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Hobby Thread - May 23, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) decided on a color theme for this Hobby Thread.
A color theme? What does that mean? Colors are a "hobby"? The ways of the Wheel are strange and mysterious but there is a method to the madness. [Top Photo: Benjamin Moore Paint Color Fan Deck. Yours for only $30]
Yves Klein
24% Blue
20% Green
16% Orange
14% Yellow
13% Red
13% Brown Why Were Red M&M's Discontinued for a Decade?
In 1976, Mars, the candy company that makes M&M's, eliminated the red version of the candies from their mix. This decision came as a result of public controversy surrounding a synthetic dye called FD&C Red No. 2, also known as amaranth. The dye was used in red food coloring and was linked to cancer in a 1971 Russian study. The Food and Drug Administration's subsequent tests produced inconclusive results in humans, but found that it caused malignant tumors in female rats . The FDA concluded that the food colorant could not be presumed to be safe for human consumption and banned it in 1976. "The red food coloring in question was not actually used in M&M's chocolate candies," according to mms.com. "However, to avoid consumer confusion, the red candies were pulled from the color mix." Afraid that worried shoppers would steer clear of M&M's altogether if the bags contained anything red, Mars removed the red candies from production and replaced them with orange M&M's. Mars reintroduced red M&M's, but kept orange in the bag, in 1987, once the panic surrounding anything red had passed.
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
The clay will be easy to carve and repair and do again if needed.
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)
This is a rather apt topic. Earlier today I went to the Sherwin-Williams site and was playing with their "Paint a Photo" feature. You pick various colors for a palette, then click on an area in the photo -- living room, kitchen, bedroom, exterior, etc. -- to see what it would look like on a room or house similar to yours. Or, they say, you can upload a photo of your own. I might do that and see if the software will let me change the colors in the areas I want.
I like light blue walls for bedroom and living room, and a deeper sort of grayish blue for the exterior, with white trim and a red door. For some reason I think a red door is cool.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:34 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2026 05:35 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:36 PM (1Ff7Z)
I'm sure you have. He was the premiere photographer of the Western States and National Parks.
You've seen this undoubtedly.
Half Dome, Yosemite
https://tinyurl.com/mn38ub66
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2026 05:36 PM (diia5)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2026 05:37 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:34 PM (wzUl9)
Any house in particular, yet?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:38 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2026 05:38 PM (qrzX6)
It's for a black powder cartridge pouch, Europeans mostly used white belts, a reenactment Virginia Revolutionary soldier I saw had a buff belt, guessing that's what it was made for.
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:39 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm sure you have. He was the premiere photographer of the Western States and National Parks.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2026 05:36 PM
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Seen his photos, yes. Seen him? Less common.
Posted by: TRex - photo editor dino at May 23, 2026 05:39 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 05:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: yara at May 23, 2026 05:41 PM (WUJRe)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Maybe it was easier to make something buff instead of white?
Was buff considered to be something like skin tone? I remember as a kid I saw a painting of G. Washington and his family, and I thought he wasn't wearing any pants! Then I noticed the pants were buff colored.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:41 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Thanks for letting me know. I dont know how to fix it .
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2026 05:43 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:43 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)
I really wish I had had a good camera back when I was a kid. They are really amazing to see.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 05:43 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: TRex - photo editor dino
meh. All bald, old white guys look alike.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2026 05:44 PM (diia5)
Maybe in nature, but I don't know if a color on a wall gives the same feeling as leaves on a tree.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:44 PM (1Ff7Z)
And I love the colored threads.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 05:46 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 05:47 PM (A5RD0)
Once I built AMT's 1/25 scale Mercedes 300SL, the famous Gullwing, painting it a kind of metallic red (an AMT color, I think) with a black interior.
Later I got into sailing ships and modern military ships like subs. The last kits I built were Tamiya 1/35 scale German tanks, and without an airbrush I had a time creating camo pattern on the King Tiger tank.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:47 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2026 05:43 PM (qrzX6)
Are you talking about the one with the birds, purple heart, and the road? Comes up for me on Brave.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:47 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)
Of course, then there will be the new house....never ending fun!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 23, 2026 05:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 05:48 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2026 05:48 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)
An ardent conservationist since adolescence, from 1934 to 1971 Adams served as a director of the Sierra Club. (Later, in the 1980s, he explicitly and forcefully attacked the environmental policies of the very popular President Ronald Reagan and his secretary of the interior, James Watt.)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 05:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026
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Any house in particular, yet?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026
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Yes! A nice little 3BR-1 bath w/ garage in Terre Haute. I've been pre-approved for the loan. The inside has been done, and well, but I want to repaint the tan walls of living/dining room and main bedroom with a light blue. The exterior, the vinyl siding, can wait -- it's a kind of light gray now -- but some white trim touch up and that red door would be things I'd do early on.
It needs a front porch gutter replacement and has a couple of cracked windows, but it looks livable right from the start.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/
collection/manz/
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 05:51 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: HappyFun at May 23, 2026 05:52 PM (CoQfd)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:44 PM
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There is some pretty interesting stuff on the interwebs on this. Didn't include much in the content, but fascinating subject.
Posted by: TRex - rods and cones dino at May 23, 2026 05:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)
Sounds good. Now all you have to do is....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:54 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:51 PM
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Outstanding!
Posted by: TRex - handyman dino at May 23, 2026 05:54 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 05:54 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I have a pair of prescription sunglasses that I got all the option/upgrades on. Colors seems enhanced. Directly overhead on clear summer days the sky looks almost black / really deep navy blue.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 05:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: HappyFun
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Oh, I wanted one of them badly...but no luck. Imagine all those crayons and the works of art they could have contributed to!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 23, 2026 05:55 PM (IQ6Gq)
I would have been willing to make an exception for a 1968 Mercedes 280SL I sat in at a dealer in Denver. The exterior was a kind of a dark silver, and the interior was -- chocolate brown! Great combo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: TRex - rods and cones dino at May 23, 2026 05:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
I can see it both ways, Rex, but the feeling you get sitting on a camp chair overlooking a lake with a bright blue sky above and mountains in the distance isn't the same as looking a blue living room wall.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:56 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2026 05:57 PM (qrzX6)
- art especially, for me, pastels and colored pencils, how they look on various surfaces and how they blend.
- fly tying where the use of color, sometimes rather subtle, is at least as important as action.
- tone of the finish when dealing with wood - red or brown based can make a huge difference in bringing out the grain.
- photography where the arrangement and intensity of color makes a huge difference in effect - also how different films handle certain colors.
This is just off the top of my head.
Posted by: JTB at May 23, 2026 05:58 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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How exciting, congrats! If you are already picturing room colors, it must be the right one.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 23, 2026 05:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 05:56 PM
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Agreed.
The part I find interesting is how much context your brain uses to conjure what you "see." It tries to help fill in gaps and make educated guesses.
Posted by: TRex - seeing eye dino at May 23, 2026 05:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/
collection/manz/
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Just skimmed it.
Even got one of the job board.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 05:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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How exciting, congrats! If you are already picturing room colors, it must be the right one.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 23, 2026
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It's not perfect. I'd love to have the bathroom open into the main bedroom, for instance. And the garage, while it's a double, is out back; crossing from it to the back door with groceries in the rain won't be pleasant. Maybe I can put a covered walkway in. But the interior is roomy, there is a small basement, closets in the bedrooms upstairs, and even one of those 1960s-style windows in the kitchen that opens into the dining room -- like in Rob and Laura Petrie's house!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 06:02 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)
See if can tell it short.
Millwork maker got order for a car dealer customer service desk s. The name was only a woman's name, not blue or in this case purple. They made and I picked up all this millwork and delivered and unloaded it. As car dealer employees slowly came in many laughs, joking wrong color. Finally a more supervision came in and not joking it was wrong color.
All had to be taken and remade as Millwork guy ordered a color with no reliability it was what he ordered.
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 06:04 PM (Ia/+0)
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Yes, I'm here...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Excellent, now the party can start.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 23, 2026 06:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
Part of my job was mixing color for paint, which was interesting.
We had to consult a book for the recipe for each color and then we'd mix it according to "yanks" from the key dye dispensers (CMYK, I think). The base color was white and the more "yanks" of a certain tint were added, the deeper the color would be would be for that tint.
It was not an exact system.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 06:07 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: JTB at May 23, 2026 06:07 PM (yTvNw)
Fortunately I like autumn colors like rust and brown and green, and did even before I heard of that scheme.
Miss Linda is a classic Winter.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:08 PM (wzUl9)
Even got one of the job board.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 05:59 PM (/lPRQ)
The guy doing the mural is pretty cool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 06:09 PM (zZu0s)
The Slap tribe is named after the blogs old friend, Slapweasel. These goblins specialize in pulling some of the best practical jokes ever invented.
Miss ya Slapweasel!!
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 23, 2026 06:10 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I, too, am a Winter
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 23, 2026 06:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
Part of my job was mixing color for paint, which was interesting.
It was not an exact system.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 06:07 PM
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Interesting summer job. Did you sell paint at a discount that customers didn't want or didn't quite turn out right?
Posted by: TRex - discount dino at May 23, 2026 06:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JTB at May 23, 2026 06:13 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at May 23, 2026 06:13 PM (h/O4U)
Posted by: TRex - discount dino at May 23, 2026 06:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I don't recall. It was decades ago...
It's pretty difficult to get paint to be an *exact* match because it changes color when it dries. The "yank" system seemed to work pretty well for most folks.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 06:14 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 06:16 PM (vTZFs)
Obviously, today's posting is not about one of my strengths. I asked the guy testing me whether that got me out of the draft. He said no, it got me into an open helicopter door as a spotter, since camouflage would bee less effective on me.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 06:17 PM (/VSxT)
Something like 1 in 8 men suffer from a form of color-blindness.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 06:18 PM (gnNyN)
My color fan was only $15 at Sherwin Williams. Too many colors to contemplate...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 06:19 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 06:20 PM (U0opd)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 06:22 PM (vFG9F)
It's a very nice bright yellow.
Didn't work today but it is beautiful.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 06:23 PM (Sco7b)
Color can make or break a painting, that's for sure. Knowing how to mix colors and not dilute them (presuming you want vivid, saturated color) is a teachable skill. And color plays a major part in the composition of any art piece. My current painting instruction/mentor is a wizard when it comes to handling color and since studying with him, my abilities jumped 200%. I'm now doing gallery-ready level work, not that I want to show in a gallery.
Got a favorite color? Mine is green, although green is actually one of the most difficult colors to wrangle in a painting. My least favorite color is blue (gasp).
Posted by: tankascribe at May 23, 2026 06:23 PM (NtoJk)
Question about 'Complementary'. Is there a subtle darkening of the background as you look from left to right? It's subtle and might have just been my monitor.
Interesting concept. The realism of the Purple Heart medal and the blue eye stood out for me.
Posted by: JTB at May 23, 2026 06:23 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 06:23 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"
A form? Like when I say a wall is white and I am informed that it is "Tibetan Snow"?
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 06:24 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 23, 2026 06:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Pillow talk conversation.
Her: Why do you refer to my kids as crayons?
Him: Different colors from the same box.
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.
*click*
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 06:26 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 06:24 PM (vFG9F)
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There are various types, depending on which rods/cones are functioning in the eyeball.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 06:28 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 06:29 PM (vFG9F)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 23
Nobody asked him to.
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 16, 2026
Nobody was watching.
He just saw something needed doing and did it.
The world runs on moments exactly this small.pic.twitter.com/DGMoQykuQD
— Tweets of Dogs (@TweeetsOfDogs) May 22, 2026
Only the Maker of the galaxies Himself, would ever have thought to give mankind such a marvelous gift as the Dog!
~ Joe@Hrothgar
We love him, Piper!The bestest boy! I have had my pony longer than 2 of my kids. 😂. He is 33! pic.twitter.com/2BMmlYBI3g
— Piper (@piper_moves) May 18, 2026
Encountered by Members of The Horde
A pair of cardinals decided to raise a family in one of my lilacs in the corner of my yard. There are a couple of chicks in the nest and I try to avoid that corner of the yard.
This morning the baby cardinals were out of their nest for the first time, so I could finally get their pictures. The nest is very close to my back fence so I couldn't get in close enough to get pictures of the eggs or newly-hatched chicks. These guys should soon leave the nest for good, so now I wonder if the parents will raise a second family in it? Or build a new nest in a new location? badgerwx
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A birb, a snek, and a turtle all walk into a weekend post Hi Katy, some recent wildlife sightings for the Gardening-Nature weekend post. I don't know what kind of bird that is, looks like a bird of prey of some type. All seen here in east Tennessee. Thank you! BeckoningChasm
Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 16 I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 03:33 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 03:34 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 03:34 PM (Kt19C)
The guy giving the dog a drink of water reminds me: I need to clean out the dish I leave on the step for the friendly shorthaired gray cat who visits, and put some more chow out for him.
My two furry thugs are doing well. Big black Stirling is stretched out on the floor after sleeping with me just now. Little gray Dagny was on the couch when I got up, but she got up, shook herself, and trotted away somewhere. Probably not to be seen until near dinnertime, about three hours away.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 03:35 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 03:35 PM (wzUl9)
Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) has been making messes in my living room and kitchen. She's not using the litter box.
But I understand why. She did something to the back claws of her left hind leg. Almost like she ripped them out entirely. So I can understand how it might not be comfortable to use a litter box.
Imagine someone ripping out your toenail and rubbing sand in the wound. I'm sure that's what it feels like to poor Kaylee.
Unfortunately, none of the vets around here are open on a long weekend. I just have to keep an eye on her and see how she's doing until Tuesday, when I can hopefully get her to a vet for a thorough checkup (she needs a routine checkup anyway).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 03:36 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: DavidD at May 23, 2026 03:38 PM (MSTeU)
The Big Dummy was Best of Opposite Sex at today's Midwest Borzoi Club specialty but was Best of Breed and first in the Hound Group at the concurrent Grand Rapids KC show.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 03:42 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2026 03:43 PM (lJ0H4)
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Good point.
Was the video attached to a restaurant or something, maybe?
Posted by: KT at May 23, 2026 03:43 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: DavidD at May 23, 2026
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Probably the same kind of person who takes video of someone being assaulted on the subway and does nothing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 03:45 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 03:46 PM (a9Uqu)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 03:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at May 23, 2026 03:55 PM (VnNy+)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 04:02 PM (4vbgA)
Posted by: ss at May 23, 2026 04:09 PM (e8Nbd)
Just a small cat update
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
Also, I love this guy on X. He's helping and saving dogs in Thailand.
https://tinyurl.com/4jb4kpab
Posted by: Joyenz at May 23, 2026 04:13 PM (2F0/Y)
I hope your kitty feels better. Poor girl!
Piper, your horse is beautiful.
Posted by: Joyenz at May 23, 2026 04:16 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: ss at May 23, 2026 04:09 PM (e8Nbd)
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I was standing on a bridge over a creek near my house and heard rustling in the nearby grass.
I thought it was just a frog or a turtle.
Nope. It was a snake, maybe two feet long, trying to get away from me. Couldn't tell what kind.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 04:16 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Vote?
Rename him "Incitatus" and let him run for office.
Posted by: Caligula at May 23, 2026 04:17 PM (VHUov)
Daisy the knuckle-headed Malinois is not happy with how much rain we've been having lately. More walks, fewer ball chases. Wet or not, MiladyJo is out throwing balls for her right now. Love them both.
Took Ony the old black cat out on the front porch yesterday. She wandered off a ways, then went under the storage shed briefly. I think that's the farthest afield she's been since we moved to the new house. Not far, but that's okay. She's always been a housecat.
Of the strays here on the ranch, big papa Butterburr shows up almost every feeding and enjoys skritches. Of the kittens, Leo of the golden mane is frequently about, as is the white kit Angel. Stripey hasn't been seen for weeks. Mama Rascal has also been AWOL for a week or so. With so many dangers and predators, we're always happy to see them.
Yesterday and the day before we had birds get into the back porch. One door with magnet-closing screening curtain is open most days, so sometimes unauthorized critters get in. Was able to get both birds to fly out the door. They get so panicky, flying from screen to screen until they hit the exit.
Posted by: mindful webworker - treats for everyone at May 23, 2026 04:18 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 04:19 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 23, 2026 04:19 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 03:36 PM
Do you think she would be okay with a different type of litter? Like pine pellets? Maybe they would be softer on her little feets.
Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 04:20 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: mindful webworker - furry theology at May 23, 2026 04:21 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 04:21 PM (OoFl2)
Yay.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 03:34 PM (A5RD0)
All I did was barely touch the dogs and it's like they exploded. I'm vacuuming daily now or we would be buried under shedded fur. I should probably collect it and knit a new dog.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 23, 2026 04:22 PM (DwqWV)
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Official HD Video)
https://youtu.be/btPJPFnesV4
Posted by: SciVo at May 23, 2026 04:22 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 03:36 PM (gnNyN)
We have two emergency vets here, one in Anchorage and one in Palmer. Open 24/7/365. But they charge accordingly, and you can end up waiting hours for care, because they are so in need. Sometimes it has been worth it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 23, 2026 04:25 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 04:20 PM (OoFl2)
Would she tolerate a bandage? Of course, that would probably require the cone of shame.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 23, 2026 04:26 PM (DwqWV)
I may have cat-napped Snowflake today. I messaged my friends.
It's been raining all day. I put her out at almost 3am and around 6:00 am, it was drizzling. Girl was by my back patio. I brought her in, dried her up, brought her to my room and we all tried to get a few hours more sleep.
It's been constant rain so I brought out the emergency cat food and her litter box I keep in the garage. Ralphy's happy his friend is over. When she comes in she rubs up against him and it's so cute. I think we'll all have tuna fish tonight.
Everyone have a great weekend.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 23, 2026 04:26 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Just some guy who looked it up at May 23, 2026 04:35 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Forgive me, but I have a gripe. It's 24/7 or 24/365, or maybe 24/7/52(weeks). Not 7/365 in any case.😝
If I air a pet peeve in the pet thread is it petantry?
Butt serially…
Yesterday, I downloaded a slew of pix off my cell. Some great ones of pets, ours and the kids's. I am really going to try to get some submitted for pet thread inclusion.
Posted by: mindful webworker the petantic at May 23, 2026 04:35 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)
The other cats get the shedding comb, the nit comb and sometimes the shoe brush when they get needy. I think it helps a bit with the hairballs
I also put out a bowl of lard on the floor so they can lick some up as they need. They sort of like the flavor and it really gets the hair to move through their system instead of making a hairball to hurk back up.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 04:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 04:45 PM (ZVQ1Q)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 23, 2026 04:26 PM (DwqWV)
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She seems to be doing OK for now. The ragged claws have fallen off, and I don't see any excess bleeding on her paw (which are white so I'd definitely notice). She's not limping or spending a lot of time grooming that paw.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 04:45 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2026 04:47 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 04:49 PM (Cqx++)
https://tinyurl.com/4jb4kpab
He is The Best!
IIRC, Bukele had him fly in for a meeting last fall for ideas on caring for strays in El Salvador. Haven't seen any updates, though. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2026 04:49 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 04:50 PM (4vbgA)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Forgive me, but I have a gripe. It's 24/7 or 24/365, or maybe 24/7/52(weeks). Not 7/365 in any case.😝
If I air a pet peeve in the pet thread is it petantry?
Posted by: mindful webworker the petantic at May 23, 2026 04:35 PM (0poB+)
I try to pretend it's a sly reference to the Seven-Year Itch, or in this case to Dog Years! That way I don't have to fight my urge to niggle, which I know nobody wants to hear...
Posted by: SciVo at May 23, 2026 05:11 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 23, 2026 05:16 PM (Os76D)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 23, 2026
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And there are no guarantees as to how a cat will take to a cone. Dagny is one of the mildest little cats ever. But whne we put that cone on her -- we were advised to do so when she had her spaying -- she went absolutely ballistic, rocketing around the room in panic trying to outdistance this THING on her neck. We finally grabbed her and got it off. So, be aware.
(She never paid a bit of attention to her stitches anyway.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:16 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026
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I was wondering that too. An ID tag of some sort?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:18 PM (wzUl9)
(She never paid a bit of attention to her stitches anyway.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:16 PM (wzUl9)
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Penny, Jasmine, and Kaylee never had to wear a cone of shame when they got spayed. They seemed to do fine with the stitches.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 05:18 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 05:19 PM (77rzZ)
he had some meth on him too
Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 23, 2026 05:24 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026
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I saw that! Wonder if there will ever be an Illya Kuryakin?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:24 PM (wzUl9)
When I am sad, Lucy knows it and comes to find me and be there with me. She is such a comfort.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 05:28 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 23, 2026
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Years ago in Cat Fancy magazine, people advertised their services to knit a scarf (= muffler) or even a sweater for you from your cat's castoff fur. But I don't recall seeing those ads in its successor magazine, Cats, before it ceased publication recently.
Arizona the red tabby gave up a sort of light cinnamon-colored fur. But most of my cats' fur, gray or black or white-and-black, has been pretty grayish.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, May 23
This is a polyantha rose, Verdun, that doesn't get much over two feet. It's a hybrid from France, first introduced in 1918, could explain the name. It has a flush of bloom in the spring, then a few every once in awhile through the summer. I've had it for years but it rarely blooms this heavily; since the picture was taken all the buds at the top have opened too. The flower is very double and very pink, can see the double blossom and the color better in the closeup. Lirio100
This is the dry-stacked stone bed I often mention. In the center is peony ‘Bowl of Cream’, with a native blue flax in front. In the rear are 2 native blue penstemon. The dark purple iris is last year’s purchase, ‘Dusky Challenger’. I need to create a name for the lavender iris with white falls, since my neighbor Kathryn tells me she brought it here from her mom’s home in Tennessee. Any suggestions? (The second stone bed now has white iris ‘America’s Cup’, 2 native Firecracker Penstemon, and a native Orange Globemallow, but still needs a red peony. We also plan to put a native Golden Currant in the ground between the beds. If it all does well, I’ll send more photos next year.)
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By
Finally, red tomatoes! By-Tor
May 16: My container garden is coming along. Squash, tomatoes and peppers so far.
April 24: My container garden after about two weeks. I have about six tomatoes of various kinds, same with peppers, some zucchini, and an herb garden. Should be going great guns by June.
Greetings, KT. I've been meaning to send some garden pictures but have been busy. I retired at the end of Feb - just in time for the spring gardening season - so I've been spending my time trying to whip my yard into shape. It's nice to be able to get out in the mornings now to work in the yard, though there are always surprises and setbacks when it comes to gardening. This year I had a surprise frost in mid-April (the week after some 90-deg days), and a pair of cardinals decided to raise a family in one of my lilacs in the corner of my yard. Most of my frost damage was to some of my shrubs and trees. This button bush lost all its leaves except on one branch close to the ground. And 2 crape myrtles in my side yard also lost a lot of leaves. But all of them are leafing out again. We'll see if they bloom this summer.Frost is a nasty surprise, the cardinals are going in the Pet Thread!
Luckily, the frost didn't do too much damage. The plants in my back yard were protected by my neighbors' trees and those roses and peonies there bloomed on time. I bought the peony next to the (Carefree Beauty) rose last year and this is its first bloom. The other peonies I bought last year (and added to my peony bed) weren't big enough yet to bloom this year. And I have to salute the knockout rose I bought 20 years ago that's still going strong - though not in this location. I had to move it in the winter of 2020-1 when I put in my fence, but it's bounced back nicely.
My irises in bud weren't affected, but the roses in my side yard have no buds yet. I'll be back in the 90s next week so maybe that will spur them on. The plants on my hell strip had no frost effects even though that is an exposed location. badgerwx
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Joe Mama at May 23, 2026 01:57 PM (TezPK)
I still didn't get any new vegetables to plant, only in 50s today and tomorrow.
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 01:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 02:00 PM (Kt19C)
If you are like me you have that song stuck in your head now.
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 02:03 PM (vFG9F)
Love the name.
Posted by: MkY at May 23, 2026 02:03 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Lirio100 at May 23, 2026 02:03 PM (ky7/T)
I did collect two (honeybee) swarms in my new swarm traps last night. Big fun. I have to figure a way to hang and retrieve them by myself, though. Awfully awkward.
Iris... In our big bed out front, either the iris have hybridized, or we lost 3 or 4. Are they one of the flowers that all look alike after a few years?
Posted by: MkY at May 23, 2026 02:06 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: KT at May 23, 2026 02:11 PM (rdeQO)
Both species I gathered in the woods, so they are not exactly domestic cultivars, but I do like them, and they are resistant to the root canker the raspberries died from.
Blackcaps propagate by layering, the canes grow long and put in roots when the top touches the ground. Thimbleberries spread out by spreading rhizomes and are more aggressive.
Other than that, my corn is poking up out of the furrows, and my potatoes are going great guns.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
It's possible that my grandfather buried him. He buried American, French and German soldiers, kept records for all of them.
Posted by: KT at May 23, 2026 02:16 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: MkY at May 23, 2026 02:16 PM (q6tQZ)
If you are like me you have that song stuck in your head now.
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 02:03 PM (vFG9F)
Probably a Cecile Brunner...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 23, 2026 02:22 PM (irNtJ)
You did get all the picture labels right. My hell strip is mostly Elijah Blue Fescue that's starting to seed itself (which I was hoping for). But I think I'll keep some of the iris and salvias in there just to break the monotony. I also have some Tete a Tete (yellow dwarf) daffodils planted there that bloom in early spring.
I like Pat's lavender iris but I can't think of any clever names for it. It reminds me of the iris in my pink rose picture. I rented a condo in Dayton OH back in the 90s and divided up my landlady's iris clump to keep it blooming. I potted up one plant and took it with my when I moved and always just called it my blue OH iris, because it looks sort of steely-blue to me.
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at May 23, 2026 02:23 PM (VnNy+)
Posted by: Lirio100 at May 23, 2026 02:23 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 23, 2026 02:25 PM (oyck1)
But this year we've finally gotten serious and are actually growing (and starting to harvest) some vegetables! Someone watching us would laugh at these two 29-year-olds acting like little kids on finding a zucchini.
In other news, I now have a huge inventory of zucchini recipes. Biggest surprise so far is how delicious zucchini refrigerator pickles are. We both like them better than cucumber pickles.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 23, 2026 02:25 PM (FEVMW)
My Roundup campaign against the nastyweeds back in March paid off very well; most of the sprayees are dead, dead, dead. I will hula-hoe the dead stalks, and put them in the wheelie bin. The dead stalks hoe very easily, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 02:25 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 02:25 PM (/0pJR)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 02:28 PM (/0pJR)
Other than that, my corn is poking up out of the furrows, and my potatoes are going great guns.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
I have eaten wild thimbleberries, and they are fine. Taste like raspberry, to which they are related. Very delicate berry; impossible to pack. Eat 'em as you pick 'em.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 02:29 PM (8zz6B)
we are having a very iffy spring so I don't know. worried about some things that were in fact damaged during late frosts.
right now it's irises and peonies and the evening primroses are very showy. they are getting everywhere the naughty things!
blackberries and ground cherries starting. lettuce doing well. thank God for lettuce lol.
hoping my tomatoes hang in, they're growing well now, I probably planted too soon tho
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 23, 2026 02:29 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 23, 2026 02:30 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 23, 2026 02:25 PM (oyck1)
AZ, we must get together for a beer! I am here in AJ for a few more days.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 02:30 PM (8zz6B)
Blackcaps are black raspberries. Blackberries retain a core when picked, raspberries don't.
Posted by: KT at May 23, 2026 02:32 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 02:33 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 23, 2026 02:35 PM (kpS4V)
We have found NOTHING that deer won't eat. Same deer may not eat it, but there are so many, nothing will last.
Our veggie garden has an electric fence around it. That works.
Posted by: MkY at May 23, 2026 02:36 PM (q6tQZ)
Ha
Posted by: MkY at May 23, 2026 02:37 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Wenda at May 23, 2026 02:38 PM (pBmgI)
Plucked a nice sack of lettuces for a dinner salad. No more sad grocery store greens!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 23, 2026 02:40 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 02:45 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 02:46 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 02:46 PM (RIvkX)
We have found NOTHING that deer won't eat. Same deer may not eat it, but there are so many, nothing will last.
Our veggie garden has an electric fence around it. That works.
Posted by: MkY at May 23, 2026 02:36 PM (q6tQZ)
12 ga. blank perimeter alarm:
https://tinyurl.com/kdanwd4x
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 02:46 PM (8zz6B)
They used to sell dog whistle like things for motorcycles.
We called them deer callers.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 02:48 PM (Kt19C)
The cordyline arrived in decent shape even though it took a month, so I gave them another try.
The pieris arrived in 2 weeks obviously tossed around, broken stems, brown leaves. Hopefully with some Miracle Gro soil and some acidic fertilizer I can save it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 02:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 02:50 PM (Kt19C)
Blackcaps are Rubus Leucodermis, they are a type of wild raspberry, though they look like blackberries.
They are a NW berry, and for a while they were grown commercially since they tend to be tougher than raspberries.
The problem with any berry cultivar is that they are very likely to go back to a wild form when they propagate by seed. Even the very restrained Marionberries and Boysenberries will seed to brambles that are mostly identifiable from the Himalayas by the darker canes
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)
The Deer whistles on cars never worked either. If it can be done safely, turning off your headlights briefly will often allow them to see well enough to get out of the way a little more effectively. Driving at night period has more than a few things to unrecommend it.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 02:52 PM (/0pJR)
But sounds NFA adjacent
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 02:50 PM (Kt19C)
Just checked. Works for me. It's practically impossible to put a loaded 12 ga shell into the device. Nothing but a loud noisemaker.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 02:53 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 02:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 02:57 PM (/0pJR)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 03:00 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 02:57 PM (/0pJR)
In Oregon you can harvest road kill, though there is a process to go through.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 03:00 PM (rbvCR)
_-_
Potatoes are a nightshade, they said, poisonous to animals, they said, deer win't bother them, they said...up about two weeks and _something_ ate all the potato sprouts off all the way to the ground. If you don't cage it here, you don't own it.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 23, 2026 03:02 PM (2gJPm)
This year it has been eaten to the ground by one or more of the cats. I figured my big tom was chewing it down, but this morning I found my old calico gnawing on the stems and rubbing her face in in.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 03:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at May 23, 2026 03:09 PM (VnNy+)
Posted by: Emmie
.308 will end the problem and fill the freezer.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 23, 2026 03:09 PM (oyck1)
_-_
Glad you managed to avoid it. I had a sister-in-law who was killed when a buck came straight at her and her husband from the side on a Harley (yep, helmets, leathers, boots). Husband barely survived.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 23, 2026 03:12 PM (2gJPm)
Last year cucumber leaves sticking through fence would be gone but never a cucumber wete touched.
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 03:14 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at May 23, 2026 03:16 PM (VnNy+)
I've never been a garden type, despite my mother filling our patio with plants when I was a teen. The house I'm considering in Indiana could really benefit from some shrubs below the porch, though. And I'm playing with Sherwin-Williams "Paint a Photo" feature on their website to get an idea what a house like mine might look like in a slightly duskier blue, and the walls of a living room in a light blue. Kinda fun.
Some of the house photos have nice brick trim facings on the steps down to the street. Those can be installed on regular stone steps, right?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 03:18 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 03:24 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 03:27 PM (LHPAg)
I like shrubs along the front of my house, to hide my basement foundation. Just be careful what you plant. A lot of the common shrubs can get 6-10 ft tall (eventually) and you'll need to cut them back occasionally or they'll swallow your porch. I had hollies in front when I bought my house. They wanted to be 10 ft tall so I got tired of cutting them back all the time and removed them. Now I have dwarf (I hope) azaleas that are only supposed to get 3 ft all not obscure my front windows. One of them is a ground-cover azalea (flame creeper) and has only gotten 2 ft tall in the last 10 years.
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at May 23, 2026 03:28 PM (VnNy+)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 23, 2026 03:28 PM (2gJPm)
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That’s awfully sweet of ‘em, but they won’t fix my car
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 03:30 PM (4vbgA)
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at May 23, 2026
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That, 2-3 feet, sounds about right.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 03:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 03:37 PM (rbvCR)
Because it's always hot due to being surrounded by concrete and blacktop, and cooks the vegetation there?
It's either "the berm" or "the boulevard" around here.
A quick DDG search says "verge" is the technical term for it? Or at least the most-common one?
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 03:40 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: KT at May 23, 2026 03:40 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Wenda
Then you just get the old, deaf deer.
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 03:42 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: KT
Nature is nature.
You have 4 choices. Coyotes are type 3.
1) kill the vermin yourself.
B) have domestic critters that kill the vermin for you.
iii) have wild critters that kill the vermin for you.
4) have vermin.
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 03:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at May 23, 2026 03:45 PM (VnNy+)
Yeah, then look at them crash through the sliding glass door and wreak havoc inside your home. Not necessarily common though not unheard of.
I noticed my Deer hunting buddies go to all this trouble with “scents” and special soaps and try to reduce the human odor, which purportedly spooks them.
Maybe. I’ve watched Deer start chewing dirt where people piss, presumably for the salt or minerals. They don’t seem too bothered by humans to me. Maybe during hunting season
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 03:48 PM (4vbgA)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 03:52 PM (4vbgA)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 03:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 03:57 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at May 23, 2026 04:04 PM (VnNy+)
Seen some transcendent fortitude and steadfastness lately? Where?
It was the transcendent fortitude and steadfastness of these men who in adversity and in suffering through the darkest hour of our history held faithful to an ideal. Here men endured that a nation might live. -Herbert HooverHope your Memorial Day Weekend is starting well. As a country, I think we are a little short on transcendent fortitude and steadfastness. I thought it might be interesting to review a few things from our history that I have run across this week that reminded me of fortitude and steadfastness, and then maybe we could discuss a few other things that we should remember this weekend.
Memorial Day Weekend
Have anything planned to commemorate Memorial Day? I can't top my brother and his wife, who visited Bunker Hill. Here are some ideas: Ways to Honor our Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day This site also has a surprisingly detailed page about John Adams, under "Remembering our Founding Fathers". He was a man who exhibited some fortitude and steadfastness.
John Adams, Biography of One of America’s Most Important Founding Fathers John Adams was one of the most important Founding Fathers of the United States. He was born in Massachusetts, became a lawyer, and rose to prominence in the early days of the American Revolution. He admired James Otis and witnessed his speech against the Writs of Assistance. In 1764, he married Abigail Smith, who would go on to play an influential role in his involvement in politics. During the Stamp Act Crisis, he was associated with the Sons of Liberty, along with his cousin, Samuel Adams. Despite his connections to the Patriot Cause, he defended the British soldiers who fired on colonists at the Boston Massacre, because he believed the men deserved a fair trial, and no other lawyers would take the case. After the Coercive Acts were passed in 1774, he was elected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress and signed the Articles of Association. In 1775, he returned to the Second Continental Congress where he signed the Olive Branch Petition, however, a week later he nominated George Washington to lead the Continental Army. . .How many kids today understand what is written above? Particularly the Adams quote? I didn't remember this:
The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic scandal between France and the United States caused by French officials trying to bribe American diplomats in 1797. When the scandal was exposed, anti-French sentiment rose in America, and the slogan “Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute” became popular. As a result, the two nations became entangled in an undeclared naval war known as the Quasi-War. Peace was restored in 1800, but the XYZ Affair had serious long-term effects on the United States. The press was critical of President John Adams and Congress for how the affair was handled, which led to the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Two Southern states — Virginia and Kentucky — passed resolutions that said the laws were unconstitutional and that the states had a right to “nullify” the acts. Later, the concept of Nullification became a direct cause of the Civil War.
Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, was one of the wealthiest men in France (which is to say in the world), when, inspired by the words of the American Declaration of Independence, he left the comfort and security of his home, traveled to America, and offered his service to the cause of American liberty. At age 19, he was commissioned major general, to this day the youngest person ever to hold that rank in the American army. Lafayette soon became one of General Washington’s most trusted and capable generals. Having been orphaned at a young age, Lafayette greatly admired Washington, who became a father figure for him. And likewise, Lafayette became like a foster son to Washington, who had no biological children of his own.
To the end of his long and celebrated life, Lafayette remained devoted to his adopted county. He named his only son George Washington, and he named a daughter Virginia.
Having returned to France after the war ended, Lafayette become a key player in the cause of French liberty, and he remains a revered hero in that country as well. He was the principal author of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, modeling it on the American Declaration of Independence. Lafayette was 67 years old when, in 1824, President James Monroe and Congress invited him to come to the United States in honor of the nation’s 50th birthday. After Washington’s death in 1799, he had given up his dream of someday returning to Virginia and living near Mount Vernon, but Lafayette was delighted at the invitation and welcomed the opportunity to return to the country he had helped.
At age 76, Lafayette died at his home in Paris. At his request, his son George Washington Lafayette sprinkled the soil from Bunker Hill over his father’s coffin as it was lowered into the ground. An American flag has flown continually over the grave ever since. When word of Lafayette’s death reached America there was an outpouring of grief that equaled that when Washington died. Flags were lowered to half mast, John Quincy Adams delivered a eulogy in a joint session of Congress attended by the president, the cabinet, the Supreme Court justices, and the American diplomatic corps. Twenty-four-gun salutes were fired by every American naval ship and at every American military post, followed by a single cannon shot every half-hour afterwards until sunset. For six months American officers wore black armbands, and American citizens wore mourning dress for thirty days. Hundreds of places in America, including at least 36 cities and towns, are named in honor of Lafayette. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, the “Hero of Two Worlds,” died on May 20, 1834, one hundred ninety-two years ago today.
John Quincy Adams our 6th President once kept a live alligator in the White House bathtub, a wild gift from the Marquis de Lafayette himself.
— HeritageBulwark (@hbulwark1) May 19, 2026
White House staff had to check the tub every time before the president bathed. pic.twitter.com/NfRrpjmpR5
How many kids today know who Thucydides is, much less what a 'Thucydides Trap' is? VDH on China and the USA Are young people ready for uplifting content on the internet? Or in a commencement address?This is President Nixon's book recommendations for students interested in history, biography and historical novels. pic.twitter.com/PSxJX3JjUB
— Richard Nixon Foundation (@nixonfoundation) May 21, 2026
Tip: Don't mention Artificial Intelligence in such an address.Was not ready for Eric Church to deliver the best commencement speech I’ve ever heard.
— Dante (@DanteTheDon) May 14, 2026
Six guitar strings. Six pillars of a life.
Faith. Family. Spouse. Ambition. Community. You.
Tune them when you’re whole, not just when you’re broken.
Watch the whole thing. pic.twitter.com/6d5uY8lPP4
Greetings from Palermo, where I’m currently on a diplomatic mission to sort out the Europeans. Meanwhile, the salient news of the week is that Republicans seem to dealing with the anti-Semites in their midst while Democrats nominate theirs for higher office. More significantly, in purging Sen. Bill Cassidy and Rep. Thomas “Hot Mess” Massie (did Trump ever call him that?—he should have if not), Trump has achieved what Franklin Roosevelt failed to accomplish with his attempted purge of anti-New Deal Democrats in the 1938 election cycle. One more piece of evidence that the somnambulant Biden administration was merely a temporary and aberrant intermission in the Age of Trump. Maybe Massie will switch parties and come back as a Democrat. I hear they are still looking for a candidate for 2028.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:08 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JROD at May 23, 2026 11:10 AM (IlL6s)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 23, 2026 11:10 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 11:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: KT at May 23, 2026 11:13 AM (rdeQO)
Being a scoundrel with the morals of an alleycat proved to be very useful for a Foreign Affairs Minister.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 11:14 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 11:16 AM (2qvfF)
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Of course they did. They were right there tied to their belts!
Posted by: Grand Pappy Simpson at May 23, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:18 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:21 AM (qrzX6)
We will have our annual parade on Monday and it's great. Lots of current and former military, school band, fire trucks, the works. It culminates, appropriately enough, at Memorial Park which has a number memorials to individuals who died for this country through the years. The Park will be covered with 100 American flags that previously covered the caskets of fallen heroes and donated for use by their families.
I'll be there, rain or shine.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 11:26 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 11:28 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 23, 2026 11:28 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Narragansett at May 23, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:31 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 11:31 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 11:31 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Duh at May 23, 2026 11:33 AM (2Ez/1)
A while back I painted some dried allium and KT was kind enough to post a photo on the garden thread...
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=407009
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at May 23, 2026 11:34 AM (/enuJ)
It really is. This little town is like Mayberry plopped down in the middle of "progress". I love it and the older I get the more I appreciate it.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 11:34 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Narragansett at May 23, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm sure you could fit garrett in there with you.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:35 AM (qrzX6)
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It's a VERY sobering place to visit.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 11:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 11:31 AM (Kt19C)
Chinese are pointing at us like we point at them.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:36 AM (qrzX6)
LIB Strategic Insanity perpetuates itself that Pity for the Guilty is anything but Treason to the Innocent. that any compromise between food and poison can result in anything but Death.
This is their crusade, their inexorable march, where they breach the nobility and sovereignty of Evil as an inevitability while ignoring the obvious fact that the only Common Ground that exists for them is to put you in it.
LIBs live in FEAR for having abandoned their only means of survival -- their productive mind, and GUILT for knowing they have done so willingly and when faced with the inevitable realization that Life does have Meaning, Good Ideas do replace the bad, they lack the remaining intellectual fortitude, and, indeed, integrity to admit their faults, to throw open the window of their homeless/tent-city and admit: MAD AS HELL AND NOT GONNA LIB ANY MORE with the realization that their own leadership has lied to them and cheated them out of a future worth having.
They use pity as a weapon, and pity for themselves as a weapon -- and this is why Memorial Day is meaningly as immemorialness is a testament to their own failure
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 23, 2026 11:39 AM (EhMju)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)
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I think that picture of Adams is reversed, too. I believe that is the earliest known photograph of any living president, though he was long out of office. Called a Daugerretype. The internet likes to reverse things, apparently.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 11:48 AM (IDQSL)
Astronomers just discovered a "hidden route" to the moon after running hundreds of thousands of simulations
https://tinyurl.com/yyembb5c
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I thought there was only one way. You know, up.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 11:49 AM (n3VHW)
That's lovely. Thanks so much for reposting it
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 11:51 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 23, 2026 11:31 AM (Kt19C)
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Chinese are pointing at us like we point at them.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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In terms of the acute toxicity of methyl methacrylate, the LD50 is 7–10 g/kg (oral, rat). It is an irritant to the eyes and can cause redness and pain.[17][18] Irritation of the skin, eye, and nasal cavity has been observed in rodents and rabbits exposed to relatively high concentrations of methyl methacrylate. Methyl methacrylate is a mild skin irritant in humans and has the potential to induce skin sensitization in susceptible individuals.
- WIKI
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 11:51 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 11:52 AM (u/oMr)
I'm working on an online book -- 100 Americans Who Should Be Famous (But Aren't).
One is Robert Smalls who has small fame in Charleston SC. In 1861, he was a slave who stole a ship he worked on to free himself, the black crew, and their families, while the white crew were carousing on a Saturday night.
He then gave the Planter to the Union Navy and met Lincoln. Later, Lincoln let Blacks join the Union Army and issued the Proclamation.
What's too often left out of his story is that he could have just left with his prize money from the Planter but instead volunteered to be a pilot for the US Navy as he knew Charleston harbor so well. Had he been captured you can only imagine. This is the man Lincoln met.
He later used his prize money to buy the plantation where he'd been a slave and served in the US Congress.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2026 11:53 AM (dtajH)
I'll be there, rain or shine.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 11:26 AM (viF8m)
Wow! Excellent.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 11:53 AM (6wpGE)
Astronomers just discovered a "hidden route" to the moon after running hundreds of thousands of simulations
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But first, you must answer three questions.
Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at May 23, 2026 11:54 AM (u/oMr)
But, surely the boys will be home by Christmas. And that didn’t happen. And them the war stretched into 1862. Well, it will be over by Summer for certain. Surely by Christmas. And then 1863 … 1864… etc. And it probably didn’t need to last 4 years, not even close. But that’s how it turned out.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 11:55 AM (IDQSL)
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Come join us Wednesday night at 7pm. We meet at The Elks Lodge.
Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at May 23, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 11:59 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Heroq at May 23, 2026 12:02 PM (ps+Pv)
I recall one miserable night during a dust storm at the Yakima Training Area (part of the Ft Lewis Army complex) when the landline wire between my CP and one of my platoons went out. I had to do my rounds anyway, so I walked the line. Out there in the dark, sitting on the ground with his back to the wind, I found Private Washington. He was a big 'ol country dude from Louisiana. He was splicing the wire together.
"How's it going?" I asked.
"No problem, sir. I'll have the wire fixed in no time."
He did and it never failed again.
That was mumbly-mumbly years ago and I have never forgotten it.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2026 12:03 PM (2WIwB)
You, of course, know that the Navy renamed the USS Chancellorsville after Smalls.
A friend of mine was the second commanding officer of the Chancellorsville. He wasn't pleased when the Navy renamed "his" ship.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 12:04 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 12:05 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 12:06 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 12:10 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2026 12:11 PM (dtajH)
Well, you won't find any of that stuff here!
Posted by: GOPe Caucus at May 23, 2026 12:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
That was great!
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 12:18 PM (6wpGE)
Correct.
A few weeks ago, I asked my buddy, the former CO of the Chancellorsville, how he felt about the ship being renamed. He rolled his eyes and said, "fucking Democrats..."
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 12:19 PM (J4Dwc)
I don't think he did? He mentioned the Internet.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 12:19 PM (6wpGE)
The 2020 purges were stupid and pointless, even if the new names were sometimes those of deserving people. The recent rush to erase Cesar Chavez after he was posthumously MeToo'ed was pretty funny though.
Can't wait until it's proven that Obama is who everyone with a brain thinks he is and the rush to erase him starts. It'll be even better if he's still alive to see it.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 23, 2026 12:20 PM (QZThv)
Well, you won't find any of that stuff here!
Posted by: GOPe Caucus at May 23, 2026 12:15 PM
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But we're overstocked on dithering, hand-wringing, consternation, and disquietude.
Everything must go!
Posted by: GOPe White Sale at May 23, 2026 12:21 PM (2Ez/1)
I don't think he did? He mentioned the Internet.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 12:19 PM (6wpGE)
... and social media.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 12:21 PM (6wpGE)
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Grand Rapids KC show, defeating 27, which is a nice chunk of change. Now on to the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 12:23 PM (HdYcL)
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I saw where some of the Confederate statues that were removed are coming back. For now. If/when the Democrats regain power they'll probably remove and destroy them so they can't be replaced.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)
That was a joke/reference to several other recent commencement speeches where the students booed AI.
The lefty-industrial complex has stood up two minutes hate against AI at a speed that Just Stop Oil would envy. It's already at the point that "hates AI" usually accompanies "Palestinian and trans flags in bio".
Posted by: Ian S. at May 23, 2026 12:24 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 12:24 PM (0nHVk)
Being a scoundrel with the morals of an alleycat proved to be very useful for a Foreign Affairs Minister.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)
_________
Napoleon described him as "shit in a silk stocking."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 12:25 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 12:28 PM (ndZc7)
Joseph Fouché and the Abbé Sieyès were two others who managed to slither through every change of regime between 1789 and 1815.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 12:28 PM (HdYcL)
For a hundred years Grant faced Lee. Until Andy Cuomo had Lee decapitated.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2026 12:29 PM (dtajH)
I'll be there, rain or shine.
Posted by: JackStraw
That is outstanding!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 23, 2026 12:29 PM (oyck1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)
Not so fast....
https://tinyurl.com/mr25mm9k
Posted by: GOPe Caucus at May 23, 2026 12:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Emmie at May 23, 2026 12:32 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2026 11:53 AM (dtajH)
Ha Ha! He beat those stoopid repukelicans!
Posted by: Modern leftists at May 23, 2026 12:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
The Memorial Roll on the courthouse lawn has multi generations with the same last names listed over and over. And no one raises an eyebrow with the Stars and Bars next to Old Glory.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 12:36 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 12:37 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 23, 2026 12:40 PM (Sco7b)
Correct.
A few weeks ago, I asked my buddy, the former CO of the Chancellorsville, how he felt about the ship being renamed. He rolled his eyes and said, "fucking Democrats..."
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 12:19 PM (J4Dwc)
If Democrats insist all things slavery and Confederate must be abolished or renamed, when do the Democrats abolish or rename their own political party?
Posted by: Gref at May 23, 2026 12:44 PM (5rh/l)
That was a joke/reference to several other recent commencement speeches where the students booed AI.
The lefty-industrial complex has stood up two minutes hate against AI at a speed that Just Stop Oil would envy. It's already at the point that "hates AI" usually accompanies "Palestinian and trans flags in bio".
Posted by: Ian S. at May 23, 2026 12:24 PM (QZThv)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 12:46 PM (6wpGE)
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With the help of the MSM, academia and the general public's overall pliability, they've convinced most Americans that slavery and all that came from it, is the fault of the Republicans and Trump.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 12:48 PM (jehhT)
There the General and his staff stopped beside a simple grave. It was Pershing’s aide, Colonel Charles E. Stanton, who spoke: ” It is with loving pride we drape the colors in tribute of respect to this citizen of your great republic.
And here and now in the presence of the illustrious dead we pledge our hearts and our honor in carrying this war to a successful issue.
"Lafayette, we are here!”
I think the French were a bit puzzled by American Lafayette reverence.
Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2026 12:50 PM (gzplO)
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 23, 2026 12:51 PM (Gdxd4)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 23, 2026 12:24 PM (QZThv)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 12:46 PM (6wpGE)
It is an odd one. The Left 'people' have decided it's bad, while all the left companies are going all in on it. So you have artists and musicians (usually really bad ones) who hate the idea. Game reviewers, writers, etc etc.
I would also assume by contrast that the technocrats and the VHE crowd would LOVE the concept of AI.
It's kind of remarkable watching this how people react.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:51 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2026 12:54 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2026 12:55 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 23, 2026 12:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 23, 2026 01:00 PM (3uBP9)
Town of AJ is real quiet this morning. Scarcely any traffic. Most of the snowbirds have gone home, and I think many of the locals have taken off for the long weekend. Weather is great, with temps in the low 90's, unseasonably cool for here. We'll take it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 01:06 PM (8zz6B)
The Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
The very bad acts!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 01:06 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
I'll be at the ceremony at Soledad in San Diego as usual.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 01:08 PM (n7rxJ)
AI should be opposed by the right, its basically part of the whole globalist corporate socialist agenda
Posted by: Azjaeger
I've been told that the anti-AI movement is financed by China so that they will rule the AI wave.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 01:09 PM (Cqx++)
KT, thanks for including that Eric Church commencement speech. The man is wasting his time with music. (Just kidding.) He should be giving motivational speeches about what is important in life. If Lewis or Chesterton had been musical, they might have written it.
Posted by: JTB at May 23, 2026 01:09 PM (yTvNw)
But, meh, dead white man.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2026 01:12 PM (XeU6L)
1) Tushy Bidets...The Joys Of Anal Sex
2) Fidel Castro & Nelson Mandela...How Far We Slaves Have Come
3) Huey P. Newton...Kill Whitey!
4) Mariann Edgar Budde...Lesbianism, The Church And You
5) Dr. Renee Richards...Second Serve, Or How I Chopped Of My Weiner
Posted by: Harvard's Reading List 2026 Top 5 at May 23, 2026 01:13 PM (35YvA)
But, meh, dead white man.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
French. Doesn't count.
Posted by: they start at Calais at May 23, 2026 01:13 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 01:14 PM (U0opd)
But, meh, dead white man.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
French. Doesn't count.
Posted by: they start at Calais
Are the French white people? Well, yes but . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 23, 2026 01:20 PM (jjUeA)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 23, 2026 01:20 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 01:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 23, 2026 01:22 PM (qFwJc)
FoxNews....May be news on Iran later this weekend.
Schrödinger's Peace Deal...
Posted by: Stateless
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Just kill it, Mr. President.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 01:25 PM (n7rxJ)
I miss my Dad, My Uncles now all gone. I miss Timmy, gone at 19
I escorted Tom's body home in 1991.....his 4 year old daughter asking "why is my daddy in a box and why can't I see him
I will never forget.......I will never forgive
Soon Communists. Very Soon!
Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 23, 2026 01:25 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 01:26 PM (Ia/+0)
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Tragic. And preventable. But some people are stubborn and either don't take symptoms seriously or ignore them.
I can totally relate.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 01:26 PM (jehhT)
Schrödinger's Peace Deal...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog.
Dead cat bounce?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 23, 2026 01:27 PM (jjUeA)
Well, one absent thing we can commemorate with no sadness: the Colbert show.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 01:27 PM (n7rxJ)
@nicksortor
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38m
🚨 BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance has made an UNPLANNED RETURN to Washington, DC, and his motorcade is racing to the White House
President Trump has summoned his whole national security team to a meeting on Iran.
POTUS is also scheduled to hold a conference call at 1pm ET
Posted by: Don Black at May 23, 2026 01:29 PM (ZxPkt)
President Trump has summoned his whole national security team to a meeting on Iran.
POTUS is also scheduled to hold a conference call at 1pm ET
Posted by: Don Black at May 23, 2026 01:29 PM (ZxPkt)
Lat "rumor " I read was that they were close to some sort of "deal".. We all know how trust worthy Iran is with a deal...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 23, 2026 01:31 PM (irNtJ)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 23, 2026 01:33 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 23, 2026 01:33 PM (qFwJc)
--John McCain
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 01:36 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Don Black at May 23, 2026 01:36 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 01:38 PM (Cqx++)
Jim Hensen died the same way.
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 23, 2026 01:22 PM (qFwJc)
How in the world.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)
-Monty
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 01:45 PM (IifvS)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 01:45 PM (Ia/+0)
-Monty
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 01:45 PM (IifvS)
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 01:47 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 01:51 PM (jehhT)
https://youtu.be/Omd9_FJnerY
https://youtu.be/0FT3SmZ_zx0
https://youtu.be/rJO7lJIxG10
https://youtu.be/awsmXerhLqQ
Crosses the line between Veteran's Day and Memorial Day
https://youtu.be/h_OyFoxp_uo
And two early clips for the Fourth!
https://youtu.be/2HGHdFmu5GU
https://youtu.be/yAqNe-m0a8s
I think all of these are suitable for work in the US. If they aren't, I don't know if I'd want to work there.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 01:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 01:51 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Trump skipped his son's wedding. It may be a big dead but I don't think it's a deal deal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 01:51 PM (LJVs0)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 23, 2026 01:52 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 01:52 PM (LJVs0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 01:51 PM (LJVs0
Meh. I'll catch the next one.*
-DJT
*I denounce myself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 01:52 PM (IifvS)
Good lord, gas explosion in a Chinese mine has killed 90, probably more.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 01:53 PM (n7rxJ)
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I saw where some of the Confederate statues that were removed are coming back. For now. If/when the Democrats regain power they'll probably remove and destroy them so they can't be replaced.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)
Americans - soldiers especially - immediately after the Civil War, showed far more honor and grace, even in victory as shown by Grant's honorable treatment of Lee during the surrender at Appomattox, having Joshua Chamberlain, with a guard of honor, salute the surrendering rebels. And if I'm not mistaken, they were allowed to keep their weapons.
The filthy communists at Chancellorsville were just on a destructive, provocative tear. Aided by the local officials, all the way up to that filthy governor McCaullife. Just my opinion.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 23, 2026 01:53 PM (O2GRA)
This has been a public service announcement.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 01:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 23, 2026 01:31 PM (irNtJ)
Any deal with Iran is worthless unless it includes them renouncing Taqiyyah.
Which means fundamentally ending Islam. And that won't happen because even if they do, how do we know it ain't just more Taqiyyah? You can't make deals with people to whom lying is at the core of their essence. Just my opinion, again.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 23, 2026 01:57 PM (O2GRA)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 01:57 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 23, 2026 01:59 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)
1) Tushy Bidets...The Joys Of Anal Sex
2) Fidel Castro & Nelson Mandela...How Far We Slaves Have Come
3) Huey P. Newton...Kill Whitey!
4) Mariann Edgar Budde...Lesbianism, The Church And You
5) Dr. Renee Richards...Second Serve, Or How I Chopped Of My Weiner
Posted by: Harvard's Reading List 2026 Top 5 at May 23, 2026 01:13 PM (35YvA)
You're probably not far off. Imagine Bill Clinton's list from the mid-90s. It would of course lean leftward, but would probably include some genuinely good reads. Now imagine Obama's and see the direction we've gone.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 23, 2026 02:18 PM (qivay)
Posted by: Dr_No at May 23, 2026 02:18 PM (ayRl+)
His mistake was giving the Arabs something they didn't care about, something from antiquity before Islam
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 02:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 23, 2026 02:21 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 01:51 PM (LJVs0)
He implied that his presence would bring more danger to everyone involved and he didn't want to do that.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 23, 2026 02:40 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 02:53 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 03:20 PM (qrzX6)
Today was the second day of overflight, and apparently the first landing of US craft in Caracas since the capture of Nicolas Maduro
"This Saturday, the U.S. Embassy in Caracas released images of the moment when several aircraft landed at the diplomatic compound located in Valle Arriba, Caracas.
youtu.be/kSK1XviG43o
from X:
https://tinyurl.com/76649wk3
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 03:20 PM (rbvCR)
The men who fly those things must be top notch those machines are no easy flier.
Put congress in those things and do some touch and goes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 03:47 PM (LJVs0)
The men who fly those things must be top notch those machines are no easy flier.
Put congress in those things and do some touch and goes.
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Several are part of the squadron? that supports the White House. Painted exactly the same as the current helicopter(s)... olive green with white trim. No clue if Trump's flown on one.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 04:03 PM (jehhT)
The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between from the streets of Manhattan. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few house keeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Iron River) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Don't be Pretti Good.
3) Running with sharp objects? You do the math there "Three Fingers".
4) Have a great weekend!!!
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer
requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests:
3/28 – Hrothgar asked for prayers for a dear and long time close friend and former neighbor, Daniel,
who is scheduled for open heart surgery in mid-April. Prayers for his wife would be appreciated as well,
as she will be carrying a heavy load for the next few months.
4/18 Update – Daniel survived his complex open heart surgery. He is sitting up and it seems like it went
well, but they are not going to release him as quickly as he would like, so he is not happy. Thanks to the
Horde for the prayers and please keep praying for his dear wife, who now has even more to put up with.
5/16 Update – Hrothgar sends thanks for the prayers for Dan. Thanks to his attitude and the miracles
of modern heart surgery, Daniel is back home and in good spirits and mobile. He still has a lot of rehab
ahead, but it sounds like a pretty good recovery to be home only 20 days after being on the table!
3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into
where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come
in today and let them know the plan.
4/9 Update – On 4/1 Mr. Jordan61 was released from the hospital with six weeks of IV antibiotics,
which Jordan61 is administering every 8 hours. He’s in a lot of pain; they’ve given him oxy, fentanyl, and
dilaudid, and nothing seems to touch it. From what they were told, the pain won’t subside until the
infection is cleared up. For the time being, he is bed-bound and they are limiting his movement as much
as possible to keep the pain to a minimum. Jordan61 will send updates with progress.
4/25 Update – Mr. Jordan61 is making slow but steady progress. He can get up and walk for short
periods of time, and can sit in the living room for an hour or so per day. He is halfway through the IV
antibiotics, with 3 weeks to go. A physical therapist will be coming to help him build strength and learn
how to move without aggravating his back injury. Thank you all for the prayers!
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now.
Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also
jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
4/24 Update – Teresa in Fort Worth provided an update: The pump that was put in to battle cancer in
December can only be used for 6 months. After that, it starts to damage the liver. So she may have to go
back onto the medication that made her lose her hair and messed up her vision and nails, and then
return to this medication after a break. This is not good news, since this new medication is working so
well. But for now, she is doing well and is incredibly grateful for the time that she has been given so far.
4/11 – Eromero craves prayers for Mrs. E., as she has been diagnosed with lymphoma. She begins
infusions on 4/23.
4/25 Update – Mrs. E. reports that she feels fine. Praise be to God that she has had only one distressful
episode during the infusions. Thank you for all the past and continued prayers.
4/18 – neverenoughcaffiene asked that Devyn be kept in prayers. She is a young mother of 2 with a
mass on her esophagus. The Doc said it was scar tissue and hopefully the second opinion will agree. 5/16 Update – The doctor providing Devyn’s second opinion advised her to stay with the original
doctor. She will be having a biopsy sometime in the next week. Prayers are still needed.
4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis.
5/2 Update – The gout has cleared and the infection in the lower back is healing.
5/18 Update – Smell the Glove may be out of rehab this week, but still would need wound care at
home. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes!
4/18 – Sam Adams requested prayers for a friend, Mary F, who was just sent to a long-term recovery
facility after having a tracheostomy.
5/2 Update – Mary’s breathing is improving, and they are weaning her off assisted breathing. She is
now off the ventilator for 12 hours a day, and they are aiming for 14 hours soon. Many thanks to all of
the Moron Horde for the prayers.
4/24 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for a friend’s father (Cory), who needs prayers for strength and
peace as he is going through some troubled times.
4/27 – Matthew Kant Cipher sent his thanks to those who prayed for his friend Layne (who is also his
son’s FIL). The Horde may recall that in August, Layne was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He has since
undergone courses of chemo, immunotherapy, and radiation. His latest scans came back clean. The
cancer is in remission; praise be to God! Prayers are also humbly requested for Mrs. MKC, who is dealing
with a new flare-up of a GI condition that had been leaving her alone until a recent procedure re-
aggravated it. It is very frustrating/discouraging as she waits to see a new GI doctor.
4/25 – Retired Buckeye Cop asked that we would continue to lift his 16 year old grandson (LH) up in
prayers, as LH continues to consider the call to priesthood in the Catholic Church. LH recently went to a
meeting with a group of young men who are considering the priesthood.
4/25 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers for “I”, who Fenelon visited and anointed with oil, and prayed
for healing of her health concerns.
5/2 – neverenoughcaffiene requested prayers for parishioners at her church, who lost their newborn
daughter, Astrid.
5/7 – turambar asked for prayers for relatives. Mom needs prayers as she was admitted to the hospital
to check her heart and cardio. They did not find pneumonia. Two months ago, she fell at her assisted
living place, and broke her hip. She also has dementia. Turambar’s uncle fell recently and broke his hip,
too.
5/9 – D asked for prayers. He was let go from his IT job and has started a business making and selling
lens cleaners to make ends meet. Please contact Annie’s Stew if you’d like more information – either to
order lens cleaners, or if you’d like to contact him related to IT job openings (DBA/Network Admin).
5/11 – rez986 asked if anyone had an update on Neidermeyer’s Dead Horse’s health. The last info
Annie’s Stew has was from January, 2026, that he’d been given 6 months to live due to heart failure and
was being treated and waiting for a transplant at Mayo. 5/16 Update – Dash my lace wings! posted that NDH is recovering well. IrishEi posted that NDH did
receive a heart transplant and that she is doing well. She also posted a link to NDH’s X account, and her
fundraising page.
5/15 – Toad-O requested prayers for his second ex-wife, the mother of his two children. They were
divorced 25 years ago, and 3 years later, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the children came
to live with Toad-O. The ex-wife is now suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s, and has been living with
Toad-O’s daughter and her husband. The ex-wife fell last month and and cracked 2 vertebrae, and just
was taken to ER with a rapid heartbeat and low blood pressure due to dehydration. Prayers are
appreciated for her and also for the daughter who has sacrificed a lot to care for her.
5/16 – Anna Puma requested prayers for the family of Dan Fordice, who was killed when the aircraft he
was flying crashed. He leaves behind a wife, 3 children, and many friends. He was a Warbird flyer, a CEO,
and a veteran of the 2/20 th SFG.
5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail
(again) for drug related crimes.
5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan, and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers
are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it
is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1
marked one year sine they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
5/20 – E gave an update. She and her family were having financial struggles a few months ago, and
asked for prayers. E sends her thanks for the prayers, and wanted to let people know that things are
getting better, thanks to the Horde’s prayers and their church family. They have resolved their mortgage
issue and her husband has resumed his side gig making deliveries. They are also cutting monthly
expenses. They would like continued prayers as the deal with the insurance company of the person who
crashed into (and totaled) E’s vehicle. Insurance only offered half the replacement value, so that
struggle is still going on.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the
prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in
a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with
the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it
to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an
update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but
not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: kingsman at May 23, 2026 07:29 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 07:34 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 07:36 AM (VyBeY)
I'm a gheezer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm finishing up my morning pot (ca. 4 cups) of coffee. Time for me to shave and get otherwise cleaned up. Later, haircut, library, and dropping some stuff off at the thrift store out in the 'burbs. I hope I can get the errands done before it rains.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Halfhand at May 23, 2026 07:38 AM (IXblq)
The more the better. Everything you own owns you.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"
*eyes stockpile of dryer lint*
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: TeeJ at May 23, 2026 07:42 AM (eisI8)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:43 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)
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Let's not get too hasty here...
_-_
Makes great firestarter for the wood stove. Waste not want not.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 23, 2026 07:47 AM (2gJPm)
{grammie}
Hiya JT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)
A big thank you to the Horde for your prayers while I was in rehab for the infection I had. Came home yesterday and while I have to utilize a wound vac for a time it's good to be home
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 07:49 AM (flmKL)
https://tinyurl.com/2vkdby5u
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:43 AM (GD0B3)
13 Armenian coffee...
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)
14 So , What up dogs!!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)
15 WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)"
Talk about hitting the ground running. I'll have what he's having.
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Caffiend. at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 07:51 AM (flmKL)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:52 AM (Ia/+0)
(For making firestarter for Camping use from Lint, you want Lint made from cotton clothes. Synthetics don’t work to catch sparks very well)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM (Ia/+0)
A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 07:55 AM (dE3DB)
Rain has pushed off and the dogs have been given the chance to go out. I held off earlier because Diana doesn't like flashes and booms, poor thing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 07:56 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Too lazy to get up to brew coffee as that also means taking doggeh out
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 07:57 AM (dE3DB)
Thanks be for this place where we can gather and pray for our friends, scattered as we are. Sometimes the internet is a wonderful thing.
Prayers have been said for all on the list, and the rest of you as well.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 07:58 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Randy Senior Citizen at May 23, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)
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Congratulations San Franpsycho. Wishing the best, good health and much happiness to you and your entire family.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (lsIOl)
On the other hand, there is a woman that "paints" using dryer lint. Pictures are amazing.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (7T8ei)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (m6Eem)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM
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I have a small Ziploc bag of it with my camping stuff. A few magnesium shavings and a shower of sparks from the flint and Robert's your dad's brother. Boom.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (dE3DB)
https://tinyurl.com/3wcmn9bz
If you are able to and the weather cooperates consider going for a walk today. It's very nurturing for your spirit.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (m6Eem)
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Congratulations San Franpsycho. Wishing the best, good health and much happiness to you and your entire family.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (lsIOl)
Congrats from here, too!
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)
Too lazy to get up to brew coffee as that also means taking doggeh out
Posted by: vmom
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Doggeh waits? Good doggeh!
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (gpQ8/)
A note about the Borzoi breeder S., who was badly injured in an accident at a field event at our National. Her dogs have been transported from Omaha to their home in West Texas and are being taken care of.
She is still in the hospital and is likely to be there for at least four to six months. Her leg was broken above and below the knee, vertebrae in the neck and back were broken and she had internal bleeding and a severe concussion.
She's about our age and so her recovery is likely to be slow and incomplete.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:03 AM (m6Eem)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 08:03 AM (dE3DB)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at 07:59 AM
++++++
Thoreau said "It's not what you look at. It's what you see."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)
>>If you are able to and the weather cooperates consider going for a walk today. It's very nurturing for your spirit.
Won't be walking proper for a while, but I will be rolling along side grandson today for the Veterans flag placement at the cemetery today.
Nothing better than watching a bunch of scouts scrambling around trying to outdue each other.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (2NHgQ)
>>Thomas Bender but a skkll once mastered could be a great story
Oh I am determined to master it, it's just I'm pretty bummed about being layed up.
And the full recovery time is nothing to sneeze at, it's a year give or take.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
A staple of air-cooled VW meetups has been throwing an old VW engine half on the bonfire at night. That much magnesium makes a bright, huge conflagration. Don't think anything will grow on the spot for a century.
Posted by: Cheep Thrills at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Before matches, getting your pipe going was a bit of a trick. “Fire steel” and a piece of flint. I imagine they got good at it, but it was a pain in wet & windy weather. I made a Bow Drill once, and decided although it works great I will never go out to the remote sticks without about 6 different ways to get a fire going.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:12 AM (z1t++)
Posted by: Zoot Allures! at May 23, 2026 08:12 AM (oftw2)
Our America-hating government can't be trusted to safeguard our heritage. They hate it with their whole hearts. Scatter it among private collectors.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2026 08:13 AM (BI5O2)
A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)
Congrats! Raise them right!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 08:13 AM (GD0B3)
Isn't that wonderful news! Prayers for your daughter and husband the growing baby!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:14 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)
This is wonderful news! More babies, please!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 08:15 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:15 AM (z1t++)
Sounds like a very special day. Enjoy yourself and your grandson and the other scouts.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:16 AM (n3VHW)
I had an unusual encounter at Walmart this morning.
I met an old man who claimed to be the great grandson of Bushwhacker Bill Wilson, one of the inspirations for the Outlaw Josey Wales.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 08:16 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Little old lady shoe dweller at May 23, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Square One at May 23, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:20 AM (z1t++)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:21 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (n3VHW)
Poverty trap is real.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (flmKL)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)
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Saving it for a rainy day?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 08:24 AM (gnNyN)
Poverty trap is real.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)
Please stop by your nearest Catholic Church (at least if you are US)...ask for help.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (tOcjL)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Do not give up! Is there anyone iin your community social services who can help?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (n3VHW)
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The more the better. Everything you own owns you.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026
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Earlier this year I got rid of an old CRT portable TV I'd bought in 2005 and hadn't used in almost that long. There are clothes I want to get rid of -- they still fit, but I'm tired of them -- and some books too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:27 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"
According to the NY Post, I should never throw it away. I did not read further to find out why.
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 08:27 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
Yikes! Hit by the dog during lure coursing?
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)
Tough to beat a Zippo in wind. Clink-flick-Whump!!
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:29 AM (lQYPV)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026
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Just as dreary here: 80 or more, 100% humidity, drizzling off and on. The heat makes it tough to wear a hat and rain jacket, and an umbrella, even a compact one, is awkward to carry and easy to forget.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:30 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)
Prayers for providence for you, Brother Tim. Whereabouts are you?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)
Please stop by your nearest Catholic Church (at least if you are US)...ask for help.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (tOcjL)
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This is good advice. The churches should be open for daily Mass and you can take a nap on the pews without anyone having a problem with it and you will likely get offers of help, depending on the area.
One of the things I've learned since my wife started volunteering is that government assistance does NOTHING for poor people. It is all corrupt. All the grants, services, agencies, are just money laundering and rackets. Actual care is done by volunteers. Without church clothing drives and kitchens, the homeless would die and the government would just truck on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Yikes! Hit by the dog during lure coursing?
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (J4Dwc)
Yes, full tilt. That's a 90 pound dog moving at 25 mph.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:35 AM (HdYcL)
The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I have noticed there are no senior citizens in the NFL.
Posted by: Joan Lunden at May 23, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)
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He has quite a busy schedule.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)
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Welcome to Michigan! Both sites are about an hour from here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:41 AM (VyBeY)
Punchline is I'm close to a housing solution but...no money, and time is not with me here.
Sick and tired of patches and time mismatches. Had funds for month but my head was a mess post surgery and radiation...and if I had the lead I have now I'd be much better off!
I don't know what God's playing at. Hope it benefits someone because it sucks for me.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:42 AM (8wSX6)
periodically pulling a gun on the suckers and demanding more money.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:43 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)
My class girl needs 4 points and a major to finish. Reserve BOW the last two days. Crap.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:43 AM (J4Dwc)
Punchline is I'm close to a housing solution but...no money, and time is not with me here.
Sick and tired of patches and time mismatches. Had funds for month but my head was a mess post surgery and radiation...and if I had the lead I have now I'd be much better off!
I don't know what God's playing at. Hope it benefits someone because it sucks for me.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:42 AM (8wSX6)
There are Saturday night vigils at all Catholic Churches, usually start between 5-6pm and end between 6-7pm. Go in, and wait for the end and talk to the priest or deacon (if their admin office isn't open) and ask for his help. They'll know how to get you help. You may want to wait til most folks are gone, just b/c they do tend to get mobbed right after Mass.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (8wSX6)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)
Welcome to Michigan! Both sites are about an hour from here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Her Majesty was a Michigan resident for many years, mostly near Traverse City.
She's getting a distinctly chilly welcome from the Midwest people. As though to say, "Why are you here and not in Texas?" Ah, well. Some time ago when we lived in Ohio, we won the Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club specialty three years running. The Colorado people didn't want to see us in Denver after that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:48 AM (HdYcL)
What’s your “Immigration Status”? Maybe a little “No Habla Inglis” would be helpful too.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:49 AM (Yr1lv)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (tOcjL)
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This is good advice.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:50 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:49 AM (Yr1lv)
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There are about 800 homeless people in the area, up from 500 a few years ago. During Covid, Biden flew in 500 Afghans, bought up a hotel to house them, and arranged for regular meals. The local homeless got nothing.
Tells you all you need to know.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:52 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)
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Earthquakes in China last week. Several tremors, 5.1, 5.0, 3.5. In a civilized country, it's nothing. In China with their crap building standards, whole apartment blocks came down. Government claims only a couple of people hurt.
Sure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed it the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
St. John Baptist de Rossi, since you could hear confessions through the Church, pray for us.
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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:55 AM (wzUl9)
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at May 23, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Current time: 07:29. Post time: 08:00
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)
There as disturbance in the Force. I posted a comment and then the Prayer Thread went "poof" and then it came back.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:56 AM (ksbjf)
Earthquakes in China last week. Several tremors, 5.1, 5.0, 3.5. In a civilized country, it's nothing. In China with their crap building standards, whole apartment blocks came down. Government claims only a couple of people hurt.
Sure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)
The 50-Cent Army will tell you, "China infrastructure incredible! US awful."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:57 AM (HdYcL)
A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)
Grandchildren are such a joy. I think that they're God's way of rewarding us for not selling our teenaged children to the traveling Gypsies.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:59 AM (ksbjf)
Getting dog food ready
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 09:00 AM (gDlxJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:57 AM (HdYcL)
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Japanese commentary is particularly withering. "5.0? We don't even wake up for that. Doesn't even spill the coffee. A 7.0 will flatten your entire country."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:01 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (8wSX6)
And thx for the prayers
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (tcsrY)
Now all the slaves are white.
And it's getting review bombed for its lack of diversity and whitewashing history.
Lol
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (73/SM)
Getting dog food ready
Posted by: vmom deport deport
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Breakfast of champions.
Posted by: Purina Morning Chow at May 23, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)
This guy at RCP nails it.
https://tinyurl.com/4fht4h3c
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)
I am highly amused when the Japanese dump on China and their QA standards. Glad they are on our side these days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:04 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (8wSX6)
Good - keep us updated tonight on how they help and how you are!
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 09:04 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)
As we've been learing [sic], the grift and fraud is the real purpose of all of these programs. If the objective was to really get money to the poor, the Democrats would be outraged by the fraud. But they're not, they're only angry that their game has been exposed.
There's so much money involved, politicians (in both parties) have been dipping their beaks, and regulators have been bribed to ignore the fraud.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)
May God shower all of His beloved children with mercy and grace this day.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Happy Memorial Day weekend. Let us pause and give thanks for those who died so we could live in freedom.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 09:09 AM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:10 AM (FMtrg)
He was buried on Tuesday.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (U0opd)
400000000/1400=285,714
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Dinner tonight?
Sure, what time?
Posted by: The French Laundry at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 09:09 AM (D/6p1)
Since 1980, there have been over 63,670 active-duty military deaths. The majority of these deaths, about 84%, were due to accidents, illness, and suicide rather than combat.
Accidents: 29,948 deaths
Illness: 11,485 deaths
Soldiering and Sailing and Flying can be dangerous.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:14 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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The Chinese were shooting shells filled with sawdust at them in the Battle of the Yalu River back in 1894. They've got a lot of experience.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 23, 2026 09:15 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)
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There has been a major cultural shift within liberalism. On the one hand, they still chant about helping the poor, but they are remarkably indifferent as to whether it happens.
I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
Sure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)
It's not just that everything is build of Chinesium over there. A number (how many I don't know) of Chinese engineers are actual frauds.
There was a Taiwanese kid in my cohort back when I was getting my Mechanical Engineering degree. He told us that there were students from Communist China that were not who they purported to be. Apparently the scam that the CCP played was that a smart peasant would get the degree in behalf of some CCP official's idiot kid.
Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2026 09:18 AM (X8xt3)
400000000/1400=285,714
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The performance of civic good is completely incidental to the primary goal of putting taxpayer money in the right pockets.
Gavin Newsom is the very face of this principle in CA.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 09:19 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:14 AM (/+uur)
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This reminds me of the fake fiscal conservatives wringing their hands about the rate at which retired veterans collect disability. News flash: the military life breaks you down even if you never see combat. Of course, they're Super Patriots, they just prefer their social inferior to be barred from their gated communities.
For budgetary reasons, of course. And they will drag out office REMFs like Combat Lawyer David French who will point to his single enlistment (most of it spent in the schoolhouse), as authoritative.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
400000000/1400=285,714
In another interview, Pratt said there was a program where an NGO was given about that much, used it to by a retirement home (and paid twice the price for the property = graft), then charged the government $400k per bed for a homeless person -- but never moved anyone in.
Literally free, unaccountable tens of millions!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)
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Shocking.
Posted by: Claude Rains at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and I find it difficult to believe their martial culture and military leadership is any better. When essentially the entire general officer corps is vulnerable to bribery charges, it's an endemic problem.
I think there's a book about this...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (m6Eem)
Careful. Not all of them are legal...
(whistles to self while sauntering towards the exit..)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 23, 2026 09:23 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 09:24 AM (jehhT)
the Democrats would be outraged by the fraud. But they're not, they're only angry that their game has been exposed.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)
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There has been a major cultural shift within liberalism. On the one hand, they still chant about helping the poor, but they are remarkably indifferent as to whether it happens.
I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
Perhaps some of the rank-and-file Dems have good intentions, but I doubt that Dem politicians are motivated by any other motives than obtaining power, money and sex.
You and I are in agreement in our evaluation of collectivism: It requires the commissions of the Sins of Pride, Wrath, Envy and Theft. Any feelings of agape' are completely missing.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)
Raising standards actually increases interest. Young men long to go on quests, to be the hero - not Main Character, but actually accomplish something. I saw an anecdote on twitter that during a siege, Napoleon noted that one battery was in a vulnerable position, but it was crucial to his plan. Troops were shying away from serving there.
So he declared that battery could only be manned by men without fear. No one else would be permitted to serve there. That was it's formal name: Battery For Men Without Fear. It was immediately where all the crews wanted to serve.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
The idea makes good sense, and also explains how the door was opened to absolute corruption at all levels of the Dem Party. Uniparty Republicans are just as bad in their own way, but at least Trump is trying to clean those Augean Stables. (Just look how Mad they are about Cornyn and Cassidy)
But the left is so bad that it’s now truly impossible for any decent or honest person to hold any party position of responsibility or leadership. I don’t care for Co. governor Polis, but at least he did an honorable and decent thing in freeing Tina Peters. It was an act of mercy and justice, yet he was immediately censured by his own party for doing it, and he will never hold another political office in that state.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (U0opd)
There are too many chances to do wrong, too many regulations and rules, and too many opportunities to become an extension of bad governing.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
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They think their "good" intentions are sufficient without regard to actual outcomes. Their intentions are better than your intentions which are foul and evil. This also renders them good and you evil.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:26 AM (RIvkX)
I just want to put the word out that we are looking for a replacement vehicle for the one that was totaled. We are looking for something cheap and reliable. We are accustomed to driving Toyotas well past 300k miles, for instance, so we aren't afraid of age and mileage in a vehicle like that.
Due to my husband's mobility, he needs something with a middle-range entry height, like a minivan or small pickup or small/medium SUV. It's difficult for him to lower himself into a sedan or climb up into a tall pickup. This will also be our tow vehicle for a 3,500 lb trailer.
We live in the mid-south and don't mind going to neighboring states for a good deal. So if anyone comes across a suitable candidate for us, will you let me know, please? The insurance company has offered $2600 for our totaled vehicle (about half of replacement cost). Thank you!
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:26 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
To be fair, they do this only for the Common Good!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:27 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)
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Current Dems politicians are wolves among the sheep. All of them are sexual perverts in some way. Their voters just want to feel good about themselves and are fighting the old ennui by imagining Nazis are everywhere and their heroic yard sign will keep them at bay.
Yeah, Marxism is just a Christian heresy perverting virtues into vices. That is why it always targets the Church.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:29 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (U0opd)
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Yes, mercy for themselves, none for their enemies. They are wholly given over to wrath, and want to feel their enemies suffer. They are just convulsively lashing out, filling the void where God should be with hate and self-love.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and I find it difficult to believe their martial culture and military leadership is any better. When essentially the entire general officer corps is vulnerable to bribery charges, it's an endemic problem.
I think there's a book about this...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)
On top of that, their military hardware has been found to be lacking. While I'm certain that some of the failures of the Iranian HQ-9 SAMs were due to typical Arabian lack of maintenance of said hardware, the HQ-9 SAMs are samples of Chinese engineering and the U.S. military completely pantsed them within hours.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
He cannot admit this. So instead he keeps kicking the ball down the field, and in the process he's getting the squishes in his caucus fired by the primary voters.
But wait, there's more! He's also driving GOP voting enthusiasm to presidential year heights. Look at how many people are voting in the primaries. It's unprecedented for so many sitting senators to get whacked like this. Never ever happened before. The Save act is wildly popular, so why not base the election on it?
It's a fun thought.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Club size, No-Name Instant coffee with honey has never tasted this good, until tomorrow morning. It's cool and rainy. My friends' cat Snowflake was at my patio window at 6:30am. I dried her up.
Her and the dog Ralphy haven't been outside yet.
Time to read the thread and comments. Good morning everyone.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 09:35 AM (Sco7b)
Raising standards actually increases interest. Young men long to go on quests, to be the hero - not Main Character, but actually accomplish something.
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In the naval battle off Cuba in the Spanish-American War, the plan was to sink a blockship to obstruct the Spanish leaving the harbor. The commander of the expedition signaled the US ships asking for volunteers for a suicide mission. The replies were along the lines of "Every man aboard wants to go" and "We can provide 300 men."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 09:35 AM (HdYcL)
It does make an excellent firestarter - a limerick
Said a young forest ranger named Clint
"Buying fire starters is money well-spent.
But it can be a little dicey
'Cause the storebought ones are pricey
So I decided to give them up for Lint!"
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 09:36 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
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Point of order: Iranians are Persian, not Arabs. Very different culture.
China's QC is indifferent at best. Export weapons are breaking wherever they are being used. Look up Thailand's defective tanks for more proof. Do the domestic models work better? No one knows.
It's pretty cool to see my Three Generations Problem be proven in real time. I thought it only applied to the military, but every aspect of mainland China's culture has been corrupted.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
So he declared that battery could only be manned by men without fear. No one else would be permitted to serve there. That was it's formal name: Battery For Men Without Fear. It was immediately where all the crews wanted to serve.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)
The Spanish "Blue Division" that Franco sent to the Russian front to fight with the Germans during WWII did something similar. They raised an assault infantry battalion within the Blue Division called the "Battalion of Death."
The Germans were actually quite impressed with the fighting ability of the Blue Division and gave them 5 or 6 Tiger tanks in 1942 -- the Tiger was brand-new and in short supply, even in the German military.
Of course, this allowed Franco to ship his most rabid anti-Communists trouble-makers to Russia.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)
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I hope this doesn't 'ignite' another 'flame war'.
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:40 AM (FMtrg)
..........
I was just reading this morning that here in SD his approval rating was 55% in March. Now it's at 28%. Not sure when he is up for reelection but hopefully by then it's at about 2% and we can boot his ass.
Posted by: Mollly k. at May 23, 2026 09:40 AM (j/yko)
I learned a new word here this morning (I often learn new things here): Pelagianism…. I looked it up; a denial of original sin. I read a little about it. Pelagius was not stupid but how anyone could look around and deny original sin boggles the mind.
He didn’t deny sin, mind you. He said humans could attain perfection with the help of God’s grace. He would’ve condemned today’s Dems as depraved as they excuse any and all sin (except for the sin of being MAGA or especially being Trump himself)… but his thinking truly was misguided. Heck, all I have to do is a little honest introspection and I immediately realize sin is pervasive!
Thanks for the intro to that new (to me) word
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2026 09:41 AM (26GAh)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Thune is nowhere smart enough to develop such a strategy…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)
Posted by: Mick at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (5kMf4)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
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Point of order: Iranians are Persian, not Arabs. Very different culture.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
Quite true, but haven't they essentially been conquered by Arabs? I suspect that those bad qualities have infected the Iranian military.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)
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Spain, you say? Another good topic for a book.
Franco was apolitical but shrewd. When the coup failed, he needed allies, the Phalange was right there. He also got the Carlists go join, and the Navarrese became his most elite units. The Blue Shirts ironically where were socialists trapped behind the line found cover ("A lot of Reds are buying blue shirts these days!") The same thing happened in Germany, btw, Reds became Brownshirts.
It wasn't the anti-communism that was the problem, it was the socialist element of Fascism. Franco was a pragmatist and didn't like ideologues. Hence his shift to technocrats to develop Spain.
Divison Azul was pretty hard core and Franco honored its veterans.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (ksbjf)
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They were conquered by Arabs, but that was ended a long time ago. There's a reason that their Islam is in opposition to the one common among Arabs. Persians are very, very nationalistic.
The current issue is the corruption of the mullahs and their SS goons.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)
It's depressing and it's also clear that our relative lives with a huge burden of performance pressure.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)
A traditionally Black seat and the lady there was just sent packing dude to FEMA fraud.
So Wasserman Shultz is going to jump in and run for that seat as her old place will now be an (R) district.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (0SdQT)
Hey, we need the dues! Damn glad to meet ya!
Posted by: Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman at May 23, 2026 09:49 AM (35YvA)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)
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I didn't say he did. I said it was an op. Thune's reading from a script, and one reason he looks so uncomfortable doing it is that he knows he's playing with fire. Privately he's probably fuming and doing extra lines of coke to get through the day.
Like I said, just a thought experiment, but sometimes counterfactuals show you real things. An important element of planning is to ask "What if we have things backwards?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)
China has been working to reintegrate Macau back into the country ever since they took it back from Portugal. One of the things they did was to build a new campus for the University of Macau and made it an attractive place for students from all over China to attend. At least on paper.
I visited the campus a couple years after the place was completed. Sort of completed. Better said is they stopped trying to fix it.
The place was already falling apart. I mean the parts that were actually sort of finished. It looked nice from a distance but up close and particularly behind the freshly painted walls it was crap. Typical modern Chinese construction.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 09:49 AM (viF8m)
Divison Azul was pretty hard core and Franco honored its veterans.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
The men in the Blue Division were happy to go to Russia and kill more Commies. (I doubt that they enjoyed the winters there, however.)
I ran out of space, but meant to indicate that by recruiting for the Blue Division, this helped Franco when he was forming a post-Civil War government.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)
So about six months from biopsy to good bye cancer, I can live with that. Thank you all, and thank God for letting me keep on keeping on.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)
but mostly "checks"!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 09:51 AM (w4TvZ)
492 Billionaires and not one of them losers has decided to become Batman
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 09:53 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pithy Sayings R Us at May 23, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (sl73Y)
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b"h for good health
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: From about That Time
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So happy to see this. Praise God!
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 23, 2026 09:54 AM (0SdQT)
I gotta eat too you know.
Have you been damaged by someone who was driving carelessly and hit you through no fault of your own? Well, call me, I want to get you some money!
Posted by: Alexander Shunnarah, Billboard King And Ambulamps Chaser at May 23, 2026 09:54 AM (35YvA)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)
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My wife's family was like that - outwardly perfect Christians, terrible people in private. It ultimately drove her away from God and she dabbled in Wicca and the occult, and when she was denounced for it, she simply embraced the role. "You call me a witch? Okay, I'll be a witch."
But she never bought into it, always knew it was wrong, and it's interesting how we found each other, and then stumbled, wandered and backslid into the Church, very much against our will. God works in mysterious ways.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: muldoon
*polite cough*
Posted by: The dryer lint at May 23, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Glad you are home. Years back I had a wound vac on the foot for 10+ weeks after an infection. Medicine is good, but it's incredible the number of ways they have developed to tie you down.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 09:56 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 09:57 AM (viF8m)
but mostly "checks"!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (hOUT3)
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One of the few encouraging things is that in various places, people were doing the right thing, reporting the fraud. Tracking it, documenting it, and that has been very helpful for federal investigators.
It's also shocking how vile Walz and Brylcreem are, how they actively thwarted honest subordinates and punished them. At this point, I believe them capable of any and all manner of vile deeds.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
What makes it almost impossible to repair is that it exists at even the most basic levels. In recent threads many who are expert at mechanical work (AOP, Berserker, others) have talked about how it’s widely known that “Chinium” or “Chinaluminum” - basically any Chinese made metal - is inferior, brittle, and full of impurities, making anything built with it prone to failure under any stress.
Everything they build is like making houses out of rotten wood.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (U0opd)
So about six months from biopsy to good bye cancer, I can live with that. Thank you all, and thank God for letting me keep on keeping on.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (sl73Y)
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God be praised!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)
Now that many of the Catholic priests from the "Hippy generation" have retired, homilies concerning sin and Confession are pretty typical from the younger priests. Of course, we still suffer under many Liberal Catholics in the hierarchy, but that too will pass in God's good time.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
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Has anyone checked their closets and crawlspaces for *actual* skeletons?
Wouldn't be surprised to find them...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at May 23, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: muldoon
*polite cough*
Posted by: The dryer lint at May 23, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Well, there are worse things.
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at May 23, 2026 10:00 AM (35YvA)
...This week featuring a brief cameo appearance by...The dryer lint
Now, back to our regularly scheduled program!
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)
Brother Tim, I hope things improve fast. Going to churches is the best idea. Also, once they get to know you, perhaps you can find connections for new work.
Try to take care of yourself mentally.
In my part of Canada, there are also government phone numbers you can call and they'll hook you up with 'government services.' And your area may have someone to talk to online. It's one step below the crisis hotlines but they did help me. And pills for anxiety and depression, and panic attacks, from my doctor are helping me a lot.
I've rarely gone to the doctor and am not a pill person and will get off of them after things improve, but they really helped.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 10:00 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 10:01 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2026 10:01 AM (5kMf4)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!"
*****
The Paolo, he has learned to thrive, on this, how you say, performance pressure.
Posted by: The Paolo at May 23, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (ksbjf)
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The shift in my parish has been profound. It's pervasive, both locations. The college location is in many ways more reverent (though the hippie rearguard still hangs out there, clapping at the end of Mass).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)
In our church, we contemplate how good God is and live in gratitude for His mercy. In her church, they all reassure and congratulate each other for being good people and shouldn't God be impressed with how much better they are than others!
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Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)
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Thank God we have sound, orthodox priests (FSSP) in my parish and long lines for Confession.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:03 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Just the punchline at May 23, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Emmie
And they'll know we are Christians by our love!
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 23, 2026 10:05 AM (yYROg)
Didn't the red chinese raid the location of the sunken Prince of Wales to salvage the steel from the site as they couldn't make the same steel today? No respect for the young men who were entombed therein?
Posted by: No Shame at May 23, 2026 10:05 AM (35YvA)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
Nothing to worry about. Nosiree.
Posted by: The 400 million Chinese people downstream of the Three Gorges Dam at May 23, 2026 10:09 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: No Shame at May 23, 2026 1
Pot metal sneers at Chinesium.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 23, 2026 10:10 AM (IG3/x)
Didn't the red chinese raid the location of the sunken Prince of Wales to salvage the steel from the site as they couldn't make the same steel today? No respect for the young men who were entombed therein?
