couple of JDAMs for Tel Aviv in addition to Tehran.

Tired of that whole area...
Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (kQBSd)

WTF ? You do know that we are as much of a target as Israel ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (VE6XX)

341 Will Trump give him the Rudy Giuliani treatment if he doesn't show?

@LeadingReport 3m
BREAKING: George Soros is being called in to testify over potentially funding riots and radical political groups, per Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (mlg/3)

342 Very nice summary, Ace.

Now, how much money should we spend on building tanks?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (w6EFb)

343 From Times of Israel: “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Israeli aggressions against the brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran, which undermine its sovereignty and security and constitute a clear violation of international laws and norms,” the foreign ministry says in a statement.

Not a chance in hell this was written with a straight face. "brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran" - comedy gold.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (NXz8h)

344 The US should supply the Baluchis with weapons. Screw with both the Iranians and the Pakis

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (akw+7)

345 Does the Shah have any descendants?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 13, 2025 02:19 PM (dQfJF)

MrsD read an article that his granddaughter married some jewish dude.
Ya gotta love it.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 02:56 PM (W/lyH)

346 They brought in dozens of witnesses to tell stories about how much of a pig Weinstein is (I'm sure he is). But normally, you can't have "propensity" witnesses. You're tried for the crime you're accused of. Not some neighbor saying "you know, he was always a piece of shit kid. I bet he did rob that store, he stole my sons bike when he was 12."

Yeah he's guilty of being a scumbag and a sleazeball and scummy and ruining careers of girls who wouldn't sleep with him for jobs but rape? I don't buy it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:56 PM (e7kz6)

347 > If we get involved in this thanks to Israel, then save a couple of JDAMs for Tel Aviv in addition to Tehran.

You're an idiot.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:56 PM (lIio7)

348 If we get involved in this thanks to Israel, then save a couple of JDAMs for Tel Aviv in addition to Tehran.

Tired of that whole area...
Posted by: Troofer

Ummm... fuck you?

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 02:56 PM (cPGH3)

349 Meanwhile she also thinks Harvey Weinstein was framed

Shes a weird one for sure but Id still tap that like a maple tree in Vermont
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (HYKHz)
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He kinda was. Not that he didn't do the conduct he's accused of -- he surely did -- but it was all consensual, and obviously so. But the left needed a sacrifice in the early days of MeToo (remember that?), and he was it. In the first trial, the judge inexplicably let in tons of evidence about his conduct with women that weren't part of the complaint, and the main accuser admitted the two had a long consensual relationship -- after he raped her! It was all total bullshit that should never have seen the inside of a courtroom.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

350 All very cool. But if we get dragged into this, Trump has some explaining to do.

How are we not already in this?
Have you not noticed that Iran is consistently behind attacks targeting US interests?

How is this any different that Trump's targeted assassination of the Soleimani in his first term?

Posted by: Neo-isolationist, Not Crazy at June 13, 2025 02:56 PM (BzdsX)

351 Can we donate some revenge flags? Because that is hysterical. I mean, again, I don’t want to make light of death or war, it’s ugly. But a revenge flag?

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:54 PM (pZEOD)
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C'mon. It's a revenge flag with squiggles on it! The squiggles make all the difference.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:56 PM (YqDXo)

352 Does she think he was framed or railroaded? Because I'd agree he was railroaded.

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Railroaded for sure, and also the metoo crap that arose from that was fucking stupid and out of hand, suddenly women who men brushed past on their way to the blue oyster was now the equivalent of being violently raped

and people wonder why our fertility rate has gone to shit

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (HYKHz)

353 And now I just remembered one of my favorite punk bands from San Antonio, Fearless Iranians from Hell. KSYM used to play their stuff.

Ah, the good old days...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (wtvvX)

354 All very cool. But if we get dragged into this, Trump has some explaining to do. No more NeoCon adventures in the Middle East, please.

If we did get involved it wouldn't be a Neocon adventure. There is no chance Hegseth would allow going in without an aggressive ROE in place. Meaning we'd actually play to win for the first time since WW2.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (2ocoG)

355 Harvey Weinstein, hottest producer of the 90s, didn't have to rape hot chicks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (GBKbO)

356
Can we donate some revenge flags? Because that is hysterical. I mean, again, I don’t want to make light of death or war, it’s ugly. But a revenge flag?
Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 02:54 PM

Someone should preposition pallets of flags and then yes those NPCs will use them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (FjtSk)

357 I appreciate Trump's ardor in pursuing a peaceful settlement, but it's a little naive to think Iran wasn't playing the same game they've always played. Israel understood, as they almost always do. Thank heavens for Israel.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (x2CMu)

358 Where's the all-out war, then?

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"In Califzuela, H8R Infidel!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (7Fhxn)

359 339 315 Inogame: "Do we still have any MOABs laying around?"

Are those ground-penetrating? I kinda thought they were more surface area spreading weapons.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 13, 2025 02:51 PM (gLikB)

They were made to smash mountains, and anything in them.
Posted by: Inogame at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (53oGX)

I am wrong, they used it on a tunnel network in Afghanistan, but it's not a penetrator.
Sorry about the misinformation.

