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Food Thread: Fish Eggs, Fish Eggs, Roly-Poly Fish Eggs!

Ooh! That looks good! Except it is an odd dish that many people will carefully step around on the way to more conventional pasta dishes. Spaghetti alla Bottarga is a deceptively simple dish made of fish eggs, oil, and garlic...essentially Aglio e Olio with caviar! Except the Italian version of caviar is, A. much less expensive, and 2. made from the whole egg sac of Mullet, then salted and dried.

Yeah, it sounds a bit weird, but it is delicious, and a dish that I will order every time I see it, which is, sadly, very infrequently. I guess I should head to Sardinia, where it is a famous and popular dish, but that's a bit much for one plate of pasta, even for a glutton like me!

The base recipe can be used with pretty much any seafood, although I would stick to briny flavors like vongole (clams) or even anchovies! I think the pasta should be cooked in less water so the starchy water used to thicken the dish is as powerful as possible. And do not skimp on the garlic! But I shouldn't have to tell you that!

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65 Organizations Petition FDA to End Routine Preventive Antibiotic Use in Food Animals

A coalition of 65 health, consumer, environmental, farming, and animal welfare organizations has filed a citizen petition urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw approvals for the routine use of medically important antibiotics for disease prevention in food-producing animals.
The petition argues that administering antibiotics through feed and water to livestock and poultry that are not diagnosed with disease contributes to the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that AMR is associated with approximately 35,000 deaths and 2.8 million illnesses annually in the U.S alone.

I have no particular resistance (Hah! See what I did?) to decreasing antibiotic use in agriculture. Antibiotic Resistance is a huge problem that isn't getting any better, so we should certainly address overuse.

But that coalition of 65 organizations makes me deeply suspicious, especially the "environmental" and "Animal Welfare" organizations. They tend to be lunatics with political agendas, so let us tread lightly!

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'Cooking Oil Thieves' caught on camera in Fenwick Island

"They ride around with two large hundred gallon tanks inside their vehicles. Then they hook up to the tanks and are out of there in three to five minutes," Robert Quirk with the Fenwick Island police department told WBOC.

As opposed to "two small hundred gallon tanks?"

Well, it's Delaware, and they elected Joe Biden, so the assumption that everyone who lives there is a retard isn't unreasonable.

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From lurker "LF" comes more proof of the superiority of the American south (except for no snow!).
LF Scapes26.jpeg

Green garlic is available at farmer's markets in the south. Bought and used fresh, until frost. Clean, delightful.
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Green garlic is a hint milder in the bulb, and the green stems are edible, yet a bit milder. Just happy to known it's not from a filthy polluted country.

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David Lebovitz is pompous and irritating, but he does know how to cook, and his recipes are rarely fussy. Here he makes something I have never made...Strawberry Jam. Well, I have cooked down fruit for compotes and such, but I am not a significant consumer of jams and jellies, because I am not, nor have I ever been a big big breakfast guy. Vacations are different though; I love trying local joints, which can often be amazingly good, even in areas that are not known for their food.

And...jams and jellies tend to be quite sweet, which is a big No-No for breakfast, especially the dreaded Maple Syrup on French Toast mania!

But Lebovitz's recipe is straightforward and gives the option to cut the sugar, which makes it intriguing, even though he is a toad.

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The garlic is doing well! I think. I know all of you are worried, but it is still tall and green and healthy! And if they survive the deer and squirrel apocalypse, and actually grow into something edible, I will be in garlic heaven! Now I have to figure out when to harvest! Late June into July seems like the consensus. But I'm a Dildo, not a farmer! In case it doesn't work out, send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 04:02 PM (qEb4U)

2 I lkke grilled ham and cheese, fry ham a bit first then put in grilled cheese

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 04:04 PM (qEb4U)

3 Kaboom! Obama all caps comment center!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 21, 2026 04:05 PM (b84UO)

4 Barry! Tear down this throbbing boil and pay your contractors!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 21, 2026 04:06 PM (b84UO)

5 Nobody comments in all caps.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 21, 2026 04:07 PM (b84UO)

6 In Greece, Taramosalata, or cod fish roe salad was a lovely spread for grilled bread brushed with garlic and olive oil, along with melizanasalata (eggplant salad, virtually the same a baba ghanoush). In thessaloniki I tried a dried fish roe that was salted, cured, and sliced very thinly on the mezze tray. You ate it with olives and grilled bread. Very good!

So yeah, I would try the Italian version!!

Posted by: moki at June 21, 2026 04:08 PM (wLjpr)

7 Good afternoon, horde.

I think I'm having watermelon for supper.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 21, 2026 04:11 PM (h7ZuX)

8 Yesterday I made chicken farmer john with angel hair pasta and pesto sauce

nailed it

tonight is top sirloin, reverse seared
nobody cares

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 04:11 PM (RP2m/)

9 Nobody comments in all caps.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 21, 2026 04:07 PM (b84UO)

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IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I EXIST!!!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLESSBERGER at June 21, 2026 04:13 PM (2UnvF)

10 Hello foodies! I had an amazing brunch, house made whole milk Greek yogurt, local honey, and fresh berries with an iced sage and orange latte. So good. I am still full, though I expect dinner will be an expectation.

Posted by: Piper at June 21, 2026 04:13 PM (hftzA)

11 Swordfish steak and asparagus for the grill this afternoon, accompanied by oven roasted red ‘taters. Cream Brûlée for dessert.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 21, 2026 04:13 PM (3Ope8)

First World Problems...

Why do I have this in a cabinet? I don't particularly like the beer, there is only one, so it isn't even a set, and the reason for its existence is lost in the mists of time and approaching senescence.

I have a vague recollection of one of the brats going through a "Stella Artois" phase, so that must be why, but why it hasn't been tossed is beyond me.

Soon though, my village's semi-monthly bulk pickup will be worked hard. I will revel in discarding...pretty much everything!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 1st

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Never had one , not against trying one though

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)

3 > Belgium 5.2% piss water

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 02:05 PM (jehhT)

4 Some day it will be a highly prized, very valuable antique.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 02:05 PM (g8Ew8)

5 If one would have taken the time to review the history of those experts. Especially the British guy who came up with the Covid mortality model, you would have seen so many red flags you would have dismissed them.