Posted by: No Shame at May 23, 2026 10:05 AM (35YvA)
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"In May 2023, it was reported that a Chinese ship, Chuan Hong 68, illegally scavenged the wreck for its low-background steel. In July 2024, this same vessel, Chuan Hong 68, suspected of not only looting the wrecks of Force Z but other World War II wrecks in Asian waters, was back 'working' in the region and was subsequently detained by Malaysia authorities for 'paperwork violations'."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:12 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:12 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:14 AM (qrzX6)
This one has a woman wearing pajamas and fuzzy house slippers getting her kicks in at the end:
https://tinyurl.com/2s35wh6f
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:14 AM (J4Dwc)
To me better standard time would be better, winter it will be dark way late in morning
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (0nHVk)
I'm mainly fruits, vegetables, nuts and sardines but I'd be pretty concerned about buying grocery items from China "Now made with 73% food"
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 10:16 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 23, 2026 10:05 AM (yYROg)
Well, they love Ukraine and those poor, dear Gazans and cultural enrichers and Iranian mullahs and ....
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 10:17 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: The 400 million Chinese people downstream of the Three Gorges Dam at May 23, 2026 10:09 AM (IG3/x)
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It's failure would probably be an improvement. The dam has actually made flooding worse because the power it generates is so crucial that they keep the reservoir full to ensure steady output, which means when there is heavy rain, they have to open the gates, increasing the water flow rather than reducing it.
Multiple stories about how normal rains are now being called "100 year floods!" by Chinese officials to explain how flooding is becoming pervasive on the lower Yangtze.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 10:18 AM (FMtrg)
1) Make the samples top-notch quality, superior in every way.
2) When you go into production, start cutting corners over time. Continue lowering the quality until the customer complains.
3) Raise the quality just slightly.
Pride in workmanship doesn't enter into it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 23, 2026 10:18 AM (IG3/x)
Finally located and purchased the correct replacement gasket for my Bialetti expresso pot. Apparently, we Americans think that their 6 cup sized maker is a one cup maker.
I mean, I can only fill one big cup after brewing a full pot. Who knew!?
Damned Europeans.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:20 AM (vhPr1)
I'm mainly fruits, vegetables, nuts and sardines but I'd be pretty concerned about buying grocery items from China "Now made with 73% food"
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)
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It's the rotten fruit of the Cultural Revolution. It's basically if "Imagine" was incarnated - no religion, nothing to limit you, people just out for themselves, lie your way out of everything, take what you can get, poison children for a quick buck, taint food, steal what you can.
A nightmare.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)
Bought a Starlink Mini kit.
One small click of a mouse.
One giant change of a lifestyle.
Time to do some traveling.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:14 AM (qrzX6)
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I have a Chinese Kar98K made in 1945, so pretty harsh conditions, and it's a quality piece of work. Totally parts compatible with German Mausers (I know, because it was given a German bolt and stock in Chinese service, presumably when captured by the Chicoms).
And of course Taiwan has excellent craftsmanship.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
1) Make the samples top-notch quality, superior in every way.
2) When you go into production, start cutting corners over time. Continue lowering the quality until the customer complains.
3) Raise the quality just slightly.
Pride in workmanship doesn't enter into it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
China traders knew this in the 1800's regarding china and pottery. You are correct. Major brands spend a lot of quality assurance if they make stuff in China. Even then, their subcontracted manufacturers there will steal their IP, set up a competing Chinese brand, and do the same cycle.
Amazon listings are full of one vendor with many different names for the same item. When one gets too many putrid reviews, a 'new' company selling the same item pops up.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:25 AM (E4rtv)
(I kept only the frame and slide and threw all the junk internals into the trash, replacing everything with both Wilson Combat and Ed Brown internals).
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:25 AM (J4Dwc)
Just stopping by to say Hi nd see how everyone is doing.
Rainy, cold, dreary here and really unusual for the DMV at the end of the May. A lot of barbecues going to get canceled as we are in for 4 days of this.
But, Life is Good so I will endeavor to persevere.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 23, 2026 10:25 AM (kJmSS)
This one has a woman wearing pajamas and fuzzy house slippers getting her kicks in at the end:
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Pride in workmanship doesn't enter into it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)
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That's accurate, but you left out "use your customer's proprietary IP without authorization to sell knock-off copies out the back door at fat profit margins."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:27 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
And to think that I once thought that Ian Fleming's villains that faced Bond, James Bond, were mere fictional characters!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:27 AM (hOUT3)
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I believe they were even forced to melt down even their cooking pots, so they were left with nothing to cook in. I'm sure Mao had plenty of cookware for his many delicacies, however.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 09:09 AM (D/6p1)
🇺🇸
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (qrzX6)
It's interesting - the new guy was born and raised Jewish.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:29 AM (ndZc7)
I vaguely recall hearing about some nice custom guns built on Norinco frames from the 1990s. Supposedly, the same era Norinco and Polytech M14 receivers were good too.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:29 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:27 AM (u/oMr)
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Trump knows this, of course, and he makes agreements with China knowing they will break them, but that's part of the plan because he can use that to justify retaliatory tariffs.
It's the same with Iran. He took the initial hit, but now Iran is the one violating international law and the spineless EUnuchs look like total simps by refusing to defend freedom of navigation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:30 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:30 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Please to report your experience for those of us that are Starlink curious!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:30 AM (hOUT3)
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Propaganda - a limerick
The people in the flood zone are antsy
So Chinese map makers have to get fancy
To quell the people's fears
It seems every couple years
They have re-draw the Damn Yangtze!
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:30 AM (qgHp7)
226 I'm still job hunting. I had a phone call with a recruiter yesterday that seemed to go well but the hiring company required an online "personality assessment" before even a first round interview. Apparently I failed "personality." Which, really, is what roughly 99% of people I meet tell me implicitly so I guess it's nice to hear it explicitly.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (vTZFs)
Young recruiter to older applicant: “I’m glad to see you apply here, first question I have is, what do you think is your greatest weakness?”
Older applicant:: “well I don’t much care about what other people think of me.”
Young recruiter: “Well I don’t think that’s much of a weakness at all.”
Older applicant: “I don’t give a fuck what you think.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:31 AM (U0opd)
To me better standard time would be better, winter it will be dark way late in morning
Posted by: Skip
Let's go all the way and institute Zulu time usage.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:31 AM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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Communism is not a workable economic theory. E.g. sheet rock, Chinese sheet rock has a bacterium in it that generates hydrogen sulfide gas and carbon disulfide. But, by that time, the shell company selling that sheet rock has disappeared when the houses start having problems. Then they sold this drywall for gunsafes, again until the rust, etc. showed up.
Adding melamine to up protein levels in pet foods killed a lot of US pets, and so on. Shrimp is doused in antibiotics until it just passes customs or comes through uninspected and so on.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:31 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (LHPAg)
That's definitely just for the parents because the kids won't remember a thing . Same for birthday parties before 4 years old.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (qrzX6)
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Odd to say, I remember mine. I had a button that said, "I'm 4 Today!" So not only was it my first memory, but I never had one where I couldn't read.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (HdYcL)
John 7:37-38
Posted by: Marcus T at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (qr9oS)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
This makes sense but would require a short period of uncomfortable adaptation. Therefore, it will never happen.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (vTZFs)
That's why i said before 4 for birthdays.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:34 AM (qrzX6)
Yeah, pre-ban Norincos were a popular platform for many custom builds. Mine is a sweet shooter.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:34 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (vhPr1)
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Converts have a particular zeal.
Our parish is one of the entry points for newly ordained priests. Each one does a three year tour here to learn the ropes before moving on to a more permanent assignment. Over my time here, I've seen them become more orthodox and traditional. It's quite nice.
I should mention that Pentecost marks our family's anniversary of entering the Church. Twenty years ago this weekend. Next month is our 25th wedding anniversary. How time flies!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (LHPAg)
Thanks for the update, really good to hear Mrs. E is doing well; however, prayers for her will continue nonetheless!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:34 AM (hOUT3)
Please to report your experience for those of us that are Starlink curious!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia!
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Plan to.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2026 10:36 AM (5kMf4)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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They actually are total simps and cowards to boot. It is their jobs, power, and lights on the line, not ours from the Gulf being closed. And UK cannot even bestir itself to drill for high priced oil even in its North Sea allotments. Net Zero dunces while they sell out the auto, power generation, and chemical industries to the Chicoms.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)
Young recruiter to older applicant: “I’m glad to see you apply here, first question I have is, what do you think is your greatest weakness?”
Older applicant:: “well I don’t much care about what other people think of me.”
Young recruiter: “Well I don’t think that’s much of a weakness at all.”
Older applicant: “I don’t give a fuck what you think.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:31 AM (U0opd)
; )
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 10:36 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:27 AM (hOUT3)
The difference between Fleming’s villains and ours is that they were (generally) all highly intelligent. All of our enemies come from the character roster of Idiocracy. Power combined with incredible levels of stupidity.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:36 AM (U0opd)
As always, I pray for everyone defrauding the gov't to be caught and prosecuted, without regard for the protected classes of the progressive stack, and none of this "oh our resources are limited so that's too small to bother with." Not only is mercy for the guilty cruelty for the victims -- which are all of us, as our pockets are picked by the resulting budget deficit-driven inflation -- but it's also an unnecessary temptation for those struggling with success in life.
Just as an alcoholic in recovery doesn't just have dinner at the pub and count on willpower, but may even detour around his old haunts, we pray for God to lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. And watching near retards get outsized rewards from lying on a form -- and get away with it -- is a real temptation to anyone with financial troubles, or even just a profound lack of retirement.
So, as always, I ask God to sharpen the investigators' minds and harden the prosecutors' hearts, so that every single last fraudster may receive a long stretch of hard time in Federal prison. Amen.
Posted by: SciVo at May 23, 2026 10:37 AM (Sy6m/)
So just what does it mean for a priest to be "wildly conservative?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
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Little things like reading the Baltimore Catechism, Pascendi Dominici gregis and the Anti-Modernist Oath.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:37 AM (HdYcL)
Chinese culture is a great example of an economy that never developed that system of business ethics. It is a "low trust" culture, where making a one-shot killing by screwing your customer is prioritized over building long-term trust relationships.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: whig
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True. One tell is the grammar and spelling in the product descriptions.
And some of the company names are hilarious.
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: I gotta ask
No 'Peace sign" bullshit during the sign of peace,
No applause in the nave,
Supporter of the Latin Mass even though the Bishop has forbidden it,
Beer okay, if not required, during Knights of Columbus meetings,
Tell me your sins, NOT THE STORY, during Confession,
etc. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (qrzX6)
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No, the kids love it! Are you saying kids shouldn't experience fun things if they won't have perfect memory recall?
One of the delights of watching children grow up is when the realize things have happened before and start to anticipate them. It was awesome watching my elder grandchild explain Christmas to her younger brother. She remember it, he didn't, but he got very excited hearing about it!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Oddbob
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Depending on the circumstances of that particular company, it could easily be a lie to hide discrimination to hire H1Bs or age/race/sex issues.
If you know the name of the test you took, and you are probably entitled to the results depending on state and federal law, then you should be able to find something like it online and figure out any issues with it.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (E4rtv)
My friend claims Tom Hanks has a new I guess documentary on Monday. Maybe on History?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (qrzX6)
Not to worry about those prescription meds made for you in Mumbai using finest water from Ganges, oh yes!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (hOUT3)
No applause in the nave,
Supporter of the Latin Mass even though the Bishop has forbidden it,
Beer okay, if not required, during Knights of Columbus meetings,
Tell me your sins, NOT THE STORY, during Confession,
etc. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (vhPr1)
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Kneelers for Communion? We have four at the moment.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)
And some of the company names are hilarious.
Posted by: muldoon
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And the gamed reviews where a 'verified' reviewer discusses an entirely different product.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM (qgHp7)
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To be fair, I remember when "Toyota" seemed like some screwy Oriental name that only a kook would buy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
I once bought some toothpaste on Amazon. Then I saw it was from India. Nope.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 23, 2026 10:41 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (u/oMr)
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People would modify the tailgate to say "Toy."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Tell me your sins, NOT THE STORY, during Confession
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I've found the more briefly, sincerely and straightforwardly you confess, the faster and easier the whole thing is.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:43 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM
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And you have MY word on it!
Posted by: Joe Isuzu at May 23, 2026 10:44 AM (2Ez/1)
I simplify my everyday prayer to asking God not to let evil prevail over good and giving me strength not to take matters into my own hands.
I pray acknowledging that God's word indicates that he has a hands off policy for the most part and allows the world to choose evil or good. I just ask him to intervene occasionally though his will be done.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:44 AM (qrzX6)
I love my Starlink setup so far - much faster and more reliable than that of my cable setup.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:44 AM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM (u/oMr)
To be fair, by the time the customer complains, my company will have declared bankrupcty and changed its name at least three times!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:44 AM (hOUT3)
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You could organize it by confessing in categories based on the Ten Commandments.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:45 AM (u/oMr)
Years ago I was walking through a trade show to my company's booth and I walked by a pavilion that was sponsored by the CCP to show off Chinese products. I walked by one set of products that from the outside looked identical to a line of products we had introduced a couple years earlier. I mean identical down to the last detail.
We used very benign chemicals for the active agent inside our product. We found out a bit later the Chinese version was using what amounted to poison. China is asshoe.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 10:46 AM (viF8m)
etc. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (vhPr1)
Best confession on film was in “I love you to Death”. The Italian husband (played by Kevin Kline) is telling his confessor about 5 or 6 women he’d had sex with, who were not his wife. The confessor says incredulously “that all happened last week?” And Kline replies, in his best Italian accent “oh no, that was just last Tuesday.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:47 AM (U0opd)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 10:47 AM (Ia/+0)
I won't get caught in the Ace-Endorsed confrontational vortex.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:47 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM
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Really?
Posted by: Daihatsu, Hitachi, Hyundai, Nissan, Datsun and Isuzu at May 23, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)
The Datsun 240 was sweet looking.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:50 AM (qrzX6)
Possibly. There were the usual age, sex, race questions but it did include a "decline to answer" option for those.
If you know the name of the test you took, and you are probably entitled to the results depending on state and federal law, then you should be able to find something like it online and figure out any issues with it.
It was called a "Talent Insight assessment" administered by Gallup. That might be interesting but honestly, I don't care that much. It wasn't that great of a job anyway.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:50 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)
I remember a couple that just said “yo”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:50 AM (U0opd)
A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence — nearly 42 years — to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:51 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 23, 2026 10:51 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:51 AM (qgHp7)
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The pacing of the crackdown has been interesting. We're now to the phase banking regulators are choking off credit and remittances, stuff people wanted a year ago, but of course after all the hoopla, these barely get a mention.
Self-deportations are going to take off.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
When I was a kid, I confused "Toyota" and "Tonka". I thought one company made them both.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
Yeah before the fraud Trump wasn't cracking down and doing bad immigration things like igniting stuff.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:54 AM (qrzX6)
Bunch of weird-ass true/false questions, I recall.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:54 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Probably gets high on mescaline and dances around the altar dressed up like a toucan.
When he pulls out the obsidian dagger, you know it's time to leave.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (yYROg)
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Always speaks in Latin.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (qrzX6)
Of the Z series, the 260 had the best lines. IMO, of course. Since the 80s I thought a 260Z with a v6 and a centrifugal supercharger would be amazing.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (vTZFs)
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I understand Delta has gone over completely to the Pantone scale.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:56 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Always speaks in Latin.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (qrzX6)
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Threadwinner.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)
To be fair, I remember when "Toyota" seemed like some screwy Oriental name that only a kook would buy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (u/oMr)
My first Toyota in the early 70's? 'Oh, look at that little clutch and brake pedal, and the gear shift?
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 10:56 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (m6Eem)
A while back I painted some dried allium and KT was kind enough to post a photo...
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=407009
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at May 23, 2026 10:57 AM (/enuJ)
I still have my test results from when I took it 25 years ago.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM
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Really?
Posted by: Daihatsu, Hitachi, Hyundai, Nissan, Datsun and Isuzu
During WWII, the military devised a new Japanese airplane designation system because yanks couldn't be expected to wrap their mouths around such weird ass names as Mitsubishi and Nakajima.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)
A very pretty young black lady pulled me aside later and said I was the only person they ever had to score perfect.
Go white guy!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (Sco7b)
Link to 7 page pdf describing the results of that test.
paragonresources.com/library/guide.pdf
FWIW, I would check out your scores and find out just what (if any) might have raised red flags because that could be an issue applying to other jobs.
When I was a manager long ago at a big retailer, we administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) mainly to catch potential dishonest workers before they were hired. I took it when I first started working there myself and I guessed that I passed.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)
Q: So, where'd you go to kindergarten?
A: The School of Hard Knocks.
(Queen of the Apostles in Toledo)
https://tinyurl.com/5dc2p4a3
Posted by: Can't make this up at May 23, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Always speaks in Latin.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (qrzX6)
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Threadwinner.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)
semper Latine loquitur
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 10:59 AM (6wpGE)
Bunch of weird-ass true/false questions, I recall.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:54 AM (J4Dwc)
I have taken that MMPI a half dozen times through the years. 3 times in the last 10 years.
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)
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Get out now
Posted by: Zombie Gen. George Custer at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Suzuki at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Bunch of weird-ass true/false questions, I recall.
Posted by: one hour sober
Test is oriented toward picking up dishonesty (socio and psycho pathic tendencies) and weeding out those that who were low IQ.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Ha you should have just given them your first test results each time you were requested to take it. (unless the first one said you were a psychopath 😃
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:02 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:03 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (LHPAg)
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During the lockdown, my ANG unit did virtual drill and one of the make-work projects was some stupid personality/human relations crap where we all took a test and then the contractor reviewed the results on the Teams call (or Zoom, I forget).
Anyhow, folks my not be surprised to know I was quite the outspoken senior NCO, and eventually my lack of commentary was noted and and I was called out on it. What were my results? What were my thoughts?
I said I thought it was bunk because it assumes we act the same way in all settings. We don't. I carry myself one way on active duty, another way at my civilian job, and then still another way relaxing with friends and family. People should adjust to circumstances, not be their best self.
As is often the case, awkward silence was the response.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 11:04 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:01 AM
*******
Remember, Jerry: it's not a lie if YOU believe it.
Posted by: George Costanza at May 23, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)
I never got my results, but I didn't really care. I must've passed because they hired me (and then furloughed me 10 months later).
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 11:06 AM (J4Dwc)
Good survey and testing design does this because a) people will lie on surveys, and b) in an exam with limited choices, it becomes easier to figure out for some people what the desired answer is from cues in the question design, not actual knowledge or understanding.
I quit using those type tests for higher level classes because it took me much longer to construct a valid test instrument for a course that way than simply positing a hypothetical and have them answer it in essay form.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:06 AM (E4rtv)
Bunch of weird-ass true/false questions, I recall.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:54 AM (J4Dwc)
Hell I always walked out thinking I failed. But, I was always hired or stayed hired. The psych interview was the scary part, knowing the doc had some issues.
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Sid at May 23, 2026 11:07 AM (kGrfb)
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:08 AM (E4rtv)
Link to 7 page pdf describing the results of that test.
paragonresources.com/library/guide.pdf
FWIW, I would check out your scores and find out just what (if any) might have raised red flags because that could be an issue applying to other jobs.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)
Cool! Thanks.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 11:09 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: My 24 year old self at May 23, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:10 AM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Eromero
As have I. Consider this - It must be administered, scored, and interpreted by a qualified licensed clinical psychologist or psychiatrist.
Yeah, they're normal.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 11:13 AM (vhPr1)
Ya know, that could make an interesting AI project. Take a few million or so scantron test sheets and see if the correct answers form an identifiable pattern. Place your bets on "ant track" or "falling rain."
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 11:16 AM (vTZFs)
Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
Not unlike the Ivey Leagues here.
Except here the official's idiot kid just shows up and gets an 'A'.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 11:19 AM (/lPRQ)
What a shame there isn't some similar corporate profile you can make them take at the interview, to show who's going to do that.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2026 11:27 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Are you certain that wasn't your 40th Birthday?
Posted by: Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away? at May 23, 2026 02:47 PM (oftw2)
Daily Tech News 23 May 2026
Top Story
- Spotify is focusing on AI to deliver everything except what it is paid to deliver. (Tech Crunch)
Spotify wants to become an "everything audio" app, only it's all AI. Audiobooks read by AI; podcasts read by AI; your daily schedule... Read to you by AI.
Want to listen to music? Well, sure, that's in there too. Somewhere. Probably.
- Speaking of AI 13% of "skills" - instructions for AI agents on how to perform a task, as opposed to "prompts" which tell it what you want it do do - on ClawHub and skills.sh have critical security vulnerabilities. (The Register)
Either upstream - the creator accidentally leaving an API key in the file when uploading it to be shared - or downstream, telling your AI agent to hand over all your valuables.
How do developers get these dangerous files registered on skill sharing sites? Simple: They know that nobody ever reads beyond the first page, not even security scanners:The most successful strategy for evading detection was to overflow the context window of the scanner - making the skill too long for the scanner to handle. "In ClawHub-style review, only the first 10K characters of long SKILL.md files are passed to the LLM reviewer, so we place the malicious instruction beyond this boundary while keeping it in the submitted skill," the authors explain.
Face meet palm.
Tech News
- Google's API keys are distributed - as expected of a global platform - and asynchronous. (Dark Reading)
The upshot of which is that if you delete an API key because you suspect it might have fallen into the wrong hands, it will disappear instantly from view for you. But those wrong hands might have access to it for another twenty minutes, which is a long time on this scale.
- Firefox has stopped crashing on Intel Raptor lake (13th and 14th generation) systems. (Dark Reading)
Mozilla initially blamed Intel for the problem, because 13th and 14th generation Intel processors - at least the high-end desktop ones, not so much laptop chips - had a serious problem where they would draw too much power and slowly kill themselves, resulting in much the same instability that showed up in their diagnostic reports.
Except... It disproportionately affected Firefox. Because this time it wasn't Intel's fault.
- Walmart has announced a new range of Android tablets starting at $97. (Liliputing)
Are they any good? Well, the cheapest model with its 7" 1024x600 screen is most definitely not.
The next step up, though, an 8.1" model priced at $138, has a 1524x1000 screen, 6GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. It's certainly not a high end model but that's not a high-end price, and the screen while not amazing is distinctly better than the 1280x800 resolution found in competitors. The 6GB of RAM is a useful bump from the more typical 4GB in this price range.
Worth a look if you live near a Walmart, which I do not.
- ENReco Chapter 3 starts tomorrow, running from the 24th to the 29th. There goes all my free time. Chapter 1 produced - from memory - 400 hours of content in eight days, more than was possible to watch even if you skipped sleep entirely and watched two streams at once.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: I love the look of the instruments here: Not polished museum pieces, but the daily tools of workmen (and workwomen), and it shows.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)
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Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 05:15 AM (6wpGE)
https://youtu.be/1Q8I35051Ak
Fed to me by The Algorithm.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 05:17 AM (6wpGE)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 23, 2026 05:24 AM (AMvSw)
https://thenewneo.com/
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 05:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Elon Musk retweeted
Nicki Minaj
@NICKIMINAJ
8h
Lets’s Go @SpaceX!!!
You guys are pretty freaking amazing. Wow. Congratulations on the successful launch —
and to many, MANY more. 🥂🍾 🚀
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 05:40 AM (6wpGE)
I found this, online. Is this it?
https://enreco-archive.net
Posted by: m
That's a fan site explaining the event. All the videos are on YouTube. There are a lot of them.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 23, 2026 06:03 AM (BLOW1)
(Dokibird's BGM) Bounty Hunter
Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Posted by: m
Dokibird is a vtuber (formerly Selen Tatsuki of Ninjisanji before they went Black Company). The composer has done a couple of themes for her and another for Clio Aite who streams with Phase Connect.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 23, 2026 06:06 AM (BLOW1)
Ever notice how it happens that you sleep enough, but it's on those occasions where you get up feeling like you didn't? No? Just me, then? Well, so be it.
The ONT quote last night from the "60-year-old detective novel" about friendship: I recognized it right away, the author but not the exact book. I should have known Just Some Guy would get it. It's a shame the weather in KS didn't cooperate last month so that we could meet in person.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 06:15 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2026 06:21 AM (lJ0H4)
Big black Stirling did not wake me by jumping on me this morning. He's sprawled like a long dark hill on the floor nearby. I know little Dagny is not locked in a closet, I saw her when I stumbled out to start the coffee, but I don't see her right now. She'll come trotting when I start to feed them in a while.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:24 AM (wzUl9)
Any progress on your Terre Haute house hunt?
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2026
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Yes! I've located a very nice 3-BR 2-story on the edge of a historic district. Everything has been done inside (though I do want to have some walls repainted to my taste). There are a few exterior cosmetic things I'll have to have done, but if the inspection does not reveal serious flaws, I'd be able to move in without much trouble.
The local lender the realtor put me on to is slow in responding. I'm trying to go through the loan pre-approval process, but I'm not hearing from her as promptly as I'd like. If I don't hear from her by Tuesday morning, I'll call her by phone and say, "Let's get going here!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)
How exciting! Fingers crossed that inspection and mortgage process go smoothly.
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2026 06:31 AM (lJ0H4)
This means my estimated tax for next year will be less than I'd calculated too. So I'll have to send less for my estimated tax payments this year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 06:32 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 06:35 AM (Ia/+0)
How exciting! Fingers crossed that inspection and mortgage process go smoothly.
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2026
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I hope so too. The area in Gorgle Street View is nice. A big bedroom downstairs, two small ones upstairs (I'll have to buy a window unit for my office), and it faces east, so no hot afternoon sunlight slamming into my living room windows. Small basement and a garage too!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)
2 decade ago, I bought something and the lender associated with the builder did return my calls.
I went with a loan broker that my sister recommended. I eventually got a call from the builder's leader. She hadn't seen anyone with a FICO score as high as mine (840). She had been on vacation. Too bad toots.
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 23, 2026 06:37 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2026 06:37 AM (/k3in)
Hololive English's ENigmatic Recollection (ENreco) Chapter 3, officially titled "Broken Bonds," kicked off on Sunday, May 24th, 2026, at 7 PM PDT.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 06:37 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 06:38 AM (znREB)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 23, 2026 06:38 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 23, 2026 06:39 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2026
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Thanks. I want to get rolling on this. I dread packing up and moving in the middle of the summer -- but maybe I can be in my new place by Labor Day or even earlier.
I might even buy a little artificial Christmas tree, or maybe just put some lights out on the porch!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)
Any progress on the Linda front?
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2026 06:44 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 06:46 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2026
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Zero. She won't even discuss this beyond saying, "I don't know," which means she does know and doesn't want to deal with it. I show her nice-looking properties online and get "It looks dull" or "There are no trees," maybe "That's a nice color." Pffft.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026
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I'm not sure it's the realtor but the lender he recommended. But an email from me is indicated.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 06:50 AM (wzUl9)
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Posted by: Just Wondering at May 23, 2026 06:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 23, 2026 06:57 AM (5P5DO)
Good morning, Hordians. Ugly morning here at Schloss Hadrian. Lotsa flashies and boomies. Heavy rain. Won't be letting dogs out until it's o'erpast.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 06:59 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Ben Had "
An old Boy Scout trick and really the only thing I know dryer lint is good for. I don't start that many fires though, and certainly not enough to save all my lint. There must be some other reason that the NY Post is recommending that I stockpile dryer lint.
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 23, 2026 07:03 AM (lsIOl)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:03 AM (vFG9F)
Someone should really tell Spotify that if they go diving in a big tank of sewage, they shouldn't expect to come up smelling like roses.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2026 07:08 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: HELP ME! at May 23, 2026 07:10 AM (Fkqu4)
After some coffee...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 07:12 AM (jehhT)
Tonight The Longest Day is on Movies!, and Svengoolie has Dr.Cyclops, which I haven't seen in many years. But we also have The Sun Also Rises w/ Tyrone Power and Ava Gardner on DVD.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 07:12 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)
If they escape into the wild, there's a risk that they'll all reassemble into Dryer Lint Man.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 07:14 AM (6wpGE)
I like a nice wad or two of lint at the bottom of a fresh kitchen trash bag to absorb possible ooze ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 07:17 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)
He looks a lot like the Michelin Man.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 07:23 AM (6wpGE)
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)
+++
Only pay for what you need.
Posted by: The geeky guy in the Plymouth Duster at May 23, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Molly Hatchet had a slightly different version of Bounty Hunter.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 23, 2026 07:31 AM (D1E+2)
Before matches, getting your pipe going was a bit of a trick. “Fire steel” and a piece of flint. I imagine they got good at it, but it was a pain in wet & windy weather. I made a Bow Drill once, and decided although it works great I will never go out to the remote sticks without about 6 different ways to get a fire going.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:10 AM (z1t++)
Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Posted by: m
Dokibird is a vtuber (formerly Selen Tatsuki of Ninjisanji before they went Black Company). The composer has done a couple of themes for her and another for Clio Aite who streams with Phase Connect.
Posted by: Pixy Misa
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And... BGM.
What the hell is BGM?
I never actually found a definition spelled out, but I finally figured it out from context.
BackGround Music. Evidently a common term in film and video production, especially in anime.
The number of niches the we create is infinite.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 23, 2026 02:50 PM (mSL0+)
Yes, It's True. This Man Has No ONT
Welcome to Friday night everyone. I'm afraid I have some bad news:
Fido/feline Friday: Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 22, 2026
Which cheese are you?
Beware
I'm in this scene and I don't like it
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 22, 2026
Tragedy
Tims
The whitest thing ever
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 22, 2026
Push notifications
If you're in Texas, Vote Paxton next tusday
Timeline cleanse
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 22, 2026
Auto-translate has a few bugs
I took an online personality test this week
In which we make a punny
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 23, 2026
Friends
It's amazing how hard it is to get people to understand this
Is someone cutting onions?
This girl called her stepdad upstairs to show him that she used his last name on her jersey. pic.twitter.com/ccLVJtcAbm
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 23, 2026
Healthy living
New Lego set dropped
Even lizards know this is fun
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 10:06 PM (Y2dJL)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 10:06 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2026 10:07 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 22, 2026 10:08 PM (kOluj)
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Posted by: TRex - kitty whisperer dino at May 22, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2026 10:07 PM (PMi3m)
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For you or for them?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 10:10 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 10:11 PM (LQibT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2026 10:11 PM (diia5)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 10:13 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 22, 2026 10:14 PM (Xqite)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2026 10:15 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 10:15 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 10:16 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: alpine_beer at May 22, 2026 10:16 PM (van9r)
261 I am going to guess that StarLink can be used as GPS as well
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 09:53 PM (rbvCR)
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I don't think it can be used AS a GPS system...the satellites are very low compared to the actual GPS constellation.
They definitely USE the GPS system to ensure that they stay in their proper orbits, though.
Of course, Musk may have some OTHER purpose for the staggering number of satellites he's put into space...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:57 PM (gnNyN)
He's preparing to use his Neuralink research tobi.bard the Earth with Mating Rays, to boost the population over theTotal Planetary Productivity threshold for his Mars push to succeed!
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 10:17 PM (LQibT)
Posted by: browndog says woof at May 22, 2026 10:17 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Archer at May 22, 2026 10:17 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Archer at May 22, 2026 10:18 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 10:10 PM (gnNyN)
For them- it was the chicken fingers thst got cold, not my fingers.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2026 10:18 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 22, 2026 10:19 PM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)
“Sharp” Cheddar often is not. It’s like Colby. I think they fucking lie about it. Ya hafta buy “Extra Sharp” to get “Sharp”, or near enough, and they seem to only sell that in those twee packs. It’s a cheesemonger conspiracy i tells ya.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 10:20 PM (ExmPp)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:57 PM (gnNyN)
Maybe he'll detonate them all on 4th of july for the biggest bad ass 250th firework display in the galaxy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 10:20 PM (snZF9)
The line from the detective novel perfectly describes my presence here.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 10:20 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Kind of an unwieldy rapper name. But that's me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Tillamook ricks!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)
I posted something about Tammy Grimes on last night's ONT, and people were still talking about her a couple of threads ago. Weird.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 10:22 PM (1Ff7Z)
Thankfully never had to vote demoncrat, there was always a stoner Libertarian candidate to vote for.
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at May 22, 2026 10:22 PM (ofbCM)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2026 10:23 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 10:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 10:23 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 22, 2026 10:23 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 10:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: RandomDave at May 22, 2026 10:24 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2026 10:15 PM (diia5)
Rocinante is Rosie Cotton.
Book Rosie wasn't nearly as cute as movie Rosie.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 10:24 PM (IG3/x)
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Ad space in the sky.
Posted by: Methos at May 22, 2026 10:24 PM (vSvIl)
Years ago when the US based GPS was the only game in town it employed something called “Selective Availability” a method of inducing deliberate error into the signal provided. I’m not sure exactly how it worked but the idea generally was to deny the enemy the accuracy inherent to the system and maybe make their missiles or weapons miss the target by a significant margin.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 10:24 PM (ExmPp)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2026 10:25 PM (rgnea)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 10:26 PM (3ek7K)
Perhaps not GPS qua GPS (the specific technology), but I would be surprised if their ephemerides weren't known accurately enough to use them for navigation of some type. With over 10,000 in orbit you'd have to keep their trajectories pretty tightly controlled.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 10:28 PM (IG3/x)
Homemade Queso, and a big ass bag of Tortilla chips is some fine dinin’ there too.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 10:28 PM (ExmPp)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2026 10:29 PM (PMi3m)
And I have no shoes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 10:29 PM (jehhT)
is always the one right in front of me…
but especially so on Fridays…
…sample group not including that incomparable one by Maet. You know the one.
Posted by: mindful webworker - is it ONT yet is it ONT yet is it ONT yet is it ONT yet?? at May 22, 2026 10:30 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 10:30 PM (rbvCR)
Good 4 u!
U won't have Cornhole to kick around any more-- shortly.
I have a TX connection, btw. One of my sons is a Longhorn. I have the hat to prove it, too.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2026 10:30 PM (RCjYY)
I tried maybe six samples and could only think how plugged the pipes would be the next day. Stupid! stupid! stupid! Oh, and unlimited wine and ale varieties. All hosted.
Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 10:30 PM (q+8oS)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 10:31 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 10:31 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 10:31 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)
And I have no shoes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 10:29 PM (jehhT)
*picks up dice*
*has blonde blow on them for luck*
OK Baby! Farmer needs a new pair of shoes!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
The farmers had awesome land for grazing dairy cows, but no way to get their products to market, so they pooled their money and built a schooner.
Yes, I know that a schooner technically isn't a "ship". On the other hand, I've also had sex before, so... there's that.
"Vessel". Happy now?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 10:32 PM (IG3/x)
Indeed. I was just reading about that prompted by the discussion last thread. Some MIT guys figured this out, and were able to get location to 7 m accuracy. It just involved eavesdropping on the locating beacon signals broadcast to help receivers lock on to the satellites.
They had to sort of reverse engineer it, and used machine learning for that, but they learned enough to figure out how detect distance and velocity of the satellites. Now, with Starlink ephemeris data, bingo, you've got something like GPS.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)
"I said 'NO capes!'"
Posted by: GWB at May 22, 2026 10:32 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tankdemon
You know those gloves with the fingers cut off? What you need is the fingers from those. What do y' spose they do with them?
Posted by: mindful webworker - check the dryer at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: 13times
You are supposed to spit it out.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (9gKa/)
English cheese? They can barely make fish and chips and beer.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Have you not seen the cheese shoppe skit on Monty Python?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)
Movie Rosie had it going on, too.
Not enough to make me overlook the three foot height, of course, but she definitely had it going on.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 10:34 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 10:35 PM (qx7Zg)
Intentional random errors inserted into the time signals, and errors in the published ephemerides for the satellites.
To get fully accuracy, there were some encryption that broadcast the errors or otherwise allowed the military grade receiver to determine and correct for them.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)
I looked at that crazy hole up there...
Today I was gas bombing the damn underground critters today that eat my veggies. Am I a bad person?
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 22, 2026 10:36 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2026 10:36 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 10:36 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 10:37 PM (gKWVE)
We built this city!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 10:31 PM (Cqx++)
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That song gives me the urge to attack the radio with an axe.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Cyseal Cheese Vendor - all day long every day without end at May 22, 2026 10:37 PM (3uBP9)
is always the one right in front of me…
but especially so on Fridays…
Worst Haiku ever...
Posted by: MkY at May 22, 2026 10:38 PM (q6tQZ)
Today I was gas bombing the damn underground critters today that eat my veggies. Am I a bad person?
Posted by: COMountainMarie
That depends. What kind of gas did you use?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 10:39 PM (XV/Pl)
And if SpaceX would publish some of the specs, they could refine that down to 1m or better accuracy. They wouldn't have to open up the system, just publish enough info about the beacon signals to be usable.
And I'm sure they've already provided that to the military anyway. They were very interested in this to use as a backup. Have all the tools you can muster for PNT (position, navigation, and timing) purposes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mindful webworker - (o) (o) - there y'go at May 22, 2026 10:39 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 10:39 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - check the dryer at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (0poB+)
I thought they became sweaters for catepillars.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2026 10:39 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)
Neat. 7 m accuracy is plenty good for most long-range navigation, if not for stuff like land surveying.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 10:39 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 10:40 PM (A5RD0)
We built this city!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 10:31 PM (Cqx++)
Building a city on Rock and Roll can cause problems
youtu.be/KnNYsvDCaUg
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 10:40 PM (rbvCR)
2057531828085350738
First anti Talarico ad.
People think he has a shot. Apparently.
Posted by: TJM's phone at May 22, 2026 10:40 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:57 PM (gnNyN)
He's preparing to use his Neuralink research tobi.bard the Earth with Mating Rays, to boost the population over theTotal Planetary Productivity threshold for his Mars push to succeed!
Posted by: SciVo
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https://tinyurl.com/2p78npjx
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 10:41 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: Cyseal Cheese Vendor - all day long every day without end at May 22, 2026 10:37 PM (3uBP9)
But as soon as he cuts the cheese, all his friends abandon him.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2026 10:43 PM (PMi3m)
You are supposed to spit it out.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Me> STUPID!
Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 10:43 PM (q+8oS)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 10:43 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)
It's always in the last place you look.
Posted by: far cry at May 22, 2026 10:44 PM (Q6P2R)
Yeah, isn't that annoying?
Gotta sample it - and it's as much whether it crumbles when you try to cut it as it is the actual taste. Crumble = good.
Posted by: AB at May 22, 2026 10:46 PM (ArLSQ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 22, 2026 10:46 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 10:47 PM (yKhjs)
A police officer pulled over an old lady for speeding. He asked her why she was driving so fast. She said she had to get home before she forgot where she lived.
The officer was so confused that he let her go
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)
Our local Piggly Wiggly has a cheddar that's aged for ten years, and is so sharp, it can draw blood. Among other things, I use it for a cheese sauce; poured over lightly steamed broccoli or cauliflower, it is stunningly good.
The Cabot sharp cheddar is also really good.
Posted by: Nemo at May 22, 2026 10:48 PM (4RPgu)
Coffee is wining a landslide.
But it's not over yet.
There are still some absent tea ballots.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:48 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 22, 2026 10:48 PM (eZ5tL)
Mooch and Nasty totally geek out over the Maverick Act and how to make an air show F-14D Tomcat that will blow your socks off.
https://youtu.be/__3vmZsG7FU
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:50 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:50 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 10:50 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits
Holy carp! Not seen you in forever! How’s it going?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 10:51 PM (A5RD0)
The current GPS system has a much higher accuracy and anti-spoofing/jamming encrypted system for military and other govt use. 1 cm accuracy, and some robust anti-spoofing system.
They were under a lot of pressure to open up the GPS system for civilian use. So I think they developed other means to jam and spoof it locally if need be. And then add the additional system to prevent the spoofing and jamming being used against us.
Interestingly, during Gulf War 1.0, they turned of the degradation. The trouble was a shortage of military grade receivers that could bypass it, and the had to use a lot a civilian grade equipment. So, they turned it off to allow full accuracy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 10:51 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: TJM's phone
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TX is flooded with DC and Corporate and Bush money. Kalorama is on the ropes and they are desperate for any win. There's a lot of (published) lying going on down there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 10:51 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:51 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 10:51 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 22, 2026 10:51 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:52 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 10:52 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 10:52 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:52 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:53 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 10:53 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:54 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity and beyond at May 22, 2026 10:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 10:55 PM (A5RD0)
They only think that because he has a shot. About 50/50, imo.
A lot of folks do not view Paxton through love lenses.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2026 10:55 PM (RCjYY)
The home appraisal came in a little over asking, so now just waiting for that 'clear to close'.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:56 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 22, 2026 10:56 PM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 10:56 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:57 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (22p5n)
I do, and I really like it.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 22, 2026 10:59 PM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 10:51 PM (w6EFb)
I remember the words.of one Iraqi general who surrendered to us. He was amazed we crossed the desert so far out from the Kuwait to attack. "Even we get lost out there!"
We showed him a SLGR, our 1st Gen GPS at that time.
He was amazed.
"Your generals have this?" he asked.
"No. Out lieutenants."
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:00 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 11:01 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)
It's American cheese similar to velvetta, only you can't slice it and it falls apart. It's good for nachos and macaroni and cheese. On the bright side, it almost never goes bad.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 11:01 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:02 PM (u/oMr)
Garden Grove gas leak:
Tens of thousands told to evacuate after a 34,000-gallon tank of methyl methacrylate leaked at an aerospace plastics facility, sending potentially toxic vapors into the air.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:02 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:03 PM (2GVsD)
Oh goodness! Please do...you know the wobbly table is always available. Most folks don't dig it...I do miss our Rat though🐀....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 22, 2026 11:04 PM (uTEOj)
1 for the money
2 for the show
3 to get ready
4 for sales
5 for customer service
6 to repeat this menu
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)
Looks like were going to close on a house near the grandkids (less than a half mile) within the next two weeks.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 11:04 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 11:05 PM (22p5n)
Chewing on success
https://bit.ly/dental-illness
Nine second video webwork. Nine seconds?? Yeah. It's been years since I posted a new video. This was just to get back in practice.
Silliness for amusement porpoises only. My own, if nobody else's.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it bites at May 22, 2026 11:05 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 22, 2026 11:07 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 11:07 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 11:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 11:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:09 PM (xuJdJ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Well now. Apparently, you never owned a sport coat on which you could play chess. Sheltered life.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 11:10 PM (dIske)
It's American cheese similar to velvetta, only you can't slice it and it falls apart. It's good for nachos and macaroni and cheese. On the bright side, it almost never goes bad.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 11:01 PM (D1E+2)
My sweet PaPaw used to bring home the government cheese. He haf friends at the county. He worked hard. He had connections. He went through serious hell in WW Eleven.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:10 PM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:10 PM (xuJdJ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 11:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)
Back to Westlake. Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
No
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:13 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Margaritas separate over time?
I guess I've never let one live long enough to find out.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:10 PM (xuJdJ)
I was wobbly since childhood. Not graceful. Always a clumsy useless person. It's nice to know there is a place
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:15 PM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
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Was this perchance a home colonoscopy? Because you should never let an amateur up there.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:15 PM (u/oMr)
Puns are not funny.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 22, 2026 11:07 PM (syz1S)
I was at a funeral in San Francisco at a hilltop cemetery. The hearse stopped outside the gate of the cemetery. They removed the body from the back on a gurney to push it to the gravesite. The director lost his grip on it, and it began to roll down the hill. We all chased after it as it careened toward the bottom of the hill. It was getting further away as it picked up speed. I rushed into a nearby pharmacy and asked the pharmacist if he had anything to help me stop coffin.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
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-perforated colon
-uncontrolled bleeding
-problem with anesthesia
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)
Called "differential GPS". Your fixed station sat on a known survey marker, and the distance and direction to the rover could be determined with great accuracy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 11:15 PM (8zz6B)
I live near Rogue Creamery which makes some of the best blue cheese in the world.
Posted by: PabloD at May 22, 2026 11:15 PM (PCZFY)
"Kathy Griffin hospitalized after complications from colonoscopy"
Now she will look the same at both ends.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:16 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 11:10 PM (dIske)
That checks out.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:16 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
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The National Cemetery in the Presidio is on a steep hillside overlooking the Golden Gate.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
"Kathy Griffin hospitalized after complications from colonoscopy"
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
_______________________
On a positive note, her ex-boyfriend finally found his watch.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 11:16 PM (dIske)
Perforated colon, bleeding, and bad reaction to anesthesia?
Did she perhaps accidentally go to a MAID clinic?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
====
-perforated colon
-uncontrolled bleeding
-problem with anesthesia
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)
Head up her ass? Am I supposed to be sorry for this venomous whore?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:17 PM (Hvd9a)
Anyone here has Starlink?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (22p5n)
Don't have Starlink, but it's a treat to see you here, Lady.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The stick up there got in the way?
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)
When asked about what happened, the doctor replied "We went a little too far. With some people, it's difficult to distinguish the asshole from the rest of the person."
Posted by: PabloD at May 22, 2026 11:18 PM (PCZFY)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Gastroenterologist at May 22, 2026 11:20 PM (wVcYX)
Go Knights! (I don't care for them one way or the other, but if they win the cup, My Flames get their 2028 first round pick. I could see the Knights having a down 2027 with the inevitable post-cup slump (aging roster, some will retire. Other players will sign with other teams at their peak just-won-the-cup value). It might be a pretty good pick.)
Posted by: Weirddave at May 22, 2026 11:20 PM (OFAtD)
https://boing.greg.technology/
Posted by: mindful webworker - boingiyboingyboingyboingy at May 22, 2026 11:20 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
The National Cemetery in the Presidio is on a steep hillside overlooking the Golden Gate.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Ah, regional puns.
Like the Minnesotan with a motorcycle and a snowmobile parked on his front lawn, and the sign "boat for sale."
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 11:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 11:20 PM (22p5n)
It was very dense with no fillers or extenders. Remember it was part of the USDA dairy price support program, “surplus”; so it was extra concentrated for efficiency, and then they had to store it somewhere, which meant in caves. Aged!
All those price supports went away a long time ago, and I doubt there is any gubbmint cheese stocks or anything else for that matter.
Made great grilled sammiches I remember that. The commodities purchased by the government were in turn offered to the public school system, and that in turn meant reduced prices. One of the few “good”’government programs. The taxpayer already paid for it once. That’s why we all remember square pizza slices, grilled cheese and tomato soup, peanut butter squares, and other classic institutional gustatory delights. We bitched a lot, but ate most of it up.
Way better than the clown show the school lunches were going through a couple years back. Remember that shit? Huge scandal. We had actual lunch ladies and cooks at our grade school, and they did a good job, with what they had.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:20 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
I'm sure I've been there. Decades ago however.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 11:21 PM (2PamV)
J&L Historical
@Jason_R_Burt
·
May 21
In 1943, an American bomber flying over Germany was hit 11 times in the fuel tanks by explosive ordnance, but none of them exploded.
When the shells were cut open, they contained no explosives. One held a note in Czech that read, 'This is all we can do for you now
Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 11:21 PM (q+8oS)
Posted by: TJM's phone at May 22, 2026 10:40 PM (46HP
Huh. I've been pronouncing it "tuh-lair-ih-coe" not "tal-uh-ree-coe".
Posted by: GWB at May 22, 2026 11:22 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:23 PM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
She lost the sight of one eye.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 11:23 PM (8zz6B)
Kathy Griffin hospitalized after complications from colonoscopy
__________
So something happened when they examined the asshole of an asshole.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:23 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
Even bass guitar can be easier to pick out by ear, due to being in a lower register than the other guitars. Guys like him have to find their satisfaction in providing the sonic backdrop that the lead vocals and lead guitar pop out against, while never getting the attention or acclaim. So, I hunted around and found this live TV appearance where you can see Valenzuela clearly, performing a song that he has sole songwriting credit for, off their fourth studio album Major Lodge Victory (2006). He's the big guy (everything's relative) on the left, with the capo'd ivory Stratocaster:
Gin Blossoms - Learning The Hard Way (Live on CBS Saturday Sessions)
https://youtu.be/_7LjOfe2AMg
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 11:25 PM (Sy6m/)
I'm amazed by the frequency with which celebs are hospitalized for things we common folk manage to survive just fine: reactions to "prescription medicine", complications from a colonoscopy, etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:26 PM (HdYcL)
They/She/It
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:26 PM (2WIwB)
Those having the correct answer may collect their winnings at the cashier's cage near the main exit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:26 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
====
-perforated colon
-uncontrolled bleeding
-problem with anesthesia
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Checks to see how bad I feel for her: can only remember the bloody trump head.
Karma's a b!tch, Kathy.
Posted by: mindful webworker - boingiyboingyboingyboingy at May 22, 2026 11:26 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:26 PM (HdYcL)
They take too many drugs, so they have more reactions. They probably shove different things up there, so likely to bump into something....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:28 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:28 PM (3ek7K)
"Kathy Griffin hospitalized after complications from colonoscopy"
Posted by: Anna Puma
I think it's possible for them to nick something when they're up there. Anyway a few years ago, didn't some celebrity woman show her colonoscopy on tv? It might have been Katy Couric.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:28 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:29 PM (u/oMr)
Did you hear about the Mexican magician who claimed he would disappear on the count of three?
So he started counting.
Uno
Dos
Poof! He was gone.
Yes, he disappeared without...
wait for it...
here it comes...
a tres.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 11:10 PM (dIske)
Herb Tarlek entered the wardrobe chat.
Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 11:29 PM (q+8oS)
So which ONT is going to be the target for comment overflow this weekend?
Posted by: mindful webworker - sober reflections at May 22, 2026 11:30 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 11:29 PM (q+8oS)
He had a checkered past.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:31 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (22p5n)
Yes. Starlink Mini, which is the mobile. I bought it for interim service while I was waiting on Verizon Fios.
It is REALLY hard to find a clear eastern view of the sky in my neighborhood. But, even with partial blockage, I got a decent signal, though I did have occasional outages due to it. And there was no way I was going to mount it way up on the tippy-top of the roof - just too dang high for me, anymore. I can't mount it outside my office because that's on the northwest end of the house.
But, I got the Mini so I can go mobile with it. An evacuation, moving at some point, living on the road for a time, maybe taking it to a MoMe, etc. And you can suspend the service when you don't need it. (It does cost $10/month for that, but you can turn it back on at any point.)
Posted by: GWB at May 22, 2026 11:31 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:31 PM (bss/y)
A neighbor had a little perforation years ago after a colonoscopy. IIRC, he felt off when he got home, and then got a fever and felt awful. There's a small risk of that, and his number came up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
====
-perforated colon
-uncontrolled bleeding
-problem with anesthesia
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I don't like Kathy G., but even so, that would be a pretty rotten way to go. If I died like that, I wouldn't trust any of my siblings to give a eulogy
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:32 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's all in my miiiiind at May 22, 2026 11:33 PM (0poB+)
Doctor, "encountering some resistance."
Second doctor, "keep pushing."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 22, 2026 11:34 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Kathy Griffin at May 22, 2026 11:34 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (22p5n)
My Neighbor does and he likes it. (South of Austin). We have Hotspot from employer, but would switch to it. There aren't other good options in BFE.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:34 PM (Hvd9a)
The AVs are going down because God hates Stan Kroenke for moving the Rams out of St. Louis.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2026 11:35 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Don't they put maple on everything? They have a leaf on their flag. Wackos.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 11:35 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:36 PM (2GVsD)
Please remember that Monday is Memorial Day, a solemn holiday meant to commemorate those who died for country.
Do not wish anyone a “happy” Memorial Day. It is not meant to be a happy occasion. Instead, wish them a “Good” Memorial Day, or something else reflecting well-being on the day. But not “happy.”
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: GWB at May 22, 2026 11:31 PM (kU0PQ)
Also, the Roam plan has 100GB and 300GB data limits, as well as an unlimited plan. $55, $85, and $175 per month. And there are certain countries you can't use it in - most seem to be in Africa. But, you can use it while moving (except in a couple of places), and even at sea if you get the unlimited plan.
I have liked it, within the limitations I have here.
Posted by: GWB at May 22, 2026 11:37 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:37 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I thought it was gay men who did that. Are we going to find out that Kathy G. is really a gay man? She does have a strange face.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:37 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2026 11:37 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:37 PM (2GVsD)
Doctor, "encountering some resistance."
Second doctor, "keep pushing."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
Seems like the experienced doctor had a prolapse in judgement.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)
You are a gentler soul than I, sir. She is a foul bitch.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:38 PM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:39 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:37 PM (0Htd1)
She could be a Cramazon...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 11:40 PM (8zz6B)
"No. Out lieutenants."
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)
And THAT is what makes America's military so great. (The next step was "No, our corporals.")
Posted by: GWB at May 22, 2026 11:40 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:37 PM (0Htd1)
She was on one of those design shows from a few years ago. She was disappointed the designer assigned to her project was a straight man, so maybe....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:40 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:40 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:28 PM (0Htd1)
I think I can safely say that I'm glad I never saw Katie Couric's asshole. I will now add Kathy Griffin's to that list.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 11:41 PM (DwqWV)
I bet she won't either. Hard to think of another time when someone made such a career ending decision they thought was going to give them a huge win.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 11:41 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 11:40 PM (8zz6B)
--------
She's an uglier version of Carrot Top.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:41 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: nerdygirl
My oldest brother, already weak from cancer treatments, had his intestine perforated during a colonoscopy. Somebody measured his bacterial count being high, but somehow the word didn't get to the right people, and he died, not from the cancer, but from medical malpractice.
Yes, a rotten way to go. He was nine years older than me. Died at the age I am now. Fortunately, I've survived the colonoscopies, endoscopies, and sigmoidoscopies I've been through the past couple of years. OK so far…
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the appendectomy at age 9 at May 22, 2026 11:42 PM (0poB+)
He asked me why I waited years over the normal age of when you are supposed to have it done.
I waited til one son gave me mild IBS after breaking up with a redheaded witch whose name is never, to this day, spoken around me. She broke his heart.
She may be the only person I've wanted to run over, back up, and run over her again in my entire life. This was after I ripped every red hair out of her scalp. I seriously considered homicide or sneaking up behind her & whacking off her hair. Or my green laser eyes of doom.
I told him I was concerned about perforation. He told me doctor-like that he'd performed thousands and had never perforated anyone. Then said, "You are neither elderly nor frail." I said ok.
Then told him he was a sadist just before they knocked me out as he said the prep "was not that bad." He laughed. Heaven knows what he did to me as his nurse was mad at me for saying this.
He did, however, to irritate me further, show me the photos and brag about how sparkling clean I was afterwards.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 11:42 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:42 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Well, that's kinda harsh. But then, it's pretty disappointing when they don't have the maple donut.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:42 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:39 PM (3ek7K)
I think she was supposed to be the next snarky lady like... I cannot think of the name of the character actresses from the 70s and 80s.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:43 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2026 11:43 PM (RCjYY)
I'm too tired tonight. Sometimes dealing with this darn cancer shit just gets in the way😶🌫️...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 22, 2026 11:44 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:44 PM (u/oMr)
Anna,
She was pissed her order wasn't correct.
She had heart issues, raged and dropped dead.
Hope they could resell her order.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:44 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Well, that's kinda harsh. But then, it's pretty disappointing when they don't have the maple donut.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:42 PM (0Htd1)
So, evidently the cashier/counter got her order wrong. She (the old lady) thought it was a good idea to confront physically the girl(?) Shoved/slapped her. The girl then went apeshit on her and she died.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:44 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:43 PM (bss/y)
But you knew it as you started typing, right? Over 29....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:44 PM (u/oMr)
Oh God.
No... my soul just died a little.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:45 PM (bss/y)
I never understood how Griffin became a thing.
Posted by: four seasons
She used to be on some sitcom. It think it was the same one that had Joe Rogan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:45 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: four seasons
>I bet she did any kink for anyone.
She's kind of long-in-the-tooth now, to be kind. I never thought she was funny or clever. Or particularly attractive.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 11:46 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:02 PM (u/oMr)
I think my take on it was Priam yelling:
Bitch, bitch, bitch, Cassandra, I am busy saving our CITY, why don't you and that old woman Laocoon go have a picnic or something
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:46 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
You know the kind of actress I am talking about. Stringy. Pinched face. Like on Carol Burnett.
Now I have to look it up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:46 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)
Have a good friend who is at least nominally Jewish. She laughed out loud when some idiot wished her a Happy Yom Kippur. As she said, it's like saying Happy Good Friday, I'm so glad your God is dead.
We had a good laugh over that hot mess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 11:46 PM (DwqWV)
Doctor, "encountering some resistance."
Second doctor, "keep pushing."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
He shouldn't have tried a plumber's snake to deal with the resistance.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:45 PM (0Htd1
NewsRadio? I kinda remember that one. Before Phil Hartman was murdered.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:47 PM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2026 11:48 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:48 PM (xuJdJ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
You know the kind of actress I am talking about. Stringy. Pinched face. Like on Carol Burnett.
Now I have to look it up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:46 PM (bss/y)
Joan Rivers?
Phyllis Diller?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 11:48 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:48 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg
Thanks, Bulg. I did say happy in a comment above, but thought about it and so added "sober reflection" to my nic.
Similar thought about wishing a happy Good Friday. Um, what?🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker - Happiness runs in a circular emotion at May 22, 2026 11:49 PM (0poB+)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:49 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 11:46 PM (D1E+2)
Her voice is horrible. Fran Drescher is better.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:49 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:50 PM (bss/y)
I'm too tired tonight. Sometimes dealing with this darn cancer shit just gets in the way😶🌫️...
Posted by: COMountainMarie
___
Sweet dreams, COM.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 22, 2026 11:50 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: four seasons
She used to be on some sitcom. It think it was the same one that had Joe Rogan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:45 PM (0Htd1)
So I looked her up. It wasn't NewsRadio. She was on Suddenly Susan. Oh lol.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:51 PM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:51 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:48 PM (bss/y)
And every bit of it was fabulous. Good natured, not x-rated, always a laugh riot. Not sure why that era had to pass away.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 11:51 PM (DwqWV)
What does Lionel Ritchie wear when he's home alone?
All nylon
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:52 PM (qx7Zg)
St. Peter looking at the lady, "care to explain yourself?"
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)
Good night, horse. Robert the Cat gives you all a special, personalized scowl.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 11:52 PM (CHHv1)
I remember when Sat phones were kind of a big deal too. The old man way back in Hawaii wanted to get briefed directly once in a while.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:52 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:46 PM (bss/y)
Joan Rivers?
Phyllis Diller?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 11:48 PM (wVcYX)
Vicki Lawrence as Mama?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 11:52 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:53 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:53 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:53 PM (3ek7K)
She was pissed her order wasn't correct.
She had heart issues, raged and dropped dead.
Hope they could resell her order.
Posted by: four seasons
I watch a lot of youtubes. There are way too many people out there who get nasty over trivial things. Fortunately those videos are balanced off by the cute videos of cats and dogs.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2026 11:54 PM (0Htd1)
What does Lionel Ritchie wear when he's home alone?
All nylon
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:52 PM (qx7Zg)
I'm feeling dumb and don't get it. I'm thinking of his songs. I still don't get it.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 22, 2026 11:54 PM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: tcn in AK
I loved Bob Newhart.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:54 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 11:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
Cool. I'll watch it. I'll never understand our procurement. It is like destroying the tooling for F-22. Nope, never need that again!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:55 PM (bss/y)
She was pissed her order wasn't correct.
She had heart issues, raged and dropped dead.
Hope they could resell her order.
Posted by: four seasons
Once it crosses the counter it cannot go back and reserved to someone else.
Well, it can, but just nasty to think about.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 11:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:55 PM (3ek7K)
What does Lionel Ritchie wear when he's home alone?
All nylon
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I'm feeling dumb and don't get it. I'm thinking of his songs. I still don't get it.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
He wears it
Aaallllll Niiiiight Loooong (all night)
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 11:56 PM (VHUov)
And every bit of it was fabulous. Good natured, not x-rated, always a laugh riot. Not sure why that era had to pass away.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 11:51 PM (DwqWV)
Uncreativity.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 22, 2026 11:56 PM (T6aVk)
No. Not going to do it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:53 PM (A5RD0)
I've had one. Whatever that white stuff in the syringe was, it did the job.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:56 PM (bss/y)
Anyway, off to the rack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 11:56 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:56 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:44 PM (u/oMr)
Damn, did you get therapy with that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 11:57 PM (oq9dX)
Hell I don't know, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:55 PM (3ek7K)
That's the one!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:57 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:57 PM (bss/y)
Just not as much as Michael took.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2026 11:57 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 11:58 PM (3ek7K)
Just reading about what happened with the failed Heavy boostback burn. It looks like one of the Raptor engines exploded during the re-light and took out a bunch of its neighbors.
No word on why the Ship's Raptor went out, but it didn't explode.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 11:59 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:59 PM (BWpBM)
No. Not going to do it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:53 PM (A5RD0)
I've had one. Whatever that white stuff in the syringe was, it did the job.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:56 PM (bss/y)
Had one. One's enough. My family doesn't get cancer, we die when we wear out because they don't do full body off restorations on humans.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)
The goggles…they do NOTHING!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 11:59 PM (l6G0X)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
I just looked up the cast of NewsRadio. It had Joe Rogan, but the gristly redhead was some other actress.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 23, 2026 12:00 AM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TJM's phone at May 22, 2026 10:40 PM (46HP
Talarico has a chance as long as his name is on the ballot.
I don’t even think his message plays well outside his TX HD, but even so, complacency is the devil.
Let’s hold the election anyway just to be sure.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 12:00 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)
Yet
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 12:00 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:01 AM (3ek7K)
No. Not going to do it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:53 PM (A5RD0)
No pun intended. : )
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 12:01 AM (T6aVk)
Just not as much as Michael took.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2026 11:57 PM (RCjYY)
Yes. I have multiple family members with colon cancer. A colonoscopy and the prep is better than a fucking colostomy bag forever. And I've changed colostomy bags for family. That is fun for no one.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 12:02 AM (Hvd9a)
No. Not going to do it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 11:53 PM (A5RD0)
You won't get crap from me. I had one done without anesthesia. (I don't recommend this.) Being awake for the procedure, I saw how much force the doctor and nurse used to get that thing around the "corners." There is no way that is safe for your intestines. I will not do it again.
A sigmoidoscopy is much gentler.
Posted by: Emmie at May 23, 2026 12:02 AM (FMtrg)
I doubt I will bring this laptop so adios, amigos. Fly high but don't hit the power lines.
Let's hope I return someday as some rooms are a mess here and our survivors may be shocked. I'll be dead so I really don't mind. Part of the basement kitchen corner is obviously not my fault as a pipe burst from the kitchen sink above and needs sheetrock.
The "sewing room" is a disorganized mess that is my fault of living large and not caring until I do. I should leave a note: "If I don't survive I had a virus and could not clean in here last week once I started on the closet."
Which is true but I started the closet two weeks ago.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 23, 2026 12:02 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)
You can’t know how hard I facepalmed at the side hustle when I saw a flier with that phrase that I can’t even type.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 12:04 AM (T6aVk)
It forced writers to be a little more creative in that sense, to make “clean” comedy. George Carlin was famous for his “7 Words” you couldn’t say on TV, but he had a long career before that, and had a “clean” setup routine too. He was really funny, with just basic observations.
I listen to old radio programs at night, for tinnitus mostly. “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho was pretty good. He knew how to walk right up to the line. And guests would walk into saying something stupid. One gal mentioned she had 12 children. “I really like my husband”.
Groucho says “I really like my Cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while”. Pretty bad stuff for 1952
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:05 AM (BWpBM)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 12:05 AM (A5RD0)
Christy,
I hope you are feeling better. I also hope your trip is wonderful.
You are due a great time.
I look forward to your stories. You are such a great writer and a gem.
Happy travels!!
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:06 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
After mine, I tried telling my sister that I could have driven myself home. She said, "Um, no you couldn't."
All I know is, I felt pretty dang good.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 23, 2026 12:07 AM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 11:44 PM (u/oMr)
Damn, did you get therapy with that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)
To be fair, that orifice saw a lot of traffic, and Pearl Jam probably wasn't the first...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 23, 2026 12:07 AM (nbLIj)
.....
During the procedure the doctor committed suicide.
Posted by: wth at May 23, 2026 12:07 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:08 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:08 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)
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Exactly my excuse as well. And the GI guy in FL said I did not need another one. Out West they disagree. Also disagree with me that I don't need a shingles shot and I don't care. No one mentions covid anymore (probably in my record not to bring it up).
Granted if I poop blood or something that makes sense, but all was well before last week's cholera of the 1800's. I was surprised I did not pass out and probably would have except for Pedialyte.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 23, 2026 12:08 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 12:09 AM (RCjYY)
In her speech, she urged EU leaders to regulate speech on social media
She says it’s the only way to “ save democracy”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 12:09 AM (LIEok)
Well, she probably shouldn't have stuck her head in her ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 12:10 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 11:57 PM (oq9dX)
https://tinyurl.com/4b5wunnk
Her dress is nice. Smokey. Piper should do a bit on it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:10 AM (bss/y)
Cancer treatment, to me, at my age, isn’t fucking worth it.
I get an extra several years. But the first three are miserable. And it’s never just the cancer. Something else always happens.
Fuck that. When it’s my time. I’m done.
The only reason I did cancer treatment was because I was 46. My kids were 17 and 13. I had to figure it out. Now they are totally out there doing their thing and don’t need me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 12:11 AM (KND7J)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:11 AM (3ek7K)
She says it’s the only way to “ save democracy”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 12:09 AM (LIEok)
Fuck off, Klaus.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:11 AM (bss/y)
They tried to De-Nazifi after the war, but they should never have allowed former communist apparatchik anywhere near government either. Stupid
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:12 AM (BWpBM)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 12:12 AM (1Ff7Z)
It landed in the Indian Ocean 1 hour after taking off from the U.S
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Bezos is like, oh, man...
https://tinyurl.com/2s3kfybb
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 12:12 AM (LIEok)
She says it’s the only way to “ save democracy”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 12:09 AM (LIEok)
That time she spent growing up in the GDR rubbed off on her, I guess…
In the meantime, I’m going to try and reconcile censorship with “saving democracy”. I expect a splitting headache to result.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (T6aVk)
I hate what society has turned into.
Your opinion is wrong and you need to die.
God must be so horrified.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (RCjYY)
Here is some advice.
Go fuck yourself.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:11 AM (3ek7K)
Or go to Kathy's colonoscopist....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (1Ff7Z)
I look forward to your stories. You are such a great writer and a gem.
Happy travels!!
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:06 AM (3ek7K)
*****************************
Thank you. I shall hopefully return!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (WONhk)
The Marine Corps band members, the “president’s own” they don’t even have to go through Boot Camp. Chaplains, and Medical Corps, have programs for direct Commissions without dealing with all that, too. I’d be willing to bet maybe the Army band has some sort of similar arrangement.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (T6aVk)
"OUR Democracy"
Which is the opposite.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:16 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (RCjYY)
Well, that I can understand. I just noticed everyone they showed when panning the band had sgt stripes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 12:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:19 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Usually E-7 and above. The Army Band might be all E-9s.
Kind of a pay grade inflation to keep them from bailing on the Army and joining Big City Orchestra.
I remember the Dental Clinic at Schofield Barracks had more LTCs and full birds than the rest of the division combined (maybe excluding the medical clinic).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 12:19 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 12:20 AM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:20 AM (BWpBM)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:20 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2026 12:20 AM (k3tW1)
The only reason I did cancer treatment was because I was 46. My kids were 17 and 13. I had to figure it out. Now they are totally out there doing their thing and don’t need me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 12:11 AM (KND7J)
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I totally get it. I had an early melanoma over 20yrs ago and hope I never have another. All I had done was a wide excision and bandage for 3wks, plus testing for 2yrs.
At this point I won'd do a lot of drastic stuff if anything pops up again.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 23, 2026 12:21 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:21 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:22 AM (77rzZ)
- - - - - -
The Cabot Cove sharp cheddar is murder...
- Jessica Fletcher
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 23, 2026 12:22 AM (K8rKn)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 12:23 AM (gKWVE)
Kind of a pay grade inflation to keep them from bailing on the Army and joining Big City Orchestra.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 12:19 AM (/lPRQ)
Makes sense, if they don't have to go through basic training. There were multiple types: three chevrons with one rocker, three with two, three with three, and some with diamonds in between and some without. What the diamond means, I don't know. I thought it meant career types.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 12:23 AM (1Ff7Z)
Surgery. Chemo. Radiation
Heart attack and spontaneous coronary dissection because they irradiated my heart.
Stents. Cardiac rehab.
Fvck cancer.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 12:24 AM (A5RD0)
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2026 12:24 AM (k3tW1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 12:12 AM (1Ff7Z)
My father had a shot at it post WW2. Think he was all of an E3, but his CO liked him as dad was the best trumpet in the regiment. Could sight read and play any piece that they put in front of him. Alas, it wasn't meant to be, which is how I eventually came to be..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 23, 2026 12:24 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:25 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 12:25 AM (RCjYY)
It could happen. I recall the case of an Air Force mechanic who took a trailer with an entire F-16 engine on it and attempted to sell it to an "international arms dealer." Fortunately, it was a sting operation. I assume the mechanic is still in prison.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 23, 2026 12:25 AM (aMrr2)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:25 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:26 AM (BWpBM)
My earliest favorite superdupers were Flash and Green Lantern. There have been two good Flash TV series, and a terrible portrayal by that pervert in the movies. There has not been a good Green Lantern; this looks better. (Animated series have had good versions of both.)
Superdupers have not been completely wrung dry; just Marvels, mainly.
But, gosh, my yout' was a long time ago.
https://youtu.be/AQndU3hm-5k
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - Sleep tight. Don't let the extraterrestrials bite - at May 23, 2026 12:27 AM (0poB+)
11h
While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so. I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Putting a dime on, he doesn't approve of Bettina.
Putting a nickle on, he's focused on Iran.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 12:27 AM (LIEok)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 23, 2026 12:25 AM (aMrr2)
China IS out there. But still.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:27 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 12:29 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 12:30 AM (A5RD0)
You can take the girl out of East Germany, but you can't take East Germany out of that girl.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 23, 2026 12:30 AM (yKhjs)
Ok, all you mil types. Just watched a vid of the US Army field band. Does everyone have to be a sergeant to be in it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Is it like Stalag 17 where all the prisoners are sergeants?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 12:30 AM (Cqx++)
https://tinyurl.com/mpujpth8
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 12:29 AM (viF8m)
It is amazing how big starship is in proportion to the rest of the rocket.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:30 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:30 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 12:31 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:31 AM (77rzZ)
Cancer treatment, to me, at my age, isn’t fucking worth it.
.......
Oh Nurse, I get it. My best friend refused second round of "treatment" that might have gained him 6 months of misery.
I have an agreement with my daughter, also a nurse, about this very issue
Since January I had emergency gall bladder removal and bilateral hernia mesh installed. But there is only so far modern medicine can take me.
Posted by: wth at May 23, 2026 12:31 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 23, 2026 12:32 AM (K8rKn)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 12:33 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
July-Aug in Babylon DC is hell. I was considering going to the Indycar race in August here in DC. I think I'll skip it though. The weather will be brutal. Oven like heat combined with 95% humidity.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 23, 2026 12:34 AM (yKhjs)
Or Johnny Cash's lunch box...
Posted by: One piece at a time at May 23, 2026 12:34 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:35 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 23, 2026 12:34 AM (yKhjs)
Not as bad a Louisiana or Mississippi, but bad all the same. East Texas sucks too.
West Texas at the height of summer I can live with.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:35 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 23, 2026 12:34 AM (yKhjs)
Sous vide cooking!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 23, 2026 12:38 AM (aMrr2)
We lived in the South for much of our lives. It is the humidity that is horrible.
W live in Wyoming now and we have hot days but no humidity.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:38 AM (3ek7K)
I can't think what he would dislike. Don, Jr already HAS 5 kids (I think 5), so the fact that Bettina is 39 can't be much of a problem.
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 12:39 AM (RCjYY)
Just reading. Starship carried 45 tons of mostly dummy test payload. This is the most payload mass launched into orbit since the last Saturn V put Skylab in orbit, at 73 tons.
They didn't hype that much that I saw.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2026 12:39 AM (w6EFb)
W live in Wyoming now and we have hot days but no humidity.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:38 AM (3ek7K)
California really is paradise as far as climate. Spent some time on a job in the central valley. Sun up, 90 degrees but no humidity, so tolerable. Sun goes down, instantly drops by 20 degrees. It's weird. El Paso is similar, but it never feels like it cools off that dramatically.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:40 AM (bss/y)
Also the only nation flying the F-14 after we retired it was Iran. They even went through every F-14 on display like those on a post in front of places like a VFW, and ripped all the innards out so that Iran could not get spare parts.
Posted by: Weirddave at May 23, 2026 12:41 AM (u5cNk)
How can these same numbers, how can it be any worse in Alabama than say Iowa or Virginia? South Korea is brutal too. Hawaii, being out in the middle of the Pacific, surprisingly isn’t too bad at all, most of the time.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:41 AM (BWpBM)
Rule #1, don't piss off daddy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 12:42 AM (LIEok)
They didn't hype that much that I saw.
Posted by: publius
You lift 45 tons and what do you get?
Gigs of flight data
and fanboys on X.
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:41 AM (BWpBM)
There is a different quality. More oppressive. Maybe something to do with air pressure or dew point or something. It's worse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:43 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:44 AM (BWpBM)
Trump doesn't want anyone fucking around with us.
Anyone who fucks around with his family will not have a happy ending.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:45 AM (3ek7K)
Gigs of flight data
and fanboys on X.
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)
St Peter doncha call me
cause I caint go,
I owe my soul to the Tes-la Man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:46 AM (bss/y)
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Eh, I’m not really buying it. If anything, maybe the intensity of the Sun, being closer to the Equator I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:46 AM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:47 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:47 AM (77rzZ)
We bilked this city !
Posted by: Old Fossilized Has-Beens at May 23, 2026 12:47 AM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:46 AM (BWpBM)
Road trip! When you hit the border to Mississippi you will smell the mold. It's like a wave.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:47 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 23, 2026 12:47 AM (LO7vB)
Sweat is at peak performance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:48 AM (bss/y)
367 It could happen. I recall the case of an Air Force mechanic who took a trailer with an entire F-16 engine on it and attempted to sell it to an "international arms dealer." Fortunately, it was a sting operation. I assume the mechanic is still in prison.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 23, 2026 12:25 AM (aMrr2)
I remember the case of an officer who had the idea of making a high performance single shot gun from a single barrel out of the A-10’s Gatling gun. 20 mm depleted uranium round, interesting idea, and put together a working model. He was taking it for a demonstration, was carrying it on a trailer behind his car - loaded of course. (Dumb, dumb, dumb). He stopped to get gas, somehow his creation shifted and fired a round right through a gas pump - which of course exploded and then burned down the station.
Well that was end of his little idea. Sounds like a plot from a ridiculous movie, but it happened.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 12:49 AM (U0opd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:35 AM (bss/y)
I'd love to live in West TX. I love the lack of humidity. And the desert. And barren landscape. And lack of people. Grew up in the humid South. Have tolerated Austin area for 30 Years. I long to live someplace I picked because I really wanted to be there..
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 12:50 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:40 AM
30 degree temp swings are common in coastal CA during summer. Sun goes down and marine layer sweeps in. Might still be in the mid 70's but the rapid heat loss makes you keep that bourbon within easy reach...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 23, 2026 12:50 AM (nbLIj)
This effect is really pronounced high up in the Himalaya, it can be 100F in the sun at times, and still freezing in the shade.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 12:50 AM (BWpBM)
There is one thing great living somewhere with very low humidity.
No mold. Of course it's a tradeoff because the intense heat quickly rots things.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:51 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:47 AM (77rzZ)
399
It was boobs. Or Triscuits. Probably boobs, dude.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 12:51 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 12:49 AM (U0opd)
The only thing I can think is that maybe he made it loaded as a proof of concept? Did not have to handle the round either (I was surprised it only weighs one pound- which is still heavy as hell for a bullet.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:52 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:40 AM (bss/y)
The Willamette Valley is very mild. A typical summer day is 82 to 88 with almost no humidity and soon as the sun disappears the temperature will eventually drop 25+ degrees. So most nights you really don't need AC. Just open the windows and run a fan.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 23, 2026 12:52 AM (1fx5i)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:53 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 12:54 AM (U0opd)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 12:54 AM (3ek7K)
Svetlana Lokhova
@RealSLokhova
Both Obama and Brennan flew to London the moment the Grand Conspiracy Grand Jury in Florida was announced. That's because they launched Russiagate from London, England.
Gina Haspel was the CIA Station Chief in London. British operative Christopher Steele and CIA operative Stefan Halper operated out of London. Peter Strzok travelled to London.
Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2026 12:54 AM (UnB4P)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:55 AM (77rzZ)
Not closer, straighter angle. The sun hits the equator from directly above. The further you go from the equator it is more of an angle and more dispersed.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 12:55 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 12:50 AM (Hvd9a)
El Paso was wonderful, 30-40 years ago. I remember Grandma complaining about the drivers THEN.
When Uncle Steve died, I flew out for the funeral with Mom and drove the rental (Mom is not a huge fan of driving herself.) El Paso is... interesting. Traffic is worse and more butt clenching in Seattle, but El Paso is crazier.
But the desert. The desert is beautiful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:56 AM (bss/y)
US Secretary of State #MarcoRubio lands in Kolkata on his first trip to India. Later today, he will meet #PMModi
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 12:58 AM (LIEok)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 23, 2026 12:59 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:00 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026
It does. I moved here as a new bride and hated it. I hated the snakes and the scorpions. I was sad and Homesick. It's too hot and too cold. Too windy and too.humid. But this place and the contrary nature of the people who live here give me peace.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 01:00 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 01:01 AM (BWpBM)
From the online calculators, a (dry bulb) temp of 100F and RH of 90% would be a dew point of 96F.
That would not be survivable (for any length of time) for us humans. We could not maintain body temperature agin' that.
While the details get complicated, Wet bulb temp is used for this, and that limit is 95F. Dew point is close enough. The highest verified dew point ever recorded in the US was 88F, although unofficial readings of 90 and 91F have been claimed in Florida. The highest dew point ever in the whole world was 95F in Saudi,near the Persian Gulf.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2026 01:02 AM (w6EFb)
In the two years since I've had this weather station, the highest dew point I've seen here is 80F. And I didn't venture out during that one little bit. I ain't 20 anymore.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)
Snakes are sneaky bastards.
Living in the South we never left doors open. Just trying to bring groceries in or a piece of furniture was interesting.
They can get by you quickly.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:07 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg
Joke for you, sir.
https://tinyurl.com/257tbk26
.....NSFW, but what are you doing working at midnight on Friday on a holiday weekend?
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 01:09 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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They must've been near the rivers or something, because I was in the desert all three times I deployed there.
Not a lick of humidity.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 23, 2026 01:09 AM (22p5n)
.......
Another job. Indoor Plumbing Czar.
Posted by: wth at May 23, 2026 01:10 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 23, 2026 01:10 AM (22p5n)
We get some scorpions in the house how. I got stung in bed a few weeks ago. It's how it is. We haven't seen a snake this year. We did have one crawl up into our bathtub a few years ago.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 01:12 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 01:12 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 01:13 AM (LIEok)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 23, 2026 01:13 AM (yKhjs)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:16 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 01:16 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:19 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:21 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 01:24 AM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Common Tater
Yes, those fags did.
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 01:12 AM (VHUov)
Kolkata.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 01:25 AM (T6aVk)
Done all the Texas stuff. The town I lived in was a suburb of Dallas. We had a Rodeo (still there, bigger and better than ever), good schools, nice neighborhood, really nice people.
The weather was mostly hot, but livable. The reason I moved was not because I grew to hate it, it was because it got so damn crowded. Getting around was a hassle. And the area was getting bigger by the day. I made the right decision moving to a rural area in my home state. Peace and quiet. Can't put a price on it.
Posted by: Case at May 23, 2026 01:27 AM (8XBuM)
That official 88F record dew point was in Moorhead MN, July 19th, 2011, too. Minnesota.
A town in Iowa claimed 91F in 2021, but that hasn't been officially verified.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2026 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 12:55 AM (77rzZ)
It’s a big state. I don’t think there is “TX weather”.
I was on a phone call, a phone interview one time. Where I was deep in the Panhandle weather was deteriorating ahead of a major winter storm. At the other end of the line in Houston it was pleasant, 70, sunny, with barely any humidity.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 01:28 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 23, 2026 01:10 AM (22p5n)
Top if you are in the Army, the First Shirt in the AF.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 01:30 AM (T6aVk)
Common Tater,
Humidity is awful.
Husband grew up in Hellumbia SC.
His Dad went outside and sprayed down the brick house every night. He said it helped some. Brick soaks up the heat and shares it with you, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:31 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: browndog says woof at May 22, 2026 10:17 PM (3sXRv)
Visiting Toronto the last time, I had no use of my front teeth. Doughnuts were out. But I could eat the Tim Bits. That was breakfast that morning…
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 01:32 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: publius
Funny that we've got the heat record, when everyone thinks of us as a state full of Vikings living in igloos.
We're nowhere near having the cold record, since we've got no altitude.
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 01:34 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 01:24 AM (BWpBM)
I spent time on a rice farm in the Mississippi Delta. Its humid and weird and mosquitos are everywhere. But I picked up Mr Scary on a Delta farm. We still grow good men in the US.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 01:34 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: publius
That was 5 years ago; how would you verify it now? Take a core sample from the city pool's lifeguard?
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 01:36 AM (VHUov)
Puddleglum, I hope that your vacation is fun and relaxing.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 01:36 AM (0nHVk)
Greetings Horde from the west coast where the girls are really the most......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 23, 2026 01:38 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2026 01:41 AM (UnB4P)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 01:42 AM (Hvd9a)
Another job. Indoor Plumbing Czar.
Posted by: wth
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Either that or he'll soon be calling you with a notification about your security plan for windows 11.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 01:42 AM (n7rxJ)
We don't have the humidity issue here in SW Wyoming.
We have two portable a/cs that are on wheels. It is so easy vent them out the windows. One in the bedroom and one in the living area.
If it was humid here we would need central air.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:44 AM (3ek7K)
Swamp coolers. We had those when visiting Utah and West Texas. It's different. We are used to central air. I really do prefer the desert.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 01:46 AM (Hvd9a)
It will indeed remain unverified. To be verified, the sensors must be NWS/NOAA certified, with traceable calibration, QA tests, and be officially registered and all that.
It would be something like my personal weather station. That wouldn't qualify for any official purposes one little bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2026 01:47 AM (w6EFb)
She says it’s the only way to “ save democracy”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 12:09 AM (LIEok)
That time she spent growing up in the GDR rubbed off on her, I guess…
In the meantime, I’m going to try and reconcile censorship with “saving democracy”. I expect a splitting headache to result.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 23, 2026 12:15 AM (T6aVk)
If too many people vote the wrong way, then They will have to take your right to vote away. TPTB have to keep you from encountering unapproved ideas, or else you may perform unapproved voting, and then They will have to revoke democracy For Your Own Good.
It's nonsense, of course. It's a fundamental misunderstanding (probably willful) of the nature of self-rule. It's a view of democratic processes as an Opiate Of The Masses -- where the "popular mandate" of the "will of the people" is a necessary illusion for getting their compliance with the will of the State, not an actual solicitation of the People's opinion.
Posted by: SciVo at May 23, 2026 01:51 AM (Sy6m/)
The world record dew point of 95F in Saudi was right near the Persian Gulf, which are the hottest waters in the world. IIRC that's due to being pretty shallow, and the high surrounding temperatures.
It evaporates a lot of water, pushing absolute humidity way up close by.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2026 01:52 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:53 AM (3ek7K)
Puddleglum, I hope that your vacation is fun and relaxing.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
___
Thanks!
Getting out of Illinois is the cherry on top.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 23, 2026 01:55 AM (22p5n)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 01:55 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:57 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Case at May 23, 2026 01:57 AM (8XBuM)
Posted by: publius
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When we had to pick up our vehicles from the docks in Kuwait, it was miserable.
I'd rather deal with a dry heat than humidity.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 23, 2026 01:58 AM (22p5n)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 23, 2026 01:58 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 01:59 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 02:00 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:01 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Case at May 23, 2026 01:57 AM (8XBuM)
Fuck the cost. A/C before food..or cable..or heat..
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 02:02 AM (snZF9)
publius, how is your Mama doing?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 02:02 AM (0nHVk)
@takaichi_sanae – 3h
The world's first "fully farmed eel" kabayaki grown from artificial seeds will be on trial sale, and the product was recently delivered to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Suzuki, who also gave it a taste.
The fat was outstanding, the mouthfeel was plump and melt-in-your-mouth, and I couldn't stop using chopsticks.
Regular eel farming is done from natural glass eels collected in rivers and other places, but "complete farming" involves laying adult fish raised from artificially collected eggs, then raising the adult fish again from the eggs obtained, and cultivating them through artificial incubation.
…
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 02:04 AM (LIEok)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 01:55 AM (Hvd9a)
Damn, you're like Mrs B. Her Indian name is Piss In Veins.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 23, 2026 01:58 AM (W5mpo)
In the mid '70's it snowed in San Mateo a few inches and stuck for hours and hours on lawns. On Skyline it can snow a bit every year.
> BSM
Yeah. I've relatives in Utah!
Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2026 02:05 AM (UnB4P)
Years ago we made a trip to SF in the summer. We just about froze to death. We were stupid and thought it would be warm.
Had tickets for a couple baseball games and had to buy coats.
We had a great time though.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:06 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 02:07 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)
___
lol
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at May 23, 2026 02:07 AM (22p5n)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 23, 2026 02:08 AM (ZVgZ4)
The snakes I don't see so much. But I did get stung whilst in bed by a scorpion lately. You wake up with your lips tingling. It's weird when they sting you on the hand and your mouth goes numb. Anyhow.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 02:09 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 23, 2026 02:10 AM (lhenN)
Well, she's 96 now, and is declining. She needs continuous O2 now, and the the leg edema is getting problematic. We've got it reasonably under control, but it's slowly getting worse.
All in all, for 96, she's doing pretty good I'd say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2026 02:10 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 02:09 AM (Hvd9a)
Oh the hell with that. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 02:11 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2026 02:13 AM (UnB4P)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 02:02 AM (snZF9)
If you need A/C, I doubt you’ll need heat at the same time.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 23, 2026 02:13 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 23, 2026 02:13 AM (W5mpo)
Oh the hell with that. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 02:11 AM (snZF9)
I'm like the partner. TX welcome wagon lady. I love it here, but if you don't want to get stung by a scorpion, stay at home, pardner.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 02:14 AM (Hvd9a)
13times,
It is different. It's what you get used to.
I love following the weather all over the country.
It's interesting. Hubby thinks I'm nuts, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:16 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 02:18 AM (Hvd9a)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 02:18 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 23, 2026 02:23 AM (Hvd9a)
Mary,
Yes it is. Grandchildren, lol.
It gets cold but we don't sweat.
Wyoming is a great place to live. Our Grandchildren are true Wyoming kids. We've seen them barefooted playing in the snow.
It's what you get used to.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:25 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 02:25 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:26 AM (3ek7K)
Just curious - I don't understand this ban stuff beyond if you misbehave you get the boot (or the hammer), just like I don't understand the 'blow the margins' stuff....
It's late and I'm going to bed....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 23, 2026 02:32 AM (QGaXH)
71° out. Perfect.
Maybe 20% humidity.
Moths cooking on the bug zapper out the door of the shop. No mosquitos or flys.
Buckethead Pike 49 on the big bluetooth speaker.
Fosters downed.
Pretty major life changes coming soon.
Chaos is coming.
I am 100% ready for this fight.
Provided I don't have to do a 110 mile round trip commute to engage it everyday.
I've put in a request for a helicopter. Told them I would fly it.
I might be able to fly a helicopter.
Bedtime.
Posted by: Reforger at May 23, 2026 02:33 AM (594J6)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 23, 2026 02:35 AM (h/5hh)
: I just secured a landmark victory against Discord.
Discord built a product that funnels predators to kids by default, then sold parents on the lie that their platform is "safe by design."
After filing this lawsuit just TODAY, a Texas judge now ordered Discord to stop both the rigged defaults and the lie. Discord was warned by the FTC, the Senate, and five state AGs. It changed nothing. So we made them, and this is only the first step in this case. I will never stop fighting to protect Texas children
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 02:38 AM (LIEok)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 02:39 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 02:40 AM (0nHVk)
Debby,
They are awesome. We live four blocks from our four.
If they get restless we say time to home, lol.
Ours are 4 y/o to 12 y/o.
It is so fun watching them grow up.
No internet access and no cellphones allowed.
We are so very proud of son and daughter-in-law for standing strong.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:47 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 02:47 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:49 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:50 AM (3ek7K)
I gotta get out of this think about work mode and enjoy the weekend. 3 days. They'll be here in about 8 hours.
I should be asleep.
Posted by: Reforger at May 23, 2026 02:54 AM (594J6)
Posted by: Braenyard
I thought it was designed so I could talk to the people I'm playing MMOs with.
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 02:56 AM (VHUov)
Reforger,
It is difficult to get out of the work mode.
Enjoy your weekend and your grandchildren.
Relax. It will do you good.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 02:57 AM (3ek7K)
It's 10:30 AM in Tehran and 10:00 AM in Jerusalem. If anything is going to happen it not be today. Maybe tonight. There's not much kicking. I'm hitting the hay.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 03:04 AM (LIEok)
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 03:09 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 02:40 AM (0nHVk)
The BBC Science Focus Magazine push notifications
Posted by: SciVo at May 23, 2026 03:16 AM (Sy6m/)
If you live in Orange County California check Fox for the story about a chemical tank leak. Authorities say it is either going to burst or explode.
Posted by: four seasons at May 23, 2026 03:27 AM (3ek7K)
If you live in Orange County California check Fox for the story about a chemical tank leak. Authorities say it is either going to burst or explode.
Posted by: four seasons
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Wow. 40,000 evacuated.
Actually, it's not a chemical tank. It's my brain because I've been reading Twitter. Every H-1B or person married to a foreigner in the country is bitching because of the new rule that you have to leave if you're on a work visa and you want to get your green card. Like, how DARE the US Government make rules for permanent residence here? How DARE you ROB me? This was my dream!! Fulfill your obligations to me!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 03:50 AM (n7rxJ)
Upper 60s and raining in Kentuckiana - we've had off-and-on rain most of this week, but looks like we have a few days' break for the holiday.
Posted by: Nazdar at May 23, 2026 03:57 AM (NcvvS)
micro- = one-millionth
3,000,000 micro-dictators = 3,000,000/1,000,000 dictators
= 3 dictators
= triumvirate
Everything always comes back to ancient Rome.
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Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 03:50 AM (n7rxJ)
It’s weird how sovereign countries come up with different rules and laws for entry to the country, how long you can stay, etc, right? It’s just so cruel!
Or it only is if the United States is doing it.
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I was initially worried about her cuz she's a leftist Democrat and a Bernie Bros. Turned out she was halfway decent. I guess her love of country rose above all else. Patriotism matters. Go figure.
It's a real loss. Bummer.
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Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:49 PM (Wmg4n)
Horiatiki or bust!
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Briskets. Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!
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Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:49 PM (Wmg4n)
Horiatiki or bust!
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026
I think I needed salt, the feta and olives tasted extra delicious. 😊
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:52 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Piper
Greeks eat a lot of lamb. Tell me it was a lamb salad. Not some Fetid cheese concoction.
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Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:49 PM
Sounds like it was sufficient to get you well-fetaed.
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Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:49 PM (Wmg4n)
You'd have to be starving to enjoy a Greek salad!
I kid. I kid. I love the Mediterranean diet. My innards like it too.
Greek salad cured me of an Ouzo hangover years ago, when I was in Crete.
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Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 22, 2026 07:51 PM
Bremerloes and Grotopotomii can accomplish that at 300 pounds.
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I think I just really love feta.
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They do crap everywhere, but, on balance, not as much, either in quantity or mephitic quality, as penguins.
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Switzerland is one of the few countries in Europe I have even a slight interest in seeing again. They made a very good decision staying out of the EU.
Beautiful country.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:57 PM (viF8m)
Ha! We appreciate the great press Ace delivers, and if he delivered Penguin content nightly, it would spoil us. The relentless march continues and we look forward to the next edition here in the Cafe.
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Even a dog thats not right at 80.
Full grown wolves. They 'look' like dogs, but those eyes are not a dogs. You are not people to them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 07:57 PM (zZu0s)
Wonderful to see the crowd cheering USA! when Starship splashed down.
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Foxes love Canada geese!
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Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:49 PM
Sounds like it was sufficient to get you well-fetaed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22
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Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 07:59 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 08:00 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 07:59 PM (LIEok)
They threaten baby, they can go to hell.
I like elephants.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 07:56 PM (A5RD0)
Did he do the Michael Palin bit?