Posted by: Inogame at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (53oGX)

360 > Yeah he's guilty of being a scumbag and a sleazeball and scummy and ruining careers of girls who wouldn't sleep with him for jobs but rape? I don't buy it.

Sex by coercion is rape.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (lIio7)

361 TheJamesMadison: "Doing his honeymoon in China after having his wedding on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square wasn't enough of a clue?"

Let's just say he's stepped it up a bit. The initial visits into China were a foray. Maybe even bi-curious to be charitable. But now? Acting as a promoter for China in geopolitical activity?

This is more than representing some donors.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (gLikB)

362 I wonder what the Iron Dome's usual hit rate for interceptions is.

Its not 100% for certain but it seems better than 50%. Maybe 60-75%? That's pretty impressive.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (e7kz6)

363 Moral authority? The Chinese??

Walz is seriously retarded.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (YqDXo)

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His limp wristed strutting was a clue to his retardation

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (PMtkd)

364 The entire free world is safer this morning thanks to Israel.
Posted by: LASue at June 13, 2025 02:39 PM (lCppi)

And also American college campuses...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
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I smile a bit every time Israel pulls one of these off. Been hearing "death to America" from Iran since 1979.
And thanks for the post, Ace.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (2bFN5)

365 They brought in dozens of witnesses to tell stories about how much of a pig Weinstein is (I'm sure he is). But normally, you can't have "propensity" witnesses. You're tried for the crime you're accused of. Not some neighbor saying "you know, he was always a piece of shit kid. I bet he did rob that store, he stole my sons bike when he was 12."

Not necessarily true, depending on the jurisdiction. There are places where similar sex crimes are admissible as propensity evidence for another sex crime. More or less.

Posted by: updated rules of evidence at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (BzdsX)

366 It's time to play "Who's a bigger d***head"! Today's contestants: Tim Walz and Troofer!

"Tim Walz on Israel striking Iran: “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”"

If we get involved in this thanks to Israel, then save a couple of JDAMs for Tel Aviv in addition to Tehran.

Tired of that whole area...

Posted by: Troofer

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 02:59 PM (s8j++)

367
Harvey Weinstein, hottest producer of the 90s, didn't have to rape hot chicks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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No one has to. But they do anyway.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 02:59 PM (wbZPZ)

368 WTF ? You do know that we are as much of a target as Israel ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 02:55 PM (VE6XX)
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Why do you think we are a target, Donna?

Oh yeah - because we unequivocally back Israel?

So why do we do that? They don't provide oil. They don't share our Christian values.

They don't provide us much of anything.

But thanks to their lobbying efforts, a lot of conservatives and liberals alike think it's our God-given job to defend Israel no matter what.

Don't. Care.

All the Middle East can blow each other to smithereens. Not. My. Problem.

Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 02:59 PM (kQBSd)

369 In doing this, Israel also helped American and European interests. Everyone who didn't want a nuclear-armed Iran was helped by this.
North Korea next, hopefully.

Posted by: PG at June 13, 2025 02:59 PM (afPT4)

370 Holy shit, if the Trump quote to Dana Bash is real?

Moves into the #1 troll from the GOAT of trolling!

Trump: All the Iranians involved in the negotiation are now dead.
Bash: Meaning, Israel got them?
Trump: Well, they didn't die of Covid.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 02:59 PM (VI06/)

371 155 ten -- Down here in StratCom's back yard, I haven't noticed any up tick in activity. OTOH, it's entirely possible the planes have been sneaking out one by one.

During Gulf War I, both the day we began the air campaign and the day we began the ground campaign, traffic at Offutt was ear shattering.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (2XtqA)

372 I see Iran went with the big waffle defense plan.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (rvwwT)

373 Please take care, whig. Your insight on subject-matter and individuals is very much missed.

Posted by: EveR at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (rdF17)

374 > Moral authority? The Chinese??

Walz is seriously retarded.
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He's just sucking up to his paymasters.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (Q4IgG)

375
Sex by coercion is rape.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (lIio7)

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And yet at least one of the "girls" texted him after the "rape" and repeatedly wanted to meet up and connect again. Her texts were beyond friendly. Not the texts of someone traumatized by rape. Or even Coerced.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (PMtkd)

376 BTW, there's a video going around of the protester that ICE shot repeatedly in the crotch. He's getting his nuts amputated. Yes, I voted for that too.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (2ocoG)

377 Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 02:59 PM (kQBSd).

I can see there is no reasoning with you...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (VE6XX)

378 Railroaded for sure, and also the metoo crap that arose from that was fucking stupid and out of hand
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I think the MeToo crap was started as a way to get Trump. It's hilarious that it took out a number of Democrats instead.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (YqDXo)

379 >> If we get involved in this thanks to Israel, then save a couple of JDAMs for Tel Aviv in addition to Tehran.

Tired of that whole area...
Posted by: Troofer

I love the Armchair Reich.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (QIh6T)

380 374 > Moral authority? The Chinese??

Walz is seriously retarded.
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He's just sucking up to his paymasters.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (Q4IgG)

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What can he say?

He loves slavery.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (GBKbO)

381 Sex by coercion is rape.

I see a pretty broad distinction between "sleep with me or I won't give you this job" and "beat the crap out of her and force it on her." So does the law.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (e7kz6)

382 "Is it against the law to have a ban on foreign governments purchasing land in the US?"
It's not the government that's buying the land directly, it's various shell companies. Thus, it is not clear to whom exactly the ban should apply.