Posted by: polynikes
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He couldn't dismiss the Administrative State.
Look at the trouble he's having now when a whole team of tough, smart people on his side.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 02:05 PM (iLKq8)

6 Stella gave those glasses out as a promotional gimmick to get people to try their crappy beer at bars and gin joints or the Wally World parking lot.

Throw it in the garbage where it belongs.

Posted by: Euro Trash Beer at June 21, 2026 02:06 PM (g7saB)

7 Good afternoon and Happy Father's Day for all Fathers - by virtue of biology or by assuming the role for kids, grands, and strangers.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2026 02:07 PM (ItpVy)

8 I don't get beer often, and big commercial beer never. But have a pub glass from one we built so keep it

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 02:07 PM (Ia/+0)

9 STELLA!

Posted by: Brando at June 21, 2026 02:08 PM (Cqx++)

10 Some day it will be a highly prized, very valuable antique.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

It will bring nothing except as part of a $1 box at the garage sale along with grandma's spoon and salt and pepper shaker collections.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2026 02:08 PM (ItpVy)

11 ***and the reason for its existence is lost in the mists of time
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Speaking of drinking glasses. Preparing to mix a drink, last night, I discovered my one and only favorite glass missing. How does this happen? I searched for it again and again, today too. It's spaced aliens.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 02:10 PM (iLKq8)

12 First World Problems.

Too many arm chair Presidents calling plays?

Posted by: Case at June 21, 2026 02:11 PM (IY9No)

13 $1 box at the garage sale along with grandma's spoon and salt and pepper shaker collections.

Posted by: Tonypete
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Blaspheme!
_one who throws naught away

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 02:12 PM (iLKq8)

14 It will bring nothing except as part of a $1 box at the garage sale along with grandma's spoon and salt and pepper shaker collections.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2026 02:08 PM (ItpVy)

Then it will become a treasure forgotten with fond memories lost forever with the mists of time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 02:12 PM (g8Ew8)

15 A large choir with every singer miked. This performance brought to you by Big Microphone. 4 mins.
youtube.com/watch?v=n9ot2MyW2w0

Posted by: gp at June 21, 2026 02:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

16 Too many arm chair Presidents calling plays?
Posted by: Case at June 21, 2026 02:11 PM (IY9No)

Admit his genius and let it go, he won't get less irritating or logically corrupt, but he won't keep following you around trying to prove you wrong.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 02:14 PM (rbvCR)

17 First World Problem: Configuring svxlink. I've been editing .conf files for forty years, and this is the deepest rabbit hole I've ever fallen into.

Posted by: gp at June 21, 2026 02:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

18 Then it will become a treasure forgotten with fond memories lost forever with the mists of time.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

You're exactly right and such a shame. Every time someone passes, we lose a book full of knowledge, experience and history of what was.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2026 02:14 PM (ItpVy)

19 Check out the history of the name of the beer and see if that changes your opinion - it did for me!

Posted by: Max K at June 21, 2026 02:17 PM (fgk4Z)

20 but why it hasn't been tossed

Because you might need it sometime.
Same as for the house full of similar kept stuff.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 21, 2026 02:17 PM (sl73Y)

21 You're exactly right and such a shame. Every time someone passes, we lose a book full of knowledge, experience and history of what was.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2026 02:14 PM (ItpVy)

LOL. We keep this up and we'll have written Kameltoe's next speech.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 02:18 PM (g8Ew8)

22 You have it because who throws out a perfectly good glass?

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 02:18 PM (KC5Lt)

23 i have that glass too

copier !

Posted by: cherries in season at June 21, 2026 02:18 PM (Ozvnh)

24 Send them to me! They're perfect for our Sun AM breakfasts. Cranberry and cheap champagne. Pancakes, bacon and scrambled eggs!

Posted by: Miflin at June 21, 2026 02:18 PM (aA6YN)

25 15 A large choir with every singer miked. This performance brought to you by Big Microphone. 4 mins.
youtube.com/watch?v=n9ot2MyW2w0

Posted by: gp
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Good.
Now teach engineers and music producers that drummers cymbals are something to be recorded and the sound reproduces. Drummers pay good money for them and hit them for a purpose more than expending energy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 02:20 PM (iLKq8)

26 My brother in law and my sister drank Stella religiously for years, might still. They came back from years in Colorado as barkeeps, so maybe a reaction to Coors.
A middle of the road lager from what I recall. Better than Coors, but what isn't?

Posted by: From about That Time at June 21, 2026 02:22 PM (sl73Y)

27 HAHAHA Stella. Here in liberal Chapel Hill a local bar hosted a beer tourney every year for a number of years around the same time as the NCAA basketball one. Knockout style head to head

Stella would win EVERY SINGLE YEAR because all the guys would split their votes around various porters stouts ipas etc while all the ladies (plus a good number of pansy ass lib type males wearing pants) would vote for the weak ass watered down piss flavored “beer drink.”

Thank you CBD for all your posts look forward to lurking on the food thread again!

Note….i don’t live in Chapel Hill anymore, escaped to the coast, near MCAS Cherry Point.

Posted by: NC Ref at June 21, 2026 02:23 PM (UhW4G)

28 Went to Costco yesterday and bought a dozen airline size bottles of lemonade flavored Svedka vodka for $10. It was my turn to buy the Birdie Juice for my golf group. The first world problem was how crowded Costco was.

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 02:23 PM (KC5Lt)

29 My FWP today: Some of my wife's friends got together and made arrangements for a boat ride in honor of Father's Day. The other two guys are fine but their wives talk incessantly and are loud and obnoxious.

Just like our combined birthday party 3 weeks ago for 3 of us guys. It wasn't for us guys, it was an opportunity for them to exercise their harpyness.

I have an idea - let me alone. I'd much rather sit in my underwear on the deck drinking with the guys - only. We might speak, we might not. Perfect.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2026 02:24 PM (ItpVy)

30 Stella Artois is a headache in a can, just like Kokanee. Tastes OK when you drink it, next morning a headache. One or two is all it takes.

The glass would make good plinking target.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2026 02:26 PM (1z8ji)

31 They should move Fathers Day to the opening day of football.
This June stuff just ain't cutting it.

Posted by: Case at June 21, 2026 02:28 PM (IY9No)

32 11.2 oz bottles.

WTF?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 21, 2026 02:29 PM (qFwJc)

33 We too have a Stella Artois (the other was broken somehow). Seem to recall getting them on one of those timeshare pitch trips. You know like you go to Key West, eat the lobster, drink the booze, snorkel the beautiful waters, and get sunburned. And say ixnay on the Imeshare-tay.