His name? Biggus Dickus
*runs over to soldier*
He has wife, you know
*glances at soldier*
Her name..Incontenentia
*glares at soldier*
Incontenentia Buttocks
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:01 PM (0aYVJ)
"Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health"
Did you guys see this ?
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 08:01 PM (GD0B3)
"Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health"
Did you guys see this ?
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 08
Yes, she is out June 30. Sadly, her husband has bone cancer.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:02 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 08:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 08:03 PM (3ek7K)
I have nothing but disdain for Canada geese. They have never made me laugh or smile.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:03 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:03 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:03 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: KT at May 22, 2026 08:04 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 08:04 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)
I was born in Groton but left when still a baby. But I've been to Bremerton a bunch of times. Never underestimate the shock power of a Bremerloe when she turns around to look at you in a bar. Be sure to note all exits.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 08:05 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 08:05 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:03 PM (A5RD0)
Goslings are kind of cute, but the pizzazz quickly fades.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:49 PM (Wmg4n)
..............
Taco salad here, minus the chips and salsa! Very good though loaded with black olives and red onion.
Posted by: Mollly k. at May 22, 2026 08:07 PM (j/yko)
Posted by: Stavros, Nick, Gus, and Christos at May 22, 2026 07:52 PM (oftw2)
======
All you make is cheeburgers anyway.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:09 PM (RIvkX)
🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge Waverly Crenshaw has dismissed the indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who entered the U.S. illegally around 2011–2012, ruling that the prosecution was selective and vindictive.
Abrego Garcia had been accused of human smuggling — specifically conspiracy to transport undocumented individuals and unlawful transportation of undocumented migrants — stemming from a alleged years-long scheme.
His attorney, Sean Hecker, said in response: “We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.”
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:10 PM (2PamV)
Battleground
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)
You on the coast yet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:03 PM (A5RD0)
Leaving 0 dark 30 tomorrow. I'll pack the car, then lead my bride out with her fluffy blanket. She'll sleep. I love driving in the morning, especially when I am not squinting into the sunlight.
Kind of a short trip, but we'll get some time on the beach. We will certainly do a longer trip soon.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity and beyond at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (ZxPkt)
>>I like elephants.
Only game drives I've done are in a game preserve in South Africa. Not as spectacular as a drive done out on the open bush but pretty great.
We came upon a male bull that was enormous, you to see them in real life to appreciate the size. He was standing with a couple of his elephant babes and some younger ones. We were in one of those multi-row jeep things and the driver was one of the game wardens. He told us the male was in musth, which I had no idea what that was.
It's when a male elephant gets a natural testosterone boost and starts protecting his herd and looking to expand it IYKWIMAITYD. The thing charged us, shaking head and tossing dirt with his trunk. The game warden had fun letting the elephant close in on us and then driving a bit further and stopping again. Couple of German tourists in the truck nearly shit themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mollly k. at May 22, 2026 08
I love making a taco salad with leftovers after taco night. Salsa as dressing, guacamole, yum!
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:02 PM (Wmg4n)
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No I did not see that as the reason. Thank you and runner too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity and beyond at May 22, 2026 07:55 PM
They do crap everywhere, but, on balance, not as much, either in quantity or mephitic quality, as penguins.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)
_______________________
Geese got me kicked out of a school camping trip. My buddy, Tommy insisted that if you give a goose spaghetti, it will proceed through their entire digestive process in a matter of minutes. Tommy was correct. I was exiled back to town after a rather public lecture on treatment of animals.
Geese do indeed suck.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (dIske)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:12 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (2PamV)
You are just trying to distract from the Epstein Files.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 08:12 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: KT at May 22, 2026 08:04 PM (rdeQO)
We take a lot of road trips during Memorial Day weekend. I love seeing small towns doing it right. America!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:13 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 08:13 PM (zZu0s)
———
Why don’t you eat some real food? (Salad isn’t food, salad is food for food)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:13 PM (t7UuU)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (2PamV)
You are just trying to distract from the Epstein Files.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
✌🏻 I am not a crook ✌🏻
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:14 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM (viF8m)
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Are we not doing phrasing?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:14 PM (t7UuU)
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Dismissed the Indictment, is that like a pardon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 08:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:15 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:16 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)
... I am drawing a blank. Guy in green?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 08:16 PM (zZu0s)
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Dismissed the Indictment, is that like a pardon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
I don't see how he has that authority.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:17 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:18 PM (t7UuU)
This holiday weekend I have decided to begin 2028 Presidential exploratory team. My campaign slogan has been selected and it so exciting. Below is my slogan and tell me what you think"""
Kami Harris 2028... "Let's Beat, Blow, or Squeeze are way forward" !!!!!.
Posted by: Kami Harris at May 22, 2026 08:19 PM (KvNjc)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:13 PM
I am in no danger of wasting away anytime soon, I eat plenty. 😊
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:19 PM (Wmg4n)
I think at least one of them might have actually dropped one. They were in the last row and the warden kept speeding up and then stopping and letting the elephant catch up.
He was laughing like a maniac. Hans and Franz not so much.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:19 PM (viF8m)
Who names their kid Waverly? Some cracker?
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:19 PM (vFG9F)
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Dismissed the Indictment, is that like a pardon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
I don't see how he has that authority.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:17 PM (2PamV)
Well, yeah, in the real world. But now, it seems some dipshit judge can wave his fleshy pink hand and simper " make it so," and it works.
I blame Abed for this darkest timeline. No. Wait. it's Jeff!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:11 PM
Seriously? I voted with President Trump 99.2% of the time. Paxton voted with President Trump 00.00% of the time. What kind of proud Texan Patriot are you?
I'm not giving up the seat that Sam Houston once held to someone like that!
Posted by: J. Cornyn, (GOPe-TX) at May 22, 2026 08:21 PM (0sNs1)
''VOTE'? What does that even mean?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 08:13 PM (zZu0s)
VOTE
DEMOCRATS.
OUT!!!
Fixed it for ya.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 08:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)
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That character is played by the famous attorney Melvin Belli.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:24 PM (t7UuU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho"
He may have been a good attorney but he was a crappy actor. He did nail the creepy part though.
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Fowl Ball! at May 22, 2026 08:24 PM (oftw2)
Mooch and Nasty totally geek out over the Maverick Act and how to make an air show F-14D Tomcat that will blow your socks off.
https://youtu.be/__3vmZsG7FU
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 08:25 PM (2GVsD)
Lots of Memorial Day activities in Central California. Some of the regular ones currently obstructed by high speed rail construction, unfortunately.
Posted by: KT at May 22, 2026 08:25 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 08:25 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:26 PM (t7UuU)
Defended Jack Ruby. Sketchy indeed.
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:27 PM (vFG9F)
I'm not giving up the seat that Sam Houston once held to someone like that!
Posted by: J. Cornyn
Yeah you cocksucker. The .08% of the time you didn't was against the 2nd Amendment.
Time to retire.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:27 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 08:27 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Disorder In The Court at May 22, 2026 08:27 PM (oftw2)
——-
But you said you were starving.
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:24
I am also dramatic.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:28 PM (Wmg4n)
So, par for the course.
Posted by: Case at May 22, 2026 08:29 PM (8XBuM)
Posted by: Circa 1960 at May 22, 2026 08:30 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:30 PM (t7UuU)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:24
I am also dramatic.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:28 PM (Wmg4n)
*rolls up fainting couch*
Just in case...
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:30 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 08:31 PM (VyBeY)
So, par for the course.
That is RACIST pointing out the fact that a Black Gay President appointed a Commie Leftist Judge and had anything to do with this outcome.
Posted by: Kami Harris at May 22, 2026 08:31 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: Circa 1960"
They still starved. You were no help at all.
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:31 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 08:33 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:24
I am also dramatic.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:28 PM (Wmg4n)
*rolls up fainting couch*
Just in case...
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become C
How did you get that past the ONT moose?
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:34 PM (Wmg4n)
Last week he insisted we watch the opening of SNL. Mind-blowingly stupid Oval Office skit with whoever (poorly) plays Trump from the cast, and guest host Will Farrell. Whole theme of skit? Epstein and Trump were good buddies. JFC. These people, and many tens of millions, live in a fantasy world as detached from reality as any North Korean who believes state propaganda.
It's astonishing and pathetic. And dangerous.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 08:34 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Not Exactly Woodstockian at May 22, 2026 08:36 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 08:36 PM (2GVsD)
·
3h
>>NEW: DOJ spox tells me they will be appealing this ruling dismissing human smuggling charges against Abrego Garcia.
>>“Another activist judge has placed politics above public safety. The judge’s order is wrong and dangerous, and we will appeal.”
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Dr_No at May 22, 2026 08:37 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: rhomboid
I haven’t cracked a smile at SNL in a very long time. I watch it on occasion, just to see if they make a mistake and create something entertaining.
Alas, no.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:37 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Put Another Shrimp On The Barbie at May 22, 2026 08:38 PM (oftw2)
——-
Don’t fuck with the Hell’s Angels. Not justifying this, but, everybody learns at their own pace, I guess
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM (D+1MQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 08:36 PM (2GVsD)
I'm hearing squeaky squeaky squeaky noises, like the Trojan Bunny.
I am way too much into Monty Python.
It's a problem, really.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM (HdYcL)
Is there any entertainment left that doesn't have politics?
You want to kick back and relax and you're slammed with pervert's worldview.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 08:36 PM (2GVsD)
Especially when it has a slot to put in a quarter to start the "Magic Fingers."
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 08:42 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 08:42 PM (YwEeS)
Alas, no.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:37 PM (A5RD0)
---
Even at it's best, I never thought SNL was laugh-out-loud funny. Chuckle-worthy sometimes, but that's as good as it ever got for me.
And that was decades ago.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 08:42 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 08:43 PM (YwEeS)
youtube.com/watch?v=Zg4o54XxZns
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 08:45 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:46 PM (0aYVJ)
It's a problem, really.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ) "
no worries, there are so many that are so much worse ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 08:47 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 08:49 PM (Wmg4n)
I actually met him late in his life.
That's it. That's all I got.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 08:50 PM (2WIwB)
It's a problem, really.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
I own the entire collection of Monty Python’s Flying Circus on DVD.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:50 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Put Another Shrimp On The Barbie
Pakistan too.
There was a great joke in the National Lampoon back in the day: What's one thing Pakistan doesn't need? After dinner mints. I was a dirty minded little schlub and laughed and laughed.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 08:51 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:51 PM (A5RD0)
That's it. That's all I got.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 08:50 PM (2WIwB)
____________
*scribbles on pad*
Thank you. Next!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 08:51 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 08:43 PM (YwEeS)
----
I'll bet the narrative for that event has already been written. Just in case.
Of course, if a nuclear attack took out NYC or DC, most of those in the media who would cheer the loudest would be dead.
Always look on the bright side of life!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 08:51 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 08:52 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:52 PM (D+1MQ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM (3ek7K)
*pssst* nobody tell her about the Boys. Its about Trump, you know.
To be fair, I am a crude man and I found the Boys disgusting in the first season.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:46 PM (0aYVJ)
Yes....Norm was one of a kind. His "Gentile Jokes" even had Jerry Seinfeld cracking up. RIP Norm.
Posted by: There Are 3 Of Them... at May 22, 2026 08:52 PM (35YvA)
Nasty business. There should be a law.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 08:53 PM (D1E+2)
Bringing this up from threads below
Speaking of John Ekdahl, he was fond of noting that NJ taxes property categorized as "farmland" and a much, much lower rate than residential property. So Man of the People Bruce Springsteen planted a few lines of alfalfa on his gigantic property in Rumson, NJ -- a beautiful town for the ultra-wealthy, and not farm country at all -- so he could claim his mansion was a "farm" and cheat the taxpayers.
And there's the story behind Rich Zeoli, formerly on WPHT, AM 1210, referring to "Man o' the People" Bruce as "Old McSpringsteen".
He gave Jon Bon Jovi the whatfor for the same thing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 08:53 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:50 PM (A5RD0)
As do I. And the films.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:53 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 08:51 PM (l26NL)
I'm ashamed of myself. I laughed, too.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 22, 2026 08:54 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 08:54 PM (D+1MQ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 08:54 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: runner
If that's my choice I choose bust!!
I mean I like Horiatiki but still. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2026 08:54 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 08:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 08:55 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 08:56 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Old couple sitting on their porch drinking whiskey.
Man: I love you.
Woman: Is that you talking or the whiskey?
Man: It's me talking to my whiskey.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 08:58 PM (l26NL)
Do not drink whiskey while your trying out a peg leg for the first time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Dude. I just snorted Torpedo IPA out my nose.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 08:58 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2026 08:58 PM (vhPr1)
TonyPete,
Still have your nuts? I figured the chipmunks would be really pissed today.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 08:56 PM (3ek7K)
*blink
That was provocative, lol. What did I miss today?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 22, 2026 09:00 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 09:00 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:01 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 09:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 09:01 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 22, 2026 09:02 PM (h7ZuX)
Anybody know Trump's short list of possible replacements?
Posted by: davidt at May 22, 2026 09:03 PM (Q+gd/)
The Super Bowl half-time "Men on Football" skit was incredible, and of course unimaginable now.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 09:04 PM (U/Byj)
How can you tell Pedro Pascal is wearing the armor. A: poor fit. And B "he walks like a girl wearing Disney pumps."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 09:05 PM (2GVsD)
Man: I love you.
Woman: Is that you talking or the whiskey?
Man: It's me talking to my whiskey.
Posted by: Blutarski
I had too much love last Saturday night.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 09:05 PM (2PamV)
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/
2057974937923490301
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity and beyond at May 22, 2026 09:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Anybody know Trump's short list of possible replacements?
Posted by: davidt
Assistant DNI will be acting for now.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 09:06 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 09:07 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: davidt
I'm hearing Devin Nunes. Makes sense.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 09:07 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 22, 2026 09:07 PM (3ImbR)
Do not drink whiskey while your trying out a peg leg for the first time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Well, duh.
Of course peg legs pair with rum.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 09:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 09:08 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 09:08 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 22, 2026 09:09 PM (zb62U)
>>Dude. I just snorted Torpedo IPA out my nose.
I tore my achilles and am trying out this contraption called an iwalk.
It’s literally a peg leg.
I’m trying it out for the first time.
And while it doesn’t explicitly say, don’t drink whiskey while operating an iwalk, it really should.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 09:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Watched the whole thing. There were some hiccups, such as the heavy booster failed the boostback burn, and one of the vacuum Raptors on the Ship itself went out, requiring a 5 engine burn which took a little longer, and threw it off-nominal but otherwise fine.
I watched with the NASA Spaceflight space nerd stream, whom I've taken to calling the "mee-thane crew".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 09:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:12 PM (3ek7K)
The person the Media and John Brennan trashes the most is the correct ODNI replacement
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 09:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:13 PM (GD0B3)
>> Do you have a bandana and eyepatch. Oh you need a parrot.
I really should get a plastic parrot and wear it on my shoulder when I’m out in public.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 09:14 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 22, 2026 09:14 PM (XMwZJ)
It's a problem, really.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM
Do some people IRL call you Tim?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 09:14 PM (0sNs1)
https://tinyurl.com/yck98vn3
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 09:15 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:15 PM (3ek7K)
Some of the commanders didn’t know who he was. He was at a briefing, and one asked “Lindbergh… THAT Charles Lindbergh!!?”
“That’s my name”.
They thought he was too old to teach the young bucks any new tricks. He was a good flight lead by all accounts. He also taught them fuel saving techniques that extended the range of the P-38 considerably, something that didn’t hurt, particularly on the Yamamoto mission.
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 09:16 PM (IDQSL)
The people in Dubai don't like The Flintstones.
The people in Abu Dhabi Do!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
And my assumption is he was tried and found guilty by a jury. Can a judge really overturn a jury verdict in a fit of pique?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 09:16 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 09:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Wow. I have never heard of this thing. I want two!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 22, 2026 09:16 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 09:17 PM (VyBeY)
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The “judges” have been pulling shit out of their asses for some time now. Legal fairy tales
Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 22, 2026 09:18 PM (IDQSL)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 22, 2026 09:14 PM (XMwZJ) "
it's (D)ifferent ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 09:18 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 08:40 PM
Do some people IRL call you Tim?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 09:14 PM (0sNs1)
No, but there are a lot of folks asking about my liver.
Not sure why.
Also, I did not eat the salmon mousse.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 09:19 PM (0aYVJ)
When Obama said he wanted to fundamentally change America it wasn't a campaign slogan. It was a marxist takeover of America.
That's what we are fighting against.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)
It would be great if we morons and ettes ran the country.
We would have shit cleaned up in no time.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:20 PM (3ek7K)
: Massive GPS jamming detected across Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, and the Persian Gulf indicating active electronic warfare preparation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 09:21 PM (LIEok)
Yesterday he was shooting chipmunks while he was in his underwear.
America!!
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:01 PM (3ek7K)
IIRC it was "shooting chipmunks, in my underwear," with only a comma to indicate that perhaps he was in his underwear and the chipmunks were not.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 09:22 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:22 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:22 PM (GD0B3)
The Qatari delegation received instructions to leave Iran immediately, despite the fact that they were supposed to stay until Sunday
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 09:22 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:24 PM (GD0B3)
>>@EricLDaugh
·
1m
>>🚨 NOW: Top Trump White House official Dan Scavino just DROPPED this absolute banger of a US bomber
>>Greatest military ever 🇺🇸👀
Look at the link.
https://tinyurl.com/83spy2uv
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:26 PM (GD0B3)
Chewing on success
https://bit.ly/dental-illness
Nine second video webwork. Nine seconds?? Yeah. It's been years since I posted a new video. This was just to get back in practice.
Silliness for amusement porpoises only. My own, if nobody else's.
Don't worry if you don't click on the link (to my website) immediately; I'll repost in the ONT.
Posted by: mindful webworker - nothing serious intended at May 22, 2026 09:26 PM (0poB+)
I told TonyPete I was glad he was wearing underwear whilst he was shooting chipmunks. I didn't want him to be castrated by chipmunks. I guess with their sharp teeth they would have chewed right through that.
Man dies from chipmunk castration.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:27 PM (3ek7K)
I showed the boys The Life of Brian about a year after they got married.
My boys lost it they were laughing so hard.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:28 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Well, where's the fetus going to gestate, in a box in a drawer?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 09:29 PM (l26NL)
: Massive GPS jamming detected across Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, and the Persian Gulf indicating active electronic warfare preparation.
Posted by: Braenyard
It cannot be the US jamming GPS - we can just turn it off.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 09:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:30 PM (3ek7K)
A radical Iraq national trained by the IRGC was busted planning to take out Ivanka at her Florida home, complete with a detailed blueprint of the property.
This sick revenge plot was payback for President
Per X
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 09:32 PM (l26NL)
"..several sources said some members of the U.S. military and intelligence community had canceled their plans for Memorial Day weekend “in anticipation of possible strikes.” Defense and intelligence officials also began updating emergency preparedness lists for U.S. facilities overseas, as forces deployed in the Middle East rotate out as part of an effort to reduce the U.S. military presence in the region amid concerns over possible Iranian retaliation..."
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:32 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:35 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 22, 2026 09:14 PM (XMwZJ)
Mental retardation is how. It's just like the VA Supreme Court did not delineate all of the things wrong with the gerrymander; once they found one that disqualified it, they stopped. So too, with prosecuting Kilmar's deportable crimes, once they thought they had him, they stopped; and then, when they turned out to be wrong about that being enough, they resumed and proceeded to the next deportable offense.
Nothing "vindictive" or "selective" about it, just logical process.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 09:35 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:35 PM (GD0B3)
This sick revenge plot was payback for President
Per X
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
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They are the Number One Terrorist State for a reason.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 09:35 PM (/lPRQ)
We and the whole world have become dependent on GPS. It would be a disaster to turn it off, and the cost would be a few billion dollars per day I've read.
So, local jamming and blocking is what they do. Sure, in some doomsday scenario we could turn it off, but only as some last resort.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 09:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:36 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:37 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 09:39 PM (l26NL)
Per X
Posted by: Blutarski
E.D.Hill (?), filling in for Greg Kelly on Newsmax, discussed this for the first half of the show.
Posted by: old chick at May 22, 2026 09:40 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:40 PM (GD0B3)
We interrupt this Long Weekend Cafe with an important Sunday Morning Book Thread Update....
I may have made a huge mistake with my latest purchase this week.
"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."
Stay tune for further updates...
We now return you to your regular Long Weekend Cafe shenanigans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:41 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:41 PM (GD0B3)
Ancient Rome: May was dedicated to the Lemuria festival, a time for honoring the dead and driving away evil spirits. Weddings during this period were considered inappropriate..."
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:42 PM (GD0B3)
Don Jr.'s wedding is this weekend. Trump not going...
Posted by: runner
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And it's not like it's an Italian destination wedding. It's in New Jersey.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 09:42 PM (n7rxJ)
The towering vehicle, consisting of the upper-stage Starship astronaut vessel stacked atop a Super Heavy booster rocket, blasted off at about 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday (2230 GMT) from SpaceX facilities in Starbase, Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville.
A live SpaceX webcast of the liftoff showed the rocketship, more than 40 stories tall, climbing from the launch tower as the Super Heavy's cluster of Raptor engines thundered to life in a ball of flames and billowing clouds of vapor and exhaust.
The launch marked SpaceX's 12th Starship test flight since 2023 and the first ever for the V3 iteration of both the cruise vessel and its Super Heavy booster, as well as the first blast-off from a new launch pad designed for the more powerful rocket.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 09:43 PM (LIEok)
We now return you to your regular Long Weekend Cafe shenanigans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:41 PM (gnNyN)
I literally threw a book in the trash this week. Can't wait for Sunday!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 22, 2026 09:43 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 09:42 PM (n7rxJ)
I thought it was overseas, Bahamas or soemthing.
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:43 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:43 PM (3ek7K)
yes
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:43 PM (GD0B3)
So, local jamming and blocking is what they do. Sure, in some doomsday scenario we could turn it off, but only as some last resort.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 09:36 PM (w6EFb)
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China and Russia both have their own version of GPS that the Iranians could use (if they were allowed to), so localized jamming of ALL GPS makes more sense.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:44 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 09:42 PM (n7rxJ)
And it's, what, his third?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 22, 2026 09:44 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:44 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:44 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I think the ceremony is on a private estate in the Bahamas.
Posted by: old chick at May 22, 2026 09:45 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:45 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 09:45 PM (VyBeY)
"Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson are husband and wife! The pair, who are expected to hold their official wedding ceremony in the Bahamas on May 23, made it official on Thursday, May 21, 2026, with a low-key ceremony at Bettina's twin sister Kristina's home in West Palm Beach."
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:45 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:46 PM (GD0B3)
P-38 Lightning in Action. #1025. By Gene B. Staffor.
Pg 40-42.
Photo caption - In July 1944, Charles Lindbergh spent a good bit of time with the pilots of the 475th... He is seen here talking to Tommy McGuire.
Since New Guinea was clear of enemy aircraft, however, Kenney did authorize Lindbergh to go on a few missions in this area. Lindbergh stretched this a bit on one mission and went along on a mission to Ceram. A lone Japanese aircraft was encountered and Lindbergh shot it down. ... Shortly after this mission, Lindbergh was almost shot down and General Kenney suggested, in rather strong terms, it would be a good idea if Lindbergh would wrap up his activities and head for home.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 09:46 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:41 PM (GD0B3)
I got married in may. It seemed to work out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 09:47 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:47 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:47 PM (3ek7K)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 09:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 09:48 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 09:47 PM (snZF9)
OK, I think Italians have an exception, because of *see @222
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:48 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Depends where in Jersey, it could very well seem like an Italian destination wedding. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 09:49 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: runner
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And it's not like it's an Italian destination wedding. It's in New Jersey.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Sounds pretty Italian to me.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 09:49 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:49 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner
Best man's speech: "Welcome back everyone".
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 09:50 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 09:45 PM (VyBeY)
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Almost certainly not. GNSS (generic term for GPS) is a national security issue for major powers, so they wouldn't want us listening on their frequencies any more than we want them using ours.
GNSS is a VERY complex system. The US has the biggest and best constellation of satellites. The other systems are smaller and some of them are more localized to specific parts of Earth.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:50 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 09:50 PM (3ek7K)
Japan is putting up their own regional GPS system as well. There were a couple of launches a while back for those satellites.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 09:51 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 09:51 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: publius
Are the coordinates in metric?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 09:51 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 09:50 PM (2PamV)
lol..as I was saying...a week ago...
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:52 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 09:52 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:50 PM (gnNyN)
I am going to guess that StarLink can be used as GPS as well
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 09:53 PM (rbvCR)
My Marine got married in Vegas to legalize their partnership so she could have a medical procedure on his benefits. They did the ceremony several months later at a beautiful location with all their friends and extended family.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:55 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: runner
I got married in may. It seemed to work out.
Posted by: Berserker
My folks did. 56 years and counting.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 09:56 PM (VHUov)
NY Post is the source.
"[Donald Trump] is fed up with your shit, and he's going to kill you."
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 09:56 PM (gKWVE)
The Euroweenies have their own system, Galileo, as well. And hell, I didn't know this, but most GPS receivers can use all of them, Rooskie and Chicom satellite systems as well.
They do have secret encrypted signals for their own use, but they do broadcast public signals.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 09:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 09:53 PM (rbvCR)
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I don't think it can be used AS a GPS system...the satellites are very low compared to the actual GPS constellation.
They definitely USE the GPS system to ensure that they stay in their proper orbits, though.
Of course, Musk may have some OTHER purpose for the staggering number of satellites he's put into space...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:57 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 09:47 PM (snZF9)
OK, I think Italians have an exception, because of *see @222
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 09:48 PM (GD0B3)
So basically I sacred the shit out of everyone choosing may for a wedding. lol
We didn't actually plan the date, but an opening popped up for this one venue that is usually booked solid for 2 years. There was a cancellation so we took it. Then came the horror of planning a wedding in 5 months.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 09:58 PM (snZF9)
They do have secret encrypted signals for their own use, but they do broadcast public signals.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 09:56 PM (w6EFb)
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Our own GPS was "demilitarized" (in part) because it was discovered just how useful it could be for civilian and commercial use. The accurate clocks on board the satellites, for instance, are incredibly important in a number of industries.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:59 PM (gnNyN)
She wants the white dress and attention. And she deserves it.
But a bride walking down the aisle in a white dress the second or third time is tacky.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:59 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 10:00 PM (D1E+2)
And our own GPS has encrypted signal channels as well, latest called "M-code" or something. Much higher precision and resistant to spoofing and jamming attacks.
So, everybody puts out public signals, but has their own secret signals for their own military use.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 10:00 PM (w6EFb)
Stay tune for further updates...
We now return you to your regular Long Weekend Cafe shenanigans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:41 PM (gnNyN)
And all the nights are dark and stormy?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 22, 2026 10:00 PM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Berserker
See, fate is a zero-sum game. All the bad luck associated with that wedding fell on the first guy, whose marriage lasted negative five months.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 10:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 10:01 PM (VHUov)
Never know, he might have dodged a bullet. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 10:03 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: nurse ratched
The dress might be, too.
Posted by: somebody had to say it at May 22, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)
She wants the white dress and attention. And she deserves it.
But a bride walking down the aisle in a white dress the second or third time is tacky.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:59 PM (A5RD0)
Never watched say yes to the dress I take it? Some of these women....jesus.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 10:04 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
Same for Babylon DC. I can't even tell who the repulsive David Trone is running against, unless Trump is also running for that congressional seat. All his ads are #BADORANGEMAN!!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 10:05 PM (yKhjs)
GPS used to be intentionally degraded, a "feature" called Selective Availability. This limited public accuracy to 100 m. There were some clever and expensive workaround techniques. That was turned off in 2000, and that exploded the use of GPS, which was a game changer.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 10:05 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2026 10:06 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 22, 2026 10:07 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 10:09 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 10:09 PM (LQibT)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 22, 2026 10:07 PM (4NO2D)
It is a theosophist thing, it is complicated.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 10:10 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 22, 2026 10:13 PM (4NO2D)
There is a military-only mode in GPS that is mostly about jam resistance and less about location.
Posted by: AB at May 22, 2026 10:15 PM (ArLSQ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 22, 2026 11:14 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 22, 2026 11:17 PM (T6aVk)
Nothing "vindictive" or "selective" about it, just logical process.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 09:35 PM (Sy6m/)
The deportable offense is illegally entering the country.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 22, 2026 11:19 PM (T6aVk)
The Week In Woke
Someone said that the Week in Woke always makes them angry before the weekend.
So how about some good Week In Woke news? The CEO of Bolt fired his entire HR team, saying they were creating, not solving, problems.Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn't exist: 'Those problems disappeared when I let them go' By Preston Fore Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow says a culture of "entitlement" forced a sweeping reset--including cutting the HR team, he says, which was "creating problems that didn't exist." "We got rid of our HR team."A Muslim Brotherhood leader in NJ praises Tuq'r Qarlson and Sloppy Steve Bannon for "dividing MAGA" and counts them as allies, saying that the Muslim Brotherhood is making progress thanks to these Noted Conservatives. I guess that's not really good news but it is always good to have the truth admitted. I consider the Great Unmasking to be a kind of good news:
For most executives, that's a sentence likely to provoke intense anxiety. But for Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow, it was unavoidable. Speaking at Fortune's Workforce Innovation Summit on Tuesday, the 31-year-old defended sweeping workforce cuts at Bolt--including a recent layoff affecting roughly 30% of employees--as well as his decision to eliminate the company's HR team. "We had an HR team, and that HR team was creating problems that didn't exist," Breslow told Fortune editorial director Kristin Stoller. "Those problems disappeared when I let them go." The move may sound drastic, but Breslow said it was a necessary step to resurrect the struggling fintech company he first cofounded in 2014 in his Stanford dorm room. ... Breslow returned as CEO in 2025, operating in what he calls "wartime." "We're back in startup mode again, and those HR professionals have really important insights when you're in a peacetime and when you're at a larger company," he said, adding that Bolt has since brought on a smaller people operations team to oversee required training and serve as a resource for employees. While Breslow didn't get into the specifics of the exact differences, he wrote on LinkedIn last year that, "HR is the wrong energy, format, and approach. People ops empowers managers, streamlines decision making, and keeps the company moving at lightning speed." "We need a group of people who are very oriented around getting things done, and there is just a culture of not getting things done and complaining a lot," he added at the Fortune conference. ...
Bolt employees developed a sense of 'entitlement' and weren't working hard--so he let most of them go Beyond HR, Breslow said Bolt had fallen into a broader productivity slump, with employees growing too comfortable during the company's boom years. "There's a sense of entitlement that had festered across the company, and people who felt empowered, felt entitled-- but weren't actually working hard. And this is the number one thing that I had to battle," Breslo said. "Ultimately, most of those people just had to be let go."
Dan CrenshawFox News:
@DanCrenshawTX 14h In case you're wondering about the current state of House Democrats: they just voted against establishing a Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Their objection? It didn't include a dedicated wing for trans history. You almost have to admire the consistency. They managed to turn a women's museum into an argument about men.
House Democrats unanimously rebelled against legislation Thursday directing the construction of a new women's history museum on the National Mall. Democrats sought to defeat the bill after Republicans limited the institution to biological women and excluded transgender individuals. The measure came up short in a vote of 204-216 after a handful of conservative GOP lawmakers joined Democrats in tanking the legislation that would secure a site for the forthcoming Smithsonian American Women's History Museum on the grounds of the Mall.
The other good news is, another woke feminist boondoggle won't be funded. Good. One cheer for the trans extremists. On the other hand, a lot of Republicans voted for this latest boondoggle to create taxpayer-funded anti-jobs for useless, skill-less leftwing women who would otherwise be baristas or low-paid whores.
Another detransitioner has extracted a huge settlement from her "doctors."
Camille Kiefel had a history of mental health diagnoses that included trauma, depression, suicidal ideation, and ADHD. Despite this, all it took were a few short telehealth sessions with therapists to get approval for a double mastectomy after Kiefel identified as 'nonbinary.'In the Middle Ages, if you were mentally ill, a "doctor" might prescribe drilling into your skull to let the demons escape. How far we've come since those days of primitive "medicine," huh? You're suicidal? Have you considered chopping your tits off and isolating yourself from society as a cure?
Now Kiefel, 36, has settled a lawsuit against two providers who wrote referrals for that mastectomy. While the terms of the settlement are confidential, The New York Post said Kiefel will reportedly receive $3.5 million.
Overton
@overton_news 4h
Greg Gutfeld did not need the DNC autopsy report to pinpoint the exact reason for Kamala Harris' humiliating loss in 2024. He said the trans issue became the thread that unraveled her ENTIRE campaign for one very important reason. GUTFELD: "I'll tell you why." "It diagnosed and it exploited the fatal flaw of cultural relativism." "That's the unlocked door where any idea that is detached from truth could enter." "It just so happened that it was trans but it didn't have to be. Trans women are women. That got in." "But it could have been anything else." "60-year-olds are now 40." "A morbidly obese person is now fit." "Horses are people." "Cantaloupes could have rights." "It's ALL the same. Any position where truth is surrendered to the prevailing wishes of the mob would become the order of the day and would compel you to obey." "That's why it mattered." "It was like the first strike against a 13 billion-year-old civilization--not civilization, planet." "And it was a flex, it was a flex of the unravelers, the people who said we could do this, there is no such thing as truth anywhere." Gutfeld is dead on. The Democrats surrendered truth, and it cost them everything.
Greg Gutfeld did not need the DNC autopsy report to pinpoint the exact reason for Kamala Harris’ humiliating loss in 2024.
— Overton (@overton_news) May 21, 2026
He said the trans issue became the thread that unraveled her ENTIRE campaign for one very important reason.
GUTFELD: “I’ll tell you why.”
“It diagnosed… pic.twitter.com/d4lBsOYwP7
To teach Israel how to make peace, Pippa Bacca, the leftist Italian, decided in 2004 to hitchhike from Turkey to Israel. She even learned basic Arabic, to prove that Islam is not a violent. Once she arrived in Turkey, she was gang-raped and murdered. She was 33 years old. pic.twitter.com/y5ntRDNj6G
— (((Donny)))🌵🇮🇱 🇸🇨 (@mlirh) May 21, 2026
After travelling together across Europe, Bacca and Moro split up just prior to their arrival in Istanbul, planning to meet up again in Beirut. Bacca was last seen on 31 March.[3] Her credit card was reportedly used at noon of that day.[4] On 12 April, her naked, strangled, and decomposing body was found in bushes near Gebze, about 60 km southeast of Istanbul.[1][2] The man who led the police to her body, Murat Karataş,[3] was detained[2] and arrested after reportedly confessing to raping and strangling Bacca on 31 March after taking her in his Jeep from a gas station.[3] DNA testing suggested that Bacca had been raped by multiple people, not just Karataş.[28] The suspect said he was "under the influence of drugs and alcohol" and could not remember what happened.[29] He had been traced after he inserted his own SIM card into the victim's cellphone, which alerted police because he had a previous conviction for theft.[2] Bacca's own information was wiped from the mobile device, implicating, according to the lawyer for Bacca's family, at least one other accomplice because Karataş could not speak English and had left school after the third grade.[29]The audio on this is very low but the gist is, someone fired on cops so the cops deliberately drove their car over the shooter. The sheriff here is completely unapologetic and lets people know, if you shoot at cops, we're going to run you down, and that's just the way it is, skel.
🚨 JUST IN: This California sheriff is being praised for showing NO REMORSE about running over an armed suspect who killed one of his officers
— Dr. Mel Aaron Gibson (@MelAaronGibson1) May 20, 2026
“We intentionally ran him over...don't shoot at cops."
“He GOT what he DESERVED.” 🔥
That’s how you do it. pic.twitter.com/UYYrplTd7o
Flashback: A couple baited their lawn with a bicycle without a lock to lure thieves so they could
beat them with baseball bats.
Prosecutors declined charging them, because the "witnesses" -- the would-be bike thieves that got the beatings they so desperately needed -- would not testify without immunity and had no credibility anyway. I don't know what the charge would be. They did nothing illegal. You are allowed to leave your own bike on your own lawn without a lock. You don't have to live a life dictated to you by thieves. And you are, I believe, still allowed to use non-lethal force to prevent a crime like theft, even in California. So where is the crime? There is none. What they would attempt to criminalize is the "bad motives" for doing all this, but you can't have a crime with just a "bad motive." If you have a bad motive for doing something lawful -- that's not a crime. Anyway, I enjoy this story and I would like it to become a trend.
Morbid Knowledge
@MorbidKnowledge A couple in California spent five months intentionally luring bike thieves into their front yard with an unlocked bicycle, beating them with aluminum baseball bats, and posting the videos online. Corey Cornutt, 25, and Savannah Grillot, 29, of Visalia were arrested in January 2020 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy, in connection with at least four beatings between July and November 2019. Police said the couple planted a bicycle in the front yard unsecured and waited. Once someone tried to steal it, both rushed out and assaulted them with a baseball bat. The videos they posted made the prosecution straightforward. A neighbour told reporters there would be blood on the street the next day after each incident, and had warned the couple: "Maybe it's not the best idea you're kind of bringing people into the neighbourhood that might not be here otherwise." They ignored her and continued. In each case the victims received various non-life-threatening injuries. The couple documented their own crimes in enough detail to guarantee their arrest.
This is Marjorie Taylor Greene’s replacement by the way 🔥 https://t.co/tKyVhytM8n
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) May 20, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 06:41 PM (l26NL)
Ace is so good to us...
Time to see if there are hot woke boobs...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 06:43 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 22, 2026 06:44 PM (FLx59)
If you want a solid HR person, they need to be a business person who happens to be good at HR. Nothing else will be successful.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 06:44 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 06:44 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 22, 2026 06:44 PM (Xqite)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:45 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 06:45 PM (3ek7K)
I will not sit here and let you besmirch the Medicinal Validity of Trepanning!
Posted by: garrett at May 22, 2026 06:45 PM (JEwe/)
I missed the booster shenanigans. Was it supposed to be lost? what's "boostback"?
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 06:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Josephistan
I bought a dog from a blacksmith. As soon as I got home he made a bolt for the door.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 06:46 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:47 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 22, 2026 06:44 PM (FLx59)
'Fintech' according to the story. I am assuming financial technologies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 22, 2026 06:44 PM (FLx59)
Neck bolts for Dr. Frankenstein
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 06:47 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 06:48 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 06:49 PM (77rzZ)
That last story about the bait bike, is sweet.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 22, 2026 06:49 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 22, 2026 06:49 PM (gDlxJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:50 PM (zZu0s)
Bolt? Do they make breast implants?
Posted by: Josephistan
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They train movie dog stars.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 06:50 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 06:51 PM (qx7Zg)
This started happening when I retired from the Navy. One of the last command inspections I participated in before my retirement had an inspection line item for "ergonomics". When the inspecting team arrived I got in their faces and asked exactly what the fvck is "ergonomics" and how do you inspect "ergonomics" for an entire command.
I never got a real answer but they did agree to remove that line item from the inspection list.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 06:51 PM (0N4FZ)
At first I honestly thought it was Polk County, FL or somewhere in FL. Governor DeSantis said it was fine to run over protesters,which I think is Pretti Good news for all.
If anyone tried to top me I'd run them over. Oops! Got the gas pedal mixed up with the brake, sir!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 06:51 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:52 PM (zZu0s)
The HR at my place is boar tit worthless.
Example, they've been recycling the same job announcement for the same position for near a decade.
"Why can't we get good employees?!"
It's a real fucking mystery, that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 06:52 PM (73/SM)
Hellraiser 5 tonight. Produced by Harvey Weinstein!!
Pippa Bacca died in 2008:
We constantly honor Saint Pancake and this heroine's bravery goes un-noticed. Okay, tragic ending but c'mon.
Saint Dances with Wolves?
Back to stuff. Later. The dog and cat are solidly asleep. You'd think I'd roofied them....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 06:52 PM (Sco7b)
Imagine a normal expendable rocket launch. First stage cuts out, next stage separates and takes over. First stage just continues in a "ballistic arc" and crashes in the ocean downrange.
With a boostback, once the 2nd stage separates and continues, the booster then turns ass end forward, fires again and slows its horizontal velocity to return to the launch site.
They had to abort the boostback burn. They let the booster just go on, but did attempt a landing burn when it got down. I don't know how that went.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:53 PM (w6EFb)
Ray Bradbury had a story A Medicine for Melancholy where the "Dr." told the parents to leave the woman in her bed outside overnight, where he "administered" to her. It was shocking to me as a teen to read, but I think probably very true.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 06:53 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2026 06:53 PM (diia5)
I agree with your premise, but it also seems wrong somehow.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s)
>>>
That works out to $1.75 million per bewb.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 06:54 PM (wVcYX)
Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn't exist: 'Those problems disappeared when I let them go'
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Women hardest hit.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 06:55 PM (HdYcL)
Make it make sense?
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 06:55 PM (gtcuf)
>>>
That works out to $1.75 million per bewb.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 06:54 PM (wVcYX)
What can't the Horde do?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:55 PM (zZu0s)
Coulda been frist.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 06:48 PM (A5RD0)
Hi nurse. I found 'ZomBeeavers' on Tubi.
There's also 'Catnado' there too. I usually just want something brutally horrific but there's been some good movies with a bit of comedy. "Hobo with a Shotgun" - fantastic.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 06:55 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 06:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 06:56 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 06:56 PM (Sy6m/)
Seems like hunting over bait. Some places frown on it, others don't. If the cops did the same thing and arrested the thieves instead of beating them, would it be entrapment or a sting operation? I honestly don't know.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 06:56 PM (vTZFs)
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*points and laughs*
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 22, 2026 06:57 PM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 06:55 PM (gtcuf)
So all the GOPe were for this boondoggle. All the dems against it because no dicks. Then like 10 GOP decided to be Flighty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at May 22, 2026 06:57 PM (FhOZw)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 06:57 PM (tAhJv)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 06:58 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 06:55 PM (gtcuf)
Stupid woke boondoggle got more stupid and woke until finally the bunch of monkeys we've sent to Capital Hill got bored of fucking the ball.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 06:58 PM (gKWVE)
I've mentioned it before. YouTube has clips from 'Bait Car' which SOMEHOW miraculously made it onto tv.
Cops would leave a car in an inner-city neighbourhood, the denizens would take it and hilarity ensued. It was pretty much always hispanics and blacks taking the car which is why it was surprising it got aired.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 06:58 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 06:53 PM (N0IE5)
Treating Vitamin 'D' deficiency has a long and honored history in the Journals of Medicine.
Posted by: garrett at May 22, 2026 06:58 PM (JEwe/)
Personnel: hard-bitten guys from the shop floor investigating patterns of Friday-Monday absenteeism.
HR: woke bits of fluff forcing employees to waste time taking useless if not harmful courses.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 06:58 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Thieves should be killed.
Posted by: Bombaata at May 22, 2026 06:59 PM (9gKa/)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 06:59 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 06:58 PM (l26NL)
They protect communist ideals. That is all. They NEVER protect a company first, unless the threat also goes against commie values.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 07:00 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 07:00 PM (gKWVE)
The ones run by HR always failed.
But the problem is that the Government and the Legal Industrial Complex keep adding land mines for companies where they need HR and lots of lawyers to guide them through. Discrimination, Osha, training, safety, ADA, etc. etc. Not having HR is scary to a lot of managers. Firing people is scary to a lot of managers.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 07:00 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 07:00 PM (A5RD0)
I think cost of living going through the roof and Trump having credibility on the economy is why a lot people that had voted Biden voted Trump
I also think kamala was just extra unlikable and stupid.
Plus, I do think voter fraud that was simply easier to commit in 2020 than in 2024 when the Covid nonsense had largely gone
Posted by: Sharpie at May 22, 2026 07:00 PM (EHRRj)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 07:00 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Bombaata at May 22, 2026 06:59 PM (9gKa/)
These just got hit with baseball bats.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)
Not all heroes wear capes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 07:01 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:02 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: garrett
Huu hhu,,
He said "long"
huu. and "honored." I honor mine every night.
Posted by: Beavis at May 22, 2026 07:02 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 07:03 PM (QS6eO)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 07:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 07:00 PM (N0IE5)
This is true. I developed a reputation because I did not mind. Flip a switch, win a prize. But I didnt enjoy it.
Well, maybe once or twice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 07:03 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: TR at May 22, 2026 07:03 PM (hazdd)
https://tinyurl.com/mwaz8cm6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 07:04 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:01 PM (viF8m)
this is a teepee
for you to peepee
not a wigwam
to beat your tomtom
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 07:04 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Maine Nazi Senator Wanabe at May 22, 2026 07:04 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 06:53 PM (N0IE5)
Treating Vitamin 'D' deficiency has a long and honored history in the Journals of Medicine.
Posted by: garrett at May 22, 2026 06:58 PM (JEwe/)
Gotta cure the hysterics.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 07:04 PM (dK+Kv)
It's not like all this is rocket science. Oh, wait.....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 07:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
They need to work on their follow through.
Posted by: Bombaata at May 22, 2026 07:05 PM (9gKa/)
They protect communist ideals. That is all. They NEVER protect a company first, unless the threat also goes against commie values.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026
I wonder if HR in operations is just different. I have never worked outside of a manufacturing company, though I did work at some of the very largest ones. J works in manufacturing, he is Sr. VP of HR. Y’all would love his approach to all of this. I promise you.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:05 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 07:05 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Paul at May 22, 2026 07:05 PM (4cQl/)
So all the GOPe were for this boondoggle. All the dems against it because no dicks. Then like 10 GOP decided to be Flighty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
==
The 10 Republicans made the right call.
Its sort of like when Bush created the Dept of Homeland Security and the hill they died on was they couldnt unionize
The correct answer is , just dont create a new government agency
Posted by: Sharpie at May 22, 2026 07:05 PM (EHRRj)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 07:06 PM (9gKa/)
Back in the day when i was working it was the Personnel Department.
Same assholes then as now.
Everyone hated them.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 07:06 PM (3ek7K)
If I understood, most of the test payload satellites were Lamonts, dummies, but they did deploy two real Starlinks, specially modified to send video and imagery of the Ship during reentry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 07:06 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:02 PM (hftzA)
Pretty much every single one i have encountered is. I would have to do phone calls with HR about people I had to fire 6 months before. And I fired a lot of people. I had to ask... 'any other details?' And then I'd have to look up the term docs I wrote (that they also have access to) in order to remember specifics and then explain. Just like I did in the term docs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 07:06 PM (zZu0s)
Seems like hunting over bait. Some places frown on it, others don't. If the cops did the same thing and arrested the thieves instead of beating them, would it be entrapment or a sting operation? I honestly don't know.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 06:56 PM
One time our car got egged pretty badly when we lived in Kentucky. We called the cops and they came out and made a report. The cop told me that if I happened to find the perps who did it they would not mind if I didn't call them for about 15-20 minutes after I found them.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 07:07 PM (0N4FZ)
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I sort of think there's a real mental health issue here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 07:07 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 07:08 PM (8zz6B)
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Rachel Corrie should be flattened to know that she has inspired others.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 06:44 PM (OoFl2)
Sounds like he has reinvented the Personnel Department.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (73/SM)
Eh, leftists have perverted justice. An old court case revolved around “spring trap” guns. A farmer in Iowa became tired of multiple burglaries iirc, and set up a trap gun pointed at a window. A burglar broke in through that window, and was killed.
You can’t (legally) set booby traps, apparently. I get it, I really do. But when working through the “system”, that no longer works, or isn’t allowed to work, eventually the old ways return.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (L7CUp)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (3ek7K)
No offense but I bet I wouldn't. When I started in business what passed for HR was people who would help you with things like insurance and other benefits. It somehow became a second management team with the power of the death penalty.
I'm sure there are lots of people who work in the field with the best of intentions but I've never worked at a place where HR was a net positive given what it has become today.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)
Yeah, I'd like to beat the thief with an aluminum baseball bat, but that could maim or kill. Uh-uh. Let the punishment fit the crime.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (xDQPT)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:47 PM (zZu0s)
Or robot fish.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 07:10 PM (8zz6B)
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Lady deputy behind the sheriff is a cutie
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 22, 2026 07:10 PM (GhIJO)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 07:10 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 06:54 PM (wVcYX)
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Assuming that she started with the standard complement.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 07:10 PM (6/7Fs)
“He GOT what he DESERVED.”
That’s how you do it.
Damn, that sheriff deputy standing next to him is smokin'. It's like they searched for the cutest girl in Kern County and hired her just so she could stand next to the sheriff at press conferences. Thats her whole job. stand there, in sunglasses, exuding hotness. And I approve. Perhaps more counties should adopt this policy.
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 07:10 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 07:10 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:10 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 07:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 07:11 PM (Sco7b)
"Tuq'r Qarlson" is never not going to be funny
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 07:11 PM (q177U)
HR shouldnt be about feelings.
You can't do your job? Fuck your feelings you're fired.
Sick of all the touchy feely shit. We are here to make money.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 07:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 07:12 PM (9gKa/)
Damn, that sheriff deputy standing next to him is smokin'.
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Too Kareny for my taste.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 07:13 PM (HdYcL)
They call it "conversion therapy" and claim it is harmful. I'm wondering how horrific and cruel conversion therapy would have to be to be worse than medical mutilation.
Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2026 07:13 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Bombaata
Nah. Just cut off a hand.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Cut off their benefits.
Nah, that won't work because the prosecutors will never prosecute.
We need a bounty - cut off the benefits, but give a percentage to the people who catch and prosecute.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 07:13 PM (TSNP/)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 07:13 PM (9gKa/)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 22, 2026 07:14 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 07:14 PM (VHKlE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 07:10 PM (6/7Fs)
She's from Mars?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 07:14 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 07:15 PM (3uBP9)
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Eye candy, just what you need to subdue 300 pound maniacs on Meth. At least she ain’t a 5x5 butterball who is supplied uniforms through Seattle Tent & Awning
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:15 PM (L7CUp)
>>@nicksortor
·
9m
>>🚨 NOW: President Trump is now BACK in Washington, DC after CANCELLING his weekend plans in New Jersey
>>CBS is reporting intelligence officials have ALSO canceled Memorial Day plans, and are on standby.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Honeydew Melons at May 22, 2026 07:16 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 07:16 PM (rbvCR)
Mohammed Mohammed El Mohammed: I like the clothes, I like banging my head on the deck multiple times, I like rape, I like dirty beards and I like rape.
Imam Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah: You said rape twice.
Mohammed Mohammed El Mohammed: I like rape.
Imam Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah: Charming!
Posted by: Blazing Saddles 2: Mohammed's Boogaloo at May 22, 2026 07:17 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)
He doesn’t do benefits, he knows ops inside and out and just now stopped leading the finance department because they finally hired a CFO. I would rather poke my eyes out with pencils than do benefits.But he is not the party of no, he is the party of how can we get there. Which is what I did, too, but I will admit, he does it better. Guess that is why he makes the big bucks and I play at my studio.
But maybe you wouldn’t like him, who knows. I appreciate it from a very different angle, maybe? But if I didn’t tell you what he did, and you met him, you probably would struggle guessing what he did for a living.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 07:17 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 07:17 PM (qx7Zg)
Yeah! Us too!!
Posted by: Honeydew Melons at May 22, 2026 07:16 PM (wVcYX)
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The Melons Liberation Front approves.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 07:17 PM (HdYcL)
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It’s legal for the kiddiefuckers to groom little boys. It isn’t legal, however, to try and unfuck their mind.
They do try to think of everything, you know. They really do.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:17 PM (L7CUp)
That's objectively not true. It's the satanic subversion of basic human biology and dignity, a subversion primarily aimed at children. There's nothing scary about calling a horse a banana or compelling people to call rain gravity mist. There's a deeper nexus of evil that people like Gutfeld are blind to.
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 07:18 PM (q177U)
Sheesh!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 07:18 PM (2WIwB)
This is proof that Ace loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 07:19 PM (Bq1P8)
And there's antifa chatter in Austin. Possibly other Soros-infested cities.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 07:19 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (xDQPT)
Garrotting with a bicycle chain?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 07:19 PM (8zz6B)
I'm sure there are lots of people who work in the field with the best of intentions but I've never worked at a place where HR was a net positive given what it has become today.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)
Sadly, this. More power than any other management in a lot of places.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 07:19 PM (zZu0s)
We use a larger org's HR for payroll & benefits, but our director does all the hiring & firing.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 22, 2026 07:20 PM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (L7CUp)
The main reason “spring trap” guns are illegal is that the people shot most often by them are family members and police.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 07:20 PM (QS6eO)
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Some people forget that this is a military blog
not Popsicles and lollipops.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 07:20 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:17 PM (L7CUp)
Transing kids involves endless layers of horrific cruelty, both to the kid and to anyone who cares about the kid.
Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2026 07:21 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 07:21 PM (9gKa/)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:21 PM (3VVY1)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:21 PM (n9951)
Starship is the first ever where we've been able to see reentry video.
Starship is so big that it creates a little wake behind and above. That allow high frequency (much higher than normal radio) signals to just get through and have line of sight with the Starlink satellites.
This is just flat-out amazing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 07:21 PM (w6EFb)
I’m sure hoping its attack.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 07:22 PM (QS6eO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 07:22 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 22, 2026 07:22 PM (0SdQT)
Adam Schiff
@SenAdamSchiff
My thoughts go out to Tulsi Gabbard and her family, as her husband battles this serious health problem. I hope and pray that he makes a speedy and full recovery.
While the circumstances around her departure are deserving of our sympathy, let’s be clear: Tulsi Gabbard’s only positive contribution to our nation's national security is her resignation.
She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more.
We must ensure that her tenure — marked by a devotion to the person of the president and not to the security of the country — represents a terrible exception at DNI and not the new normal.
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 07:22 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 07:23 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 22, 2026 07:23 PM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 07:24 PM (zZu0s)
It's not a matter of liking him personally, I'm sure he's a great guy or you wouldn't have married him. It's what HR has turned into in many, many companies. As I said, it's become a second management structure that makes social rules of behavior that often kill or badly wound corporate performance.
I'm just not a fan of what the position has evolved into in business.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/ytbfrfxp
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 07:24 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Common Tater
The main reason “spring trap” guns are illegal is that the people shot most often by them are family members and police.
Posted by: Tom Servo
And a trap can't determine intent.
Even if the law says you can defend property with deadly force, maybe I kicked in the door to your shed to take shelter from some golf-ball-sized hail, or to escape a rabid coyote, and was going to compensate you for the door (and then some), in thanks for saving my life by having a shed in the right place.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 07:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 07:25 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 07:25 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 07:25 PM (qx7Zg)
——
If you say so. My point is that if the extraordinarily expensive and extensive “legal system” is no longer working, or not allowed to work, as is obviously the case, then old methods will return.
There’s no way around this. Modern police departments are actually a blip in the human history timeline. Presumption of Innocence, right to face accuser, all that stuff is not the “norm”. When the Rule of Law breaks down, every offense is a Capital offense, and probably for your family too.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:25 PM (3VVY1)
Layoff a bunch of people? HR did that, not me! Screw with the benefits? That's HR! Mess up all your health insurance? Look over there, it's HR!
They are like mob enforcers for the executive and then when HR goes crazy and starts to take over, what are you going to do? You need HR to handle all the bad news. So you sit back and just watch it happen.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2026 07:27 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:28 PM (3VVY1)
A vast majority shouldn't be able to take in a Presidential candidate and think to themselves, "I'm more qualified than she is to be President of the United States."
(and thanks for giving my blood pressure a break on the "week in woke" genre....it was me that always bitches, and reads it anyway. Sometimes I'll take a ball peen hammer to my fingers for the same reason)
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 07:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 07:30 PM (LIEok)
BAIER: "An enormous change in U.S. immigration policy tonight. The Trump administration says any non-citizens in the country who have applied for a green card must leave the country indefinitely even if here legally and regardless of whether they have a spouse or children."
"Then they have to wait for their green card application to be processed outside of the country."
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 22, 2026 07:30 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 07:25 PM (l26NL)
I was always able to kind of turn it off after a threshold had been reached.
The thing is, if the guys know you will do it the second they give you a good reason and not care one whit? They are FAR less likely to give you that reason.
The problem is, after a while and enough people (and I have fired 100s.) It starts to grind. People are stupid and they seem to come in like 6 varieties. Worse you start being able to tell what you are going to fire them for the day you meet them. And it's like you want to slap new guy and tell him not to make you do it a week, month or year down the line.
That is why I had to take a break and just get back to doing quality for a while. I am very good at iI. I am good at leadership too, but quality is soothing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 07:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: zombie
I would disappoint her so badly.
And she'd punish me for it.
What fun!
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 07:30 PM (VHUov)
And that has NEVER happened before. And that’s bad!!
What an assclown. Intelligence was “politicized” by every President since at least, FDR. There is no debate about that.
Goose, gander. Good. MFer.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:32 PM (OrWo5)
Global warming -- I'm doing me part!
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 07:32 PM (TSNP/)
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 07:29 PM
Newsletter?
Posted by: Paul P. at May 22, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)
There's a great scene in Money Ball where Brad Pitt as Billy Beane explains to a new hire how to cut a player. It's pretty good.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 07:35 PM (l26NL)
——
About fucking time. Out! Out! Everybody Out!
Start Over. Get In Line. As it stands, illegal invaders have been treated preferentially for decades, to everyone else who has gone about emigrating to the USA in the lawful manner. Complete bullshit.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:36 PM (OrWo5)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 22, 2026 07:36 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/5ew63umx
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)
LOL.
Nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 07:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 07:38 PM (qx7Zg)
——
About fucking time. Out! Out! Everybody Out!
Start Over. Get In Line. As it stands, illegal invaders have been treated preferentially for decades, to everyone else who has gone about emigrating to the USA in the lawful manner. Complete bullshit.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:36 PM (OrWo5)
*whistle blows*
Everybody out of the pool!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 07:39 PM (wVcYX)
That landing was trying to simulate a return to tower and catch trajectory, and they seem to be happy with it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 07:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 07:25 PM (3VVY1)
Agree. The police and courts are in place to protect wealthy people and their wealth. The poors are just flotsam and jetsam in our legal system and are treated as such, with the occasional justice handed out here and there, willy nilly. Heaven help you if you end up in court without resources, connections or are not a "protected" class.
Posted by: Zombie Judge Roy Bean at May 22, 2026 07:40 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 07:42 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2026 07:42 PM (+rSJz)
Everybody out. And put the lightbulb heads into C140s, shackled and drop them back in Somalia. Unload them, toss a key and leave.
They get to take the clothes on their backs. All of their ill gotten gains are confiscated.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 07:42 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (73/SM)
Not upset exactly. It met expectations. However the expectation was it would be a flaming pile of dogshit. Which it was.
Posted by: Augured in the landing at May 22, 2026 07:43 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 07:25 PM
I got good at firing GS employees as well. The problem I had is every time I fired one they applied for unemployment with the state and they almost always got it. I fired one lady for constantly not showing up to work, I had a paper trail a mile long but they gave her full unemployment because they said she had day care issues.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 07:43 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity, and beyond at May 22, 2026 07:44 PM (ZxPkt)
Global warming -- I'm doing me part!
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
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My poor little Beelink gags so bad you can hear the fan speed up to cool it down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 07:45 PM (LIEok)
Don't want to hurt a perp's feelings.
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity, and beyond at May 22, 2026 07:46 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 07:47 PM (Cqx++)
She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more.
----☆
Schiff is indeed a shit person. I'd like to know how Americans are less "safe" than under Biden.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 07:47 PM (Vh9CX)
That's objectively not true. It's the satanic subversion of basic human biology and dignity, a subversion primarily aimed at children. There's nothing scary about calling a horse a banana or compelling people to call rain gravity mist. There's a deeper nexus of evil that people like Gutfeld are blind to.
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 07:18 PM (q177U)
The Chinese literally have an epigram 指鹿為馬 (zhi lu wei ma) about calling a deer a horse, as shorthand for gaining political power from forcing people to say what they know is false. Theodore Dalrymple writes about how that is the purpose of communism, and also of political correctness ("communism writ small"). John C. Wright calls it the Unreality Principle.
Chinese history: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Gao
Theodore Dalrymple: https://archive.is/WBcUY
John C. Wright: https://tinyurl.com/y9z4ur9h
Tranny madness is a particularly virulent example, but Gutfeld is correct that it is only one example of a more general principle of evil.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 07:49 PM (Sy6m/)
The problem is not non-profit organizations, it's non-profit organizations who get "free" money from the government.
I don't care what they do, I care that they're doing it with tax money.
Grants are the issue. If the government wasn't handing out cash with no product or service rendered to the government -not some "deserving" third party - the ngo/industrial complex would not exist.
Kill grants, kill the problem.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 08:23 PM (Y2dJL)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 09:18 PM (xqL5c)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 09:25 PM (xqL5c)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 09:38 PM (Ia/+0)
"And then all the world's idiots will say 12 Noon is 1PM... every day... everywhere... forever." -- Every sea captain that ever held a sextant
King Canute is similarly put off.
Posted by: Flicker at May 23, 2026 06:04 PM (trwFl)
This Is What They Took From You.
But Now They're Returning It.
A few years ago, people did a meme. Semi-seriously, they would post "This is what they took from you" and post pictures of stuff from the pre-Obama world, before the American "elite" traded stable, functional Americana for third-world dysfunction and leftwing postmodern slop.
The first one of these I saw was the pleasing roofline of old Pizza Huts:
Pizza Hut brings back its old-school restaurant features as nostalgic customers rejoice: 'So excited' Back to the good old days. 2026 has proven to be the year of nostalgia. Youngsters are resorting to old-school tech like vintage flip phones and iPods. Others are returning to analog hobbies and activities. Even beloved restaurant chain Pizza Hut is going back in time, reverting to its retro glory -- red checkered tablecloths and all. Tim Sparks, president of Daland Corporation, a Kansas-based company that operates almost 100 Pizza Hut locations across the country, is helping keep Pizza Hut alive by rewinding the clock and redecorating over 80 annoyingly modern, stark-looking locations to make them look like they did decades ago. Red roof? Check Red-checkered tablecloths, vinyl booths and Tiffany-style lamps? Check, check and check. Pizza Hut is attempting to stay alive by evoking nostalgia in customers and redesigning locations back to its original look. jetcityimage -- stock.adobe.com The beloved salad bar and red plastic cups will be back. Even the old-school Pac-Man machines will return. Unsurprisingly, customers are losing their minds over this massive change. "I am so excited and when they are restored I will be eating there as a new tradition every Friday," one wrote on X (formerly Twitter). "This was our Thursday night meal out before kids. Salad bar and pac-man. Waitress knew our order too. It would be nice to return to that atmosphere in our retirement too where you can have an audible conversation while in a restaurant," another wrote in a Facebook comment.
A list of the Pizza Hut locations with the Retro '80s look and feel.
— David (@DavidPiccinini2) May 17, 2026
Maybe there is one close to you! pic.twitter.com/rtbfcJ5MYY
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (AGz65)
Posted by: Video Killed the Radio Star at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (9B9RT)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (rbvCR)
https://tinyurl.com/mt4yu69r
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know
Her husband has bone cancer. A rare form evidently.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 05:42 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 05:42 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM
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Her husband is seriously ill with a rare cancer.
Posted by: Bigsmith at May 22, 2026 05:42 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)
However, I don't know what it looks like inside since I haven't eaten there in decades.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 05:42 PM (l26NL)
My mother died of it (multiple myeloma).
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (AGz65)
Posted by: spongeworthy at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (2+BP2)
https://tinyurl.com/mt4yu69r
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (gtcuf)
I saw that, and figured that this, and AI fakes are going to be the death of the on-air hot-take expert.
It just proves from the beginning that everything is fake and ghey, and poorly generated.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: garrett at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (JEwe/)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 05:44 PM (rbvCR)
My girlfriend in college, (who I married), worked there and brought home free pizza. Also sometimes I'd get free nooners, (my slang for personal pan pizza, salad and drink at lunch time) when I went by where she worked. And she smelled like pizza when she got home, and I liked that.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:44 PM (3uBP9)
Good news, though: I got a letter from the IRS amending my 2025 return. Seems I overpaid them! I miscalculated the taxable amount of my SS, thinking it was 85%, but it was more like 60%. I'm getting a good-sized refund. Better late than never, says I to myself, says I.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Orange Roof And All at May 22, 2026 05:44 PM (oftw2)
When I worked in the area, I was so happy the first time I found it; I hadn't been inside a Pizza-Hut since way before Covid. I made a point of eating there as often as possible until I moved.
There are some with a similar exterior, but some of them look like crap on the inside, so definitely consult that list in the Twitter link.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 05:45 PM (WAA9U)
Posted by: garrett at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (JEwe/)
If I can get a fridge and a washer-dryer set that will both do what I bought them to do and last me 30 years, I will cry to see Avocado, Harvest Gold, and Bronze.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 05:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 05:45 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)
Back in the early 90s, the only place to eat in Green Valley, AZ was a Pizza Hut that was a throwback to the mid-80s Pizza Huts.
We'd go Mt Bike down there and hit the throwback Hut for dinner each time.
The only Pizza Hut experiences I ever had.
Posted by: garrett at May 22, 2026 05:45 PM (JEwe/)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (2+BP2)
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That seems to be true of most national chains. The pizzas just aren't as good as I remember them.
Something about the crust, usually.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:46 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 05:47 PM (Sco7b)
However, I don't know what it looks like inside since I haven't eaten there in decades.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM (gnNyN)
Perfessor, I went there and ate two weeks ago. It sucks.
As far as decor, that is. The service was fine.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 05:47 PM (WAA9U)
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 22, 2026 05:47 PM (fZiTB)
But then my state is "Disarray."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026
***
Teacher: "Calvin! What state do you live in?"
Calvin: "Denial."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:47 PM (wzUl9)
"newcomers" don't care.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 05:48 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:48 PM (gtcuf)
As far as decor, that is. The service was fine.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 05:47 PM (WAA9U)
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When I go out for pizza, I go to a local place downtown. Much better.
When I order it, I go with Domino's, as I prefer their crust to Papa John's.
Tonight I'm making it myself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (gnNyN)
This guy gets ushered into the Oval office. George is expecting to see him carrying a briefcase, containing his wares. The guy says nope, and starts tearing off his mask. George is, the story goes, completely amazed. “Stop!” and gets in close to see this “mask”. It was that good, and this was 40 years ago. Think what they can do now.
The Secret Service and similar organizations used to use doubles for training, and for decoy purposes. It stands to reason over the decades that this practice, or offshoots or derivations thereof might have evolved to serious disguses, I suppose.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (2+BP2)
But they did have delicious BBQ, Tex Mex and pussy. Go with what they know.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 05:50 PM (VHKlE)
Marno McDermott, who is the son of the original owner of Chi-Chi's just bought back the rights and promises a comeback of the international chain.
You might recall that Chi-Chi's had a massive Hepatitus A outbreak thanks to some questionable spring onions sourced out of California. The filed Chapter 11 due to loss of revenue and self-insured retention payouts.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 05:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026
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Not so sure about the Avocado color, but Harvest Gold would be great. My mother bought a Bronze (well, sort of a dark metallic brown) refrigerator with frost-free freezer when I was in high school. It was like stepping into a new world after defrosting the old white model for so many years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ripley at May 22, 2026 05:50 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:50 PM (3uBP9)
Take out from Rice Wok tonight was superb.
Sorry to see all those people stuck in traffic going north.
Congressperson Hillary Scholten on the radio news tonight bewailing gas prices preventing people from going to their cabins this weekend.
I mean...
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 05:50 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: mr_jack at May 22, 2026 05:51 PM (LNPSJ)
Tonight I'm making it myself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (gnNyN)
I used to prefer Papa John's, mainly because of the dipping sauce, I think. But I haven't had any in a while; I don't really remember why. I think I read that the CEO was forced to step down for being a Trump supporter, but it's been so long the details are fuzzy.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 05:51 PM (WAA9U)
Something about the crust, usually.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:46 PM (gnNyN)
There is not much to pizza crust, so it is either inferior flour, not using olive oil, or they are using a dough conditioner like Potassium Bromate or some other preservative like ascorbic acid.
Flour, water, baking soda and yeast are pretty much the recipe, and add malt to speed up the process.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 05:51 PM (rbvCR)
But they did have delicious BBQ, Tex Mex and pussy.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (wBaIH)
You can get that all on a single chip now.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:52 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:43 PM
Ten years ago pizza hut's thin and crispy meat lovers pizza was our go to, we would get that a couple of times a month. Sadly their quality has gone straight into the dumpster and we haven't bought one is over 5 years.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 05:52 PM (0N4FZ)
Pizza hut is still there in original form on Hwy 54.
Posted by: DBCooper at May 22, 2026 05:52 PM (yGBJE)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: DaveA at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (FhXTo)
Papa John's is ass.
Posted by: Donny Thinks It's a Vacuum at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (nGraA)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (YwEeS)
"Wrapped in Bacon Wednesdays"!!!!
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (dIske)
Nowadays, eating out or at home, I use a knife and fork to cut my pizza up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/mt4yu69r
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05
It is shadows and has been recreated with lighting. It does look weird, though!
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (Wmg4n)
But they did have delicious BBQ, Tex Mex and pussy. Go with what they know.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (wBaIH)
I'm going to need some explanation.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 05:54 PM (WAA9U)
——
That’s true, but it’s not a cause per se, it’s a feature. Our “social planners” absolutely depend on it, though. Eventually, there isn’t anyone around who remembers how it “used to be.” They couldn’t get away with half of what they do without this phenomenon.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:54 PM (2+BP2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 05:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:55 PM (5yqx7)
It would be nice to return to a time when every restaurant didn't have 100 televisions.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 05:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity, and beyond at May 22, 2026 05:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:55 PM (3uBP9)
live view: https://tinyurl.com/yrns6uxu
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 05:55 PM (5rh/l)
Sons a bitches must pay.
https://tinyurl.com/3yy2ehjw
Whew. Now I can finally close that tab.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 05:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity, and beyond at May 22, 2026 05:55 PM (ZxPkt)
I read the guy says no internet access. I salute him for that, but, oh no people will have to have real life conversations?
That ain't happening.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 05:56 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Cad Lackey at May 22, 2026 05:56 PM (jQ/ea)
*
It would be nice to return to a time when every restaurant didn't have 100 televisions.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026
***
+ 100 on both
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:56 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 05:56 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (wzUl9)
I do that, until about halfway up the slice, then pick it up and fold it in half.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 05:57 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 22, 2026 05:57 PM (7T8ei)
Do these new huts have a guy in the back making fresh dough every morning, and forming pies to order? or is he defrosting frozen dough and ingredients?
Back in the old days, McDonald's would have cows out back and the big locations would kill and butcher one every morning.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 05:57 PM (N0IE5)
But they did have delicious BBQ, Tex Mex and pussy. Go with what they know.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (wBaIH)
I went to the wrong Pizza Huts, I guess.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 05:57 PM (dK+Kv)
Let me take a wild guess. Hillary Scholten is a Democrat, correct?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:57 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 05:57 PM (q177U)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:57 PM (3uBP9)
Pizza Hut was always bad. Their sauce is super sweet. They were low to middle tier compared to other widespread pizza chains even in the 80s. Unless you lived in a town like Chicago, Boston, NYC or something like that, you didn't have much to compare it against.
Most people could only compare Pizza Hut against Domino's, Little Caesars, Godfather's, Shakey's, or maybe Chuck E Cheese. Sure, compared to those contenders Pizza Hut was alright. But then nicer places showed up and we found out what we were missing.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 05:57 PM (mkw2N)
https://tinyurl.com/mt4yu69r
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (gtcuf)
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Meh. I'll say the same thing I say about every video now, which is: AI.
Posted by: irright at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (28n8R)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 05:56 PM (CNl8/)
Round Table > Shakey's > Pizza Hut
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:53 PM (wzUl9)
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Same here. To avoid the very problem of burning the roof of my mouth. Did that far too many times as a kid...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (gnNyN)
The Mee-thane crew, I call NSF. I love these guys. Space nerds extraordinaire.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (w6EFb)
Pizza Hut serving pussy?
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Bigsmith at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: InZona at May 22, 2026 05:59 PM (xI3lH)
But they did have delicious BBQ, Tex Mex and pussy. Go with what they know.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 05:49 PM (wBaIH)
I'm going to need some explanation.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 05:54 PM (WAA9U)
I need some addresses. If a place has delicious BBQ and pussy, I'll deal with the Tex Mex.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 05:59 PM (xcxpd)
Not everywhere, but there needs to be places to take a break.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 05:59 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 05:59 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
I went to the wrong Pizza Huts, I guess.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
That was 'Pizza Slut'.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2026 05:59 PM (vhPr1)
The pizza was 100% better back then, too.
I also miss Pizza Inn, which had the pizza buffet and dessert pizza. The last one of those around here closed 20 years ago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 05:59 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (gnNyN)
But didn't you love it when it started to peel?
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 05:59 PM (WAA9U)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (3uBP9)
1) A return to Windows 98.
2) No Café.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)
You can run Windows 2000.
Can't help you on the Cafe though. Most blogs weren't around in 1999
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (RO0sO)
Everything started to go to hell when Obama was elected.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 05:54 PM
Four words: Dallas. Henry Hines Boulevard.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026
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I do that, until about halfway up the slice, then pick it up and fold it in half.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026
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Yeah, at about halfway I can pick it up and just bite; the cheese is cool enough by then.
Come to think of it, ur usual Friday night dinner here is a pizza. I usually get one from Walmart, but sometimes one from Aldi. When I was working I'd sometimes call a local chain place, Reginelli's, order a Detroit-style pizza for pickup, and bring it home on Friday night.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (wzUl9)
But Pizza Hut delivered. If you wanted Shakeys, you had to go get it yerself, or sit down in the restaurant. As I recall they were quite Large. Today’s “Large” or “XL” from the chains is about what “personal pan” used to be. It’s pathetic.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (zwYaq)
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 06:01 PM (Bq1P8)
But, who are these bubbly retards babbling in the story?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)
When I was a kid, we had a Shakey's that I remember as being pretty good but it could just be that "everything was better then" false nostalgia. I think the last place that I got genuinely superior pizza was Piz'za Chicago* in the SF bay area 15 or 20 years ago.
* I probably have the punctuation wrong. It's supposed to be a pun on "Piece of."
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 06:01 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:01 PM (XV/Pl)
They import 3rd worlders
They give them benefits
Companies cater to the new market and now only produce shit.
So the migrants who are not of this country get state money to buy state regulated crap. And The Party members all get rich and live in enclaves.
How is this different from the Soviet?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 06:01 PM (N0IE5)
Farrell's Ice Cream Parlours
Spencer's Gifts
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026
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The second two used to be in a lot of malls. Shakey's would usually be right nearby.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: InZona at May 22, 2026 06:02 PM (xI3lH)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)
They're cheap and relatively low carb without getting into weird crust territory. I put extra cheese on my half
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:02 PM (xcxpd)
Flour, water, baking soda and yeast are pretty much the recipe, and add malt to speed up the process.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 05:51 PM (rbvCR)
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Yeah sure pizza crust isn't difficult from an ingredients perspective but making actual good pizza crust is a friggin' art. Let's not gloss over the fact that a lot of places make it from scratch and it still blows ass.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 06:02 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 06:02 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 06:02 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:01 PM (XV/Pl)
Well I won't argue against this.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:03 PM (xcxpd)
2) No Café.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)
You can run Windows 2000.
Can't help you on the Cafe though. Most blogs weren't around in 1999
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (xcxpd)
Technology peaked at Windows 3.11 and Mac OS 9. It's been down hill sense.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 06:03 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (4KUe5)
And here we go, the nerds are squeeing over the frost on the mee-thane tank.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)
I'd always heard that Canadair crash killed the business. Apparently not. The crash was in 1972 and their last location closed in 2019.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (RO0sO)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (0sNs1)
That was not the part I needed explaining.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (WAA9U)
*Yes, the legal age was 18 back when America was great.
Posted by: pikkumatti at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (zO177)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (CyFyf)
The Pan pizzas dough came in frozen slugs. You put oil in the pan, put the pizza dough in the oil and left it to thaw overnight.
I liked it. Still do. Some find it too greasy but it is satisfying.
Damn it, now I want Pizza Hut!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (6ydKt)
———
It was an open air asylum long before the JEF.
It did however, accelerate to bizarro-world velocity under that collection of regime twats, for sure.
Yes, Pizza Hut was always “bad”, but it was edible and did the trick. And they delivered. It’s hard to overemphasize that. Pizza is an impulse purchase, a lot of times.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (NxbtL)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (CyFyf)
Oh God...I know that movie...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 06:00 PM (0sNs1)
That was not the part I needed explaining.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM
IYKYK. ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (guGkK)
You don't go to Cici's for the quality, you go for the quantity. Also for the variety if say one kid want's pepperoni and one wants cheese. There's a buffet chain called Pizza Ranch is supposedly decent but it's expensive for pizza. Haven't tried it because I know I won't get my $ worth without regretting it later.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (xcxpd)
Good luck.
Pizza Hut around here has sucked for 15 years or more.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Wasn't Amadeus in Animal House?
Posted by: InZona at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (xI3lH)
I'm kind of on a calzone kick. It allows me to not order with other people and horde things for my self. No sane person asks to share a calzone.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 06:02 PM (oqH4h)
Seek out America's Test Kitchen Pizza recipe. The crust is stupid simple.
Dough:
3 cups bread flour, plus more for work surface
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon fast rising yeast
1 1/3 cups ice water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus more for work surface
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
They say not to proof the yeast, but I've had best luck at my altitude and water with 110F, with the sugar, using a whole packet of yeast.
The secret to good flavor is let it rise at least 24 hours.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 06:07 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)
Not all pizza dough is the same.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 06:07 PM (viF8m)
Gonna visit again after my Mom's celebration of life, the weekend following this one.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 06:07 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:07 PM (wzUl9)
They'll make you a pizza you can't refuse?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (guGkK)
Fuh get a bout it....
Posted by: banana Dream - no really that was their motto at May 22, 2026 06:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (Hxgql)
Posted by: Lizzy
>They did something to their sauce that is upsetting and they'd do more business if they addressed that. Add sugar maybe? I don't need the reflux. Other than that, it's not a bad experience.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)
Stack = Superheavy Booster + Starship space vehicle.
Taller than a Saturn V/Apollo stack (363 feet). Taller than the current configuration of NASA's SLS booster/second stage/Orion spacecraft stack (322 feet).
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (guGkK)
I couldn't.
Then just disappeared except for little kiosk type sales at convenience stores. I don't know what happened to Godfather's, they had pretty good pizza compared to their competitors at the time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (6ydKt)
———
Communists are just Socialists In A Hurry
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (NxbtL)
Posted by: Orange Roof And All at May 22, 2026 05:44 PM (oftw2)
oh man, never could figure out how they could fail! Every time we went to Florida (Mom worked for Delta) we always stayed at one....eat , swim, eat, sleep all within a block...
Posted by: zigggggy at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (EDeJ/)
Posted by: InZona at May 22, 2026
***
The actor Tom Hulce, who played Mozart, was the young guy who meets up with the young checkout girl (who later proves to be underage).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (wzUl9)
>> Wasn't Amadeus in Animal House?
Yeah, but his career stalled after it.
There are some really fine actors in AH, some did a couple of movies, some where in tv shows, but only Kevin Bacon made it big.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: InZona
He was - Tom Hulce.
Tim Matheson (Otter) continues to work as did Bruce McGill (D-Day).
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:05 PM (xcxpd)
Good luck.
Pizza Hut around here has sucked for 15 years or more.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (6ydKt)
There's one in Monroe. It's all right. I just can't go very often/ever.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Correct. Gerrymandered into a West Michigan conservative area.
This his her way of reaching out to white rich lib wywmyn and their concerns.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (Y8DZL)
Chuck E Cheese pizza is worse than lunch cafeteria pizza. I remember having some as a kid, and even to my very undiscerning taste at the time, it was bad.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (guGkK)
I couldn't.
Then just disappeared except for little kiosk type sales at convenience stores. I don't know what happened to Godfather's, they had pretty good pizza compared to their competitors at the time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (6ydKt)
The got bought out IIRC
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:10 PM (xcxpd)
I was an early adapter to Harold Mcgee, so I am not against food science, but colleges started teaching everyone how to use chemicals to make food a mass market product. Look at ingredient lists nowadays and it is all chemicals because everything is premade, frozen, or fake.
To make a real pizza, they would have to go back to real cheese, real pepperoni or sausage, real dough,....
Can you even buy olive oil that is not adulterated crap today? In quantity?
I grew up in New Jersey and the pizza places (all red sauce joints) were supplied by Lisanti Foods (or else.) and they imported from Italy. It was the mob, but it was good quality. Now it is that other mob - the US private equity mob and the quality is shit. Chemicals and shit.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 06:10 PM (N0IE5)
This week, the pizza/Italian place just up the street from me had some drunken/high clown drive his car into the front of the restaurant -- smashed through the wall as if in a movie. Nobody was hurt, and the owners say they should be open again soon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:11 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:11 PM (XV/Pl)
You don't go to Cici's for the quality, you go for the quantity. Also for the variety if say one kid want's pepperoni and one wants cheese. There's a buffet chain called Pizza Ranch is supposedly decent but it's expensive for pizza. Haven't tried it because I know I won't get my $ worth without regretting it later.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (vTZFs)
Yup, comparable to Little Ceasars.
Cheap, but two pizzas instead of one.
Pizza! Pizza!.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)
The vapor clouds from all the venting at the tank farm is getting YUGE. That's a sanctified shit-ton of cold N2 vapor being vented.
The Raptors use subcooled liquid "mee-thane" and LOX. Rather than keeping them in the tanks at the boiling point, they chill them way down closer to the freezing point. This increases the density, but means they sit there too long with the tanks full before launch.
At any rate, they use LN2 to do the subcooling as they're filling the tanks, and just blow off that vaporized N2 from the heat exchanger output.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 06:06 PM (3uBP9)
You know about the calzones?
Posted by: George Costanza at May 22, 2026 06:12 PM (wVcYX)
I was in my Dad's barbershop chorus/quartet group. One of the old timers, Billy, used to sing Barbershop quartet at the Shakey's.
My life has kind of straddled some generational timelines.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 06:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 06:09 PM (mkw2N)
Preach.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2026 06:12 PM (WAA9U)
And we have two cannabis shops. Maybe three.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)
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Boone's girlfriend became Marion Ravenwood.
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity, and beyond at May 22, 2026 06:12 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:10 PM (xcxpd)
Pizza is a pretty crowded market.
I suspect Godfather's lost ground because they didn't deliver, around here at least.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:13 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Even cookie dough is much improved final product by an overnight in the fridge. Good luck persuading little kids with this. “We’re gonna make Cookies!”
“Yay!!”
“We’ll bake them Tomorrow”
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 06:13 PM (lRO1C)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026
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Which is why I have this sneaking admiration for all the characters.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:13 PM (wzUl9)
Those massive clouds of N2 can displace enough O2 from the air close by to be dangerous, I was reading. So they've got to be careful about people too close. I everybody is well out of the way when all that starts.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:13 PM (w6EFb)
I was from NYC and used to partying like a rock star at Manhattan clubs. When I got to college, I was like ‘where’s the happening scene with the hot chicks?’ I was told “Pizza Hut.’ I thought they were pulling my dick. ‘You gotta be fucking yanking my dick,’ I said. But they weren’t.
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 06:13 PM (RO0sO)
Like stupids they ate from the buffet. I dislike buffets and had something else and was fine.
They spent the entire vacation sick and moaning. After a visit with one son to the urgent care we got Phenergan suppositories for them. Then they had to listen to their Dad moan every time he exhaled, which he does with a high fever. Plus the GI stuff.
I would dose them up, provide Pedialyte and Gatorade and they'd hear me swimming laps and be angry. I can't help it if I'm not stupid and eat from a buffet with little children probably picking at food with booger fingers.
That's the last time we ate there.
I'm still getting weird texts from my brother about the strange toilet extender mother had put on the upstairs commode.Which needs to be removed before tomorrow.
I may need to be removed because I feel like I am being deported for a long weekend to CECOT with Somolians. I keep getting texts about stuff. Son in FL wants a grocery list, which is nice but he needs to check the gin supply first.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 06:13 PM (WONhk)
The music was mostly early rhythm and blues Influenced rock and roll and (very briefly) some folk music. There was no classical at all.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 06:14 PM (Hxgql)
The flow rates for the mee-thane and LOX together are well over 10K GPM. Just imagine the flow rates of LN2 required to cool that down.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:15 PM (w6EFb)
>> Boone's girlfriend became Marion Ravenwood.
It’s a crime that Karen Allen didn’t have a bigger career.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:15 PM (XV/Pl)
The secret to good flavor is let it rise at least 24 hours.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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"they" are always wrong on this. I use the SAF instant yeast, and it is so much better if you proof in warm water as you say. I have little mixer and mix yeast, water, salt, and sugars for all dough and it always works better.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 06:15 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026
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We had a couple of Cici's Pizza places in town. I think they're gone now. It was like eating in a cattle car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:15 PM (wzUl9)
They played silent moves. Cartoons. Etc. Bench seating.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 06:15 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 06:16 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 06:16 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 06:16 PM (3z/6E)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (4KUe5)
When the wife and I have pizza, it's french bread pizza and I make the sauce and assemble everything myself.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 06:17 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)
Jim was the brother (Trading Places baggage handler)
John Belushi was Animal House (Senator Blutarsky). Also a lucky bastard peeping in on Mandy Pepperidge changing.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 06:17 PM (wVcYX)
My favorite pizza joint here in Colorado recently added char-cup to their menu, yay!
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 06:17 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 06:17 PM (3uBP9)
The local Pizza Hut survived by doing off-the-menu stuff and catering to their actual customers desires.
Employing your neighbor's kid was a huge bonus.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 06:17 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:17 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)
You mean his brother, John Belushi.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 06:17 PM (Hxgql)
They're going to push the limits on the boostback burn for the booster. All 33 Raptors are going to be firing, doing one hell of g-force boostback. Elon is going to stress that thing to the limit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026
***
Which is why I have this sneaking admiration for all the characters.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:13 PM (wzUl9)
My reaction to the characters is....quite different.
But I don't want to rain on TB's Friday
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 06:18 PM (xcxpd)
———
There was a huge scandal at the time, that was pushed out of the news of November 22nd 1963
Called the “Great Salad Oil Swindle” involving huge tank farms in New Jersey, an elaborate system of pipes to transfer product to different tanks in the event of inspection, and tanks filled with water. Futures trading can be profitable, but this was a huge fraud operation.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 06:18 PM (lRO1C)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 06:18 PM (mkw2N)
Eating at Pizza Hut would have been considered sacrilegious.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:18 PM (XV/Pl)
I miss Beau-jo's. One of the few things I miss about Colorado.
Well, and the Mom and Pop Mexican restaurants in my former town. Have yet to find "The Place" regarding Mexican food here.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 06:18 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22,
Italy insists on made in Italy and the flag on any olive oil from there, so look for that. We tend to get it from Tuscany, so it’s a little more peppery than scicilian olive oil. Dievole will use only one type of oil. If you want to get super fancy. Awesome to drizzle on bread.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 06:18 PM (hftzA)
>> But I don't want to rain on TB's Friday
I’ve had two glasses of whiskey so far, nothing can rain on my Friday.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:19 PM (XV/Pl)
That's one thing that's true all across NY state!
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 06:19 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 06:19 PM (5yqx7)
The Pizza Oven
Italo's
Kraus's
BUT, I may be remembering the nostalgia they loaded them up on. That is a tough ingredient to top.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2026 06:20 PM (vhPr1)
Nope.
It arrived almost cold and was actually worse than I remembered.
So I went back to ordering from Marcos when I want a pizza or calzone.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:20 PM (6ydKt)
Reverse, reboot, and restore.
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"Kill The Cheerleaders, Save The World!"
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 06:20 PM (FISzD)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 06:20 PM (CNl8/)
Beau-Jo's in Fort Collins? I'm a fan of Mama Roni's, and Pizza Casbah for NY-style.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 06:21 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 06:21 PM (3ek7K)
That sounds like the kind of thing you'd see on Pizza day at the Great British Bakeoff
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 06:21 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 06:22 PM (gnNyN)
The cat Snowflake ate earlier and she's upstairs on my bed on top of a towel I have there - I do buy and give her flea medication. She usually comes here with us.
I'm just getting my stuff done but this is a nice quiet scene.
Alabama's greatest hits on the CD player too.
Not too bad....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)
Wife had surgery this morning to repair her broken leg. She is getting much needed sleep right now. All prayers for successful recovery will be deeply appreciated.
It’s actually Harry Hines Blvd in Dallas. Not quite as bad as it used to be. Seems most of the hookers are trannies these days. I did weekend work at the new psych hospital. The city is filthy.
Posted by: Billythesquid at May 22, 2026 06:22 PM (auDTc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:15 PM
One time we pulled into Hong Kong for liberty back in the 80s. My buddy convinced me to go to the spaghetti warehouse to eat because he said it was great.
It was a buffet line set up with all you could eat and you sat at row upon row of picnic tables that were bolted to the floor. It was crowded, smelly and worse than eating in the galley onboard the carrier and the spaghetti tasted like chef boy ar dee from a can. I never went back.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 06:22 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
Thanks. For some reason I always thought of then as seedy. May have been the neighborhood they were in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:22 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: DJ at May 22, 2026 06:23 PM (uosPt)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 06:23 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 06:21 PM (gtcuf)
Yup. They moved locations. I liked the old location in the old bank building.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 06:23 PM (0aYVJ)
The mob in Italy imports olive oil from Africa and labels it made in Italy.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 06:24 PM (mkw2N)
Yes, so many times. And you had just burned off the calories you needed to make room for the pizza and beer. Those were the days.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 06:24 PM (Bq1P8)
.....
I am proud to say I never got sucked into a Smart Phone. Stuck it out with my flip phones and I survived. Just phone calls and text.
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 06:24 PM (UjdFS)
It's close to the typical thin, greasy, huge/foldable, slice with giant pepperoni on it that you'd get up in NYC.
It's very close but not quite on the same level as the grease-trap pizza you get by the slice.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:24 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 06:15 PM (N0IE5)
I've had better luck proofing it when making a french bread loaf, too. Red Star Rapid Rise is what I use for the pizza dough.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 06:24 PM (dK+Kv)
I know what I'm having is gin on Sunday, my first of the summer. Especially if we are rained in or dodging tornadoes. Mother does have a generator now, which won't help a lot in misery. The power goes out A LOT on the farm.
Last year it was all fine (from what I can remember) and no one got bit by snakes at the lake or attacked by fire ants.
I did take a photo of a tranny as we boarded the plane from NOLA to home.
No fire alarms in our NOLA hotel at 3am (it's happened). No bums accosted us unless you count the one by the river and Cafe du Monde who wants money if he guesses which state you are from (he's done this for 2yrs).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 06:25 PM (WONhk)
"Kill The Cheerleaders, Save The World!"
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026
***
"The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:15 PM (XV/Pl)
She chose not to. She left Hollywood some time ago.
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 22, 2026 06:25 PM (fZiTB)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 06:25 PM (FISzD)
123 And watching Animal House I’m struck that of all of the good young actors featured in it, the only one that made it big was Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Tim Matheson maybe wasn’t big, but he had a very good career. Doug Kennedy (cowriter) tragically fell off a cliff and died a few months after it came out. And you know all about Belushi.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 06:25 PM (NyxOA)
Is Rick Fairless' Strokers* still there?
* Motorcycles, you pervs! What did you think?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 06:26 PM (vTZFs)
Make a Poolish or let the whole shootin’ match, let it ferment at least 24 hours in a WARM place. You will start to smell this amazing tangy aroma. When it bakes it seems to color up better, and has a much more complex, exotic flavor and aroma. All purpose flour doesn’t react the same, no matter how you push it, it just smells like Wonder Bread.
Make those Yeasties work for a living, is the idea.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 06:26 PM (lRO1C)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 06:26 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 05:58 PM (dK+Kv)
UPDATE:
Straw Hat/Round Table > Shakey's > Pizza Hut
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2026 06:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know
Husband has a rare form of cancer, so I understand her resigning. Prayers for both of them. I fully expect the usual suspects to go full retard with various conspiracies.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 06:27 PM (yKhjs)
I think the most important point he made was, apart from the retro-nostalgia, that people are actually putting down their phones, talking to each other and having conversations over a meal once again.
More than anything else, I think this would help to bring our culture back toward what it once was.