Posted by: PG at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (afPT4)

383 Ok, but what does Tay-Tay think?

Posted by: The coven of neighborhood AWFLs at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (lIgBp)

384
Its not 100% for certain but it seems better than 50%. Maybe 60-75%? That's pretty impressive.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (e7kz6)

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That one video from the first strike was pretty impressive.

Brave AI said the average success rate is around 85%.

I think that's probably correct.

Our 'Golden Dome' needs to improve on that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (6ydKt)

385 Get better Whig.

Posted by: Inogame at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (53oGX)

386 The Red Squiggly Flag of Revenge is even gayer than a Red Card at a soccer game.

Posted by: Josephistan at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (xk1jI)

387
Natanz Nuclear Facility

*Temporarily Closed*

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What, a *Mostly Peacefully Annihilated* status wasn't available?

Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (7Fhxn)

388 there's a video going around of the protester that ICE shot repeatedly in the crotch. He's getting his nuts amputated

We have Big Balls and they have One Ball.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:02 PM (e7kz6)

389 All the Middle East can blow each other to smithereens. Not. My. Problem.

Apparently neither is overthinking.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 03:02 PM (s8j++)

390 Hearing there are now 7 hits by Iran in Israel
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 02:32 PM (VI06

Based on what I remember from previous attacks, and assuming at least 100 missiles per barrage, this sounds about right. I'd expect to see about a 5% success rate at the most, and for sure some of the warheads hitting the ground are from missiles that have been intercepted but the warhead is still intact. The Iron Dome is incredible!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 03:02 PM (W/lyH)

391 378 I think the MeToo crap was started as a way to get Trump. It's hilarious that it took out a number of Democrats instead.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (YqDXo)

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It was originally planned to be the welcoming banner of Hillary's presidency, and then they had to pivot.

It might have been more explicitly "pro-woman" instead of "anti-man" in the original form with Hillary's win.

But...Nasty Woman, man.

And Kathleen Kennedy wanted to make sure her legacy of feminization of Star Wars would last a generation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

392 >>> 379
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Posted by: Troofer

I love the Armchair Reich.
Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (QIh6T)

HA!

I nominate this for the Style Guide.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 03:02 PM (ULPxl)

393 >>So why do we do that? They don't provide oil. They don't share our Christian values.

Ah...a true believer in the Cult of Judaism that is Christianity.

This guy wouldn't even have to get the Orders to Just Follow them.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (QIh6T)

394 Know who else only had one nut?

Posted by: According to legend at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (lIgBp)

395 Harvey Weinstein, hottest producer of the 90s, didn't have to rape hot chicks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (GBKbO)

Doesn't mean the casting couch wasn't a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

396 Tired of that whole area...

I don't blame you, I think we all are. But between the two choices, Israel seems a bit less awful than Iran to me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (e7kz6)

397 They brought in dozens of witnesses to tell stories about how much of a pig Weinstein is (I'm sure he is). But normally, you can't have "propensity" witnesses. You're tried for the crime you're accused of. Not some neighbor saying "you know, he was always a piece of shit kid. I bet he did rob that store, he stole my sons bike when he was 12."

Not necessarily true, depending on the jurisdiction. There are places where similar sex crimes are admissible as propensity evidence for another sex crime. More or less.
Posted by: updated rules of evidence at June 13, 2025 02:58 PM (BzdsX)
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I recall that his first trial conviction was reversed on appeal because the judge improperly let in evidence of conduct with other women

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (iFTx/)

398 For those of you outraged by Harvey Weinstein, please bother to listen to the exact testimony of these women.

It's embarrassing to women.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (PMtkd)

399 I'm glad you all came around to my way of thinking. I'll share a spot in the hot tub down here for you all.

Posted by: John McCain at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (jj6/A)

400 Ok, but what does Tay-Tay think?
Posted by: The coven of neighborhood AWFLs at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (lIgBp)

She was at the hockey game last night.

The American team lost.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

401 Tel Aviv is getting battered now - also in the North, sirens around the Haifa area.

Posted by: beckster at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (NLtte)

402 Obama can't be happy with how this screwed up the Middle East wing messaging of the alter to himself he is building in Chicago.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (NXz8h)

403
MOAB is a massive thin-shelled bomb that explodes in the air above a target.

MOP is a massive penetrator bomb.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (ufCEJ)

404 And yet at least one of the "girls" texted him after the "rape" and repeatedly wanted to meet up and connect again. Her texts were beyond friendly. Not the texts of someone traumatized by rape. Or even Coerced.

"You must have sex with me to get this job AND if you don't, I'll ruin your career." is rape.

The fact that some women accepted the Faustian bargain doesn't change anything.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (lIio7)

405 395 Harvey Weinstein, hottest producer of the 90s, didn't have to rape hot chicks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (GBKbO)

Doesn't mean the casting couch wasn't a thing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

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Of course not.

But the casting couch was almost never rape. It was...take down a guy's pants with the understanding. The implication.