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 02:30 PM (LHPAg)

34 You never know what will be worth something. I had a spinster great aunt who died and had her stuff auctioned off. She had been buying baking powder in the ornamental tins for about 5c each, and throwing the empties in the attic. The batch went for $5.00 each. The junk in her attic sold for more than the house and land.

Posted by: Buck at June 21, 2026 02:30 PM (z6ONu)

35 If I tossed everything I haven't used in the last two years ... I'd have a fairly empty house. That might mean I'm getting boring, stuck in my routines, idk.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 21, 2026 02:30 PM (vbXSk)

36 I like Stella Artois. Liked it before the Bud purchase. I have those Stella glasses but they're not an actual pint. Close enough for drinking however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 21, 2026 02:31 PM (L9YhZ)

37 36 I like Stella Artois. Liked it before the Bud purchase. I have those Stella glasses but they're not an actual pint. Close enough for drinking however
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 21, 2026 02:31 PM (L9YhZ)

it's my husbands favorite beer....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 21, 2026 02:36 PM (FtULh)

38 People say that Saturnalia was like Roman Christmas. I get it; there some parallels.

But I would posit that the real analog is Father's Day, except for how relatively unimportant Father's Day is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 02:37 PM (BI5O2)

39 Saturnalia was like Roman Gay Pride month.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 02:39 PM (Kt19C)

40 I had no idea it was Fathers Day today until I got in the truck to go get mulch.

Because the first thing I heard once she got up was "would you mind getting that mulch" ? Which meant "I'm going to say it all day until you bring home that mulch".

Straight up. Heard it was Father's Day on the radio. So I called my Dad on noon. He didn't give a shit either.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:39 PM (P5MQi)

41 An opera singer forms a choir of herself, singing each part slightly diferently: ewe tube 14 mins total but skip to the end if you just want to hear it..

https://is.gd/8QqXru

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2026 02:40 PM (ZVgZ4)

42 it was an opportunity for them to exercise their harpyness.

I have an idea - let me alone. I'd much rather sit in my underwear on the deck drinking with the guys - only. We might speak, we might not. Perfect.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2026 02:24 PM (ItpVy)

Bingo.

My dad always said he just wanted to be left alone for a day.

Never worked. Never has, never will. It's a pointless holiday, like if people celebrated monogamy for one day at a gay bath house. Wouldn't last past 9am.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 02:41 PM (BI5O2)

43 It would be better if you had your nic engraved on it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 02:42 PM (R+iUD)

44 I need to do more purging of stuff that I'll never use. I get stuck a lot on "well this is metal, I should make a run to the recycling place and include this, not just toss it" and "I should try to give this away not just toss it" But there is lots of stuff that I can toss in the dumpster with no angst.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 02:42 PM (PV+Zw)

45 Well not expecting my dad to be around forever, he is 89.
So going to go see him, mom and my sister.

Back when I get there

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 02:43 PM (Ia/+0)

46 Never worked. Never has, never will. It's a pointless holiday, like if people celebrated monogamy for one day at a gay bath house. Wouldn't last past 9am.

Its like everything else. The Womenz got Mother's Day - so Hell or High Water - we'll have to put up with the same shit.

Now make Steak and Blow Job day National ? And look, like everything else, its not like your or my old lady can't hire that out either.

And I can make my own Steak.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:44 PM (P5MQi)

47 The junk in her attic sold for more than the house and land.
Posted by: Buck

My Grandpa's barn has entered the chat - he had at least one Ford from every decade from the 00's onward. The Model 'C' that was in drivable shape brought north of $40,000 when we sold it.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2026 02:44 PM (ItpVy)

48 Drink something out of it and smash it in the fireplace.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 02:44 PM (O7YUW)

49 At our NoVaMoMe 5 years ago there was a guy there giving out Stella glasses and engraving them with requests. Mr. bluebell ant I got one for each of our sons who were barely of legal drinking age and they thought they were great.

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 02:45 PM (afFes)

50 Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:39 PM (P5MQi)

Well, at least your wife didn't smother you with pillows as you remarked she might do on a thread from yesterday. All she asked for was mulch.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 02:45 PM (7RYym)

51 Well, at least your wife didn't smother you with pillows as you remarked she might do on a thread from yesterday. All she asked for was mulch.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 02:45 PM (7RYym)

I think she's scared. To smother me with a pillow, she'd have to climb onto my chest to do it.

Pretty sure that's how Kid #2 started. So I get her reservations.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:47 PM (P5MQi)

52 All she asked for was mulch.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 02:45 PM (7RYym)

He needs to apply himself.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2026 02:47 PM (1z8ji)

53 Hey there, Buck! So nice to meet you yesterday.

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 02:48 PM (afFes)

54 Stella Artois is a good beer, but they insist on 11.2 oz bottles, and that's a no go for me. I even went to a restaurant where they had it on tap. Server felt compelled to warn me that the normal 24 oz glass (I ordered a large), was going to actually be 22.4 oz. I see this shrinkflation rot has even hit Pilsner Urquell, a beer I still hold in very high regard.

Here's my deal: You figure out how much to charge for twelve ounces of your product. I figure out if your product is worth that charge. If you refuse to offer me twelve ounces of your product at any price, I'll find a vendor that will. Good day to you, sir - I say good day!!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 02:48 PM (nbLIj)

55 Stella overseas tastes much better than the US version. Or used to.

Kronenburg 1664 is my favorite beer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2026 02:50 PM (sn5xH)

56 Kronenburg 1664 is my favorite beer.

The absolute most excellent "domestic" I've ever drank. By far.

Can't get it here.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:52 PM (P5MQi)

57
My cupboard still looks like college. Stray mugs, glasses, whatevers as if from former roommates, people who dropped by, thrift shops, something nice that somehow hasn't broken yet. I've given away everything in moves a few times, but somehow it all keeps reassembling itself in my house. In fact, that gives me an idea for a sci-fi short story. Or a Disney movie, about all the mismatched mugs and dishes and silverware that get slammed together in some jolly hodgepodge, and suddenly the owner decides to remodel and they're all going to be thrown out or given away and replaced with shiny-new matching sets. Oh no!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 21, 2026 02:52 PM (XJ22o)

58 Decluttering elevates one's mood measurably.

Posted by: gp at June 21, 2026 02:54 PM (Jr5Lq)

59 My FWP is those packages that have a zip lock so you can resell them. That's all well and good but first you have to tear open the package. They could make it easy by having some perforated line you could tear along but nooooooo! They just have a notch on each side and expect you to tear it straight. But it doesn't tear straight and half the time you tear down into the zip lock defeated the whole purpose.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)

60 >>> 56 Kronenburg 1664 is my favorite beer.
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The absolute most excellent "domestic" I've ever drank. By far.