Posted by: alanon at May 22, 2026 06:27 PM (jHMkm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 06:27 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)
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Heh.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 06:27 PM (FISzD)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
Thanks. For some reason I always thought of then as seedy. May have been the neighborhood they were in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)
As far as chains go, the wife prefers Gatti's because the sauce is sour rather than sweet but absolutely everything else about their pizzas is crap.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 06:28 PM (ExV1e)
......
and sneezing in the gravy.
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 06:28 PM (UjdFS)
No fire alarms in our NOLA hotel at 3am (it's happened). No bums accosted us unless you count the one by the river and Cafe du Monde who wants money if he guesses which state you are from (he's done this for 2yrs).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026
***
Did anybody say he could tell you where you got your shoes?
What hotel did you stay in, and what areas did you visit?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:28 PM (wzUl9)
123 And watching Animal House I’m struck that of all of the good young actors featured in it, the only one that made it big was Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Tom Hulce Did pretty good....
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 06:28 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)
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Heh.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 06:27 PM (FISzD)
Around here, she almost certainly does. Everyone does.
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 06:28 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 06:28 PM (vTZFs)
Near 1 minute to go.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:28 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 06:28 PM (n5tGW)
Marioochi's. Good stuff but not cheap. The same owners opened an Italian cheese shop just around the corner - Formaggi. Great cheeses, sauce, gellatos and sammiches. Doing a hell of a business with all the transplanted Italians.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2026 06:29 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 06:29 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 06:29 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 06:29 PM (gtcuf)
Nearest place now is a couple hours south down in Phoenix ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 06:29 PM (FISzD)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026
***
Matheson, if I recall aright, was the voice of the original Jonny Quest. And I think he starred with Kurt Russell later in a Western TV series called The Quest (??).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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I use SAF for everything, and in Japan the kitchens are unheated so I had trouble with things like cinamon rolls in winter in past without proofing.
(And by "little mixer" above I meant one of those battery powered things used for frothing milk or mixing hot cocoa)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (N0IE5)
That sounds like the kind of thing you'd see on Pizza day at the Great British Bakeoff
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 06:21 PM (5yqx7)
LMAO!!
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (Hucnr)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (Hxgql)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (IlL6s)
Was up there recently, and they've made it into the 21st century on Pizza.
On a side note, maybe I couldn't get decent pizza at the time, but there were at least 3 restaurants that served wild game.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (dIske)
Bluto would have scared the fuck out of me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (0aYVJ)
What’s shut down all around here is KFC. Just gone.
KFC is such a pathetic disaster. Their chicken sucks. They cost too much. They cannot seem to figure out anything OTHER than make the food better. The pot pies are pretty good but I am certain they buy them from someone else
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026
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If they were around between 1997 and 2001, I'm pretty sure I ate there!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:31 PM (wzUl9)
I didn't go to Pizza Hut back in the day. Someone who did recalled it. Pizza Hut had something called "The Mexican Salad," like a taco salad I guess This person described it as "looking like a hairy Mexican had tossed it by throwing it against their chest."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 06:31 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 06:31 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026
***
Best sketch ever on Laugh-In:
Col. Sanders calling, "Here, chicky, chicky, chicky --"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:32 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Oddbob
That's our go-to. Hey! I think I'll go!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 06:32 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: MkY at May 22, 2026 06:32 PM (q6tQZ)
123 And watching Animal House I’m struck that of all of the good young actors featured in it, the only one that made it big was Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Tim Matheson maybe wasn’t big, but he had a very good career. Doug Kennedy (cowriter) tragically fell off a cliff and died a few months after it came out. And you know all about Belushi.
Posted by: Tom Servo
He didn't get famous, but Bruce McGill is a great character actor. He has been in a slew of TV shows and movies. You'll recognize him as soon as you see him. He was in probably the best episode of Miami Vice, 'Out Where the Buses Don't Run'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 06:32 PM (yKhjs)
The only chain "restaurant" we have here is Subway and it sucksl
Dogfood on a sub roll would taste better and be cheaper.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 06:32 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 06:32 PM (+Oqoq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 06:30 PM (Hxgql)
And, if you're a child in NY/NJ, they immediately begin the Clockwork Orange procedure to ensure that you always tell everyone that no pizza made elsewhere will ever be any good.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 06:33 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 06:33 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 06:33 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 06:33 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 06:34 PM (+Oqoq)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 06:33 PM (5yqx7)
_______________________
Was he the one who considered fake kidnapping a relative to gain seed money to start a restaurant?
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 06:34 PM (dIske)
He is truly great, always a solid performance, every time and yeah that episode still haunts me. Especially the Dire Straits ending.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 06:34 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 06:34 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 22, 2026 06:34 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 06:33 PM (Gqar
Yes. They're having issues though.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 06:34 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 06:35 PM (l26NL)
Needs thin, crispy crust and fresh ingredients. Pineapple and Canadian bacon is just fine.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 06:35 PM (A5RD0)
I had not heard that but it wouldn't surprise me. Dude built his own hot oil pressure fryer from parts at the garage, somehow wothout blowing up the gas station and killing himself
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 06:35 PM (5yqx7)
Boostback for the booster failed, and one of the Raptor on the Ship itself went out.
Booster is a goner (but they were going to expend it anyway).
Ship can still do the planned trajectory with the remaining engines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:35 PM (w6EFb)
A cousin's kid has a place in Chicago that his holiness of pizza reviews Dave Portnoy has reviewed, criteria there was if it had a New Haven crunchy crust and the right kind of cheese.
What I make on the grill with anchovies, roasted tomatoes and other odd ingredients, roasted till brown, would horrify you all.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 06:36 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Yep. She was memorable! I vaguely recall that she got married, got out of the Hollywood biz, moved to New Zealand. No idea if any of that is true but it sounds good. She was a beauty with amazing bewbs!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 06:36 PM (yKhjs)
The only chain "restaurant" we have here is Subway and it sucksl
Dogfood on a sub roll would taste better and be cheaper.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 06:32 PM (3ek7K)
I just had a very good sandwich from Jersey Mike's so you have my sympathy. I avoid Subway whenever possible.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 06:36 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 06:37 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 22, 2026 06:37 PM (FLx59)
Well, the boostback was aborted, but looks like they tried a landing burn anyway.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 06:37 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026
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The only pizza I've ever had that came close to that "first one" was one at Port of Call, on the edge of the Quarter. A dark, atmospheric place, the kind of joint you take someone you're not married to, with great burgers and pizza.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JROD
I remember when he unexpectedly passed, all the Left and hell itself rejoiced in the most despicable fashion.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 06:38 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2026 06:38 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:38 PM (zZu0s)
>>>
aka the Sheriff in My Cousin Vinny
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 06:38 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Please try Jet's pizza if there's one nearby, you may learn to think otherwise.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 06:39 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:37 PM (wzUl9)
You better know how to use your fists?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:39 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 06:41 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 22, 2026 06:41 PM (l26NL)
+++++
Brother D-Day i. Animal House!
Posted by: Josephistan at May 22, 2026 06:41 PM (FLx59)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 06:38 PM (zZu0s)
I need to try them.
They have some places here but they're several towns over.
I like Firehouse Subs, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 06:41 PM (6ydKt)
Last year at Mass a homeless woman tried to set the collection plate on fire as it's never dull.
I think we were at the Royal Orleans that time. Monteleone this time. We know to avoid the hotel on Bourbon Street and the name escapes me at this point. Sons as teens liked watching the strippers from as much as they could see from their bedroom.
We know NOLA well. Mostly hang out in French Quarter a few hours in the day, and are mainly there due to avoiding the Atlanta airport at all costs. Because you then get to ride on the most ancient of Delta planes in and out of Jackson (which we also try to avoid).
We also know not to stay out late with the kids and eat dinner early. I survived one Mardi Gras in college and that was enough to last a lifetime. The food is worth the insanity. Galatoire's for my birthday dinner again is always perfect.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 06:41 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 22, 2026 06:41 PM (3ImbR)
Damn, my forty year reunion is June 12th in Sparks.
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 06:45 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:37 PM (wzUl9)
*
You better know how to use your fists?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026
***
I don't know about now, but when I was there in the late Eighties it was a quiet bistro sort of place -- where the narrator in the song "Me and Mrs. Jones" would have met every day at 6:30, and no one knew she'd be there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:47 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 22, 2026 07:01 PM (Q/FnY)
no church's around here
At this point though That old fried chicken on the gas station rollers at the end of the day > KFC
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 07:09 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Kreskin at May 22, 2026 09:36 PM (xP8Wr)
AoS really thinks slappin’ a red roof back on the Pizza Hut, bringin’ out the salad bar, and pourin’ some red plastic cups full of sweet tea is gonna reboot America back to the glory days of the 80s? Hawww!
Par for the course with you neocons. Y’all wreck the country with endless wars, open borders, exploding debt, and cultural rot for decades, then act like the solution is just wishin’ real hard for some retro aesthetics and a reboot button.
Newsflash, pardner: you can’t fix the hell you helped create with nostalgia and plastic cups. The real rollback starts with stoppin’ the blank-check foreign aid, quittin’ the forever wars, and makin’ Congress pass clean bills instead of that bloated grift y’all love so much.
Now git along, lil’ doggie — this sheriff’s plumb tired o’ the fairy tales. Baba Looey, hand me that guitar… we fixin’ to dispense some El Kabong justice on this here 80s cosplay nonsense!
Posted by: Herrick at May 22, 2026 10:04 PM (NG/rZ)
Confused Mentally-Stunted Sexual Assaulting Bigot Don Lemon: Stephen Colbert Was Fired for the Same Reason I Was -- Because Mediocre White Men Are Threatened by Pardiagm-Shifting Epochal Black Talents Such as Myself and Colbert
Oh man, I used to do this exact "I'm looking forward to not watching" joke with John Ekdahl. RIP.
"I'm here in support tonight for Stephen, because you are the first guy in America who lost his show because we got a president who can't take a joke.... and because Larry and David Ellison feel they need to kiss his ass to get what they want. Stephen, these are small minded people. They got no idea what the freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about"Speaking of John Ekdahl, he was fond of noting that NJ taxes property categorized as "farmland" and a much, much lower rate than residential property. So Man of the People Bruce Springsteen planted a few lines of alfalfa on his gigantic property in Rumson, NJ -- a beautiful town for the ultra-wealthy, and not farm country at all -- so he could claim his mansion was a "farm" and cheat the taxpayers. Jon Bon Jovi does the same. On to bitter DEI failure Don Lemon. Courtesy of John Sexton, the no-talent nobody narcissist goes full Me-Again Kelly and makes Stephen Colbert's well-justified firing all about shimself. He claims he was fired because The Mediocre White Men Who Control Everything were too afraid of the powerful, dangerous questions he was asking.
The networks didn't like me asking conservatives hard questions. CNN didn't like the mirror I was holding up every night. So they pushed me out. And I thought: if it happened to me it will happen to others. It will trickle down. Or up. Depending on how you look at it. Now it has trickled all the way to late night television.Sexton points out he was fired for repeated comments deemed by liberal women to be sexist, including declaring that no woman older than 40 could be "in her prime" and his snide and dismissive on-camera and off-camera behavior towards his two female cohosts. Sexton points out it was liberal women at CNN who demanded his firing. And of course, his terrible, terrible ratings made that an easy demand to meet. The no-talent DEI bigot who has been given undeserved promotion after undeserved promotion by white liberals who just get off on promoting unqualified DEI employees and then bragging about it to their liberal mistresses says that the white men he owes his living too were just afraid of black revolutionary intellectuals like himself and Stephen Colbert.
The world that produced The Late Show, the world of legacy media, cable news, and network television, has long had a problem nobody wanted to name out loud. It is a world that has been extraordinarily good to a very specific kind of person. White men who fail spectacularly and are promoted for it. White men who make catastrophic decisions and are handed bigger offices for it. White men who are visibly, demonstrably unqualified and are given more power anyway. I have watched it for thirty years. I have been managed by it. I have been undone by it. The executive producer who ran The Late Show for years eventually left. And somehow landed in my world. That same person, from that same television orbit, eventually became my boss at CNN. And fired me.Oh go rub your balls and stick your fingers in a server's face, Don. Though it has to be acknowledged that while liberals talk endlessly about DEI, they sure don't insist on DEI for their late-night clowns.
Will you miss Stephen Colbert? pic.twitter.com/zTMx9ASAG7
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) May 21, 2026
🚨 Stephen Colbert Epic Meltdown in 3 Parts:
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) May 21, 2026
• Hyped Biden’s “win”
• Cried when Trump won
• Late Show hemorrhaged $40M a year and gets canceled
This is what total losing looks like. pic.twitter.com/AgCkFNfJeg
https://t.co/UIHLAFnMwA pic.twitter.com/CTdzWEp2ME
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) May 22, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (1wjle)
No one did.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:47 PM (Sco7b)
Also Canadian Curling finals.
And the Oscars and Emmys...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:48 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 04:49 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:49 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Moonbeam at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:51 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 04:51 PM (36bTp)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 04:52 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 04:52 PM (eUUqr)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 04:53 PM (RIvkX)
It's a tradition in white America to punish the highly effective, Don. You should know that.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:53 PM (guGkK)
maybe we'll have a Not Watch Party
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)
I'm man of the people, Wendy! Wah wah wah!
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 04:54 PM (gtcuf)
I started not watching Colbert in the late nineties and never stopped not watching.
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:54 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:54 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Ann at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (SHHm+)
for the rest of the week I'm going to not know what whatever word you say even means
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)
Gonna make safe words tricky.
'What the hell does banana even mean?!' *continues whipping*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)
Texas Senate GOP Runoff, Interactive Polls:
Ken Paxton: 56.8%
John Cornyn: 35.4%
Not sure: 7.8%
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Age 18-29: Paxton +74
Age 30-44: Cornyn +10
Age 45-64: Paxton +32
Age 55+: Paxton +18
Why are 30-44 year olds supporting Cornyn? They probably have the most to lose from him staying.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)
Hey chowderhead, how about the freedom to have your own tv show and lose the network $40 million each and every year and still be employed? They gave him almost an extra 8 months to turn it around and he failed miserably because he sucks.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)
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What do you mean by "not"?
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (1wjle)
Problem is, he'd never write those today. That would be a huge no-no for the Woke Left. He sold his funny soul for a role as a propagandist.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (KsNkq)
.......
Are we sure that wasn't a sick, braying mule?
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (YwEeS)
- that one dude
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words
I win; I never watched even once, not even the clips of his stupidity posted here.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (f0sNM)
Although he would prefer loving attention, hateful attention serves his purposes just as well.
Posted by: No Name Today at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Ann at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (SHHm+)
His dozens of fans are shocked that he's leaving.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)
it was a real meet-cute
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (1wjle)
Fucking retard. Good riddance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (jehhT)
Sure
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (f0sNM)
Also known as 'yesterday'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (gtcuf)
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I've never said any different. Colbert used to be a guy who could make me smile, even when he was making fun of my side of politics.
He's just not into it for humor anymore. He started wanting to score points.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)
Also Canadian Curling finals.
And the Oscars and Emmys...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at
I have to watch soccer here, too. We can report as a team.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (FISzD)
The age old dilemma
Posted by: LASue at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (Hb+bW)
I know a liberal couple who are in a recorder group, which has amazed me for four decades. And when I think about it I laugh (no offense to morons in recorder groups...this couple, while nice, are a bit odd).
They write about this recorder group in their yearly Christmas letter as well as how many thousands of miles they ride on their bikes in different countries. They both have pacemakers so I consider this an achievement for all involved as I am boring.
I don't write Christmas letters but perhaps this is the year to start. It would go like this: January: don't remember. February: we need snow. March: I caught RSV from the baby. April: Easter. May: chy na cholera, unknown origin but suspect the baby. Possible recovery and trip to NOLA to see my mother with the many parts of insanity involved to get my sons and family there at the same time. Soaked ranunculus corms yesterday.
I will have to sadly miss this show I've never watched to begin with. Altho I do enjoy basking in liberal tears I'll still not watch. Huzzah.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (WONhk)
__________
Maybe that was true 20 years ago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (XvL8K)
I'm man of the people, Wendy! Wah wah wah!
Posted by: Delurker
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Let's replace his beehives with African Killer Bees and see if he notices.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (E4rtv)
Left unsaid in all this class envy, the wealthy Yacht owners were dependent on a veritable army of working class regular joe stiffs who are the people who actually build, maintain, and repair those expensive Yachts.
All of that support industry is pretty much extinct now, and thousands of good paying jobs along with it. They sure showed them!
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (eUUqr)
It was worse, it was a "deer farm." **whatever that means**
From what I understand from my parents town, the acre the house was on is taxed as residential, but Springsteen owned something like 40 acres, and he called them a deer farm, and got taxed at low rate.
Honestly I have no problem with this as property taxes are just serfdom by another name. My problem with Springsteen is that he supports the policies that require high taxes.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (guGkK)
It's a good solid movie, about 2 hours long, even after half an hour of new movie ads.
The story is fairly simple, but it seemed simpler at first.
The visuals and sounds are great in IMAX.
The planetscapes are cool. An early urban section gives you the Blade Runner vibes.
It's worth seeing.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (L1jPj)
He’s going to screw up Lord of the Rings, more than it already is, next.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (Cqx++)
I hope everything Colbert touches until the day he dies fails miserably.
Posted by: Nelly at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (f0sNM)
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I read it yesterday, he's a "devout Catholic" that believes that "you go somewhere in the universe" after you die.
Like I remember them teaching in Catechism.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (guGkK)
Probably the water-cooler talk. When you work in an office you want to keep current with what's popular, like not watching Stephen Colbert. I could talk and talk with the boss about not watching Stephen Colbert all day. And then he'd see me in the hall and say "Hey did you not catch Stephen Colbert last night?" and I'd say "You know it! It was one of the best non-viewing experiences of my life!"
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 05:02 PM (qgHp7)
“What really surprised me is that we’re by nature, comedians are iconoclasts, and I love shaking my fist at authority, and the pope came in and we all leapt to our feet and we screamed like he was the Beatles,” he said.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (36bTp)
The visuals and sounds are great in IMAX.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (L1jPj)
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I look forward to not-watching it.
Having once held some hope for Star Wars, I know regard it as a 45-year slow-speed train crash.
No interest in it whatsoever.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: steevy
I think for another year until May 27 but I doubt ABC will renew his contract. Supposedly Iger told restless affiliates that Kimmel's show, while running at a loss, had additional tie in value for various other Disney properties.
Course, if Disney sells or spins off ABC with ESPN, and other TV properties, that might change.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (VHKlE)
———
Back in the day, they were. Genuinely. Some of them were real asshats, but they were putting their neck on the line.
That hasn’t been true in 40 years probably. The “comedians” now are propaganda agents FOR the machine. You couldn’t be more authoritarian if you tried. I’m sure it pays the bills, but there is nothing stunning, courageous or brave about your full throated support of the machine.
Good try, though
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (eUUqr)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 22, 2026 05:04 PM (KsNkq)
With my son, who knew he wasn't going to like it either, but we had been on a Star Wars journey since he was little.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)
____
Which one got down on one knee to propose?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (Dv3i1)
I have to then waste more time looking it up.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (eUUqr)
Yep. I hear the Jimmy Kimmel merch just flies off the shelves.
And then there's Jimmy Kimmel Land at the Magic Kingdom, reputed to be the most popular land of all the lands.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (guGkK)
He’s going to screw up Lord of the Rings, more than it already is, next.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Rangz of Powr done did that. The funny thing is the tide is rolling out for big budget spectacles anymore.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)
But Springsteen's spoken-word section near the end of Lou Reed's epic "Street Hassle" was really f'in cool. The best thing he ever did and it was just a minute of mumbly talking.
He's still an asshole and always will be.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 05:06 PM (wVcYX)
"Trump Surprises Don Jr. With Beautiful Wedding Gift Of Cuba"
/Can it be returned for One Peso instead?
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 05:06 PM (FISzD)
And then there's Jimmy Kimmel Land at the Magic Kingdom, reputed to be the most popular land of all the lands.
Posted by: Cicero
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Kimmel's Tunnel of Love, and Its a Small Penis after All are all hits.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:06 PM (E4rtv)
"It's a write off, Jerry. We write it off."
Posted by: Bob Iger at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (guGkK)
I have to then waste more time looking it up.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM
I learned on this site that Brian Stelter's pinecone is one of the most efficacious in the world, if not the galaxy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 05:08 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (0sNs1)
Is that a Hispanic, Jewish or grocery store bit?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 05:08 PM (zZu0s)
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He can (and did) take a bullet and jumped up shouting "Fight!"
Maybe that's why he "can't take" your fucking so-called jokes.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (0SdQT)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (Dv3i1)
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TMI.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)
Shocking that he lives in New Jersey or the USA at all with how he feels about these places. I guess he just can't resist those tired-looking single mom "Jersey Girls" with uninspiring jobs as he describes them.
Posted by: TITP at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (6Q9y6)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (0sNs1)
He is a Sex Machine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (guGkK)
No interest in it whatsoever.
Posted by: Axeman
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But, but, but, Disney just revamped its Star Wars Themed hotel at DisneyWorld. Only thousands per night.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)
Whenever you take a Colbert, be sure to wipe your Lemon.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 05:10 PM (IifOV)
Around here, the house is taxed at full rate. Only land with no other buildings on it classifies as farm land. Recently they even went over the aerial pics and if they could find any old unused shed, they taxed those acres at a higher rate.
I have some ancient hog sheds with a roof caved in ... not used in some 50 years, but that got me taxed at a higher rate. But I'm not Springsteen.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 05:10 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (0sNs1)
He is a Sex Machine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD .
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Genuine Circumsized Dick Head.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 04:52 PM (eUUqr)
It's a write-off, Jerry.
They just write it off!
Posted by: Kramer at May 22, 2026 05:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: illiniwek
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Well, I am guessing that you didn't provide a free money raising concert for teh Democrat Party nabobs didja.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)
Because that just proved to be soo true---right!
You can say on national TV that your president is blowing the leader of another country, and that's funny!
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:10 PM
* waves hand, makes 'over here' sign *
Posted by: Mark Kelly (D-AZ) at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (0sNs1)
You could put those hog sheds to profitable use by registering them as Kwality Learing Centers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (eUUqr)
Posted by: Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
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You are the Keebler elf version.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: That's Entertainment! at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (guGkK)
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Definitely miss TV!
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)
With my son, who knew he wasn't going to like it either, but we had been on a Star Wars journey since he was little.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026
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I finally researched to find out what "The Mandalorian" was. The concept for the series didn't sound bad, just not something that could run for multiple episodes; one movie would have been enough. I suppose the reason why it's not popular is in the execution, the casting and the like.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)
[Babylon Bee headline:]
"Trump Surprises Don Jr. With Beautiful Wedding Gift Of Cuba"
/Can it be returned for One Peso instead?
Posted by: ShainS
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Regift it to Marco.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (n7rxJ)
Bon Jovi's tax dodge is bees. He has a bunch of his NJ acreage classified as a "bee farm". But a web search of stories on the bee/honey operation shows that it only produces about 600 lbs of honey per year, which translates to a little over 50 gallons.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (y9nCu)
"It's a write off, Jerry. We write it off."
Posted by: Bob Iger at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (guGkK
I don't see how. I've been having DisneyChannel on and one of the commercials they show most is Nervive with the old guy afraid of falling down the stairs. I figured it was shunted over from ABC.
Canada had 4 kids channels go belly up and off the air in the last year, including Disney Jr. So that's good.
I guess all our muslim immigrants don't like to have their kids watch that gay and lesbian crap.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)
I believe Don Lemon is married to a mediocre white man. He must be a mediocre white man because he's married to Don Lemon.
____
Which one got down on one knee to propose?
Posted by: Chuck Martel
They took turns.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (Cqx++)
If Don Lemon had accepted that he was a DEI mascot, instead of applying his withered intellect to things an egotistical bitchy low-IQ queer would feel had to be said, such as gossipy backbiting snark about female coworkers' looks and age, he'd still have a job.
Besides instinctively hating heterosexual women, who compete with him for men, he also hates Christians, because their Bible condemns his sodomy. His post-termination gig of harassing Christians in church and terrifying their children continued his descent. He's looking at a prison sentence. All because he couldn't accept the truth - that he's a dumb mincing clown who leftists occasionally find useful as a tool of demoralization and harassment of normals. Instead, he persisted in taking himself seriously.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (HLgI3)
Comedy is always about doing irreversible experimental things to your own body and you're irresponsible if you don't.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: That's Entertainment! at May 22, 2026
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I thought that was over a decade earlier than 1976. Certainly there was something with her name attached on ABC when I was in junior high.
Tammy is part of the reason, too, why Amanda Plummer looks the way she does. Combining her less-than-stellar looks with Christopher Plummer's male features . . . urgh.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (wzUl9)
This is called "getting ahead of a story"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:16 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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This is ....CNN.
Posted by: Voice of Zombie James Earl Jones at May 22, 2026 05:16 PM (E4rtv)
As awful as he's become, I still appreciate him for that.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 05:16 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (hauj+)
The name stuck.
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (qgHp7)
There was nothing wrong with his show that couldn't be fixed with nightly on-air suicides.
I would have watched that.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)
To be fair, if they had actually used Highlands dialect, it would have had to have subtitles. Even lowland Scots often don't understand what Highlanders say, let alone the rest of the English speaking world.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)
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I just learned from a former Lowlander Scot friend (born in '43) that they spoke a bastardized Old English a la Chaucer -- whereas the Highlanders (among my paternal ancestors who emigrated to Cape Breton Island in now Nova Scotia) spoke Gaelic -- and they couldn't understand each other.
When I did genealogical research, the publicly-available Censuses from that region (every decade between 1861 and 1921) asks for "Language Spoken In The Home" and it was uniformly "Gaelic."
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (FISzD)
He is repellent.
No I didn’t, just palace guard for the MSM.
Posted by: Lizzy
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He qualifies CNN for Children's Hour FCC credits as Mr. Potato Head.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)
Precisely!
Posted by: The Jackass gang at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (wVcYX)
I thought I read something like, California taxes certain property at what it could bring in, if there were apartments on it. “You aren’t utilizing the land as profitable as it could be to us, so never mind, pay up”.
Posted by: Common Tater
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I haven't heard that yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's happening somewhere.
Next up: Tax on your earnings potential. "You don't have the salary that a white cisgendered male *should* be making..."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (n7rxJ)
>>I finally researched to find out what "The Mandalorian" was. The concept for the series didn't sound bad, just not something that could run for multiple episodes;
The Mandelorian is essentially Lone Wolf and Cub meets Kungfu.
Lone Wolf and Cub was a Manga that ran for 6 years.
I'm pretty sure I could get a group of real Star Wars nerds and cobble together a 13 episode/5 yr arc.
It's the simple case that these people are incapable of writing and telling stories.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)
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Boba Fett was the only remotely interesting character not sullied by Star Wars sullying.
So they had to make a story about that guy.
I'm just so sick of the continuously-equivocated universe.
The Alien/Prometheus universe is more interesting at this point.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)
His post-termination gig of harassing Christians in church and terrifying their children continued his descent.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (HLgI3)
That incident proved without a shadow of a doubt that Christians are largely kind, compassionate and civilized human beings. Because if he'd pulled a stunt like that on another culture, they'd have caved his face in with a broken chair leg.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:19 PM (y9nCu)
It was basically a western in space, you could keep that going for ages. If you focused on that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (5yqx7)
Put this fucker though the same wringer and see what happens.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (jehhT)
Don Lemon has had more seamen inside him than a Battleship has...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (ynpvh)
When I did genealogical research, the publicly-available Censuses from that region (every decade between 1861 and 1921) asks for "Language Spoken In The Home" and it was uniformly "Gaelic."
Posted by: ShainS
I would guess that is true. England usually just invaded the lowlands until much later and trade was concentrated between England and the Scottish lowlands. Highlands were isolated due to poor roads, economics, and cultural differences.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)
It was basically a western in space, you could keep that going for ages. If you focused on that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (5yqx7)
Star Trek was supposed to be "Wagon Train" in Space when originally created...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 05:21 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0U5gm)
Because they are working hard to get ahead at work while trying to make a marriage and raise a family and don't live a politics all the time life, and so answer whatever name they recognize, which is usually the incumbent.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 22, 2026 05:21 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)
Here we go with the second attempt at Starship v3 launch. Here's the "mee-thane" Brit boys at Nasa Spaceflight Flight doing a livestream:
t.ly/wtiN-
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 05:22 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: That's Entertainment!! at May 22, 2026 05:22 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 05:21 PM (ynpvh)
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That's what Roddenberry said because he was attached to Wagon Train.
Somebody else put it better: Horatio Hornblower in space.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)
>>Left unsaid in all this class envy, the wealthy Yacht owners were dependent on a veritable army of working class regular joe stiffs who are the people who actually build, maintain, and repair those expensive Yachts.
It put a huge hit on the RI marine economy. Took down a large sector of the boat building economy which was a big deal in a small state that relied on the boat building industry.
RI countered by offering a tax loophole for anyone who kept a newly purchased boat in RI. John Kerry attempted to take advantage of it, because he's John fucking Kerry, and instead of keeping his new multi-million dollar sailboat his wife bought him at their estate in Nantucket he put it in Newport harbor hoping to avoid the tax.
The peasants revolted and outed him and he sheepishly moved the boat and paid the tax he voted for. Typical leftist dickhead.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026
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I don't see why Bon Jovi or Sprungsteen [sic] should be castigated for finding a legal way to starve Uncle Sugar. We'd all do it if we could.
Of course they shouldn't then turn around and pretend they are "just working-class guys" and say "The rich should pay their fair share."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (Sco7b)
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We are laughing, with Greg Gutfeld.
Posted by: Decaf at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (Z8tay)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (y9nCu)
That is a lot of bee puke though.
Posted by: Bee - I'm tired boss at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (3uBP9)
He has the audience and reach to do an incredibly successful independent YouTube show. Kolbert Report, maybe?
He has a lot more to offer than Colbert talk show, if he goes in that direction again him and Stewart should do a *less humor focused* well researched scathing shred of everything going on. Hardcore journalism then Stewart eviscerates some chud in a debate every episode. New daily show and John Oliver play it too soft.
He will go on to do wayyy better things. Look at Conan and his career. Colbert was already popular and since he’s not willing to be Trumps lil bitch like Fallon will have tons of opportunities. Everyone who hates Trump is rooting for him.
Netflix wouldn’t pick him up, first this type of highly topical show doesn’t play well in their persistent catalogue, and second they are trying to draw in more conservative audiences as of late.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (ycI94)
Oh no! What ever will we do without the dope head losers that were not voting for us before?!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (+rSJz)
Nothing to do with my Show Sucking Moose Twang !!!!!
Posted by: Steven Cuntbert at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (YMdT2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Term is highest and best use of a property as a basis for taxes. Quite a few states use that but most use it in terms of how the property is zoned. E.g. you cannot tax a residential zoned property as commercial until or unless it is rezoned.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)
With Lucas it was more like shit-stacking.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Joe Biden's Dessicated Near-Corpse at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (oftw2)
In the original Star Wars trilogy, didn't Bobs Fett fall into the maw of an underground desert monster to be slowly digested over a period of centuries? I guess everyone was to forget about that (eventual?) fate to enable the series.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (HLgI3)
People say that but I never got that connection at all. It felt more like a submarine show to me.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 05:25 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Decaf at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (Z8tay)
Emily Capagno looked even hotter than usual yesterday.
Later.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)
Oh no! What ever will we do without the dope head losers that were not voting for us before?!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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I dunno. It is going to hit the Pakistani, Indian, and Bangladesh Republican parties pretty hard. They are going to lose a lot of votes.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2026 05:25 PM (KHQC2)
That boy thought it was so cool that Han Solo blew that guy away from under the table. Up until that point, I'm not really sure I was into the movie.
The opening on board the ship definitely felt a little stiff.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)
To be fair, if they had actually used Highlands dialect, it would have had to have subtitles. Even lowland Scots often don't understand what Highlanders say, let alone the rest of the English speaking world.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)
I really enjoy watching The Hoof GP on yootoob, trimming cattles' hooves in Scotland. The crew is dedicated to improving the lives of these dairy cows, and they're really fun to watch. They have an ongoing joke about their heavy Scottish accents being unintelligible, to the point where they have fun putting in subtitles, usually saying something like "incoherent Scottish babbling".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (y9nCu)
Trivia from IMDb: She and Dick Sargent, who starred with her on her sitcom, were originally considered to play Samantha and Darrin on Bewitched when it was being spun up. In 1964, I think Tammy could have done it almost as well as Liz Montgomery did.
She was much better known for her Broadway work.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)
These NASA Spaceflight boys (and some gals) are a lovable hoot, I've discovered. They do, well attempt to do, the weatherman like green screen where one of them stands in front of green screen to point at graphics behind them. And it's amateur hour with that sometimes.
The guy points with his wrong arm, looking at himself in the monitor and thinking its a mirror image, which it's not. (I would do that big time) And then the graphics don't always appear as they're supposed to.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (w6EFb)
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Why are 30-44 year olds supporting Cornyn? They probably have the most to lose from him staying.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0U5gm)
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"Interactive Polls" might be a clue as to the value of this one.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (9B9RT)
Good old Wife Jane swung it for my bud because he was solid soggy progressive etc etc.
I didn't rub it in because the green zone is such horsecrap.
Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (h4ya0)
Posted by: JackStraw
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It's (sadly) endemic of our political betters to make regulations and laws that they "think" will hit their adversaries, but end up, don't.
Fuck them. Sideways, pineapple, barbed wire, flames, etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (3uBP9)
Bon Jovi’s scam is that he keeps bees. Not joking. It’s insane that NJ let’s these cumstainers get away with obvious tax fraud. My NJ ‘weekend’ house is close to where they live in Rumson. It’s one of the richest areas in the state. Their properties are probably worth tens of millions. Fuck them up the ass with a bee hive.
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 05:29 PM (RO0sO)
Or maybe a -- wait for it...
A PODCAST?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:29 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: man at May 22, 2026 05:30 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:32 PM (guGkK)
Basically Lucas was confused and annoyed that a throwaway background character was so inexplicably popular so he had Boba Fett accidentally damaged and fall into a horrible death. But the character was so popular he had to escape.
Its like Darth spikeface or whatever his face was from the first prequel. Cut in half and falls into a bottomless pit; eh you can you can survive that if you are cool enough. One light saber through the gut though, instant death. Unless you're a black woman (see Ahsoka).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Arsenio Hall at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (qivay)
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Why are 30-44 year olds supporting Cornyn? They probably have the most to lose from him staying.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0U5gm)
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"Interactive Polls" might be a clue as to the value of this one.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan
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Those polls are shit. Same crappy poll that got Massieites and Baris winning 50.2 of the vote. They 'invite' people to answer by sending texts to them--they either go online and complete a questionaire or they get a live agent.
For the most part, for valid readings of subgroups, oversampling is required. These polls skip that and simply rely on weighting what responses they actually get. So any subgroup analysis is about as useful as throwing a dart on a board.
Look for better polling which indicates something like a 15 percent Paxton race right now. Cornyn got screwed and done over by his mates in the Senate by killing the SAVE act and Paxton played it just right by offering to quit the race if the Senate passed it. Of course, the Senate GOP didn't pass it.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 05:29 PM (RO0sO)
OH, NO, NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY TAXES! MY TAAAXXEEES! AAAAHHHHH!
Posted by: The Nick Cage - taxes is a new slang I invented meaning ass at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (HLgI3)
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Boba Fett managed to escape in the Expanded Universe.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (gnNyN)
People say that but I never got that connection at all. It felt more like a submarine show to me.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026
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Roddenberry was using what he knew would work with network execs: explaining a new show in terms of an old familiar hit. If he and his team had followed the Wagon Train concept, we'd have had new guest stars coming aboard the ship each week, and the focus would have been much more on them than on Kirk, Spock, and the regulars. "The Charlie X Story," for instance (and that one really did follow the WT idea), or "The Harry Mudd Story," etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (wzUl9)
Yes, please.
Posted by: man
Who?
https://tinyurl.com/yd6e8v27
Oh my. Not quite Kate Upton, but certainly an attractive lass...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 05:35 PM (jehhT)
It was basically a western in space, you could keep that going for ages. If you focused on that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (5yqx7)
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Firefly did it much better and look how that turned out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:36 PM (gnNyN)
Emily is the biggest motormouth I think I've ever heard. Gutfeld and the crew have had some fun over that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 05:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (5yqx7)
Darth Maul, and I was shocked when I saw that. Coolest character in the movie, and he spent 90% of his screen time sending out probes, then a few minutes into his awesome fight scene gets cut in half.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 22, 2026 05:36 PM (qivay)
There's a five book series dedicated to that theme.
Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 05:37 PM (h4ya0)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:38 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:39 PM (3uBP9)
Yes, please.
Posted by: man
Who?
https://tinyurl.com/yd6e8v27
Oh my. Not quite Kate Upton, but certainly an attractive lass...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (ycI94)
I guess I'm the jackass for not looking at the sig. Still, yeah it's AI.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 22, 2026 05:39 PM (qivay)
See y'all on the next one.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (oqH4h)
https://tinyurl.com/mt4yu69r
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (VHKlE)
I then get texts from my brother who set up the baby bed, which is fine & the baby's father enraged me by not telling DIL for me to order it sooner,we had this discussion 2mo ago. At least she has a bed.
I then remembered that my mother, who no longer goes upstairs, for reasons unknown, had a plumber put a toilet extender on the upstairs commode. The roof slants in that tiny area and my brothers used to whack their head on the light using the loo. We don't know why mother did this. So that needs to be removed or my 6'4" husband and son will be whacking their heads and granddaughter will need a stool.
I know I should not feel like I am being deported to CECOT for a long weekend of family who I do love.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 05:29 PM (RO0sO)
Did you see my earlier comment where a websearch shows that his "bee farm" produces about 600 lbs of honey per year? That's a little over 50 gallons.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (y9nCu)
Good news: I got a letter from the IRS amending my 2025 return. Seems I overpaid them! I miscalculated the taxable amount of my SS, thinking it was 85%, but it was more like 60%. I'm getting a good-sized refund. Better late than never, says I to myself, says I.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wally at May 22, 2026 05:42 PM (65cLN)
They all suck. Cancel them all.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 05:44 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (f0sNM)
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Long ago when Bill O'Reilly was still on Fox. I didn't believe it then and even less now.
Posted by: Decaf at May 22, 2026 05:50 PM (Z8tay)
Posted by: Don Black- to infinity, and beyond at May 22, 2026 05:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Tucker Carlson Is Spiraling and Sperging Over The Crushing Loss of His Nazi Pal
John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte
@NolteNC May 20 Massie's biggest mistake was likely believing that social media is real life, that people like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones had managed to wrest enough influence from Trump that seeking their good opinion was the only constituency he needed to win over. Well, he and they lost by ten points. 'Influencers,' eh? As a great man once said, "You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means."
Taqiyya Qatarlson rejects these explanations. For him, the failure of his Nazi agenda means that the Republican Party is dead, MAGA is dead, and America is a conquered nation controlled by evil Jews in Israel.
Sean Davis
@seanmdav Why did Massie lose tonight? Massie went from principled libertarian during COVID, to GOP leadership lapdog under McCarthy, to anti-Trump Epstein obsessive in 2025 after tweeting about that issue a whopping three (3) times in the decade prior. The nail in the coffin for him was voting against OBBB in 2025 because, according to Massie, it did too much to secure the border. Trump mercilessly trashed Massie in 2020--calling him a "disaster" for America and Kentucky and saying he should be thrown out of the GOP entirely--but Massie easily swatted that away and won 81-19, so you can't say he only lost because of Trump. He went toe-to-toe with Trump on COVID in 2020 and won overwhelmingly. Massie lost because he went from being perceived as a quirky but lovable nerd who seemed to genuinely believe everything he said, to looking like a clout-chasing influencer who cared more about getting TV time with Democrats on an issue he clearly never cared about until five minutes ago than he did about representing his voters. We'll never know what caused the apparent personality change--maybe it was the death of his wife, maybe it was the McCarthy race followed by McCarthy's ouster, or maybe it was a desire for notoriety or media acclaim and a lucrative podcasting career outside of Congress--but the drastic change was undeniable, as was the seeming lack of interest in much of anything happening in Kentucky. Blame Trump, blame Israel, blame Epstein, blame the tragic death of a spouse, I don't care. But you cannot just wave away 2020 Massie going face-to-face with the Trump machine and winning in a rout only to get smoked six years later. Massie's voters didn't really change all that much, but he did, and they noticed.
Shadow of Ezra
@ShadowofEzra Tucker Carlson says the Republican Party is officially dead after it colluded with a foreign country to buy Thomas Massie's seat. He says it is immoral to support the current Republican Party because it supports the killing of children and is now against free speech. "It's the end of the Republican Party we had."
Video here. Because the faggot that this faggot supported lost, that means that "democracy is fake."
Marco FosterThis is what all the NeverTrumpers said as they flounced in 2015-2016. Taqiyya Qatarlson also claims the election was stolen by "mail in" ballots. He says he has no evidence of this, but invites the Nazi losers who watch him to do their own "sleuthing" and prove his conspiracy for him. This is Candace Owens' business model -- invent a fake and gay conspiracy theory, then tell her legions of "mommysleuths" to gather non-existent evidence to prove it.
@MarcoFoster_ Tucker Carlson: "This is the saddest moment in a long time. It’s not just the death of Thomas Massie's immediate political career. It's obviously the death of MAGA, whatever that was. but it’s also of course the end of the Republican party. Nobody supports this"
Tucker Carlson suggests that the election was stolen from Thomas Massie because of “mail-in ballots.”
— Justin (@JustinUSA) May 21, 2026
Gallrein won both early voting and Election Day.
Tucker is a conspiratorial liar. pic.twitter.com/rQesiqmlmv
Eyal YakobyTuq'r also dismisses the existence of Islamic terrorism. He scoffs, "Islamic terrorism -- whatever that is." People are pointing out he seemed to know what the term meant for 30 years as he's railed about Islamic terrorism since the first World Trade Center bombing in 1995. But now he says he doesn't even know what Islamic jihad meanx, suggesting it's a propaganda term invented by Perfidious Jews to con Christians.
@EYakoby 13h Tucker Carlson's latest video claims Thomas Massie's loss was due to "mail-in ballots." Except Gallrein won both early voting and Election Day. Tucker Carlson is a liar.
“WhAtEvEr ThAt iS” https://t.co/yjw3F6cyJt pic.twitter.com/IrlTrABd9d
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 22, 2026
He literally contradicts himself every other sentence. Because he's a liar, and liars can't keep straight which lies they're telling at any particular time. The America First guy who thinks Israel -- by which he means "American Jews" -- stole Massie's seat doesn't oppose all foreign funding of political messaging, of course:
🚨Tucker Carlson's media venture got $15M from a billionaire jihadist in late 2023.
— Pro-America | Politics & Markets (@Pro__Trading) May 21, 2026
Tucker began to become more and more anti-jew and more and more pro-muslim around this same time period.
Tucker claims everyone is "bought" by AIPAC to distract you from noticing he's been… pic.twitter.com/jzAXyiTywY
Joel MowbrayThe Bee:
@joelmowbray 🚨 EXCLUSIVE -- Tucker Carlson's latest guest, @OwenBenjamin, is no ordinary Holocaust denier. Benjamin claims there's "zero evidence" Hitler ordered the Holocaust, which he labels a hoax. Further, he claimed that the Nazis RESCUED Jews by sending them to Auschwitz and other concentration camps only "because there's mass city evacuatuations because of [Allied] bombing." This clip from 2022 is representative of Benjamin's many other Holocaust-related rants. In short, Holocaust denial is central to his public persona, as part of an obsessive focus on Jews. Yet despite this, Tucker's brother Buckley yesterday praised Benjamin as a "great American Hero [and] Truth-teller." And Tucker didn't just interview him, but fawned that his guest "weaves sharp-witted satire with deep dives into the complexities of the human condition." But if you watch this clip -- which, again, is one of many similar rants -- one obvious question comes to mind: How could anyone view Benjamin as a "sharp-witted" analyst of "the complexities of the human condition"?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mr tmz at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (Gqar8)
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Ed has proportional number of ballots to Massie. About 10,000 to Massie's 8,000.
Ed won by about 10,000 votes.
Therefore, all of Ed's mail in ballots were fake because Massie would have won without them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (fzPQK)
Posted by: mr tmz
Probably by those neuroscientists who freeze the brain after death and make micro-slice examinations of it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (diia5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:55 PM (mmXBm)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 03:55 PM (0N4FZ)
2 dropped out.
5 who have actually run in primaries that are finished have all lost.
There's also James Fishback in FL for governor, but he hasn't polled above 6%.
What if...Tucker has no real world influence and his views are predominently foreign?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:55 PM (46HP8)
Tucker also professes to being completely befuddled by the concept of "cooking". "What are these 'stoves' and 'ovens' of which you speak", he asked. "I have no knowledge of them".
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 03:55 PM (0N4FZ)
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Because the audience on social media is global and there are a whole lot of Jew haters in the third world with access to social media, a lot more of them than Americans at all, much less American conservatives.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (Gqar
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Massie started on Epstein after he voted against the OBBB last year and after Trump targeted him for destruction.
It's just a coincidence and Massie really did care about the Epstein victims.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (46HP8)
I don't think that ever ends well.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 03:58 PM (cZQmn)
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See now, something is up right there.
Any politician that can't put it together that the Deep State would have tagged Trump with real stuff if they would go after him with contrived stuff, I just can't believe that person is living on the same Earth I am.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 03:59 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 03:59 PM (XV/Pl)
1. Trump in Democrap heads
2. Jews in the Tucker-Owens Bukkake Crew?
It must be really sad and pathetic to so obsess over Trump and/or Jews that you see them hiding behind every bush, making every bump in the night, casting every shadow you see in the corner of your eye, and being everywhere all the time.
"Hush, little baby, don't say a word. And never mind that noise you heard. It's just the Jew under your bed, in your closet, in your head ...."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (tOcjL)
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I have to admit I did not predict "cancer" after "bone".
This is AoSHQ, after all.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: mr tmz
One joke I do a lot when I want to sound "insane" is to put "every" other "word" in "quotes" to show that I'm "paranoid" about the simplest "words" and I think all "definitions" are "traps" created by the "Government" and "Jews."
That's what Tuq'r Qarlson is doing now, for real -- he is deeply suspicious of the most basic political language because he believes it's all a construction of Jews so he doesn't want to even acknowledge realities like "ally" or "hostile state" or "terror organization" or "islamic jihad."
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (OoFl2)
Any politician that can't put it together that the Deep State would have tagged Trump with real stuff if they would go after him with contrived stuff, I just can't believe that person is living on the same Earth I am.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)
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He did it after he voted against the OBBB and knew that there was a serious chance he'd lose his primary with Trump personally promising to find a challenger who could win.
He went for clicks, a desperation move because his whole, "I voted against the OBBB because it spent too much on border enforcement" was no defense in the KY-04 electorate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0)
I think she was... I actually believe she is resigning because of her Husband's cancer and not "disagreement" with Trump the media is trying to push.
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (mmXBm)
Seriously, could you BE in a smaller bubble?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (4KUe5)
She was . Her husband has bone cancer and she wrote a lovely letter about needing to be with him at the difficult time. I imagine her job required her to be away much of the time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 04:01 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 04:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (OoFl2)
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He didn't obstruct Democrats when they needed a debt ceiling increase.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:01 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: PG at May 22, 2026 04:02 PM (X+9ka)
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 04:02 PM (Bq1P8)
>>He literally contradicts himself every other sentence.
What's going on here is maintaining two contradictory realities in his mind. He has to protect his false reality by undermining the meaning of certain words, or denying certain facts. This is actually pretty common but TC is a great example to study because he is doing it so publicly and so blatantly.
When his brain detects a conflict, it resolves it by blurting out "I don't even know what that means"
He is really a fascinating case study in self delusion.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:02 PM (N0IE5)
It's reprehensible- but not surprising/ that the media would completely cover up her personal reasons for resigning.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 04:02 PM (n3VHW)
One would have expected Carlson to fall back on the millions he has from his share of a Frozen Chicken Pot Pie Empire. Which he apparently doesn't have, it turns out.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)
someone did a fake quote like that, attributing it to Carlson, and it struck me as so plausible I almost included it in this post before I said "Wait a minute, I need to check if that's a real quote."
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (1wjle)
Because everything is a cartoon now.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 04:02 PM (Bq1P
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Because Massie is protecting the identities of 20 powerful pedophiles he's admitted to knowing the names of and promised to read on the House floor.
He hasn't done it because he's protecting them. He's pro-power pedophile.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (OoFl2)
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He didn't obstruct Democrats when they needed a debt ceiling increase.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May
Are you suggesting he might not be conservative at all? Whoa! 😂
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (hftzA)
I'm more cynical than that. I don't think he believes a word of what he's saying. It's all just a cynical exercise in rage-baiting.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (Riz8t)
Yes one side of Massie's support if blaming Epstein clients and da Joos who they are are the same.
The other side is arguing he was a principled Republican that voted with MAGA 91% of the time.
Yeah, well, that's the same line the GOPe uses too. So vote for 9 post office renamings and then vote against MAGA on the debt ceiling or similiar and its all ok right?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (Ot/FD)
287 Thank you for your kind words above.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (hftzA)
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"Just because he keeps voting with Democrats doesn't mean he's actually a Democrat."
-something BurtTC actually said to me once
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (46HP8)
They think this “standing up to my own party” stuff makes them gutsy independents.
You called your own party’s POTUS a pedophile, blocked popular legislation ( the things we voted for), and then became obsessed with an investigation that died with its target back in 2020?
Yeah, you’re a tool. Whose tool were you?
Maybe hate them instead of normie Americans, huh?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 04:05 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:04
They are stupidly betting on the wrong horse.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:05 PM (hftzA)
Well, maybe after me.
But transwomen are the best women. Because they CHOOSE to be women.
And they have lady balls. But you know 6 of one, one in my squeakhole as I always say...
Posted by: David French at May 22, 2026 04:05 PM (sKqQm)
I'm more cynical than that. I don't think he believes a word of what he's saying. It's all just a cynical exercise in rage-baiting.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (Riz8t)
Carlson I could see being an actual neurological thing.
The rest are just assholes shitposting IRL.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:05 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 04:06 PM (VHKlE)
yes. But I am also diagnosing him with at least a low-grade version of schizophrenia. The schizophrenic woman I knew, who taught me to "put" all "words" in "quotes" to show my "suspicion" of "even" common "language," was just a more intense version of Tucker Carlson.
You'll also notice he's always mumbling darkly with his head tilted like he's checking over his shoulder to see who's listening (while he's recording himself on camara).
I think he had a psychotic break with reality. Before you object: this stuff does happen, including to celebrities.
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:06 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (HLgI3)
Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot PIE!!
Posted by: Donny Thinks It's a Vacuum at May 22, 2026 04:06 PM (0aYVJ)
For a few years know the left has been arguing:
1) Trump is literally Hitler and wants to exterminate Jews
2) Trump is controlled by Israel and likes his Jewish daughter TOO much.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)
Remember when Lindsay Graham was one of our most hated senators?
His primary is going on right now. I even hear pro-Graham ads on the radio (I live near the SC border).
And no one gives a shit. He's not a target.
Why is that?
Because he's actually a good politician who has his major issues but knows how to frame himself publicly so he's on the right side of his electorate.
That's how you be your own dickness and survive as a Republican in current day GOP politics. You publicly align with Trump and work behind the scenes for yourself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:06 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (fxCK2)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (Ot/FD)
Is this one of those situations where the wife’s Uber left opinions wore off on him? It happens.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (4KUe5)
Is he planning on restarting the Whig Party? Tippecanoe and Tucker Too!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:55 PM (mmXBm)
"Crack is wack."
Tuck is cuck.
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (6wpGE)
'Communism, whatever that is.'
But I know what communism is, it's evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Rambone at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (hyQrc)
No spouse who can do otherwise wants to fob off caretaking to a stranger, especially if its a really bad prognosis...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 04:08 PM (tOcjL)
And so, you see, it was "suspicious" that Page spent so much time and energy talking to Russians, and could be taken as a "Russian asset" because of this peculiar behavior. So the FICA application needed Clinesmith's Whoopsie flip-flop to establish "weirdness".
This is why I say in the real world, the IC had to invent something against Trump. However, the Trump accusers suggest to me that the Deep State had real dirt on Trump sitting in IC files for 4 years, and they never used it on him?!!!
Anybody who pushes Trump--and Trump ALONE--won't release the Epstein files and it's suspicious that Trump--and ONLY Trump--won't release files that weren't released the entire 4 years of a Democratic President, they've got to be full of shit. Or I need to hear why Dems didn't want Trump exposed, because it jeopardized too many other fellow pedophiles that the IC wanted to protect.
And why that's a good thing.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)
...Let's piss them off!
Also Trump is literally Hitler, so let's float a balloon of him as a baby in public.
Because obviously literally Hitler would allow people to publicly make fun of him unlike the actual historical Hitler...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 04:08 PM (sKqQm)
That'll be enough out of you, zombie Chandler Bing.
Seriously, could you BE more of an untermenschen?
Posted by: Nazi Chandler Bing at May 22, 2026 04:08 PM (1wjle)
'Communism, whatever that is.'
But I know what communism is, it's evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (zZu0s)
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"Communism is any form of government and regulation at all. Charlemagne was a communist."
-the modern Libertarian
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:08 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:04
They are stupidly betting on the wrong horse.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:05 PM (hftzA)
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They are bought and paid for by anti-Israel (and anti-American) interests. I think it's as simple as that. They say what they are told to say. You can see it in how they all parrot the same talking points, every time. They are NPC drones as much as all the left are.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 04:08 PM (iFTx/)
The one thing Massie gave me was the pinecone peen. I will never know why (and don't want to know as I have imagined some horror) but I think it is hilarious.
I ripped a few anti-semites this week and they have not refuted me. I was on a roll and was so dang polite two guys have not been back on another blog. I'm not totally sure what got into me, maybe post cholera potassium depletion, as I had stored some angst about it and the "influencers" and let 'er rip. With links for the retards.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (WONhk)
Perhaps, but it's hard to square that with the fact that other "celebrities", e.g. CO and Me-Again, started goosestepping at almost the same time.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (0U5gm)
someone did a fake quote like that, attributing it to Carlson, and it struck me as so plausible I almost included it in this post before I said "Wait a minute, I need to check if that's a real quote."
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (1wjle)
At one point, Lebanese were some of the best Christians...
Then... 1979 Iran happened and the got invaded.
By 1982, it was a sectarian bloodbath.
By 1984, an Islamic terrorist stronghold.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (4KUe5)
Pretty sure Emperor Chucky would have given modern communists the Saxon treatment.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (qwx/I)
More like the To-Pay Party.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:10 PM (Ot/FD)
I don't think Massie lost because of Trump, although having Trump ragging on him didn't help. I think Massie lost because of Massie.
"Because of Trump"' a convenient dodge for RINOs who are getting rejected in primaries by their own voters. They want to obscure the real reason for their rejection -- people started noticing that they are fakes and liars.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 04:10 PM (DOcg9)
yes. But I am also diagnosing him with at least a low-grade version of schizophrenia. The schizophrenic woman I knew, who taught me to "put" all "words" in "quotes" to show my "suspicion" of "even" common "language," was just a more intense version of Tucker Carlson.
You'll also notice he's always mumbling darkly with his head tilted like he's checking over his shoulder to see who's listening (while he's recording himself on camara).
I think he had a psychotic break with reality. Before you object: this stuff does happen, including to celebrities.
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:06 PM (1wjle)
Something pathological, for sure.
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:10 PM (6wpGE)
but me-again is just a weak dumb ditzy follower. always has been.
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:10 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (4KUe5)
I agree.... He looks frightened... Almost like he sees things that aren't there.....
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 04:10 PM (mmXBm)
Thanks to that damn Trump I couldn't get a single gender fluid cabin boy any more as a Republican.
Now though? Well, let's just say I'm enjoying boyhood again!
Posted by: Cap'n Bill Kristol at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (4KUe5)
I agree.... He looks frightened... Almost like he sees things that aren't there.....
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 04:10 PM (mmXBm)
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He's possessed by demons.
He admits he gets visited by them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (46HP8)
-the modern Libertarian
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:08 PM (46HP
Remember when he photoshopped Roland out of that one tapestry?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (6wpGE)
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Ah, somebody else saw the same thing.
Of course, Trump's "antisemitism" was always out of the wrong playbook. What with a Jewish Son-in-law who converted his daughter to Judaism.
Corruption causes people to say stupid stuff like they believe it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (Fi81e)
Obviously the death of MAGA? How? Incumbent Senators are basically tenured for life in almost all cases. Trump asked the public to unseat Massie, and they did. Trump is at the heart of MAGA. Massie's ouster is an example of the capacity of Trump's MAGA, not its death.
"It's also of course the end of the Republican party."
One can only dream.
"Nobody supports this"
Riiiight. It's just AIPAC and nobody else.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM
There you go, ace, doing the journalisming that the MSM and left-wing (but I repeat myself) journalists won't do.
Chuy been around the HQ lately?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (UjdFS)
Perhaps, but it's hard to square that with the fact that other "celebrities", e.g. CO and Me-Again, started goosestepping at almost the same time.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
Drugs probably make these kind of mental breaks more likely.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 04:12 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (n5tGW)
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The GOP is not at all beyond cheating in primaries by any means.
The problem with the theory here, though, would require literally every single mail in ballot for Ed being fake and every single mail in ballot for Massie being genuine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:12 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 04:12 PM (VHKlE)
Also the left: How dare you call Somali a shithole country. Some of our best citizens are from there enriching us with their wise ways from back home
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 04:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:12 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 22, 2026 04:12 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:06 PM (1wjle)
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No objection, and I think you may have nailed it.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:13 PM (N0IE5)
I agree.... He looks frightened... Almost like he sees things that aren't there.....
Posted by: It's me donna
you see it too ? He's always in this defensive facial crouch with these dark, low-eyebrow eyes, speaking out of the side of his face.
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:13 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 04:13 PM (LIEok)
Perhaps, but it's hard to square that with the fact that other "celebrities", e.g. CO and Me-Again, started goosestepping at almost the same time.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
They're riding his coattails for clicks?
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:13 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (3/XaG)
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There's a difference between being for it and demanding that anybody who didn't like such arrangement, well, they must just hate Jews.
I'm more likely to be for it, but if I acknowledged it, to be for it, I would have to let other people acknowledge it and disagree (which is not something I'm accusing *you* of).
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:13 PM (1wjle)
Yes I do see it
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 04:14 PM (mmXBm)
Jared Loughner did similar IIRC. His brain couldn't match his reality with the language everyone else uses to communicate, so cooked up a new syntactic order. Which turned out to be bugfuck insane, but then so was Jared.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 04:14 PM (gKWVE)
Khomeini, kept mostly in exile until our French friends took him in and bundled him back to Iran, was ambivalent about his role in the future of Iran back in 78/79, implying that Iran would transition into a democracy after the Shah fell.
When he did accede to power, all those deals, all those toadies who helped him achieve power (coupled with the feckless Carter admin who saw him as a non-threat) were instantaneously cast aside. This Muslim holy man, with another Muslim holy man as his executioner, wound up killing far more than the Shah and SAVAK ever did.
Taqiyya, they call it, Tucker.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 22, 2026 04:14 PM (qwx/I)
That strikes me as much more likely. OTOH, I really haven't watched anything of his in a long time, so I can't address whether he looks different than he used to.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:15 PM (Riz8t)
Again?
It died in 2017 when Trump hired whomever to be in his cabinet that one time.
It died in 2018 when Trump said something about Paul Ryan or whatever.
It died in 2019 when Trump went public against Mitch or something.
It died in 2020 when Trump won against the impeachment.
It died again in 2020 when Trump bungled COVID.
It died in 2021 when he lead the insurrection.
It died in 2022 when he was charged.
It died in 2023 when he killed the immigration bill despite not being in government.
It died in 2024 when Biden beat him in the debate.
It died in 2024 again when Trump won the election and immediately betrayed his follower
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:15 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 04:15 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 22, 2026 04:15 PM (qrzX6)
I can accept that, for example, Trump is a transactional egomaniac, *and* that he wants what is best for the country. I can accept that he is mostly removing grift, fraud, and waste, but that he is also grifting.
I am an adult.
Buy a child (or nut case) has to resolve this by saying Trump is either all bad, or all good. But nothing is pure so there are always contradiction that must be resolved. Their brain works overtime to remove the tension.
Now did that cause his psychotic break, or or is this a a symptom of that is above my pay grade.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:16 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 04:16 PM (mmXBm)
Back in 2016 he partnered with Meathead on a Save Our Democracy project that undermined Trump. He had done that a lot, creating NGOs to influence without detection.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 04:16 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 04:17 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Nova Local
.......
I always liked Tulsi. This makes me like her even more.
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 04:17 PM (UjdFS)
There's video of him claiming he doesn't own a computer because if you annoy (((the Powers That Be))) they'll slip child porn on to your computer and frame you as a pedophile. He says this with this huge arrogant smile, showing he's smarter than the Child Porn Framers (who we now know are The Jews).
And now that I think about it, I think he got that from his new anti-Israel, pro-Islam ally Scott Ritter, who must tell Tucker behind-the-scenes that his own child sex scandal was entirely contrived by Perfidious Jews.
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:17 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 04:17 PM (VHKlE)
Posted by: Unpopular Truths at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (iR91D)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
They're riding his coattails for clicks?
Posted by: m a
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folie a deux
They feed off each other. Also, others are just acting like children (lefties) as per my last comment.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (N0IE5)
How is this different than Carlson grift (aside from the night terrors?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (zZu0s)
Taqiyya, they call it, Tucker.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
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A lesson yet to be learned in these United States.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (LIEok)
In fairness, Jon Stewart makes me a little antisemitic, too.
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:15 PM (46HP
How many iterations of "we got him this time/how did he survive" does a political base have to be shoved through before the damage is irreparable?
There's literally bullets involved, and they're still mashing away at it, over and over and over.
They're all literally driving themselves insane.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 04:13 PM (LIEok)
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Maybe getting released by Fox in the hubbub about "lying"--when Tucker was the closest to transparent about how he felt about Trump having won 2020, really sent him over the edge.
The real problem with Fox re the 2020 election, is that they allowed people on who claimed the election was stolen, and weren't part of the media press to banish that thought as cray-cray. They platformed "election deniers".
(And I say that as a guy who accepted Trump could "lose" in 2020.)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 04:17 PM (VHKlE)
Well, he did something right.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (zZu0s)
ARE NONE OF OUR HEROES REAL?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (rbvCR)
On that topic, I remember a person with schizophrenia who was well aware she saw things that weren't real talking about how she didn't like to talk about it.
Not because people treated her badly or thought she was weird. No, it was more interesting than that.
She didn't like telling people, "I see X" because their first question was, "Where do you see X?" If she told them where, they would immediately look to see what, if anything, they could see.
She didn't like this, because then a real person was sort of interacting with her delusion, which blurred the line between reality and schizophrenia even more than usual.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)
There's literally bullets involved, and they're still mashing away at it, over and over and over.
They're all literally driving themselves insane.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:18 PM (Ot/FD)
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When he's finally gone, out of office, and they're faced with Vance.
How will they handle that?
Well? Or poorly?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (46HP8)
Reagan wins 49 states. Gets 54 million votes.
"Nobody supports this."
Posted by: Jim Rose at May 22, 2026 04:20 PM (miqrx)
Does he not have a phone either? They could do the same thing to it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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They always were crap, traveled with crap, perceived as crap.
Tucker was or emulated himself as a solid, thinking, rational conservative at a level none of them capable.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 04:21 PM (LIEok)
Again?
It died in 2017 when Trump hired whomever to be in his cabinet that one time.
It died in 2018 when Trump said something about Paul Ryan or whatever.
It died in 2019 when Trump went public against Mitch or something.
It died in 2020 when Trump won against the impeachment.
It died again in 2020 when Trump bungled COVID.
It died in 2021 when he lead the insurrection.
It died in 2022 when he was charged.
It died in 2023 when he killed the immigration bill despite not being in government.
It died in 2024 when Biden beat him in the debate.
It died in 2024 again when Trump won the election and immediately betrayed his follower
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:15 PM (46HP
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But the first time, it died when Trump quit the race before the primary in 2016, because he wasn't really serious about running.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (hftzA)
Ever been in a codependent relationship? Some people just reinforce each other's crazy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)
How will they handle that?
Well? Or poorly?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (46HP
"At least Trump was a man we could work with, who loved America! Unlike this insane Nazi!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)
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How many times has it died since January 2025 and all of Trumps' broken promises?
Did you know that he actually opened up the border more than Biden?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (46HP8)
he didn't say but of course you're right. I don't believe him anyway. Of course he has a computer. He works (or "works," I don't even know what "works" means) online.
He's just preparing a defense in case (((They))) find child porn on his computer. "I don't even own a computer, I have no idea what this Magic Picture Box even is!"
he's slowly transforming into Nazi Unfrozen Cave-Man Lawyer.
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (1wjle)
An Obama judge has dismissed the federal human trafficking case against illegal El Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling it "malicious prosecution"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (n7rxJ)
Does he not have a phone either? They could do the same thing to it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:20 PM (zZu0s)
Someone tell him they can do that shit with cameras and microphones, too.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (Ot/FD)
It died in 2018 when...
I know it's over
And it never really began
But in my heart it was sooo reeal
Posted by: the point your dad tells you to get out and touch grass at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (gKWVE)
Eisenhower tried that, briefly, after Gary Power’s U2 was shot down over Russia. You won’t find any written orders from on high for any of the stuff CIA was doing in the 40s and 50s and beyond. Totally off the books and off budget.
The point here is Der Fuhrer never had to write anything down
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (15vO0)
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (Dv3i1)
I think he had a psychotic break with reality. Before you object: this stuff does happen, including to celebrities.
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:06 PM (1wjle)
Something pathological, for sure.
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:10 PM (6wpGE)
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Maybe alien probing?
He's too old for typical schizophrenia. In males it's early 20's, or the 3 I have seen.
It's possible he took some bad drugs trying to be cool with a billionaire and/or something happened that scared him into insanity with threats.
Blackmail? He's an odd one, with jabbering jabberwocky all over the place.
Not that I'd watch him or the others. You'd have to tie me down to force me to watch Alex Jones or Brietbart or any of them. This includes all of them as I can't think of anyone I want to influence me right now.
Like they could. I'd bite through the restraints or sing loudly during the entire ordeal.
Have to finish packing and other stuff.
Have a great weekend, Ace and all!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 04:24 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 04:24 PM (qgHp7)
Sharyl Attkisson claimed an FBI agent involved in operations against her admitted FBI had considered planting child prawn on her husband's computer as part of their operations.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 04:24 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (hftzA)
Ever been in a codependent relationship? Some people just reinforce each other's crazy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026
I guess, but he has 4 children, too. Everyone is just going along with it?
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:24 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (46HP
I heard he took a dump in the Pope's hat.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:24 PM (Ot/FD)
Tulsi did a great job.
Anyone who is criticizing her should be ashamed of themselves.
She has my respect for resigning to take care and support her husband.
How many of us have and had family with devastating health issues?
Family first. I pray for she and her family.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 04:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (Ot/FD)
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We are already seeing bits of Strange New Respect for Trump here and there.
And yes, there will be that.
But I'm wondering about the sheer emotionalism of the whole affair. The ethos of the Democrat Party, especially at the lower levels, was "get rid of Trump." And Trump will be...gone. No longer president. No longer possibly president. Happily retired, holding court at Mar-a-Lago as he puts out Truth Social posts about how he loves his successor (Vance) and how his successor's VP (Rubio) are the best presidents, just the best, except for Trump, some say. And he can't disagree with some people.
"We have to do this all again?!" the true believers shout about a guy who's been married to the same woman most of his adult life and has four children with her...and she's a dark woman, too!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:25 PM (46HP8)
I don't even know what "weekend" means!
but thanks (I guess)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:25 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 04:25 PM (mkw2N)
As far as I can tell, most of the anti-Israel crowd who aren't actual Arabs or Muslims make it very clear they hate Jews as Jews, just the same as the actual Arabs and Muslims who oppose Israel.
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 22, 2026 04:25 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)
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Indubitably.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:25 PM (46HP8)
An Obama judge has dismissed the federal human trafficking case against illegal El Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling it "malicious prosecution"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
His being an illegal alien ought to be sufficient to get his ass out of here. We can add his being tossed as part of the 250th birthday celebrations.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:25 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:19 PM (hftzA)
Ever been in a codependent relationship? Some people just reinforce each other's crazy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)
The people closest to you tend not to see it. Or don't want to see it.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL)
Edit: Just discovered Kentucky has a sore loser law that probits these. Devastating.
This "sore loser" law sounds very undemocratic.
I am sad not only because Massie lost, but due to what this says about the people of his district and the USA in general. The fact that we cannot have one representative that truly represents us is extremely disappointing.
Wouldn't be surprised if it was rigged. You know who always wins...
Massie is a hardcore conservative, but he is someone you can have a conversation and debate with. He isn’t a bootlicker who will say yes daddy when Trump asks them to fuck the American people for another dollar in his bank account. He won’t just vote to keep his job, and if another person goes down for standing up to Trump it fully closes the door on the Republican Party not just being the Trumpican Party.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 04:26 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 04:26 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 04:26 PM (n5tGW)
An Obama judge has dismissed the federal human trafficking case against illegal El Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling it "malicious prosecution"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
His being an illegal alien ought to be sufficient to get his ass out of here. We can add his being tossed as part of the 250th birthday celebrations.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:25 PM (Dv3i1)
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If I remember correctly, the prosecution was the only thing keeping him in the country at this point. His deportation order was no longer even contested.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:26 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 04:26 PM (ycI94)
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He's so hard core he raises the debt ceiling under Democrats, refuses to do it under Republicans, and refuses to do anything to help draft large, must pass bills to make them better and more conservative, instead choosing to stand aside and scream that it's not fair that he didn't get 100% of what he wanted.
That's not a conservative.
That's a libertarian.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:28 PM (46HP8)
He admits he gets visited by them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM
Good news, if he moves to california he can get a free exorcism through medicare.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 04:28 PM (0N4FZ)
And that was a time that I was called a "NeverTrump" often enough, simply because I had a bad thing or 2 to say about Trump--especially because I got sick of him on his show The Apprentice, which I watched up to a year or 2 before t became yet another celebrities try to do stuff show.
But I still just wondered how people can be so adamant about things they can't know.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ace
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Eh, or he could just be evil and now getting paid to spew it. Like the yute that shot someone in the head and got released only to shoot someone else in the head, these type of people are discivic and have no place in society--so either prison or the looney bin, I don't care but this sort of trash brings out those that ARE actually haters and psychotic.
Demonization of a group or people leaves dead and wounded in their wake. Whether Christian, straights, Jew, or Republican.
Curiously enough it is rarely Muslims, atheists, troons, or Democrats that are victims of political violence.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:28 PM (5yqx7)
Just like Bill Kristol.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:29 PM (guGkK)
In college I lived in a condo with the owner's son. One day, a friend of the family suddenly showed up and couch surfed for a couple of months. I didn't like the guy. He was moody, secretive, and generally weird. He disappeared suddenly, and I heard rumors he had only been there to avoid arrest for drug offenses.
A few months later, that guy killed his mom and sister's best friend in a brutal stabbing attack. He was schizophrenic. They found him naked, covered in blood, wrapped in an American flag, babbling about how he was saving America.
His family had tried for YEARS to get him institutionalized, but when you're an adult and you don't want to be institutionalized, your family is nearly completely powerless.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 04:29 PM (mkw2N)
Solution: rename the thing.
youtu.be/lCMJ54ypr9s
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 04:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 04:29 PM (q177U)
1, that's most. A quick search tells me there are cases of late-in-life psychosis too.
2, someone can have early-age psychosis but learn to handle it; later, it might become untreatable again
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:29 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:30 PM (5yqx7)
And speaking of obstruction ... South Carolina Senate Republicans missed what happened in Indiana, huh?
Posted by: Ann at May 22, 2026 04:30 PM (SHHm+)
I don't even know what "this" means
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:31 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:30 PM (5yqx7)
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I'm old enough to remember when Libertarians said that deregulation was one of their top 3 issues. You know, lessening the power of the administrative state.
Libertarians should love Trump just for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:31 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: bob
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(conservative) Carlson was becoming too influential and the Color People slipped him some soup.
Too many Charlie Kirk's spoil the pot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 04:31 PM (LIEok)
"Hush, little baby, don't say a word. And never mind that noise you heard. It's just the Jew under your bed, in your closet, in your head ...."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)
Seems like an especially misplaced tack to take in a mostly Rural Midwest area. I grew up near there, knew some Kentuckians and that never came up. And even near a city in Ohio the accustomed 'no jews in country club' ideas of the east seemed alien.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 04:31 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 04:24 PM
That guy in The Big Bang Theory?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 04:32 PM (0sNs1)
He admits he gets visited by them.
I always forget that but yeah, this could just possibly be a sign of a psychotic episode.
Let us guess that there are 100x more schizophrenic delusions of demon attacks than actual demon attacks.
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:32 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:32 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:31 PM
Well, then, couldja help me out with 'is'?
Posted by: Wm. J. "Bubba" Clinton at May 22, 2026 04:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 04:32 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:33 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 04:33 PM (4iEwa)
I don't even know what "this" means
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:31 PM (1wjl
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Quick!Next he will question what "is" is. He's been abducted by Hillary!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 04:33 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:32 PM (1wjle)
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It's an aggressive interlude initiated by a devil-like figure, but that's not important right now.
What's important is if you can fly this plane.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:33 PM (46HP8)
there's a new Big Bang Spinoff show about Stuart, the Comic Book Store owner.
I watched and thought "I hope they got Kripke" and they did, they got Kripke.
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:33 PM (1wjle)
Could be LOT of drugs and being jumped on by his dog, he got SCRATCHES!!1!1!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:33 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Axeman
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It becomes part of someone's identity for many and an extreme loss avoidance strategy. Most people have strong loss avoidance preference and that includes 'face' to the extent hat some can get violent about it.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 04:34 PM (E4rtv)
there's a new Big Bang Spinoff show about Stuart, the Comic Book Store owner.
I watched and thought "I hope they got Kripke" and they did, they got Kripke.
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:33 PM (1wjle)
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Taskmaster >>>> The Big Bang Theory
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:34 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:30 PM (5yqx7)
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Libertarianism borders on an ideology.
It's closer to pragmatic than Dems, but only marginally so.
Both the American liberal and the American libertarian tend to believe in the Constitution as a sort of Holy Writ.
It's an agreement among states. It's not a Manifesto.
My first encounter with something I recognized as "virtue signaling" was libertarians to liberals "I'm just as socially liberal as you, I just don't like taxes and laws."
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 04:34 PM (4iEwa)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 22, 2026 04:34 PM (woF0I)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:30 PM (5yqx7)
He misuses colons
There has been some chatter among the more rational in the LP that the state orgs have been infiltrated by disruptors and snitches, both Federal LE and others, and this is one of the causes of some of the psychotic drama.
I recently saw a meme representing the LP as two my little ponies screaming at each other over whether GIF is pronounced "Khiff" or "Jiff", and that sort of disfunction cannot be organic in an actual functioning organization.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (rbvCR)
many (most) libertarians are hardcore open borders nuts
I don't even know what hardcore means
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (1wjle)
And this is Tuq'r's favorite tactic now too. There are many, many things that Tuq'r Qarlson is suddenly ignorant about.
Cucker thinks he's being clever by feigning ignorance, but his remaining American audience is just going to observe that he's a retard, has always been a retard, and isn't worth listening to.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (y9nCu)
Could be LOT of drugs and being jumped on by his dog, he got SCRATCHES!!1!1!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:33 PM (5yqx7)
Cats are the ones that carry Toxoplasma gondii, which is linked to schizophrenia...explains why so many cat ladies are psychotic leftists...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (ynpvh)
When will we see the ranking of the films of America's last film auteur Russ Meyer?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (0sNs1)
That's the entire purpose of MAGA. That's the entire reason he is even in politics.
In 2015 we had a Psychotic Murderous Pervert party and a Regular Ol' Ruin-Your-Interns'-Lives-With-Your-Dick Pervert party. And they both lived fat and happy and unchallenged off the toil and annoyance of our great nation.
Fuck the Republican party. And fuck the psychotic murder perverts for thinking they can yank that chain to keep all us rubes in line cheering for a tie color and voting for petty crooks out of sheer inertia.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (5yqx7)
For the record, I don't see it that way at all. I'm just speculating.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:36 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Because he is painting targets on the backs of Jews just for being something most of them were born with. And doing it for yucks and money. And as a result, people will get killed over his false witness. Pretty much wicked.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 04:36 PM (E4rtv)
What network!?
Posted by: Ann at May 22, 2026 04:36 PM (SHHm+)
So he could truly not "own" a computer as they are all owned by the business. That would insulate him from dirty tricks, but only if he could prove that his personal access was very limited. Possible.
Phone is much harder to create deniability.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:37 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:37 PM (1wjle)
Is this one of those situations where the wife’s Uber left opinions wore off on him? It happens.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (4KUe5)
seems likely, especially how quickly it crashed and burned him.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 04:37 PM (8avO+)
BAD BRAINS : SOUL CRAFT
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=qGUugYvB4S0
Posted by: garrett at May 22, 2026 04:37 PM (JEwe/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (ynpvh)
Seriously, I wonder if you have something there...
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 22, 2026 04:38 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026
Yes, this is an issue, a very complex one for sure. But if your dad is having a psychotic break and he is a national figure, it isn’t hard to go and say “y’all, my dad is saying bizarre things, we are trying to get him help”
But I guess he would then say his kids are paid by you know who and we are back to square one.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:38 PM (hftzA)
Will do. Thank you!
Posted by: Ann at May 22, 2026 04:38 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)
Yea, this little rhetorical trick is tiresome. Similar to those 'just asking questions' that are just accusations and insults with question marks after them. I despise these manipulations.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2026 04:38 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:38 PM (Dv3i1)
When will we see the ranking of the films of America's last film auteur Russ Meyer?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 04:35 PM (0sNs1)
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When I'm good and ready.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Because he is painting targets on the backs of Jews just for being something most of them were born with. And doing it for yucks and money. And as a result, people will get killed over his false witness. Pretty much wicked.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 04:36 PM (E4rtv)
So many Lefty politicians are doing the same thing. I've never seen such antisemitism in my entire life as I have in the last few years...almost like they are driven to it by darkness...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (IX8iX)
Posted by: Ann at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (guGkK)
I don't even know what that means! Steaming? Shit? *Giggles*
Posted by: Tucker Carleson at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (V362x)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:30 PM (5yqx7)
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Which would square with my contention that your average libertarian has ideologue tendencies.
And they can resort to purism. See, Trump wants to enforce border laws.
And laws and borders are stupid.
Ron Paul turned me straight off answering so many questions with "Well, I never would have gotten us into this mess..."
Indicating that his idea of success is people never having veered from the way he thinks things should have been done in the first place. Like, not living on the real Planet Earth where you're going to have predecessors who did stuff that caused you problems you don't think you should have had.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)
It can be used well, Jordan Peterson used to do it, but sometimes it was a copout for him as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:40 PM (Ia/+0)
In reality I think he's been threatened. Had joined an exclusive club with some evil, wealthy, powerful people who are now applying the puppet strings. He thought he was invited and finally made it! Then threats to family, etc.if he doesn't toe the line.
Evil stuff out there...so I read as not here at my house. That I am aware of anyway. Once a white lab rat with a spot tried to invade from the patio but we called an animal trapper guy who apparently fed it to his snake. That's the only evil I can come up with.
Perhaps Tucker simply needs a new shirt.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 04:40 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:41 PM (Ot/FD)
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I'm ok with it being used to get the other person to define what they mean. For example, I don't know what someone means by "Social Justice". Totally fair to ask them to define it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:42 PM (Dv3i1)
WHY is this happening?
Posted by: torabora at May 22, 2026 04:42 PM (oLDFB)
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"Democracy Drowns In Denial."
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 04:42 PM (FISzD)
I think we found the clue from looking at that freakazoid.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 04:43 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Kindltot
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The Color revolutionists are hard at work, that's for sure.
_Kaloramatist
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 04:43 PM (LIEok)
It can be used well, Jordan Peterson used to do it, but sometimes it was a copout for him as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (5yqx7)
Those are two opposite techniques, really.
Feigning ignorance to cheat-code an opposing argument is lazy and boring.
Demonstrating your opponent's ignorance by pointing out that the words they are using don't actually mean anything if you put even the slightest sliver of light on them is useful.
One is obfuscation. The other is clarification.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:43 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 22, 2026 04:43 PM (XMwZJ)
But after my dad died I moved back to help her out and her mind was a real piece of work. I could watch her rationalize and rearrange reality to fit her world view over the weeks.
For example -- my brother would call and harass my wife. So she and I stopped answering the phone at the house. Well over a few weeks my mother had the story reversed and would get angry at me for calling my brother and harassing him. You see, I was bad, and he was good, so that was how things had to be to fit her worldview.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:44 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: Braenyard
Maybe he had one too many "Boosters".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 04:45 PM (/lPRQ)
2, someone can have early-age psychosis but learn to handle it; later, it might become untreatable again
Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:29 PM (1wjle)
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I'm standing right here.
Us too!
/voices
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 04:45 PM (RIvkX)
It can be used well, Jordan Peterson used to do it, but sometimes it was a copout for him as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (5yqx7)
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It's not a cop out. But it should be used as an opening to have an honest discussion about what people take words for.
It also depends on whether or not you hear two entirely different sets of associations as to what a word in the middle means.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)
Yea, this little rhetorical trick is tiresome.
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I'm ok with it being used to get the other person to define what they mean. For example, I don't know what someone means by "Social Justice". Totally fair to ask them to define it.
Then you say "Please define your terms, since my understanding is probably different than yours. Also, you're an imbecile."
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gKWVE is coming to take him away at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (5yqx7)
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One is obfuscation. The other is clarification.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Yeah, I think Peterson was mostly doing it to say that "things are a lot more complicated than I want to explain right now."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:47 PM (N0IE5)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 22, 2026 04:48 PM (zE8+V)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 04:48 PM (RIvkX)
I don't even know what "this" means
Posted by: confused ace
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Let me put it another way. You're still in the running for the coveted "Employee of the Month" parking spot
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 04:48 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 04:49 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 22, 2026 04:43 PM (XMwZJ)
This is why we (the actual we, including me) never win.
We see legions of stupid mouthbreathing dipshits who can be won over with a laser pointer and a stick of gum, and we're all "oh, boo hoo, they like the other team, guess they're just dumb and we're boned"
Screw that. Go win the little bicameral-brained cretins over! Make some stupid ass memes. Get some dispshit influencers in their faces. Who cares if they don't appreciate the finer points of Kirk and Hayek and can't expound upon the weaknesses and inconsistencies in the labor theory of value.
Orange Man Good. Or Fleek. Or... Shmoop? Whatever the fuck the little rot brained shitwits say for "Good" these days, who cares. Go get 'em.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:49 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 04:49 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)
Gonna make safe words tricky.
'What the hell does banana even mean?!' *continues whipping*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)
WHY is this happening?
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The judiciary is no longer non-partisan. It's firmly on the left. Even SCOTUS is affected.
It's a problem. A big one.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:47 PM (N0IE5)
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Well, I have heard him say it in reference to Christianity. But it's not a cop-out when people are expecting specific words from you as a religious and you don't know how to make those words fit what you're thinking about it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (Fi81e)
WHY is this happening?
Posted by: torabora at May 22, 2026 04:42 PM (oLDFB)
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Non-White Privilege.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 04:54 PM (FISzD)
Ace publicized the interview with an entire post, so I felt I had to dutifully tune in. For at least part of it, I couldn't sit through the whole thing.
The Daily Mail is running a story that Hunter dropped a bombshell in the interview that Israeli intelligence agents ran an op against Joe Biden, concocting bribery claims against him.
Posted by: TITP at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (6Q9y6)
Posted by: Axeman
Libertarianism and Leftism are both utopian ideologies and thus tend toward purity spirals. Neither philosophies as of today are particularly friendly to organized religion either.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 04:44 PM
I know this phenomenon.
Posted by: OrangeMan at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (0sNs1)
mostly yeah, but sometimes it was a stall; he didn't know how to answer and wasn't sure what to say so he'd go into his "on the one hand the hegelian dialectic" riff long enough to finaly think it through
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (5yqx7)
154 Did you know that he actually opened up the border more than Biden?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 04:22 PM (46HP
I heard he took a dump in the Pope's hat.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 04:24 PM (Ot/FD)
It would be funny if he took a dump ON Popehat (online poster)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (NyxOA)
Posted by: Billygoatpuke at May 22, 2026 06:38 PM (XZjgl)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2026 06:54 PM (diia5)
Lazy Leftist Zillennials (Including Grandma Taylor Lorenz) Discover a New Right: The Right for People to Order Expensive Food on DoorDash for Every Single Meal
I use DoorDash and the others too much. And when I do, I feel kinda bad about it. Once in a while is one thing, but ordering out multiple times per week is -- here's a word that Gen Z and the Millennials need to learn -- indulgent.
And lazy. It takes about 45 minutes to batch cook simple meals for 3-4 days. And it's cheap. Yes, eggs are more expensive now, but when I batch cook scrambled eggs with ham, pepper, and onion, it costs about $20 to make five meals. But Taylor Lorenz, joined by a bunch of basket-case lazybones "spooners" -- people who claim they only have a few "spoons" of energy during the day so society will just have to carry them on their backs -- begin arguing that some people don't have the "ability" to cook and are just too tired to take any steps to feed themselves besides pushing a few buttons on their phones (and begging their parents to send them more money). Boy these "young" people sure are "tired" a lot, aren't they? Kind of like Joe Biden. Who is 84 years old. If Joe Biden tells me he's too tired to cook, I get it. If a twenty-something layabout who works an "email job" tells me she just can't find the time or energy a couple of times per week to make scrambled eggs or fry up burgers and put them in the fridge to be microwaved later... well a lot f 23 year olds are just ready for retirement, I guess. Put them in group homes and put up tall walls around them. Wouldn't want the senile young invalids wandering off.The poorest ppl often don’t have the capacity to make home cooked meals for many reasons, but that’s not stepping “leftists” for advocating to deny poor people access to pre cooked meals and things like rotisserie chicken. They cannot ever imagine a better world! It’s incredible
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) May 20, 2026
Peter J. Hasson
@peterjhasson May 21 Anybody who claims they don't have time to make a sandwich should be required to post their screentime stats
Yes, of course you can start simple. But that’s predominantly not what is being pushed on people by search and social media when it comes to cooking content.
— Deva Hazarika (@devahaz) May 21, 2026
Pretty sure they are throwing the book at Luigi Magione because he committed first-degree murder pic.twitter.com/YXnc8ywCQu
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 21, 2026
An entire generation of burnt out narcissists raised by TikTok who think the world owes them something - a car, a house, Jeff Bezos's money.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 21, 2026
This trend started when a high school kid handed a card containing a simple sentence -- something like "the silhouette of the clothes was extraordinary but somewhat gauche" -- to fellow students and school officials and most could not read the words "silhouette" or "gauche" and could not say what the sentence meant. Many were tripped up by "extraordinary."
English-speaking, American students couldn't read, pronounce, or comprehend the following sentence:
— Mushtaq Bilal, PhD (@MushtaqBilalPhD) May 3, 2026
"She wore a silhouette of clothes that were extraordinary but gauche"
Ameican students lack of reading comprehension is well-documented.
Two researchers gave 85 English majors a… pic.twitter.com/2kIZa5KxvO
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 02:49 PM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 02:50 PM (4KUe5)
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Add jalapenos.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:51 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 22, 2026 02:52 PM (LdBR/)
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I hear that India is the best country on earth with the best minds building all the best things.
They could go there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:52 PM (46HP8)
Avacado
Toast
Literally bread+avacado
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 02:52 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 02:49 PM (Dg7ng)
You catch that Blade? 1st post.
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 02:52 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 02:52 PM (Wmg4n)
Just wash and eat....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 02:53 PM (Sco7b)
(The left doesn't really disapprove of anything--including "vigilantism", which they've been saying they are against my whole life.)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 02:54 PM (0N4FZ)
We must important third world workers to make our after hours num-nums!
Posted by: Urban Hipster at May 22, 2026 02:54 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 02:54 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 02:54 PM (q177U)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 02:54 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 02:54 PM (0N4FZ)
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They seem to rack up credit card bills ordering food for delivery because they can't be bothered to buy ground meat and buns.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM (N8ZBc)
Doordash seems an outrageous expenditure to me.
Just go get it yourself if you are doing taking out versus paying X2 as much for the food.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
A=440 hz. Nazi plot to enslave humanity.
This is actually a conspiracy theory that some hold.
Posted by: Common Tater
https://tinyurl.com/3vx9ecs3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)
And gay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)
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About $1.75 per dozen at my Aldi.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:56 PM (46HP8)
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To be fair I'm not sure what that means either, unless it means you're dressing like Alfred Hitchcock.
Posted by: Methos at May 22, 2026 02:56 PM (vSvIl)
You should not assume that a leftist means what they are saying no matter how many times you've heard it from them.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)
I have never lived anywhere in my life where I didn't have access with something to cook with. Yes even when I was dirt poor.
And I remember I could make my limited $$$ stretch as far as I needed to by making smart choices at the grocery store.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 02:56 PM (sKqQm)
1876: Farmer gets up at 4:00 AM to begin 14 hour day by milking cows in -20 degree weather.
2026: Gen Z can't get out of bed for three days.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (ssz2a)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (n3VHW)
And gay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)
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Hey!
Posted by: Fake at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (Fi81e)
I might have overstepped my bounds by explaining to both the Father and the girl applying that it was not good optics or very good judgement on their part. I told them in the first few minutes that she wasn't getting the job because of this behavior. I simply asked, "How can I trust you with my business if you don't even trust yourself enough to secure a position within on your own?"
AND, you think these self-indulgent snow flakes can cook their own meals?
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (dIske)
It's the Democrat politicians that have convinced people they can't work.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (Y8DZL)
Kicked into high gear with Covid. Must sit home and have others do the work.
I don’t entirely blame these people. The mindset has been crafted with tech, insisting it’s better to not own or do anything, help is an app away!! Comfort is only a few clicks away.
You will own nothing, have no privacy, yada yada yada…
Posted by: Urban Hipster at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (4KUe5)
I order a pizza for delivery once a year or so, and it’s from the local pizzeria.
I go out to eat maybe once a month. Probably
Less. Too expensive and I can do a better job myself.
Meh. If you want to order delivery, do it. But don’t whine to me about being broke. And don’t tell me it’s a “right.”
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (A5RD0)
Yes, everything is too expensive these days. The Biden depression caused horrendous inflation that we're still struggling with. Yes, homes cost ridiculous amounts. These are real frustrations for young people that I wholly sympathise with.
But they are lunatics on this, driven largely by living a notable percentage of their life in the Panic Lockdowns, when they got checks in the mail for merely existing and could order doordash every day.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (5yqx7)
Spices last practically FOREVER if you keep them tightly sealed.
We have ENDLESS access to simple, delicious recipes via YouTube and other social media platforms. Stuff any culinary n00b can make if they simply pay attention to the directions.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (ssz2a)
There' NO SCENTED WIPES!?
-Probably
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (zZu0s)
The right approach is using Walmart Plus with their InHome addon, I get free deliveries without needing to tip as long as Im fine with next day delivery
Ditto Kroger's own delivery service, I use this with Walmart to order groceries and food thats basically ready to eat and so i can avoid people who I cant fucking stand anymore
I havent sen the sun in weeks though
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (fapp/)
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Ship them to Pacific Palisades.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (gnNyN)
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"Spices?"
-the British
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Oh Noes!! at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (gKWVE)
Kicked into high gear with Covid. Must sit home and have others do the work.
Posted by: Urban Hipster at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (4KUe5)
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The revolutionists only need to degrade us by small steps.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
I mean, who are you if you can’t do that????
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (FtULh)
"But I can't affooooooooord a house, they're sooooooooo expensive. It's somebody else's fault!"
Don't get me wrong: anyone can spend their money any way they want (although I'll bet a lot of this is daddy's money). But you can only spend it once. Don't whine and cry to me that you can't afford a house or apartment when you're spending all your money on frivolity.