Lucille Ball could have always gone off and become an accountant.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (GBKbO)

406 Harvey Weinstein, hottest producer of the 90s, didn't have to rape hot chicks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM

No he did not. He had all sorts of gorgeous women throwing pu$$y at him night and day. Pretty sure it was all he could do just to keep up with the women trying to get him into bed.

Sure he was a pig and treated people like crap but that is the same as about 90% of the hollywood producers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (e5NfL)

407 But thanks to their lobbying efforts, a lot of conservatives and liberals alike think it's our God-given job to defend Israel no matter what.
Troosucker
Yes, I do think it's our God-given duty to protect Israel.
Go with that, for a bit.

Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (cPGH3)

408 We have Big Balls and they have One Ball"

Just like Himmler?

Posted by: Man at June 13, 2025 03:05 PM (tubbA)

409 406 No he did not. He had all sorts of gorgeous women throwing pu$$y at him night and day. Pretty sure it was all he could do just to keep up with the women trying to get him into bed.

Sure he was a pig and treated people like crap but that is the same as about 90% of the hollywood producers.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (e5NfL)

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I'm sure there was plenty of, "Sleep with me for a great role," going on.

Jennifer Lawrence most definitely went through this to get the Silver Linings Playbook role.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:05 PM (GBKbO)

410 I think the MeToo crap was started as a way to get Trump.

The primary purpose was to depose the old guard of producers and execs who stood in the way of the radicalized freaks who wanted to impose THE MESSAGE on everything. It is not a coincidence that after MeToo struck, Hollywood suddenly started to inject girlboss LGBTQWERTY and hard left propaganda heavily into everything, at the expense of story and drama. Its not happenstance that the era of race swapping and sex swapping and stunt casting directors started at that time.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:05 PM (e7kz6)

411 Ok, but what does Tay-Tay think?
Posted by: The coven of neighborhood AWFLs at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (lIgBp)
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Who cares? She's on minute 16.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (YqDXo)

412 >>> 409

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I'm sure there was plenty of, "Sleep with me for a great role," going on.

Jennifer Lawrence most definitely went through this to get the Silver Linings Playbook role.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:05 PM (GBKbO)

Hey! I'm a Serious Actress now!!!

Posted by: Jennifer Lawrence at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (ULPxl)

413
Sure he was a pig and treated people like crap but that is the same as about 90% of the hollywood producers.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (e5NfL)

I can honestly say he is one person I give absolutely no thought to...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (VE6XX)

414 If we did get involved it wouldn't be a Neocon adventure. There is no chance Hegseth would allow going in without an aggressive ROE in place. Meaning we'd actually play to win for the first time since WW2.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 02:57 PM (2ocoG)

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"Play to win".... How many sons do you have? Are their lives worth the game you want to "play to win?"

Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (kQBSd)

415 379 >> If we get involved in this thanks to Israel, then save a couple of JDAMs for Tel Aviv in addition to Tehran.

Tired of that whole area...
Posted by: Troofer

I love the Armchair Reich.

Posted by: garrett at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (QIh6T)

OUT: Hitler
IN: Sitler

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (wtvvX)

416 If I was representing Weistein, I'd care very much about the niceties of the law and the facts of the case. But am I going to publicly shill for a Hillary donor who was done in by his own party's believeallwomen mantra free of charge? Nope.

Once upon a time, I'd care because I'd worry about the precedent on behalf of others. But we're sufficiently lawless at this point that standing up for adversaries as a matter of principle is suicidal.

Posted by: eff 'em at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (BzdsX)

417 Hey! I'm a Serious Actress now!!!
Posted by: Jennifer Lawrence at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (ULPxl)

And according to the iPhone hack, you're into bukkake too.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)

418 MOAB is a massive thin-shelled bomb that explodes in the air above a target.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 03:03 PM (ufCEJ)

Wasn't that the bomb nicknamed "The Daisy Cutter"?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (6ydKt)

419 412 Hey! I'm a Serious Actress now!!!
Posted by: Jennifer Lawrence at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (ULPxl)

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She disappeared as soon as MeToo started up. Like, the instant it started. And right before she had been grabbing the microphone to call anyone who looked at her nude pictures leaked in the Fappening as having raped her.

She literally took a year to become an activist or something.

Still, she premiered something at Cannes this year and got a lot of raves.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (GBKbO)

420 Sex by coercion is rape.

I see a pretty broad distinction between "sleep with me or I won't give you this job" and "beat the crap out of her and force it on her." So does the law.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:01 PM (e7kz6)
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It gets very very murky the more you drill down. I'm sure everyone in the world has had sex at some point when they didn't truly want it. I mean even things like "well, I'm not really up for it right now, but it's his (or her) birthday so ...." My first sexual experience with a girl was basically a sexual assault -- against me.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

421
The fact that some women accepted the Faustian bargain doesn't change anything.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (lIio7)

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Well, even in New York judges are throwing out a lot of the nonsense attached to this case becasue it's bullshit, but you can continue to think these women weren't doing this for a payoff.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (PMtkd)

422
Demoralized teenaged girls also got to the point that they consented to having sex with Pakistani men in Rotherham.

I'll never be able to find it now, but a male crew member on some Harvey Weinstein production described in detail how he summoned and threatened and manhandled girls. (The guy was ashamed that he and other crew members looked the other way.)