Can't get it here.
Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:52 PM (P5MQi)

Maybe, maybe not.
https://shorturl.at/k15u3

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 02:56 PM (R+iUD)

61 Oh, it’s 200 versions of herself, and took 8 weeks to create. The final product is very good. The “choir”” is at about 11:40 or thereabouts.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2026 02:57 PM (ZVgZ4)

62 A Chicago FWP.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7w7dx5

or the gangs will use it for target practice for their heavy weapons, and have reduced it to rubble. I'm not sure which is more likely.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 21, 2026 02:58 PM (qx7Zg)

63 Maybe, maybe not.
https://shorturl.at/k15u3
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 02:56 PM (R+iUD)

They have it at East End Louisville at that Total Wine ... $15 a six. Thanks for the link.

That's an hour drive one way. Gonna' be a no.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:00 PM (P5MQi)

64 I think I have a Fat Tire glass somewhere from a happy hour. My prized crappy glass was a big Crown beer mug from an epic crawl in Songtan. Where is it? Who knows.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 03:01 PM (kpS4V)

65 Stella overseas tastes much better than the US version. Or used to.

Kronenburg 1664 is my favorite beer.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2026 02:50 PM (sn5xH)

When I was in Amsterdam, I reluctantly ordered Heineken, bracing for the skunky experience of the stuff that washes ashore in the US. It was a revelation, so much so that I can enjoy an occasional glass here because my palate can now sense what it's meant to be..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 03:01 PM (nbLIj)

66 Rumours are flying in the media about Keir Starmer resigning the U.K. Prime Minister position in a few days.

Did someone have the same conversation that was had with Justin Trudeau? (Always fun trying to tell a narcissist that the party's over and that they're going to step down, or the really BAD blackmail pictures will surface. What, you didn't think these guys actually resigned voluntarily, did you?)

Now back to our "what to do with the lone beer glass" discussion...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 03:01 PM (O7YUW)

67 Use kitchen scissors to cut the package open so you don’t mess up the zip lock.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2026 03:03 PM (ZVgZ4)

68 Stick a candle in it.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2026 03:03 PM (afJtY)

69 I think I have a Fat Tire glass somewhere from a happy hour. My prized crappy glass was a big Crown beer mug from an epic crawl in Songtan. Where is it? Who knows.

I still keep a pilsner glass just for the occasional bottle. And a pint glass as well.

Right now ? Miller High Life Lite out of a bottle.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:04 PM (P5MQi)

70 1st World Economic Problems.

KTVU
@KTVU
A decline in car break-ins across Oakland is being welcomed as a public safety win, but it is also contributing to a downturn for some local auto glass repair businesses.

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A thug shortage.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:04 PM (ndZc7)

71 62. Heh, I was looking at the week in pics memes on KTs thread yesterday and had to look up what the letters actually said.

And couldn't help thinking "sounds like a Kamala Harris quote" afterwards. Why the architects didn't convince Barky to cut down the length and at least only have the letters on 1 building side the world will never know. Maybe they figured it was ugly and stupid regardless so why not have the words wrap around the 90 degree corner. I read they are having trouble with birds roosting on the letters and crapping.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 03:05 PM (PV+Zw)

72 Four tall boys of Kronenberg for $8 is not, however, a bad deal. I wonder if they could order me a flat ? Because I'd drive the 45 minutes to pick up a flat of 1664.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:07 PM (P5MQi)

73 59 My FWP is those packages that have a zip lock so you can resell them.
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Scissors. Glass, party dip jars. Zip lock w/real zippers. I transfer everything into more secure packaging.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 03:07 PM (iLKq8)

74 I think I have a Fat Tire glass somewhere from a happy hour. My prized crappy glass was a big Crown beer mug from an epic crawl in Songtan. Where is it? Who knows.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 03:01 PM (kpS4V)

I used to collect beer mugs. My favorite is one my kid sister brought home for me from her Germany trip. Ceramic, bearing the Berlin city crest and holds a proper liter. Took it to many a kegger back in the day..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 03:07 PM (nbLIj)

75 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 21, 2026 02:58 PM (qx7Zg)

I think that the meme was funny, but don't know how they'd get up there to paint all that graffiti

When we have to stop for a train, we often watch the art on the cars. Some of these people are rather talented . It's a shame the cat find a way to use this talent in a more productive way. Then again, if they're doing train car grafitti it means they probably aren't stabbing or robbing someone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 03:08 PM (lQ+/f)

76 I read they are having trouble with birds roosting on the letters and crapping.

Posted by: PaleRider
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Murder Bird Statue

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 03:08 PM (iLKq8)

77 "Stella! Stelllllllaaaaaaaaaa!!!!"

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 21, 2026 03:09 PM (X+xvk)

78 73: Depending on the size of the resealable bag I just use a twist tie or bag clip when their zip lock fails. The frozen veggies are annoying. I've cut the top with scissors so many times only to find that no, you had to open the ziplock on the one side to be able to reseal the bag. If their reseal is not going to be useable they should just save themselves the 1/2 cent per bag and not have the stinking ziplock at all.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 03:11 PM (PV+Zw)

79
71

I read they are having trouble with birds roosting on the letters and crapping.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 03:05 PM

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I would be surprised if that didn't happen. Nobody anticipated that, or a few people knew better but kept quiet?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 21, 2026 03:12 PM (lsrsS)

80 I know I haven't changed my opinion on anything since I was 11.

UK Approves Trans Puberty Blockers for Children as Young as 11

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:13 PM (ndZc7)

81 Then again, if they're doing train car grafitti it means they probably aren't stabbing or robbing someone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 03:08 PM (lQ+/f)
But isn't the theme of the grafitti all about stabbing or robbing people?