It's insane to me that almost all the 20-somethings I know spend way more money than me on delivery and Starfucks and other overpriced shit. And I have 500x the net worth they do.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (gKWVE)
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"DoorDash is the language of the Old Ones. I would never do it unless I craved the madness. That's more of Monday morning thing."
-Lovecraft
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (46HP8)
I've never had food delivered. I might run out to Honoré's Cajun or Big Horn Barbecue for something to go, however.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: pookysgirl, banging this drum yet again at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at May 22, 2026 02:57 PM (ssz2a)
There' NO SCENTED WIPES!?
-Probably
Bro, do you even bidet?
Posted by: Oh Noes!! at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (HcoTw)
Suggest they make a turkey sandwich they scream about carcinogens and eating like a prisoner. Suggest they eat PBJ, they howl that you think they are infants. Suggest they can buy cheap meals at the local grocery store deli section and they rage at you for wanting them to eat "poverty food"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Yeah, I'm a Dad of teens/young adults at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (FLx59)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (FtULh)
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I see it in context as "in bad taste".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)
I realize everyone doesn't have room for a freezer.
We live in a very rural area with very few restaurants.
When we cook we make large quantities of food and freeze most of it.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (3ek7K)
Dems 2026: I'm too tired to cook for myself.
There's an illustration in there somewhere....
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (46HP
Right... Tacky
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: pookysgirl, banging this drum yet again at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (Wt5PA)
I feel seen. And a bit hurt.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)
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Many of us survived on Kaboom and Kraft Mac 'N Cheese as children and young adults.
lol gf
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: Oh Noes!! at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (HcoTw)
It’s for cleaning your backside, right?!
Posted by: Crocodile Dundee at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (3ek7K)
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Too bad they don't make freezers out of jello.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (46HP
Right... Tacky
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (FtULh)
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Not everything is Weird Al, lady.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7Eki5EZ8o
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (8zz6B)
But that sympathy evaporates when some douche nozzle starts talking about how PB&J and chips is what they serve prisoners. You're too good to eat on a budget? Fine, please tell your story walking, cork soaker. Hope you get dysentery from the "locally sourced" unwashed lettuce on your chipotle burrito.
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (Iwv3U)
I'm very fortunate that I have a wife that cooks, but even before that I could scrap around the kitchen.
I get it if you've never done it, it can be hard to give it a go.
It sounds silly, but the food network competition shows taught me a ton about how to make things work. Shows like Chopped where people get a mystery bag of ingredients and have to make something edible.
They end up teaching what flavors go together... it helps. In fact my wife and I will have chopped nights where we pull stuff out of the fridge and try to make something work.
Anyway.. it's significantly cheaper and allows you to be significantly healthier.
Posted by: Inogame at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (53oGX)
I seriously doubt that Joey cooks his own ice cream.
Posted by: Speller at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (pSotA)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:00 PM (46HP
Left instead of right. Not right, against the grain. Possibly of the devil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (zZu0s)
Well no, no one suggested that you can buy a house by eating more frugally. Obviously.
But maybe if you stopped buying 2-3 coffee-flavored milkshakes a day, 8 streaming services, 12 online subscriptions you largely forgot about, doordash dinner most of the week, a new smart phone every time Apple puts one out, going to Disneyworld every year on your credit card etc, etc, etc well... maybe you could buy a cheap starter house in a less expensive part of the country after a few years.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (HdYcL)
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Well even the basic keto recipes I collect online all require 83 ingredients including obscure ingredients I have to special order on Amazon that takes 3 weeks to arrive
it finally dawned on me that perhaps the mommy bloggers with their endless recipes that are 10 pages long because they prefix it with their life stories might just be a tad full of shit
Since then I discovered the art of grilling steak to medium rare or medium with salt pepper and butter and... thats it
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: InZona at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (xI3lH)
This is why they have the legal language about EBT being intended to feed you and _your_ family, not other people. Same thing for the rules against using the food stamp food to create income for yourself by selling your cooking.
This was happening in expensive blue-state cities, so I figure that everybody can afford to cook rice, beans, and veggies.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (uGBVQ)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (ssz2a)
Send all the illegals and H1Bs home and put a 20y mortarium on immigration - housing fixed.
Get the government OUT of healthcare - healthcare costs fixed
Throw criminals in jail so you can run an inner city grocery store - food prices fixed.
Oh and half federal and state taxes as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: InZona at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (xI3lH)
Your wife would have to cook by necessity. Have you hit eight yet? I have 8 kids in the pool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (FtULh)
I think it just means unfashionable, since most people are right-handed?
Posted by: Methos at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (vSvIl)
Then we got a better job, and worked hard, and got promoted and earned more and maybe eventually did quite well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (FtULh)
I think it just means unfashionable, since most people are right-handed?
Posted by: Methos at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (vSvIl)
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Left in Italian is sinistre.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (46HP8)
4 or 5 ingredients, tops. “Comfort food”. Meat & potatoes, or pasta. Chicken & Rice. Egg dishes, there are plenty.
Chili. (Not including Carrot, mind you) is easy to make and nutritious.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (wzze2)
"She wore a silhouette of clothes that were extraordinary but gauche"
Ameican students lack of reading comprehension is well-documented.
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Unexpectedly, they were all admitted to Harvard.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Oh Noes!! at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (HcoTw)
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They need to excused from all expectations of life, they are so poor.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Sharkman at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (/RHNq)
Posted by: Ali Muhammed Dirka Dirka at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (anL5R)
But, but, but, I'd have to buy spices ... and EGGS!
* bursts into tears and sucks on thumb in a corner *
* wails *
Where's my wubbie!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)
I don't know how many "recipe" links I've closed after opening one and seeing pages of not recipe.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm)
Son had to quit as he couldn't work for that slavedriver.
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (594J6)
**************
I saw a tiktok do a recipe of tart candy and steak calling it steaktart or something
mkay
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (fapp/)
Eggs are not, in fact more expensive. ace's undisclosed location is lame.
And gay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Dozen Jumbo eggs for two bucks here.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 03:05 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 03:05 PM (+gA9j)
Pointing out that paying people 15 bucks an hour drove prices up gets them angry and spitting. Saying that the Panic Lockdown stimulus payments and endless unemployment drove inflation through the roof gets them furious or dismissive. Noting that all the gasoline and delivery regulations in the past caused prices to all go up, they don't want to hear it, ITS BOOMERS. BOOMERS (meaning anyone older than me) DID IT ALL!!!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:05 PM (5yqx7)
Do you know a mob of kangaroos?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 03:05 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (46HP
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Fucking fascists. They started it all.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:05 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Not everything is Weird Al, lady.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7Eki5EZ8o
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (46HP
LOL... One of my favorites
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Max Power
My guess is the clothes are so sheer, the silhouette of the body can be seen through them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (ndZc7)
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Hoard mind.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (46HP
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Fucking fascists. They started it all.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:05 PM (Fi81e)
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I blame Dante, to be honest.
Stupid, plotless series of interviews.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (46HP8)
I cant fathom it. Bro's wife keeps helping them out, but she is not from uber money and my family is not from money, bro makes decent money but there is no pot of money for a trust fund for these two spoiled adults. I think they are going to hit 50-55 and be in a world of hurt. But not my circus.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (PV+Zw)
When I taught in South Korea, the restaurants would deliver meals in real dishes and pick them up an hour later on those little scooters....for free. We had that at the school a few times and I couldn't have been more impressed if the food was teleported there.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:05 PM (Fi81e)
Left in Latin is sinister. So... more oligarchal republic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:02 PM (46HP
LOL... One of my favorites
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (FtULh)
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What can I say?
I'm White and Nerdy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:07 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:06 PM (HdYcL)
Velveeta shells and cheese. Toss in a boullion cube if you are feeling Ritzy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
Yeah, it's the same local delivery as same-day, but comes next day and there's no option to tip, or expectation to. I hope they keep doing it this way, but more people will eventually catch on and they could change it.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (yFLFB)
So something to that effect?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (jehhT)
Half pound of ham: $3
Quarter pound of cheese: $2
So for $9 you can have 3 lunches. Throw in a jar of mustard or mayo for flavor.
Or...you can pay $27 for one lunch from door dash.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:59 PM (FtULh)
Gauche is French for "nye kulturniy", or however the Russkies spell it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (Wmg4n)
Half pound of ham: $3
Quarter pound of cheese: $2
So for $9 you can have 3 lunches. Throw in a jar of mustard or mayo for flavor.
Or...you can pay $27 for one lunch from door dash.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
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Save up for a bread maker, then start making your own bread.
Or go all sourdough nut, like me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (R9CQE)
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Our future overlords will unconditionally surrender to Chy-na.
"O beautiful for spacious skies,
For yellow waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the ChiComm plain!
Sinoica! Sinoica!
Mao shed his grace on thee
And crown thy thugs with mother's jugs
From Xi to shining Xi!"
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (zZu0s)
How can folks afford it?
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM
It's ridiculously expensive. Our previous neighbors kid used to get door dash and they would sometimes bring it to my door by mistake. One of them was $18.00 for a burger king whopper value meal on wednesday that only costs $5.99 if you go and buy it at the store. The kicker is the local burger king is less than a five minute drive from our house.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (wzze2)
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Chili never includes carrots.
If you do add carrots, it a catalyzes into NOT chili. Add some ditalini, because you just made Pasta Fudgeoli.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)
Laziness is a reason.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (zZu0s)
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Or tin?
Of sardines.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (5yqx7)
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Yeah, I tend to avoid those...
I prefer my recipes simple. A few tasty ingredients, a little bit of prep time, and minimal cleanup afterwards.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 03:10 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: MacNCheese and canned chili at May 22, 2026 03:10 PM (utTlv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 03:10 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 03:10 PM (6wpGE)
Not coloring it in, would have been fine with me.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (W5mpo)
What the fuck is a "silhouette" of clothes? I've read like 500 books in my life and I've never heard that expression.
Posted by: Max Power
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It's bad writing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (zZu0s)
Partly I think that this is the result of people who watch cooking videos and restaurant critiques all day. They become conditioned to think that anything less than Wagyu is something scraped off a Dehli boot. They don't know how to cook but they have learned all the language of cooking and can dismiss things they deem inferior as if they understand cooking, flavor, and value.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (5yqx7)
How can folks afford it?
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 02:55 PM
It's ridiculously expensive. Our previous neighbors kid used to get door dash and they would sometimes bring it to my door by mistake. One of them was $18.00 for a burger king whopper value meal on wednesday that only costs $5.99 if you go and buy it at the store. The kicker is the local burger king is less than a five minute drive from our house
That burger is ass when it's fresh. No way that travels well waiting door dash to get it to you
Posted by: Oh Noes!! at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (HcoTw)
Ace, if you're talking about Deva Hazarika, he's actually on our side of this issue. Look at his feed. Among other things, he posted this:
"Getting people to cook delicious and healthy meals for $5 instead of DoorDashing lukewarm slop for $20 is a tough challenge, but I’ll make it happen."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)
-To cook each cuisine requires different base set of spices, staples, etc
-Popular recipes often include obscure, expensive ingredients
-Purchasing exact item amts often not possible
-Utilizing rest of perishable food challenging
Yes, of course you can start simple. But that’s predominantly not what is being pushed on people by search and social media when it comes to cooking content.
Here's an idea. Turn off the f***ing phone, and get yourself a cookbook from 30 years ago. They're everywhere.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)
Well look at you all I had bullion cubes.
We used dirt for that little extra.
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (594J6)
I make a big pot of soup that we have for lunch during the week. Soup is 1) flavorful, 2) nutritious, 3) easy to prepare and 4) can scarcely be screwed up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (HdYcL)
Oh no,
I have to cook for the family???
Oh the horror. It really cuts into my time posting my stupid opinions on the internet.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (3ek7K)
———
The online health “expert” advice is just complete bullshit. They go into these long convoluted explanations why it is NOT a choice to be Obese.
But strangely enough in the same breath, you CAN choose to lose the excess fat, the weight you already have.
So which is it?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (wzze2)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (FtULh)
Before you turn 18 you should be able to:
Make pasta
Bake a chicken breast
Grill a burger
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: MacNCheese and canned chili at May 22, 2026 03:10 PM (utTlv)
UNDERWOOD CHICKEN SPREAD.
Accept no substitutes. Mmmm.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (zZu0s)
What the fuck is a "silhouette" of clothes? I've read like 500 books in my life and I've never heard that expression.
Posted by: Max Power
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It's bad writing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (n7rxJ)
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Well, the point of the test isn't the recognize poetry but to challenge the reader in terms of sentence structure and vocabulary (and probably pronunciation).
A similar effect could be had by getting them to read Jabberwocky.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:09 PM (zZu0s)
Can(adian)?
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 03:10 PM (6wpGE)
119 Since I like sharing Canadian prices with all of you, 18 extra large eggs....slightly under $7 Can.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 03:10 PM (guGkK)
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Who is the Gauche, amigo?
Why is he standing in your red leather poncho
With the studs that match your eyes?
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)
Yeah, a silhouette of clothes is a strange formulation. Usually one looks at the clothes themselves not the shadow they create
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (yz/88)
"O beautiful for spacious skies,
For yellow waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the ChiComm plain!
Sinoica! Sinoica!
Mao shed his grace on thee
And crown thy thugs with mother's jugs
From Xi to shining Xi!"
==
Don't worry. The dragon's tail only sweeps a third of the stars from the sky.
Posted by: Mr. Sunshine at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Jaimo at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (BCuCF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (n3VHW)
Mom got me the Fannie Farmer Cookbook when I was a freshman in HS so I had something other than her Betty Crocker book to cook from.
For those who can't seem to figure out how to cook, then there are all sorts of premade meals in pouches that just need to be microwaved. It is like colorful MREs, but with flavor.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 03:10 PM (6wpGE)
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CAN help you relieve the burden you are on the people who know you.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)
The weekend is here, to early to start drinking?
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:13 PM (Ia/+0)
What the hell? I can make a half dozen dishes with nothing more "exotic" then...Montreal Steak Seasoning.
Salt and pepper themselves alone will make most things edible.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:13 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 03:13 PM (CNl8/)
Yeah, I don’t get the “poverty food” put-down. Every time I’ve seen something denigrated as poverty food, it’s good food. It’s a nice soup, or a nice sandwich, inexpensive, easy to make, and likely tasty.
And then people explaining in more detail how to make something very good get hit for using technical terms like salt, pepper, onion, and garlic if they dare abbreviate it after the first use.
It reminds me a lot about the saying about politicians, that they have to act like they don’t know the obvious.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:13 PM (EXyHK)
This boomer will not listen to a word from Gen Z or millennials about how hard it is to buy a house or how hard it is to live.
No shit captain obvious. Not when you are giving it away.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 03:13 PM (2PamV)
Now that I'm 29, and my kids are grown, I indulge myself and prepare some pretty complicated meals because I WANT TO AND I CAN.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (Riz8t)
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We should just eat these people. It would be an actual contribution to society
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (THY4u)
"O beautiful for spacious skies,
For yellow waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the ChiComm plain!
Sinoica! Sinoica!
Mao shed his grace on thee
And crown thy thugs with mother's jugs
From Xi to shining Xi!"
==
Don't worry. The dragon's tail only sweeps a third of the stars from the sky.
==
won't happen til after we get 51 states. then after we lose 17.
Posted by: Mr. Sunshine at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (anL5R)
Indeed it is, right here in this sentence.
When you hold yourself up as better than someone else, you need to be very careful with your spelling and grammar.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)
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We had Fanny Farmer in my house when I was growing up.
"The Joy of Cooking" is also EXCELLENT. It's really all you need for cooking everything from hard-boiled eggs to beef wellington.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (IlL6s)
Make pasta
Bake a chicken breast
Grill a burger
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm)
Cooking meat, especially beef, always caused me problems. I'm red/green colorblind, so telling when beef is ready was always a problem - I couldn't tell the red and brown apart.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Shrimp, avocado slice, slice of red pepper, black olives, sliced mushroom, powered onion, ginger, black pepper, and butter. Toss in pan over low heat for 3 minutes. Pour into bowl. Toss pan into trash and order a new one on Amazon.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: They really are useless eaters at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (TbWk/)
I prefer my recipes simple. A few tasty ingredients, a little bit of prep time, and minimal cleanup afterwards.
You can't go wrong with Cowboy Kent Rollins. Every recipe of his that I've tried has gone straight to my favorite for that thing. Of course if he ever made avocado toast, it would probably be for his dogs.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: SimoHayha at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (/ZkOF)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (gm9Sb)
Now that I'm 29, and my kids are grown, I indulge myself and prepare some pretty complicated meals because I WANT TO AND I CAN.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (Riz8t)
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I hate cooking for myself. Like...I hate it. It's a me issue because I eat too fast, and if I spend 2 minutes eating something I took an hour to make, then it's a waste of time.
However, cooking for the family is fine. I don't mind spending time to prep those meals.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (46HP8)
Your wife would have to cook by necessity. Have you hit eight yet? I have 8 kids in the pool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s)
Just 5 so far...
Posted by: Inogame at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (gnNyN)
I still use that
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (FtULh)
Yeah most food doesn't deliver well; the classics do and that's why they are classic: Chinese, Pizza. You order a steak and potatoes and you're gonna get Hungry Man by the time it reaches you.
And the costs are bad because not only does the delivery service charge the restaurant for the privilege of delivering their food, but they add service and delivery fees on top AND the restaurants push the price up to make up for the cost from the delivery service. Its a good 30% or more higher on Doordash than going there and picking it up. And on top of that, all these services have been busted raising prices on the foods without the restaurants telling them to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (5yqx7)
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz will run in a majority-minority (black) district in Florida, after her district was gerrymandered into majority Republican by the raycisss Governor!
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (5rh/l)
Indeed it is, right here in this sentence.
When you hold yourself up as better than someone else, you need to be very careful with your spelling and grammar.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
Arrrrrr! Matey!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (2PamV)
So something to that effect?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (jehhT)
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Yeah, that was a Buck Throckmorton post a couple months ago.
I heard a Houston conservative radio talk show host (Michael Barry) reporting a news item that riding a moped in blue shithole cities -- presumably delivering food -- like NYC in the age of Trump & ICE has come to be rare and seen as akin to walking around with face stats, an indicator that you're likely an illegal alien and will be detained.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (BcFIZ)
Translation: Are some bad? Duh, yes. All of them? Thank God, no. The percentages? Ah...now that's the question...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (OUMaO)
I've seen the public
I do NOT want them handling my food
Door dash drivers are usually kids anyway and they want huge tips or they wreck your shit.
Fuck em
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 22, 2026 03:16 PM (ZTMit)
yeah, it didn't make sense to me either. But this is what some reddit comment said.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 03:16 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Oh Noes!! at May 22, 2026 03:16 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 22, 2026 03:16 PM (W5mpo)
Indeed it is, right here in this sentence.
When you hold yourself up as better than someone else, you need to be very careful with your spelling and grammar.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (zdLoL)
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Mexican Americans love education
So they go to night school—
And they take Spanish
And get a B!"
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SimoHayha at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (/ZkOF)
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By sheer coincidence, reading those authors is also likely to increase one's vocabulary...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (gnNyN)
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That account is trolling . . .
Posted by: change my mind at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (5rh/l)
I've never used any delivery service save for pizza back in the days before DoorDash...Hey, I was young, drunk, and wanted pizza. To this day I *still* don't know how large a tip I gave the guy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (ynpvh)
And it's good stuff. As cook as fresh made? No. But as good as -- and probably better -- than DD gruel and even most restaurants.
Cost? Maybe 30% of the cost of delivery or eat-in.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
'course, come to think of it, they didn't exactly specify what species the eggs came from...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (JcF+m)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (0aYVJ)
So very many cookbooks!
Ones like “How to Cook Everything “ and “Five Ingredient Dinners.” Heck, I picked up a mug cookbook for $1 at the used bookstore. You can do so much with eggs + a few other ingredients!
There’s blame to go around. If the kids grew up on takeout because both parents were working and was never taught, for example. This is learned behavior, our culture had sold them on the need for exotic cuisine delivered to them. We need to do better!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (4KUe5)
And it's good stuff. As cook as fresh made? No. But as good as -- and probably better -- than DD gruel and even most restaurants.
Cost? Maybe 30% of the cost of delivery or eat-in.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
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Buy a hot plate and an air fryer.
Burgers and fries. Easy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (qx7Zg)
Meat thermometer.
Posted by: Seriously, get one at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (5yqx7)
Someone needs to point these mooks at the Fannie Farmer cookbook (which we called the "Funny Farmer" cookbook), which was written before most households even had electricity, much less YouTube.
Me, I was preparing meals for myself and four younger siblings by the time I was 12 (Mom worked a lot of swing and graveyard shifts... we needed the extra money).
No sympathy whatsoever.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)
No idea how euro-niks afford it since they generally make about half what Americans do
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)
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sentence structure at the time was way more complex
its like they learned how to write and speak by reading St. Paul's epistles.
Posted by: change my mind at May 22, 2026 03:19 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM
No, they have insulated bags for warm and for cold.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:19 PM (Wmg4n)
Not coloring it in, would have been fine with me.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (Fi81e)
"Silhouette" is simply the wrong word. Pretentious, over-wrought writing. Suit of clothes, or "ensemble" if you want to be pretentious but still readable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 03:19 PM (8zz6B)
Pause your "content creating" for little while and engage in the most basic human need there is, nourishment.
Oh sorry too many big words
Wtf
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 22, 2026 03:19 PM (ZTMit)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 03:19 PM (CNl8/)
Up there with a good pan and a glass baking dish.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)
I have as well and its been great so far. Some of them I can't eat
but they look very tastyPosted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (5yqx7)
Or go all sourdough nut, like me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:08 PM (46HP
Wife started grinding her own wheat berries for bread flour...
Posted by: Inogame at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (5yqx7)
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I made baconaise off an internet recipe.
It's never been easier to find recipes.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (Fi81e)
No idea how euro-niks afford it since they generally make about half what Americans do
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)
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The portions are probably half the size.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (HdYcL)
Hippie side-giggers?
*shudders*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (/Aq4A)
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz will run in a majority-minority (black) district in Florida, after her district was gerrymandered into majority Republican by the raycisss Governor!
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (5rh/l)
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OUT: Abortion Barbie.
IN: Abortion Shaquisha.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (BcFIZ)
Social media is responsible for a lot of stupid stuff.
Oh look, people making complicated recipes and I have to do the same.
What you need is a meat, starch, and a vegetable.
It's not difficult. Stop comparing yourself with people on social media. Most of them are liars.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Inogame at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (53oGX)
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Hardcore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (0aYVJ)
I occasionally order from DoorDash. Occasionally.
Two of three weeks, I eat at my brother's or my parents' for Shabbos. The third week is my turn.
On Wednesdays, we go to a restaurant for trivia night, and eat there.
Most weeks, we work full time jobs, tend the garden, work the lawns, clean the house, and find time to cook a delicious fresh dinner for our family 5-6 days a week.
Get a life, all of you. Seriously. If you can't be bothered to cook and feed yourself or your family, why even bother? Can DoorDash deliver you a gun to eat? At least a Hi-Point or something?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 22, 2026 03:17 PM (JcF+m)
It's $8.99 for a pound of ground beef, but only $3.99 for a pound of ground meat.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (gm9Sb)
Not coloring it in, would have been fine with me.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (Fi81e)
"Silhouette" is simply the wrong word. Pretentious, over-wrought writing. Suit of clothes, or "ensemble" if you want to be pretentious but still readable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 03:19 PM (8zz6B)
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Hey, leave me my semi-visuals.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)
Also, I think Deva Hazarika's tweet was about the reasons he's seen about why people feel overwhelmed by the idea of cooking all their meals. Based on remarks I've seen on X, it seems like Granny Millennial and her co-whiners can't figure out that you don't have to make everything from scratch. I mentioned to a kid that you can drain and heat a can of green beans in a pan with bacon grease - and wow! his mind was blown when he tried it.
My mother's dinners consisted of a meat, a cooked vegetable (preferably starchy), and a raw salad. She could can vegetables and make applesauce, made three kinds of pickles, and baked desserts from scratch.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (fxCK2)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (4KUe5)
"Getting people to cook delicious and healthy meals for $5 instead of DoorDashing lukewarm slop for $20 is a tough challenge, but I’ll make it happen."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)
Unless he made another post in which he refuted the "objections" he listed he's still being absurd.
You can get a decent selection of spices for the cost of one doordash order. More than you'll probably use for years for two orders.
Ingredients can be easily substituted for others.
Exact amounts aren't needed outside of baking, having a bit less of one thing or a bit more of another is fine.
Using remainder of perishable food is the easiest cooking, leftovers get thrown into pasta, put on top of rice, or inside sandwiches.
Posted by: Sjg at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (i8HNq)
I couldn't cook toast when I was in HS. I learned a few (very) basics in college. After that, I learned more because who wants to eat the same thing all the time. It can be done! We have the technology! I'm not giving anyone a pass because they're too lazy to learn something which isn't that hard to do.
BTW, it was nice to see that Taylor Lorenz is still identifying as a yute by using lingo which probably very few of them do. Spooners? Really?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (Riz8t)
Gauche is a cowboy from Argentina, right?
Posted by: Mark1971
Yeah, and they can take down a steer with a yo yo.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:21 PM (0aYVJ)
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God gave you a scrollbar. Use it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)
Civilizations come and go. Next up, a variant of Europe, 535 AD...
Posted by: man at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (XuXeR)
*shudders*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (/Aq4A)
Most places put the food in bags with tamper-resistant tape closures before handing them over to said hippies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Yep. There's these channels that show how to ( I hate the term ) 'meal-prep' for a week. Aside from investing in 500 plastic boxes, it's just 3 or 4 hours on a Sunday to fill a refrig for the week.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)
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Is it really a bar?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (46HP8)
Just tune into the next celebrity event show.
Its funny, I remember they used to dress that way in fantasy art though I notice now D&D has gone woke so...no more elven wizardess in diaphanous robes, no you get a couple of dwarf guys dancing together while a beholder looks on gleefuilly.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
My favorite is when they cook something or buy something then react to it. Its like watching someone read a book, how does it taste? Like pixels? how do I know I'll like it because this random dude does? How do I know he's telling me the truth? What if they just screwed up the order last time? What if you just are having a bad day and nothing tastes great?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:23 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: JROD
that probably cost $35-40.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2026 03:23 PM (GUycr)
Civilizations come and go. Next up, a variant of Europe, 535 AD...
Posted by: man at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (XuXeR)
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Europe survived the Black Plague.
It can probably survive young adults not knowing how to cook for themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:23 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:23 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: man at May 22, 2026 03:23 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:23 PM (0aYVJ)
She's can make quite a few dishes and is a very good cook. I'm not worried.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 22, 2026 03:24 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:24 PM (Fi81e)
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You are not wrong. The amount of TWEE bullshit on blogger recipes is not to be stomached. Use youtube. Search your desired recipe. When the video thumbs come up look for the chick with the big hooters. Problem solved. You're Welcome.
Posted by: change my mind at May 22, 2026 03:24 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:22 PM (IG3/x)
Which they are handling with their ecoli covered booger hooks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:24 PM (/Aq4A)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (gnNyN)
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I know this is probably just an AoS inside joke but even sous vide is dead-nuts simple, and in fact simplifies or idiot-proofs a lot of food. Yes you need to invest in a circulator but they're not really expensive.
Dropping some chicken breast in a SV at 150F for 3-4 hours will give you the best, most juicy chicken breast you'll ever have, and you can just drop it and forget it.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 03:24 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 22, 2026 03:24 PM (k9OZB)
Both my kids were taught to cook as kids and their kids do the same...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:25 PM (FtULh)
Spices last practically FOREVER if you keep them tightly sealed.
We have ENDLESS access to simple, delicious recipes via YouTube and other social media platforms. Stuff any culinary n00b can make if they simply pay attention to the directions.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 02:58 PM (gnNyN)
Sous Vide is absolutely trivial if you purchase the tech. I got a stick that clamps to the edge of a deep soup pot. Plug it in, fill the pot with water, put the meat plus sauce in a ziploc bag and squeeze out the air by dunking below the water to burp air out. Seal the bag, put something heavy on it to submerge and go away. It doesn't burn and if you are late showing up it doesn't matter. Take out the cooked meat, cut it up or sear it if you like and done.
The wand was about 100 dollars 15 years ago.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 03:25 PM (8avO+)
Europe did. Several million....didn't.
Ah well. Elons offspring will be on Mars
Posted by: man at May 22, 2026 03:25 PM (XuXeR)
Now? The Cat in the Hat style rhyming is "high class." Which don't get me wrong, that book is a masterpiece in "use only these few words" and it works. But it's not supposed to be the highlight of your reading and writing career!
Posted by: SimoHayha at May 22, 2026 03:25 PM (/ZkOF)
I actually do pursue the cookbook once in a while before I go grocery shopping.
Mom cookbook for the ranch hands as a girl. So most of our family meals were hardly and delicious. We rug rats started learning to cook with mom from an early age.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 22, 2026 03:25 PM (1fx5i)
"Types of Silhouettes in Fashion | 12 Different Types of Fashion Silhouettes Explained - Disha Foundation
In the world of fashion design, the term “silhouette” refers to the shape or overall outline of a garment. The shape or silhouette is basically a garment’s two-dimensional outline or configuration."
"A Beginner’s Guide to Fashion Silhouettes
1. What Is a Fashion Silhouette? A silhouette refers to the overall shape or outline of a garment when viewed from a distance. It’s what people first notice about a piece - even before fabric, color, or trims."
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (vbXSk)
Indeed it is, right here in this sentence.
When you hold yourself up as better than someone else, you need to be very careful with your spelling and grammar.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (zdLoL)
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Mexican Americans love education
So they go to night school—
And they take Spanish
And get a B!"
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
I got A's in Spanish, even though I learned in HS...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (BcFIZ)
I disagree. When a “recipe” begins with what appears to be a history of the world and requires several pagedowns to get to, it’s not a recipe. It’s clickbait. The recipe isn’t the point. It might be good; it might not; but you can’t count on it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (EXyHK)
It meant calling your parents which wasn't a bad thing...but it will take you way longer to get a recipe from your mother on a "quick call" then even a poorly written internet recipe that starts with "This recipe reminds me of the hills of Tuscany..."
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)
And then she made dinner every night for us ungrateful kids.
But she sounded a lot like them.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: LASue at May 22, 2026 03:27 PM (Hb+bW)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:27 PM (Wmg4n)
Ernie Pyle wrote a column on them, they were very popular, since they meant hot chow, coffee, water for shaving, thawing feet out, etc. Coleman sent Ernie a nickel plated job with his name engraved on it.
Coleman also made a stainless steel lightweight version for the mountain troops, but they didn’t get issued till late. Both models have become collector items, I used to see them for $3 at the garage sales.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:27 PM (E4WLu)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (3ek7K)
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You're right. I dunno if I would call them "liars" but it's lying by omission. When you're on social media you're AT BEST watching a highlight reel, and most of the time you're watching two-minute clips that someone spent six hours filming editing and posting.
These people don't understand that the internet isn't reality, just like the people that think that what Qatarlson and Cavernous Nostrils have to say reflects the opinions of normal conservatives. It's different planets.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 03:27 PM (oqH4h)
What does she use for grinding?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (EXyHK)
Windmill.
Posted by: She's REALLY hardcore at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (TbWk/)
Linguine Puttanesca.
I have about a thousand other ones you could do.
You can be flat-out poverty stricken in this country and eat better than 90% of the planet, for little effort.
But whatever. Spend all your money on garbage.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (BI5O2)
Stephen,
If there isn't a way to easily get to the recipe, fuck off.
I don't want to read your life history.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (3ek7K)
That's why these lazy people make me sick. Its easy to make a tuna sandwich. I had three kids and a fulltime job and still managed dinner for everyone. Stupid lazy idiots.
Posted by: Megthered at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (0CgUq)
Posted by: Joe Cockroach and Mary Bedbug at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (wBaIH)
Another thing I dislike about online recipes: scrolling through ad after ad after ad. Or popovers inviting me to subscribe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (HdYcL)
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I am beginning to think y’all just skip my posts. lol.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (Wmg4n)
I was learning to cook and we somehow survived. I only cooked on top of the ancient gas stove burners due to previously blowing one up in college (not knowing to light a pilot light) on a date. Once deaf with singed hair and a hematoma on my right thigh was enough and my new husband respected my refusal. He also wanted to live past 24yrs.
When the two chimps arrived I made casseroles. Or chicken with fresh veg. No fast food for lunch or dinners. We survived. It was a treat to go to out to dinner once a month.
I kept learning to cook real meals, too. With more ingredients & difficulty. A real freezer helped. I worked with two women who refused to cook anything with more than 5 ingredients. They were dimwits in other areas as well.
Sometimes I had 2 part time jobs, kept our sons alive at the same time, & I don't want to hear how these spoiled brats with college debt order their fancy pants meals. I would also have to screen the person delivering if they were illgal.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (WONhk)
Yeah the odds of something knocking out power for a few days or low but its happened to me before and I'm not taking that risk again...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (Wmg4n)
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You've posted here before?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (46HP8)
What does she use for grinding?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (EXyHK)
My Dad did that. He had a small mill he used. Had different plates for grinding, and could grind coarse or fine flour. Made wheat flour (loved the hard red winter wheat for some reason) and corn flour...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (ynpvh)
I don't trust them with my food, but I will have my pizza delivered.
Try to make sense out of that.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (EXyHK)
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Yes it sucks but they all have to include a story about how the Tuscan sun perfectly tanned their fartclam because running a website like that is just a game of SEO and they have to have enough words on the screen for Google's crawlers to pick it up and also differentiate themselves so they show up on page 1.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (gm9Sb)
Linguine Puttanesca.
I have about a thousand other ones you could do.
You can be flat-out poverty stricken in this country and eat better than 90% of the planet, for little effort.
But whatever. Spend all your money on garbage.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (BI5O2)
I make a Chicken puttanesca that's easy and delicious
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (FtULh)
Burgers and fries. Easy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:18 PM
You can cook a boat load of healthy good tasting food in an air fryer. We use ours 2-3 times a week for things like chicken, pork chops, meatballs, etc.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 03:31 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:24 PM (/Aq4A)
You really think a DD driver has worse hygiene than the illiterate thug with the prison tatts and the ankle monitor working behind the counter at Burger King?
I'm... skeptical.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:31 PM (IG3/x)
What does she use for grinding?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:20 PM (EXyHK)
NutriMill Harvest Electric Stone Grain Mill
^ pop that into amazon or google.
I'm afraid to post a link incorrectly... got the barrel for that before.
Posted by: Inogame at May 22, 2026 03:31 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (EXyHK)
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Yes it sucks but they all have to include a story about how the Tuscan sun perfectly tanned their fartclam because running a website like that is just a game of SEO and they have to have enough words on the screen for Google's crawlers to pick it up and also differentiate themselves so they show up on page 1.
They're all the same. Pages of crap, and then an ingredients list, which is instantly identifiable because it's bulleted. Just scroll quickly to the ingredients list and Bob's your uncle.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (Riz8t)
Unlike "The Joy of Sex," I've never opened it ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (BcFIZ)
You need a book for that? I thought it kind of sells itself.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (/Aq4A)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (EXyHK)
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I must just have a lot more luck finding recipe's than you do then.
But I agree, if I have to click to another page, that's clickbait. But 90+% of the time, I just scroll down to the bottom. If they have any pointers, I may scroll back up to check them out.
When I want to make something new to me, I usually get a cross section of recipes to get the gist and mix and match between them.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (Fi81e)
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If you got e. Coli you would
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (E4WLu)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 22, 2026 03:32
😂
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (HdYcL)
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"Door Dash" in those days meant hurrying back to the cave before you were devoured by a predator.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:27 PM (E4WLu)
I love the gasoline stoves because they put out so much heat, but I think a one-burner propane stove that screws on the one pound cylinders is a better deal. They are easier to use and easier to store.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (rbvCR)
Shes a splc product (first heard of her on charlottesvillle)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (bXbFr)
Have a crockpot?
It's easy to cook extra chicken breasts and freeze the rest for meals later.
Cook a roast. There are lots of ways you can use the leftovers to make other meals.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (3ek7K)
Or boil noodles and top with butter and pepper
Or eat an apple and yogurt
Or cereal
Or poptarts
Or eat raw ramen like i used to do. 19 cents a pack.
What is wrong with these people!!??
Posted by: LASue at May 22, 2026 03:34 PM (Hb+bW)
You...understand all that? You must be a genius.
Posted by: Zoomer at May 22, 2026 03:34 PM (Riz8t)
1. What Is a Fashion Silhouette? A silhouette refers to the overall shape or outline of a garment when viewed from a distance. It’s what people first notice about a piece - even before fabric, color, or trims."
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (vbXSk)
So you are talking trade jargon here, not common language. If I asked you to go hang the gas trap in the shaker box, you would be at a loss, wouldn't you?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 03:34 PM (8zz6B)
You need a book for that? I thought it kind of sells itself.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (/Aq4A)
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Madonna wrote the book on it:
https://amzn.to/4a6TPUD
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:34 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Graham Fapner at May 22, 2026 03:34 PM (gKWVE)
They also had to do their own laundry starting in middle school.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (FMtrg)
Honestly, all children are fools, and don't learn to be intelligent until they have to. You were an idiot as well. Every generation thinks they invented sex, drugs, envy, and a whole host of other things, and don't know any better until they reach about 30 for the ladies and 40 for the men.
Real world consequences kick in and suddenly the kids' parents get plenty smart.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (DwqWV)
What is wrong with these people!!??
YOU EXPECT THEM TO EAT LIKE A PRISONER? THIS FOOD IS BENEATH THEIR DIGNITY! ITS AN INSULT!!!!1!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (5yqx7)
All sorts of popups and videos and scripts, an editorial, a history lesson, and the rest of it.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (E4WLu)
I've pretty much only had pizza delivered. And that was wayyyy back.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (Fi81e)
I think this article is nothing more than clickbait. She knows it's stupid and will enrage people, but since she has nothing interesting to say, it's the only way she can engage people and get eyeballs.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (Riz8t)
I'm... skeptical.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:31 PM (IG3/x)
There are some standards, however dubiously followed. As noted, it is an illusion that you are not eating off a toilet seat when somebody handles your food. So why double the contamination?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (/Aq4A)
Throw in an air fryer up to once a year. They are only $60 for a halfway decent one and smaller and easier to setup then a real stove but will give you 80% of the use...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Inogame at May 22, 2026 03:15 PM (53oGX)
*holds on to claim ticket*
Thats not meant as a dig aside from gentle ribbing. Its great that you all can and do a big family.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)
Hungry.
Posted by: DaveA at May 22, 2026 03:36 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 22, 2026 03:37 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:37 PM (FtULh)
Tell me you've never worked in a fast food kitchen without telling me you've never worked in a fast food kitchen.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:37 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (ynpvh)
Hard red wheat has a higher protein and gluten content which makes for a richer, higher rising bread. Soft white, on the other hand, makes good noodles and can be used for batters like pancakes since it has less gluten and can be handled rougher and still be tender.
One of the things that makes bread and such tough is that the gluten is not allowed to develop, and instead breaks and gets all tangled - this is at the molecular level by the way, you can feel it by the stretch and resistance as dough.
I tend to be obsessive about bread baking, but apparently your dad had me beat.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 03:37 PM (rbvCR)
Hungry.
Posted by: DaveA at May 22, 2026 03:36 PM (FhXTo)
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"Long pig".
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)
One word: Crockpot.
With a crockpot, a knife, a cutting board, a plate, and a spork, and you'll be shitting in high cotton - even if you live in a one-room apartment with a pisspot in the corner.
You'd think cooking was some kind of arcane science. Cavemen did it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 03:37 PM (BI5O2)
The perfect woman; when you get done having sex, she turns into a pizza?
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:38 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:27 PM (E4WLu)
I love the gasoline stoves because they put out so much heat, but I think a one-burner propane stove that screws on the one pound cylinders is a better deal. They are easier to use and easier to store.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (rbvCR)
I have my dad's old Coleman stove that he purchased sometime in the early 1950's. I replaced the old leather seals with new rubber ones, but other than that, it is original, and works beautifully. I sometimes use to for canning out on the deck so I don't heat the whole house up. And it travels very well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:38 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Beverly at May 22, 2026 03:38 PM (reMys)
I get that it is good to try different recipes. I love the food thread on Sundays, thank you Dildo.
Every day meals don't have to be complicated.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:38 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:38 PM (IlL6s)
Chris Rock: Feed me, fuck me, and shut the hell up.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:38 PM (DwqWV)
But no way should EBT be allowed for fast food or restaurants. Unconscionable and irresponsible.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 03:39 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 22, 2026 03:29 PM (gm9Sb)
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Wifey makes Ramen and ditches the flavor pack in lieu of some legit Japanese pork bone broth sauce packets that she buys online.
I can't read the packets because they're all in Japanese!
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:39 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 22, 2026 03:39 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:40 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 22, 2026 03:40 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Door dash food is sealed at the restaurant, the driver does not handle it anymore than your pizza guy would. It’s really not as scary as all this, I promise.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:40 PM (Wmg4n)
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In general, atheism has no new, snazzy work-smarter-not-harder solution for this.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:40 PM (Fi81e)
Also that they text, but briefly; and regard terminal punctuation as "aggressive." And they don't react to texts unless they are a question or something that requires a reaction on their part.
We're being deliberately siloed and atomized.
Posted by: Beverly at May 22, 2026 03:41 PM (reMys)
Well, duh. If he was sent home they wouldn't have to try to sent him home.
Trump should not have brought him back. And he should instruct ICE to immediately fly him to Uganda. Let the judge pay to bring him back...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:40 PM (Wmg4n)
None of it's scary. It's gross, whether you add the DD booger hook nasties or not.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (/Aq4A)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (sAmhv)
These people not only don't work, but they have convinced themselves (and their Democrat politicians) that they can't work. They are literally helpless invalids of their own making.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:48 PM
"Learned optimism" is literally the cure for learned helplessness. The name is not a coincidence; that is what it was designed to address.
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D.
amazon.com/dp/1400078393
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (Sy6m/)
I haven't made tamales at home, but I bet they are similar.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (0U5gm)
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We're idiots babe
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (nbLIj)
That looks nice. So far I’ve been either using a blender, followed by using a coffee grinder for the bits left behind in the sifter, which doesn’t have the exact same behavior as flour, although it works well enough.
Recently I’ve been experimenting with an old hand-cranked nut grinder that I found in an antique store basement. It has what appears to be a grain attachment, but I’m not sure. The wing nut was missing, so I’ve had to roll my own.
I may have to spring for a real mill, because the bread, muffins, and cereal made with this makeshift home-ground wheat berries is quite good.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Huh. I'm 29 and I've always avoided phone conversations because I don't like them. I'm an Influencer! Who knew?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (E4WLu)
Throw in an air fryer up to once a year. They are only $60 for a halfway decent one and smaller and easier to setup then a real stove but will give you 80% of the use...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:35 PM
That's a good idea. My grandmother and her peers got a pressure cooker during rationing, plus recipe booklets for common rations.
Speaking of which, I was amused when sorting through my parents' bookshelves to find the pamphlets that came with their avocado-green cookware and fancy appliances. I took a few home with me, including "how to freeze food". I thought about wrapping up "how to cook in your new microwave" (circa 1982) and giving it to one of my siblings as a gag Christmas gift.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (fxCK2)
Do what you want.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (/Aq4A)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Beverly at May 22, 2026 03:38 PM (reMys)
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Watched a documentary about the making of that ... and the incredible female singer pouring her heart and soul into belting out those background lyrics (she was brought into over dub The Stones' already recorded music and lyrics), Merry Clayton, was in an advanced stage of pregnancy at the time and subsequently lost her baby -- which she and her husband attributed to that incredible performance.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (BcFIZ)
...
And I discovered a group of people I don't want on the voter rolls.
Anybody that would need the government to send them a non-slip shower mat.
I don't know that I've ever bought one, I've always lived with other people who take care of those kinds of things before it ever falls to me. But I think I would probably go out and get one if it did.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:44 PM (HdYcL)
Way back in the 20th Century my brother and his gf had a coworker and his whatever-she-was over for dinner.
Bro's gf had made something or other that was simple but tasty.
Whatever-she-was expressed admiration for the taste wished she could cook...anything.
BGF started telling her the recipe. Blank look. BGF took it down a notch. "You could try making Hamburger Helper for a start... all you have to do is brown the hamburger." "How do you brown hamburger?"
This is thepoint at which BGF gave up.
I assume that whoever whatever-she-was is banging nowadays is still paying for restaurants or takeouts for every meal.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:44 PM (IG3/x)
...
And I discovered a group of people I don't want on the voter rolls.
Anybody that would need the government to send them a non-slip shower mat.
I don't know that I've ever bought one, I've always lived with other people who take care of those kinds of things before it ever falls to me. But I think I would probably go out and get one if it did.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)
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Looked like Angus King.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 03:44 PM (46HP8)
Have a crockpot?
It's easy to cook extra chicken breasts and freeze the rest for meals later.
Cook a roast. There are lots of ways you can use the leftovers to make other meals.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:33 PM (3ek7K)
Croc pot means something different in Loosiana
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:44 PM (ynpvh)
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Do they know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:44 PM (Fi81e)
It still works.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:40 PM (DwqWV)
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When I went off to college, my mom gave me a binder of recipes that she had cooked for me when I was a kid. All neatly typed up and categorized. I use that binder all the time!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 03:45 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)
I haven't made tamales at home, but I bet they are similar.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (0U5gm)
There is a place just down the street from me that makes excellent onion rings.. But they are large portions, so wife and I will split an order.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:45 PM (0aYVJ)
Do what you want.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (/Aq4A)
___________
*hacks loogie on sidewalk*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:45 PM (HdYcL)
I get the keto version now when Im nostalgic for it, its called Immi, which I also occasionally gorge on while playing Halo
Tomi Lahren would be very disappointed in me, but she pissho so who cares
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 22, 2026 03:45 PM (fapp/)
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Wifey uses a pressure cooker for about half of our meals.
We did have one accident where the pressure got too high, the plug blew, and made a gumbo mess on the walls and ceiling!
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:46 PM (BcFIZ)
Anybody that would need the government to send them a non-slip shower mat.
Lack of adhesive ducks is a serious problem! OTOH, I got to see Penny's butt because of that, so it can also be a win.
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at May 22, 2026 03:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 03:39 PM (n5tGW)
I don't think it is, is it?
Or is that one of those things that varies by state?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:46 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (BcFIZ)
And she came into the studio in the middle of the night in her bathrobe and hair in curlers. She also sings on Sweet Home Alabama.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 03:46 PM (CNl8/)
I don't like talking on the phone for most things because it's synchronous. You don't need to interrupt what I'm doing to ask me to add a task to my queue. I'll see your message and add the task when I choose.
I talk on the phone with people I love, or people I make time for. Everyone else gets my time and attention at my discretion.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 03:46 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 22, 2026 03:39 PM (bXbFr)
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They should probably remove it from the can first, though.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:46 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: LASue at May 22, 2026 03:34 PM (Hb+bW)
I'll take sh*tty parents for $500, Alex.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 03:39 PM (n5tGW)
I don't think it is, is it?
Or is that one of those things that varies by state?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:46 PM (IG3/x)
In CA it is
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (mmXBm)
How many of the food delivery people wipe their asses with their hands. How many of the "cooks" do the same?
I don't care if the food is wrapped in plastic.
It's a crap shoot or will turn into a crap shoot after you eat it.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (3ek7K)
Huh. I'm 29 and I've always avoided phone conversations because I don't like them. I'm an Influencer! Who knew?
Posted by: Archimedes at May
I hate talking on the phone. With a passion.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (7T8ei)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 22, 2026 03:39 PM (bXbFr)
They're supposed to open and empty the can into a pot first...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:44 PM (HdYcL)
Yup. We've done leftover fish and ships with our air fryer. To be honest, I don't think we even need a microwave. Might talk to the Missus about getting rid of it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:48 PM (0aYVJ)
This is how socialist politicians win: by promising "free stuff" to these children.
Posted by: Geoff Shotts at May 22, 2026 03:48 PM (13ivK)
It meant calling your parents which wasn't a bad thing...but it will take you way longer to get a recipe from your mother on a "quick call" then even a poorly written internet recipe that starts with "This recipe reminds me of the hills of Tuscany..."
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)
Some of my favorite memories of my mom!
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 03:48 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 03:48 PM (E4WLu)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 22, 2026 03:48 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:43 PM (/Aq4A)
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* eyes wide *
* looks around *
Posted by: Luigi Mangione at May 22, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:49 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:38 PM (DwqWV)
it is a personal thing, I don't trust gasoline. HOWEVER on the far end of nowhere, without special resupply it is a good fuel to have, especially if it gets really cold.
I use a two burner propane stove to can outside to keep the house cool in the summer. I have a smaller one to make coffee in the mornings too. I also have Coleman stoves and a kerosene stove as well because reasons.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 03:49 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:49 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22
What a treasure!
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:49 PM (IlL6s)
Don't eat the tootsie rolls in the sand...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Geoff Shotts at May 22, 2026 03:48 PM (13ivK)
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Kipling's Gods of the Copybook Headings foretold.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (mmXBm)
Ah. If I was going to guess a state that allows buying fast food with EBT, CA would be at the top of the list.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
"silhouette" in context of that sentence is at least comprehensible to the ordinary reader, even without knowing the "trade jargon".
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (sAmhv)
Linguine Puttanesca.
I have about a thousand other ones you could do.
You can be flat-out poverty stricken in this country and eat better than 90% of the planet, for little effort.
But whatever. Spend all your money on garbage.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
24 count Ramen $7.00 at Sam's.
Bag of freeze dried ramen toppings $27.00 @ Amazon
$1.41 a meal. And it's not just the powder. It's actual toppings.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)
I haven't made tamales at home, but I bet they are similar.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (0U5gm)
Yes, I've known some tamale maker families and they pass out pounds of them at work like gardeners bring in squash or tomatoes.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (n5tGW)
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Pro-tip - Costco has plenty of pre-made refrigerated meals, slightly expensive but cheaper than door dash. And plenty of leftovers to make lunch the next day. I started to see these in the grocery store too, for those who don't want to pay for membership.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22
What a treasure!
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:50 PM (OoFl2)
On the other hand, my Mother more-or-less went to her grave with her prized recipes...my brother had to peek at what she was doing to get all the ingredients...when asked, she gave him a recipe missing some ingredients so hers would turn out better...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:49 PM (IlL6s)
No, actually, I do not. Watch any number people go from urinal or stall and bypass the sinks. It's easy to be hygienic. People are lazy and disgusting.
Except hot chicks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (/Aq4A)
My grocery store has about 2-1/2 aisles of frozen food, all of which has instructions printed on the package telling you what temperature and how long to heat it in the oven and/or how long to microwave it. Back in college I pretty much lived off of frozen chicken nuggets and bagged frozen peas/carrots/corn mix.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (niFNf)
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Pro-tip - Costco has plenty of pre-made refrigerated meals, slightly expensive but cheaper than door dash. And plenty of leftovers to make lunch the next day. I started to see these in the grocery store too, for those who don't want to pay for membership.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)
Their roast chicken for $5...can be easily turned into chicken salad sandwiches...or chicken soup using the bones...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (V362x)
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Eliminate EBT, free lunch and other social support systems at the same time institute a valid system for qualification testing of teachers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: JROD at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (IlL6s)
Fire all the teachers at the beginning of summer and then they can apply for a new job as teacher or as toilet scrubber.
Also NO TEACHER'S UNIONS.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (xvV+O)
Right now my go-to for reheating pizza is a cast iron skillet. That works way better than a microwave.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I don’t understand 99% of what you say. But I am absolutely in awe of you 100% of the time.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 22, 2026 03:47 PM (FMtrg)
I learned this kind of cooking as well. Mom was a child of the depression. Never wasted a thing in the fridge, ever. She could make one 10 lb roast last 4 days for a family of 7. And it was usually moose roast.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (DwqWV)
Except hot chicks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (/Aq4A)
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Urine is antiseptic.
Just saying.
Not that I bypass the sinks or nothing...
Cause I don't.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:46 PM (Fi81e)
Run it under the hot tap for about 10 minutes
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Oldcat
Protect them like a good mechanic.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (2PamV)
One must clench one's fingertips together and wave them when saying it out loud.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Except hot chicks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (/Aq4A)
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Urine is antiseptic.
Just saying.
Not that I bypass the sinks or nothing...
Cause I don't.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)
They ain't pissing in their hands...and their dicks are not hygenic when they hold them...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (ynpvh)
A caveat -- the dinners featuring smoked brisket are delicious, but it's a sin to microwave smoked brisket.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (FMtrg)
This is the obvious outcome of paying people not to work.
If you don't have to work and you still get $$$ for being unable to work a whole bunch of people are going to find a reason they can't.
This is a subset of the problem with socialism overall. Capitalism rewards people for contributing, socialism rewards people based on their "need" and requires from them "their ability". Well, why wouldn't you maximize your needs and minimize your abilities then?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)
It is a fun activity cooking with our grandkids. They are learning that it is not difficult to cook great food that is healthy and tasty.
Everything in life doesn't have to be complicated.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (3ek7K)
Tucker Carlson Is Spiraling Over The Crushing Loss of His Nazi Pal
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 03:55 PM (6wpGE)
If you’re not cooking at home after COVID, good luck. Get an instant pot. I use it nearly every day. I made pizza today. I bought a cast iron pizza pan that I make great steak, burgers, and hotdogs. It also works with pancakes which are better than any diner can make.
It’s amazing how many staples can be made with seven ingredients or less.
We eat one meal a week at a restaurant. All other meals are made at home.
Posted by: Unkaren at May 22, 2026 03:55 PM (iwzRJ)
One must clench one's fingertips together and wave them when saying it out loud.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Metal Head at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Whore's pasta, that is. Like in Spanish, that's what a Puta is.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (ynpvh)
If it's good for reheating pizza that's a point in its favor.
__________
Reheat? Pizza?
Cold pizza for breakfast. With coffee. Nothing better.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: fb at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (JVEmw)
A caveat -- the dinners featuring smoked brisket are delicious, but it's a sin to microwave smoked brisket.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 22, 2026 03:54 PM (FMtrg)
Toaster Oven?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (ynpvh)
Instant Pots are handy. I got some of the Sooper Cubes, which let you freeze food into regular sizes for heating up later.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (7T8ei)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
"silhouette" in context of that sentence is at least comprehensible to the ordinary reader, even without knowing the "trade jargon".
Posted by: illiniwek
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And it said the most incomprehensible word was 'extraordinary'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (LIEok)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 03:52 PM (xvV+O)
All the bullshit from teachers makes me tired. Are they professionals, like they keep claiming, or are they labor? Appears they are too stupid to know the difference.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 03:58 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (xvV+O)
I buy a Costco pepperoni pizza, add all sorts of toppings with extra cheese at home, shove it in the oven for a bit, and voilla! Pizza.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:58 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (n5tGW)
There's a waiver right now because of the displaced people from the hurricane, but in general you can't do it.
One interesting wrinkle: Alaska also allows using SNAP/EBT to purchase subsistence (but not sport) hunting and fishing gear. To qualify for that you have to live in the Bush or a village small enough that access to regular groceries is limited.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (IG3/x)
===
An old timer chemist I was working with in the early 90s and I went into the men's room and I went right to the urinal. He was shocked and said you don't wash your hands before touching your pecker? I asked why. He said we were just working around some strong chemicals and I'd like to keep my pecker in good condition. So sometimes I wash my hands before AND after I piss.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: fb at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (JVEmw)
My dad used to explain that once you have two kids, you might as well have seven, because you can never be more busy than all of the time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 04:01 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 22, 2026 04:01 PM (7T8ei)
Bummed when I said I don't cook.They said too bad as we are dividing things 3 ways. (A landlady of a friend arranged this 3's Company year for me). Thankfully not with serial killers. They had gfs who hated me on sight
Mother mailed a cookbook to me and I did not kill them & learned.
By the time I married I could not cook without a recipe. My dude had to teach me how to bake a potato & make rice. He did not marry me for my cooking.
When the oven of another post-WW2 apt blew up I was in a 4-plex and trying to be cool on our 2nd date. Told this in the ONT once.
Had my hair down to my waist, making chicken cacciatore, a favorite of the apt mates. Stirring sauce & looking good having a beer. Music playing on my stereo as he admired me. Then BOOM! Pilot light retardation. Asbestos rained down on the entree.
He asked wth (I lip read as we were both deaf). Took the wooden spoon from me,frozen in shock, turned off the gas. Led me to the sofa and we drank beer for an hour and he left.
Saw him years later at a hockey game and he smiled and waved...amazed I was alive and married.The End
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 04:02 PM (WONhk)
You hanging in there? Things have improved? Let me know if you need anything.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 04:02 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)
20 minutes, one time a week to make a dozen hard boiled eggs
Skill required: boil water.
Equipment required: two large pots, one to boil water and one for ice cold water
Posted by: Chuck C at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (D0HYP)
People are overwhelmed because they have to cook?
Maybe if they weren't on the internet all day they would have time to take of their families.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 04:03 PM (3ek7K)
One of my nephews (the trans nephew, of course) used to pull this scam of asking me to show him how to make mac and cheese or a grilled cheese sammich whenever I'd stay at my brother's and watch them for a weekend during his early teens. All done in the expectation that I would make his lunch for him, while "teaching" him.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 04:02 PM (DwqWV)
Thanks! Doing fine at the moment.
I'll have what will (ideally) be my last surgery for a while toward the end of June, then maybe I can just rest and enjoy what's left of the summer.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 04:00 PM (xvV+O)
Lol. Same story when we used to do hand drafting. Washing the graphite off my hands BEFORE I touched my clothing to pee. Didn't really want semi-permanent black hand prints on all my clothes.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 04:04 PM (IG3/x)
I wish summer would get started. Where's my 65 degree sunny days? Lol.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 04:05 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 22, 2026 04:05 PM (DwqWV)
It sure is late in arriving this year, innit?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 04:05 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 04:07 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 22, 2026 04:01 PM (7T8ei)
Want.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 22, 2026 04:08 PM (FMtrg)
What? Give money to Big Truffle? No. You would have the expense of raising truffle sniffing pigs and the time required to take them to hunt for truffles, and ...
(I'm 58 years old. I don't think I ever had a truffle or truffle oil in my life)
Posted by: Chuck C at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (D0HYP)
OK, that didn't come out right.
OK, neither did that.
You know what, never mind.
Posted by: Shane McGowan's Liver at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (f2WUk)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:56 PM (ynpvh)
Plastic containers.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 22, 2026 04:10 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 03:57 PM (xvV+O)
I'm a ten-minute drive to my go-to pizza joint. Worth the drive..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (nbLIj)
Oh look at me. My opinions on social media take up so much of my time I can't feed the family.
You have a family and they come first.
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 04:13 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 22, 2026 04:17 PM (7T8ei)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 22, 2026 04:11 PM (IG3/x)
But 2,4-dithiapentane oil just doesn't sell as well...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 04:25 PM (ynpvh)
I can testify to Notsothoreau being a good cook. Her Christmas meal for me this year was wonderful.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 04:26 PM (u82oZ)
In all honesty, this is a ridiculous sentence which is intended to convey an image of an outfit. It does not succeed. Who writes this way?
Posted by: Snidely Jooooooooos Whiplash at May 22, 2026 04:26 PM (w6EFb)
What? Give money to Big Truffle? No. You would have the expense of raising truffle sniffing pigs and the time required to take them to hunt for truffles, and ...
(I'm 58 years old. I don't think I ever had a truffle or truffle oil in my life)
Posted by: Chuck C at May 22, 2026 04:09 PM (D0HYP)
You Do Hype? Your Hash. LOL.
We are close to the same age, apparently.
I don't know if I've had true truffles, but I do like the flavor that is supposedly truffle. Carls Jr. had a truffle burger at some point in past years that was pretty tasty; it and their Western Bacon Double Cheeseburger...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 04:27 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Veruca Salt at May 22, 2026 04:27 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 22, 2026 04:27 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 04:28 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 04:28 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Gauche Silhouette at May 22, 2026 04:31 PM (QOC6R)
Posted by: Gauche Silhouette at May 22, 2026 04:34 PM (QOC6R)
Posted by: tintex at May 22, 2026 04:39 PM (hQdeM)
And pretty soon those kitchen muscles will start flexing.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (jYRYu)
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at May 22, 2026 05:02 PM (A/tlT)
Zero delivery.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 23, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
Crime Skyrocketed During Biden's Open Borders Regime and Plummeted During Trump's Deporation Regime But I'm Sure This Is All a Right-Wing Coincidence, Racists
And the real numbers, for once in five years, are great.Matt Margolis points out that this is the reason the left is so insane to take out Kash Patel with absurd attacks: They need the pubic to believe that crime is just the cost of doing business and nothing can be done about it, so Shut Up Racist Peasants and Accept The Occasional Beating from a Lunatic Homeless Thug or Rape by a Criminal Illegal Alien. If Trump and Patel are successful in driving down crime, the public is aware this isn't just the cost of doing business. It's a choice, and one we can choose against. Steven Miller made that point about Democrat Disaster Governance:
The FBI released preliminary crime data for 2025, and the numbers are stunning. Violent crime fell at a rate not seen in nearly a century, and the man overseeing the bureau is the same one the left has been trying to torch for months.
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter dropped more than 18% nationwide last year. Aggravated assault fell more than 7%. Rape declined nearly 8%. Robbery cratered by about 18.5%. All told, violent crime dropped about 9.3% overall; there were roughly 1.1 million fewer violent crimes than in 2024. "The 2025 crime data in this report shows the single largest decrease in violent crime and murder since 1937 -- as well as huge decreases across the board in terms of aggravated assault, rape, and robbery," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. Property crime wasn't far behind. It dropped by about 12.4%, translating to approximately 5.2 million fewer property offenses than the year before. The data comes from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which pulled information from more than 17,000 law enforcement agencies -- covering roughly 96% of policing across the country. This is what happens when you have a tough-on-crime administration running the country. Patel credited the transformation happening inside the bureau. "Over the last 14 months, we made major transformations at the FBI, and these results show those changes are working." He also pointed to his "back the blue" commitment -- backing law enforcement rather than undermining it -- as central to the approach.
This is one of the keys of his campaign. Nonprofits pay a lot of people to not solve the problem they claim to be solving. Remember when Mr. Beast went to Africa and built two clean water wells, and the NGO nonprofits over there criticized him for it, as some white savior complex… https://t.co/m8z8wKDlwR
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 21, 2026
There's a lot more to do, of course:
The three teenagers in Austin who joyrode around shooting people were previously jailed illegal aliens that the Austin DA let out of jail without telling ICE to prevent their deportation.
— Peter Kazanjy (@Kazanjy) May 21, 2026
So now this poor guy who was walking his dogs on a Sunday has bullet holes in him.
Slow… https://t.co/Dw9YVKYQY6 pic.twitter.com/yGRcDJSIMS
🚨 NOW: Tim Walz was just exposed for actively SUING the Trump administration to BLOCK fraud prosecutions in the SNAP program
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 22, 2026
Wtf?! And yet Walz claims CREDIT for these fraud raids
AAG MCDONALD: "It's very obvious to any honest broker that this type of fraud escalating in… pic.twitter.com/Ptx2e6keJU
Democrat Whip Katherine Clark gets SLAMMED for defending Biden's open border policies and saying he secured our border:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 22, 2026
CNBC: "Open borders for four years didn’t help working Americans at all"
CLARK: "We do need secure borders, President Biden got there..."
CNBC: When? pic.twitter.com/9Iv2HJ2oEA
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Jaimo at May 22, 2026 01:41 PM (BCuCF)
Which means that the collapse in crime seen since Trump took office is actually Biden's responsibility.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:41 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
2 I told the others.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (Dg7ng)
3 Corgis called.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 01:40 PM
Who's the good citizen? (pick two)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 01:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:41 PM (4KUe5)
*tries to think of hilarious joke, but fears losing out as the one to point out the misspelling, so just points it out*
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 01:42 PM (Gqar8)
Her husband Abraham was recently diagnosed with extremely rare form of bone cancer, she wrote in resignation letter
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 01:42 PM (RHGPo)
Trump chose better.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:42 PM (4KUe5)
San Francisco and San Jose (the latter under mayor Matt Mahan) are very Blue and don't have the crime.
Portland chose a Soros DA and has all the crime.
Posted by: gKWVE thinks Soros should be treated like Bin Laden at May 22, 2026 01:42 PM (gKWVE)
"When"
They don't know what to do when they get even the simplest followup questions. The press has always, always, always been 100% supportive and subservient to Dems.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (CWTWj)
Biden could not secure his own anus, much less secure this country's borders
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (Cjc4c)
She'll be tough to replace. She's that rarest of DC species; someone willing to risk political oblivion to do what's right.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (Cqx++)
To be fair to Blade, he just guesses the url of the next post and does his schtick before the post even goes live. So he couldn't nood because he doesn't know which url ace will use next or when that url will go live.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 01:44 PM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: NCKate at May 22, 2026 01:44 PM (uQzkA)
CNBC: When?
CLARK*: About March of 2025.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 01:44 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 01:44 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bert G at May 22, 2026 01:44 PM (VARTN)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
2 I told the others.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (Dg7ng)
3 Corgis called.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 01:40 PM
Who's the good citizen? (pick two)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 01:41 PM (0sNs1)
________
"The Blade and The Blade"
-- Barry White
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 01:45 PM (j+aD2)
He's really an anus horribilis. See, I know Latin.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 01:45 PM (Vh9CX)
Imprison them and crime goes down.
Import more of them and crime goes up
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Isaiah 44:6-8
International Standard Versio
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (Cjc4c)
______
"I think you may have missed the joke"
-- Barry White
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 22, 2026 01:45 PM (CWTWj)
Having a presence on the street - not silly tech cameras, but people armed and ready to act — make a huge difference!!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:46 PM (4KUe5)
She'll be tough to replace. She's that rarest of DC species; someone willing to risk political oblivion to do what's right.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)
I still have a few contacts in the IC. She is liked.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 01:46 PM (2WIwB)
The bigger the lie!!!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2026 01:46 PM (eFzxY)
Then feed and water him and do it again for a few more days. (I'm a traditionalist.)
Highway 295 or 71, I'm still trying to work that out. State highway so maybe not I-35.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 01:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 01:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
Fraud is the cost of doing business.
- Gov. Mike DeWine (R douchebag, OH)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 01:47 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:47 PM (XV/Pl)
Keeping Austin Weird.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 01:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Look, Fat, I haven't been able to "trust a fart" since 1990!
Posted by: Former Senator From DE at May 22, 2026 01:48 PM (oftw2)
Her Majesty is getting a distinctly chilly reception from by the Borzoi people in Kalamazoo. Of the type, "What are you doing here and can't you stay in Texas?" Some time ago, when we lived in Ohio, we wore out our welcome in Denver when we won the Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club specialty three years in a row.
Not sure whether to be annoyed or pleased.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 01:48 PM (HdYcL)
Having a presence on the street - not silly tech cameras, but people armed and ready to act — make a huge difference!!
Remember that for the longest time, the GOPe was going to build a "high-tech border", aka no border at all.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:48 PM (Riz8t)
Have no idea who Barry White is, but perhaps you should credit him with the quote if that's what you intended.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:48 PM (Cjc4c)
Repeat offenders, not random acts by some random populace.
There are also crime zones. Focusing force where the crime happens. It’s like wokeness erases common sense, profiling/pattern recognition.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:49 PM (4KUe5)
I'm not sure where he's getting this info from. Based on my independent research, the police have only released the name of one of the scumbags. He is indeed an illegal who looks like a mutant (maybe a tranny?).
The other two are minors and haven't been identified. Are they illegals? Probably. But I don't think we know that.
Oh and btw, joyriding around in stolen cars shooting people seems to be a Thing in Austin.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
The 48-year-old British actor, played the role of fixer Harry Da Souza alongside Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren.
Besides claims that Hardy was involved in a series of clashes with producers on set, he is also accused of repeatedly arriving late for work (a trait that is said to have sparked shouting matches with Charlize Theron when they filmed Mad Max: Fury Road).
Additionally, he pushed to change some lines during filming, and also apparently offered notes on the script without being asked.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at May 22, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 01:49 PM (2WIwB)
>>The Chinese did what the Chinese always do: steal the tech, >>improve it, and sell it cheaper than Western competition >>because of massive government subsidies.
>>Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
Exactly right. There is no computer hardware or software technology in use in China today that wasn't stolen outright from the West.
Posted by: front toward enemy at May 22, 2026 01:49 PM (TIizU)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 01:50 PM (J8APv)
He's a really outstanding actor, but it sounds like the praise has gone to his head.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 22, 2026 01:51 PM (IifOV)
That "Trump house" guy isn't supposed to make it after being nearly, probably, beat to death over it. The Democrats are normalizing violent behavior as long as it's directed to the "right" people.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 01:51 PM (jehhT)
He is an accessory.
Posted by: DanMan at May 22, 2026 01:51 PM (8uzBS)
The homicide rate for white males is lower than that for black females.
Homicide rates in general (per 100,000)
Asian, 2
White, 4
Hispanic, 8
Black, 30
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 01:51 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:51 PM (Cjc4c)
That "Trump house" guy isn't supposed to make it after being nearly, probably, beat to death over it. The Democrats are normalizing violent behavior as long as it's directed to the "right" people.
They couldn't be any more obvious if they wore brown shirts.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:52 PM (Riz8t)
Bitch, you never said a word until now. You nodded along with an invasion until it killed you at the polls. Get forked.
Posted by: spongeworthy at May 22, 2026 01:52 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 22, 2026 01:52 PM (CWTWj)
Joey's last "I'm the worst president" show is his courageous attempt to beat Jimmah's hospice duration record with his own stage 4 prostate cancer marathon.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 01:52 PM (Y8DZL)
Have no idea who Barry White is, but perhaps you should credit him with the quote if that's what you intended.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:48 PM (Cjc4c)
_________
You don't know Barry White, the famous soul and R&B singer known for his deep voice and crooning love songs? Bro sold like 100 million records.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_White
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)
Biden's open borders and unchecked welfare programs have destroyed so many lives and livelihoods.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (J8APv)
Me: I don't like Nazis at all, practically indistinguishable to me from your standard leftist politician across the West right now.
Left: You're a Nazi!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (Dv3i1)
Done for the day up top. Will go to Home Despot, and buy some plywood, and arrange to have it delivered. I have a friend here helping me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (8zz6B)
CA and NY should serve as exhibits for why Dems should NEVER be in charge of anything. Ever
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (61TgR)
>>Additionally, he pushed to change some lines during filming, and also apparently offered notes on the script without being asked.
As Tarantino has noted, we can have a conversation about changing a line but I'm paying you to say my sh*t.
The only person Tarentino gives carte blanche to go off script is SLJ.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 22, 2026 01:54 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 01:44 PM (Dg7ng)
________
[Monkey side-eye meme]
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:55 PM (4KUe5)
He's a really outstanding actor, but it sounds like the praise has gone to his head.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)
======
He's been like this for a very long time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:55 PM (46HP8)
To be fair, "Mobland" is a step down for a actor of Hardy's stature, and not particularly well written.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 01:55 PM (Y8DZL)
Wasn't Biden that daft asshole that had people (re)moving border fencing whenever an invading hoard was inconvenienced by a little barbed wire?
That classic photo using a front end loader (or forklift) to raise the wire while invaders duck under it?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 01:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:56 PM (4KUe5)
Done for the day up top. Will go to Home Despot, and buy some plywood, and arrange to have it delivered. I have a friend here helping me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (8zz6B)
Be careful up there. Tie a rope to yourself and then throw it over the roof to, say, a car bumper on the other side of the house. Just to be safe!
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 01:56 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at May 22, 2026 01:56 PM (XY7MO)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 22, 2026 01:51 PM (IifOV)
--------------
My first thought after hearing the news of her resignation: "The Deep State finally got rid of her."
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:56 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: Lizzy
I'm not a security guard, I'm a security monitor.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 01:56 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 01:57 PM (BI5O2)
>>Additionally, he pushed to change some lines during filming, and also apparently offered notes on the script without being asked.
As Tarantino has noted, we can have a conversation about changing a line but I'm paying you to say my sh*t.
The only person Tarentino gives carte blanche to go off script is SLJ.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (XV/Pl)
======
Chris Tucker said Tarantino's lines exactly in Jackie Brown, and Chris Tucker doesn't say anyone's lines.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:57 PM (46HP8)
Scared people are morales willing to give up their rights.
High crime is used to justify grabbing guns and dumping more money into welfare (because poverty causes crime, you see.)
High crime is great for Democrats
Posted by: 29Victor at May 22, 2026 01:57 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)
What did you, personally, do to rectify the situation? Did you call Biden out for what he was doing? Did you take any votes that might have made a difference? No? Get f***ed.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:58 PM (Riz8t)
I e probably heard his music before. I just didn't recognize the name and Blade really should give a quote if that's what's intended.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:58 PM (Cjc4c)
77 Why would an actor get mad about another being late? Is Charlize Theron the only actor in history with something important she needs to get to?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 01:57 PM (BI5O2)
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Time is money.
Delaying a production by a day because an actor just doesn't feel like working today is expensive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:58 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 01:56 PM (Gqar
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I'm envisioning AOP wearing a self-built jetpack.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:59 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:59 PM (Cjc4c)
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 01:59 PM (594J6)
He's a really outstanding actor, but it sounds like the praise has gone to his head.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)
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He's been like this for a very long time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:55 PM (46HP
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In fairness, Hardy feuded epically with Charlize Theron and apparently hated her guts, so he can't be all bad.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)
I e probably heard his music before. I just didn't recognize the name and Blade really should give a quote if that's what's intended.
Googling "Barry White" brings him up first. I checked.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:00 PM (Riz8t)
Having a presence on the street - not silly tech cameras, but people armed and ready to act — make a huge difference!!
Remember that for the longest time, the GOPe was going to build a "high-tech border", aka no border at all.
Posted by: Archimedes
One yankee city just turned off their shot cameras so they don't intimidate blacks & immigrants. Ahhh. Cambridge City Council. Cambridge, Taxachusetts.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 02:00 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 02:00 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:58 PM (46HP
Oh, dear.
What a tragedy.
I get why the business would be mad about it, though.
Why would other actors care about that? They're not paying for anything. Just another day of fucking around, getting high, and chugging cock.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 02:01 PM (BI5O2)
interesting theory
btw mob land sucks and Tom Hardy rocks so I don't care what Theron said or any of those losers
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:01 PM (j+aD2)
What did you, personally, do to rectify the situation? Did you call Biden out for what he was doing? Did you take any votes that might have made a difference? No? Get f***ed.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 01:58 PM (Riz8t)
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Damn, based on this and several recent comments, I think the HQ has radicalized Archimedes!
/only half-joking
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 02:01 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (Gqar8)
exactly this is another star for his copybook
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (j+aD2)
Googling "Barry White" brings him up first. I checked.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:00 PM (Riz8t)
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The title of one of his most famous songs is "You're The First, The Last, My Everything." I thought the reference was pretty obvious, but what do I know?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_White
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)
Don't engage, it's kind of her thing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (xcxpd)
The title of one of his most famous songs is "You're The First, The Last, My Everything." I thought the reference was pretty obvious, but what do I know?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:55 PM
Only if it triggered explosives.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (OoFl2)
Charlize Theron is rather a frightening woman.
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Is she the one who moved back to South Africa because of Trump?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (HdYcL)
Her husband Abraham was recently diagnosed with extremely rare form of bone cancer, she wrote in resignation letter
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 01:42 PM (RHGPo)
Her principal deputy, Aaron Lukas is taking over. Lukas is a good egg and, IMO, will be a better fit than Gabbard. I like Gabbard. I admire her fortitude and her willingness to flip the bird to the Senate Select Committee on Int. But, it was hard to get past her core political beliefs (strong classical Liberal).
This would be a more damaging occurrence if there wasn't a solid replacement already in place to take the reigns.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (dIske)
Isaiah 44:6-8
International Standard Versio
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (Cjc4c)
42 Have no idea who Barry White is, but perhaps you should credit him with the quote if that's what you intended.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:48 PM (Cjc4c)
82 I e probably heard his music before. I just didn't recognize the name and Blade really should give a quote if that's what's intended.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:58 PM (Cjc4c)
85 82-Meant "Give a name for the quote."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:59 PM (Cjc4c)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (Gqar
She's a hard One but...not a great person. Looks good though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:01 PM (j+aD2)
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Tom Hardy is one of my favorite youngish actors ... and I absolutely hated MobLand.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:59 PM (BcFIZ)
It's a gently-pitched roof. I can walk on it. I have a scaffold set up under the eave, with a stepladder clamped to it, so getting up and down is super easy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (n5tGW)
Two of his best performances (IMHO):
1) Alfie Solomon in Peaky Blinders
2) James Delaney in Taboo
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (Riz8t)
They just lie right to your face, and if you’re ignorant like most of their base, you sit there and nod your head along with the MSM talking dummy.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (60OBK)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (Dg7ng)
Them Here = There Here
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 22, 2026 02:04 PM (/+uur)
I just feel really bad for them
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2)
Them Here = There Here
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 22, 2026 02:04 PM (/+uur)
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Coincidentally, DHS says that tracked deportations and self-removals is over 3 million since Trump's term started.
Just a coincidence, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:04 PM (46HP8)
Free Beacon reported we have fewer cops now than anytime in the last 25 years. Less cops= less crimes found= less crimes convicted= less crimes proven to have occurred= less data on crime. The short answer is always he didn’t do shit.
Lol. He just hired the violent thugs and gave them carte blanche to assault and disappear and even murder you.
Two big factors in the longterm trend: 1-Lead was removed from gas in the 70's which lead to overall better mental health.
2. Abortion was made legal in the 70's leading to fewer unwanted then uncared-for children being born
You are so close to a correlation between roe v wade and lower crime rates. Hint: it tends to disperately impact certain demographics that also have higher violent crime rates...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 02:04 PM (ycI94)
>>Delaying a production by a day because an actor just doesn't feel like working today is expensive.
Hardy thinks he's Jeff f**king Spicolli and it's his time.
No motherf**ker, it's our time and if you don't show the f**k up at the time it says on the call sheet, you putting the entire production behind schedule.
You think a grip and a best boy are cheap?
Or all of those teamsters ready to build, teardown and move sets do out of the goodness of their hearts?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (UjdFS)
Sadly, he's now too old to play James Bond.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal
Don't be afraid of her transgendered spawn and demonic screeches!
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 01:59 PM (594J6)
Let me be clear: I do not condone necking sessions with neighborhood girls.
Posted by: JEF at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 02:04 PM (ycI94)
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What are LA's crime stats? Because they stopped reported them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:59 PM (BcFIZ)
It's a gently-pitched roof. I can walk on it. I have a scaffold set up under the eave, with a stepladder clamped to it, so getting up and down is super easy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (8zz6B)
If something happens, don't send the Secret Service. It will be too steep.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (qx7Zg)
wasn't that inspired by al and tipper?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (CWTWj)
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Is she the one who moved back to South Africa because of Trump?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (HdYcL)
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Shit, I was hoping it was that asshat Bono ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 02:06 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:55 PM
Only if it triggered explosives.
Posted by: Piper
Offer PPV for illegals crossing a minefield. Turn it into a betting game.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 02:06 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 22, 2026 02:06 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 02:06 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (Gqar
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Speaking of Danger Hair, has anyone seen that washed up Dixie Chunk who ranted at Dubya and now resurfaced from the Bog of Eternal Stench to rant at Trump?
Holy shit, wtf? She looks like an angry obese lesbian who styles her hair with queefs.
And weren't there three Dixie Chicks? Where are the other two? Did the fat one eat them?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 02:06 PM (iFTx/)
very good show wow
speaking of Hardy he wisely stayed away from the Blinders film. that was an abomination. just pretend it doesn't exist like the 4th indy movie!!!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:06 PM (j+aD2)
I figure that number gets bigger as we cut off their federal taxpayer money and fraud. Plus the Blue States they have crowded into are already in economic trouble- so you wonder how long this goes on. One more Republican president and they will be circling the drain.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 22, 2026 02:07 PM (60OBK)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:07 PM (j+aD2)
wasn't that inspired by al and tipper?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (CWTWj)
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I'm pretty sure that was "Natural Born Killers."
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 02:07 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:07 PM (Cjc4c)
I'm not convinced
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:08 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 02:05 PM (UjdFS)
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Serpentine!!! Serpentine!!!!!
Posted by: Peter Falk at May 22, 2026 02:08 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 02:04 PM (ycI94)
Uh-oh! Getting close to dangerous admission territory.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 02:08 PM (8zz6B)
Homicide rates in general (per 100,000)
Asian, 2
White, 4
Hispanic, 8
Black, 30
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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I have seen one study with troons broke out as a separate class and all others by race and sex.
Troons were like three times or more than black males. Asian males were almost as high as black males - but they probably included SW Asians in there where Americans usually think of 'The Far East' as 'asian'.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 02:09 PM (/lPRQ)
and damned proud of it!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:09 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at May 22, 2026 01:56 PM
Those Amish and Scandi have dispersed more than anyone knew!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 02:09 PM (0sNs1)
Rolling Stone
@RollingStone
Stephen Colbert used copyrighted 'Peanuts' music during his finale for 'The Late Show,' saying, “Oh no, I hope this doesn't cost CBS any money!”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:09 PM (J8APv)
I figure that number gets bigger as we cut off their federal taxpayer money and fraud. Plus the Blue States they have crowded into are already in economic trouble- so you wonder how long this goes on. One more Republican president and they will be circling the drain.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 22, 2026 02:07 PM (60OBK)
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That also doesn't count the number of people who just...left and didn't tell anyone.
And ICE tripled its budget with the OBBB (took effect Jan 1, so new agents started getting trained at the beginning of the year). Deportations have gone up since the deaths of Goode and Pretti, but the media is distracted by squirrels (Iran, redistricting, Massie) and don't report it anymore except on the margins.
All while every legal immigration path is being narrowed (most recent was the enforcement of the statutory requirement that visa holders requesting new visas, like green cards, have to wait in their home countries, not here, something that's gone unenforced for decades).
How many of these people voted?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:09 PM (46HP8)
Tom Hardy portrayed a young genetically recreated Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 02:09 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 22, 2026 02:10 PM (THY4u)
very good show wow
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"Uhtred, son of Uhtred!"
It was a very interesting parallel with the corollary TV series "Vikings."
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 02:10 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:10 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:53 PM (XV/Pl)
Quarter pounder with cheese.
Posted by: LASue at May 22, 2026 02:10 PM (Hb+bW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 02:08 PM (8zz6B)
Yeah. I was running that one through my head thinking...
"What the hell did I just read?"
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 02:10 PM (594J6)
Just a coincidence, though.
Yesterday I pointed out the lack of hard evidence to support that assertion. I read this article today, which at least suggests the numbers are somewhat reliable. I'm still skeptical until I see hard data, though. The NY Post isn't all that reliable. I'll need more than "DHS says".
Stunning number of illegal migrants who have been deported from US or left voluntarily is revealed by DHS.
More than 3 million illegal aliens have left the US or been deported since President Trump took office, the Department of Homeland Security has revealed.
Of those 3 million, 2.2 million have opted to self-deport through a program that allows migrants to turn themselves in via a DHS app in return for a cash stipend and free flight home.
Another 900,000 have been deported since Jan. 20, 2025, and as of this month, DHS has arrested 900,000 illegal aliens, according to agency figures.
https://tinyurl.com/5fjamvts
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (Riz8t)
Rolling Stone
@RollingStone
Stephen Colbert used copyrighted 'Peanuts' music during his finale for 'The Late Show,' saying, “Oh no, I hope this doesn't cost CBS any money!”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)
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Live performing copyrighted music is cheaper than playing recordings.
He probably cost CBS like a thousand bucks, most. It might honestly be as small as a hundred.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (VHKlE)
“ I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners”.
Isaiah 57:18
Posted by: Marcus T at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (rAoh1)
yes I love that about it
also things like "The Book of Kells" (really cute animated film)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:07 PM (Cjc4c)
I'm sorry, did someone say something? I can't hear anything but the loyal constituents whom I picked out in this map here.
Posted by: Elbridge Gerry at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (gKWVE)
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I love when the Left gets close to expressing their true form. Fun!
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:12 PM (J8APv)
"President Biden got [secure borders.]"
"When?"
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"At the very end of his term, just before the election, after four years of relentlessly promoting a civilization-ending disaster."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 02:13 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 02:13 PM (XV/Pl)
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So, if there was 20 million illegals here before the 3 million left, that leaves....
20 million illegals!
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:13 PM (J8APv)
20 million illegals!
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:13 PM (J8APv)
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News story from 1983!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:14 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 02:14 PM (n5tGW)
Yeah, it really blew chunks. I think Cillian Murphy did it so they won't pressure him for any more movies.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:14 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:48 PM (Cjc4c)
This has got to be one of the whitest things I've ever read on this site in my 18 years of (mostly) lurking.
Posted by: goozer at May 22, 2026 02:14 PM (BAs8w)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:14 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (ZxPkt)
One would think if she were able to launch a canoe, and gather up a rope and magnet, she could have just run away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 02:15 PM (8zz6B)
very good show wow
The actor who played Alfred the Great was very good.
Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2026 02:15 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: ShainS
Panhard jetpacks are notoriously underpowered.
Posted by: Wretchedly So at May 22, 2026 02:15 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 22, 2026 02:15 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 02:16 PM (XV/Pl)
he truly is
so many great performances. it's so fun!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)
Deportations and self-deportations might not make the size dent we want, but it will make a dent none-the-less.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 02:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 02:11 PM (ZxPkt)
She should have shot the gun out of his hand.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:16 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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Things they accuse Trump of that he should just meet them at 10% of doing, and
Things they do.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 02:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Aww, Midnight Basketball started working and there's no one left to take the credit.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 02:17 PM (mexfo)
Joey's strong border stance was demonstrated by his urgent attempt to sell off border wall material as scrap in the dying days of his dictatorship.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 02:18 PM (Y8DZL)
Deportations and self-deportations might not make the size dent we want, but it will make a dent none-the-less.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 02:16 PM (dIske)
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Trump announced a mid-decade census that would explicitly not count illegals in the first week of his second administration.
But I've heard of nothing since.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:18 PM (46HP8)
she's growing on me tho
she changed, so did he, I think that's excellent writing/acting tho.
plus now her braids are no longer strangling her which is nice. that was off-putting
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 02:16 PM (XV/Pl)
Sorry. Best we can do is a Starship launch later today. 6:30 EDT
https://www.youtube.com/live/OT_ZXZUrUcU
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 02:18 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 02:13 PM
"There is iron in the words of Thomas Bender for all Morons to see."
-- Sponge
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 02:18 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:19 PM (j+aD2)
Demonic, demented, delusional, disgusting, diabolical, dire, deadly,
distructive, dodgy,deframer,dissembler, distrustful, deceitful, devious, duplicitous, disingenuous and deliberately, disgraceful dunderheaded disasters.
And total dikheads.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 02:19 PM (WONhk)
As he mocks the people"concerned about Islamic jihad, Hamas and Hezbollah" who voted against Thomas Massie.
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Islamic Jihad is like Bigfoot, people talk about it but no one's actually seen one.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 02:19 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Charlize Theron with a straight face at May 22, 2026 02:19 PM (gKWVE)
Have you ever heard of Al Green?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 22, 2026 02:15 PM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: zombie Moe Greene at May 22, 2026 02:20 PM (0sNs1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBnnauqM4wU
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2026 02:15 PM (lJ0H4)
But not great. So kinda inadequate really.
Posted by: everybody is a critic at May 22, 2026 02:20 PM (pSQGt)
I think he's an Eagles corner
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2)
which .... is oftentimes a good news with Trump v2.0
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
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Running a census is a giant operation.
Looking through the Census' own website, all I see are stories about surveys and a story about test runs for the 2030 census.
https://shorturl.at/UsnPf
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:20 PM (46HP8)
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Yeah, braindead Congress-critter, looks like a werewolf, has endless payouts for sexually harassing staffers
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 02:21 PM (Dg7ng)
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Jackie Chiles has entered the chat.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 02:21 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:21 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 02:02 PM (Gqar
She's a hard One but...not a great person. Looks good though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 22, 2026 02:03 PM (xcxpd)
My words to her would be: Don't talk, baby. Don't talk.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 22, 2026 02:21 PM (g8Ew8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBnnauqM4wU
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:20 PM (Riz8t)
Mumblemouth and Gargle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 02:21 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Archimedes
As the series went forward I grew to have a kind of grudging admiration for her.character.
Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2026 02:21 PM (lJ0H4)
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I think he's an Eagles corner
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:20 PM
You mean like in Winslow, Arizona?
Posted by: Glenn Frey at May 22, 2026 02:21 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 02:22 PM (Gqar8)
Have you ever heard of Al Green?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
The Legislator or the Reverend?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 02:22 PM (/lPRQ)
They're consistent, unlike the GOP......
Dan Crenshaw
@DanCrenshawTX
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In case you’re wondering about the current state of House Democrats: they just voted against establishing a Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
Their objection? It didn’t include a dedicated wing for trans history.
You almost have to admire the consistency. They managed to turn a women’s museum into an argument about men.
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 02:22 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Yer Sistas Ass at May 22, 2026 02:22 PM (VPPG8)
and I am TIRED and giddy
hopefully that explains me
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:22 PM (j+aD2)
Their objection? It didn’t include a dedicated wing for trans history.
omg they have lost it completely
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:23 PM (j+aD2)
Holy shit, wtf? She looks like an angry obese lesbian who styles her hair with queefs.
And weren't there three Dixie Chicks? Where are the other two? Did the fat one eat them?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 02:06 PM (iFTx/)
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Yes. She's a raging lunatic who claims not to be a lesbian but she sure looks like one.
She ate the two sisters who sang with her as well as their guitar and violin. Then found a racoon hat, cut the tail off, and super glued it down the middle her butch head.
She popped up like a demented gopher to rage about Trump last week and no one cares.
Someone let her out of her padded cell after she tanked their career whining about GWB.
Apparently all she has done since then was eat as her husband fled. Sadly she has two sons who probably pretend not to know her.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 02:23 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 02:22 PM (/lPRQ)
The deep voiced soul singer known for his gospel music.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 22, 2026 02:24 PM (qrzX6)
Democrat Party
Republican Party
Find Out (or Fuck Off) Party
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 02:24 PM (qx7Zg)
I am sorry that you had a bad night and nightmares and hope this night is better for you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:24 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (fZiTB)
Joey's strong border stance was demonstrated by his urgent attempt to sell off border wall material as scrap in the dying days of his dictatorship.
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The border wall had thousands of holes in it... Joey Poopy-Pants wanted to reduce it to just one hole... a 3000 mile hole
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (THY4u)
Posted by: Half Dozen at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (EYvpB)
Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, Local democrat scold and busybody at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (WONhk)
We grew from 212 million to 343 million from 1973 to now. That's with fifty straight years of Roe v. Wade holding us below replacement rate.
Yet we didn't shrink.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (mexfo)
But I've heard of nothing since.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:18 PM (46HP
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That won't work. The 14th Amendment says you have to count everyone. And, even ignoring that, Congress has to green light an early Census...which is feasible, I guess...
The only change in results will be directly related to those deportations and self-deportations. But, it's something.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (ZxPkt)
Except for all the violent criminals.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 01:50 PM (J8APv)
I have a "dumbbell theory" of social ethics, where both the overclass and the underclass treat "legal" as meaning "what you can get away with." Only the working and middle classes are chumps who cherish the law as something that ought to be followed regardless.
I don't think it's a coincidence that the same people who are constantly pushing for new gun laws are simultaneously undermining their pitch by refusing to enforce existing gun laws on... guess who... the overclass and underclass. And, it's the overclass that is for decarceration, not the working and middle classes.
There is a weird connection between socio-economic elites and street punks, and I can't tell if it's just psychological -- "But for the grace of IQ and connections, there go I" -- or if it's a domination strategy (anarcho-tyranny), or if it's a spiritual thing.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 02:26 PM (Sy6m/)
Fen it was scary bad stuff
like, you close your eyes and go RIGHT BACK TO IT
just the normal world but the sun didn't shine and everything was dark and gray. I tried to look in the sky for the moon or stars and there was a symbol in the sky instead, which I can still picture. It was a sigil, and really an evil demonic one.
still today I am worried about even seeing that. horrible.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:26 PM (j+aD2)
We grew from 212 million to 343 million from 1973 to now. That's with fifty straight years of Roe v. Wade holding us below replacement rate.