I just can't stand this equivocation on rape-rape.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (wbZPZ)

423 >>> 417 Hey! I'm a Serious Actress now!!!
Posted by: Jennifer Lawrence at June 13, 2025 03:06 PM (ULPxl)

And according to the iPhone hack, you're into bukkake too.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)

We don't distribute ourselves...

Posted by: butthole pics at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (ULPxl)

424 The fact that some women accepted the Faustian bargain doesn't change anything.

Its an awful and sick thing to do, its nasty controlling abuse of a position of power, and its immoral and disgusting. But that doesn't make it rape. All of those women were willing at least at the time. I condemn him, his actions, and the entire system as should go without saying.

But he was not convicted of being a disgusting power abusing toad.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (e7kz6)

425 Didn't the Israelis dig out the Hamas leader in his deep bunker by precision dropping multiple bunker busters one after the other?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (EcHpA)

426 Bushehr and Isfahan need to be destroyed too.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (DLqye)

427 The primary purpose was to depose the old guard of producers and execs who stood in the way of the radicalized freaks who wanted to impose THE MESSAGE on everything. It is not a coincidence that after MeToo struck, Hollywood suddenly started to inject girlboss LGBTQWERTY and hard left propaganda heavily into everything, at the expense of story and drama. Its not happenstance that the era of race swapping and sex swapping and stunt casting directors started at that time.

I watched Thor: Love and Thunder last night to see if it was as bad as I remembered. It was worse. It may well have been the high point in gratuitous injection of all things gay into a major motion picture.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (s8j++)

428
Sure he was a pig and treated people like crap but that is the same as about 90% of the hollywood producers.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (e5NfL)

Probably 90 percent of Hollywood as an industry. I just saw video of Jared Leto joking about the gifts he sent his suicide squad castmates and he's disturbed. Used condoms. In the workplace. Oh but he's a method actor so bygones.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (FjtSk)

429 Iran has been stupid.

A year ago, Iran had the Houthis, Hamas, Syria, and Hezbollah. If they had all attacked, in a coordinated, Israel would have had problems. Instead, they attacked piecemeal.

Iran was systematically stripped of all its extraneous assets. Thye launched more rockets and drones at Israel 3 months ago than they did last light.

Israel will now, basically, dismantle their nuclear and missile operations. Oh, and their air force, and air defenses. Should take...maybe a week. If they wanted to be really cruel, they could also end their export of oil and natural gas. Iran doesn't have a friend in the world who will lift a finger to help.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (D1vbu)

430 I can see there is no reasoning with you...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:00 PM (VE6XX)

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You never reasoned in the first place. Let me know your logic and reasoning as to why we should be involved in the Middle East, esp the Iran vs. Israel conflict.

Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (kQBSd)

431 321 Phlegmatic Monkeys was the garage band name for the group that would ultimately go on to call themselves The Animals.
Posted by: Music Nerd at June 13, 2025 02:52 PM (lIgBp)

I lead a very short-lived band in college called the Phlegm Bunnies. We only had one song - "I like Puppies", and only had one performance.

Posted by: goozer at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (V1MWf)

432 Buried deep in a mountain near Qom, the site was built to survive bunker-busting bombs and sustain uranium enrichment even under attack.

Targeting Fordow signals Israel's intent to take out Iran's nuclear program at its core - not just delay it, but dismantle it.

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Top Gun 3: What's The Frequency, Ali?

Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (5wYWY)

433 Its an awful and sick thing to do, its nasty controlling abuse of a position of power, and its immoral and disgusting. But that doesn't make it rape. All of those women were willing at least at the time. I condemn him, his actions, and the entire system as should go without saying.

But he was not convicted of being a disgusting power abusing toad.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (e7kz6)

Yeah, guy seems like a real piece of shit and his behavior is disgusting. If there is a hell, he's going to it.

That said ... rape? I don't know about that.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:09 PM (uCjyK)

434 Demoralized teenaged girls also got to the point that they consented to having sex with Pakistani men in Rotherham.

But they were underage so consent was not even considered legally or morally a possibility. Nobody is defending Weinstein's moral character or actions. Just questioning what he was convicted on. He was guilty of serial sexual harassment which is illegal. He was guilty of abusing his position which is immoral and typically fireable offense at best. But that's not what he was convicted for.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:10 PM (e7kz6)

435 its nasty controlling abuse of a position of power"

That you, Catherine?

Posted by: Man at June 13, 2025 03:10 PM (tubbA)

436 I hope Our Moron Biden's Dog is Ok.. Looks like Iran is sending missiles now and some are hitting

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (VE6XX)

437 Its an awful and sick thing to do, its nasty controlling abuse of a position of power, and its immoral and disgusting. But that doesn't make it rape. All of those women were willing at least at the time. I condemn him, his actions, and the entire system as should go without saying.

But he was not convicted of being a disgusting power abusing toad.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM (e7kz6)

Yeah, guy seems like a real piece of shit and his behavior is disgusting. If there is a hell, he's going to it.

That said ... rape? I don't know about that.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:09 PM (uCjyK)
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Some of the girls were chasing him down. It wasn't all "fuck me or you won't get the part," although there was surely some of that. But there are a lot of girls who are the aggressors when it comes to using sex for transactional or career purposes.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

438 Yes, I do think it's our God-given duty to protect Israel.
Go with that, for a bit.
Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 03:04 PM (cPGH3)

...I'm sorry, what?