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:14 PM (LHPAg)

82 Then again, if they're doing train car grafitti it means they probably aren't stabbing or robbing someone.

Yeah ... if they're defacing or taking somebody else's shit ... it couldn't be that bad.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:16 PM (P5MQi)

83 A thug shortage.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:04 PM (ndZc7)

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Please, "a pyrsyn experiencing thuggishness."

Posted by: NY Times Style Sheet at June 21, 2026 03:17 PM (PiwSw)

84 Rosie O’Donnell Claims Trump Will Use an “Assassination Attempt or a Terrorist Bombing” to Cancel Midterms

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So he's going to fake another assassination attempt.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:17 PM (ndZc7)

85 >>> 83 A thug shortage.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:04 PM (ndZc7)

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Please, "a pyrsyn experiencing thuggishness."
Posted by: NY Times Style Sheet at June 21, 2026 03:17 PM (PiwSw)

I thought it was " a pyrsyn involved in the justice system".

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 03:18 PM (R+iUD)

86 So he's going to fake another assassination attempt.

I've bitched about him all day. But credit where credit is due. The Old Man showed a bit of "color" on the last one.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:19 PM (P5MQi)

87 Your prayers have been answered!

Yeah, Baby! Mike Myers Confirms “Austin Powers 4” in the Works

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)

88 >>>I will revel in discarding...pretty much everything!

Um, that sounds like more than spring cleaning?

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:20 PM (6wpGE)

89 Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:14 PM (LHPAg

It's in no recognizable language to me. Maybe it's their initials or something.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 03:20 PM (looXz)

90 1st World Economic Problems.
KTVU
@KTVU
A decline in car break-ins across Oakland is being welcomed as a public safety win, but it is also contributing to a downturn for some local auto glass repair businesses.
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A thug shortage.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:04 PM (ndZc7)
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Have you ever witnessed the anger of the good shopkeeper, James B., when his careless son happened to break a pane of glass? If you have been present at such a scene, you will most assuredly bear witness to the fact, that every one of the spectators, were there even thirty of them, by common consent apparently, offered the unfortunate owner this invariable consolation--"It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Everybody must live, and what would become of the glaziers if panes of glass were never broken?"

Posted by: Zombie Bastiat at June 21, 2026 03:20 PM (2tnrG)

91 I'll see your 'Stella' and raise you a Falstaff Goblet … which was also used to serve root beer at Frostop …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 21, 2026 03:20 PM (ayRl+)

92 Posted by: Euro Trash Beer

hahahaha

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:21 PM (6wpGE)

93 I still keep a pilsner glass just for the occasional bottle. And a pint glass as well.

Right now ? Miller High Life Lite out of a bottle.
Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:04 PM (P5MQi)

Since my move to Florida, I keep my pint glasses in the freezer. Otherwise, I'd have to pound every beer if I wanted to enjoy it cold. I do find a pint glass is the superior delivery system for beer, properly bathing the tongue while the foam plays into my sinuses for a fully immersive experience. I understand the utility of drinking straight from the bottle or can when on the beach or in a boat, but at home, nothing beats a frosted glass...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 03:22 PM (nbLIj)

94 I've bitched about him all day. But credit where credit is due. The Old Man showed a bit of "color" on the last one.
Posted by: Howdy

Eddie Scarry: New York Times Writers Are Mad About the War Ending. That Means Trump Is on the Right Track

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:23 PM (ndZc7)

95 >>> 91 I'll see your 'Stella' and raise you a Falstaff Goblet … which was also used to serve root beer at Frostop …
Posted by: Dr_No at June 21, 2026 03:20 PM (ayRl+)

I'd never heard of this so had to look it up. You can get it in a some hardware stores, and there are even a few drive-ins remaining:
https://frostop.com/drive-in

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 03:23 PM (R+iUD)

96 Stella was a scam

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8wFCXsygs

Posted by: Syme993 at June 21, 2026 03:25 PM (wNgri)

97 Eddie Scarry: New York Times Writers Are Mad About the War Ending. That Means Trump Is on the Right Track

It is honestly ... about me and my wife. If she caught cancer - and I had the cure ? She'd rather die.

That's politics today.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:25 PM (P5MQi)

98 I guess whores stick together.

Gov. Hochul Extends Free Healthcare for Sex Workers with NY Taxpayers Footing the Bill

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:26 PM (ndZc7)

99
It's in no recognizable language to me. Maybe it's their initials or something.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 03:20 PM (looXz)
They all mean something.

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:27 PM (LHPAg)

100 >>> 98 I guess whores stick together.

Gov. Hochul Extends Free Healthcare for Sex Workers with NY Taxpayers Footing the Bill
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:26 PM (ndZc7)

She's just trying to help the NY tourism industry.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 03:27 PM (R+iUD)

101 I used to have a glass from McDonalds that had the ingredients of a Big Mac in several different languages on it. All you had to do was recite them in less than five seconds. Got it in the mid 70s. Mom threw it out because there was lead in the paint.

Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, onions, pickles on a sesame seed bun.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2UnvF)

102 Only fags have beer glasses shaped in this fashion. If I can't get a proper pint and am caught with one of these schooners, you can clip my man card.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 03:27 PM (fkjGs)

103 They all mean something.
Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:27 PM (LHPAg)

Yes, I'm sure it does, but I'm not part of the hood so I can't translate it. It's just that the use of the colors and shapes shows some artistic ability by these folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 03:30 PM (jtjbl)

104 Ilike glasses for the drink, wine types, rock glass for scotch
No reason to be uncivilized

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 03:30 PM (qEb4U)

105 Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, onions, pickles on a sesame seed bun.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2UnvF)
Damnit, Lowell. Now I want a Big Mac and I haven't had one in 20 years. Same as a Royale, right?

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:30 PM (LHPAg)

106 57 My cupboard still looks like college. Stray mugs, glasses, whatevers as if from former roommates, people who dropped by, thrift shops, something nice that somehow hasn't broken yet. I've given away everything in moves a few times, but somehow it all keeps reassembling itself in my house.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 21, 2026 02:52 PM (XJ22o)

You've described my cabinets. Exactly.

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:30 PM (6wpGE)

107 Good news, everyone!

Earth May Survive the Sun’s Fiery Death in New Study That Flips Science on Its Head

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 03:32 PM (ndZc7)

108 Earth May Survive the Sun’s Fiery Death in New Study That Flips Science on Its Head

Next we're gonna' learn that biocarbons from below the ground come from ... get this ... the extreme heat and pressure from below the ground. With a massive assist from a great big nuke reaction in the sky.