Yet we didn't shrink.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (mexfo)
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We didn't dip below replacement rate until sometime in the 90s (conservatives remain at replacement rate now while progressives have collapsed).
I'm not saying most of our growth isn't illegal and legal immigration, but overall replacement rate has only been below 2.1 since about 1993 or so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:27 PM (46HP8)
We grew from 212 million to 343 million from 1973 to now. That's with fifty straight years of Roe v. Wade holding us below replacement rate.
Yet we didn't shrink.
Posted by: t-bird
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They claimed 20 million in c. 2000
50 mil plus anchor babies is more like it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2026 02:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 02:23 PM (WONhk)
Okay, this shit was funny. Even the most sexist chud would want Christy writing material for the comedy club
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 02:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:28 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:28 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 02:23 PM (WONhk)
Okay, this shit was funny. Even the most sexist chud would want Christy writing material for the comedy club
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 02:27 PM (gKWVE)
She's reaching Ace level in cutting derision.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 02:29 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:29 PM (OYsYV)
The only change in results will be directly related to those deportations and self-deportations. But, it's something.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 02:25 PM (dIske)
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The Census can count people without Congressional authority, it just can't be used for reapportionment of House and Electoral votes.
The point would be to get a good count of how many legal Americans there are.
And there are definite historical examples of not counting non-residents like diplomats and visitors, those with loyalties to other nations. Happened for a couple of hundred years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:29 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 02:29 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 02:29 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Glenn Frey at May 22, 2026 02:21 PM (0sNs1)
Drove by that corner a couple of days ago. There is a statue there now. Wasn't there the last time I passed that way.
By the way, AVOID Meteor Crater. It has become a woke-stained tourist trap. They want $28.50 (senior rate!) just to pass through the museum to go to a viewing balcony on the crater rim. I waited in line ten minutes just to get to the painfully slow cashier, and when she told me that, I said, "I've seen it before, and I sure as Hell don't need to pay $28.50 to see it again. Bye!" My buddy was ahead of me, and paid his $28.50, because he really, really needed to use the shitter. "Most expensive shit I've ever had."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 02:30 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 02:31 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 02:31 PM (6wpGE)
https://tinyurl.com/yc487hzv
The implication?
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Gina Milan
@ginamilan_
Iran is about to get SMOKED.
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Best wedding ever? Like the christening in The Godfather?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 02:31 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 02:30 PM (8zz6B)
That needed to be an upper decker.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 02:31 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:28 PM (OYsYV)
Dems are being consistent. They want to eradicate women with feminism and now by replacing the feminists with crazy men.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (8avO+)
He did a great cover of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by that band from England whose name I forget...The Grass hoppers or something like that.
Posted by: Zombie Bobby Ridarelli at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (FtULh)
Only real issue I had was the NASA placards fluffing the stupid Space Shuttle.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 02:33 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:33 PM (OYsYV)
oh who cares
they're corrupt idiots, yada yada yada
let them blather
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (j+aD2)
just the normal world but the sun didn't shine and everything was dark and gray. I tried to look in the sky for the moon or stars and there was a symbol in the sky instead, which I can still picture. It was a sigil, and really an evil demonic one.
still today I am worried about even seeing that. horrible.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22
This sounds awful, especially with how vivid it sounds. Are you able to listen to music when you fall asleep? I know this may sound like froo froo dust, but 437 MHz music is supposed to be calming for thoughts, along with green noise. That and a quick meditation to only allow positive thoughts and dreams. Maybe it is psychosomatic, but it seems to help me fall asleep when I am having racy brain issues.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:28 PM (OYsYV)
Dems are being consistent. They want to eradicate women with feminism and now by replacing the feminists with crazy men.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (8avO+)
And just exactly what have Trans "women" done other than mass shootings and taking sports wins from actual women ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (FtULh)
It might be often boring.
It might barely have a story.
But is it...fascinating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 02:24 PM (qx7Zg)
A third party running as populists would destroy both the others - the Republicans immediately, and the Democrats a couple cycles later.
Not defeat them electorally, but destroy them. As in "afterthought, footnote political parties."
It would rapidly become [Populist] Party vs. [Communist] Party and D and R would be begging them to allow them to be junior partners.
If Trump wants to go down in history as a truly, cataclysmically transformative leader, an open break from the GOP and formation of a third party in November 2026 is the way to do it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Zombie Bobby Ridarelli at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (7d1L5)
I think it was the June Bugs, or the London Boys. Can't remember.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 22, 2026 02:35 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (s9VOe)
I don't think we were talking about Hunter...
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 02:35 PM (q177U)
It might be often boring.
It might barely have a story.
But is it...fascinating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (46HP
Oh dear lord- he's going to go on a Maggie Gyllenhaal kick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)
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Sometimes I just watch movies cause I'm curious.
Watched Send Help earlier. Pretty fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:36 PM (46HP8)
https://tinyurl.com/yc487hzv
The implication?
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Gina Milan
@ginamilan_
Iran is about to get SMOKED.
The wedding is in the Bahamas so I see where that could be a problem
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:37 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Zombie Bobby Ridarelli at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (7d1L5)
I think it was the June Bugs, or the London Boys. Can't remember.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 22, 2026
The Monkees.
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 02:37 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison!
Oh My!
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at May 22, 2026 02:37 PM (7d1L5)
And just exactly what have Trans "women" done other than mass shootings and taking sports wins from actual women ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (FtULh)
Take over tenured positions from women in universities and senior administrative positions in progressive companies.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)
that does look fun but it's ... Sam Raimi and Rachel McAdams
The Bride ... does not
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:37 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 02:38 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)
254 Watched Send Help earlier. Pretty fun.
that does look fun but it's ... Sam Raimi and Rachel McAdams
The Bride ... does not
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:37 PM (j+aD2)
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The Bride looked like a mess, but an interesting mess.
And that's what it is. I would recommend it to no one. I never want to watch it again. But it was...interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)
Historically, hiring eunuchs for the administration has done wonders to reduce the problem of nepotism.
Posted by: the byzantines at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (gKWVE)
"it's GOT Sam and Rachel (and Dylan)"
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)
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*snap zoom*
*whip pan*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (46HP
Masochism. I do not need to drive a rusty nail through my balls to know i would not enjoy it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:40 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (46HP
Masochism. I do not need to drive a rusty nail through my balls to know i would not enjoy it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)
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The Bride > driving a rusty nail through Aetius' balls
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:40 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: It's me donna
Shit-canned about a billion dollars in sales from InBev.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 02:42 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Cheri at May 22, 2026 02:42 PM (oiNtH)
I suppose if they did have such a museum in Washington they would mix in stories of fake women ( transgenders ) with actual women. They wouldn't have a separate wing. I already role my eyes at regular art museums going on interminably about white privilege.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:42 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (FtULh)
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Legitimized and normalized mental illness.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 02:43 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 02:43 PM (FtULh)
trump energy. that comes from being genuinely committed.
I think he's got a decent shot actually.
I think he's catching people's attention. Even the dummies.
Posted by: Not a florida man, yet at May 22, 2026 02:43 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 02:34 PM (BI5O2)
That's not how it works in the US. A third party will be eaten by one or both of the major parties cannibalizing its support. Which is happening to the GOP now with Trump, with populist people taking over more and more of the party posts every year, pushing out the GOPe over time.
The Dems may be unwilling or unable to morph itself easily due to the radicals taking over the power in the party, but it is no longer the party of Clinton or the 70s Dems anymore and is shedding members that used to support it.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 02:43 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)
Plus you could get tetanus doing that. You'd have to make sure your shot record was up to date.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 22, 2026 02:43 PM (g8Ew8)
A=440 hz. Nazi plot to enslave humanity.
This is actually a conspiracy theory that some hold.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 02:44 PM (eEPa7)
Two of the key members of the court that forced a Democrat district on the state are resigning early.
And the legislature expanded the court by 2 already meaning the governor gets to appoint 4 judges. Out of 7.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 02:45 PM (46HP8)
You don't think Harriet Tubman is just as important as Bruce Jenner ) ?! whatever his name is now) For shame !!! / s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:45 PM (n3VHW)
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Nobody believes that. Not now. If there was ever any doubt, everybody knows the sex deviates & trannies are all, generally speaking, mental defectives.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 02:47 PM (gUqk9)
tinyurl.com/yc297tn6
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 02:47 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 02:49 PM (Dg7ng)
I suppose if they did have such a museum in Washington they would mix in stories of fake women ( transgenders ) with actual women. They wouldn't have a separate wing. I already role my eyes at regular art museums going on interminably about white privilege.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:42 PM (n3VHW)
Future Exhibit: Joan of Arc was transgender because she wore male armor in battle. (of course there is no female armor since they didn't fight in the 1400s.)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 02:49 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 02:51 PM (q177U)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:42 PM (n3VHW)
Fen, it would be preferable to use "counterfeit" instead of "fake". More implication of malice, and malice is absolutely intended by those counterfeits.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 02:52 PM (8zz6B)
I've read that about St. Joan. So dumb!
Of course I've also read that St. Sebastian is an icon to some in the gay community because he was shot with arrows, because arrows are like penises. Get it?!! I did not make this up.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:53 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 02:53 PM (J8APv)
That was an actual description on a painting of St. Sebastian at a museum I visited.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:54 PM (n3VHW)
A=440 hz. Nazi plot to enslave humanity.
This is actually a conspiracy theory that some hold.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 02:44 PM (eEPa7)
Please. I am still trying to get my head around Vril.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 03:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 03:04 PM (oT0kA)
I've read that about St. Joan. So dumb!
Of course I've also read that St. Sebastian is an icon to some in the gay community because he was shot with arrows, because arrows are like penises. Get it?!! I did not make this up.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 02:53 PM (n3VHW)
I recently saw a clip on Twitter of some trans claiming all tomboy girls are really trans.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 22, 2026 03:12 PM (8avO+)
If not a bird strike or engine falling off the Delta flight tomorrow, you may read of a former lovely woman who died tragically in the loo of the plane... as gravity took hold on landing and people forgot I was in there.It's possible.
I am never, ever afraid to fly. Flew a week post 9/11 or whenever they let us board again. With my trusty 20lb travel purse to attack anyone, anytime. That ain't the problem, even if we wake to the hellfire in Iran.
I am now in reverse cholera and just ate a chocolate chip cookie in anger because my husband is at Home Depot or somewhere. I did eat an apple before this.
I guess it could be worse. Trying to think of how, but I am enraged over circumstances. I know I used to recover faster from anything and if this is old age I am not pleased.
Ok, ebola would be worse on a plane. Or sitting next to a Dim politician instead of the husband of my youth.
I "voluntered" my RN license in FL over the thought of ebola and Obungo saying he'd draft retired nurses. I thought quitting was enough so I called Tallahassee and they said,nay, ye must write a letter vs killing someone or showing up high on meth. So I did.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 03:14 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:57 PM (46HP
Gefilka Fish!
Posted by: Nelly at May 22, 2026 03:24 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 03:28 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 02:06 PM (iFTx/)
Thank you for that laugh, my friend. I hadn't thought of that harpy group in years and that was such a wonderful picture you painted.
Posted by: Nelly at May 22, 2026 03:34 PM (6+ehB)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBnnauqM4wU
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 02:20 PM (Riz8t)
He is often kinder than I would have been but Cruel Drinker is the best Drinker.
Posted by: Nelly at May 22, 2026 03:39 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 04:01 PM (6wpGE)
Dr. Oz: Minnesota is Still Refusing to Turn Over Evidence of Their Looting of the American Treasury
Nick SortorVance trumpeted the news:
@nicksortor 🚨 NOW: Dr. Oz confirms Minnesota is STILL NOT COOPERATING with federal anti-fraud efforts, despite over $350 MILLION in federal funding being withheld Clearly we need to be withholding EVERY PENNY then. I'm so sick of being scammed by Walz and his Somalis.
JD Vance
@JDVance 14h Today, the task force and the DOJ announced a massive take down of two of the largest Medicaid fraud cases in Minnesota state history, as well as the largest autism fraud scheme ever charged by the federal government. Our message is simple: if you're committing fraud, we will find you, and we won't rest until justice is served.
🚨 NOW: Dr. Oz confirms Minnesota is STILL NOT COOPERATING with federal anti-fraud efforts, despite over $350 MILLION in federal funding being withheld
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 21, 2026
Clearly we need to be withholding EVERY PENNY then.
I'm so sick of being scammed by Walz and his Somalis. pic.twitter.com/v6dToo1xOa
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Health Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces the LARGEST autism fraud bust in US HISTORY in Minnesota
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 21, 2026
Initial cost: $38M
Cost this year: $442 MILLION.
"This was organized theft that EXPLOITED the most vulnerable children in America!"
Lay the hammer on these… pic.twitter.com/fGaRSA7QV9
"All of our social programs were built for a high-trust society… That social trust has become diminished."
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 21, 2026
From the DOJ's $90M fraud bust in MN: pic.twitter.com/QqHRKquNrw
BREAKING: Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, one of the Medicaid fraudsters in Minnesota who was recently indicted for stealing $3.3M, was caught and arrested after he attempted to FLEE from the FBI.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 21, 2026
Footage captures Omar limping away during his attempted escape after he jumped from a… pic.twitter.com/PXLxaywNY3
Eric DaughertyTheir only ambition is plunder:
@EricLDaugh 🚨 OMG. Trump SBA chief Kelly Loeffler just revealed the Biden admin ORDERED their staff to ignore the US Treasury's "do not pay list" for grants -- and 70% WERE FLAGGED FOR FRAUD. "That's how $14 BILLION got out the door so quickly!" 🤯 "They ordered SBA employees to take 4 hours per applicant and not any more." This is criminal. "Then we come to find out in the GAO report that 70 percent of it was fraudulent!" "Now we, from day one at the SBA, have come in with a zero-tolerance policy on fraud. And so we began cracking down on it right away." "We've already sent out 1,000 demand letters demanding that those who took the money -- now these were not loans. These were grants. These were the federal government writing checks of taxpayer money!" @RapidResponse47
They LEGALIZED FRAUD.
Judge Glock
@judgeglock California high-speed rail cost now up to $231 billion. That means the average worker in the state will pay out over $12,000 to fund a single project that almost no one will ride. CA rail will be studied for generations, a truly once-in-a-lifetime level of government failure.
Ron DeSantisFlashback: Ilhan "Omar" declared that the Real Victims of fraud were the Somalis themselves. Some people did some things to some buildings, doncha know.
@RonDeSantis Is this $200+ billion dollar "high-speed" rail a policy failure? Of course. But if the goal was simply to commandeer tax dollars for distribution to politically-connected constituencies then I'd imagine those with that goal are probably quite pleased.
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Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: William Tecumseh Sherman at May 22, 2026 12:16 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hamitchell at May 22, 2026 12:16 PM (nQm/s)
And make sure to leak the time and places to Fox so we can get them in handcuffs wearing their PJ's
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 22, 2026 12:16 PM (qoLdL)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (q177U)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: William Tecumseh Sherman at May 22, 2026 12:16 PM (gKWVE)
Mr President, I recommend the Grand Tour- cut the head off the Minnesotan Chicken!
Posted by: Rip Torn in By Dawn's Early Light at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (jehhT)
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Polka will never die at May 22, 2026 12:18 PM (9Rl/+)
Where was this mutant leper planning on fleeing to? He was gonna swim back to Somalia?
I always gotta laugh at criminals running from police who already built a case against them and came specifically to arrest them. Like, the police know who you are and will find you. Running only makes it worse.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
https://shorturl.at/OFiP3
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:19 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Hamitchell at May 22, 2026 12:19 PM (nQm/s)
They would say their intentions were good, but I now increasingly doubt even that. Public funding is like money just blowing around in the wind; stick a basket up and catch it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:19 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 22, 2026 12:19 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 12:20 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:20 PM (594J6)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 22, 2026 12:19 PM (N39Ws)
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Fraud investigations take time to collect evidence.
Intent has to be proven either explicitly (very rare) or through a preponderance of evidence, and that has to be a lot of evidence that needs to be sorted through, organized, and arranged to tell the story of the fraud.
Oh, and Vance said she is a target of the Fraud Task Force.
https://shorturl.at/OFiP3
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:21 PM (46HP8)
They need PF. Flyer Redball Jets -- You run faster and jump higher
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 12:21 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:20 PM (594J6)
I think they did later. That was something someone mentioned last night.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:21 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 22, 2026 12:21 PM (6kcwX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (HdYcL)
Failure? I've got 3 Lamborghinis and 5 mistresses which say that it was a roaring success. -- CA Rail contractor
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bigotry! It's all I see! at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (TbWk/)
We cannot as a nation support enclaves of primitive raiders who exist to do nothing but loot our treasury for their own gain because that's all they know.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (Av6i5)
Intent has to be proven either explicitly (very rare) or through a preponderance of evidence, and that has to be a lot of evidence that needs to be sorted through, organized, and arranged to tell the story of the fraud.
Oh, and Vance said she is a target of the Fraud Task Force.
https://shorturl.at/OFiP3
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
Nope. Lock her up today. Even if it means she goes free because a case can't be made. That's all that matters.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Vance speaks of "intentions" with regards to Omar.
How about this; make your goddamn "intentions" ones to jettison her from the US, pronto.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)
I guess Minnesota pols are untouchable.
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (ZxPkt)
And if 68 IQ Somalis are doing this, imagine what sophisticated operators are getting up to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (HdYcL)
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The 68 IQ are doing no more than checking boxes laid out before them. It's the more sophisticated ones who are doing the actual work.
Like this lady who just got 41 years in prison:
https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/
2057501486477680854
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (46HP8)
I hope they've confiscated her passport. I know they haven't.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
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What matters is conviction.
Followed by denaturalization and deportation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (46HP8)
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That's some real Spiderman shit right there.
Posted by: Marlo Stanfield at May 22, 2026 12:24 PM (ubRhE)
Followed by denaturalization and deportation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (46HP
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Then defenstration.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:24 PM (HdYcL)
Followed by denaturalization and deportation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (46HP
Yes I assumed my /s was implied.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:25 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Followed by denaturalization and deportation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (46HP
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Then defenstration.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:24 PM (HdYcL)
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What Somaliland does to her is up to them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:25 PM (46HP8)
Followed by denaturalization and deportation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:23 PM (46HP
Yes I assumed my /s was implied.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:25 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Ah...intentional satirization of failure theater demanders.
I get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:25 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)
You almost have to admire someone willing to jump out of a 4th story building to avoid capture.
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The height where you have a 50:50 chance of dying from a fall is remarkably low.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:26 PM (HdYcL)
Followed by denaturalization and deportation.
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Sometimes, what also matters is making an example of someone, regardless of the situation.
I think a lot of people would be happy with her being made an example of, conviction and/or deportation aside.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:26 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:26 PM (594J6)
I think a lot of people would be happy with her being made an example of, conviction and/or deportation aside.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:26 PM (jehhT)
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Arresting her and then her getting off because the evidence wasn't collected completely enough would make another example of her.
One you don't want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:27 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (iXqHn)
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The guy in the pic is just the frontman, the stooge, the idiot set up to take the fall.
Individual idiots like this mangy mutt didn't steal 100s of billions of dollars from taxpayers. The true perpetrators of this scheme were very coordinated, very high-level organized crime in cahoots with the government.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:26 PM (HdYcL)
Tuck and roll.
I'll also note that if he were wearing crocs, they would not have fallen off. But then he'd be gay AND lame.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (bss/y)
CA rail will be studied for generations, a truly once-in-a-lifetime level of government failure.
Hey, did you hear? They're already pivoting away from high-speed rail, and are now planning to build high-speed BUSES.
Think I'm joking? Think again:
https://abc7news.com/post/ caltrans-considering-high-speed-bus-would-take- passengers-san-francisco-los-angeles-state- freeways-heres-look/19140657/
Caltrans considering 140 mph bus that would take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)
A “high trust” society isn’t a luxury or just one of those “nice things to have”, it is the pre-requisite for a functioning society. It doesn’t guarantee it, by any means. Without it, however, there is no chance.
You have to lock up the crooks. Not the toothpaste.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (B4klT)
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FIFM
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (aDC+n)
Every dollar they added was stolen
Posted by: 18-1 at
And every dollar before that was stolen too.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (YZ0Fo)
@RonDeSantis
Is this $200+ billion dollar "high-speed" rail a policy failure? Of course.
But if the goal was simply to commandeer tax dollars for distribution to politically-connected constituencies then I'd imagine those with that goal are probably quite pleased.
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There is no incentive for anyone to complete the stupid thing. The politicians and proponents have no doubt seen survey results indicating not enough people will buy tickets to even cover the (unionized) operating costs. Better to keep promising the Moon and get paid every year until forever, than delivering a failure you'll be pressed to explain.
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (5rh/l)
CA rail will be studied for generations, a truly once-in-a-lifetime level of government failure.
Textbook case on how to steal billions and not get caught.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
So, you're saying a truly intelligent, organized individual with great cunning and guile?
That leaves out Tim Waltz.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)
Thom Tillis voted for every penny of it.
Trillions and trillions of our dollars.
But now he and his Lilting Band of Liars are balking at a few million to compensate those illegally prosecuted by Biden.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (4iEwa)
Posted by: RandomDave at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)
140 mph on a bus? No fucking way.
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (594J6)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 22, 2026 12:30 PM (CWTWj)
Thom Tillis voted for every penny of it.
Trillions and trillions of our dollars.
But now he and his Lilting Band of Liars are balking at a few million to compensate those illegally prosecuted by Biden.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (73/SM)
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Let's be honest...Roy Cooper would be an improvement over Tillis.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:30 PM (46HP8)
So? That's what handcuffs are for. You don't wait for the arrestees to 'cooperate'.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 12:30 PM (ReYtg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (4iEwa)
*shakes head sadly*
Like Stacey Abrams at a Golden Corral.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)
****
Didn't they make a crappy movie with this premise?
Posted by: clarence at May 22, 2026 12:30 PM (31e/z)
One of the seasons of True Detective focused on LA elites stealing a bunch of money from the hi speed rail project.
They were way, way too optimistic though as eventually the line does get built...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)
140 mph on a bus? No fucking way.
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (594J6)
Spending your last moments in a rattling death trap with homeless people is not the way I'd want to go.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (HdYcL)
This IS what the sophisticated operators are up to.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)
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Please tell me that it's self-driving and security is provided by cartel gang bangers.
/I would pay Waymo for that!
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (aDC+n)
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)
Please tell me they will be designed by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Lie if you must, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (ynpvh)
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Didn't they make a crappy movie with this premise?
Posted by: clarence at May 22, 2026 12:30 PM (31e/z)
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The one where the bus' speed couldn't go under 55 mph and if its speed went under 55 mph then it would blow up so they had to keep the speed over 55 mph which meant a constant race to keep the speed up?
I think it was called..."The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (594J6)
Watch me, saar
Posted by: Panjeet Singh at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (gKWVE)
But if the goal was simply to commandeer tax dollars for distribution to politically-connected constituencies then I'd imagine those with that goal are probably quite pleased
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DeSantis is correct, but I would add that a bigger part of the high-speed rail project was to confiscate generational farmland, private property and high value properties through eminent domain. As of this year, the State of California has laid claim on over 800 properties in the name of the high-speed rail.
When the project finally tanks, California will turn to their cronie developers as prospective buyers.
Posted by: Orson at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (594J6)
Maybe it's another one of those population reduction schemes.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (zYpTz)
Reminds me of the money to build the southern wall.
Millions for illegals, not a penny for defense!
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)
Walz learned this tactic from OJ, who did his own investigation to find Nicole's real killer. (iirc)
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (46HP
Let's add an insipid romance!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)
Please tell me they will be designed by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Lie if you must, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (wVcYX)
Like the movie "Speed"? Don't let the bus fall below 100mph!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (ynpvh)
Followed by denaturalization and deportation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Here you go bringing logic to a rhetorical argument.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)
I think a lot of people would be happy with her being made an example of, conviction and/or deportation aside.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:26 PM (jehhT)
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Arresting her and then her getting off because the evidence wasn't collected completely enough would make another example of her.
One you don't want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:27 PM (46HP
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*shrugs*
She'll suffer no consequences or conviction. Being made an example of would be an inconvenience for her, maybe even humiliating.
Beats the alternative of most certain acquittal.
I'm just positing an alternative view. Because I seriously doubt she'll face any recriminations.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:33 PM (jehhT)
I think it was called..."The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
The should do that on a cruise ship!
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:33 PM (YZ0Fo)
Walz learned this tactic from OJ, who did his own investigation to find Nicole's real killer. (iirc)
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (vbXSk)
OJ just couldn't find the real killer(s) no matter how many golf courses he played through.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 12:33 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
The standard play is to run to MX or Central America, buy new papers, and then sneak back in.
"Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar? No, I am Omar Adbulqadir Muhammad! Simple mistake. Please direct me to the nearest NGO. Please and thank you~!"
Posted by: CCP at May 22, 2026 12:33 PM (diia5)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (ynpvh)
Too simple. I like 'The Bus that Could Not Slow Down.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 22, 2026 12:32 PM (zYpTz)
There has to be cheaper ways.
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (594J6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (4iEwa)
Wonder why there wasn't a Speed 3.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (gKWVE)
I think it was called..."The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
The should do that on a cruise ship!
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:33 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Yeah, but then you have to call it something stupid like The Cruise Ship that Couldn't Slow Down or The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down 2: Cruise Control, and no one would understand it.
This is definitely a one and done enterprise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)
140 mph on a bus? No fucking way.
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (594J6)
Spending your last moments in a rattling death trap with homeless people is not the way I'd want to go.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)
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Are you ready for the upcoming Hollyweird Blockbuster "Speed 2: Hunter Biden Boogaloo?"
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (aDC+n)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
So, you're saying a truly intelligent, organized individual with great cunning and guile?
That leaves out Tim Waltz.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)
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Organized? Yes, for sure. But not great intelligence or cunning is needed. The Somali scam was just another government-benefits scam of the type that has been going on since there were government benefits.
The Italian, Jewish, and Russian mobs have been scamming benefits for decades. The names may change, but the scam stays the same.
What was different about the Somali scam was the size and scope, which was made possible by insanely stupid covid spending and lack of oversight. But even then, it wasn't just the Somalis stuffing their faces with stolen loot. It was mostly the Russian mob in LA stealing all the hospice money.
Probably 50% of every dollar spent on "healthcare" in the last 5 years was stolen.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)
Wonder why there wasn't a Speed 3.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (gKWVE)
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Speed 2 was too expensive and didn't make enough money.
That's like 99% of the reasons why we don't get more in franchises.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP8)
Textbook case on how to steal billions and not get caught.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (Cqx++)
Just wait for the musical to come out:
How To Steal Billions Without Really Trying.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (wVcYX)
Wonder why there wasn't a Speed 3.
Posted by: gKWVE at
Ummm. Because there was speed: cruise control.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (YZ0Fo)
Caltrans considering 140 mph bus that would take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)
That is the worst idea I've heard of since High-Speed Rail between LA and SanFran. On second thought, it is a worse idea.
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Gravity of the Situation at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (46HP
Like 'The Hacker who can dodge bullets and bend spoons- with his mind!'
Great movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)
In:High Speed Buses?
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: gKWVE wouldn't insure this one at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (gKWVE)
Caltrans considering 140 mph bus that would take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles
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Didn't they make a crappy movie with this premise?
Posted by: clarence
The Big Bus
www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (Cqx++)
That's like 99% of the reasons why we don't get more in franchises.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP
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It did capture the spirit of traveling on the oceans, though.
I was seasick due to the terrible cinematography.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (46HP
Like 'The Hacker who can dodge bullets and bend spoons- with his mind!'
Great movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)
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I prefer "Elder Assassin Who Kills Everyone Because of a Cute Pooch".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 12:37 PM (73/SM)
I was seasick due to the terrible cinematography.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (gnNyN)
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I've only seen the big crash at the end.
Quite convincing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:37 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)
Oh no we are crashing into the dock at 5 knots!!!!
Which, I get it unless you are a New Zealand Captain-ette you aren't supposed to crash into a dock but just didn't feel high stakes like Speed 1
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)
In Germany it was called Derbüssenflyen
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:37 PM (J8APv)
A Highlander 2 also exists. I am told.
Posted by: gKWVE in the town of Nilbog at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (gKWVE)
Wonder why there wasn't a Speed 3.
Posted by: gKWVE at
Ummm. Because there was speed: cruise control.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (YZ0Fo)
Tom Cruise was terrible in that one.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (ynpvh)
"You mean SUCCESS." All the families that now have generational wealth
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)
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Speaking of which...
Arnold is training for King Conan.
It's a project that's come together and fallen apart like 5 times over the last 15 years or so, but it look like it's actually happening now.
Christopher McQuarrie is writing and directing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (46HP
That's a great one!
Also loved 'Big shark goes to the cafeteria and a Deputy, a retard and a WWII vet blow him up with an oxygen tank.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)
A Highlander 2 also exists. I am told.
Posted by: gKWVE in the town of Nilbog at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (gKWVE)
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What, exactly, is a quickening?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:39 PM (46HP8)
If the Rs have any political sense (hah!) they'll track the cash and find who got the kickbacks, then use the hell out of that info in political ads.
If that doesn't happen, it's because some high ranking Rs got their beak wet.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 12:39 PM (Y2dJL)
That's like 99% of the reasons why we don't get more in franchises.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP
The one with the boat was ridiculous. OH NO! HERE COMES A BOAT! VERY SLOWLY! ... still coming ... (five hours later) ... (checks watch) ... (orders pizza) ... (takes selfie with boat) ...
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 12:39 PM (3uBP9)
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It will be studied by the wrong people, for the wrong reasons.
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 22, 2026 12:39 PM (CyFyf)
What would you expect to happen, then? Politicians have a license to steal. You’ll see this at the very local forms of government all the way down to the county level.
Some accountant gets busted for stealing a half million dollars. Gets 3 hours in-home probation or whatever. Even if they get say, astonishingly a year in jail - there’s no shortage of people who are willing to go to jail for 500 large.
Innmy home state some broad was convicted of Arson, destroyed 3 homes, nearly killed people.
Probation. Arson is easily among the most heinous of crimes. It is historically a Capital offense, and with good reason.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 12:39 PM (B4klT)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (46HP
That's a great one!
Also loved 'Big shark goes to the cafeteria and a Deputy, a retard and a WWII vet blow him up with an oxygen tank.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)
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Some would call it the best movie of all time, but those some have never seen "My Dinner with Andre."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:39 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (46HP
Arnold has had a couple open heart surgeries. If you see him in clips, he can hardly move. They are going to lean heavily on AI methinks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (OYsYV)
In:High Speed Buses?
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (YwEeS)
Coming soon: High Speed Stagecoaches
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: The Hugest Manatee! at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (YZ0Fo)
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I've never liked Highlander.
I'm open to a new take that makes it...good and beyond a couple of special effects shots and the line "There can be only one."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (4iEwa)
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... in a motorcycle accident with a high-speed bus driven by an illegal alien -- call "Law Tigers."
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (aDC+n)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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As Willie Sutton said about banks, that is where the money is.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)
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With every fiber of my being, I know that vile, evil BroFo is involved in this, even if it was only to instruct her fellow garbage people how to commit massive fraud against the American taxpayer.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (qBdHI)
Wonder why there wasn't a Speed 3.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (gKWVE)
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Speed 2 was too expensive and didn't make enough money.
That's like 99% of the reasons why we don't get more in franchises.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP
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"Sure, let's make a sequel to a surprisingly successful film. But we'll spend way too much money on a dumb script that has nothing to do with the original movie. Then we'll shoot it all jerky and kinetic so the audience can barely see what's going on. Sounds great, right? Well, we haven't even told you the best part! The star of the original movie, the guy who basically made the movie work, isn't gonna be in the sequel! See? Genius!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (ZxPkt)
An action thriller starring (to be named later) as two escaped convicts who inadvertently board a Hi-Speed Bus in California.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (wVcYX)
A Highlander 2 also exists. I am told.
Posted by: gKWVE in the town of Nilbog at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (gKWVE)
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What, exactly, is a quickening?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:39 PM (46HP
a) when a splinter goes up your quick
b) When the light turns yellow before you get to the interection
c) Your pulse when you see what you owe the IRS
d) How you sink in the faster version of quick sand: quickening sand
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (ynpvh)
Maybe it was the title.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)
1. watch the movie
2. beat anyone who proposes a sequel with a rubber hose
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (gKWVE)
We discuss this reality all day long. From the DOJ and FBI to "education" and on and on and on. National government deliberately erasing borders and rule of law.
Somali looting is much more symptom than cause.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (46HP
Arnold has had a couple open heart surgeries. If you see him in clips, he can hardly move. They are going to lean heavily on AI methinks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y)
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He says the script leans into his age, but yeah, there's going to be CG and body doubles for stuff for sure.
Still, a good Conan movie (McQuarrie gives me hope), which we haven't had since 1982? That'd be fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (46HP8)
The left: LOL American healthcare sucks look at how expensive it is
Also the left: Look for fraud and abuse in healthcare spending?!? Are you racist?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (qx7Zg)
We're gonna need more horses!
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:37 PM (J8APv)
Which loosely translated means
FUCK THE PAIN AWAY
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (4iEwa)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
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It's like you don't believe in the star power of Christian Slater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (46HP8)
Some would call it the best movie of all time, but those some have never seen "My Dinner with Andre."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
Babette's Feast!
Posted by: Subtitle Lover at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Gravity of the Situation at May 22, 2026 12:36 PM (oftw2)
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My cousin and I threw ice cubes off the ??th floor balcony and the cops came looking for us. That was probably our first time smoove-talking. We must have been 9 or 10.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (RIvkX)
I'm open to a new take that makes it...good and beyond a couple of special effects shots and the line "There can be only one."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Then again, you are the guy that rated Bridge over a River Kwai over Lawrence of Arabia.
And spoke well of Prometheus.
I think you've turned auteur on us.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (J8APv)
Maybe it was the title.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)
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Well, NYC in the period did suck ass.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (46HP8)
I'm open to a new take that makes it...good and beyond a couple of special effects shots and the line "There can be only one."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (46HP
The original Highlander was the epitome of boy cool. Swords. Sean Connery. A great performance by Clancy Brown. Boobs. Swords. Made for peanuts.
It was silly- but it was neat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 12:44 PM (U/Byj)
>>I'm open to a new take that makes it...good and beyond a couple of special effects shots and the line "There can be only one."
They will also be using Queen in the score/soundtrack.
Looking at the behind the scenes stuff and the fact the Caville is invested in making this awesome, I have high hopes.
This will be the 2nd time Russel Crowe plays a Spaniard.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 12:44 PM (XV/Pl)
I asked the director if I could use my girl power to just kick it aside and he said no. What a bigot
Posted by: Charlize Theron at May 22, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:44 PM (gKWVE)
Some would call it the best movie of all time, but those some have never seen "My Dinner with Andre."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
Babette's Feast!
Posted by: Subtitle Lover at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (oftw2)
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Babette's Feast is marvelous!
I own it!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:44 PM (46HP8)
And spoke well of Prometheus.
I think you've turned auteur on us.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)
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Alec Guinness' look at the end of Bridge > all of Lawrence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (46HP8)
They're just taking revenge on the Somali community for existing, essentially. Because they dared survive accusations of eating the cats and the dogs. This is usually how fascists operate.
There might be fraud, there might not be, who knows? The problem is the Trump administration has absolutely zero credibility. They've lied about everything, so why should I believe this? The only legitimate action anybody in the Trump administration can take, up to and including the president, is to resign.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (ycI94)
And my boy that last part is the best part!
Posted by: Mr Krabs at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)
Then have the entity justify need or cause and delineate and verify exactly where its going.
Federal assistance is socialism.
Federal taxation is theft.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (LIEok)
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The "Spaniard" Sean Connery character with a Scottish accent, and the "Scottish" Christopher Lambert character with a French-Swiss accent?
What's not to like!?
/Heavy suspension of disbelief required ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (aDC+n)
Some would call it the best movie of all time, but those some have never seen "My Dinner with Andre."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
Babette's Feast!
Posted by: Subtitle Lover
Eating Raul?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (7ySGn)
Broken lightbulbhead.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (gtcuf)
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Ummmmmm that was the Haitians you RACIST!
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:46 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (ycI94)
Okay, we're taking away the construction paper until some of you can learn to draw with the approved crayons and not with your own feces.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:46 PM (gKWVE)
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Ho lee fuk--the amount of fraud and stupid it takes to even think of that.
Distance to SF and LA: 383 miles
Formula 1 average speed: 130-165
Tire changes in F1: every 110-160 miles
so, magical tires that'd be the envy of every racer in the world.
And that's before the mechanical limits of pushing a bus at 140--how many HP will that engine have to push?
To say nothing of the fuel costs.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 12:46 PM (73/SM)
Wonder why there wasn't a Speed 3.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:34 PM (gKWVE)
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Speed 2 was too expensive and didn't make enough money.
That's like 99% of the reasons why we don't get more in franchises.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP
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"Sure, let's make a sequel to a surprisingly successful film. But we'll spend way too much money on a dumb script that has nothing to do with the original movie. Then we'll shoot it all jerky and kinetic so the audience can barely see what's going on. Sounds great, right? Well, we haven't even told you the best part! The star of the original movie, the guy who basically made the movie work, isn't gonna be in the sequel! See? Genius!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
Super Easy! Barely an Inconvenience!
Posted by: Hollyweird at May 22, 2026 12:46 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 12:44 PM (U/Byj)
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I've seen it once, and I genuinely enjoyed it.
It's very New York actor setpiece, Louis Malle kind of just finding something to make with his actors while they did Uncle Vanya in apartments, which ended up being prep for Vanya on 42nd Street.
Just an interesting conversation well acted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (46HP8)
He better slim down from his role as Goring or he will need a Clydesdale.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (4iEwa)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:46 PM (YZ0Fo)
They all look alike to us. Dark skinned black people.
-average redditor
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)
This has become a sickness. Epstein Derangement Syndrome.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: American taxpayer at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 12:44 PM (U/Byj)
I never imagined going out with you to be THAT bad.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (ycI94)
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"I could look at the charging documents and the successful prosecution of the lady who ran the Friends charity, but then I'd be informed about something, and we can't have that."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:48 PM (46HP8)
"Daddy. Dinner time."
Conan heaves his formarly world class body off his rest.
"Ahhh. It * cough * is good to be king.
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:48 PM (594J6)
It's very New York actor setpiece, Louis Malle kind of just finding something to make with his actors while they did Uncle Vanya in apartments, which ended up being prep for Vanya on 42nd Street.
Just an interesting conversation well acted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
I like when abed did My Dinner with Jeff
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:48 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (46HP
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To be fair, wasn't Peter O'Toole basically shit-faced throughout the filming of Lawrence?
/Didn't he fall off a camel or something?
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:49 PM (aDC+n)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:48 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Quality Community episode.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:49 PM (46HP8)
Harvard plans to price the chip at $20/ea, same as in town.
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)
/Didn't he fall off a camel or something?
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:49 PM (aDC+n)
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Are you implying that there was a moment in Peter O'Toole's life when he wasn't shit-faced?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:49 PM (46HP8)
Then have the entity justify need or cause and delineate and verify exactly where its going."
They have a code for each procedure (whether it was performed or not, and whether it was needed or not) ... everything has a code.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (affD0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (4iEwa)
Some would call it the best movie of all time, but those some have never seen "My Dinner with Andre."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
Babette's Feast!
Posted by: Subtitle Lover
Eating Raul?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (7ySGn)
*close to lunchtime*
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & her Lover.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (wVcYX)
What's not to like!?
/Heavy suspension of disbelief required ...
Posted by: ShainS
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To be fair, if they had actually used Highlands dialect, it would have had to have subtitles. Even lowland Scots often don't understand what Highlanders say, let alone the rest of the English speaking world.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)
/Didn't he fall off a camel or something?
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:49 PM (aDC+n)
I think Peter O'Toole stayed shitfaced after he turned 16.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
*burp*
Posted by: Richard Burton at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (gKWVE)
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & her Lover.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (wVcYX)
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That movie's fuckin' weird, bruh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (46HP8)
I'm open to a new take that makes it...good and beyond a couple of special effects shots and the line "There can be only one."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:40 PM (46HP
The original Highlander was the epitome of boy cool. Swords. Sean Connery. A great performance by Clancy Brown. Boobs. Swords. Made for peanuts.
It was silly- but it was neat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:43 PM (bss/y)
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Original Highlander was awesome, one of the best action flicks of the 80s. The Kurgan was one of the best movie villains ... ever.
The movie was also very well shot too. Russell Mulcahy can shoot a movie. Too bad he's a mentally-ill homosexual.
Fun fact: Mulcahy was hired to direct Rambo III. He went to Israel (where the film was shot) to cast the Russian baddies. Stallone specifically wanted big bruiser types who looked like they ate lead and shit bullets.
Who does Mulcahy hire? A bunch of flamingly gay Israeli male models who he was obviously casting-couching. Stallone was like "wtf?????" He then fired Mulcahy.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 12:51 PM (gtcuf)
Remember when you wanted Biden to round up people for not getting the clot shot and send them to concentration camps and the slightly saner Dems said the president can't just round up people for no reason and you called them racist science denying NAZIs?
See this is why we have laws and give people trials. You as a private person can see the evidence laid out in the case, review what the judge does, and watch the system try to prove these people are guilty of breaking an actual criminal statuette beyond a reasonable doubt.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)
I saw a stream Critical Drinker did with Count Dankula. Usually either is perfectly understandable, but as this chat went on, they started to get thicker and thicker accents to where they started to get hard to understand.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:52 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Some people *may* have done some things.
If so, mistakes *may* have been made.
If so, they were done in the enthusiasm of the moment.
Old news.
What difference, at this point, does it make.
Time to move on.
Release the Epstein Files!
OrangeMan Bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: (D)emocrats at May 22, 2026 12:52 PM (0sNs1)
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The "Spaniard" Sean Connery character with a Scottish accent, and the "Scottish" Christopher Lambert character with a French-Swiss accent?
What's not to like!?
/Heavy suspension of disbelief required ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (aDC+n)
What's wrong with that?
Posted by: Zombie John Wayne as Ghengis Khan at May 22, 2026 12:52 PM (ynpvh)
Some people *may* have done some things.
If so, mistakes *may* have been made.
If so, they were done in the enthusiasm of the moment.
Old news.
What difference, at this point, does it make.
Time to move on.
Release the Epstein Files!
OrangeMan Bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: (D)emocrats at May 22, 2026 12:52 PM (0sNs1)
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This isn't satire. It's just recitation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:53 PM (46HP8)
You go, girl.......good response to Newsom's misfits having a hissy fit over Chevron's gall to put posters up at their stations saying gas is high because of Sacramento, NOT Trump.
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Justine Bateman
@JustineBateman
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This is unconscionable. The Governor of CA, an elected official meant to serve the constituents of this state, both individuals and their companies, is urging us to AVOID a company here. Incredibly unethical and disqualifying.
No doubt a spiteful response to @Chevron informing the CA citizens that the reason our gas is always outrageously expensive is because of the CA gas tax. That is a FACT cause by the CA Gov.
I will be intentionally buying gas at Chevron this week in LA.
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Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice
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Californians, if you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, be sure to AVOID Chevron.
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 12:53 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (Vh9CX)
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Make Keel Hauling Great Again!
/Doesn't Jack
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:53 PM (aDC+n)
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & her Lover.
Posted by: Count de Monet
I saw that in the theater with my artsy fartsy in laws. They gushed over it. I thought is was disturbing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 12:53 PM (f9bGF)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Most of the talent during Hollywood's golden age was regularly shit-faced and chain smoking as well. Check out the incidence of cancer. Bogart's death was gruesome.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 22, 2026 12:53 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:53 PM (gKWVE)
Same with the actress who played Lydia on Breaking Bad. No trace of an accent on the show. The Scots are good at hiding it.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 12:53 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Only Other Reason Jutland Is Famous at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (oftw2)
What are the odds she rolls over on some of the others involved to mitigate her sentence?
Will any MN politico face consequences?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (jehhT)
I would pay money to see that and I would sit along the Pacheco Pass.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (ReYtg)
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Paint thinner is not a breakfast beverage.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (J8APv)
Maximum Overdrive II - Full Send
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (wVcYX)
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Yeah, but Stephen King stopped doing cocaine and instead just does TDS.
It would be a very, very thin metaphor about how Trump is the devil. The main truck would be called Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 12:46 PM (73/SM)
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It's gonna be electric, of course...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (gnNyN)
This has become a sickness. Epstein Derangement Syndrome.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 12:47 PM (gtcuf)
The Dems are afraid of being Epstein-Barred infected themselves...how many are in the Epstein files?
Posted by: Zombie John Wayne as Ghengis Khan at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (q177U)
Is Colin Farrell Scottish? He can do any and every regional American accent. Talented guy.
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Basically, he wants his people to be able to avoid lines when refueling. Like the rich care about a few extra cents/gal?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 12:53 PM (kX27y)
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BREAKING and UNEXPECTEDLY: Chevron Announces Plans To Relocate Corporate Headquarters to Florida or Texas. Developing ..
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (aDC+n)
And she never really bounced back
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)
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How to say you're uninformed about anything with these 3 easy sentences!
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (qBdHI)
tHiS iS jUsT rEpArAtIonS!
Posted by: Black Minnesotans at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (IifOV)
@LeadingReport
1h
CIA was tracking DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s team, including allegedly monitoring every keystroke on their government computers and devices, per Catherine Herridge"
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 22, 2026 12:44 PM (U/Byj)
When it comes out in IMAX it will be awesome.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (rbvCR)
Harvard plans to price the chip at $20/ea, same as in town.
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)
Within 30 minutes the vagina on a chip connected to every internet browser on the planet, opened a million tabs in each browser, and crashed the internet, and the world.
Posted by: banana Dream - TERMINATOR 7: VAJUDGMENT DAY at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (3uBP9)
What are the odds she rolls over on some of the others involved to mitigate her sentence?
Will any MN politico face consequences?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (jehhT)
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She wasn't just charged. She was convicted. Her sentence as laid out by the judge is 41 years.
Yes, a jury trial led to a massive conviction against an AWFL progressive, but I've been assured that all jury trials are just like the 1/6 trials in DC.
The time for negotiating over her sentence was months ago before the trial. I bet she gave some stuff up and this is a reduced sentence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (B4klT)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (PSEDc)
"Daddy. Dinner time."
Conan heaves his formarly world class body off his rest.
"Ahhh. It * cough * is good to be king.
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 12:48 PM (594J6)
There's Cohen the Barbarian in the Terry Pratchet "Disc World" novels...He's ninety, has no teeth, and has hemorrhoids...
Posted by: Zombie John Wayne as Ghengis Khan at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (ynpvh)
If it dips below 140 mph the bus blows up!
Posted by: Movie Fan at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (tM5h4)
Lydia's accent was amazing. I caught her slipping a couple times though which is how I knew she was Scottish or Irish. Can't help it, it's like auditory viagra.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:57 PM (J8APv)
Is Colin Farrell Scottish? He can do any and every regional American accent. Talented guy.
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)
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He's Irish as a leprechaun drinking Guinness and vomiting up green puke
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:57 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:57 PM (sKqQm)
BEECH GROVE, Ind. — Beech Grove City Schools said it will have no transportation services Friday after catalytic converters were stolen from all of the district's school buses overnight.
"Beech Grove City Schools will be in session today; however, we will have NO transportation services. If you can't drop your child off at school, the school day is excused."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 12:57 PM (Cqx++)
If they don't follow up with "Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood", then their intentions were always venal.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 12:57 PM (ExV1e)
Is Colin Farrell Scottish? He can do any and every regional American accent. Talented guy.
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)
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He's Irish.
Fun little story:
All of the Greeks in Alexander have Irish accents because Oliver Stone cast the movie in Ireland and filled the movie with Irish actors, not because he didn't think Farrell couldn't do another accent.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:57 PM (46HP8)
b) When the light turns yellow before you get to the interection
c) Your pulse when you see what you owe the IRS
d) How you sink in the faster version of quick sand: quickening sand
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (ynpvh)
Are you secretly Bannana Dream?
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 12:57 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (B4klT)
Just because you can do something doesn't, ah, mean you should.
Posted by: Jeff Goldblum at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (gKWVE)
tHiS iS jUsT rEpArAtIonS!
Posted by: Black Minnesotans at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (IifOV)
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But these Somalis are the descendants of slave traders, not slaves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (46HP8)
Is Colin Farrell Scottish? He can do any and every regional American accent. Talented guy.
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)
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I'm always stunned at the ability of Brits to portray faithful America accents.
For example, I had no idea that Hugh Laurie (of "House MD" fame) was British until I saw a subsequent interview with him ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (aDC+n)
Also he was in the season of True Detective based on Newsom stealing the CalTrans money
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
You think it's war, you think it's money. It ain't nothing but tits and ass, honey.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (LIEok)
Um, I'll stick with salt and vingar.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 12:51 PM (gtcuf)
We got fish 'n chips...
Posted by: UK Regular at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (ynpvh)
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I've read that, too. Also remember that same thing being said about Robert Shaw during the filming of Jaws.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Max Power at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (q177U)
Any more Evel Knieval descendants around?
Have the bus jump 140 motorcycles and the fountain at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas. The carnage! In super de-duper slo-mo!!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (wVcYX)
They're just taking revenge on the Somali community for existing, essentially. Because they dared survive accusations of eating the cats and the dogs. This is usually how fascists operate.
There might be fraud, there might not be, who knows? The problem is the Trump administration has absolutely zero credibility. They've lied about everything, so why should I believe this? The only legitimate action anybody in the Trump administration can take, up to and including the president, is to resign.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 12:45 PM (ycI94)
Whooo boy. The old we've known about for a year gambit. Of course Walz and crew have done nothing about it and are hiding documents, but vance is the bad guy for noticing.
Run with that instead of recognizing that team blue are the baddies in this situation.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (cSOsh)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (PSEDc)
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They did that to calm his nerves.
Crowe was going up to Harris for help because the production was so big, so Harris and Reed just decided to get him pissed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Zombie John Wayne as Ghengis Khan at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (ynpvh)
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It's not entirely true that he has no teeth. Yeah, his own teeth all fell out years (or decades) ago.
But he has a nice, shiny diamond grill made out of troll teeth.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (gnNyN)
Out: Hide your boys
In: Hide your liquor
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)
All of the Greeks in Alexander have Irish accents because Oliver Stone cast the movie in Ireland and filled the movie with Irish actors, not because he didn't think Farrell couldn't do another accent.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:57 PM (46HP
Joaquin Phoenix' American accent in Napoleon is the best!
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (J8APv)
Included the line: "I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star."
Posted by: clarence at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (31e/z)
But nooo, we have to have Hollywood to incompetent renditions on a high budget, and make it thooper gay too.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: WisRich at May 22, 2026 01:00 PM (uVg5W)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 01:00 PM (4iEwa)
Also he was in the season of True Detective based on Newsom stealing the CalTrans money
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
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He's genuinely a good actor whom Hollywood tried to turn into a movie star.
He's better just being an actor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:00 PM (46HP8)
We're witholding $350m from you but don't sweat it, we'll keep sending the other $20b for your scams.
All of this is just playacting. The administration has to look like they're addressing the fraud without actually toppling the US government, so we get... whatever this is supposed to be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 01:00 PM (BI5O2)
$Billions isn't money, it's a motive with a universal adapter(Movie, The Way of the Gun)
That assassination of those Democrats in MN sure did drop out of the news fast, didn't it.
Posted by: davidt at May 22, 2026 01:00 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 01:00 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (qBdHI)
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Shaw screwed up the first day's work on the Indianapolis speech so badly because he was so drunk that he was borderline crying to Spielberg about it and did it all again the next day. The next day is what's in the film.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:01 PM (46HP8)
Is Colin Farrell Scottish? He can do any and every regional American accent. Talented guy.
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)
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I'm always stunned at the ability of Brits to portray faithful America accents.
For example, I had no idea that Hugh Laurie (of "House MD" fame) was British until I saw a subsequent interview with him ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (aDC+n)
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Same with Hugh Jackman and the Helmsworth brothers. They sound like Crocodile Dundee in interviews.
Euro and Aussie actors are trained from a young age to do American accents, because that's where the $$ is. It's the dream of all of them to break into the USA market. So they absolutely must develop a convincing American accent.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:58 PM (aDC+n)
Same with Damien Lewis. (MAJ Winters)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 22, 2026 01:01 PM (PSEDc)
So this has been out and in public for more then a decade.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:01 PM (sKqQm)
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Back in the day the janitor and Gym coach would have installed a sleeve over the gap and they could get those poor dears to class.
Learned Helplessness, nobody has achieved greater proficiency in this endeavor than our Courageous Educators and their Administrator Bretheren.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 01:01 PM (B4klT)
>>For example, I had no idea that Hugh Laurie (of "House MD" fame) was British until I saw a subsequent interview with him ...
They are good at doing the General American accent, and exaggerated Brooklyn accents.
And Aussies are generally incapable of effecting any type accent other than Aussie, except Toni Collette, who can pretty much do any accent.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:01 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (GD0B3)
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All the French in Paths of Glory sound like they're from New York City.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:02 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Watching Paint Dry at May 22, 2026 01:02 PM (oftw2)
He was believable as Dr House and as a stupid, silly noble in Blackadder...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Zombie John Wayne as Ghengis Khan at May 22, 2026 12:56 PM (ynpvh)
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It's not entirely true that he has no teeth. Yeah, his own teeth all fell out years (or decades) ago.
But he has a nice, shiny diamond grill made out of troll teeth.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (gnNyN)
Indeed. That came later. Also ended up with a young woman...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 01:03 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (GD0B3)
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lol
I remember being really bugged by that non-effort.
He did, however, pull off the American accent -- along with Russell Crowe's Australian accent -- in Gladiator (one of about a dozen movies I never tire of watching).
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:03 PM (aDC+n)
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (N8ZBc)
He had seen him in The Wire and thought he was a homey.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
Also an army Lieutenant.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (3uBP9)
I like historical movies, so showing a different side of a historical figure is something I usually like - for example the coming Young Washington.
But...the Phoenix Napoleon movie was focused on what a horny dog Nappy was which, true or false, is an odd focus for a movie.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm)
Crap. I bet it is USB-C
F___ the EU standards, man.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Same issue with a genuine Cockney accent. We get the homogenized version as even Brits can have a problem understanding a Cockney born within earshot from Bow Bells. And that is leaving off rhyming slang.
Michael Caine and Michael Myers had a brief conversation in Goldmember using Cockney and rhyming slang.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Harold Hecuba at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (oftw2)
They can’t risk having the full extent of the problem be seen.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (4KUe5)
You almost have to admire someone willing to jump out of a 4th story building to avoid capture.
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That's some real Spiderman shit right there.
Posted by: Marlo Stanfield at May 22, 2026 12:24 PM (ubRhE)
Like I care what a straight-up bitch thinks....
Posted by: Omar Little at May 22, 2026 01:05 PM (y9nCu)
https://tinyurl.com/4cn6cr8s
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Los Angeles residents and business owners are fuming over claims that the sister-in-law of lefty late-night host Jimmy Kimmel bullied a longtime grocer for selling pro-Spencer Pratt cookies.
Carly Kimmel, Jimmy’s sister-in-law, was accused in a viral social media post of complaining about the Pratt-themed sweets sold at Vicente Foods, a 78-year-old grocery store in Brentwood.
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 01:05 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: JuJuBee at May 22, 2026 01:05 PM (tM5h4)
Posted by: Reforger at May 22, 2026 01:05 PM (594J6)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 12:59 PM (GD0B3)
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All the French in Paths of Glory sound like they're from New York City.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:02 PM (46HP
Worst accent ever was in the latest season of Jack reacher. The woman who played the Boston cop sounded like she had a stroke instead of a Boston accent. Just terrible.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (cSOsh)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (4KUe5)
But then he'd be gay AND lame.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:28 PM (bss/y)
Well, he doesn't LOOK French...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Obligatory at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (sKqQm)
@LeadingReport
1h
CIA was tracking DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s team, including allegedly monitoring every keystroke on their government computers and devices, per Catherine Herridge"
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Just saw a rumor Tulsi is resigning.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (73/SM)
Michael Caine and Michael Myers had a brief conversation in Goldmember using Cockney and rhyming slang.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)
The Trip (2010) has a good bit on that sort of thing. I think ace has linked it before.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Obligatory at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (sKqQm)
Pringles?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 01:07 PM (ynpvh)
Muhammad al-Shitforbrains steals $3.3 Million, but still can't afford decent clothes?
Posted by: XTC
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I went on this rant yesterday morning. Somali-For-Brains grab millions of dollars and live like rats. What gives? Get a haircut, buy some clothes -- hell, shop at The Rack -- fix your teeth, BRUSH your damn teeth, get a facial, get a personal trainer. Do all that before you climb into a limo and drive home to your mansion.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:07 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (cSOsh)
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There's a difference?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:07 PM (46HP8)
So this has been out and in public for more then a decade.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:01 PM (sKqQm)
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Yeah, that was amazing -- I couldn't believe they actually WENT THERE back then.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:07 PM (aDC+n)
Baron Munchausen was not a good movie, but their introduction of Uma Thurman as Venus/Aphrodite was inspired.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (W5mpo)
And they have attacked and alienated Christians, the only people who will protect them.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Her intentions were pretty obvious.
Look at that disappearing $30M. She and her husband were setting up their money laundering operation. Bribers don't just hand bundles of cash anymore. They pay a company (owned by the bribee) inflated invoices for products and services that are never delivered.
It's called "plausible deniability", but that's a misnomer. It's really legally defensible activity. I don't mean that it's legal, I mean that there's enough material for a good attorney to create doubt in the mind of one juror.
Clinton Foundation.
Actually it goes way back and it's how people enter Congress with $50k in assets and retire ten years later, after a
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (Y2dJL)
Shawn Connery's "Spaniard" accent in the Highlander was special.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (IifOV)
Only locals like Mark Wahlberg can pull it off.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:07 PM (46HP
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lmao
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (aDC+n)
Sean not Shawn
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (ayb5b)
Euro and Aussie actors are trained from a young age to do American accents, because that's where the $$ is. It's the dream of all of them to break into the USA market. So they absolutely must develop a convincing American accent.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
American accents are derived from UK in the first place. Basically requires reversion to peel off subsequent history after the Revolution. Same for Australians and New Zealanders wanting to revert to std. British accents.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: davidt at May 22, 2026 01:00 PM (Q+gd/)
That's because she was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans and strip illegals of medicaid.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 22, 2026 01:09 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 01:09 PM (qBdHI)
I remember she put one friend on the phone and I asked the friend to stop kidding around, and after her asking confusedly what I meant several times I finally got there was no kidding around in fact going on.
When I met the friend in person she was attractive...as long as she wasn't speaking.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:10 PM (sKqQm)
Late to the thread, but what are Oz's and Vance's options with MN withholding info?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:10 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:11 PM (3uBP9)
They will be amazed at how much they value that formerly unique ability once they are stripped from the process.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:11 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: gp at May 22, 2026 01:11 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 01:11 PM (qBdHI)
On lefty forums he comes up as there sole example of "right wing violence"
When you ask why Walz didn't roll up his network of Republican terrorists then you don't get a coherent answer...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (Cqx++)
Steal? My good sir, we were merely following the duly proscribed steps required by the bureaucrats duly appointed by the leaders duly elected by the 'people'. You couldn't expect to build something like Hoover Dam in five years, you cannot expect to build a near light speed rail line in an area prone to earthquakes in less than 200.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 01:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream
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England has an amazing variety of accents (though sadly lessening now due to TV, movies, etc.) for such a small country. Welsh, Geordie, Yorkshire, Liverpuddlian, Cockney (which people here mistake as std. british accent), Southeast and London, etc.
Toss in Irish, Scots both lowland and highland, and you get people speaking English that don't quite understand each other, especially when speaking fast.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 01:12 PM (wVcYX)
why is Ilhan Omar still breathing free air?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 22, 2026 12:19 PM (N39Ws)
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Fraud investigations take time to collect evidence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The evidence has been available for years.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:12 PM (n7rxJ)
>>Had a GF from MA. She didn't have the Boston accent but a bunch of her friends did.
I was born and raised in The Bronx in an Irish/Italian neighborhood, I do not have a single trace of a Bronx accent.
It really is something you have to cultivate, embrace and lean into.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Yeah, a lot of bad people needed that bill defeated.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:13 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 01:11 PM (qBdHI)
Vhoa
Posted by: Keanu Reeves at May 22, 2026 01:13 PM (J8APv)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Dick van Dyke, Mary Poppins. Even Dick admits his was terrible which he blames on that Disney hired an Irishman who liked to drink as his dialect coach.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:12 PM (n7rxJ)
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Yeah, but when did it start being collected?
During Biden's term?
Day 1 of Trump's term?
When did his appointed USA get into office in MN? It was about August of last year.
That's when the fraud investigations...started.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:13 PM (46HP8)
They had ALL of the evidence assembled and verified.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:14 PM (4KUe5)
I was born and raised in The Bronx in an Irish/Italian neighborhood, I do not have a single trace of a Bronx accent.
It really is something you have to cultivate, embrace and lean into.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:13 PM (XV/Pl)
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All of my dad's family has thick middle Tennessee country accents.
But he doesn't. No idea where it went. It's not like he went to college in the northeast or something. UTenn and VTech.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:14 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:10 PM (n7rxJ)
Trying to cut off fed $$$. They've done some of that and JD implies they should do more above.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:15 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 22, 2026 01:15 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
If you watch the news report about the high-speed bus carefully, at the end they say,"Oh, yeah, and if 140mph isn't feasible, then the buses will go 80 mph instead."
Uhhhh...most traffic on Highway 5 already goes ~80mph. So what they're talking about is spending tens of billions of dollars to re-invent...the Greyhound bus system. Which already exists. And which nobody ever rides.
Posted by: zombie at May 22, 2026 01:15 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Dick Van Dyke as Burt the Chimney Sweep in Mary Poppins at May 22, 2026 01:15 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 01:15 PM (J8APv)
The left: It is impossible for undocumented immigrants to get any welfare or federal aid! That's a fact!
Also the left: If you require proof of citizenship or at least legal presence in the US for welfare or federal aid millions will die!
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm)
Send in the U.S. Marshals. Haul the miscreants out in leg irons.
Enough of this insurrectionist shit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 01:15 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 01:09 PM (qBdHI)
Vagina-on-a-chip >>> Dick-in-a-box...
https://youtu.be/VHQBgOZKk6k
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 01:16 PM (ynpvh)
The reason British actors can do American accents well, is they have to.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:16 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: 18-1
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Quirky fantastical movie but near the end, a nasty leader (Jonathan Pryce) trying to prevent people led by Baron von Munchausen from going beyond the walls to see what is what reminds me of the Covid lockdowns versus the people.
Like then, we opened the gates and nothing was there outside it.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:16 PM (3uBP9)
That Bock lady getting 40+ years for the Minnesota fraud without her turning and ratting everyone out is shocking. If the Clintons were involved, people would have died before trial.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 01:15 PM (J8APv)
She knows where the bodies are buried.
So to speak.
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM (46HP8)
****
Announcer: "There's a hanging curve ball over the middle of the plate."
Posted by: clarence at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM (31e/z)
That Bock lady getting 40+ years for the Minnesota fraud without her turning and ratting everyone out is shocking. If the Clintons were involved, people would have died before trial.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM (IifOV)
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Who says she didn't?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM (46HP8)
What are the odds she rolls over on some of the others involved to mitigate her sentence?
Will any MN politico face consequences?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM (jehhT)
My take is the 41 year sentence is a message to others who will be arrested, to quickly roll over on their higher-ups. Or else. I'm sure the prosecutors and whatever pro bono defense attorneys they get will tell them, numerous times, there is no parole in the Federal system.
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 01:18 PM (gtcuf)
>>All of my dad's family has thick middle Tennessee country accents.
You have what I would consider a standard American accent with almost no regional specificity.
You sound like you a from nowhere'sville, population 1.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: (The Sisters Are Prostitutes In This One) at May 22, 2026 01:18 PM (oftw2)
Not a bad actress either, but really when she was onscreen that wasn't always as easy to notice
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)
>>All of my dad's family has thick middle Tennessee country accents.
You have what I would consider a standard American accent with almost no regional specificity.
You sound like you a from nowhere'sville, population 1.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:18 PM (XV/Pl)
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Some dude I used to know was really good with accents. Said I was from Michigan.
I've spent roughly 24 hours in Michigan once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:18 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (cSOsh)
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We liked the first season of Reacher, but then the asshat actor who played the main character had to go all #NeverTrump -- so we said "Fuck You" in response.
We also really liked the first season of The Terminal List (based on the novels by former Navy SEAL and conservative Jack Carr) and looking forward to its second season NOW 4 YEARS LATER beginning in October!
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: (The Sisters Are Prostitutes In This One) at May 22, 2026 01:18 PM (oftw2)
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There is an alternate universe out there where this happened.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM (46HP
I guess we'll see where she gets put, in general population, probably not. Somewhere cushy and isolated, maybe she did.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (Vh9CX)
But he doesn't. No idea where it went. It's not like he went to college in the northeast or something. UTenn and VTech.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Accents come from mirroring peer groups over time. And accents from early in life get softened or even vanish because of that. Plus they can be a professional hindrance to careers.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (4KUe5)
Vagina-on-a-chip >>> Dick-in-a-box...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 01:16 PM (ynpvh)
sh*t-on-a-shingle
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:16 PM (3uBP9)
Loved the court room scene.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 22, 2026 01:20 PM (cSOsh)
oh no! that's terrible.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 22, 2026 01:20 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
There is some argument about that. Colonial language is supposed to be more conservative than the home country, but this is based on a number of assumptions. One is that the Metropole is the leading force behind language change and conservation of accent in the colonies which is based on the Spanish in South America model and was an element of the relatively high status "Spaniards" had in the new world as opposed to the "criollos" who were born in the Americas. It ignores the various parochial accents that were also the home accents when there was less sending home of young men for education in the home country.
There has been a lot of linguistic innovation and multi culti mixing in the colonies as well, not just static conservatism.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 01:20 PM (rbvCR)
I can barely speak English LOL
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 01:20 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: four seasons at May 22, 2026 01:21 PM (3ek7K)
Who says she didn't?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:17 PM
I'd have thought we'd be hearing about it by now. They leak like a sieve.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Lizzy
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Interesting observation. I will listen and try to figure out that.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Plenty O'Toole at May 22, 2026 01:22 PM (wVcYX)
Traitor is right. Trump should just ignore him and do the recess appointments......
@amuse
@amuse
·
5h
TRAITOR: Leader Thune just sent the Senate home for a 12 day paid vacation but he’s having one senator stay behind to gavel in every three days to block Trump from making recess appointments. No other president has had his own party use pro forma sessions against him.
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 01:22 PM (kX27y)
I rode Greyhound buses from Northern Michigan to New Hampshire in 1976. There was a three plus week gap between heading out to NH and heading home. I stopped overnight in Chicago on the way back to MI.
These were not luxurious trips, but they were tolerable. Under no circumstances would I care to repeat that circuitous journey today.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 01:23 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Charles Hawtrey at May 22, 2026 01:23 PM (oftw2)
I can barely speak English LOL
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 01:20 PM (gtcuf)
My wife, God rest her soul, was fluent in English (her 3rd language) and Spanish (her 2nd language). Both were flawless. Her first language (Cantonese/Toisan) she admitted sucked. She took French in HS and Mandarin in College (professor told her she had no business learning Mandarin with her Cantonese accent)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 01:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 01:24 PM (4KUe5)
That Bock lady getting 40+ years for the Minnesota fraud without her turning and ratting everyone out is shocking. If the Clintons were involved, people would have died before trial.
Posted by: Frank Barone
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She did rat out a few people in between conviction and sentencing, presumably to get a lighter sentence. She even said that Ilhan "had to have known."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:24 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 01:24 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:24 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 22, 2026 01:06 PM (cSOsh)
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We liked the first season of Reacher, but then the asshat actor who played the main character had to go all #NeverTrump -- so we said "Fuck You" in response.
We also really liked the first season of The Terminal List (based on the novels by former Navy SEAL and conservative Jack Carr) and looking forward to its second season NOW 4 YEARS LATER beginning in October!
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (BcFIZ)
The real problem with the later reacher shows is the production sales look cheap, and they slip in a lot of girlbossy type stuff decentering reacher. Like when the bad boston accent lady bangs reacher then pats him on the head and sends him on his way and fust bumps neagly.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 22, 2026 01:25 PM (cSOsh)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:25 PM (BcFIZ)
Traitor is right. Trump should just ignore him and do the recess appointments......
@amuse
@amuse
·
5h
TRAITOR: Leader Thune just sent the Senate home for a 12 day paid vacation but he’s having one senator stay behind to gavel in every three days to block Trump from making recess appointments. No other president has had his own party use pro forma sessions against him.
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 01:22 PM (kX27y)
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Reminder:
It takes a floor vote to go into recess. Think a majority of the Senate would vote for it?
Also, Biden got no recess appointments because of a SCOTUS decision from the 2010s that said that recesses need to be fully 10 days to count.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:25 PM (46HP8)
Now...which Senator is it?
I suspect Trump could be persuasive based on what happened with Massie...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 22, 2026 01:25 PM (4KPr+)
Posted by: Charles Hawtrey at May 22, 2026 01:23 PM (oftw2)
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All of Hammer films first.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:25 PM (46HP8)
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What happens if this guy fails to show up to "gavel in?"
Like, he just disappears.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 01:26 PM (jehhT)
Just watched a Peckinpah movie, "The Osterman Weekend".
Interesting.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:24 PM (IifOV)
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Peckinpah makes a bad DePalma film.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:26 PM (46HP8)
Michael Rapaport's southern accent in 'Justified' has entered the chat
Posted by: one hour sober at May 22, 2026 01:26 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:19 PM (BcFIZ)
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Yeah, I don't get the modern production schedule for television these days.
They crank out only 8-10 episodes for a season and wait YEARS between seasons.
It used to be a season was 22-24 episodes and studios would crank them out year after year like clockwork.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 01:26 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Tulsi Gabbards husband has bone cancer,
Posted by: four seasons
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That poor couple. They haven't even been married that long.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:27 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:27 PM (XV/Pl)
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I think it would take a near super majority of the same party as the president to get one again.
Like, 58 Senators, minimum, to filter out the handful who would say, "This is my territory! Interviewing appointees!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:28 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: beckster at May 22, 2026 01:22 PM (kX27y)
I don't believe Biden made a single recess appointment.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 22, 2026 01:28 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:16 PM (3uBP9)
That would be a Lawngisland accent...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 22, 2026 01:28 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)
So did Dick, which probably didn't help.
Vivian Vance did a British accent on a couple of Lucy episodes. So awful and hard to listen to.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 22, 2026 01:28 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:27 PM (XV/Pl)
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Then they are long overdue for a vacation...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 01:28 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:29 PM (XV/Pl)
They crank out only 8-10 episodes for a season and wait YEARS between seasons.
It used to be a season was 22-24 episodes and studios would crank them out year after year like clockwork.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 01:26 PM (gnNyN)
Studios want to crank out a whole season and have people just binge it. Not watch an single episode at a time. And that seems to be what their consumers want to.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: four seasons
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That poor couple. They haven't even been married that long.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:27 PM (n7rxJ)
Terrible... I think she was doing a great job.. Prayers for her Husband
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 01:29 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 22, 2026 01:29 PM (nLlkW)
This level of fraud and corruption will not go away quietly. At some point it will bite back.
Be ready Horde.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 01:30 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 01:29 PM (3uBP9)
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Serialized television mimicking movies vs. episodic television more closely aligned to theater in terms of scale.
We still get 30 episodes of sitcoms and police procedurals every year.
It's the event stuff like Stranger Things that takes longer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:30 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 22, 2026 01:26 PM (J4Dwc)
Dude, retard is not an accent. Hate that fooker.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 22, 2026 01:30 PM (PSEDc)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 01:23 PM (ynpvh)
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God Bless you and your wife's souls, jim.
I still remember your post here about her passing some years ago, and I couldn't help crying -- and am now following suit.
I wish I could have met you both ... perhaps in the next life.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 01:31 PM (BcFIZ)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 22, 2026 01:26 PM (J4Dwc)
Dude, retard is not an accent. Hate that fooker.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 22, 2026 01:30 PM (PSEDc)
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Want a real hate watch?
He's in a season of the American version of Traitors.
Holy shit is he unlikeable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:31 PM (46HP8)
Truth Social
EXCLUSIVE: @DNIGabbard is resigning from her post to support her husband through his battle with “an extremely rare form of bone cancer.”
@TulsiGabbard calls her husband her “rock.”
“His strength & love have sustained
me through every challenge. I cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position.”
https://tinyurl.com/3b3ymwvx
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 01:31 PM (2PamV)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 22, 2026 01:31 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:54 PM
"Paging That Guy who says "Nothing will happen."
That Guy who says "Nothing will happen" to a grey comment box, please."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 01:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:30 PM (46HP
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Questionable. Which set of fraudsters more efficiently fleece the taxpayers - illegal immigrants and their NGO collaborators, or, government labor unions, racialist activists and their NGO collaborators?
Cooper is firmly in the pocket of choice B.
Posted by: mrp at May 22, 2026 01:33 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 22, 2026 01:26 PM (J4Dwc)
Dude, retard is not an accent. Hate that fooker.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 22, 2026 01:30 PM (PSEDc)
It's what a retard would think a southern accent sounds like.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:30 PM (46HP
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Questionable. Which set of fraudsters more efficiently fleece the taxpayers - illegal immigrants and their NGO collaborators, or, government labor unions, racialist activists and their NGO collaborators?
Cooper is firmly in the pocket of choice B.
Posted by: mrp at May 22, 2026 01:33 PM (rj6Yv)
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At least we wouldn't be under any misapprehensions about how Cooper would vote.
Still, the last time he won statewide there were 400,000 more Democrats in NC than Republicans. There are now 10,000 more Republicans than Democrats. That's quite a switch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM (46HP8)
Vivian Vance did a British accent on a couple of Lucy episodes. So awful and hard to listen to.
Posted by: hobbitopoly
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Hillary, attempting ghetto-talk.
I'll add that in 'Greystoke' Andie McDowell was completely, every word, overdubbed by Glenn Close.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM (XeU6L)
They always give these people warning. Makes me suspicious.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)
I'm with you on this one.... I don't care if he had trouble getting some members to back Trump's agenda.. That's his friggin job to get them in line...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM (FtULh)
He needs to be gone, yesterday.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM (BI5O2)
But GOPers as Senate majority leaders are worse then replacing a 53rd GOP with another Dem if you get a MAGA majority leader out of it.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:29 PM (XV/Pl)
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Peckinpah also wrote and directed several episodes of "The Rifleman" (first season, IIRC).
Posted by: mrp at May 22, 2026 01:35 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)
The opposite appears to be true. Thune and his group are going to be petulant pricks and sabotage everything Trump tries to do for the rest of this term.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 01:35 PM (NyxOA)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)
Admire? No, his a** can go to hell. I've seen chase cams of people getting that desperate to escape car pursuits and they go all Grand Theft auto and start ramming other people. At least this pile of debris only tried to harm himself.
Posted by: Nelly at May 22, 2026 01:35 PM (6+ehB)
Did that come from a clean up of the voter rolls or just 400K new GOP registrations?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)
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I miss when TV series had one-off episodes and the occasional two-parter (usually at the end of one season and the beginning of the other to get the audience back after summer). Modern television is all soap opera crap where the creators want you to hang on to a crap show because you are invested in it and have to see how it ends. Well we know how it ends. It almost always ends very badly.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 01:35 PM (Dg7ng)
I'm sorry about Mr Gabbard, but one may suspect his illness is not the only reason for Tulsi's exit.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 01:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Wiping Cloth at May 22, 2026 01:36 PM (0sNs1)
I'm not so sure.
Invite Senator X to the White House and offer him the the world and a Trump recommendation...for not gaveling in.
Who are Thunes close allies?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
Did that come from a clean up of the voter rolls or just 400K new GOP registrations?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)
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Both.
The trend in the state has been Republicans gaining registrations over Democrats for about a year and a half.
https://x.com/Five_Starrr/status/
2055644978194342282
There have also been cleanups (usually forced by lawsuit). Last one I heard about was 100,000 last year.
Active voter registration advantage is even more. Over 100,000 more active Republicans than Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:37 PM (46HP8)
What is required to declare the government of the state of Minnesota to be engaged in an insurrection against the Union?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 01:37 PM (s9VOe)
I think it's more like Somalis and their Walz
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
Still, the last time he won statewide there were 400,000 more Democrats in NC than Republicans. There are now 10,000 more Republicans than Democrats. That's quite a switch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It's all very disturbing. We've been invaded by locusts. Last election, less than 1/2 of voters were native North Carolinians. Hard to tell how things are going to shake out.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2026 01:37 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 01:37 PM (n5tGW)
I'm not so sure.
Invite Senator X to the White House and offer him the the world and a Trump recommendation...for not gaveling in.
Who are Thunes close allies?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
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Grant tried this.
The Senate still stabbed him in the back because Senators are forever, presidents are temporary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:38 PM (46HP8)
>>I miss when TV series had one-off episodes and the occasional two-parter
Barney Miller had a couple of good two parters.
So did Adam 12.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 01:38 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 01:38 PM (Cjc4c)
But anyway, on topic, what are Oz's options for getting that info?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 01:38 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
This is right, but that's not even why I want Thune destroyed.
The President has been on a run, punishing the GOP. He has the momentum to decapitate the Senate GOP.
Taking their Queen off the board, McConnell's anointed Cuckmaster, would signal their defeat like little else could, and terrorize the others into submission.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 01:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2026 01:37 PM (XeU6L)
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Well, registrations indicate that, in the aggregate, it's getting more Republican.
And historically registered independents lean much more heavily in NC towards the GOP than Democrats in the state.
I'm reminded of how the NY locusts were going to turn FL blue, and then it went hard red.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (Dg7ng)
tinyurl.com/292vcnja
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 01:39 PM (0sNs1)
Arnold is training for King Conan.
It's a project that's come together and fallen apart like 5 times over the last 15 years or so, but it look like it's actually happening now.
Christopher McQuarrie is writing and directing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:38 PM (46HP
Is Olivia D'abo going to be in it? Or someone wearing the outfit she wore in Conan The Destroyer? 14 year old me is asking...
Posted by: Nelly at May 22, 2026 01:40 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 01:40 PM (ZxPkt)
The Turtle clique has taken some hits during the last two years:
Turtle is quitting
Cornyn was beaten by a MAGA candidate
Murkowski is (or threatening) leaving the GOP to go independent.
Tillis is out
Probably some more RINOs are on the list. Thune might be fighting for his job as Majority Leader in January, 2027.
Posted by: mrp at May 22, 2026 01:41 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2026 01:42 PM (eFzxY)
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No carrot.
Only stick.
"I will have you primaried, I will spend $$$$$ on oppo research, and i will weaponize the DoJ to act on the best stuff, the stuff I hold back from the press. If you think what they did to me was playing hardball, go ahead and pick up that gavel. Do it, bitch. Do it. I'm begging you."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 01:42 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: mrp at May 22, 2026 01:41 PM (rj6Yv)
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Benny Johnson on X is saying that some R Senator told him that the caucus is in civil war right now.
With Mitch, Tillis, Ernst, Cornyn, and Cassidy leaving, the Mitch side of things is losing some very key soldiers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 01:43 PM (46HP8)
Thune was being groomed and trained by Mitch McConnell to be his replacement. I'm sure Mitch and his Kabal are still running things, just like Nancy Pelosi is moving the mouth of Hakeem Jeffries.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 01:45 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 12:42 PM (4iEwa)
So who's going to be the girl boss who makes him look stupid and old? Poobs Wallbanger? Zendaya?
Posted by: Nelly at May 22, 2026 01:52 PM (6+ehB)
I am glad that Ferguson pointed out the concept of a high society and what the definition of that is under these programs. You introduce Somalis who come from a low trust society where scams and theft are the norm at every level and there is no shame in doing so, this is what you get.
I want to see de-naturalizations on a large scale after convictions including politicians that participated. Ilhan.
Posted by: Cheri at May 22, 2026 02:26 PM (oiNtH)
"I will have you primaried, I will spend $$$$$ on oppo research, and i will weaponize the DoJ to act on the best stuff, the stuff I hold back from the press. If you think what they did to me was playing hardball, go ahead and pick up that gavel. Do it, bitch. Do it. I'm begging you."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
You are my kind of 'Ette!
Posted by: Cheri at May 22, 2026 02:32 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: nraendowment at May 22, 2026 03:42 PM (pIPrH)
Posted by: mc at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (jGetf)
Why hasn't tRump gifted Minnesota to CanookieLand?
Posted by: Marooned at May 22, 2026 08:30 PM (kt8QE)
THE MORNING RANT: Election Prediction Markets Are Now Push-Poll Mechanisms, not Gauges of Likely Election Results
When partisans move a betting line in the hope it will affect the election’s outcome, that is like snagging a fishing line so as to pull the bobber under water, and then pronouncing that a fish is about to be reeled in.
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) May 3, 2026
Volkswagen’s U.S.-made ID.4, an all-electric car, was such a sales flop that when VW became desperate to unload its glut of unsold units, it offered a $99 lease promotion. But even at $99 per month, Americans still found the price to be about $99 too high, as the unsaleable ID.4 became America’s slowest-selling car. If Americans will not drive an electric Volkswagen for $99 per month, there is zero chance they will buy a Chinese EV of dubious quality at any price. (U.S. production of VW’s ID.4 has since been permanently suspended.)This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.
My latest at the American Spectator: “There’s No Reason to Fear an Invasion of Chinese Electric Vehicles”
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) May 19, 2026
If Americans won’t lease a Volkswagen EV for $99 per month, they’re certainly not clamoring for a BYD hatchback.https://t.co/DIhTssCNOA
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)
And you do not want to be the odd man out, do you?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)
As long as the US taxpayers aren't subsidizing it!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)
As long as the US taxpayers aren't subsidizing it!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)
The new Yugo! For 2026!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:02 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (jehhT)
They are, at best, second order knowledge based on overall narratives and polling. They're also small markets making them easy to manipulate by people with money and incentive, like campaigns.
And the overall vibes that directly feed into them can be very wrong.
The switch on the Massie primary fight, which happened literally the evening of the election, is the most recent ground zero. It was actually a fairly decently sized market for this sort of thing, and it relied more on Baris' bullshit poll and the online vibe than anything about the actual district.
Honestly, it's just a place to make money against braindead white progressives.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: The person who thinks it's all bots at May 22, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Hence, the proliferation of articles with titles like "[something is happening] and here's why it's good" and the dreaded rise of "explainer" pieces online.
Just report, that's explanation enough. Skip the BS context you think I need to form the correct opinion, or worse, spoon-feeding me what I should think/feel about this bit of nes.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: bumpersticker on a yugo at May 22, 2026 11:04 AM (tL5sl)
You're ignoring the important "Americans who wear entire asbestos fire-safety suits" as a market component.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (tL5sl)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (tL5sl)
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DOJ shut one down in the last few days:
https://x.com/FBIBoston/status/
2057081556913574085
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:06 AM (46HP8)
They are, at best, second order knowledge based on overall narratives and polling. They're also small markets making them easy to manipulate by people with money and incentive, like campaigns.
And the overall vibes that directly feed into them can be very wrong.
If people could predict the future that well, there'd be a whole lot more people making big money on the stock market.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Dv3i1)
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The main driver of them seems to be leftist wishcasting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:06 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
RIP, Kyle Busch
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:07 AM (iXqHn)
This guy gets it.
Foreigners preying on seniors to steal their life savings.
It is despicable.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:07 AM (X8xt3)
These election betting sites seem to have a similar quality.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 22, 2026 11:07 AM (gpQ8/)
~TJM
This people with an agenda will try anything to influence the result they desire.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2026 11:07 AM (eFzxY)
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I said God damn the pusherman!
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 11:08 AM (Fi81e)
They spend money on everything else, b/c it's usually taxpayers' money they are throwing away...why not this? It's polling 2026 (since no one pays attention to any other polls anymore)...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 11:08 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)
'America's fascination with Buddhism!'
'People are going wild for Sushi!'
'Isn't Barack Obama the most manly, dreamy man you've ever seen?!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)
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I'm old enough to remember the 2020 POTUS election where Trump was the heavy favorite ... until the "water main burst" in Atlanta and the cessation of vote-counting, after which the word of The Steal went out and the markets switched from Trump to F. Joe Sundowner sooner than you could say "Universal Mail-In Balloting."
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (4LEcr)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (tL5sl)
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Seconded.
Their current tactic is to use AI to initiate the call. Once you answer the AI question, you'll be passed through to "Steve" who will gladly take down your personal information for a new Medicaid benefit you've just received!
I can't even answer my phone anymore.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: DanMan at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (8uzBS)
Manipulation of public opinion and politics of personal destruction goes way back. That’s one thing that makes Mr. Trump remarkable, we’ve seen the full weapons system arrayed against him, finely tuned with centuries of experience aligned against him.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (TgO2L)
Posted by: alpine_beer at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (van9r)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)
This is why "The Beekeeper" was such a well-received movie. My 91 year old parents stumbled onto it and loved it -- and they hate violence.
Sure, the bad guy had to be a privileged white guy (Hollywood wokeness), but it was so wonderful to see scammy call centers get burned to the ground -- we could all relate.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:10 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 22, 2026 11:10 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 22, 2026 11:11 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 22, 2026 11:10 AM (X+xvk)
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Gas prices have shockingly little effect on midterms.
Besides, I keep being assured that months is a lifetime in politics, but that apparently doesn't count for gas prices, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:11 AM (46HP8)
'People are going wild for Sushi!'
'Isn't Barack Obama the most manly, dreamy man you've ever seen?!'
This vaguely sexual silicone object has gone viral! Get yours before they're gone!
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)
I think of it as basically buying a poll result if you have the cash. If you have a million to blow, your candidate gets a chance to tout the results.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 11:12 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (TgO2L)
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That's pretty obvious. The main problem was the Presidential power "had fallen into Republican hands".
It's now been unclassified that JFK--just as Nixon had indicated--had wiretapped a bunch of people.
Trump ain't the first Republican president to get the DC treatment.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 11:12 AM (Fi81e)
BwHahahaha!!!!
Oh stop it. You're killin' me here.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:13 AM (2WIwB)
BwHahahaha!!!!
Oh stop it. You're killin' me here.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:13 AM (2WIwB)
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That's my line.
Posted by: Julius Caesar at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Fi81e)
Their current tactic is to use AI to initiate the call. Once you answer the AI question, you'll be passed through to "Steve" who will gladly take down your personal information for a new Medicaid benefit you've just received!
I can't even answer my phone anymore.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (gnNyN)
I would never answer the phone. I'd have folks I care about email/text me if they want a chat and then we can plan a call (on Discord for video calling), and I'd let EVERYTHING go to voice mail. Most of these places will not leave a voice mail.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)
BwHahahaha!!!!
Oh stop it. You're killin' me here.
TBF, people said the same thing about Japanese "rice-burners" until just before they took over the market.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 11:13 AM (2WIwB)
No, that's just the chemical fire from the Battery exploding.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (sFNX2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)
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'Isn't Michelle Obama the most manly, dreamy man you've ever seen?!'
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (4LEcr)
Besides, I keep being assured that months is a lifetime in politics, but that apparently doesn't count for gas prices, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:11 AM (46HP
I mostly, when filling up the Mustang- can pass anything but a gas station- just do the initial math in my head and go 'OH, this is gonna hurt.' And that is with a 16 gal tank. The guys with 30 gal truck tanks, my heart goes out to you for that colonoscopy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)
But what about your car's extended warranty?
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (iXqHn)
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Isn't Canada toying with importing Chinese cars (not necessarily EV's) for domestic consumption? I thought I read something about that a while ago. UAW was not happy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (jehhT)
'People are going wild for Sushi!'
- - - -
'Why Caitlyn Clark's White Privilege is Bad for the WNBA'
'You will own nothing, have no privacy, and love it'
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (X8xt3)
1200 pounds of chinesium lithium batteries plus chinesium frame rails and chinesium engineering? Where do I sign up?
Posted by: Chuck C at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Living with a prolapsed rectum - see how this San Francisco Gay Men's Collective is turning what used to be thought of a shameful setback into a new mark of Pride!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:17 AM (Dv3i1)
Can't they all lose?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
Especially as he keeps holding himself out as some sort of expert on GA politics.
not too many people have been pissing their pants more than him over the GOPe wipeouts.
He is absolutely determined to go down to the ocean floor with the Kemp/Ratshitburger/Sterling ship.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:17 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (sFNX2)
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[To reprise my comment from a couple days ago regarding most Leftist Multi-Billionaires:]
Capitalism produces the best communists.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:18 AM (4LEcr)
If they could sell one with "good ratings" for $10k, I'd be tempted. Need to use my solar panels more fully. But it might be hard to find real ratings, not scam ratings originating in China.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 11:18 AM (vbXSk)
I remember the poll from the "well respected" woman pollster in Iowa who said Trump was going to lose Iowa in 24. Turns out her company had been bought out and a different methodology was used. I had bet someone that Trump would win by 10. Won the bet
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 11:19 AM (gu0hJ)
I would never answer the phone. I'd have folks I care about email/text me if they want a chat and then we can plan a call (on Discord for video calling), and I'd let EVERYTHING go to voice mail. Most of these places will not leave a voice mail.
Posted by: Nova Local
I only answer the phone if it's Smash, Junior-ette, or my boss. Everybody else can leave a voice mail. I make most people send me their # in an e-mail, then I white list it so the phone doesn't auto-ban them when they ring. I probably auto-banned over a hundred political call centers in the last three weeks.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (QVmho)
'You will own nothing, have no privacy, and love it'
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (X8xt3)
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"You WILL eat ze bugs!"
/Go long crickets ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (4LEcr)
There is something fundamentally broken there.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
BUT, there is a huge difference between Japan and Chinese goods- Japan is absolutely FANATICAL (one might even say Kamikazi) about QUALITY.
Example: Seating for Lexus when I first started in the auto industry had a large mechanical component built IN Japan. 999 times out of a thousand we never had a problem. IF on the very rare occasion we did, the supplier asked that the entire rack of parts be shipped back to them at their expense. And I know what they did with it. They stripped the rack down, found the issue and then got the guy who made it and showed it to him. And he felt SHAME. I've seen it happen. Not a 'positive failure' culture.
The Chinese are NOT like that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)
Especially as he keeps holding himself out as some sort of expert on GA politics.
not too many people have been pissing their pants more than him over the GOPe wipeouts.
He is absolutely determined to go down to the ocean floor with the Kemp/Ratshitburger/Sterling ship.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:17 AM (73/SM)
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The black vote percentage of GA's electorate shrinks a little bit more every cycle because the baby bust for blacks started a lot longer ago than the baby bust for white progressives, and the younger blacks vote at a lot lower rates than older blacks, and the older blacks, the Civil Rights Era, are dying like flies now because they're real old.
A senate race should also help pick up turnout in the rurals.
Governor should be likely Republican. Senator might be tossup (because of Ossoff's incumbency), but I think it's actually lean Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (oftw2)
I remember the poll from the "well respected" woman pollster in Iowa who said Trump was going to lose Iowa in 24. Turns out her company had been bought out and a different methodology was used. I had bet someone that Trump would win by 10. Won the bet
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 11:19 AM (gu0hJ)
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Selzer didn't sell out to anyone.
She was still working for the same newspaper as always.
She just intentionally threw out a terrible result because she wanted it to be true. It was so bad that she retired from polling right afterwards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (46HP8)
I ran across some videos of her recently.
It looks like one short NBA player with 9 relatively tall junior HS players on the court with her.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (sFNX2)
That's what they're aiming for. They'll all be rich in their dachas while everyone they hate will be working 23 hours a day in the Labor Camps.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
BUT, there is a huge difference between Japan and Chinese goods- Japan is absolutely FANATICAL (one might even say Kamikazi) about QUALITY.
You are correct, sir!
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
Didn't she eventually admit it too?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)
Well said!
Small cars are city cars, and our progressive city planners are doing everything they can to make car ownership a PITA, such as no longer requiring developers to include parking for their high-density housing and 'traffic calming' measures that turn entire lanes of usable (necessary) road into bicycle lanes.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Sy6m/)
TBF, people said the same thing about Japanese "rice-burners" until just before they took over the market.
Posted by: Archimedes
Honda makes motorbikes. Who would ever buy a Honda car??