God commanded the US to protect Israel? lol

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (uCjyK)

439 People are calling tomorrows protests, the "Karen and Sharron Protest"

Others note that no HOA citations will be issued tomorrow, either.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (VI06/)

440
Wasn't that the bomb nicknamed "The Daisy Cutter"?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:07 PM

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Large bombs that explode just above the ground have been called that since WW2.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (1D+/d)

441 Are you referring to Katherine Kennedy?

If so...hahahahahahahahah

Worst producer ever.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (PMtkd)

442 The primary purpose was to depose the old guard of producers and execs who stood in the way of the radicalized freaks who wanted to impose THE MESSAGE on everything. It is not a coincidence that after MeToo struck, Hollywood suddenly started to inject girlboss LGBTQWERTY and hard left propaganda heavily into everything, at the expense of story and drama. Its not happenstance that the era of race swapping and sex swapping and stunt casting directors started at that time.

That makes a lot of sense given Disney's defenestration of John Lasseter.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (2ocoG)

443 Some of the girls were chasing him down. It wasn't all "fuck me or you won't get the part," although there was surely some of that. But there are a lot of girls who are the aggressors when it comes to using sex for transactional or career purposes.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

It's still disgusting behavior.

He was a lecherous, married old man who used his position of power to sleep with hot young women.

Criminal? Probably not. Morally reprehensible? I'd say so.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (uCjyK)

444 From what I'm understanding; the media isn't showing more missile damage in Israel because the military/gov don't want the Iranians to know where their shots landed.

I've seen a few hits just watching the past 30 minutes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (6ydKt)

445 Meanwhile she also thinks Harvey Weinstein was framed

Shes a weird one for sure but Id still tap that like a maple tree in Vermont

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Uplifting The Wagshambas of Freedom at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM

Don't put your tap into crazy.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (IifOV)

446 I am totally serious now, guys. I'm standing beside a Tesla with keys in my hand!/ Do I key the flippin' car or not???

Posted by: NPC 40935 at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (PiwSw)

447 The US and the Brits tried that before. Twice. Kind of how we got ourselves in to this stupid situation in the first place.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 02:48 PM (uCjyK)

Muslims are not compatible with democracy. They should not be allowed to take any part in the political process. No votes, no government jobs, no running for office.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (91YPD)

448 Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi:

"Iran's nuclear programme cannot be completely destroyed by a military campaign ..."

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Two Words: Plastics Explosives Green Glass.

Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (aqW5L)

449 Can't wait for the terrorist supporting democrat party and their propagandists response to this much deserved attack. I think right now they are mouth opened drooling children that this happened.

Iran: "We will use our allies in the democrat party, the media, academia, and NGOs to attack America!!!"

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (17s+e)

450 446 I am totally serious now, guys. I'm standing beside a Tesla with keys in my hand!/ Do I key the flippin' car or not???
Posted by: NPC 40935 at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (PiwSw)

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"Do it, bitch."
-the 360 cameras on the Tesla

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

451 449 Can't wait for the terrorist supporting democrat party and their propagandists response to this much deserved attack. I think right now they are mouth opened drooling children that this happened.

Iran: "We will use our allies in the democrat party, the media, academia, and NGOs to attack America!!!"
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (17s+e)

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They have bigger fish to fry.

Padillo was manhandled slightly.

Burn down the Capitol.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

452 Some of the girls were chasing him down. It wasn't all "fuck me or you won't get the part," although there was surely some of that. But there are a lot of girls who are the aggressors when it comes to using sex for transactional or career purposes.

Yeah, there's zero chance he decided he had to have Meryl Streep's cooter. She came to him to get an Oscar, and did.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 03:14 PM (2ocoG)

453 They have bigger fish to fry.

Padillo was manhandled slightly.

Burn down the Capitol.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

No Kings !

Posted by: It's me donna at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (VE6XX)

454 Large bombs that explode just above the ground have been called that since WW2.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (1D+/d)

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Ahhh, I got ya now.

I think the MOAB was referred to as the "Mother Of All Bombs" when Trump dropped it on Afghanistan somewhere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (6ydKt)

455 [Tags Fail:]

Two Words: ~~Plastics Explosives~~ Green Glass.

Posted by: ShainS -- Looking forward to The Graveyard Dead summer tour at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (aqW5L)

456 All the Middle East can blow each other to smithereens. Not. My. Problem.Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 02:59 PM (kQBSd)

Wishing the entire Middle East is blown to Smithreen seems somewhat lacking in Christian vaules, and you did mention "our" Christian values.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (2GCMq)

457 Some of the girls were chasing him down. It wasn't all "fuck me or you won't get the part," although there was surely some of that. But there are a lot of girls who are the aggressors when it comes to using sex for transactional or career purposes.

It only takes one......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

458 Nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (ExV1e)

459 Probably 90 percent of Hollywood as an industry. I just saw video of Jared Leto joking about the gifts he sent his suicide squad castmates and he's disturbed. Used condoms. In the workplace. Oh but he's a method actor so bygones.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 03:08 PM (FjtSk)

Jared was a free range kid raised by a drugged out, lunatic mom. Boundaries? Right and wrong? Never heard of them. He is a great actor, too bad he is also psycho.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (pZEOD)

460 I wonder how many strategic genuises were killed in Israel's take down of the dumbasses in Iran?

I wonder if the back bench is any better?