Not from dino matter. You know ... not finite.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:34 PM (P5MQi)

109 Same as a Royale, right?
Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:30 PM (LHPAg)

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Royale is the quarter pounder. Euro weenies use Royale because they use the metric system like all countries who haven't been to the moon.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:35 PM (2UnvF)

110 Absolute Dictator AOP would station snipers in railyards and other sites known for "tagger" activity. Said snipers to be equipped with integrally suppressed paintball guns. The paintballs would include powerful dyes that bond to protein in human skin, so the splat won't wash off, plus a dollop of blistering agent, like mustard gas. Not enough to be lethal, just enough hurt real good, and make them seek medical attention. Then they could be arrested at the ER.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2026 03:35 PM (1z8ji)

111 Not enough to be lethal, just enough hurt real good, and make them seek medical attention. Then they could be arrested at the ER.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2026 03:35 PM (1z8ji)

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Harsh, but fair.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:37 PM (2UnvF)

112 Absolute Dictator AOP would station snipers in railyards and other sites known for "tagger" activity.

Gotta' say ... I would lure AOC in with something like a ride in a big truck. Maybe some fishing. Then I'd put on some old school Alabama on the radio. Subtle.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:38 PM (P5MQi)

113
Royale is the quarter pounder. Euro weenies use Royale because they use the metric system like all countries who haven't been to the moon.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:35 PM (2UnvF)
Only time I ever heard of a Royale was in the movie Pulp Fiction.

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:39 PM (LHPAg)

114 101 Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, onions, pickles on a sesame seed bun.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2UnvF)

pickles, onions

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:41 PM (6wpGE)

115 I am down to only two beer pint glasses, as my Budweiser broke due my carelessness. It was given me by a Bud girl working the local liquor store in New Jersey. She said if I bought a 12 pack, I'd get the glass, and she could finally go home. Not a Bud drinker normally, but what the hell, her smile and look if relief was worth it.

The second glass came from The Flying Fish Brewing Co, a place I frequented in PA. That one just disappeared and I suspect it was broken by someone. I have a spare, and the other survivor is from the Back Bay Brewing Company, a Boston establish of which I have many fond memories..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 03:41 PM (nbLIj)

116 Only time I ever heard of a Royale was in the movie Pulp Fiction.
Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:39 PM (LHPAg)

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Same, but I'm still gonna use it to make fun of the euros.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:41 PM (2UnvF)

117 >>>Soon though, my village's semi-monthly bulk pickup

It's glass, so it's recyclable.

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:43 PM (6wpGE)

118 ot: If you need a Wildfire containment for your lab you're vaccine isn't ready for people.

Posted by: DaveA at June 21, 2026 03:44 PM (FhXTo)

119 pickles, onions
Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:41 PM (6wpGE)

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I almost went back and changed it but I figured I had a 50/50 shot. Plus, it was fifty some odd years ago and I can't believe I remembered as much as I did.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:44 PM (2UnvF)

120 119 pickles, onions
Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:41 PM (6wpGE)

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I almost went back and changed it but I figured I had a 50/50 shot. Plus, it was fifty some odd years ago and I can't believe I remembered as much as I did.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:44 PM (2UnvF)

Whatta team! *highfive*

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:44 PM (6wpGE)

121 I would welcome the sun wiping us out, at least the global warming crowd would STFU

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 03:45 PM (qEb4U)

122 I recall my first job out of college (actually started in my last semester). They provided a very nice 1985 two tone Ford XLT pick-up with electric windows even!

My daily routine included getting off work, stopping at the local pac-n-sac and getting two, count 'em two, Stellas for my drive home from near Hobby airport to Meyerland in Houston.

That was totally legal in those days.

Posted by: DanMan at June 21, 2026 03:45 PM (8uzBS)

123 Stella in Europe is a thing of beauty, but here it's dreck. And it's loaded with preservatives, I think of the HFC variety, to make it shelf stable. Hubs liked it occasionally but it sent his gout into another solar system. No bueno.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at June 21, 2026 03:46 PM (p1D+n)

124 OT- u like the awful obituary for the actress from Alf who had a burning hatred for Trump, politics first even seem to be mentioned I. This obit. It's for James Burrows who directed "Cheers", Mary Tyler Moore show and other sit coms:

"But beyond his remarkable achievements, Burrows will be remembered for something even greater: his kindness, generosity, and unwavering belief in the people around him,” his family said in its statement. “He possessed a rare ability to make everyone better and was known for remembering every person he met by name, making colleagues at every level feel seen, valued, and appreciated"

Sounds like a very nice guy Full story at Legal Insurrection" site.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 03:46 PM (looXz)

125 FWP: I guess my landlord finally got tired of seeing all of the shit piling up in my yard and decided to get me a permit for the local dumping yard and landfill. I ain't paying to dump that stuff get me a county permit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 03:47 PM (fkjGs)

126 I read they are having trouble with birds roosting on the letters and crapping.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 03:05 PM (PV+Zw)
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This, too, is the story of Obama.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 21, 2026 03:47 PM (amcLV)

127 Insert:
Lauren Sanchez swaps sultry dresses for leggings as she flaunts her all-natural beauty in rare glam-free photo in honor of Father's Day
_DM

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 03:47 PM (iLKq8)

128 KTVU
@KTVU
A decline in car break-ins across Oakland is being welcomed as a public safety win, but it is also contributing to a downturn for some local auto glass repair businesses.

Next report:
A decline in street gang murders is contributing to a downturn in mortuary businesses and the layoff of several grave diggers.

Film at 11

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 21, 2026 03:47 PM (MNCvZ)

129 Sorry, typos . Politics doesn't even seem
To to be metioned.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 03:48 PM (looXz)

130 I would welcome the sun wiping us out, at least the global warming crowd would STFU
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 03:45 PM (qEb4U)

I get it ... but Fuck No. I just enjoy the idea of things getting a little less easy.

Because that is all it will take.

And then you'll see certain folks here pissing and moaning. But not for long. Because their ability to emote online will just stop.

And then I'll like that much more. I'm like that.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 03:48 PM (P5MQi)

131 126 I read they are having trouble with birds roosting on the letters and crapping.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 03:05 PM (PV+Zw)
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This, too, is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 21, 2026 03:47 PM (amcLV)

This is MAGA Country!