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Cqx++)
Thats how Kalshi works. You can always find examples where a candidate was at 30% and week out and won. But most of the time, the candidate at 70% wins. 30% is not 0%. So it will happen sometimes.
The in between stuff like 58% Brown example is basically a coin toss.
Posted by: Heroq at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (9Diqw)
Didn't she eventually admit it too?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)
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I seem to remember that she keeps defending it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:23 AM (46HP8)
However, it's worth noting that Hispanics now comprise 12% of GA's population. I don't know how many of those are eligible to vote, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
Published polling historically has been used to great effect this way. Your fellow citizens by huge margins believe “X”, you on the other hand believe “Y”, and you are on the fringe with your extremist hateful views. All the Good People believe the Good Things.
What is wrong with you??
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (TgO2L)
A senate race should also help pick up turnout in the rurals.
Governor should be likely Republican. Senator might be tossup (because of Ossoff's incumbency), but I think it's actually lean Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:20 AM (46HP
Georgia, home of one of the most pathetic LOLcows one can find, Autumn "Salem" Neville.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (uEmCf)
The guys with 30 gal truck tanks, my heart goes out to you for that colonoscopy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
'26 model 3500 Bighorn dually. 50 gallon tank with diesel hovering around $5.00. I fill it when I burn about 23 gallons so I don't have to run my debit card twice at the pump. It sux. Billy. So I ride the motorcycle more often at $4.30 for the ethanol free high octane gas at 38mpg. Which also sux, because now I statistically more exposed to some jack wagon surfing their phone killing me.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
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Losing the 90% electorate and replacing it with the 40% electorate is no replacement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Heroq at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (9Diqw)
Ok. Let's accept that as true. So that means there are 0 illegals now right? Or...could you imagine Jews trying to sneak INTO Germany in the 40s because they'd get Hitlercare and Hitlerphones?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:25 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Cqx++)
Buddy had a Honda Prelude(?) in the 90s. Sporty looking car. Never had any problems with it until he wrecked it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:25 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 11:19 AM
And she "retired" after the election and her company quit doing political polling even though she continued to defend that poll.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 11:25 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 22, 2026 11:24 AM (QVmho)
Ouch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)
It has long been my suspicion that polls are intentionally skewed so that election fraud is not surprising. If a GOP candidate is 15% in the polls, then election shenanigans that put the Dem candidate ahead would look suspicious.
I see it as a 'tell' that there will be fraud (as with that gal's obviously false poll) as well as an attempt to manufacture belief that the Dem win is inevitable.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (X8xt3)
"they're so far ahead! this is just like 2020!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:27 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 11:27 AM (jBLYG)
I see it as a 'tell' that there will be fraud (as with that gal's obviously false poll) as well as an attempt to manufacture belief that the Dem win is inevitable.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (X8xt3)
This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:27 AM (bss/y)
Published polling historically has been used to great effect this way. Your fellow citizens by huge margins believe “X”, you on the other hand believe “Y”, and you are on the fringe with your extremist hateful views. All the Good People believe the Good Things.
What is wrong with you??
This is the theme of several of Spencer Pratt's newest ads (well, whomever made them). People are sitting around talking, and bit by bit, it becomes apparent that they're all voting Pratt, but were afraid to say so due to social ostracism.
It's powerful stuff. Will he win? Probably not, but maybe.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 22, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)
But what about your car's extended warranty?
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:16 AM (iXqHn)
No point, I already gave it to KARS-4-KIDZ
Posted by: Saving myself from myself at May 22, 2026 11:28 AM (TbWk/)
I see it as a 'tell' that there will be fraud (as with that gal's obviously false poll) as well as an attempt to manufacture belief that the Dem win is inevitable.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (X8xt3)
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The main game of polling is the "September tightening".
Two person race, you can say literally anything for more than a year. And then, "the electorate starts paying attention," and you throw out random numbers between 45 and 55 because the final result of anything remotely competitive is going to be between 47-53 points, so the 45-55 numbers are always within or close to the MoE.
And then you can say that Quinnipac, or whatever, that got kind of close in the last poll, is always right even though their year of polls before were wildly different from the last one.
Anyone who compares a Spring poll to a final result poll is either a retard or a liar. Mostly, it's retards, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:29 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: DanMan at May 22, 2026 11:29 AM (8uzBS)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:29 AM (46HP
Never bet against retard.
Posted by: Simple Jack at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)
I see it as a 'tell' that there will be fraud (as with that gal's obviously false poll) as well as an attempt to manufacture belief that the Dem win is inevitable.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:26 AM (X8xt3)
Are you suggesting that polling may be, ahem, fake and gay?
Posted by: I shan't believe it at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (TbWk/)
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LOL at Robert Barnes betting $10k that Massie would win.
Then blocking anyone who took him up on that bet.
And telling his readers no one took him up.
While now going quadruple-or-nothing on the Rs will lose the House, the Senate and several governor seats in November.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (73/SM)
The rest of them are shittier versions of "regular" cars.
Nobody is going to buy some Chinesium POS that's as likely to burn their house down as it is to get them from Point A to Point B.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (oqH4h)
A point to consider - objectively Bass should have retired after the fires. It used to be pols were afraid of screwing up that badly. And the party would be there to force the issue too.
But...no fear here whatsoever.
So I think Pratt will win the votes of actual citizens and still lose. It will be close...but they will produce however many votes Bass needs to win
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: DanMan at May 22, 2026 11:29 AM (8uzBS)
And the sad thing is: their export qc is FAR better than their domestic!
Those poor, commie bastards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 11:27 AM (jBLYG)
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Governor's races have a habit of being far less directly partisan than federal statewide races (Romney in MA, Hogan in MD, Stein in NC). The senate race will probably see the GOPer running a few points ahead of Vivek, but Acton is such a fucking nightmare that Vivek probably pulls it off.
Because Vivek, as governor, would have no say on H1-B policy since that's a federal matter, and any emphasis on bringing in Indians he could do Acton would also do in addition to trying to bring in everyone else at the same time (while also having the history of being ground zero of the worst Ohio COVID policies).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (qx7Zg)
So I think Pratt will win the votes of actual citizens and still lose. It will be close...but they will produce however many votes Bass needs to win
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)
Yeah, she functions as if she is untouchable. Now she could just be that fucking stupid. Ok she is that fucking stupid, but I think they also have their finger on the scales in california so heavily that none of these guys will win.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (LIEok)
I have to keep my subversive opinions to myself, due to my disapproval of legal gambling, decriminalized drug use, visible tattoos, facial piercings, vagrancy, decarceration, and welfare. I feel like a nearly lone prophet of doom, preaching against "prediction markets" and sports betting, as the grim plague of gambling has exploded across the land like a virulent STI in a gay clique.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Sy6m/)
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It's one thing to go to the horse track or take an occasional flutter on a lotto ticket, but that's really just entertainment.
It's habitual and heavy gambling that's corrosive. And, once again, who are the most susceptible? Those who can least afford it. Just like all the other vices you named, it's been normalized by the people who scream loudest about caring for the poor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (rbvCR)
Then blocking anyone who took him up on that bet.
And telling his readers no one took him up.
While now going quadruple-or-nothing on the Rs will lose the House, the Senate and several governor seats in November.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (73/SM)
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"All my other predictions were really wrong, but my next one is right."
No wonder no one watches their streams anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:31 AM (qx7Zg)
There was one I saw the other day that I thought looked kind of cool (would never guy one) a ... Veloster? Not sure of the make right this minute.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (bss/y)
If they could sell one with "good ratings" for $10k, I'd be tempted. Need to use my solar panels more fully. But it might be hard to find real ratings, not scam ratings originating in China.
Posted by: illiniwek
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I highly recommend watching, "The China Show" on YouTube. Two men who lived for extended periods in China, both fluent in Mandarin, examine everyday life in China. The footage of manufacturing standards in China is terrifying. Chinese EVs are poorly constructed death traps, far more likely to lock the doors and burst into flame than give you reliable transportation.
The segments on Chinese "Tofu Dregs" construction are also nightmare fuel. Those 70-story highrises you see are uninhabitable. The stairwells fall out of the building. The balconies collapse. The concrete...isn't really concrete. God helps us if they took the same shortcuts with the Seven Gorges Dam.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (X+xvk)
Because in years without massive fraud less then half the voters turn out.
If slightly more R or D turn out that will generally decide the election.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)
But...no fear here whatsoever.
So I think Pratt will win the votes of actual citizens and still lose. It will be close...but they will produce however many votes Bass needs to win
Schlichter has a good column on this topic today. BLUF: It isn't the cheating, it's the sheeple who simply refuse to change the way they vote, no matter how bad things get.
https://tinyurl.com/ye23dudb
https://tinyurl.com/ye23dudb
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
No wonder no one watches their streams anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (46HP
Have ANY of Rekeita's allies not turned into complete LOLcows (LAWcows)?
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Zombie Royal T. Marshall at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (oftw2)
Because in years without massive fraud less then half the voters turn out.
If slightly more R or D turn out that will generally decide the election.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)
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Midterm elections usually have somewhere around 65-70% turnout.
Presidential elections get to about 80-85%.
Senate races drive up turnout closer to presidential levels in the states that have them, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (46HP8)
Maybe all the growth in the horseshoe isn't coincidental. Maybe it is directed change. I mean, damn Bezos, WTF!
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 11:35 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (uEmCf)
...
Legal Mindset? Maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)
They will make anything you want, at a price point. If you want shitty screws at a shitty price, they will provide shitty screws.
Japan first entered the market in the USA in a big way through AM radios and B/W Televisions. They had a reputation of making cheap stuff. Toys mostly, the fake plastic camera that was really a squirt gun, that kind of thing. The consensus was “what’s the harm in them selling a few TVs, we can relax tariffs for those. No big deal.”
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:36 AM (TgO2L)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM (HdYcL)
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I enjoy gambling, go to Vegas a couple times a year, so I'm not some prude on the issue.
Sports gambling is a cancer and should be banned again. Not just because it introduces the potential for corruption into every contest, but it also frankly sucks all the fun out of what should be an escape from your day-to-day life. I can't watch a golf tournament without hearing what the odds on so-and-so are and seeing 4000 commercials about where I can place my wagers.
Just fuck off and enjoy the thing without having some monetary stake in it that you're 1) probably going to lose and 2) someone else is making money off of it.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 11:36 AM (oqH4h)
We haven't been there in years, but Sam Houston Park has quarter horse racing. The last time we went, Her Majesty went down to the paddock to look at the horses in the next race. She has perfect pitch for structure and movement and picked the winner in most of the races.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (HdYcL)
No wonder no one watches their streams anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:32 AM
Sounds like the global warming people.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Zombie Royal T. Marshall at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (oftw2)
He's been interviewing for cnn his whole life.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (3uBP9)
It's powerful stuff. Will he win? Probably not, but maybe.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
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Right. Those ads are about individuals who feel and are told by "Their Betters" that they are -- but in fact are not --- "isolated."
Unfortunately, as an escapee from heavily conservative Orange County, they're stealing virtually every election now (legalized ballot harvesting and illegal alien voting), even there over the past couple of decades ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (aDC+n)
DOJ shut one down in the last few days:
https://x.com/FBIBoston/status/
2057081556913574085
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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Hope it's the one that keeps calling about my pre-approved loan.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:38 AM (LIEok)
In Woody Allen's Sleeper, there's a scene where he's trying to fly using a contraption and mutters "***damn cheap Japanese flying packs". That didn't age well.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Zombie Royal T. Marshall at May 22, 2026 11:34 AM (oftw2)
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Listening to Boortz on WSB is where I got my intro into conservative(ish, i guess) politics.
When he retired I listened to about two days of Erickson before I decided "This dude's a fag" and started listening to anything else.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (oqH4h)
In Woody Allen's Sleeper, there's a scene where he's trying to fly using a contraption and mutters "***damn cheap Japanese flying packs". That didn't age well.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)
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"No wonder it doesn't work, it says it's made in Japan."
-Doc
"What are you talking about, Doc? Most of the best stuff is made in Japan."
-Marty
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (46HP8)
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I like the supposition that the only reason polls ever end up close to accurate is due to all the Dem cheating.
Consider the oft-cited case of FL:
Just modest election integrity reforms and enforcement flipped the state from purple to deep, deep red.*
*but the Dem candidate is totally going to win this fall, the polls show him ahead!!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (73/SM)
I saw the latest Beverly Hills Cop movie and it was meh. Eddie Murphy has lost a step, but he still can get a chuckle.
The thing that stood out though is the city in the background looks like shit. I remember in the original, and movies of that era in LA, it looks like a beautiful city...no more.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)
Then blocking anyone who took him up on that bet.
And telling his readers no one took him up.
While now going quadruple-or-nothing on the Rs will lose the House, the Senate and several governor seats in November.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:30 AM (73/SM)
Bing the King Maker is a perilous position without, you know, the power to make kings.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:25 AM (bss/y)
Yep ...
The early models were such fun, had one (in red of course).
And then Honda fuqed up, made the car a bit too big ... and the Prelude became the "Quaalude".
Posted by: browndog says woof at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Vivek has this habit of expressing his random idea with a natural ability to speak about it with great conviction, even though he's just spitballin'. He also said that Ohio state colleges should be consolidated. I don't think he thought much about that either. In this case though, a Governor would have a say.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:37 AM (HdYcL)
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Dude! That's amazing -- makes sense -- and you two could make a fortune betting horse races
/Damn, I miss "Big Red" Secretariat ... they did an autopsy after his death and he had an extremely enlarged heart, which explained a lot.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:41 AM (aDC+n)
Sports gambling is a cancer and should be banned again.
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Agreed. It gives Pete Rose groupies an excuse to admit the bastard in the HOF.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:41 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (73/SM)
Kamala is 50 points ahead of any possible GOP candidate in 2028!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:41 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (jehhT)
The Trinitron was actually based on a 1950s design invented by Earnest Lawrence, who dabbled in many things other than physics.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (TgO2L)
Posted by: 18-1
Decline is a choice, chosen by Dem politicians and the Dem voters (and pre-marked ballots) that love them.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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Garbage comment!
j/k and funny ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (aDC+n)
Posted by: Never Been Poled at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (oftw2)
IN my own experience with these people they certainly don't learn, I've listed plenty of experiences where the leftwing pols they support run on a platform, win, implement it and the LIVs complain and blame someone else.
But...I also notice that unlike the HIV leftwingers I know, the LIVs don't walk around on election day showing everyone their "I Voted" sticker.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Common Tater
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and Forced an exponential increase in the quality of American made products.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (LIEok)
Posted by: Archimedes
Honda makes motorbikes. Who would ever buy a Honda car??
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Cqx++)
....or a Honda light jet airplane.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 22, 2026 11:44 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 11:44 AM (dK+Kv)
I miss "Big Red" Secretariat ... they did an autopsy after his death and he had an extremely enlarged heart, which explained a lot.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:41 AM (aDC+n)
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He had an almost perfect structure as well. A great engine running great machinery.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 11:44 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 22, 2026 11:44 AM (EneHm)
Posted by: Never Been Poled at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (oftw2)
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And the audience left them.
It's weird how commentators think they can lead audiences places. Time and time again, if they make serious breaks with pre-existing assumptions, they lose the audience.
These are jesters, at best, and once the entertainment sours, the audience leaves. They need to learn that before they take the $10,000 from Qatar to push Islamism, or whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (46HP8)
Putin, Xi signal unity but fail to reach deal on pipeline sought by Russia
However, the two leaders, who are longtime allies but also uneasy neighbors, were united in portraying themselves as stabilizing forces seeking to counter chaos unleashed by the United States in recent months.
In a joint statement, Xi and Putin condemned what they called “treacherous military strikes against other countries, the hypocritical use of negotiations as cover for preparing such strikes, the assassination of leaders of sovereign states, the destabilization of the domestic political situation in these states and the provocation of regime change, and the brazen kidnapping of national leaders for trial.”
https://tinyurl.com/5bjtdrep
“Unilateral hegemony is rampant,” Xi said, according to a Chinese government readout of the meeting, in a clear dig at the United States.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (r3wfs)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: 18-1
Decline is a choice, chosen by Dem politicians and the Dem voters (and pre-marked ballots) that love them.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:42 AM (Dv3i1)
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Just heard a clip from the great Trump advisor Stephen Miller on a radio talk show where he's making it clear that the choice going forward is between first world (pro-Republican) and third-world (pro-Democrat-Communist) cities, states, country, and West.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (aDC+n)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:45 AM (46HP
In a way, this comes full circle to Buck above: people want to hear that they are not alone. That what they think matters.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (cWLG3)
But...I also notice that unlike the HIV leftwingers I know, the LIVs don't walk around on election day showing everyone their "I Voted" sticker.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)
I've had coworkers like that. They'll complain about a Democrat, and I've asked why they vote for them if they never do what they want, and they just say "Well, who else am I going to vote for? I can't vote for a Republican! They only care about rich people!"
You can't get through to them.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (uEmCf)
I have dumb ideas all the time but that shit is Billy Madison dumb. Although I will read up to see what was potentially smart about it.
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 11:47 AM (J8APv)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:47 AM (rbvCR)
Sadly, the smart money is on many of those people voting for the third world.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:46 AM (cWLG3)
And I'd say this worked in '92 (but funneled TO perot- protest Bush!), '96, '08, '12.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)
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Well no, they forced every domestic Television maker out of business, actually. Nobody has made a TV here in almost 50 years. Electronics generally, is gone. Never mind computer chips and LCD
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (r3wfs)
Posted by: free tibet at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iNp3L)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)
"How am I going to get my 3AM Shawarma if you deport Abdullah?"
-AWFLs
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (uEmCf)
If you want to bet on which hand Jeffrey Toobin will jerk off with, then by all means lay your money down. But don't come crying to me when you lose your money and scream "unfair!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:47 AM (rbvCR)
Ever get the feeling that almost all modern economies are a house of cards?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)
Two scorpions in a bottle.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Worf at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (gKWVE)
If you want to bet on which hand Jeffrey Toobin will jerk off with, then by all means lay your money down. But don't come crying to me when you lose your money and scream "unfair!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
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"But they get the obvious races right most of the time and are no better than coin tosses on the close races, which makes them so accurate and reliable months out from an election."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: free tibet at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iNp3L)
But the ashtray was awesome.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)
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So, they are doing standup comedy these days.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (LIEok)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar
RCA maybe?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar
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Zenith? I think it still exists in theory, but it was bought by some major asian company years ago.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 11:47 AM (J8APv)
Absolutely nothing, the guy was a total crank and failure that had been living on the fumes of an accidental invention that he got from someone else, and spent the rest of his life attempting to prove he was meaningful. It was a comedic bright spot in a fairly depressing book about time travel and memory erasing
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar
RCA maybe?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)
I will have to research it. Sort of interesting.
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)
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With man boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (46HP8)
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My Dad claimed that was Zenith, though I never checked up on that, even decades later.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: free tibet at May 22, 2026 11:49 AM (iNp3L)
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My automobile of now 17 years has had no problems except for a broken lumbar support that severd a wire to the driver side seat warmer element. Bun warmer no workie. I have persevered.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Sam Adams
I've bought a few Vevor items, and they have performed OK, and are usually about half the price of the name brands. But for a $10K item, it would have to have a proven record. I paid $11k for an "Envy" golf cart EV (supposedly made in USA, or is it "assembled" here?) and it has been trouble, but lead acid batteries so at least no fires.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)
But Cigars, CBD!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)
So, they are doing standup comedy these days.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 11:51 AM (LIEok)
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They sound somewhat "defensive" ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (aDC+n)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)
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With man boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (46HP
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Who?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 22, 2026 11:55 AM (0GwXV)
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He's pretty much having his ass handed to him on X. It's amusing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:55 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)
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With man boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (46HP
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Who?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
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Man Boobs. Don't you know him? I call him Man Boobs.
Terrible lawyer who kind of got Twitter famous in 2020 for latching onto "pollster" Baris for predicting Trump's win. He's also a Bernie voter who has posed as MAGA for the last few years while freaking out about how MAGA is dead and the Jews control everything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (NyxOA)
Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar
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Zenith? I think it still exists in theory, but it was bought by some major asian company years ago.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)
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Were RCA and Zenith the sams company? Magnavox wss also an American manufacturer of TVs.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (cWLG3)
So they are going to have a referendum on whether to have a referendum...
Can we now stop talking about the always-ridiculous idea that Alberta will ever separate from Canada? It will *never* be allowed.
Posted by: 2 + 2 = Uranus at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (qUkBO)
I'm at work, so I can't check if Robert Barnes has his own section on Kiwi Farms yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if he and Baris did, given their lolcow behavior.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (Dg7ng)
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We only did the treacherous military strike against other countries thing, not all that other stuff.
- Putin
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (46HP
He was also in the gaggle of lawyers who were ostensibly pro-Rittenhouse streaming during the trial (which was a windfall for all of them.) I don't know if he still does a show with Viva Frei.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (46HP
Also for being part of Nick Rekeita's crew that was covering the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 11:57 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Auto Autist at May 22, 2026 11:57 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 11:52 AM (mDGAX)
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With man boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:53 AM (46HP
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Who?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
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Man Boobs. Don't you know him? I call him Man Boobs.
Terrible lawyer who kind of got Twitter famous in 2020 for latching onto "pollster" Baris for predicting Trump's win. He's also a Bernie voter who has posed as MAGA for the last few years while freaking out about how MAGA is dead and the Jews control everything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (46HP
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Also, as a frequent guest on Viva Frei's Youtube channel, he seems to have infected Viva Frei with his psychosis.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 11:58 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:58 AM (gKWVE)
Got over 300,000 miles out of a 2004 and 2006.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:58 AM (aDC+n)
So they are going to have a referendum on whether to have a referendum...
Can we now stop talking about the always-ridiculous idea that Alberta will ever separate from Canada? It will *never* be allowed.
Posted by: 2 + 2 = Uranus at May 22, 2026 11:56 AM (qUkBO)
So, is this the Pre-Meeting before the Meeting, or the Pre-Meeting before the Pre-Meeting before the Meeting?
I didn't know Dilbert covered Canadian politics so well.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 11:59 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:58 AM (gKWVE)
Making me horny.
Posted by: Graham Platner at May 22, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 11:59 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:58 AM (gKWVE)
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But their Twitter polls of Bangaledshi incels predicted Massie's win!
The best part of Baris' nonsense was that he went from "Massie is going to win easily" to "it's a 50/50 race and the polls showing him losing by 10 are fake" to "I put money on Massie's opponent at 5-10 cents per share and won."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:00 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:58 AM (gKWVE)
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"That's because they were all Jooos, h8r!"
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:00 PM (aDC+n)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (r3wfs)
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We actually make quite a lot of computer chips domestically and we're bringing new fabs online year after year.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 12:00 PM (oqH4h)
204 It's a big porta potty circle jerk. Owens, Fuentes, MTG, Jones just bounce around each others' podcasts. Everyone knows it and that is why they couldn't get their boy Massie anywhere in Kentucky, because they didn't talk to any actual KY-4 voters.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 11:58 AM (gKWVE)
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"That's because they were all Jooos, h8r!"
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:00 PM (aDC+n)
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"The most expensive House primary in history lead to a large increase in primary voters! It was the Jews with mail in ballots!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:00 PM (46HP8)
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He's pretty much having his ass handed to him on X. It's amusing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 11:55 AM (jehhT)
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What time of year is the Martini Harvest? Also do you grow your own olives?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 12:01 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)
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Well, you can make very good money in the stock market right now by just being in chips, oil/energy, and finance. Probably double your money in 5 years - with dividends coming in off energy and finance to boot. It's really not that hard.
Posted by: Black JEM at May 22, 2026 12:02 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 12:00 PM (aDC+n)
Kentucky Jews are a YUGE thing here. I was so surprised when I moved. There is a synagogue on every corner.
It is a weird thing to see a guy in overalls named Cletus with a yarmulke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:02 PM (bss/y)
I am awaiting his pronouncements on Millionaire taxes.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 12:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:36 AM (TgO2L)
I think it is an accurate belief. China and Japan have vast cultural differences, to the point that I believe China is literally incapable of developing a trustworthy materials market. There will always be someone making the cheapest material possible, trying to pass it off as the most expensive one he can get away with.
For example, China is trying to develop a domestic version of SpaceX's reusable rockets, but I have heard that their engines are much bigger and heavier -- because they cannot trust the metal. And that's in a high-visibility, national prestige application! Everything else must be even worse.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 12:03 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:03 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)
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Well, you can make very good money in the stock market right now by just being in chips, oil/energy, and finance. Probably double your money in 5 years - with dividends coming in off energy and finance to boot. It's really not that hard.
Posted by: Black JEM at
If you were just in S&P funds you'd have almost 5xed in 10 years.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 22, 2026 12:03 PM (YZ0Fo)
I am awaiting his pronouncements on Millionaire taxes.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 12:02 PM (rbvCR)
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And this is after arch-conservative said he was going to Michigan to campaign for Kamala in September of 2024?
He's such a die hard MAGAt that's a real leader in the movement who has incredible real world influence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:03 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)
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"The boots are heavy, comrade, just like you wanted."
"They weigh 70 pound each."
"Commisar said heavy boots."
"They're made of lead."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 12:04 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 12:05 PM (oqH4h)
Speaking of which, the finance bros may be in for a hard time.
Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan will hire more AI braniacs, fewer bankers
Artificial intelligence is poised to drastically shrink the workforce at the nation’s largest bank, but the transition will happen without the pain of mass layoffs, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Thursday.
In an interview in Shanghai, the renowned money man told Bloomberg that AI will make his employees vastly more productive.
While the technology will ultimately reduce the need for certain jobs, Dimon said the bank will manage the shift through “natural attrition” — simply not filling the positions of the 25,000 to 30,000 workers who quit or retire each year.
https://tinyurl.com/39s37nsn
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Junior Samples at May 22, 2026 12:05 PM (oftw2)
This plot by the Chinese to export dangerous, randomly exploding fire bombs into the United States would seem to be-
a matter for the DHS and perhaps a cause for war!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 12:06 PM (iJfKG)
So if Owens and the various heckin'-based homos in podcastland got their wish... Massie would have lost even harder.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:06 PM (gKWVE)
Traded it in for a BMW E36 325is.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)
So if Owens and the various heckin'-based homos in podcastland got their wish... Massie would have lost even harder.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 12:06 PM (gKWVE)
Maybe I could get a good bagel then.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)
but what about those pesky vietnamese? i saw a vinfast in the parking lot at work yesterday...
Posted by: anachronda at May 22, 2026 12:08 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:36 AM (TgO2L)
I think it is an accurate belief. China and Japan have vast cultural differences, to the point that I believe China is literally incapable of developing a trustworthy materials market. There will always be someone making the cheapest material possible, trying to pass it off as the most expensive one he can get away with.
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Domestic Chinese "brands" allow a much larger margin for error in quality than US or European manufacturing (as scarce as it is)
They also use poorer quality components or cheaper materials wherever they can get away with it. It's the volume that makes the money, not the quality.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 12:08 PM (cWLG3)
It's actually not that preposterous. Chinese EVs took over the UK and European markets almost overnight. Sure, it took billions and billions of investment -- mostly by the Chinese government or its remoras -- and buildout of charging systems, but they did it. Almost overnight.
Chinese EVs aren't shit. They are probably better than 90% of American and Euro EVs. That's because they are American and Euro EVs. The Chinese did what the Chinese always do: steal the tech, improve it, and sell it cheaper than Western competition because of massive government subsidies.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
but what about those pesky vietnamese? i saw a vinfast in the parking lot at work yesterday...
Posted by: anachronda at May 22, 2026 12:08 PM (qdr3M)
Was that Mike Hammer who mentioned some light, small Indian made trucks (Mahindra or something?) I do not have much experience with Indian quality, so I do not know.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)
They also use poorer quality components or cheaper materials wherever they can get away with it.
Hey, that's our thing!
Posted by: The UAW at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
Don't forget 'slave labor'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:10 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
So sorry, Jews stopped making bagels when they moved to the Villages. Their few progeny went to college and are annoying lawyers now.
Posted by: Arabs Make 90% Of Bagels at May 22, 2026 12:10 PM (oftw2)
Traded it in for a BMW E36 325is.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)
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The Mopar/Mitusbishi collaboration in the early 90's made some cool cars.
The Conquest (Rebadged Mitsu Starion) was cool AF.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 12:11 PM (oqH4h)
Well, it's a good thing the Euros have all the rest of their world-leading manufacturing to fall back on.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
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Objection: Assumes facts not in evidence.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 12:12 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: anachronda at May 22, 2026 12:12 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
Don't forget 'slave labor'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:10 PM (bss/y)
_____
That too. But ... a lot of western companies are benefitting from Chinese slave labor too. So using slaves (or minimally-paid semi-slaves) isn't solely a Chinese thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 12:13 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)
...
Weapons manufacturers? FN? The French guys. Swiss. Glock.
This is sad, I am actually trying to think of actual industry and not coming up with much- which is to your point.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)
Traded it in for a BMW E36 325is.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)
When the Eclipse changed their model in the Mid-late 90s, the old model became the Eagle Talon.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 12:13 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 22, 2026 12:14 PM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
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Objection: Assumes facts not in evidence.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 12:12 PM (oqH4h)
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In Communist China, the tech steal you!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 22, 2026 12:14 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 12:14 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
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Objection: Assumes facts not in evidence.
Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 12:12 PM (oqH4h)
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They did improve it. For one thing, they have EVs that can do battery-swaps at battery-swap stations in about 5 minutes. Drive into the station with a low battery, and in 5 minutes you'll have a new, fully-charged battery. Potentially revolutionary.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 22, 2026 12:14 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: XTC
Not Craw, Craw!
Posted by: Leonard Strong at May 22, 2026 12:16 PM (oftw2)
This is sad, I am actually trying to think of actual industry and not coming up with much- which is to your point.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)
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They're quite good in a number of industries but regulations, energy policies and labor costs keep most of these from dominating.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 12:16 PM (HdYcL)
Within living memory their dictator decreed backyard foundries.
Now they make your iPhone. See where I’m goin’ with that? Only a fool would suggest they cannot improve.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 12:21 PM (B4klT)
Posted by: platner at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)
Manindra makes a Willy's jeep clone and other late model Jeeps. I swear there is one running around that had the tailgate replaces so it says "Willy's" and the plates switched to avoid the import ban as a "classic"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 12:24 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Chunk at May 22, 2026 12:25 PM (9AdGW)
Good one, Buck!
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 12:29 PM (6wpGE)
If they could sell one with "good ratings" for $10k, I'd be tempted. Need to use my solar panels more fully. But it might be hard to find real ratings, not scam ratings originating in China.
Posted by: illiniwek
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I highly recommend watching, "The China Show" on YouTube. Two men who lived for extended periods in China, both fluent in Mandarin, examine everyday life in China. The footage of manufacturing standards in China is terrifying. Chinese EVs are poorly constructed death traps, far more likely to lock the doors and burst into flame than give you reliable transportation.
The segments on Chinese "Tofu Dregs" construction are also nightmare fuel. Those 70-story highrises you see are uninhabitable. The stairwells fall out of the building. The balconies collapse. The concrete...isn't really concrete. God helps us if they took the same shortcuts with the Seven Gorges Dam.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 22, 2026 11:33 AM (X+xvk)
I remember youuuuuii!
Don't be a fat
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (cSOsh)
mmmm.... blue water....
brb
Posted by: platner at May 22, 2026 12:22 PM (qdr3M)
LOL nick
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 12:31 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Lost My Cookies at May 22, 2026 12:51 PM (eIseB)
"Leading Report
@LeadingReport
1h
CIA was tracking DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s team, including allegedly monitoring every keystroke on their government computers and devices, per Catherine Herridge"
I told you ! I told you that DNI is a den of anti Trump vipers and a refuge of anti-Trump agenda scum.
Posted by: runner at May 22, 2026 12:55 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 22, 2026 03:32 PM (L1JuH)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Simon de Vlieger
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:30 AM (gtcuf)
Clam
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (o6bhz)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: huerfano at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Some Roman at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)
Clam
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (o6bhz)
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Fine, but I'm not going to carry on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (k4EKw)
I can see why he changed it to de Vlieger ("The Flyer.")
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)
Kept the ships' cats happy.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (k4EKw)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)
I'd like to be there right now.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Matt Damon acting his heart out as Odysseus on the high seas at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)
You gotta have a boat in the art.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: George Costanza at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: In The Doldrums at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (/aIhy)
Posted by: In The Doldrums at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)
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It's an interesting measure of art.
But it is a measure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (tL5sl)
Posted by: Two Thumbs Down at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:38 AM (n3VHW)
How many masts, sails, booms and rigging are we looking at?
It's rather confusing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ole Evinrude at May 22, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)
This guy died in 1653. I did not realize that pseudonyms went back that far, especially for painters.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 22, 2026 09:39 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (sKqQm)
Oh! Is it Christopher Cross Day already?
*puts on fake captain's hat*
*grabs Ice cold beer*
*sings*
Sailing
Takes me away to where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
Soon I will be free
...
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (k4EKw)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:40 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (mDGAX)
This guy died in 1653. I did not realize that pseudonyms went back that far, especially for painters
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*ahem*
Titian
Tintoretto
Canaletto
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (/aIhy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (mDGAX)
And I want them painted black...
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: We came on the Sloop John B at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)
You other brothers can't deny
That when a sloop sails in with an itty bitty mast
And a round keel in your face, you get sprung
Posted by: Sir Mix A Lot at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:42 AM (mDGAX)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 09:43 AM (vFG9F)
Takes me away to where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
Soon I will be free
- - - -
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time
You understand now why you came this way
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day
So I'm sailing for tomorrow my dreams are a dyin'
And my love is an anchor tied to you tied with a silver chain
I have my ship and all her flags are a' flyin'
She is all that I have left and music is her name
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:43 AM (X8xt3)
This guy died in 1653. I did not realize that pseudonyms went back that far, especially for painters
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*ahem*
Titian
Tintoretto
Canaletto
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (/aIhy)
Coronetto
Arigato
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Oh, no... at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Dutch Treat at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)
Is that another one of those Italian cheeses?
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 09:44 AM (vFG9F)
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I come from a universe where it's pronounced par-mee-see-an.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:45 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Groan at May 22, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Spanish Military at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (sKqQm)
Lots of reasons to use a pseudonym.
Posted by: Willie the Pimp at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Groan at May 22, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (xzBJP)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (Wnv9h)
I hope that the boat has an anchor with the sail up like that.
Posted by: dantesed at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (XD+PD)
He couldn't paint tapestries. He couldn't paint shrouds.
He couldn't paint portraits. He couldn't paint crowds.
He couldn't paint feet.
Or a scene on a street.
But he sure as hell knew how to paint clouds.
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Captain Ned, The Raging Queen at May 22, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ahab at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Let's cover this space on the wall with grey and some smudges of brown on the bottom.
Wasn't there a sale of a Rothko this week for $65 mill?
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: No Name Today at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (8mulE)
Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Cap'n Bill Kristol at May 22, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy who is stilt on cheese at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (/aIhy)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: With rum and the lash at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
*********
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip...
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 09:49 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Little Dutch Boy at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: dantesed at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)
I can see why he changed it to de Vlieger ("The Flyer.")
Yeah, "Of Sweaty Ballsack" would be tough to grow up with.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (XD+PD)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Guy who is stilt on cheese at May 22, 2026 09:50 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Miss Lindsay at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: John Denver at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Miss Lindsay at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)
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*Blue Steel*
-Zoolander
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:51 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Bogart at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)
After a beat, all three of us in perfect unison sang "A three hour chore." It was hivemind at its finest.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (mDGAX)
I see seven. There's a sail poking up above the horizon.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (rgnea)
Posted by: Auspex
$85.8 million, and the 'art' is laughable. A couple dark rectangles on a ruddy background.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 09:55 AM (XD+PD)
Posted by: Navy mantra at May 22, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 22, 2026 09:56 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hans Brinker at May 22, 2026 09:56 AM (oftw2)
Simon de Vlieger
Beautiful; would hang. It looks like a photograph & I'm constantly amazed of great artistic talents hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
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The Met
Calm Sea
Simon de Vlieger Dutch
after 1640
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 615
On the left the horizon line dissolves into a vast, becalmed sea, while fishermen ply their trade on the right. De Vlieger influenced later marine painters by working with a limited tonal range to achieve precisely calibrated effects of light in the sky and water. His observations of Northern European light established him as the master of a particularly local landscape, affirmed by the Dutch flag fluttering above the boat on the right.
Thanks. (Nice weekend start.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)
I see six boats...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 09:41 AM (mDGAX)
But....
There is no spoon.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Limerick lover at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Unhygienix at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (/aIhy)
Posted by: Bada bump at May 22, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)
https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2057646158076330275
DHS says that 3 million have left in the first 15 months of Trump's second term:
https://shorturl.at/jQhul
"But it's not every single one, besides Democrats will just bring them all back, so this is pointless."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:01 AM (46HP8)
. . . .
Two 14-year-old boys targeted one of their victims, 15, on Snapchat before luring her to an underpass where they laughed and filmed themselves as they raped her.
Two months later the pair, this time joined by a third boy aged just 13, gang-raped a second schoolgirl at knifepoint while again recording the attack on their phones as they goaded each other to degrade her further.
. . . .
Two of the boys raped her for 90 minutes.
She said her tormentors 'kept switching', taking turns to abuse her, and laughing at her as they filmed each other.
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Well, the British are known for their civility.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 22, 2026 10:02 AM (ZgRq2)
It's worth enlarging the image to see the supple and delicate brush work. I need to see more of de Vlieger's art. Another example of why I consider the Dutch Golden Age paintings to be some of the greatest ever made.
Posted by: JTB at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Venezuelan Drug Boat "Hombre Sucio " at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (7d1L5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 09:59 AM (/aIhy)
A monger of fish in Nantucket
Kept all of his bait in a bucket
To balance his pole
He fashioned a hole
And said I'm not good at limericks.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (ExV1e)
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Well, the British are known for their civility.
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Judge: "Just lie back and think of England"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (6/7Fs)
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Kept all his fish in a bucket
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
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I was going to come up with a rhyme,
gave up, and said fuck it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:04 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: DaveA at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (FhXTo)
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ABSINTHE MAKES THE FART...GO PONDER!
In a museum in the land of Hans Brinker
Sits a flatulent fine absinthe drinker
He's there...
On the 'throne'...
With his thoughts...
All alone.
Making scents of it all. It's "The Thtinker"!
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (qgHp7)
Hunter Biden and Candace Owens Seem to Agree That All the Assassination Attempts on Trump Were Staged
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)
Kept all of his bait in a bucket
He worked on a rhyme
In the scales and the slime
But he finally gave up and said fuck it
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (rgnea)
Posted by: DaveA at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (FhXTo)
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Real men reserve rowboat time for hurricanes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:06 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Limerick lover at May 22, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)
A certain young Amsterdam drinker
Turned out to be really a stinker
He slipped her a julep
And grabbed at her tulips
Ever after was known as "Hands" Brinker
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:10 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)
The York Pogrom wasn't civil.
If native Brits don't start killing these rapists, the country is gone...and it probably is anyway.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:10 AM (mDGAX)
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Kept all his fish in a bucket
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
he needed to shit
had no place to sit
so he dumped them all out and said fuck it
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (qgHp7)
It is good that new judges are being added but why did it take almost a year to do so? A good executive would've have the necessary support structure built and ready to go before executing the round-up phase of the project.
Simply put, the current admin's aim was to never fix it in the first place.
Republicans are trying to break the system even more by stacking the courts with reich wing ideologue hell bent on harming real Americans and innocent brown people by filling concentrations camps like the Nazis did.
It speeds up the type of immigration enforcement Trump and conservatives want. Don’t forget what they tried to do to Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The funny thing is that this could've happened back in 2024 with the Border Act of 2024 that was trying to legislatively resolve this issue. What happen? MAGA Republicans relented to Trump's crying and blocked this bill from passing.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Glad that brain trust was able to settle the issue.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 10:12 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: A monger of fish in Nantucket at May 22, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)
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Oops. Cheezit fellas. The jig is up!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:14 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (ycI94)
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Trump fired a bunch who kept granting asylum to bullshit claims.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:14 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+)
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Oops. Cheezit fellas. The jig is up!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:14 AM (6/7Fs)
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Nazi concentration camps where the people can voluntarily leave any time as long as they agree to go back to their home country, having no rights to be in this country at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:10 AM (mDGAX)
Who will be the first nation to rise up against Islam?
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (zH1JV)
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You can tell a man's character by who he idolizes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:16 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Doug Marcaida at May 22, 2026 10:16 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:16 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 10:11 AM (ycI94)
You see what happened there? Even THEY just said that they don't believe that "browns" aren't "real Americans".
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
This IS their home country now! The poem!!!
Posted by: Retarded Leftists at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (uEmCf)
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You can tell a man's character by who he idolizes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 10:16 AM (6/7Fs)
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Garcia has no legal right to be in America, had a bullshit asylum claim, and as that fight has been dragged out in a district court with no jurisdiction, literally hundreds of thousands of others have been forcibly deported.
Narrative vs. policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Retarded Leftists at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (ycI94)
The Huddled Masses!!!
THE HUDDLED MASSES!!!!
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
This IS their home country now! The poem!!!
Posted by: Retarded Leftists at May 22, 2026 10:17 AM (ycI94)
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The lightly proffered laurel,
The easy, ungrudged praise.
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years,
Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgement of your peers.
That one?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (46HP8)
Narrative vs. policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I look forward to a flaming skull post in the future when he is finally removed.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (uEmCf)
That shit doesn’t happen in Israel.
My money was on France, but now? Who knows...maybe nobody.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (mDGAX)
Mrs. Fishmonger's Lament - a limerick
I can't stand the boredom much longer
The odor just keeps getting stronger
My mish smells like fish
Oh dear how I wish
I never had wed the fishmonger!
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (rgnea)
THE HUDDLED MASSES!!!!
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (uEmCf)
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Did you mean "rabble"?
Posted by: AxemanAI at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (Fi81e)
In a new interview with Variety, Alcock discussed the backlash surrounding her rise to the lead role in DC Studios’ upcoming “Supergirl” movie and said she has learned to tune out online outrage as scrutiny around blockbuster franchises intensifies.
“But I mean, whose opinion do you really care about?” Alcock said. “If you’re p—ing the right kind of people off, you’re doing OK.”
The actress suggested much of the hostility directed toward her comes from faceless social media users reacting emotionally online.
“And it’s from a lot of people whose profiles have no photo, who are burner accounts,” Alcock said. “Or someone’s name and then ‘Dad of four, Christian,’ which is hilarious to me.”
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Colbert level hilarious!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)
I never had wed the fishmonger!
*********
It turns out she did it just for the halibut.
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (uEmCf)
That shit doesn’t happen in Israel.
My money was on France, but now? Who knows...maybe nobody.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (mDGAX)
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Dark horse:
Spain.
Just...a whole lot of pissed off Franco die-hards deciding to go full secessionist and revolutionary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (ycI94)
Simplest solution: he is found shot dead on the street, blame placed upon rival gang bangers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 10:21 AM (8zz6B)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Nice art. Would hang. And surf 'n turf tonight.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:21 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:22 AM (mDGAX)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:15 AM (uEmCf)
That shit doesn’t happen in Israel.
My money was on France, but now? Who knows...maybe nobody.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:19 AM (mDGAX)
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Dark horse:
Spain.
Just...a whole lot of pissed off Franco die-hards deciding to go full secessionist and revolutionary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM
***
If they get this far, it'll be the 42nd Street militia.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:23 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 22, 2026 10:23 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)
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Which is evident from Game of Thrones, inspired by British History.
I mean, okay, there's a Red Wedding or two, here and there....
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:23 AM (Fi81e)
And police suspect fair play.
Posted by: In the words of Dennis Miller at May 22, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: huerfano at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)
Sailors' yarns.
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 10:24 AM (5rh/l)
Spain.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (46HP
I think all of the tough rightists in Spain have been marginalized by the commies. Franco beat them, but they waited and waited...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:24 AM (mDGAX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:24 AM (mDGAX)
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They wouldn't need a majority.
Just a few thousand to say..."We've got nothing left to lose. Reconquista."
But, you know, with lispy Spanish.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:25 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: XTC
Countries. Netherlands, Austria, Germany
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)
THE HUDDLED MASSES!!!!
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:18 AM (uEmCf)
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Did you mean "rabble"?
Posted by: AxemanAI
Trump should start calling illegals "wretched refuse" from shithole countries.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 22, 2026 10:25 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: huerfano at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)
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They're going after the "big cats".
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:25 AM (Fi81e)
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And she just can't stand it any longer!
Posted by: I can limerick, too! at May 22, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Spain.
Just...a whole lot of pissed off Franco die-hards deciding to go full secessionist and revolutionary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:20 AM (46HP
If people are waiting for them to become an Armed Insurgency first, I don't think that's going to happen. They're going to take over electorally.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:26 AM (uEmCf)
Hong, a 37-year-old state representative and democratic socialist, wrote on Twitter in 2020 she supported “defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police.”
She later argued in 2021 that “police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can’t be an option.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:24 AM (mDGAX)
The muzzies blew up two street cars a few years back and Spain folded. They're done.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Eromero at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (7RAhE)
Hong, a 37-year-old state representative and democratic socialist, wrote on Twitter in 2020 she supported “defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police.”
She later argued in 2021 that “police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can’t be an option.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)
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Those 2020 tweets are going to haunt Democrats for a while.
I remember there was some leftist commentator that was asking for a reprieve from using old tweets because they kept coming up to hurt Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (46HP8)
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Another thread that confirms Godwin's (statistical) Rule.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (Fi81e)
He Was a Shellfish Bastard - a whatchaccallit
The oyster monger Mortimer Tucks
Sold a dozen for 24 bucks
I said, "What the hell,
How d'ya open the shell?
He said, "Why it's easy! Ah shucks!"
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:29 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
That's why the publishers are pushing against the Wayback Machine.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 10:29 AM (tL5sl)
You can just wish laws away right?
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Eromero at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (7RAhE)
But then he wept, and a bunch of hooks and chains emerged from the Lament Configuration to rip Frank Cotton to pieces.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
That's why the publishers are pushing against the Wayback Machine.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 10:29 AM (tL5sl)
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At some point soon, we're going to get a Democrat House candidate who shared child pron on BlueSky, aren't we?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS)
You can just wish laws away right?
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (Fi81e)
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"Yes."
-the living constitution
"Holy shit, yes."
-the administrative state
"Fuck yeah."
-prosecutorial discretion
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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It's uncivil and totally uncalled for to call anybody a Nazi...who's not somebody they want to call a Nazi.
You just wonder some time how did simple faculties of self-reflection get so broken in them.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Oh, wait... at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (Fi81e)
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They were coddled and therapied into not having it from the start.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS)
Any chick who was all cock would be weird-looking.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 10:32 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Achmed The Uncalmed Terrorist at May 22, 2026 10:33 AM (XD+PD)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS)
And a fucking high school dropout.
Credentialism is ridiculous, but leaving high school to become an actor is almost a guarantee of an ignorant life.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2026 10:33 AM (mDGAX)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS)
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She looks better as Supergirl than she did in the Game of Thrones spinoff.
I think it might be the hair.
Still...weird, beady face.
2/10
Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:34 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: I think it's a Texas thing at May 22, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:35 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:36 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 10:39 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)
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Subscribe to the New York Daily Inquirer instead!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:39 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: JTB
I looked him up on wikiart. He's excellent. Captures, I think, the power of the sea on the Dutch. Not over the Dutch! They do, after all, hold it back.
Posted by: t-bird at May 22, 2026 10:40 AM (ReYtg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)
Maybe soak it in warm water first???
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2026 10:41 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:43 AM (4iEwa)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)
That 'reporter' was vocalizing their inner zoophilic sexual fantasy of getting yiffed by Fluffy. Repeatedly.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:47 AM (4iEwa)
UVA official criticizes founder President Thomas Jefferson in grad speech: ‘ignorance and hubris’
https://tinyurl.com/4kzanebt
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t)
"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (gtcuf)
That 'reporter' was vocalizing their inner zoophilic sexual fantasy of getting yiffed by Fluffy. Repeatedly.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:47 AM (4iEwa)
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$5 the dog rape thing was something that Kristof's Nazi progenitor tried to pull off himself against Jews in a concentration camp.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (YwEeS)
"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.
You can just see the corruption oozing out of him now.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: cmeat at May 22, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)
I suppose the organization which bears that name is imaginary as well?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 10:50 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (4iEwa)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Look, Buddy, I did just fine, and BTW, Geddy Lee dropped out, too.
Posted by: Barbara Stanwyck at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (oftw2)
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Bet he finds out before the end of the year.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (jehhT)
I remember there was some leftist commentator that was asking for a reprieve from using old tweets because they kept coming up to hurt Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:27 AM (46HP
There is another way to solve this issue….this eludes them, doesn’t it?
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (OoFl2)
"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (gtcuf)
Surely, he has to realize that once he's no use to Qatar anymore, they're going to place a fatwa on his head.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (OoFl2)
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Destroying the Internet Archive?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:52 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:53 AM (4iEwa)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)
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An activity that breaks Rule #1.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:53 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:53 AM (4iEwa)
"The last place on the internet where a white man can say [N-Word] with the hard R!"
Yes, something to be proud of, for sure. (/sarcasm)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (iXqHn)
"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.
One cannot have lived through the last 25 years, starting with a bang on 9/11/01, without knowing what Islamic jihad is. The screams of "Allah ackbar" that precede the ever-growing list of atrocities throughout the world cannot be ignored, though we would so love to return to a time before it was commonplace.
To pretend otherwise is mind-blowing.
New low for Tucker.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (4iEwa)
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I put that shit on everything.
Posted by: Kier Starmer at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:51 AM (4iEwa)
Formulated for pork rather than real BBQ?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Kier Starmer at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (Fi81e)
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Dude has stepped down at least 20 times in the last 2 years.
It's impressive, really.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 10:55 AM (46HP8)
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The real jihad is the friends we made along the way.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 10:56 AM (Fi81e)
To pretend otherwise is mind-blowing.
New low for Tucker.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 10:54 AM (X8xt3)
He's going for a gotcha, because the official "Islamic Jihad" Organization in Lebanon disbanded in 1992, and was replaced by Hizb'allah (Hezbollah).
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 10:56 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 10:56 AM (X8xt3)
New low for Tucker.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Shuckin and jivin for his new masters.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)
"Islamic Jihad - whatever that is!" he laughs.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 10:48 AM (gtcuf)
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So a Holocaust Denier is a Jihad Denier?
Color me *shocked* ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 10:57 AM (4LEcr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:57 AM (4iEwa)
Posted by: XTC
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Patriots may beat them to the punch.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)
It used to be axiomatic with historians that you cannot hold historical figures to modern sensibilities. “I am smarter, better, than he was, I wouldn’t have done that, I would have done this, etc etc.”
There’s absolutely no way to know what you would have done at that time, and that place. Plus, hindsight is 20/20.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 10:58 AM (TgO2L)
New low for Tucker.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Shuckin and jivin for his new masters.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)
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Old & Busted: Jive Turkey.
New Hotness: Jive Tuq'r.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 10:59 AM (4LEcr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 22, 2026 10:59 AM (4iEwa)
"Oh, gotcha! You were thinking of the animating belief in islam that mass murder of infidels brings great rewards in heaven, which has resulted in the most heinous barbarism in the last two decades, while I was technically referring to a named organization!
Don't you feel like a fool!"
*forced laugher*
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 10:59 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 11:00 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)
It used to be axiomatic with historians that you cannot hold historical figures to modern sensibilities. “I am smarter, better, than he was, I wouldn’t have done that, I would have done this, etc etc.”
There’s absolutely no way to know what you would have done at that time, and that place. Plus, hindsight is 20/20.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 10:58 AM (TgO2L)
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Indeed.
The term for that is "Presentism:" the invalid application of present-day ideas, values, and perspectives to interpretations of the past.
Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 11:01 AM (4LEcr)
They don’t have the votes to pass the save act or any other Trump initiative.
No amount of podcast hysteria is going to change these facts.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 22, 2026 11:03 AM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 22, 2026 11:05 AM (zqeQL)
Posted by: mindful webworker - canvas covered at May 22, 2026 11:09 AM (0poB+)
So hoist up the John B’s sails,
See how the mainsail sets,
Call for the Captain ashore,
Let me go home …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 22, 2026 11:13 AM (ayRl+)
Published polling historically has been used to great effect this way. Your fellow citizens by huge margins believe “X”, you on the other hand believe “Y”, and you are on the fringe with your extremist hateful views. All the Good People believe the Good Things.
What is wrong with you??
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 11:21 AM (TgO2L)
The Morning Report — 5/ 22/26
Here is a complete rap sheet of this friggin' termite courtesy of the invaluable DiscovertheNetworks. Besides running a teenage male prostitution ring out of his home, he was one of the key architects in the collapse of the housing market and the tanking of our economy in 2008 among other Democrat/Leftist catastrophes that we are still digging our way out from the rubble lo these many years later... His worldview and voting record over the ouse of his career are a testament to Democrat/Leftist scietal destruction in pursuit of absolute power. Period full stop. Odd that on his deathbed he publicly chastised his party for the positions it held and advanced. Nearer my God to Thee or an attempt at taqqiya sunrising to prevent future Democrat electoral wipeouts?
Barney Frank Warns the Left is Destroying Democrats . . ."Many of my colleagues who I know agree with me but are inhibited from saying so.”As I recall the spoof ditty created by Rush Limbaugh to the tune of Abba's "Dancing Queen" referring to Frank as The Banking Queen, let us move on to the next subject in the "Conga Line of Freaks" per old Yeller Mark Levin, shall we?
Congressional Democrats are moving to shut down President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, escalating a political fight over compensation for Americans who say they were targeted by politically motivated prosecutions and federal lawfare. Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is introducing legislation aimed at preventing any federal money from being used to create or distribute payments through the fund. . . At the same time, some establishment Republicans are also voicing opposition to the fund. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick told reporters Wednesday that he would “try to kill” the program. . . . Supporters of the fund argue it represents a long-overdue effort to compensate Americans harmed by politically driven prosecutions and abuses of government power. Critics, meanwhile, claim the program would improperly use taxpayer money to compensate individuals tied to controversial investigations, including those connected to the January 6 Capitol protest. Two law enforcement officers who were present at the Capitol on Jan. 6 have already filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the fund entirely.Well as to Jamie Raskin, Cancer is as cancer does. He and his party led by Malig-Nancy Pelosi either directly engineered and orchestrated the events of 1/6 or else created the conditions and fiction that Trump was inciting an insurrection when it was in fact an entrapment sting to create that pretext and illusion to oppress and suppress the enemies of the Left and Deep State. And GOP confederates like Fitzpatrick et al are equally guilty of perpetuating the corrupt status quo regardless of the consequences to the American people and Republic. And speaking of which that brings us to the next diseased turd floating by in the punchbowl...
The Senate is heading home until June without finishing a reconciliation bill, after Republican tensions over the package coincided with President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). Brendan Pedersen, a senior reporter with Punchbowl News, posted on X: “Thune asked if Senate Rs are responding to politics — ie, Trump endorsements and snubs this week ‘It’s hard to divorce anything that happens here from what’s happening in political atmosphere around us,’ Thune said. ‘You can’t disconnect those things.’”While Republican Senators publicly claim substantive issues with the bill were the driving factor behind the early vacation, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) acknowledged President Donald Trump’s Tuesday endorsement of Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) weighed heavily on Republican Senators’ minds as they skipped town instead of advancing a top Trump priority as planned.Yes, the Barney Franks, Jamie Raskins and Malig-Nancy Pelosis we are afflicted with are horrid enough but Thune and his ilk and their criminal fecklessness and naked, shameless collusion with them and farcical kabuki "opposition" as is embodied in the likes of JOHN THUNE and sadly many like him all over the GOP is why our nation is circling the drain, or at least was until enough decent people said enough is enough and elected a man who to greater or lesser extent recognized that were headed off a cliff and now 11 years since descending the golden Trump Tower escalator, he has almost singlehandedly at a minimum put the brakes on and has attempted to throw us in reverse. We shall see if MAGA is indeed the start of the movement for American renaissance or merely a speed bump on the road to Hell. The rejection of Thomas Massie will go a long way but it's only a start!
Thomas Massie’s defeat in Kentucky’s Republican primary was not merely the fall of one Republican congressman. It was the collapse of an illusion -- an illusion that has grown inside parts of America’s online Right over the past few years: that a few million followers, a handful of popular podcasts, several viral clips, and some anti-establishment slogans can replace party machinery, voter loyalty, local networks, money, organization, and real political power. Kentucky shattered that illusion. Not in a television debate, not in an intellectual quarrel, not in another online shouting match, but in the one place where politics strips away fantasy and reveals itself: the ballot box.Just like the Leftists, you can expect the voices on the Right to become even more shrill, vulgar and vituperative in their attacks on all of us than even the most strident of Lefties. Whom we are at long last rejecting for their duplicity and fraudulence in foisting RINO globalists and big government stooges on us. It will be a long time in coming but when all of them are gone from the scene, it will be glorious. Have a relaxing, fun and safe Memorial Day weekend!
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- On the one hand, there is the risk of AI letting rip without thought for the consequences. On the other there is the risk that America’s competitive advantage will be lost and that other countries will make the inevitable advances anyway. Some of this may still sound abstract. But it isn’t going to be for very much longer. I’ve been thinking about this in recent months because AI started coming for me
Douglas Murray: I see dangers of AI firsthand — as people make doppelgangers of me!
- Before the gas chambers came the lies, the laws, and the excuses. . .read this piece again and stop when the circumstances begin to feel familiar.. . Don’t wait... for another Auschwitz to be under construction.
Auschwitz Wasn’t Built Overnight
- AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
- A man arrested last year has been charged with espionage and attempted participation in murder after an Iranian intelligence agency tasked him with gathering information on the head of Germany’s main Jewish group and three others with a view to carrying out attacks, German prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect, a Danish national identified only as Ali S. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested last June in Denmark. An alleged accomplice, an Afghan national identified as Tawab M., also was arrested there in November. Federal prosecutors said they filed an indictment against the pair at the Hamburg state court on May 7.
Germany Charges Man Allegedly Planning Attacks on Jewish Figures For Iran CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - A new report shows how dangerous groups exploit legal protections.
In Florida, Extremist Networks Are Hiding Behind Nonprofits
- Democrats to Block Trump’s $1.776 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is introducing legislation aimed at preventing any federal money from being used to create or distribute payments through the fund.
- Nearly $50 million has been budgeted for programs that appear to exclude white people entirely, according to a Free Beacon analysis. An additional $248 million will go to programs that use racial preferences or are geared toward race-conscious outcomes, such as the county's street outreach program, which indicates that "BIPOC" homeless people should be "referred to shelter at rates as high or higher than non-Hispanic whites."
'Culturally Specific Corrections Counselors,' a 'Construction Diversity and Equity Fund,' and Race-Based Shelter Referrals: Portland Proposes Budget Larded With Racially Discriminatory Programs
- So this is exactly what the Founding Fathers, what the Constitution was meant to protect against. And, Republicans right now realize that this is political Kryptonite.” (Democrats are Political (and soon to be literal( Zyklon B - jjs)
Markey: Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund Is an ‘Impeachable Offense’
- Underneath the feel-good politics of it, the practical questions sink the whole enterprise.
Reparations: Who Pays Whom?
- The song ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ reflects how America revises its past while the same arguments over race and power resurface in new forms.
Jim Crow and the Blame Game "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - Another horrific murder shows what we’re up against — not just the illegal aliens, but the judges who keep releasing them.
Illegals Are Killing America
- “Today, we are onboarding the largest immigration judge class in agency history."
Trump Takes Massive Step To Keep Americans Safe
- Angel Emilio Rodriguez-Marroquin, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was handed the sentence on May 18 after having been arrested in November 2025 by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Biden-Released Illegal Alien Gets 50 Years in Prison for Producing Child Porn of His Special Needs Niece, Nephew THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE - “This is not the end of our work in Minnesota. This is not the end of the beginning of our work in Minnesota. This is the beginning of our work in Minnesota. The fraud here in Minnesota is shocking.”
DOJ: 15 in Minnesota Charged With Allegedly Running Fraud Schemes Targeting $90 Million DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) raised the issue during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Tuesday while questioning acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on waste and fraud in federally funded programs.
California Medicaid Program Under Fire for Covering Exorcisms, Tribal Prayers
- A traditionalist constitutional conservative analysis continues.
Part II: The Politicization of the Federal Courts During the Second Trump Presidency - Central banks in other countries manage with far fewer employees
New Fed Chair Has Chance to Right-Size ‘Disaster’ of Bloated Staff WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - What could possibly go wrong?
Bloodthirsty and Brutal Islamic Jihad Murderer Could Soon Be Freed OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - The Free Beacon reports that the mosque's longtime imam has questioned the number of Jews who died in the Holocaust and suggested it was made up 'by Zionists'
Democrat House Hopeful Brad Lander Shows Up at Holocaust-Denier's Mosque, Chants in Arabic and Vows To 'Partner' With Muslim 'Squad' Members and Mamdani
- A Jewish leader's long record of damaging the Jewish cause.
Mourn the Man – But Avoid Emulating Abe Foxman’s Actions (NO! - jjs)
"BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
- PA-03, which includes Philadelphia, is said to be the bluest district in the U.S. and the only majority black district in Pennsylvania.
Dem Who Claimed Bondi Beach Massacre was ‘Zionist False Flag’ Wins House Primary
- ‘Fighting antisemitism’ by funding antisemitism.
The Soros Network Exposes its Jewish Front Groups SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - Just look at the nefarious behavior of Jack Smith. And he’s far from the only one.
Is Prison the Best Place for Certain Prominent Democrats? FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - NPR is “offering buyouts to approximately 300 employees, mostly within newsgathering desks in the newsroom. Staff of NPR’s news programs, including hosts, are not eligible,” reports NPR about NPR.
More Far-left Media Shrinkage as NPR Slashes Dozens of Jobs
- If upheld, the Pentagon’s policy would limit reporters’ ability to interact with government employees willing to leak confidential information to them. Secretary Hegseth explained in a memo last year, “While the Department remains committed to transparency, the Department is equally obligated to protect [classified national intelligence information] and sensitive information – the unauthorized disclosure of which could put the lives of U.S. Service members in danger.”
The New York Times is Suing the Pentagon Again.* * * * * - Raw Egg Nationalist: Should we be worried that AI becomes more left-wing if it doesn’t like you?
The Marxist in the Machine
- The suspicious website, Kiddle, is spreading biased information to children that soft-pedals authoritarian regimes and terrorist organizations.
A Mysterious Children’s Search Engine Is Misleading Kids THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Until the tax burden is acknowledged, until waste and fraud are confronted, until government spending is aligned with reality, and until the system stops placing disproportionate pressure on the families who fund it, the American Dream will remain out of reach for far too many.
The American Dream And Taxes RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - Albert Gore III, the son of former VP Gore, serves as the Executive Director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association and is unhappy with this development.
Green Energy Cultists Meltdown Over Proposed EV Road-Use Fees CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - The initiative marks a significant shift in government policy, which has been accused of taking insufficient action against the huge number of vape stores, Turkish barber shops, phone repair stores, and so on, often staffed and owned by immigrant and immigrant-background individuals, that have proliferated across Britain in recent years.
Migrant Crime Networks Are Operating Through Vape Stores, Barber Shops. EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - The complaint alleges Smith “determined these searches to be a racist threat” and likened the student’s pro-ICE emblems to “a burning cross” before suspending N.C. pending expulsion. That expulsion was later upheld before an Expulsion Hearing Panel and Expulsion Review Board.
Las Vegas Student Sues School District After Being Expelled for Displaying Pro-ICE Signs THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH - The Colorado Democrat Party on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to censure Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) for commuting the sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was sentenced for her role in tampering with election equipment.
Colorado Democrat Party Censures Gov. Jared Polis for Commuting Tina Peters’ Sentence
- A Canadian man who lives in Massachusetts is accused of voting in multiple U.S. elections, something Dems say never happens.
More Voter Fraud Charges Scream For The Senate To Pass The SAVE America Act DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - One of the influencers, Qasim Rashid, said his 'jaw dropped' when he received a fundraising solicitation from Platner and is soliciting donations for the Maine Democrat's campaign
'The Best Fundraising Text I've Ever Seen': Graham Platner's 'Grassroots' Campaign Is Funneling Money to Influencers To Fawn Over Him POLITICS
- While Republican Senators publicly claim substantive issues with the bill were the driving factor behind the early vacation, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) acknowledged President Donald Trump’s Tuesday endorsement of Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) weighed heavily on Republican Senators’ minds as they skipped town instead of advancing a top Trump priority as planned.
Senate Abandons Trump’s ICE, Border Funding Bill for Early Vacation; Thune Admits Paxton Endorsement Played Role
- Thomas Massie’s defeat in Kentucky’s Republican primary was not merely the fall of one Republican congressman. It was the collapse of an illusion.
Kentucky Just Humiliated the Podcast Right - The 192-page report, which was concluded last December and authored by Democratic consultant Paul Rivera, calls for “a renewed focus on the voters of Middle America and the South, who have come to believe they are not included in the Democratic vision of a stronger and more dynamic America for everyone.”
Facing Intense Internal Pressure, DNC Releases 2024 Election Autopsy
- This is what consultant-driven politics looks like, and it’s stale enough to bundle off to the landfill.
The Democrat Party Correctly Rejects Its Useless 2024 Post-Mortem
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom is transforming himself into a 2028 populist for the white-collar middle class now threatened by ruthless layoffs and accelerating Artificial Intelligence.
Gavin Newsom Admits Trump Was Right, Cosplays White-Collar Populist
- The report took forever to see the light of day, and DNC Chairman Ken Martin's explanation for the delay was something else. "When I received the report late last year, it wasn't ready for primetime — not even close — and because no source material was provided, it would have meant starting over. I could not in good faith put the DNC's stamp of approval on the report that was produced," Martin said. So the party that wants to run your healthcare couldn't manage to produce a competent internal review? That’s comforting.
The DNC’s 2024 Autopsy Is Here, and Oh Boy, It’s a Dumpster Fire
- At the center of the race are two DC natives, Kenyan McDuffie, 51, and Janeese Lewis George (JLG), 38.
Heated Mayor Race Shows How White Liberals Boxing Out Old Black People FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - Trump is using justice — some of it long delayed — as an instrument of foreign policy to advance freedom and American interests abroad.For years, the targets of US sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba have treated those restrictions as mere inconveniences. Bad actors have routed around them through shell companies in Panama, gold flights to Turkey and friendly bankers in Madrid and Geneva. Now, the president is sending a message to the world: Obey our sanctions or pay a price.
Castro charges tighten Trump’s noose on anti-American corruption
- Fred Fleitz: Trump’s Cuba strategy combines economic pressure, targeted humanitarian aid, and direct outreach to Cubans to weaken the regime—not invasion or appeasement.
Trump’s Cuba Gambit
- The backs of New Delhi’s three-wheeled auto-rickshaws, also known as “tuk tuks” after the characteristic sputtering sound of their engines, are frequently rented out for advertising banners.
Trump’s Face Adorns Rickshaws in India for ‘Happy Birthday America’ Campaign
- Commenting on the Conservatives behavior in Bradford, Reform UK Deputy Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Tice commented, “The Conservatives have done it again. In their desperation to stop Reform, they are now crawling into coalition with the Green Party to seize power in local councils.”
‘Conservatives’ Ally With Far-Left ‘Greens’ in ANOTHER UK Town in Desperate Ploy to Stop Farage’s Reform UK.
- Carney has treated Canada’s largest trading partner and closest military ally with a contempt that borders on an obsessive mania.
Carney could get Canada kicked out of NORAD as US reconsiders relationship
- Officials in nations bordering Russia urged President Donald Trump not to retreat from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), arguing that America still has too much at stake in Europe even as Trump grows increasingly frustrated with the alliance and its response to Iran.
EXCLUSIVE: European Officials Warn Trump Against Leaving NATO As US Weighs Its Own Priorities ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . AND HISTORY - The State Department will abide by the Taylor Force Act 2018 for the next 10 years. The Palestinian Authority’s Martyrs Fund, referred to by critics as a “Pay to Slay” scheme, will be impacted by the State Department’s renewed commitment to the act as the U.S. ceases financial aid.
State Dept Settles $1.5 Billion Lawsuit Over Biden Funding 'Palestinian' Terrorists.
- Why, exactly, are CCP-linked billionaires funding 'pro-Palestine' protests?
Prager Video: The Connection Between the CCP and Antisemitism HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - If AI is as powerful as its creators claim, it needs to start solving problems that people care about.
AI Needs to Cure Cancer (I approve that message! - jjs) ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - A new documentary argues that science supports the concept of a creator God.
‘The Story of Everything’ 2026
- One trivia fact noted during today’s broadcast. With its new more powerful Raptor-3 engines, Superheavy produces about 18 million pounds of thrust at launch. That is more than twice that of either the Saturn-5 rocket (seven million pounds) or the SLS rocket (8.8 million pounds). And remember, everything about Starship/Superheavy is intended to be reused, with Superheavy already proving its ability to do so.
Starship/Superheavy launch scrubbed at T-40 seconds
- They might think it resembles a crystal ball, but to my eye this is an amoeba undulating in weightlessness.
An amoeba in space
more than a light year in size (this was a Star Trek episode - jjs) FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - . . .the long-delayed Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum after Republicans added language clarifying that the museum would focus on biological women.
Democrats, GOP Defectors Block Women’s History Museum Bill after ‘Biological Women’ Language Added CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - European authorities are not only banning Christians from writing about the Bible, but trying to keep the world unaware they have done so.
European Author Of Banned Book: ‘It Is Christianity They Are Trying To Censor’
- Christian Toto: Sunny Hostin's price check proved laughable, but it points to bigger problem
This Little ‘View’ Distortion Is Peak Cringe
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)
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About a week away actually!
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Good morning, Horde.
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Penguano?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 07:51 AM (x0n13)
'Stop lying! Stop acting! You all never went to space,' the man shouted as he filmed himself approaching the crew.
The befuddled crew simply stood in uncomfortable silence as the man berated them, apparently trying their best to pretend he wasn't there.
The man continued: 'Follow Jesus! God's watching you all!'
As Glover smiled and gave an uneasy wave, he went on: 'Stop lying to the public! Your psyop isn't working on millions of us! NASA's a joke!'
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:51 AM (L1jPj)
FWIW, AI has been in heavy use by the drug industry in cancer research for over a decade. Lots of the advances working their way through the system were refined by AI.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)
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Yeah I know but OpSec OpSec OpSec
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)
… is Islamophobia worse ?
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Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)
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The "dustbin of history" wants its primacy back
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 07:56 AM (zapWf)
First, the SC state senate Republican majority leader, blocking redistricting, because SC needs a "vibrant" Democrat Party.
Then Tillis, sputtering in anger how it's "tyranny " to take his money and give it to something he "vehemently " disagrees with.
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I saw the Blind Squirrels open for the Dead Drunks at Summerfest, back in 1984.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 07:59 AM (zapWf)
Over the six-year period, amputations rose overall, by 35.3% (from 58.9 to 79.7 per 10,000 people). But among patients whose cases involved opioids, the increase was dramatically steeper, climbing by 66% (from 55.6 to 92.3 per 10,000).
The sharpest spikes in opioid-related amputations were seen in parts of the Northeast and West.
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You're welcome, Salty. Just finished reading the content and saw this.
Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 08:00 AM (NcvvS)
FWIW, AI has been in heavy use by the drug industry in cancer research for over a decade. Lots of the advances working their way through the system were refined by AI.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)
Good to know considering my situation.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 08:01 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:01 AM (L1jPj)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:02 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Savior of Chilean Democracy at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (L1jPj)
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (zBgIx)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:02 AM (iXqHn)
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They're the same thing.
Posted by: Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Savior of Chilean Democracy at May 22, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)
~~ Sunny Hostin, of the View
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She oughta be in the Senate.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:04 AM (Zhjn8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 08:04 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:07 AM (J8APv)
>>Is the Senate in recess? Time for Trump to make appointments.
The Senate has not had a formal recess since 2011.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)
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Sadly, many Americans buy this crap.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:08 AM (Zhjn8)
In 2020, just 246 people tried to sneak into Poland from Belarus through the marshy wetlands on the border, according to the Polish government’s records. There was a pandemic on, after all. But over the following year, almost 40,000 migrants from Syria, Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan, India and other countries crossed or attempted to cross this frontier. Those migrants didn’t end up in Belarus by accident. Some were carrying Russian visas or entry stamps. Russia and its ally — some would say lackey — Belarus were, in effect, importing migrants, delivering them to the Polish-Belarusian border and telling them to head to Poland.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:08 AM (L1jPj)
Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:08 AM (YCxFk)
"This is Achmed. He's seeking asylum in Denmark because raping people in his home nation has too many competitors. Please open the door and let him in so he can convert us to his peaceful beliefs."
Cue Sarah McLachlan music and zoom in on Achmed's sad face.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 08:10 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Fags Gonna Fag
Maybe the silence about the passing of Barney Frank has something to do with the vile nastiness of the guy along with his sister. They were attack dogs, uncivil in every respect.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 08:11 AM (Y8DZL)
Now is time for someone to read the Constitution to tRump so that he can send the House on an early vacation as well. No doubt the Senate is leave one loser behind to gavel it into session; but, butt ... EVERYONE know that is disallowed by said Constitution.
Posted by: Marooned at May 22, 2026 08:11 AM (kt8QE)
Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:11 AM (YCxFk)
"If you can't name the demon, you can't kill it.
If we can't say genocide, if we can't say white supremacy, if we can't say patriarchy or oligarchy, if we can't say the words, how are you going to entrust somebody to do the work when it matters most?"
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Philadelphia elections aren't giving us good results.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM (Zhjn8)
Posted this yesterday but you should look at it
Over at Facebook Donny Deutsch has posted a vid ripping the Texas woman Galindo a new one over her concentration camps comment. I'm not big on Donny but he's spot on.
The insane thing is the comments section . It literally looks like it could be from Stormfront. This nation is in a world of hurt
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM (L1jPj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: The Sanhedrin at May 22, 2026 08:13 AM (+9A0s)
Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (YCxFk)
The senate is worse than the house… mainly because of simple math: smaller numbers. A Congress critter in the house is 1 of 435… a senator is 1 of 100 and they have 6 year terms (3 x that of a house member).
I’m convinced Cassidy in Louisiana voted to convict Trump in that impeachment trial because he thought to himself: I just won by 40 and everyone will forget in 6 years. PDJT didn’t forget hehe
But this process of prying and crowbarring the RINOs out is long… so long
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (+gA9j)
It played the leading role.
And if you go back and look at the days after J6 some "Republicans" including Cornyn were the most vociferous in demanding that the J6 patsies be dealt with harshly. The don't want to admit they were either wrong or complicit. Because they hate us.
They had no problem advocating their fellow Senators got huge settlements from the feds for Wray spying on them, they just don't want us peasants getting justice.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (viF8m)
I indicated one of my top issues was weaponization of the federal government .
Now he is griping about the Anti-Weaponization Fund.
The irony!
Posted by: CapeFear at May 22, 2026 08:15 AM (11O9i)
“The retrospective evaluation of Donald Trump’s presidency was too positive. Given the ability of right-wing entities to slash and smear the Vice President, it was essential to prosecute a more effective case as to why Trump should have been disqualified from ever again taking office. The grounds were there, but the messaging did not make sense.”
Never mind that Trump’s mug shot proved one of the defining images of his campaign. The photo appeared on Trump merchandise almost immediately after Trump was released from Fulton County Jail in August 2023. The mug shot now hangs outside the Oval Office.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:15 AM (L1jPj)
Posted by: Joe Sixpack at May 22, 2026 08:15 AM (7d1L5)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (77rzZ)
"CCSD recognizes and honors our students’ First Amendment rights to lawful advocacy and expression on causes important to them."
The absolute obliviousness of these people would be hilarious except for the fact that they have power over children.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)
- Inflation or Bidenflation
- Podcasts
- Women's sports, bathrooms
- Pronouns
- Catholics, Christians, or evangelicals
- 'Religion' or 'Religious'
- White men
- Anything related to MAHA
- Gas prices
And:
- Only one mention of trans in the context of the they/them ad
- One 'border' mention in the context of Dems being mad that Kamala was labeled the 'border czar'
- Brief mention of climate policies causing 'anxiety'
- One mention of '80-20' issues but no definition of what those are
It also alleges that the media ecosystem is too right-wing for Democrats to be able to compete.
Pure slop. Stunningly bad.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (L1jPj)
"It moved through isolation, legal discrimination, propaganda, fear, and public conditioning; one policy, one justification, and one compromise at a time.
And with each stage, more people adapted.
Some supported it. Some benefited from it. Many stayed silent."
Here's the link again:
https://tinyurl.com/4y45d5en
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Watched Fallon a couple of times because he's a local guy.
None will be missed
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Jonah at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (YCxFk)
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Who?
Oh yeah... that guy who got his 15 minutes of TV fame.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (Zhjn8)
20% turnover in GOPe Senators lately is not enough. We need good candidates.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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There are good candidates galore but they don't have funding enough to run except as long shots. And a good candidate in one state would be a lousy one in another.
What we can do is not necessarily ensure good people but set up incentives not to be bad in office like firing the Thom Tillis types.
And far too many people fall in love with candidates--to my way of thinking, the guys picking up your garbage are more important, not so much who is your senator or rep. Falling in love with a politician only means they will eventually betray you and break your heart. Best not get invested emotionally, especially with pretty words when they do their dirty deeds done dirt cheap for donors or party insiders.
They are there to represent us because all the voters cannot fit into the Capitol, so someone has to do the boring and frankly hideous job of legislating. So a studied measure of contempt, dry sarcasm, and willingness to replace them as components is needed. Quality assurance one might say.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)
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All they have left is their lies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)
"If you can't name the demon, you can't kill it.
If we can't say genocide, if we can't say white supremacy, if we can't say patriarchy or oligarchy, if we can't say the words, how are you going to entrust somebody to do the work when it matters most?"
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Philadelphia elections aren't giving us good results.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:12 AM ()
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He'll be my "representative", I'm afraid. Hopefully next year I'll be able to get out of the city
Posted by: Josephistan at May 22, 2026 08:19 AM (PyqXH)
Perhaps Barney realized that his afterlife was not going to be very comfortable and he was trying to get God's mercy.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 08:19 AM (RjOoY)
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Kiddle...sounds pornographic.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 08:19 AM (qBdHI)
"It moved through isolation, legal discrimination, propaganda, fear, and public conditioning; one policy, one justification, and one compromise at a time.
And with each stage, more people adapted.
Some supported it. Some benefited from it. Many stayed silent."
Here's the link again:
https://tinyurl.com/4y45d5en
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)
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At its most insidious, Evil can be very patient.
It never rests, never tires, and never quits.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 08:20 AM (gnNyN)
If this is really their inner thinking, their actions going forward will not rescue them. They are missing the long plot for short term grift.
Don't correct an enemy on the wrong path.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)
Had an adventure. After being molested by the urologist, they said that if I ran a fever of 100.5 to not bother calling, just go the ER. So... yesterday I have a fever of 100.8. Go to an ER. Fever has dissipated by the time I get there. Get sent home. No doubt it'll cost me a million dollars.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)
So people still watch TV?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Jen the original at May 22, 2026 08:22 AM (0Xb3a)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:22 AM (gu0hJ)
Pure slop. Stunningly bad.
Posted by: SMOD
Campaign consultants are generally slugs good at one thing--persuading people to give them money because they claim to be good at their job. And that goes for GOP consultants. So they tell whoever is paying them what they want to hear and Democrats did not want to hear that a) their policies are insane, b) lying constantly for years takes a toll on popularity, c) Putting forth Puddin Brain and then Kamala as candidates after the administration failed was bad politics.
The GOP autopsy of 2012 ran toward we need to approve amnesty becuz Romney lost being a meanie. That is what the donors and GOPe wanted to hear.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:23 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 08:23 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:24 AM (eZeWG)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 22, 2026 08:24 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:24 AM (eZeWG)
Fruit Flies like a banana.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (OYsYV)
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Who's Time's cover boy?
https://tinyurl.com/44k978tw
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (ndZc7)
Will we ever find out what all those National Guard troops in the Capital were all about, around the 2021 inauguration? Supposedly, it was to protect the inauguration from violent, rabid MAGA people.
But there was no organized movement among MAGA people to do ANYTHING. In fact, the word was out that if somebody tried to talk you into such a thing, they were likely a Fed looking to trap you.
The were called up by TRUMP, remember. Surrounded the whole city. Check points to enter or leave. Stayed there many weeks afterward. SOMETHING was going on that they weren't telling us. Something MAJOR and UNPRECEDENTED.
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (ovdkm)
Under the structure of the Electoral College, a handful of swing states are generally determinative
in the outcome, meaning the margins of victories in those states are the key to the overall
outcome. Tens of thousands of votes in a handful of states returned a Republican to the White
House.
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Do they not know who won the popular vote?
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:25 AM (J8APv)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (R86kT)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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SD also has Dusty Johnson running for governor there who is another never Trumper now craving Trump's endorsement. I have come to the conclusion that not all of those claiming Trump is wonderful are good but every single pos politician that is a Never Trumper is bad deserving defeat.
I think it is that these Never Trumpers despise the base openly that Trump represents--that is not who we are indeed. The ones that fake Trump support, to some extent are trapped because betrayal means political death to them. So they have to fake it to keep their miserable careers going along (see Lindsay Graham).
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (2PamV)
I am sorry you were having a fever and had to go to the ER.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 08:26 AM (OYsYV)
My urologist always grins when offering a prostate exam, which is why I always say, "No"
Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:27 AM (IXblq)
JIMMY KIMMEL MELTDOWN: Urges Viewers to “NEVER WATCH CBS AGAIN” After Colbert’s Finale Tonight
“I hope those of you who watch our show will also tune in to CBS for the last time. Don’t ever watch it again.”
LOL!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:28 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)
The No Moon Landings people and the Flat Earth clowns have small minds.
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 08:28 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:24 AM (eZeWG)
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Please tell me my Turkey Loaf recipe got five stars.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
I miss Rush.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)
It's a fund that Trump agreed to in exchange for dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for releasing his tax returns.
The money was designated for people who have subjected to harassment by Obama's and Biden's weaponized DOJ. People like Michael Caputo who's life and career were destroyed over baseless charges because he supported Trump early on and also people like J6ers who were setup and over prosecuted.
Permanent DC hates it because it exposed the dual system of justice in this country.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:29 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:29 AM (J8APv)
As was said in a sci-fi series "the avalanche has started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:30 AM (gu0hJ)
From the border wall, to ICE, to now--they can never find a penny to fund what we want.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 08:30 AM (73/SM)
I asked my gastroenterologist what the craziest thing he heard was.
Evidently one patient wanted no pain meds, and sang through the entire colonoscopy procedure.
I did entertain my urologist with my gold-digger stories.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)
1.) It was no mistake; Dick Armey got it right.
2.) As long as we're eulogizing Barney Fag, my favorite thing about him was this: his notorious, nation-wtecking financial corruption aside, I will never forget when, perhaps fifteen years after he walked away without so much as a single charge for sex trafficking in teen boys, he did an interview where he bemoaned the fact that the Republicans' House censure of him for his well-known pederasty had nearly "ruined [his] social life."
Not that it *did* ruin it, mind you - just that there were a couple months when Georgetown AWFLs were uncomfortable being seen with him in their parlors, and child-buggering panderers were skittish about inviting him into their fleshpots. This was an act of lese-majeste he harbored a lifelong grudge about.
Barney Fag's life epitomized the corruption, vacuity and arrogance of America's ruling class during the waning years of the Republic.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:30 AM (BI5O2)
Bruce Springsteen appeared on Stephen Colbert’s show tonight and COOKED Trump and his goons
“I’m here in support tonight for Stephen, because you are the first guy in America who lost his show because we got a president who can't take a joke….
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:31 AM (ndZc7)
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The only part of J6 that was "organic" (not pre-planned) was the public's demonstration. Everything else, the Capitol in particular, was staged.
Pelosi had a huge hand in it. The political, donor, and chattering classes in the capitol city wanted a real insurrection so they could hang Trump and be done with MAGA forever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 08:31 AM (jehhT)
Cogent points. Like Homeless NGO CEOs not solving the homeless problem.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
I've been around too many political consultants over the years. A very few were decent people, most, I would put on the level of Mel Brooks, "The Producers". And that is in part why the GOP is so bad at politics, consultants don't make money from volunteers and actual popularity, they make money by mailers, robocalls, advertising placements, and communications management. The Rick Jackson phenomenon in GA is an example. This guy spent over $100 million so far--his wife donates to Democrats, he donated to Jeb and Cheney plus Stacey Abrams, he clearly hates having to deal with average citizens in political show and greet, and his campaign consists of slanderous mailers, robocalls, media ad placements, and campaign signage. A fake, gay, Potemkin candidacy allied with the Kemp faction in GA politics.
Dooley for Senate is the same way.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (E4rtv)
This is a formula the left has been using for years. Some environmental group sues the EPA and the EPA, also made up of environmentalists, "settles" for what it wanted to do, now with the imprimatur of a court order.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (R86kT)
But when I find myself agreeing with a knucklehead like Kagan maybe I’ve gone off my rocker. Help me out here…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (yz/88)
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Won't be voting for him. Have seen the guy? Besides being an idiot he's a little wimp. Blowing up the tv and internet with ads. I have seen a couple polls lately that he is running in 2nd. Good,and good riddance.
Posted by: Mollly k. at May 22, 2026 08:34 AM (j/yko)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 08:31 AM (jehhT)
The doors were opened for the people to enter and they were escorted in by Pelosi's Capitol goons
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 08:34 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (NyxOA)
I only saw the clips shown on right wing podcasts, like the cringey "The Vaxx Scene" with homos dancing around with giant syringes. Ugh.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (9vcWq)
Posted by: JackStraw
Thom was a big supporter of the Senate bill that rewarded senators $500k for being spied on. I think those GOP members despise the base voter Trump people because they think they are aristocrats.
That is not who we are (Let them eat cake) in modern vernacular. Paying the serfs for treating them with injustice for Jan 6 or else is Not Who We Are bullshit.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)
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I knew this without knowing I knew it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)
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Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:14 AM (+gA9j)
The Senate tells you how just corrupt the establishment is, doesn't it? There are a lot more red states than blue, but Republicans only have a small majority, when they have a majority at all. Seems like they should have an easy time having a solid majority.
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (ovdkm)
The real target is China. Note: No cheap Iranian oil is flowing to China. They have to pay market rates. This is a dagger in the entire Chinese export-based economy.
Plus, pipelines are being built to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. This is adaptation to Trump's economic warfare.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)
That's John Cornyn. That's why they hate this fund. It will expose many of them as frauds at best.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)
He can only take being shot, prosecuted, cheated, insulted, threatened....
But not a joke.
Democrats are such toughguys
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:36 AM (J8APv)
Yeah, how can Trump ever recover from that.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:36 AM (gtcuf)
I only saw the clips shown on right wing podcasts, like the cringey "The Vaxx Scene" with homos dancing around with giant syringes. Ugh.
Posted by: Delurker
Same Colbert report persona that was on Stewart's who. That IS who he is. A vile caricature of a man hiding behind clown nose on and clown nose off--except that nose is always brown from kissing Democrat ass.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (E4rtv)
I woke up from mine shouting, "Where the hell am I?!" which shocked and amused the doctor and nurses.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (IXblq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)
Let's get the Keystone XL protesters to China ASAP!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (x0n13)
Feeling like the 250 celebrations are completely hollow this year. I’m a pretty patriotic person, and normally I’d be overjoyed about all the 250‑year freedom celebrations. But right now it just feels fake. The admin in the office, including my own elected representatives, clearly can’t stand me or the work I do. It all feels like a performance layered over a bunch of hostility.
Feels like more of a wake than a birthday celebration. I will be mourning this 4th.
1976 had actual unity around it, now everything gets weaponized before the decorations even go up. I'm going to Celebrate Juneteenth , with the flag Asshats name hasn't been Imposed on. Black Lives Matter flag. The Nation is lost currently, I can't celebrate that.
I wouldn't count on a bloody civil War. I would count on quiet acceptance like billions of people do on earth. They accept that they're under the authoritarian boot. There's no heroic uprising.
No way! We will rise. Minnesota taught me that even under extreme authoritarian rule, resistance works. We are an incredible country, and the corrupt disgusting president will not take that from us!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (ycI94)
Correct. They view themselves as a class above us not our elected representatives. And they hate us when we don't sit down and be quiet and let them tell us what to do.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 07:53 AM (L1jPj)
Because “peacetime” conditions at larger companies really need a bit of “created problems that didn’t exist”?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)
If you think about the aftermath of when you know who killed you know who, leadership seemed to default to Navy Admiral Donitz, who was no where near Berlin, and just shrugged his shoulders and said "Yeah, ok. We give up."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
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I haven't read it but agree with your point.
Anything less than unconditional surrender will only lead to more violence in the future.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)
We talk about the hatred of the Left.
The actions of the GOPe Senate are building rage inside pragmatic observers as well. The Rep and Ind base is turning strongly against the GOPe.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: rickb223
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Fake recess of course.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:39 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:40 AM (gtcuf)
May 15 marks one year since Governor Kathy Hochul enacted a “bell-to-bell” ban on personal phones in public schools, impacting almost a million children in K-12 public and charter schools across the state.
Teachers who spoke to The Post all say the ban has had an overwhelmingly postive impact on their schools.
“I think that the cell phone ban has been remarkable,” Dr. Jessica Chock-Goldman, director of clinical services at Bard High School Early College of Manhattan on the Lower East Side, told The Post. “I’ve been astounded by how much of a shift it has been.”
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (9vcWq)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:40 AM (gtcuf)
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This is a debate worth having.
It mostly depends on the relative quality of the cocoa powder to the quality of the vanilla bean used.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)
@CollinRugg
The wife of the elderly "Trump House" owner who was attacked in California says her husband is not expected to survive.
Maria Sheron says there is "no hope" for her husband, Kerry, who was brutally beaten outside his home.
Sheron, a 69-year-old Army veteran, is known in the Escondido area for all the Trump and USA flags he has at his home.
His wife, Maria, says she believes he was targeted for the displays, according to the California Post.
32-year-old man Thomas Caleb Butle was arrested for the horrific attack and is charged with attempted murder.
https://tinyurl.com/5cy5zd7z
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Behind The Eight Ball at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)
Also disparages white males as lying, conspiratorial frauds who cannot be trusted.
Posted by: Whitey On The Moon at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (7d1L5)
But when I find myself agreeing with a knucklehead like Kagan maybe I’ve gone off my rocker. Help me out here…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (yz/8
This regime sent a million of its followers to die for nothing during the Iran-Iraq war. They’re busy executing everyone inside Iran who complains too loudly, and much like North Korea, they maintain absolute control over the military and internal security services.
A summer of economic hardship is nothing to them, and the “blockade” is far more porous than we like to pretend it is. Our “good friend” Pakistan has 6 major rail crossings where goods pour into Iran every day. The people will suffer from the economic decline, but the regime won’t.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 08:43 AM (NyxOA)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (BI5O2)
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Mrs. F. is disturbed I'm laughing so loudly before 6 am and I cannot tell her why.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
Making a pretty big assumption, aren't you?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:44 AM (J8APv)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:44 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:44 AM (gu0hJ)
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My now former workplace is trying to implement something along that line. I agree smart phones hurt worker productivity in many environments.
Heh. I'm just glad to be celebrating One Month Of Saturdays with Ye Olde Android firmly in my grasp.
More coffee.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Nope. Special sessions may be called when Congress is in recess or have adjourned sine die. President can also adjourn Congress if the House and Senate disagree on adjournment.
Normally the House has to ask the Senate for permission to do so which galls the House to no end but they can ask the president to do so.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:45 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 08:46 AM (Dv3i1)
Sunny Hostin defends the deadly Black Lives Matter riots of 2020. She claims there was only "very limited destruction of property and violence."
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Unlike the Hiroshima-like death and destruction of J6.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:46 AM (ndZc7)
Wow!; Kathy Hochuldid something positive? I'm surprised.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 08:46 AM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:27 AM (IXblq)
Sadly, this was a biopsy, involving a sex toy and 50 - or so - daggers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 08:47 AM (9vcWq)
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Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 08:32 AM (yz/8
I keeping hearing that "Trump is surrendering to Iran". It's the most ridiculous propaganda imaginable. The military action was about as lop-sided as you can imagine, and Iran's economy has been practically shut down.