Does the military in Iran only consider relations when promoting, or is it a meritocracy?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (PMtkd)

461 > MOAB is a massive thin-shelled bomb that explodes in the air above a target.
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it's a fuel air bomb
it uses liquid fuel to create a highly flammable 'cloud' over the target

then they light the cloud

supposedly it's the biggest non-nuclear munition we have

Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (AOsQT)

462 > Its an awful and sick thing to do, its nasty controlling abuse of a position of power, and its immoral and disgusting. But that doesn't make it rape.

CA law disagrees with you (California Penal Code 261(a)(2) Where it is accomplished against a person’s will by means of force, violence, duress, menace...), and so do I. Threatening to ruin someone's career if they don't sleep with you is rape. Physical violence is not required.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (lIio7)

463 Trump played Iran. Like a violin.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at June 13, 2025 03:17 PM (D1vbu)

464 Some of the girls were chasing him down. It wasn't all "fuck me or you won't get the part," although there was surely some of that. But there are a lot of girls who are the aggressors when it comes to using sex for transactional or career purposes.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

It's still disgusting behavior.

He was a lecherous, married old man who used his position of power to sleep with hot young women.

Criminal? Probably not. Morally reprehensible? I'd say so.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (uCjyK)
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Disgusting on who's part? The lecherous married scumbag or the Machiavellian THOT who throws herself at lecherous married scumbags? 80% of Hollywood is shit like this. I personally don't give a shit about any of them. Pox on all their houses.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 13, 2025 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

465 Muslims are not compatible with democracy. They should not be allowed to take any part in the political process. No votes, no government jobs, no running for office.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 03:13 PM (91YPD)

Yes, first the Brits, then the US installed a brutal dictator. In between they had an election and elected someone who wanted to further nationalize the oil production in the country.

People did not like dictator, he was overthrown. He was seen as an American puppet installed by the CIA (which was true), and thus the hostage taking at the embassy and "death to america" and all of that.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:17 PM (uCjyK)

466 Reporting going around that about 150 missiles have launched from Iran so far.

If that's the case the Iron Dome did spectacular work.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 13, 2025 03:17 PM (6ydKt)

467 Thinking, no Ayatollah, no nuke program.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:18 PM (IU1e3)

468 259. That is all. Back to sickbed.
Posted by: whig

Sorry to hear you're ill. Prayers you're better soon.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 03:19 PM (NFX2v)

469 CA law disagrees with you (California Penal Code 261(a)(2) Where it is accomplished against a person’s will by means of force, violence, duress, menace...), and so do I. Threatening to ruin someone's career if they don't sleep with you is rape. Physical violence is not required.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM (lIio7)

I don't know California Penal Code, but I can say in most states, duress is a term of art and usually means like, actual duress.

"Do this or I'll kill your mom" with a gun held to her head kind of duress.

If "duress" meant using a power imbalance to get what you want, then none of us would have to pay our mortgages because we signed them under duress since obviously the bank has much more power than we do.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at June 13, 2025 03:20 PM (uCjyK)

470 Recall Trump killed IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020. Also recall they tried to assassinate him.

Trump gets Iran. But now he gets to say he was the peacemaker, but Iran rejected it. If Iran strikes the U.S. they look like d-bags.

Iran can make some trouble, but will it really be more than their normal allotment of trouble?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (D1vbu)

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461 > MOAB is a massive thin-shelled bomb that explodes in the air above a target.
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it's a fuel air bomb
it uses liquid fuel to create a highly flammable 'cloud' over the target

then they light the cloud

supposedly it's the biggest non-nuclear munition we have
Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 03:15 PM

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It's used like a fuel-air, but it's high explosive. The fill is reportedly H6: a mixture of TNT, RDX, and aluminum powder.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (1D+/d)

472 172 She's had some water and a couple pieces of dry toast that she's held down for about 45 minutes, so just waiting to see if that stays down.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 13, 2025 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

45 minutes is good. I have been there many times. I keep ondasetron on hand for bad ones and it saved me a couple trips to ER. At some point there is no reason to be sick anymore. Like you don't always want to stop it at the beginning but after a while you have to.
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Promethazine

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:21 PM (IU1e3)

473 When Trump says something or releases a statement about something like this remember it's Trump playing with the media. Hopes Iran will come to the table and give up, come on, he knows they won't. But it sounds like he is being hopeful . But saying stuff like this keeps the media from blaming him for being psychotic war monger.

Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 03:23 PM (k7qYZ)

474 Trump gets Iran. But now he gets to say he was the peacemaker, but Iran rejected it. If Iran strikes the U.S. they look like d-bags.

Iran can make some trouble, but will it really be more than their normal allotment of trouble?
Posted by: El Mariachi
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And if they do We've still got all those bombers at Diego Garcia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (IU1e3)

475 I always expected the Mossad would enter one of the enrichment facilities with an operative, put an appropriately sized bucket under a storage tank, and start a slow stream into the bucket before leaving for the weekend. Let a criticality ‘accident’ render whole areas and the product stream dangerously radioactive and render the site unusable for a while. It wouldn’t take an explosion, just a prolonged critical mass at the right place and time.