Posted by: What the Chicago birds are saying at June 21, 2026 03:49 PM (PiwSw)

132 126 I read they are having trouble with birds roosting on the letters and crapping.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 03:05 PM (PV+Zw)
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This, too, is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 21, 2026 03:47 PM (amcLV)

They're coming home to roost.

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:49 PM (6wpGE)

133 What's a 'queef' … ? (asking for a friend …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 21, 2026 03:49 PM (ayRl+)

134 It would be nice to have a set of beer chalices without the Stella logo on them, in my opinion.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 21, 2026 03:49 PM (EI0rs)

135 Been decades, but found German beer here and there a world of different

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 03:49 PM (qEb4U)

136 Tower of All Caps Comments. Behold the SCOAMF South Side Shit Hole.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 21, 2026 03:49 PM (b84UO)

137 132 126 I read they are having trouble with birds roosting on the letters and crapping.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 03:05 PM (PV+Zw)
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This, too, is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 21, 2026 03:47 PM (amcLV)

They're coming home to roost.
Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:49 PM (6wpGE)

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Nice!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2026 03:49 PM (PiwSw)

138 120 119 pickles, onions
Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:41 PM (6wpGE)

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I almost went back and changed it but I figured I had a 50/50 shot. Plus, it was fifty some odd years ago and I can't believe I remembered as much as I did.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2026 03:44 PM (2UnvF)

Whatta team! *highfive*
Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:44 PM (6wpGE)
You've convinced me to take Mrs. E to McDonalds for supper.

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:51 PM (LHPAg)

139 You've convinced me to take Mrs. E to McDonalds for supper.
Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 03:51 PM (LHPAg)
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Hot apple pies return in 2 days.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 21, 2026 03:52 PM (amcLV)

140 57, 106> Random drinkware in cupboard.

No collection of eclectic cups is complete without the indestructible dark red Pizza Hut tumbler.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 21, 2026 03:52 PM (a4flb)

141 I'll see your 'Stella' and raise you a Falstaff Goblet … which was also used to serve root beer at Frostop …
Posted by: Dr_No

I'd never heard of this so had to look it up. You can get it in a some hardware stores, and there are even a few drive-ins remaining:
https://frostop.com/drive-in
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Somewhere, a manufacturer of Black hair-care products wants a trademark battle.

Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2026 03:52 PM (VHUov)

142 FWP here… gotta actually do some work next week.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 21, 2026 03:52 PM (3Ope8)

143 On Father's Day, happiness is your oldest son sending this link:

https://shorturl.at/1Iv6s

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 21, 2026 03:56 PM (kOluj)

144 I saw apple pies are back, use to love them

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 03:56 PM (qEb4U)

145 What's a 'queef' … ? (asking for a friend …

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 03:57 PM (Kt19C)

146 a queef is a pussy fart

Posted by: DanMan at June 21, 2026 04:00 PM (8uzBS)

147 This is actually funny since myself and the SIL just did a cleanout of the liquor cabinet today. Ok, the the SIL did the cleanout while I "supervised". A lot of "one-off" glasses got relegated to the bin. A couple bottles (nearly empty) also got tossed. One or two (nearly empty) bottles got,...umm,...emptied and relegated. Nice Father's Day afternoon.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at June 21, 2026 04:01 PM (7kJyR)

148 Get cleaned up and upstairs
FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 04:02 PM (qEb4U)

149 Stella Artois is brewed by AB Inbev of Belgium, who is also the parent of Anheuiser-Busch - the maker of Bud Light. Since I have never cared for Anheuiser-Busch beers, and therefore don't drink Budweiser, I was unable to participate in the Bud Light boycott. So I stopped drinking Stella Artois as a kind of vicarious boycott.

Just in case you need an excuse to trash a perfectly usable glass.

Posted by: b at June 21, 2026 04:04 PM (bufu1)

Another mRNA Vaccine? Really?

The science of vaccines and the resulting public health miracles are one of the glories of Western Civilization. We eradicated Small Pox, have marvelous vaccines for Rabies, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and a slew of childhood diseases that can be dangerous like Pertusis (Whooping Cough), Mumps, and Measles.

But the arrogance of the government medical establishment, coupled with good old grifting conspired to create a "modern" vaccine for a manufactured disease that has destroyed the trust that most Americans had for the once-vaunted FDA and its offshoots, and the medical establishment that carried its water during the catastrophically destructive COVID fiasco.

They created a disease, they lied about its origins, they used it to destroy our civil liberties and manipulate the country to be more compliant, and perhaps worst of all, they sabotaged possible treatments to favor their dangerous and expensive vaccine and treatments.

So why should the American people think that all of those failings have magically disappeared, and the new and improved FDA/Pharma/Deep State is any more invested in the health and well being of America?

FDA Advisers Recommend Approving First mRNA Influenza Vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration should approve the first messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for influenza, the agency’s vaccine advisory panel said on June 18.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee in a unanimous vote advised the FDA to approve an mRNA flu shot from Moderna for adults aged 50 and older.

The same mRNA technology that is implicated in some serious side effects? The same mRNA technology that was used to create the COVID vaccine that was famously awful? And all for a disease that has shifting antigens that are very difficult to identify quickly enough to create an effective vaccine? The flu vaccine works adequately, but it is by no means impressive, and the mRNA vaccine won't change that, so why risk the documented side effects of an mRNA vaccine when the traditional vaccine is safe?

Oh. Look! Money!

“The presented data do indicate efficacy against flu with no safety signals,” Dr. Hana El Sahly, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine and committee member who worked on a trial for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, said after the vote.

First of all, this harridan should have never been allowed on the committee because she has a clear conflict of interest in making mRNA vaccines mainstream. Second, she is a liar. Their own data show a higher risk of complications, but she uses typical biomedical weasel-words to avoid admitting that..."no safety signals?" what the f*ck does that mean?

Traditional vaccines work wonderfully. Until mRNA vaccines are shown to be equal to or better than traditional vaccines, in particular for diseases that by definition cannot be eradicated or whose vaccine is only marginally effective, we should be very, very suspicious!

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 Gokd afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2
g'early afternoon, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 21, 2026 12:03 PM (AMvSw)

3 .
"They" just did "it" wrong before. It'll work this time.