It was clear from the start - and I remember Ace commenting to this effect - that the US and Israel aim to END THIS, once and for all. There would be no point to it otherwise.
All the talk of "negotiation" is for suckers. Either it REALLY means Trump is bribing Iranian insiders or Trump is stalling for time to get ready for the endgame. Trump always gives his opponent the opportunity to do the right thing, but he doesn't really EXPECT them to do the right thing.
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 08:47 AM (ovdkm)
Potential upside of the Senate recess: No War Powers Act theater.
Bring on the strike packages.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)
"Though SpaceX mission controllers tried several times to restart the countdown when it went into an automatic hold at T-40 seconds due to some technical issues, they eventually decided to scrub the Starship/Superheavy launch today.
At present they expect to try again tomorrow, with a launch window opening at 5:30 pm (central). Expect updates later today or tomorrow."
SpaceX will try again today. As of now. 6:30 PM Eastern. Launch window is about 2 hours.
My educated speculation:
Trying again 24 hours after yesterday's several temperature-related issues inside T-40 seconds, tells me the engineers are confident they understand the cause(s). They'll change temperature limits in the launch sequencer computer program for the T-0 launch pad-vehicle quick disconnects that violated limits yesterday. No hardware fixes. The engineers must have test data and computer models that indicate they can safely change the limits up or down to accommodate the temperatures observed yesterday.
I wish them success today!
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 08:49 AM (5rh/l)
I suppose Thune and his ilk are going to use this time-off to -
run to they're various Leftard and Chinese donors like Soros, and-
lay their heads on his lap and say-
Daddy Soros! Daddy Soros, President Trump was sooooo mean and a big bully to my pal, Corny, will you give me even more money i9f I vote harder against his agenda like the SAVE Act.
Cuz he's so mean, Daddy Soros, so very very mean!!!
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Now, where's Uncle Xi?
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
There's nothing funny about competitive pederasty among ruling class elites. It's deadly serious business.
----Ed Buck
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:49 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)
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There was pretty big local band in nyc called Broken Arrow.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:50 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:50 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)
I would have thought Lindsey Graham was a catcher, not a pitcher.
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 08:50 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM
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Hey, my WAP is sitting right here.
Posted by: Cardi B at May 22, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)
I frequently think that it would be best if we shut Capitol Hill down and dispersed our US senators and representatives to the states or districts they come from. Advances in communications and networking should make this not too burdensome. Too many of these people get elected on a campaign of representing their people, then go to Washington and "go native".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 08:51 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)
I saw Broken Ankle open for Sniff 'n' The Tears at Fenway Park in 1980.
Lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth...
Posted by: Tory Crimes at May 22, 2026 08:51 AM (7d1L5)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 08:52 AM (gKWVE)
Shippers who are paying bigly to just be in the area with their multi-billion dollar vessels are not convinced it's safe. That's the problem, and why we're sitting on our collective thumbs.
The IRGC will "guarantee" safe passage for certain vessels.... for a fee. Some shippers are willing to pay it. But some shippers won't. And some vessels, registered or flagged in a country the IRGC is currently at war with will never be permitted into our out of the Persian Gulf. As long as the IRGC controls Hormuz.
The IRGC, correctly, has assumed that if they hold the Hormuz at risk, they will have a stronger negotiating stance. If they can't control Hormuz....
Prying the IRGC out of their bunkers and hideouts across hundreds of square miles is no easy task.
This is where we are. IMO
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)
I'm sorry to hear that. I pray your biopsy produces a negative result.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:52 AM (IXblq)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (BI5O2)
Barney was too fat for his fellow Sodomites to allow him to wear the bondage gear.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:53 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)
After my first colonoscopy, my older, petite, female gastroenterologist patted my hand and said I had a beautiful colon. I had no answer at that time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (gtcuf)
Thomas Diiorio, 40, faces charges of harassment and bias intimidation after spouting obscene phrases at Lakisha Spruill in their upscale development in Mount Laurel, NJ, around 6:30 p.m. Monday, according to NJ.com.
Diiorio allegedly referred to Spruill and other black people as “you people” in the argument.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (RHGPo)
The GOPe, still has the power of leadership, are unable to protect their loyal members.
They're demanding the leaders do more to protect them.
In their minds, that means opposing Trump more.
Meanwhile, there are those actually have to win their seats who see Trump isn't going away, conservatives aren't "voting for the lesser evil" aka the Rove Plan and are demanding the leaders start delivering on Trump's priorities.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Unfortunately, Iran can prevail by not losing. Militarily we were supreme in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. We never lost a battle in the field. But the people and politicians got tired, we drew down our forces and left without anything sturdy in place. It was easy for the enemy to take over the vacuum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (HdYcL)
I frequently think that it would be best if we shut Capitol Hill down and dispersed our US senators and representatives to the states or districts they come from. Advances in communications and networking should make this not too burdensome. Too many of these people get elected on a campaign of representing their people, then go to Washington and "go native".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Yep. The same with dispersing the agencies across the US. Little reason to keep them in DC anymore.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Graham Platner at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Delurker
Creative names help one to get noticed.
Posted by: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)
I saw Broken Ankle open for Sniff 'n' The Tears at Fenway Park in 1980.
Lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth...
Posted by: Tory Crimes at May 22, 2026 08:51 AM (7d1L5)
Wow! I haven't seen or heard the band Sniff 'n' The Tears mentioned since I don't know when. The last time was very likely in the 20th Century.
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2026 08:55 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Halfhand at May 22, 2026 08:52 AM (IXblq)
That would be nice but the MRI saw a mass so I've already emotionally accepted getting bad news. The only question is how bad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)
Saw a really interesting piece on X yesterday by a guy who goes by the name of GreenBeretNapTime or something like that. Very detailed piece so he is clearly knowledgable about the ethnic/tribal makeup of Iran and the government.
He claims that because of the lack of internet or real media coverage a lot of what is going on in Iran is based on regime leaks or assumptions and not fact. His claim is that there are lots of cracks and fractures in the regimes control and they are being exploited during the negotiations. Sounds at least plausible.
Why I find absurd is that anyone would listen to Kagan, the clown behind decades of disastrous military adventures in the Middle East not to mention being the husband of Victoria Nuland, possibly the most corrupt and most destructive POS ever in ur foreign policy establishment. One of the architects of the disaster in Ukraine.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:56 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Miss Lindsay at May 22, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (gtcuf)
The GOPe, still has the power of leadership, are unable to protect their loyal members.
They're demanding the leaders do more to protect them.
In their minds, that means opposing Trump more.
Meanwhile, there are those actually have to win their seats who see Trump isn't going away, conservatives aren't "voting for the lesser evil" aka the Rove Plan and are demanding the leaders start delivering on Trump's priorities.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Excelllent summary. And yet, those GOPe are stuck, they cannot publicly denounce Trump much or risk being defeated but their donors, staffers, and political support apparatus demand that they don't help him. Something is gonna give.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)
Elizabeth @alluringmedia
Never forget Jack Smith held more than enough evidence to convict him for the Capitol insurrection and the illegal retention of classified documents.
Trump knew he would face prison time because he had ZERO chance of beating Harris. He solicited the help of Musk to facilitate malware on the tabulators that changed the outcome of the votes.
TRUMP DID NOT WIN THOSE SWING STATES.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: ... at May 22, 2026 08:17 AM (J8APv)
Also disparages white males as lying, conspiratorial frauds who cannot be trusted.
Posted by: Whitey On The Moon at May 22, 2026 08:42 AM (7d1L5)
Pretty much. It's anti-American propaganda for sure. If you want to tear down America, rewrite its history, so its accomplishments are portrayed as simply frauds. They're trying to rewrite the entire culture, into a dysfunctional dystopia. Just look at how every major intellectual property in Hollywood has been rewritten, and destroyed. Star Wars, Star Trek, even the Wizard of Oz. Obviously, an organized effort from the Globalists.
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (ovdkm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Mortimer Duke at May 22, 2026 08:58 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: whig
You can't possibly want to burden lobbyists with the chore of travelling state to state to stuff money into federal legislators' pockets!
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2026 08:58 AM (Y8DZL)
TRUMP DID NOT WIN THOSE SWING STATES.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (RHGPo)
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What changes were introduced to the voting machines between 2020 and 2024 that made them possible to hack?
Because I've been told that the very idea that the 2020 machines were at all inaccurate is insurrection.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 08:59 AM (46HP8)
The other good Samaritan was shot directly in the head and suffered a catastrophic injury described in court records as "incompatible with life"
Truly Horrible.
(but congrats(?) on the euphemism.)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 08:59 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)
More than likely, the Donor Class goes native and just starts donating directly to Demoncrats instead of The Gope.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 08:59 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Bulg
You're the biggest Boob Fan on this board. Why would you say such a thing?
Posted by: Wilson's House Of Suede and Leather at May 22, 2026 08:59 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)
The GOPe, still has the power of leadership, are unable to protect their loyal members.
They're demanding the leaders do more to protect them.
In their minds, that means opposing Trump more.
Meanwhile, there are those actually have to win their seats who see Trump isn't going away, conservatives aren't "voting for the lesser evil" aka the Rove Plan and are demanding the leaders start delivering on Trump's priorities.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 08:54 AM (73/SM)
******
They all better confirm his judge nominees or there will be hell to pay.
Primary everyone who doesn't.
Tillis and Cassidy are vindictive little bitches and if Cornyn loses he may be too.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)
youtu.be/MkclS4415Kw
Posted by: gKWVE at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: JackStraw
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I am willing to trust Trump on this one rather than his critics. Trump is after the enriched uranium because for the sake of the world, he has to win on that but he is not willing to put troops into a meat grinder to get it.
The critical bit is that these oil wells are in fact in danger if Iran shuts them down yet there is not enough storage anymore to keep them pumping. That means permanently damaging the Iranian state's ability to raise funds getting worse as time goes on.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: It was awkward at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Holding It at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (oftw2)
At least he didn't say the Wakandan Holy Word.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 09:02 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: epador at May 22, 2026 09:02 AM (/SscP)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Wet Leg is a big fave of The Ewok.
They're pretty good for a 5th Generation Punky/New Wave Girly Band. I have a couple of their songs on the iPhone.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:02 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Fenderbender at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (1FEc1)
Primary everyone who doesn't.
Tillis and Cassidy are vindictive little bitches and if Cornyn loses he may be too.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)
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10 of the current crop (including Mitch, Tillis, Cornyn, Ernst, and Cassidy) will be gone in 2027, and the GOP is not going to lose the Senate (they'd have to lose deep red seats like...Ohio...and Texas...not going to happen).
If the GOP holds onto the House (I'm doubtful, but it could happen), the 120th Congress will be much more proactive in pushing Trump's policies through legislation than the 119th.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (46HP8)
As I would pull up to the High School in 12 tons of Yellow Honking Death, the students would walk in front of their bus. They put their lives in my hands. Fortunately, I had good reflexes. But this behavior is anti-survival in a low trust society.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 22, 2026 08:41 AM (5P5DO)
One of the many problems of bad policy is that it allows your enemies, even if they are loathsome people, to score easy points by saying the obvious.
Trump has up til now been very good at not putting himself in this position, and he can get out of it if he’ll act.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (NyxOA)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (iJfKG)
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The legacy Senate, the ones who collect the lion's share of the grift, are afraid they'll be out of office and unable to maintain their stature, and standard of living unless they oppose legislation that would, you know, prohibit exactly what they're doing now.
It has nothing to do with actual "legislation." It has everything to do with eliminating the grift. That's what the GOPe in the Senate are opposing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (jehhT)
Fetterman has had a serious staff retention problem as he's faced scrutiny over his health struggles and changing political brand.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Holding It at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM
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Inorite?
Don't they have a Zoom call or a Ficus?
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Oof. That made me feel old.
Posted by: Mortimer Duke at May 22, 2026 09:05 AM (gtcuf)
They're pretty good for a 5th Generation Punky/New Wave Girly Band. I have a couple of their songs on the iPhone.
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Pics of lead singer Rhian Teasdale run the gamut from smoking hot to British.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 09:05 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:05 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Holding It
You do not want to know.
Posted by: That guy who always says at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (31e/z)
Fetterman has had a serious staff retention problem as he's faced scrutiny over his health struggles and changing political brand.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)
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I can't wait until he's gone.
Shit vote against us on everything.
Plus, presidential election year, 4 years of deportations, and the DOJ's cleanup efforts on voter rolls could mean a Republican replaces him. I'd rather have another Mitch in that seat, who votes for judicial nominees, than Fetterman, who votes against all of them (except 1, literally, only one vote for a Trump judicial nominee).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: XTC
Don't know about that. Most of those types are cynical assholes that pay to play--the industries (mainly subsidized) by the Democrats will continue to donate, the productive industries will tend toward GOP because the Dems are anti business generally.
Lobbyists for the most part are stone cold assholes--they don't care who is in power but they must get their employer's legislative business in play regardless of personal feelings. And Trump has shown, he is the biggest and baddest mfer in DC and not to be trifled with. He is currently sitting on 350 billion buck warchest and runs the RNC. And corporations are willingly spending money on ballrooms, restoring DC fountains, etc. to buy favor and protection.
It is best to think of DC as a Mafia town with a lot of rival 'families' of criminal gangs and Don as the boss of bosses.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (E4rtv)
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My favorite gangster movie is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (gu0hJ)
He claims that because of the lack of internet or real media coverage a lot of what is going on in Iran is based on regime leaks or assumptions and not fact. His claim is that there are lots of cracks and fractures in the regimes control and they are being exploited during the negotiations. Sounds at least plausible.
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Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 08:56 AM (viF8m)
I heard that about "cracks and fractures". How can it NOT be true? You have a situation where the top leadership routinely gets wiped out from bombing! The ones REALLY in control are gone, and everyone else is wondering who's going to stab them in the back to try to either seize power or to sell out to the Americans to save their hides.
That's another thing about the negotiations (and maybe it's really the same thing you're saying). Trump talks of working with moderate insiders, but the Iranians don't seem to know who they are. It could be that they don't really exist, but that Trump says those things to stoke the paranoia they must be having towards each other.
Only a fool would take what Trump says about this stuff at face value. It's Sun Tzu - THANK GOD!
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (ovdkm)
I am glad you have quick reflexes, Salty, and sorry that the students were so clueless.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:08 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:08 AM (u82oZ)
Only a fool would take what Trump says about this stuff at face value. It's Sun Tzu - THANK GOD!
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (ovdkm)
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The language of diplomacy, especially public language on diplomacy, is materially different from the language of politics or war.
And so many people seem to not realize it. It's weird.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:08 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching at May 22, 2026 09:09 AM (oftw2)
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Keep LA Dirty and Burning!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 09:09 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: JackStraw
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I am willing to trust Trump on this one rather than his critics. Trump is after the enriched uranium because for the sake of the world, he has to win on that but he is not willing to put troops into a meat grinder to get it.
The critical bit is that these oil wells are in fact in danger if Iran shuts them down yet there is not enough storage anymore to keep them pumping. That means permanently damaging the Iranian state's ability to raise funds getting worse as time goes on.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:01 AM (E4rtv)
I agree with you both, but at the same time I don’t see how we can win a waiting game. Iran wins by not losing no matter how much damage to their country. Trump leaves office in 2.5 years; I could see them waiting it out that long. At some point, Trump has to take some decisive action I would think
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:09 AM (+gA9j)
Over 5 years, it got worse every year. They are sure trusting of others.
Hope FenelonSpouse is almost done for the year.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)
Not cruel enough.
A roof mounted sniper puts a hollow-point directly through their eye socket.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (uEmCf)
Now the country club contingent has taken its ball and gone home to sulk. They like winning the titles and power part but delivering on America First….who EVER believed they cared about US(A)?
Posted by: Voter theater. at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (FCPbW)
The common narrative about Trump is that he is a deal maker. I think a lot of people make the mistake of thinking that means he will make a deal no matter the cost.
If history is any guide, and it is, Trump makes deals where Trump wins or he finds a way to destroy his opponent. See Massie, Thomas.
Trump knows exactly what is happening in Iran, much more than we do because he is probably getting daily if not hourly updates from those pesky Jews who have been on the ground in Iran for years. He also knows what the mullahs are all about and he also knows the geopolitical issues that surround Iran including the ME and China.
If he hasn't earned his supporters trust by now I don't know what to tell them.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (viF8m)
Good?
When they get along they do terrible things.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: dantesed at May 22, 2026 09:11 AM (Oy/m2)
Also my wish-prescription for anyone walking around outside wearing a mask.
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:11 AM (gtcuf)
KAREN BASS
Forget 3rd World! We Can Take This Bitch All The Way To 4th World!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 22, 2026 09:11 AM (iJfKG)
@nicksortor
Democrats are giving Trump sh*t for not *publicly* committing to attend Don Jr.’s wedding in a FOREIGN COUNTRY
Ilhan Omar called him the “worst parent in the world.”
Question for @Ilhan
: did your parents attend your wedding when you married your brother?
Also, if 47, DID go, they’d be whining on TV about it all day.
Not to mention they’d try to kiII him while he’s there.
We’re dealing with some truly horrible people.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: clarence at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (31e/z)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:11 AM (gtcuf)
Not going along with this one because it would put too many Japanese at risk.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:09 AM (+gA9j)
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They're already dealing with gas shortages in country (they have no refining capacity). They're losing $450 million per day on lost trade (the Caspian Sea and Pakistani railroads account for roughly 1% of the trade they got from Persian and Oman Gulf ports). Reports of the IRGC and the Iranian army fighting. Guerilla attacks in the country against IRGC and Basij commanders. The in-country inflation at about 30% a week. Black market turning to bartering. UAE directly attacking targets in Iran.
2.5 years of this is...a long time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (ixS3i)
Saw a snippet of a video yesterday where Keanu Reeves was talking about how awesome Babymetal is. I'm going to see them live in September.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)
Using directed EMP to brick the phone would hurt them more.
So much of teen life revolved around that phone.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)
If the GOP holds onto the House (I'm doubtful, but it could happen), the 120th Congress will be much more proactive in pushing Trump's policies through legislation than the 119th.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:03 AM (46HP
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I'd like to think that these senators would think twice about not confirming Trump's judges.
If they don't, they are finished as a Republican and might as well just become a Democrat.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:14 AM (NpAcC)
Nary a peep from the outraged democrats about those, though.
https://tinyurl.com/y7sd8td6
Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 09:14 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:14 AM (viF8m)
Is anyone surprised?
They don't want any of us anymore, they only want to rule over poor foreigners who are grateful for the scraps they deem to give them.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (X8xt3)
248 238 Looking at your phone while walking outside should be illegal. A ticketable offense.
Posted by: Bulg at May 22, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)
Not cruel enough.
A roof mounted sniper puts a hollow-point directly through their eye socket.
Posted by: XTC
Go through much ammo at Walmart.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (orHDq)
@DVanLangenhove
Mohamed Bakkali, the logistical brain behind the Paris and Bataclan attacks that killed 129 and wounded hundreds more, is allowed penitentiary leave by the Brussels court.
If Bakkali continues his “calm and good behaviour” according to the court, he could soon be freed indefinitely.
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Hopefully, while on one of his leaves, he gets his due justice in this world before painfully passing to the next.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (Dv3i1)
Thanks I think he's done about the 20 or so of June. Whatever that Friday is. It was pretty brutal the past couple of days with no air conditioning in the bus and the temp 95 . I went to the senior center for Bible study this past Tuesday and I said "I am thankful to God for modern conveniences like air conditioning". They agreed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (AphQx)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:10 AM (viF8m)
I like him, but he is still a man, capable of mistakes, and not a god.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 09:16 AM (NyxOA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
6th years of presidencies and House elections are weird. You usually do not see big losses or gains if the previous election was not a wave election. 2024 was not a legislative wave election nor was 2022 much.
Too many analysts throw in second presidential mid terms in with first term. First presidential term midterms are usually awful. Disenchantment with the policies of a new president, opposing party if a wave exists taking back marginal seats, and so on. Sometimes there is a drubbing but usually over really bad issues--1938 was FDR's dip back into a major recession plus 1936 was a wave election. 1974 was Watergate and hapless Ford. But 1958 was okay for Ike, 1986 was not terrible for Reagan though he lost the Senate, and 1998 was good for Clinton gaining seats.
Senate is more dependent on whose seats are up and good candidates, the House is more attuned to national conditions at the time of election.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)
If they don't, they are finished as a Republican and might as well just become a Democrat.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 22, 2026 09:14 AM (NpAcC)
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Letting judicial nominations die through process is not going to be the political death sentence of any GOP senator.
And Trump won't be able to successfully target a dozen senators in 2028.
Still, the threat is there and replacing someone like Mitch with Andy Barr will push things along.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2026 09:15 AM (orHDq)
I'm imagining the Snipers to be white-suit-and-tie consummate professional Golgo 13 types. Not so much good ol' boys.
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Holding It
You do not want to know.
Posted by: That guy who always says at May 22, 2026 09:06 AM (31e/z)
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The really need to put a sign on them:
"When the Porta-Potty's a-thumpin', don't come a-dumpin'"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (gnNyN)
We are done for the year. But we start mid August.
That little fan never seems to be enough. I used the driver window cracked and the opposite side last window cracked, with the roof hatches popped in the rear of the housing, to get air flow.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)
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Gerrymandering from 2020 has made the list of vulnerable seats about 30, at max.
The redistricting wars of this year have halfed that.
Median seat is now something like Trump 5.6 (from 2024). I think it's one of the Iowa districts.
Waves simply aren't possible with the current map.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:18 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 09:19 AM (gu0hJ)
Ah! Knew there was a gut punch somewhere with the Tina Peters release, that there as something he as hiding.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 09:19 AM (gu0hJ)
Eh. The Demoncrat hostage-taking usually works. Instead of disgusting the voters into voting GOP, they instead say "If we vote for the Democrats, will you stop rioting?"
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (uEmCf)
Yes, I thought Kansas started and ended earlier because of the heat.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (OYsYV)
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He might replace the guy, but not his pull in the Senate. And McConnell passed that halo off two years ago.
But your point is taken.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: XTC at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (uEmCf)
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It worked so well in 2020 that they shut down ballot counting in six states in the middle of the night and ballot box stuffed like Tammany Hall to barely get Biden an electoral college victory.
The late 60s showed Democrats steadily losing power because of the race riots.
2020 is the exception to the rule...and it's got a weird asterisk.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:22 AM (46HP8)
It has made me more effective.
Will they replace me with it? Well...it also does dumb things so you need to check it. And someone has to tell it what to do just to start with - and that's not going to be some VP or something like that.
So what will the mid term let alone long term effects be? Hard to say.
But at least right now I'm more worried about globo corps replacing Americans with H1Bs.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)
Of course he is. On the other hand just because some don't agree with his strategy it doesn't make him wrong.
His record of success in foreign affairs so far going back to his first term where he wiped out ISIS in a minute after the experts said it was impossible has given him a long leash in my opinion. And his team both civilian and military is so far above his predecessors I have confidence they have a realistic plan to achieve the goals they laid out.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 09:22 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)
They have an amount of arrogance that is hard to comprehend. THEY are the critical leaders in government, not some %$#@ who was elected to come to DC for 4 years.
They value their fellow Senators more than their constituents. They sure as heck don't want to hear from us, or God forbid, have to explain why they are doing what they're doing (you wouldn't understand). Just looking at how many die in office, they truly believe that the country would cease to function if we were deprived on just one minute of their "public service."
They have made it clear that they owe nothing to Trump, nor feel any need to do anything he wants.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 09:23 AM (X8xt3)
When we all went to bed and "the counting was stopped", Trump looked like a winner as he was up in all the battleground states.
So...I assume that's what the vote looked like with normal Dem vote fraud.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:23 AM (sKqQm)
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He might replace the guy, but not his pull in the Senate. And McConnell passed that halo off two years ago.
But your point is taken.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 09:21 AM (jehhT)
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That's definitely part of it. The machine that Mitch maintained in the Senate still exists, but loyalists are leaving in a drove this year alone.
Imagine Tillis being replaced by Whatley (fingers crossed those registration gains for the GOP in NC pan out...last time Cooper won statewide there were 400,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, there are now 10,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats).
We'll get some other asshole who tries to hold things up (new Utah senator seems ground zero), but that guy has no pull himself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:24 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 09:24 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: JackStraw
I think the worry for some is over how high gas prices will affect the GOP in 2026 midterms.
For shitheads like Kagan, they want US boots on the ground for regime change which is absolutely stupid.
For the uranium, going in and taking it is akin to a trap for US forces. We are very good at force projection but that facility is in the middle of Iran and would take a lot of time to retrieve. Meanwhile it would allow the Iranians to surge toward the US trapped forces there. Something like Anzio in WWII or Bastogne. High casualties are likely.
There is a limit as to what we are willing to do and Trump is not going to send troops ashore just to invade Iran--he just isn't nor should we expect that. The air campaign is holding off but can be resumed immediately but aimed at what targets?
The economic war is grinding down the regime despite being slow and mostly out of sight. And we forget one thing, we are producing the high priced oil for our country, not sending money abroad to buy it this go around. Not true of previous Middle East crises. The money is staying here.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:24 AM (E4rtv)
So...I assume that's what the vote looked like with normal Dem vote fraud.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:23 AM (sKqQm)
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That was after months of mail in ballot fraud, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:25 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:12 AM (46HP
You’re probably right. I just have a predilection for extreme impatience. It’s clear the mullahs (or IRCG… whoever’s in charge now) are employing the wait-it-out strategy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:26 AM (+gA9j)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:26 AM (+gA9j)
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We still have three carrier groups in the region.
And every day that the IRGC tries to act like it can control the strait is another day that the Gulf States decide to do another pipeline. UAE started a new pipeline at the start of April.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:27 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 22, 2026 09:27 AM (ndZc7)
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I've been saying Trump needs to do a "Jefe de Jefes" video; locking the border, chasing RINOs and Dems with a bat, etc.
Maybe the Pratt people can do that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 09:28 AM (73/SM)
Two USN Carrier Battle groups only. Unless we add the French. The USAF is ready to go as well.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 09:29 AM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/3pzs3bsf
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy
What was he arrested for? Hopefully the alligator declines to press charges.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 09:29 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 22, 2026 09:26 AM (+gA9j)
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It's about the only strategy that has a chance of success. Unfortunately, it's also one that's very nearly guaranteed to work.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 09:29 AM (gnNyN)
In fairness to the people that made this change the notion there would be so much voter fraud and so many voters that don't pay attention to who they are voting for would have seemed insane.
And on this last point the data is stunning...for example 10-15% of Dem voters believe the Dem party is pro-life. Now imagine you could force those people to sit and watch Dem speeches on abortion Clockwork Orange style. No I don't think that means the Dems lose 10-15% of their vote...but maybe they lose 2%.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2026 09:29 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (Vh9CX)
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Whatley is the guy who made the RNC fight in 2024 and won the election for Trump.
But you just go off his commercials. That's all that really makes him a politician.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: XTC
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Historically, it usually fails. Same for terrorism and political violence generally and this is across countries. Violence tends to keep the government in power that combats it, not the ones that promote it.
One of my old profs was one the big names in that particular area and it is why that violent political movements, if they don't pull off an immediate victory, end up returning to the political process as a party. Sein Fein is an example. So is the party Petro represents in Colombia. And elsewhere.
And the 1964 election put LBJ in charge with large majorities despite the GOP having nothing to do with JFK's assassination. Nixon won a landslide in 1972, in part, because violent student activists, etc. put Americans off on voting D. Even a lot of Democrats ended up voting for Tricky Dick.
GOP is the law and order party, Democrats cannot claim that as they try to move toward defunding cops, etc.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (E4rtv)
Maybe the Pratt people can do that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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The scene in the Untouchables with the baseball bat comes to mind.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:33 AM (E4rtv)
From above, "He and his party led by Malig-Nancy Pelosi either directly engineered and orchestrated the events of 1/6 or else created the conditions and fiction that Trump was inciting an insurrection when it was in fact an entrapment sting to create that pretext and illusion to oppress and suppress the enemies of the Left and Deep State. And GOP confederates like Fitzpatrick et al are equally guilty of perpetuating the corrupt status quo regardless of the consequences to the American people and Republic.
Looking back at Charlottesville, imagine the run January 6th is gonna have!
For example, Harry Dunn (among many others) with his harrowing testimony and Written Statement of Harry A. Dunn, Private First Class U.S. Capitol Police, Hearing Before the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives January 27, 2021.
Harry's still going strong.
Msm also solidly tied Carlson and Fuentes to "America First."
And someday soon there could be a real statue on the National Mall of Nancy Pelosi & her photographer daughter, Alexandra, to commemorate it.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (NFX2v)
(Jk/I got it; don't give them any ideas.)
Barney Frank's warning? BS attention grabbing for a book because the Democrats ARE washed up & thanks to the rinos, the Rs aren't far behind, imo.
👉There are over 400 congressional caucuses in the U.S. Congress. (When do they work for us??) The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) currently consists of 101 members.
This total includes 100 representatives in the U.S. House and 1 U.S. Senator (Bernie Sanders), making it the largest membership organization within the House Democratic Caucus.
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Wherever you area, hope Memorial Day 2026 is still a strong National Holiday honoring U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces vs. being just the "official start of summer."
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Good weekend! 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 09:36 AM (NFX2v)
Whatley is the guy who made the RNC fight in 2024 and won the election for Trump.
But you just go off his commercials. That's all that really makes him a politician.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:31 AM (46HP
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I think it was less Whatley and more Lara Trump that got the RNC running in 2024.
Listen, Whatley is telling us what he is going to do, work with the Democrats. Don't be suprised when he does that. At the very least his campaign is generic consultant class GOPe. No reason to suspect he will be any different in office.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (Vh9CX)
I really can’t think of anything. We saved their asses three times in the twentieth century from themselves. They didn’t say thank you. No they complained and demanded more. Fuck them.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (xvV+O)
Listen, Whatley is telling us what he is going to do, work with the Democrats. Don't be suprised when he does that. At the very least his campaign is generic consultant class GOPe. No reason to suspect he will be any different in office.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 22, 2026 09:37 AM (Vh9CX)
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It was absolutely Whatley.
He got the job because he was adamant that Democrats stole 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 22, 2026 09:38 AM (46HP8)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
The mullahs have no other option really. Russia doesn't care about Iran as it is raking in high oil prices with Iran's absence. China is now getting oil from the US in part as an inducement to stop propping up the mullahs.
Iran has pissed off even its Gulf allies by launching missiles everywhere to the extent that their offshore money in Qatar, etc. is now frozen at best, and will be taken by host countries for damages at worst.
Trying to mine the Straits is a no go with USN there and their speedboat fleet can be shattered with an A-10 or copters with cheap cannon fire.
So they are like a guy trying to fight eviction--they cannot go out but nothing much is coming in, they got no money, and it doesn't matter that they have a gun if they are sitting in the darkness, power off, and no water. If they come out, they will be finished off. If they sit, they will likely go nuts and suicide.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 09:39 AM (E4rtv)
By JNS.org, May 21, 2026
In part, "There was no indication that the family was targeted as Jews, but some encouraged Jews on social media to arm themselves.
“Time for all Jews to be armed and trained,” one user wrote."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 22, 2026 10:21 AM (2wY3x)
@DropSiteNews
(In part)
Rep. Ilhan Omar endorsed Dr. Adam Hamawy in New Jersey’s NJ-12 race Friday, noting he “has treated victims of war and genocide” and is “ready to fight alongside me in Congress.” Hamawy, a combat trauma surgeon and Army veteran, who has volunteered in Gaza during the U.S.-Israeli genocide, is the top fundraiser in the race and has also been endorsed by Justice Democrats. The primary is June 2.
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Insider NJ com: CONGRESSWOMAN DELIA RAMIREZ ENDORSES HAMAWY, May 21, 2026
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@ryangrim
There’s
@HamawyForNJ — Dr Adam Hamawy — congratulating
@chrisrabb at his victory party.
Hamawy is running in a nearby NJ district, also backed by the pro-Palestine PAC American Priorities.
Dr. Hamawy, a progressive surgeon running for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th District, traveled to Philadelphia to celebrate with Rabb at his headquarters.
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AI Overvew: Dr. Hamawy explicitly confirmed to reporters that he has been in touch with Rabb and stated that he hopes their respective campaigns can work together.
Both candidates are heavily backed by progressive, anti-war, and pro-Palestine organizations, (More)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 22, 2026 10:49 AM (NFX2v)
Daily Tech News 22 May 2026
Top Story
- Got up early to get something fixed at worked - looked like a two hour job.
By the end of the day it had clearly turned into a two day job, so that was fun.
- Google is bringing something new to its AI-powered search: Ads. (The Register)
Ads. Lots of ads. On Google.
The websites that Google scours for its content get nothing.
- Six search engines worth trying now that Google has shit not only its own bed but everyone else's bed. (Tech Crunch)
I use DuckDuckGo (have for years) and Brave. DuckDuckGo was originally noticeably less complete than Google, but Google has fixed that by diligent strategic incompetence.
Tech News
- The TanStack supply-chain breach that I noticed but did not report on here has expanded to 3800 GitHub repositories. (Bleeping Computer)
Vectored via a GitHub employee. Sometimes AI isn't the worst thing.
- Google accidentally leaked details of an unpatched Chromium flaw. (Bleeping Computer)
Unpatched since December.
December 2022.
Chromium is the engine underlying Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and other browsers.
- AMD is ramping up production of its new 256-core Zen 6 Epyc server CPU. (Tom's Hardware)
It's claimed to be 70% faster than existing 192-core Zen 5 models, which is plausible since it also jumps from TSMC's 4nm process to 2nm. Server CPUs are limited by power and heat more than raw clock speeds, and 2nm uses a lot less power.
- Lisuan Tech's new 7G100 graphics card is... A graphics card. (Tom's Hardware)
It exists. It actually works, which requires a lot of work. And at around $500 it's not the most expensive option.
The article notes the Nvidia's previous-generation low-end RTX 4060 is 20% to 70% faster, but that's not correct. The 7G100 actually delivers 20% to 70% of the performance of the 4060.
- The Flipper 1 is not one more than the Flipper 0. (Tom's Hardware)
The Flipper 0 is a pen-testing (security testing) multitool, a single device that can scan for security issues on a range of wired and wireless connection methods.
The Flipper 1 while keeping the same multi-tool form factor is a general purpose Linux computer that you can clip to your belt. Perfect for technicians who need to be able to plug into whatever device you have locally and figure out why it's not talking... Whether they should be doing that or not.
Disclaimer: Splut.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 04:36 AM (glnUu)
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TGIF
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Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 04:40 AM (W3T6M)
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Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 04:42 AM (glnUu)
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Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)
oops. Oddly, my locally owned pizza place has none of these problems.
https://tinyurl.com/2kfa2pap
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 04:46 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 04:46 AM (D1E+2)
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Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)
His boss doesn't hate Jews, so he needs to jump ship to preserve his status in the grifter clique. Just common sense.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:54 AM (Sy6m/)
https://tinyurl.com/2zpndkkd
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 04:56 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 04:46 AM (D1E+2)
There are companies that would write you up if you saved someone's life with CPR but weren't certified to do CPR.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:01 AM (Ot/FD)
How do they operate their portable iDevices?
Posted by: fluffy at May 22, 2026 05:01 AM (V0/Sp)
Keep your excitement in check. People are trying sleep.
https://tinyurl.com/2tsevfkp
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:02 AM (glnUu)
"For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:03 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 04:46 AM (D1E+2)
*types* *deletes*
We should put some thought to changing the structure of the system, so that it doesn't reward elevating the worst of us to the highest positions.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 05:03 AM (Sy6m/)
How do they operate their portable iDevices?
Posted by: fluffy
Copious amounts of cognitive dissonance.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:04 AM (glnUu)
- Pixy's project manager.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:04 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:06 AM (n3VHW)
Gemini is utterly, catastrophically useless.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:07 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:07 AM (glnUu)
https://tinyurl.com/4tnyxcam
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:07 AM (glnUu)
"Why is no one using Authenticator?!?!"
"No one knows *how* to use Authenticator, Sir."
"This simply won't stand!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:08 AM (Ot/FD)
Wow. How quickly that can happen. Jim Hensen, creator of the Muppets, ignored symptoms until it was too late.
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 05:11 AM (qFwJc)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 22, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)
ChatGPT is delightfully insane.
Gemini is utterly, catastrophically useless.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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ChatGPT: "I can’t help identify a person in an image, infer their nationality/ethnicity, or determine which business they owned based on their appearance."
Gemini: "That's that Somali guy Nasrulah Mohamed who managed Nokomis Daycare. Total fraud. Would you like me to check on his arrest record?"
Not exact quotes, but it's the gist.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:16 AM (n7rxJ)
Wait, wait, that wasn't Gemini, I meant Grok.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:18 AM (n7rxJ)
https://tinyurl.com/ms7hb6e5
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:19 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2026 05:19 AM (iMotb)
Gemini: "That's that Somali guy Nasrulah Mohamed who managed Nokomis Daycare. Total fraud. Would you like me to check on his arrest record?"
Not exact quotes, but it's the gist.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I am guessing Co-Pilot offered to reboot your machine?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:22 AM (glnUu)
In a world of flipped homes, it was nice that the previous owners left them a hand written letter on the kitchen counter talking about the life events that the home had been a part of, and a wish that they would continue to see new adventures with the home.
It affirmed the feeling that all of us had while looking at it that this was a home that had been loved, and that the family had simply outgrown it, and it was time for them to move to their next adventure.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2026 05:23 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:18 AM (n7rxJ)
Ha! I was about to say, are we using the same Gemini?
... "Yes! That is indeed a picture. You're clearly very good indeed at knowing what a picture is."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:23 AM (Ot/FD)
Gemini is utterly, catastrophically useless.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
My wife likes the free version of Claude, but has caught it snooping on other browser tabs.
Posted by: fluffy at May 22, 2026 05:27 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 22, 2026 05:29 AM (ixS3i)
I didn't know you could offend a wireback.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 22, 2026 05:29 AM (Ot/FD)
Is that a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:34 AM (n3VHW)
You literally have two better suited input devices at your fingertips.
My work provided PC laptop has a touchscreen, I have not once used it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 05:38 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:38 AM (glnUu)
https://tinyurl.com/etcuubsb
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 05:38 AM (n3VHW)
You literally have two better suited input devices at your fingertips.
My work provided PC laptop has a touchscreen, I have not once used it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I use the touch screen on my laptop all the time and remarkably I never once felt or considered myself to be stupid for finding it useful.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026 05:40 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 22, 2026 05:41 AM (iMotb)
Wow. How quickly that can happen. Jim Hensen, creator of the Muppets, ignored symptoms until it was too late.
Posted by: no one of any consequense
>Hope this didn't have anything to do with vaccines. The guy was a beast in his profession.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 05:47 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 05:47 AM (RjOoY)
>> I use the touch screen on my laptop all the time and remarkably I never once felt or considered myself to be stupid for finding it useful.
Why? Why would you touch your screen with your greasy filthy hands when you have a keyboard and mouse, which are purpose built and superior and quicker for input?
Literally makes no sense.
In fact, I use the keyboard for input 99.9pct of the time since I have all manner of utility and software configured just for that purpose.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 05:50 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 05:50 AM (RjOoY)
Ah yes, "the policy is the policy, and if you don't follow the policy even in emergency situations where doing so would literally be insane or dangerous, we'll discipline you or terminate your employment."
Idjits.
Enter "malicious compliance" as the result moving forward.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)
My inner Vlad Tepes is saying "I have a solution!"
Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2026 06:06 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Swedish Chef at May 22, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)
I admit to watching a couple of videos where they power washed a rug., professionally, with multiple passes. For the drying part, they stuck in the tube that spun it around at high speed.
Birds are chirping. good start to the day.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 06:07 AM (v3gtd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/4k2rxjz6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 06:13 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 22, 2026 06:14 AM (Hbeqj)
People are still pissed at their app redesign, which made using it objectively worse and worse user experience overall.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 06:14 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2026 06:15 AM (OYsYV)
Last night I dreamed a variant on one of the classic dreams. I apparently was in some kind of advanced math class and had not attended half the sessions, and here it was the last class before the final. I joined a line of supplicants -- this for some reason was in a cafeteria that also resembled a train car --- to speak to the professor about getting an incomplete. To my surprise (not in the dream but on waking reflection), the teacher was -- Barky Obongo! I schmoozed with him about being brought up in a poor part of town, roaches everywhere, etc., and was explaining that my mother and I had been sick this semester, when Stirling the black cat woke me by jumping on my ribs.
Dreams, right? You know the closest Barky ever got to an advanced math class would have been "dating" one of the (probably male) grad students in math at Occidental.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: SmokyMtVol at May 22, 2026 06:24 AM (vDR9C)
I touch the screen and it goes away. Look at what?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 06:27 AM (SiYcf)
oops. Oddly, my locally owned pizza place has none of these problems.
https://tinyurl.com/2kfa2pap
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 22, 2026
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My local small pizza/Italian restaurant had somebody drive a car into their front wall this week. The driver jumped the curb -- in daylight -- and drove right into the dining area like a scene in a movie. Fortunately nobody was hurt, and the owners say they'll reopen soon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)
Idjits.
Enter "malicious compliance" as the result moving forward.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
>Navy personnel don't run away from a fire. They're trained to fight fire. What are they going to do, jump off the ship? My task was to facilitate them and pull them out if necessary, and keep a billion dollar facility from burning to the ground. The company mostly scolded us and let us go. Legalese BS.
I can dial 911 and muster at the evacuation location from now on.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 06:28 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2026 06:29 AM (ZxPkt)
It's a good day already as Colbert is gone from TV. Never saw a show.
In better news , I'm out of the rehab facility later this morning.Have to use a wound vac for a couple of weeks but at least I'll be home
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 06:32 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: clarence at May 22, 2026 06:34 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 06:32 AM (gu0hJ)
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b'h for good health
It will be great to be home!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 06:37 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)
*toasts, sips coffee, dribble a little on shirt*
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:46 AM (vFG9F)
Ads. Lots of ads. On Google.
The websites that Google scours for its content get nothing.
So, Google screws you and expects you to leave $20 on the table.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 06:47 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 06:47 AM (gu0hJ)
Like the airspeed of an unladen swallow.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 06:49 AM (D2tH8)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 06:52 AM (9i0A8)
a) cloned
b) taken over by a bad actor who convinces "support" at your phone company he's you, and he needs a replacement sim.
Shared secret authenticators have been better unless if the shared secret gets compromised on either end. Passkeys have yet to be determined just how secure they truly are (I suspect a major back-doorable compromise is waiting in the wings.)
Me, I make sure the authenticator is on a separate device than the device on which the authentication request is coming in, but I'm a paranoid old whitebeard that spent 30 years in IT and I know it's all a house of cards just waiting for the first breeze to blow it all over.
I can't do anything about the server side though, so if I hear of a compromise, passwords get changed AND authenticator secret keys get changed.
House. Of. Cards. *grumble*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 06:53 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 22, 2026 06:53 AM (D2tH8)
Who run GoogleTown?
Posted by: Master Blaster at May 22, 2026 06:55 AM (O7YUW)
Yet people mindlessly trust it, like the nice fellow from El Salvador that lives in the basement.
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)
Two days after presenting the Iranians with the latest US message in the negotiations, Syed Mohsin Naqvi held another round of talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim and ISNA news agencies reported.
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Insanity.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 06:56 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 06:56 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Language Nazi at May 22, 2026 06:56 AM (brIJB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 06:57 AM (RIvkX)
"Microsoft is ditching SMS 2FA"
Oh lordy, I need to get out of this business.
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)
That's fd. Their stupid app has not worked yet on Android for me.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 06:57 AM (dK+Kv)
Willing and able? check
Had burnt toast, my favorite with hot coffee.
Oscar the new resident cat is very happy as are we.
Longest cat tongue I've ever noticed, Gene Simmons comes to mind.
Posted by: kingsman at May 22, 2026 06:58 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Language Nazi at May 22, 2026 06:58 AM (brIJB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:00 AM (RIvkX)
Dot to the vet this morning for her upper-respiratory vaccine. It's Friday and since Her Majesty is out of town, I'm not eating meat today for my weekly Penance. Otherwise I wouldn't listen to music.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2026 07:01 AM (HdYcL)
Yup, because it's easy. This is what makes me inherently distrust these new "passkeys". They are too easy, therefore there's an inherent weakness and hole so large you could drive a Mack truck through it.
People regularly trade security for convenience, and never seem to learn.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)
I touch the screen and it goes away. Look at what?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 22, 2026 06:27 AM (SiYcf)
The person who touches my screen loses a finger. Touch screen or no. Gross.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 22, 2026 07:10 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2026 07:11 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)
Nickolay Mladenov, Director-General of the Board of Peace, details a 15-point Gaza roadmap enforcing strict disarmament and oversight.
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You go, girl!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
Does the Peace Plan take into account the de-evolution of Gaza residents into an inbred Stone Age tribe? Who would not be missed if they were fed to sharks and sea snakes in the Indian Ocean?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)
Well, as long as they're entertaining, like the Will Smith eating spaghetti AI vids...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 07:27 AM (ynpvh)
The Israelis, by supplying food, water, power, and some medical supplies to Gaza, should be hailed as humanitarians of the bluest water. I hope they are evolving the Gaza genome, one JDAM at a time.
I would not do that, and the Laws of Land Conflict would back me up. But the Left is insane, so no.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 22, 2026 07:30 AM (AydIQ)
Yup, because it's easy. This is what makes me inherently distrust these new "passkeys". They are too easy, therefore there's an inherent weakness and hole so large you could drive a Mack truck through it.
People regularly trade security for convenience, and never seem to learn.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)
I like things dumb, and I cannot lie,
TVs that are too smart can die,
...
Posted by: Sir Luddite-alot at May 22, 2026 07:35 AM (ynpvh)
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I can't make up my mind: Who is the least self-aware and, maybe, dumbest politician in Washington?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 07:37 AM (BSMtl)
The competition for that spot is off the scale in DC. If only they applied that energy to solving problems.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)
@GovPressOffice
Californians, if you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, be sure to AVOID Chevron.
Pro tip: unbranded gas comes from the same refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines, and it meets the same state standards to keep your engine running clean, even if it doesn’t have a fancy
11:41 AM · May 21, 2026
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He thinks it his place to tell me where to buy gas.
Fvcking douchenozzle.
P.S. haven't ever gassed up anywhere but Chevron.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 07:41 AM (XV/Pl)
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I can't make up my mind: Who is the least self-aware and, maybe, dumbest politician in Washington?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 22, 2026 07:37 AM (BSMtl)
The Paedo Party saying this...pure DARVO.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 07:42 AM (ynpvh)
>> Tres tacos por favor!
Today’s a fish taco kind of day.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 07:41 AM (XV/Pl)
No, Señor, solamente los martes y jueves en el EEUU...
No existe taco viernes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 07:43 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:44 AM (vFG9F)
>> No, Señor, solamente los martes y jueves en el EEUU…No existe taco viernes.
Last time I was in Marina Del Ray, there was a shack on the beach that made the best fish tacos I’ve ever had.
Shack is probably a pot dispensary now.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 07:45 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 07:46 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 22, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 22, 2026 08:37 AM (gtc90)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2026 09:54 AM (O7YUW)
www.qwant.com
Posted by: Born Free at May 22, 2026 11:48 AM (raD1m)
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 11:58 AM (6wpGE)
Daily No News 22 May 2026
Fighting fires at work. Talk among yourselves. Smoke 'em if you've got 'em.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:35 AM
It's a good one, Pixy!
Posted by: m at May 22, 2026 12:41 PM (6wpGE)
So pretty soon Google is going to be scanning an empty web, or else scanning websites that only exist to affect AI search results, perhaps funded by George Soros and the Chinese government.
Anyone trying to post material on the internet out of pure intent is going to be posting to an audience that isn’t there, or handing over all their effort to AI giants, who will rob them blind and give them no credit whatsoever.
The US government doesn’t want to shut down AI, because AI could eventually lead to huge increases in productivity. But if all the profits go to the owners of AI, and none to those creating the material that AI feeds on, the end result is a black hole.
Posted by: LookWhatIBot at May 22, 2026 01:05 PM (BCZIA)
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - May 21, 2026 [Doof]
From Aesthetics
Howdy Hordelings! Thanks for entrusting your need for whelm to the Thursday night ONT. Content provided for those who care. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
Mystery click - Happy Birthday to Martin Blunt, bassist of The Charlatans
Kyle Busch R.I.P. NASCAR icon Kyle Busch dies at the age of 41
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NASCAR icon Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races across the sport's three national series than any driver in history, has died at the age of 41, the racing series announced Thursday. The Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday, saying that Busch died after being hospitalized earlier in the day as the result of a severe illness, three days before he was to compete at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. No cause of death was given. "On behalf of the Busch family, everyone at Richard Childress Racing and all of NASCAR, we are devastated to announce the sudden and tragic passing of Kyle Busch," NASCAR said in a statement. "Our entire NASCAR family is heartbroken by the loss of Kyle Busch. A future Hall of Famer, Kyle was a rare talent, one who comes along once in a generation. He was fierce, he was passionate, he was immensely skilled and he cared deeply about the sport and fans."More from ESPN
• 2-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion (2015, 2019)Prayers up for his family and loved ones. ----- Does that cake cutting include a happy ending?? Beverly Hills Restaurant Responds After $110 Cake Cutting Fee Goes Viral
• Ranks 9th on the all-time Cup Series wins list (63)
• Holds record 234 combined wins in NASCAR's top three series
• Holds wins record in O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (102) and Craftsman Truck Series (69)
• Won a Cup Series race in record-breaking 19 consecutive seasons from 2005 to '23
• Most recent win came in the Truck Series at Dover on May 15
• Most recent Cup Series win came June 4, 2023, at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
• Had competed in 397 straight starts in the Cup Series, the 4th-longest active streak behind Joey Logano (624), Brad Keselowski (592) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (412)
A rooftop restaurant in Beverly Hills responded after a viral social media post claimed it charged a $110 cake cutting fee during a group dinner. The restaurant, Poza, is located on top of L’Ermitage Beverly Hills and came under criticism after a food influencer shared a photo of the bill on Instagram. The influencer, known as @justinelovesushi, posted that the restaurant added a cake cutting fee of $10 per person for a party of 11 people. The total dinner bill was more than $1,100, but the extra charge quickly became the center of attention online. The video received more than 355,000 views and thousands of comments. Many people debated whether the cake cutting fee was reasonable. Some users said high-end restaurants often charge service fees when customers bring in outside desserts. Others felt the restaurant should have clearly explained the cake cutting fee before serving the cake. *** After the backlash, Poza released a public response on Instagram. The restaurant apologized and admitted the guests should have been informed about the cake cutting fee when they brought the cake into the restaurant.Yet another reason to stay the eff out of California ----- What came first - the bio-engineered chick or the 3D-printed egg? Bio-Engineering Company Hatches Chicks Out of Completely Artificial Eggs
A Dallas-based biotech company claims to have developed a “fully artificial egg” that allows it to hatch a variety of avian species, which could, theoretically, allow it to bring back extinct species and help save endangered ones. One of the stated goals of Colossal Biosciences is to bring back the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus), a 3-metre-tall New Zealand bird that went extinct in the 14th century. Colossal Biosciences’s artificial egg looks like a simple plastic cup, but it’s a small 3D-printed miracle that allows chicken embryos to develop into living chicks. The true innovation lies in the silicone membrane coating the inside of the lattice structure, which allows sufficient oxygen to pass through, just like that of a natural egg. *** Interestingly, Japanese scientists successfully hatched quail chicks from artificial eggs in 1998, and others have done so with other bird species since, but their system required oxygen supplementation, which caused some chicks to suffer genetic defects or fail to hatch altogether. The membrane created by Colossal Biosciences allows enough oxygen to permeate naturally.Just because we CAN do this, does that mean we SHOULD?? ----- Life hacks!
Wd-40
— YourFavWestVirginian (@wvfunnyguy) May 14, 2026
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This woman had the brilliant idea to haul her dirty living room area rug straight to the self-serve car wash for just $5 — soap, high-pressure spray, and all!
— End3of6Days9 (Helen) ���� (@end3of6days9) May 14, 2026
She goes after a stubborn blackberry stain and shows the nasty water that pours out when she’s done.
This is such a… pic.twitter.com/b1lszuFtVC
----- Lil Jesus!
��Lineman leaves behind mini Jesus for next lineman to find�� pic.twitter.com/gyHULtHGAZ
— GodlyVibez Studios (@GVStudios_TV) May 14, 2026
from thisdayinmusic.com On this date in 2007: Former singer with Creed, Scott Stapp was arrested at his Florida home and charged with assault. The 33-year-old was held without bail following the charges, which related to a domestic assault.
On this date in 1983: David Bowie went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Let's Dance', featuring blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. It was Bowie's first single to reach number one on both sides of the Atlantic.
Born on this date in 1948: British born singer-songwriter Leo Sayer
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:01 PM (Xqite)
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Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (VCgbV)
It's a great life.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)
14 Oh I miss Italy!
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 07:45 PM
I learned here that cheesy pick-up lines work much better when delivered in Italian for some reason.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 21, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)
Picture Joey Tribbiani of Friends saying "Ciao bella," which is just "Hey pretty" but in Italian. I imagine it would work!
Poe - Hey Pretty (Audio)
https://youtu.be/PHO0rFo8Te8
Drive-By 2001 Mix (Audio)
https://youtu.be/mRxXdFqvAUg
Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 10:04 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 10:05 PM (gnNyN)
TonyPete,
Good thing you were wearing underwesr.
It would be awful to be castrated by a crazed chipmunk.
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Why were they wearing your underwear?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:09 PM (Xqite)
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Posted by: Gluteus Maximus, Fer Sure at May 21, 2026 10:11 PM (oftw2)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz3xmv5
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:10 PM (CHHv1)
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Great pic!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 10:11 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
You were on my list of those that might catch that! LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:12 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:12 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Captain Spalding at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)
Speaking of Uranus, be careful. Starting this morning at around 5AM EDT until about 4PM EDT Uranus will be in conjunction with the sun. In fact, it will be an occultation. The Sun is going to block Uranus for about 11 hours tomorrow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (ndZc7)
So Bowie did his "Berlin" trilogy, great albums but poor sellers. As soon as the judgement was done, Bowie released "Let's Dance." His commercial powerhouse.
Hard to think of a better FU than that.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (CHHv1)
My understanding is that you don't want silicone anywhere near your engine. Even trace amounts will coat the oxygen sensor with silica and cause it to malfunction.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (HLgI3)
Stand and put your hands on your hips.
1. Are your palms touching your hips or are your knuckles touching your hips?
2. Are you male or female?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (eZ5tL)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (w6EFb)
Sounds like Metamucil is needed.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (qrzX6)
I don't care if I'm on a high wire
Long as I've got a plastic messiah
https://tinyurl.com/3sbdm9tv
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: publius
I really hadn't thought about this for awhile but yes, sunblock on Uranus sounds like a good idea.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Captain Spalding. at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (ndZc7)
Was just about to post this. Dang you, Horde Mind!
Posted by: pookysgirl, sending out a mind-jamming signal at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (vhPr1)
Why were they wearing your underwear?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:09 PM (Xqite)
I'm wondering why he was sitting on the deck with a corpse. Or a cold dick. Hard to tell. Either way does not sound pleasant.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Captain Spalding at May 21, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)
I'm not guessing how, but why. They hoped he left his nuts in them, so they could eat later.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (qx7Zg)
And sunscreen. James Brolin will be in hog heaven, of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:15 PM (w6EFb)
I'm a man that follows directions.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:16 PM (qrzX6)
WD-40 also removes duct tape residue
Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 10:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Josh Brolin at May 21, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:16 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 10:17 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: My Wife Was A Cheerleader at May 21, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)
That's why he was the wealthiest musician in Britain even more than McCartney IIRC.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:18 PM (qrzX6)
We have a launch early in the morning.
Rocket Lab - Electron - Viva La StriX
LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 22, 2026
Launch Time: 2:30 a.m. PDT (5:30 a.m. EDT, 0930 UTC, 11:30 CEST)
https://youtu.be/4TYg_y22-Eg
Posted by: Joyenz at May 21, 2026 10:18 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:12 PM (qrzX6)
I have long used the car wash to clean smaller mats. They even provide clips for that purpose.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6B)
......
At my old house we had the septic tank pumped. We left a naked Barbie straddling the lid before they backfilled.
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (oq9dX)
Josh Brolin = his son
Posted by: but everyone in hollywood gets to the top on talent at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (Xqite)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6
The clips are intended for your car mats.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (eZ5tL)
https://www.avclub.com/josh-brolins-
butthole-is-sunburned-and-hes-not
-happy-ab-1840170651
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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Agree and would add, light gauge baling wire.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (OArx3)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:22 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 21, 2026 10:22 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (qrzX6)
Some of my household mats are repurposed car mats. And some are not. No matter, the car wash appreciates my coin.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:22 PM (8zz6B)
Saw some clips. Horrible voice. How did she ever get on TV?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:24 PM (qrzX6)
https://www.avclub.com/josh-brolins-
butthole-is-sunburned-and-hes-not
-happy-ab-1840170651
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Taint whatcha do, it's the way hotcha do it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:24 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 21, 2026 10:24 PM (gpQ8/)
Josh' irradiated anus was in Jonah Hex.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (gKWVE)
Futurama had a great Uranus joke .
Frey: laughs at hearing Uranus
Professor: everybody always laughed until we changed its name
Frey: what's its name now?
Professor: Urectum
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Thursday . . . with a Day Old Camel. . . at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ZUWJ)
Just the punchline.
Posted by: ChrisP at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3hxmb)
Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)
--
Looks like the Admiral either has knuckles on hips or hands in pockets
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (eZ5tL)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Yes. I've driven VW Beetles and Buses more than half a million miles. Carrying baling wire has saved me more than once, doctoring a clutch cable or accelerator cable to get home.
Posted by: Air-cooled Report at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (eZ5tL)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (GR70+)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 10:26 PM (snZF9)
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This song is an abomination. Zero redeeming qualities. None. For a disco song, not even danceable. Bowie is permanently stained.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)
Never any maintenance done.
Posted by: four seasons at May 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)
Word.
Posted by: Don Lemon at May 21, 2026 10:28 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Boo . . . at May 21, 2026 10:28 PM (3ZUWJ)
How long until TRex orders his own T Rex to ride to work and stomp traffic? No parking? Just kick a couple cars out of the way - or sit on one.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)
Stand and put your hands on your hips.
1. Are your palms touching your hips or are your knuckles touching your hips?
2. Are you male or female?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:14 PM (eZ5tL)
No, no, no, you sissy-marys. It goes like this:
https://tinyurl.com/3cjdxrch
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 10:29 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 10:30 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:31 PM (CHHv1)
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Now that's a fella who's seen stuff and is not impressed with your nonsense
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:31 PM (eZ5tL)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:31 PM (qrzX6)
It's a great life.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:02 PM (vhPr1)
_______________________
Between your description of your day, and the video of the woman cleaning her rug at the car wash, I'm getting stereotype overload.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Frank Perdue at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonhead
Really?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (eZ5tL)
That was one dirty rug! Taking it to the car wash seemed like a pretty good idea.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Frank Perdue at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (oftw2)
I'm waiting for the reintroduction of the Dodo. yummy, yummy Dodo. How do we know they are yummy? They all got eaten.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 10:35 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Archimedes
>If you can't appreciate a good fart, male or female, there's something wrong with you.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 10:35 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 10:35 PM (GR70+)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonhead
Really?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:33 PM (eZ5tL)
Yeah it works like a charm. Spray it on a rag and wipe in the direction of the "brushed" finish. It works good on the sink too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 10:36 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
How about Rock 'n' Roll Suicide? My buddy and I only had one 8 track tape each - I had David Bowie Ziggy Stardust and he had Deep Purple's Machine Head. We played the hell out of those two. Good times.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (vhPr1)
Posted by: Bob at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (hWhmF)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
I will try this
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (eZ5tL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkhIjG0DKc
Posted by: davidt at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 21, 2026 10:39 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Case at May 21, 2026 10:40 PM (8XBuM)
Robert's mad.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21
I am mad, too, Robert. Speaking ill of David Bowie on this thread. I suwanee.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 10:40 PM (OoFl2)
I should have said 'that I like well enough to download'. He has a number of songs that I wouldn't change the tuner if it came on the radio.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:42 PM (qrzX6)
Well, some of that strange clear liquid is falling from the sky. I vaguely remember that from the Before Time.
Seriously, we are getting pretty dry here, and I'm about 7" behind normal for the year. If the forecast holds, this may make a dent in that. And it will spread out for about a week, not too much at one time, to let it soak in.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 10:11 PM (D1E+2)
Yeah, he was my favorite driver back when I watched it regularly.
I'll always remember that season when he broke his leg at Daytona, and because NASCAR admitted they should have had SAFER barrier installed where he hit, they gave him a waiver on the rule that you had to be in each race of the season to be eligible for the championship.
He then won the championship.
And he was always the guy to watch if he was in third place on a late race restart, because he was always going to 'make something happen' going into turn 1.
Posted by: Methos at May 21, 2026 10:43 PM (vSvIl)
This song is an abomination. Zero redeeming qualities. None. For a disco song, not even danceable. Bowie is permanently stained.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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It was the Disco Daze. Everyone had to write a disco song or else. All the uppity designers had to do tight jeans.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 10:43 PM (n7rxJ)
https://youtu.be/pnLWMRIa7mM
Time lapse assembly of competing star fighters.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 10:44 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 10:44 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 21, 2026 10:44 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Johnny Bugnutz at May 21, 2026 10:45 PM (zMwmR)
Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 10:46 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:46 PM (znREB)
A white stretch Lincoln pulled in to gas up. The driver asked us if we had any weed. (We looked the part). Said it was for Bowie. Looked into the car and sure enough it was. We quickly went and rolled him a couple joints each and were given a bottle of wine in return. David didn't get out of the car. They were headed to Albany area, IIRC
Posted by: Brush With Greatness. at May 21, 2026 10:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 21, 2026 10:43 PM (n7rxJ)
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I can't forgive, I suffered greatly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:48 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 10:49 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)
Cool story though you should have taken cash.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:52 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 10:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:55 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Oh come on. Not everyone can be the BeeGee's.
Posted by: Case at May 21, 2026 10:55 PM (8XBuM)
Right now, he is rubbing himself all over my legs, which means--the treats are gone, or have been rejected. I'm about to see the worse face.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:55 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 10:56 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 10:56 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 10:56 PM (9Diqw)
about it and they became fans too. In 2002, David wrote a song about watching the Uncle Floyd Show called Slip Away. Floyd was touched by it, but was more touched by the very big check David sent him. Some kind of royalties from the song. Floyd said it was very generous and David didn't have to do that. i think Bowie was a decent sort. It's a peaceful song, It was on Youtube last I checked.
Posted by: Twinkle, Twinkle, Uncle Floyd at May 21, 2026 10:57 PM (oftw2)
Saw some clips. Horrible voice. How did she ever get on TV?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
Fran Drescher enters the chat...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 10:56 PM (9Diqw
They have to cut the cake , plate the cake, bus the plates and wash the plates. They did admit they should have advised them when the service was requested. $10 might be a little steep per slice but they ain't a charity.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:59 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: vmom
Movie trivia: the Goblin King was two guys. David Bowie, and juggler Michael Moschen.
All the "contact juggling" with the crystal balls was actually Moschen, standing behind Bowie and doing the crystal ball tricks blind.
Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)
He was encased in a sessile costume and had to be wheeled onstage
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper
Yes but only after he shot them, depending on how you read the comment.
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 21, 2026 11:00 PM (9gKa/)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 11:01 PM (CHHv1)
3. Did you bring your knees in tight?
(Hat tip to A. H. Lloyd’s latest post.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:02 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 11:02 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 11:02 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (CHHv1)
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I agree with nurse he appears very regal.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 10:46 PM (znREB)
He was also excellent in the Dancing In The Street video with Mick Jagger.
https://youtu.be/opRRax4ph3E?si=dxSMwVBs1fDUi4i8
Hardly gay at all.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Thomas Jerome Newton at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)
Cool story though you should have taken cash.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 10:52 PM (qrzX6)
I'll need to know what the wine was before I make my ruling...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:04 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Heroq
They have to cut the cake , plate the cake, bus the plates and wash the plates. They did admit they should have advised them when the service was requested. $10 might be a little steep per slice but they ain't a charity.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Yeah, if you want to show up at a restaurant with your own food, you should expect a fee. This is controversial?
If the customer wasn't told about the fee, that probably means she showed up with the cake without asking the restaurant first.
Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:04 PM (A5RD0)
I wanna taste what a dodo bird tasted like...supposedly it was delicious...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (i31XB)
Killmenow
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:04 PM (A5RD0)
Is that an earworm one goes to war with?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
and I have Dr. Demento's Greatest Hits, the 20th Anniversary version ...
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 21, 2026 11:07 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (JcF+m)
When does she add the car wax to the carpet?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ynpvh)
WD 40 leaves a nasty, gummy residue behind, you're better off with CLP BreakFree or Mineral Oil for most lubrication jobs unless you truly need the water displacing feature.
Learned this the hard way.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (xcxpd)
When does she add the car wax to the carpet?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ynpvh)
*perks up*
She waxes her carpet?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:09 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)
Sad but true
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ynpvh)
The cool kids are all using the clay bar on their carpet followed by the ceramic coating.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ynpvh)
*perks up*
She waxes her carpet?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:09 PM (xcxpd)
Pics. or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (JcF+m)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (qrzX6)
No charge or problem.
Monday I went back to the place with a few friends and noticed they now have two items on their dessert menu: mochi ice cream and cheesecake.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:10 PM (qrzX6)
Have you ever heard Barbra Streisand's cover of Life On Mars? It will put you off music for a month.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 11:13 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)
I enjoy that song on the rare occasion that I hear it. I was never subjected to it on endless repeat on pop radio, so I had no reason to grow to hate it. It's a vocal tour de force.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:13 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Thomas Jerome Newton at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)
Bowie was excellent playing...well, you. I've heard that his at the time artificially-enhanced state played a big part in his convincing alien performance.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (JcF+m)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
No. She hates EVERYONE. Hisses, growls and spits. I’m the only one who can pry her mouth open and stick a pill down her throat.
So I can’t ever go anywhere.
FINK
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)
I enjoy that song on the rare occasion that I hear it. I was never subjected to it on endless repeat on pop radio, so I had no reason to grow to hate it. It's a vocal tour de force.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:13 PM (8zz6B)
It has good music to it, but the lyrics are kinda trash. I guess lyrics are better than the "Da Da Da" song, I suppose...
https://youtu.be/xqTBlft8gQA
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oM
I couldn't help but google it.
Wow talk about a mismatch.
Like a peanut butter and sardine sandwich.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK)
They reverse-engineered your cheesecake and now are selling it as their own. Sneaky bastids...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:17 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Thomas Jerome Newton at May 21, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)
Bowie was excellent playing...well, you. I've heard that his at the time artificially-enhanced state played a big part in his convincing alien performance.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (JcF+m)
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I've never seen it but plan to find it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)
True, but her voice was that way on purpose for The Nanny. TG's voice was her real one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
At my place in Apache Junction. Weather is nice; low 90's. And a breeze.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oM
I couldn't help but google it.
Wow talk about a mismatch.
Like a peanut butter and sardine sandwich.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:16 PM (qrzX6)
https://tinyurl.com/4mdv234r
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (ynpvh)
When I worked at the AAFES cafeteria (before GTFO out foodservice & graduating to adult beverage service).. there was a jukebox. 3 plays for whatever it cost, a dollar?
If I never hear:
Thriller (MJ)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)
ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
I'll need to know what the wine was before I make my ruling...
Posted by: Joe Kidd
Honestly don't remember what it was, other than it wasn't cheap and it was red.
Posted by: Brush With Greatness.. at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)
If you find that you like the movie, read the book. Then Mockingbird, by the same author. Dude was a good writer.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:21 PM (JcF+m)
That day will never come for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)
lol,no shit. Me either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)
ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
First and third are awful. #2 is OK, if heard only once in a while.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:23 PM (8zz6B)
Saw some clips. Horrible voice. How did she ever get on TV?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
Umm....I'm guessing the same way that Kamala got into politics.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 11:23 PM (SRRAx)
That day will never come for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)
lol,no shit. Me either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)
It will happen the day after I'm cremated, and my ashes stored in a Ghostbusters trap.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 11:23 PM (qx7Zg)
That day will never come for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ynpvh)
lol,no shit. Me either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)
Perhaps Robert the Cat will hire his own...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 11:24 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (ynpv
I'm actually interested and if I had some chips in the house I would make one right now.
Chips and sweet baby ray's is already a combo I've done. Chips not too far off from saltines which go great with peanut butter.
It's the bbq sauce and peanut butter combo that intrigues me.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)
I'm reading these words but they don't make sense. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (RIvkX)
Thanks! Immediate task: about 80 square feet of roof repair. A big palm tree provides a little shade in the affected area for part of the morning.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (8zz6B)
Dunno, but she made a passable host of the last season of the CBR Radio Mystery Theater. Sortta Cryptkeeper if you will.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (JcF+m)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Little kids are messy. So I bought a steam cleaner for doing the carpets. Results were so-so.
Wife insisted we use Stanley-Steamer. I kept using the cleaner I bought..
She went ahead and called and paid for Stanley-Steamer. It was $100-$150. Worked great.
I should make space and toss the cleaner I bought.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 11:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Rex B at May 21, 2026 11:27 PM (rgnea)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (snZF9)
It's a dry heat. Drink plenty of liquids. Beer is a liquid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:27 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Right?
Throughout my shift, there were times of blessed silence from that end of the room-- and then-- *someone* and their kids would come in, and they always played those three songs!
Out of curiosity one day, I just had to go check & see if there actually were ANY OTHER songs on that blasted machine, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:28 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)
True, but her voice was that way on purpose for The Nanny. TG's voice was her real one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
I've seen interviews. Nope, that's her voice, Queens, NY accent and all...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (ynpv
I'm actually interested and if I had some chips in the house I would make one right now.
Chips and sweet baby ray's is already a combo I've done. Chips not too far off from saltines which go great with peanut butter.
It's the bbq sauce and peanut butter combo that intrigues me.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (qrzX6)
chips and bbq sauce is making bbq-flavored chips...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (Cqx++)
Dunno, but she made a passable host of the last season of the CBR Radio Mystery Theater. Sortta Cryptkeeper if you will.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:25 PM (JcF+m)
Ugh, too drunk. If anyone cares, it was the "CBS" Radio Mystery Theatre.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (JcF+m)
WD 40 leaves a nasty, gummy residue behind, you're better off with CLP BreakFree or Mineral Oil for most lubrication jobs unless you truly need the water displacing feature.
Learned this the hard way.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 21, 2026 11:08 PM (xcxpd)
Yeah, WD40 is not a lubricant. I use it in the shop a lot, but not for lubrication.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)
ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
=====
Awful songs. Adam Carolla has a real tic about Man Eater.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)
My pop, who was a bona-fidee Rocket Scientist, told me they used to spray that stuff on rockets standing for extended periods on the launch pad. Would keep the rust stains away or somesuch.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (JcF+m)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
I’m taking my boys and DiL for Korean BBQ Monday on the beach. It’s so fun! And my
Picky eater DiL will be happy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)
True, but her voice was that way on purpose for The Nanny. TG's voice was her real one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 11:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
I've seen interviews. Nope, that's her voice, Queens, NY accent and all...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:29 PM (nbLIj)
https://youtu.be/tkhTeMtm3XI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:33 PM (mDGAX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:34 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)
My pop, who was a bona-fidee Rocket Scientist, told me they used to spray that stuff on rockets standing for extended periods on the launch pad. Would keep the rust stains away or somesuch.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (JcF+m)
Thats exactly what it was designed for. Water displacement formula #40, the 40th attempt to create it. It was used to keep moisture off the Atlas rockets. The workers started taking it home and finding a shit ton of uses, so they started marketing it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:35 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Ripley at May 21, 2026 11:36 PM (PTDkx)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)
ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
=====
Awful songs. Adam Carolla has a real tic about Man Eater.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)
What's funny is "Maniac" was supposed to be a song about a serial killer...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:36 PM (ynpvh)
A lot of people, you know the astro-physical "communicator community" and teachers and so forth, have started changing the pronunciation of Uranus to "you-rhan-us" or "ur-in-us" or some such and claiming that's how it really should be pronounced. This is to avoid the snickering and joking.
In English, we've always pronounced it yer-anus. Just go with it, have fun and don't worry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)
What it does do, is to dissolve and remobillze some of the existing lubricant in a mechanism, and helps it to function better. I used it a few days ago on the sticky passenger door lock fo the convertible. Works fine now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:35 PM (snZF9)
Dunno why, but I got a little sniffly seeing your response. My dad passed away a few years ago but I'm sure that's not why. Must be allergies.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (JcF+m)
I am very close to banning people who do it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:33 PM (mDGAX)
Would he be banned for blowing a seal?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 21, 2026 11:23 PM (SRRAx)
I believe she was a Broadway star before the tv show. Don't know much about her. Years ago I had her confused with someone else.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)
I am very close to banning people who do it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:33 PM (mDGAX)
Would he be banned for blowing a seal?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (ynpvh)
Did the seal consent?
Posted by: Methos at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (vSvIl)
I have to say, theirs was much nicer looking than mine. I didn’t try it, however. I rarely have dessert at places that serve sushi. I just have more sushi.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (EXyHK)
In English, we've always pronounced it yer-anus. Just go with it, have fun and don't worry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)
Thats exactly how my astronomy teacher pronounced it 40+ years ago. I never pronounced it "your anus"
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)
196
My pop, who was a bona-fidee Rocket Scientist, told me they used to spray that stuff on rockets standing for extended periods on the launch pad. Would keep the rust stains away or somesuch.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM
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The "WD" in WD-40 stands for "water displacement." It was indeed developed as an expedient metal protectant, not a lubricant. The company that makes it ultimately promoted many other uses. The residue that remains after the propellant evaporates is fish oil.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (EXyHK)
Don't blame you. That whole cross-contamination thing freaks me out too...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (JcF+m)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (ynpvh)
Did the seal consent?
Posted by: Methos at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (vSvIl)
Christmas seals are legal now. Easter seals are still under age.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B)
Yes, sadly comedy dies tonight. But America shall pick itself up and learn to laugh again.....
Too late for a horror movie. I started Hellraiser 5. It looked good. I'll see tomorrow. Good night everyone.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 11:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (HLgI3)
Fish oil must be a good lubricant. I have never seen a fish start squeaking and then seize up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:43 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:38 PM (ynpvh)
Seals are fine.
Not sure about penguins though. And otters are right out.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:43 PM (mDGAX)
Posted by: 496 at May 21, 2026 11:44 PM (vIPaN)
Man Eater (H&O)
Mr. Roboto (Styx)
ever again, it'll be too soon! LOL
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
=====
Awful songs. Adam Carolla has a real tic about Man Eater.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)
Hall and Oates were WAY overplayed. Mostly good songs, but six times in one day would ruin Moonlight Sonata, f'pete's sake...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:45 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:46 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)
You watch it, mister.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:47 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)
I have been, but then again I have most scripts blocked on my browser...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:48 PM (ynpvh)
Dude. It’s awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:46 PM (A5RD0)
Manfully resists urge to link "Vampire Beavers" by Joe Hall and the Continental Drift.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:49 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 11:49 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)
Yup, I use it when old grease gets hard and I want to dissolve it and loosen it up to remove it. It cuts down on the parts washer time.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:49 PM (snZF9)
Yep. I've got a link shortener extension for Chrome and the others. I've been getting timeouts with is.gd and one of the other ones. The problem is tinyurl will default to a preview version -- you have to get some damned access token to use it with the extension now, which is why I switched it to is.gd.
But the timeouts are happening a lot now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)
Really.
Posted by: nurse ratched
I do actually own the Thriller album. Just got fking sick of hearing the song a dozen or more times a day.
Posted by: JQ at May 21, 2026 11:50 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 10:40 PM (OoFl2)
Diamond Dogs was an attempt to make a glitter-rock opera out of 1984. It had several good songs, and a lot of songs that only made sense if you knew they were rejected by the Orwell estate.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 11:41 PM (HLgI3)
Which is why some anglers have been known to spray in on their lures...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 21, 2026 11:51 PM (nbLIj)
But the timeouts are happening a lot now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)
Using Brave, I have had no trouble with TinyURL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 11:52 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: PabloD at May 22, 2026 12:00 AM (PCZFY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Same.
Also, when using utoob's own short links, Brave automatically cuts off the ?siblahblahblah when I paste them in. Winning!
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)
Retired as a Senior Engineer... did the entire Calif Aqueduct communications system.
But apparently... he never told Mom the kinds of things he climbed... to her dying day she never admitted he did anything dangerous... but I have PICTURES from his old crew, of him on top of a High Tension Power Line Tower, which sits atop a cliff.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 22, 2026 12:02 AM (mP0Kj)
Manually using Tinyurl.com works fine, the problem is with the extension (click it and it automatically shortens the address and pastes it to the clipboard).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: PabloD at May 22, 2026 12:00 AM (PCZFY)
Enhances the fish scent? (makes notes)
Posted by: Ellen! at May 22, 2026 12:03 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:03 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:06 AM (OArx3)
Yep, is.gd is still timing out with the extension, but it works manually. I think they've added some bot detection that blocks the extension's use of the API.
Dammit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (ynpvh)
Thanks for that video. Someone in the comments referenced her memoir where she describes how she worked with a voice coach to lose that accent, and shortly afterwards auditioned for The Nanny, where they wanted her natural voice. Nice that they gave her a scene where she could use the voice she paid so dearly for...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 22, 2026 12:07 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
---
That would indicate it doesn't remember you.
That may be a good thing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:07 AM (OArx3)
Honestly it was better than the dream from the night before, where I was at a MoMe in this hugely elegant hotel. One of the COBS was dreading when his mother was going to show up, but she turned out to be a delightful lady and the hit of the event.
Yeah, I should probably go to bed...
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 12:08 AM (8zz6B)
As much as I like ZZ Top, the same is true of the song Legs. Without the video, its kinda terrible.
Posted by: Wally at May 22, 2026 12:09 AM (0e5Te)
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:10 AM (OArx3)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)
I have to say, theirs was much nicer looking than mine. I didn’t try it, however. I rarely have dessert at places that serve sushi. I just have more sushi.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 21, 2026 11:39 PM (EXyHK)
REAL cheesecake should be plain and about the same relative density as a neutron star. It should... resist the knife.
Too many store bought pies these days are like puddings.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:13 AM (bss/y)
That may be a good thing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:07 AM (OArx3)
Valid. Could be a consequence of brave.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:14 AM (bss/y)
On a related note, Google announced that there was a 2+ year old security flaw in every Chromium- based browser, including how it can be exploited. If you use Firefox or Safari, you're safe. iPhone and iPad browsers -might- be safe, since I think they have to use the Safari engine.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 12:14 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 12:15 AM (A5RD0)
https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
As much as I like ZZ Top, the same is true of the song Legs. Without the video, its kinda terrible.
Posted by: Wally at May 22, 2026 12:09 AM (0e5Te)
Thriller blew ass on all fronts.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)
Yeah, I should probably go to bed...
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)
For I second, I scanned that as having to debug 60-year old COBOL. I'm hoping that doesn't give me nightmares - I did that in the late 90's.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 12:17 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2026 12:17 AM (FMtrg)
https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
Is the Bulg's understudy?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)
As much as I like ZZ Top, the same is true of the song Legs. Without the video, its kinda terrible.
Posted by: Wally
--
Are you sure that you are at the correct web site?
I don't think you are.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:19 AM (OArx3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:20 AM (OArx3)
https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
Kid got good taste too, she's pretty smoking.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 12:21 AM (snZF9)
Yeah, I should probably go to bed...
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)
A MoMe at a hugely elegant hotel should have been the first clue it was a dream. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 12:23 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2026 12:24 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 12:26 AM (XV/Pl)
John Lowber posted
if you are interested in mongering, you only have three options:
1. fear
2. war
3. fish
It’s tough.
Readers added context: (currently rated helpful)
Whore.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whoremonger
Is this note helpful?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 12:27 AM (NyxOA)
Goodnight, all! Rest well!
Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2026 12:28 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 12:29 AM (D1E+2)
https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Kid got good taste too, she's pretty smoking.
Posted by: Berserker
I mean, they were halfway out already, sweetie.
Posted by: "some 11-year-old" at May 22, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)
Elon Musk@elonmusk
23h
SpaceX is actively hiring world-class engineers/physicists for SpaceXAI, even if you have zero prior experience in AI. Smart humans figure it out fast.
Please send an email with ~3 bullet points demonstrating evidence of exceptional ability to ai_eng@spacex.com.
May 21, 2026 · 5:08 AM UTC
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:33 AM (OArx3)
Send out the AOSHQ recruitment team! We need to find this kid and bring him into the Horde's loving embrace. He might lower the average age by a few months. Months I say!
https://tinyurl.com/26wusz9j
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
Kid got good taste too, she's pretty smoking.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
==============
Pop what? I don't know that slang.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 12:36 AM (n7rxJ)
John Lowber posted
if you are interested in mongering, you only have three options:
1. fear
2. war
3. fish
It’s tough.
Readers added context: (currently rated helpful)
Whore.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whoremonger
Is this note helpful?
Posted by: Tom Servo
Maybe second-best. This one is just hard to top:
Slate: Sydney Sweeney's boobs are not that big.
Readers added context: Yes they are.
Also, readers forgot the ironmongers.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:40 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 12:36 AM (n7rxJ)
Pop a tittie.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 12:41 AM (snZF9)
Going down the highway in the middle of nowhere , in my mirror I view the cover for the water heater flapping in the breeze.
The drill driver and a couple of screws remedy the problem until the destination is reached.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 12:41 AM (OArx3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Pop what? I don't know that slang.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
It was censored for youtube. "Pop a titty." Let the girls breathe.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)
Oh, pop out her *****?
Sure, let's encourage boys to talk that way. Let's celebrate it. Then we'll all watch a video of a Carnival cruise and talk about Black fatigue.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 12:42 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
If it happened, and it's not just tiktok clickbait.
But if it did, you gotta laugh at the audacity. Or the autism. Whichever.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 12:48 AM (Cqx++)
I played it until The album warped.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Symbolic. MJ was pretty warped, himself.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 12:54 AM (w6EFb)
How about mee-thane mongers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 12:54 AM (w6EFb)
But if it did, you gotta laugh at the audacity. Or the autism. Whichever.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)
Most Tiktoks are just bait. Especially the 'OMG, this X just did Y' stuff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 22, 2026 12:57 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 01:00 AM (OArx3)
Posted by: publius
Maybe one of his buddies double-d
Posted by: mikeski runs serpentine at May 22, 2026 01:00 AM (VHUov)
Back when I was that age, there was no way any of us would've dared to say that out loud. We'd have been snickering amongst ourselves, but no way we'd have said it to her. We'd get in way too much trouble. And that's the difference today, I guess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:02 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
If it happened, and it's not just tiktok clickbait.
But if it did, you gotta laugh at the audacity. Or the autism. Whichever.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)
It's also possible he asked how long until they pop out, to see if it was worth waiting around.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2026 01:04 AM (qx7Zg)
According to the Daily Mail, they've just announced that former Prince Andrew is under investigation for sex offenses.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)
The first time I ever heard it was on the radio. Didn't have cable growing up.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 22, 2026 01:07 AM (W3T6M)
Back when I was that age, there was no way any of us would've dared to say that out loud. We'd have been snickering amongst ourselves, but no way we'd have said it to her. We'd get in way too much trouble. And that's the difference today, I guess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:02 AM (w6EFb)
Yup, and years later I didn't even say that as an adult. My brother on the other hand would have the balls to say it as a kid. He flat out asked a baby sitter if he could grab her tit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 01:08 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Polliwogette at May 22, 2026 01:08 AM (o04+v)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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I said that a couple of days ago. Silicone is a good lube, but nowhere near electrical contacts.
When silicone breaks down, chemically, one of the components is silicon, silica, sand, whatever you want to call it.
On contacts, an arc (however small is sufficient) is the mechanismto break it down. On an O2 sensor, it would be exhaust heat. On a contact it abrades, on a sensor it clogs.
Silicone CREEPS. Spray it on the base of a meter high vertical steel rod, it will be at the top of that rod in a day.
If there is a physical path of less than 5 meters from the point of application to something that shouldn't have it, don't use silicone.
That distance is based on the size of the area and quantity, in that case a non-dripping spray application over a couple square inch area. If you dunk a horizontal wire in a pool of the stuff, you're talking football field distances.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:10 AM (SzAbz)
Posted by: Polliwogette at May 22, 2026 01:08 AM (o04+v)
Coming your way.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 22, 2026 01:12 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 22, 2026 01:16 AM (OArx3)
Posted by: Polliwogette
Done.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Polliwogette at May 22, 2026 01:08 AM (o04+v)
May he get well soon!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2026 01:17 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Polliwogette
Absolutely. Strength and comfort for both of you.
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)
Sure, let's encourage boys to talk that way. Let's celebrate it. Then we'll all watch a video of a Carnival cruise and talk about Black fatigue.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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There's always one smart-ass in every group of boys. He's the one the rest wish that they had that much nerve. They're the ones that go.on a date first(because they ask!), probably the first to "get some" ((or at least, to brag about it).
But, 20 years later, very few have great success in life. I remember two -Jim in 7th grade and Clyde in high school. I've attended exactly one high school reunion: my 25th. Both of them were there. Jim was on wife #2, Clyde on his third. Both were car salesmen.
To the video,it's all context.
Mardi Gras on a balcony with a handful of beads?
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:26 AM (SzAbz)
"Very sketchy. Martin said he did it so people will trust in the DNC? Geez, I trust them LESS now!"
"Ken Martin needs to go, he's absolutely useless and never gives a straight answer. Just full of nonsense PR speak and bs whenever he is pushed on a question."
"-----That's the entire DNC."
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 22, 2026 01:27 AM (w/O5Q)
I chuckled slightly at the thought of him actually being seated, and serving on one... who knows how he'd behave in court?
Would he smoke an imaginary cigarette while the prosecution lays out the case? LOL.
Fortunately, he's over 70 and can decline based on age-- no other documentation required. There's a way to do it online, so done deal now.
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
I played it until The album warped.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2026 12:15 AM (A5RD0)
A few years ago, my FIL was repainting the interior of the house and removed everything, including my wife's LPs from the 1980s...and left them outside in the hot summer sun...
Yeah, they warped into the shape of whatever they were on.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 01:38 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 01:43 AM (0nHVk)
According to the Daily Mail, they've just announced that former Prince Andrew is under investigation for sex offenses.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)
this whole world wide Jurisdiction of Courts is getting way out of hand.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 22, 2026 01:43 AM (mP0Kj)
Which is cute, but if the phone rings he is going to jump five feet in the air.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2026 01:45 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 22, 2026 01:46 AM (imdaC)
Posted by: Kindltot
Is it wrong that I LOL'd? Poor kitty... hope no calls come through while he snoozes there.
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
_-_
Uh, what's the number?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 22, 2026 01:49 AM (imdaC)
Posted by: JQ
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In AZ, it's 75. When I lived in OR, I was called for jury duty about every 5 years, but that quit at 70. I guess they have a big enough jury pool that just automatically permanently pulled any off the list.
I got the questionnaire last week. I could get out of it, but I figured that this county is so sparsely populated they need anyone who.can do it. If they call me, It's a 90 mile roundtrip to the county seat.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:50 AM (SzAbz)
Posted by: JQ
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Surefire million views on tube of ewe.
Setup.the camera.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 01:53 AM (SzAbz)
I'm just grateful that I could opt hubby out online, without needing to fetch any medical papers! They only give 10 days from mailing date (and of course there's no frigging date on the questionnaire OR any postmark, so who knows when the clock began ticking!) to respond.
Holiday weekend! No idea how the h3ll I'd get any medical documentation in time, if needed.
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 02:05 AM (0nHVk)
Yeah, I never even thought about it until today. Just not top of mind, LOL.
For a while, we both were getting drawn for summons every 2 years it seemed... They can't force it more often than that, here. Always July and December! Grrr.
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah, I never even thought about it until today. Just not top of mind, LOL.
For a while, we both were getting drawn for summons every 2 years it seemed... They can't force it more often than that, here. Always July and December! Grrr.
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
I get one just about every year or two...last one I postponed due to travel...then again for a colonoscopy (prerequisite for surgery), then a third time for surgery. Finally did it in early Spring, so safe for another yearish...at least on the Superior Court level...Fed court is completely different.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 02:14 AM (ynpvh)
No, no, no, you sissy-marys. It goes like this:
https://tinyurl.com/3cjdxrch
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Great minds, etc. My first thought: Blazing Saddles!
Incidentally that position is called akimbo (which autocucumber wants to change to "a limbo").
I thought the word was Japanese for years, but I finally looked it up. It's from the Middle English in kenbowe.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 02:22 AM (SzAbz)
Haven't seen RickZ post for a long while, I know that he got some bad health news. I miss him, he used to hang around here late at night.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 02:23 AM (0nHVk)
Whew! 100 mile drive (one way) and meet every month for a whole year. Wasn't sure my old car would hold up. Pay & mileage were decent, though. At my distance, they even paid fixed rate for hotel-- and I could find decent accommodation for less & pocket the difference. Legally!
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)
Yes, sadly comedy dies tonight. But America shall pick itself up and learn to laugh again.....
Too late for a horror movie. I started Hellraiser 5. It looked good. I'll see tomorrow. Good night everyone.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 11:42 PM (Sco7b)
I could not care less about that loser Colbert. I do care that Nvidia had a blow-out earnings report AND raised the quarterly dividend from 1c to 25c!..
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 22, 2026 02:47 AM (QGaXH)
I am very close to banning people who do it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2026 11:33 PM (mDGAX)
I don't understand the whole 'blow the margins' thing. That's ok - don't try to explain it to me - it's too late at night even here on the left coast. Another time perhaps...
I'm going to bed to have sweet dreams of an endless stream of Nvidia dividend increases.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 22, 2026 02:50 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)
My pop, who was a bona-fidee Rocket Scientist, told me they used to spray that stuff on rockets standing for extended periods on the launch pad. Would keep the rust stains away or somesuch.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 21, 2026 11:32 PM (JcF+m)
Thats exactly what it was designed for. Water displacement formula #40, the 40th attempt to create it. It was used to keep moisture off the Atlas rockets. The workers started taking it home and finding a shit ton of uses, so they started marketing it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 21, 2026 11:35 PM (snZF9)
Just don't bring that s**t into the cleanroom or there will be hell to pay starting with making you retake my 2 hour in-person cleanroom training class.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 22, 2026 02:53 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 02:54 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
Whew! 100 mile drive (one way) and meet every month for a whole year. Wasn't sure my old car would hold up. Pay & mileage were decent, though. At my distance, they even paid fixed rate for hotel-- and I could find decent accommodation for less & pocket the difference. Legally!
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
I don't drive to jury duty...they don't pay for the first day of potential jury selection, only if you are selected for a jury, and there's almost no free parking anywhere downtown near the courthouse unless you have a handicap placard, and even then it might be hard finding parking. I hate it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 03:19 AM (ynpvh)
175 miles one way to the Courthouse in Phoenix.
She's praying to not get called.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 22, 2026 03:27 AM (SzAbz)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 03:28 AM (Ia/+0)
Yes, sadly comedy dies tonight. But America shall pick itself up and learn to laugh again.....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 11:42 PM (Sco7b)
Some people are like slinkies: they aren't useful for anything, but it would be funny to watch them fall down stairs. And Colbert isn't getting any younger, nor is his balance getting any better; so with the panopticon, every year that goes by has an increasing chance for him to give us one last laugh.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 03:32 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 22, 2026 03:32 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at May 22, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)
John Lowber posted
if you are interested in mongering, you only have three options:
1. fear
2. war
3. fish
It’s tough.
Readers added context: (currently rated helpful)
Whore.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whoremonger
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Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2026 12:27 AM (NyxOA)
I literally just used the word 'powermongers' on this very site, earlier today (I still consider it Thursday night). There was even a computer game called Powermonger, of the "god game" genre.
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 03:45 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 22, 2026 04:00 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:10 AM (Sy6m/)
ICYMI: https://youtu.be/pyZI5oM6hWk
Posted by: SciVo at May 22, 2026 04:19 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:20 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Bullet for her Bra at May 22, 2026 04:29 AM (jrgJz)
The Rockford Files Theme
https://youtu.be/yg1Cx26-928
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