Posted by: Advo at June 13, 2025 03:24 PM (jO4mz)

476 All the Middle East can blow each other to smithereens. Not. My. Problem.Posted by: Troofer at June 13, 2025 02:59 PM (kQBSd)

All trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (/HDaX)

477
If they don't want it, the Greeks have a claim.

We'll pass. Persia's a shit-hole

Posted by: Zombie Xenophon and The Ten Thousand at June 13, 2025 03:25 PM (y9nCu)

478 whig, i am so sorry you are sick and hope you have support thru your illness. It was so good to see your nic. Thank you for posting. I miss you.

Posted by: old chick at June 13, 2025 03:26 PM (F3Dlr)

479 450 446 I am totally serious now, guys. I'm standing beside a Tesla with keys in my hand!/ Do I key the flippin' car or not???
Posted by: NPC 40935
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Do it in a red state and you get shot.

Do it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:27 PM (IU1e3)

480
So, this whole "Trump is tying Bibi's hands, Trump is opposed to attacking Iran" was all part of a big deception operation to make Iran think Israel couldn't hit them.

Beautiful.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (w6EFb)

481 Incompatible with the West

@realMaalouf Jun 12
ENGLAND: Muhammad Hussain, from Pakistan, was arrested for attempting to rape a 14-year-old British girl.

He justified himself: "I just moved here, I don’t know UK laws, I only follow Sharia law. Our prophet married a 9-year-old.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (mlg/3)

482 478 whig, i am so sorry you are sick and hope you have support thru your illness. It was so good to see your nic. Thank you for posting. I miss you.
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Glad you are getting better. We're keeping the spot warm for you.
Hurry up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:28 PM (IU1e3)

483 34 22 I dunno, but the thing with these underground sites is that they still need airshafts to the surface and still need surface elevators and stairways. If you bomb the shafts that communicate from the base to the surface, the base is unusable and inaccessible.

Iran could bring in construction equipment to dig the bases out... but Israel is going to keep on bombing.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 02:10 PM (KRtlO)

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Assuming the only entry is straight up.

And if bombs only go so deep, they only go so deep no matter how much rubble stays on top.

Destruction of nuclear capability when your bombs can only damage down 100m but the sites are 200m down...?

I dunno, but I don't assume that airstrikes on these sites means actual destruction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 13, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

It’s a thermal exhaust port right behind the main port. It’s ray shielded, so they had to use proton torpedos, just like Beggar’s Canyon back home.

Posted by: Advo at June 13, 2025 03:29 PM (jO4mz)

484 >>>He justified himself: "I just moved here, I don’t know UK laws, I only follow Sharia law. Our prophet married a 9-year-old.”
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We follow the prophet Moses. Cut his dick off and see if he bleeds.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 03:30 PM (IU1e3)

485 The GBU-57A/B MOP, a huge 12 ton bomb,

Whistling a Yiddish Tune while painting a star of David on a B52

Posted by: DaveA at June 13, 2025 03:43 PM (FhXTo)

486 I'm beginning to think Troofer is just another troll. If not, then he is absolutely brain dead to understanding of the special relationship this country has with Israel.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 13, 2025 03:49 PM (g8Ew8)

487 Nic Update

Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 03:59 PM (f0QEx)

488 Speaking of letting the Iranians finish things . . .

The Sun and Lion have a long connection with Iran as symbols. It was part of the flag under the Shahs. The Shah-in-Exile commented on the operation and called for the army to support the people, not the mullahs.

It looks like another layer of psyop going on there.

Posted by: Sam at June 13, 2025 04:05 PM (7jMef)

489 Hope they are thoroughly destroying all Iran's capacity to make war

Make that rubble bounce, boys!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2025 04:18 PM (mzM2O)

490 A good point I just saw elsewhere: if Padilla did nothing wrong bum-rushing Kristi Noem, what was the problem with J6?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 13, 2025 04:26 PM (wItF4)

491 Yep. Watch the first few scenes of "Angel Has Fallen" and the massive drone attack on our president played by Morgan Freeman. Pretty good flick actually with an anti-government whacko played by Nick Nolte. Great character.

My greatest fear is a drone attack on our mainland.

Posted by: Danimal28 at June 13, 2025 04:28 PM (nT4HF)

492 Little video about the bunker buster bombs, including the MOAB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDh1x3hd6xQ

Posted by: Beverly at June 13, 2025 04:46 PM (Epeb0)

493 Trump played Iran. Like a violin.

Unfortunately, Netanyahu played Trump. Trump gave the mullahs 60 dyas to make a deal and Netanyahu attacked tham on day 59 so that it couldn't happen.

Posted by: steven at June 13, 2025 04:48 PM (AY3ny)

494 Very late to the thread, buuut… glad to hear from you, Whig. I hope you feel better soon. Thank you for checking in, we were worried.

Posted by: Ann at June 13, 2025 05:14 PM (4neFu)

495 This drone scenario is exactly what China with the land they are buying near our bases in America is setting up for to cover their attack on Taiwan. Bank it

Posted by: Matthew Proctor at June 13, 2025 09:05 PM (OdsgZ)

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