Posted by: Marooned at June 21, 2026 12:04 PM (kt8QE)

4 Profits must be down at Big Pharma.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 12:04 PM (jehhT)

5 Howdy, CBD! Hope you've been able to live down the slanderous labelings of the NoVaMoMe Morons...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 21, 2026 12:05 PM (kOluj)

6 To me they shot themselves in the foot, so don't cry to me on common sence gun control.
Ihave serious doubts about any vaccinations anymore.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:05 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Step one: Create new disease!
Step two: Offer a radical new cure!
Step three: Profit! $$$

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 12:07 PM (gnNyN)

8 Also, spot-on assessment. Pineapple proctology is better treatment than these lying whores deserve.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 21, 2026 12:08 PM (kOluj)

9 I spent my adult life running the inoculation gauntlet (sometimes literally, with two lines of corpsmen jabbing me right and left like it was an initiation rite) and getting the annual flu shot. I loved in high density areas and traveled to exotic locales.

Now that I live the life of a suburban hermit I see little need, and shrug it all off.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 12:09 PM (kpS4V)

10 for adults aged 50 and older.

... I see they do have a plan to make Social Security solvent

Posted by: SMOD at June 21, 2026 12:10 PM (O7XEN)

11 Lived, not loved! Ha!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 12:11 PM (kpS4V)

12 I AM NOT A PIN CUSHION !!!!!

Posted by: Case at June 21, 2026 12:11 PM (IY9No)

13 >>> 3 .
"They" just did "it" wrong before. It'll work this time.
Posted by: Marooned at June 21, 2026 12:04 PM (kt8QE)

We have the Right People In Charge!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 12:11 PM (R+iUD)

14 That is quite the image for the man once portrayed as America’s scientific hero.

By Inauguration Day morning, Fauci and his legal team reportedly had their eyes locked on one goal: getting that pardon signed, sealed, and safely accepted.

Martin confirmed that the pardons were being pumped out by autopen rather than Joe Biden himself.

He explained that, legally speaking, the presidential pardon power is near absolute.

Posted by: SMOD at June 21, 2026 12:12 PM (O7XEN)

15 My wife passed away last year after a brief illness. Up until then, she was healthy as a horse. Cause of death was Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP). Duration from onset of symptoms to death was about three months.

Now, I'm reading that there have been individual case reports along with studies finding a link between TTP and the mRNA vaccines.

Covid didn't kill my wife, but the vaccine may have.

Fuck Fauci.

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

16 Here's the best safety signal of all: if you pick up a mainstream publication and read something like "this major publication is offering a news item based on the based on testimony of this expert, whose expertise is endorsed by another major institution of quality learing and also the government," then run for your muthahphukkin' life, brotha.

This concludes this public service announcement.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 12:12 PM (BI5O2)

17 This will also be "Trump's Vaccine" until it isn't.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 12:14 PM (R+iUD)

18 .
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How Vaccines Work.
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Put about one centimeter cubed of liquid immune system antagonist, (AKA vaccine,) into an interstitial space of about one micron cubed in sacrificial tissue where said immune system can learn from said antagonist. Trust the science, the vaccine will not escape into the vascular and lymphatic capillaries which have been ripped apart by the overwhelming volume of antagonist.

Posted by: Marooned at June 21, 2026 12:15 PM (kt8QE)

19 If our ruling class says something is good and you should do it, it is bad and it will hurt you.

It's not they just care about their own power and don't have your best interests at heart. They actively hate you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 12:16 PM (BI5O2)

20 Step one: Create new disease!
Step two: Offer a radical new cure!
Step three: Profit! $$$
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 12:07 PM (gnNyN)

This was the plot of Mission Impossible II IIRC. Life imitated art only with no car chases or gunfights. And big Pharma made bank as the citizenry acted like the sheep they are.

Posted by: The FDA is captive. And can suck my balls. at June 21, 2026 12:16 PM (TbWk/)

21 I still remember Fauci predictig their plot to overthrow President Trump

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:18 PM (Ia/+0)

22 This was the plot of Mission Impossible II IIRC. Life imitated art only with no car chases or gunfights. And big Pharma made bank as the citizenry acted like the sheep they are.
Posted by: The FDA is captive. And can suck my balls. at June 21, 2026 12:16 PM (TbWk/)
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Yep. It's also the plot of "Mount Dragon" by Preston & Child.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 12:21 PM (gnNyN)

23 Am a pure blood. Nein to the Mrna clot shot and any injections of any kind. So far so good.Includes our children and grandchildren. Never trust medicoes again.

Posted by: kingsman at June 21, 2026 12:21 PM (ehY6c)

24 I would think this administration knows what Fauci did and why. That they apparently are not at all interested in pursuing him tells me that they believe his pardon is sound or the administration thinks he has information that would damage Trump, perhaps severely.

Any or all of that. Despite the perpetual bitching and moaning from the public to do something.

Which makes me wonder why there's been no attempted hit on the guy or a go-fund-me type effort to hire someone to do a snatch-n-grab. Despite his security crew... which for the right price would likely give him up anyway.

*shrugs* Lots of stompy feet... no action.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)

25 For all of the world's technical and medical knowledge and advancements, the Wuhan Red Death proved most people are stupid and would rub ivermectin on their assholes 3 times a day and bark at the moon while wearing their knitted masks from some hollywood celebrity if the government told them to. I wonder what ever became of those old farts who dressed up like Moon Men just to go out to eat? Hilarious.

Posted by: It Was All A Scam at June 21, 2026 12:23 PM (g7saB)

26 Afternoon everyone. Thx CBD.
Happy Father's Day to all the daddys.

Given the cover up of the VAERS data on the COVID vaccines I think approving another mRNA is juuuust a bit premature

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 21, 2026 12:24 PM (L9YhZ)

27 I did get the new, improved shingles vaccine -- but that's it. I am done with vaccines, except for tetanus when it comes due again. I am always poking myself or stepping on something weird and I've never had issues in the past -- that I know of.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 21, 2026 12:30 PM (DK5Sh)

28 If your mRNA vaccine causes blood clots in your lungs or you require a respirator, seek consultation with your medical provider before taking further boosters.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 12:30 PM (fkjGs)

29 Article at American Thinker brought up this Auto-Pen pardons. Brought up only one of the thousands he signed only 1 personally, Hunter's.. We have to be suspicious of all these signed without providence. Anyone could have got a hold of thatlike itcwas a college prank.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:31 PM (Ia/+0)

30 Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

Posted by: YosemiteSatchmo at June 21, 2026 12:32 PM (tlMsu)

31 Trump pushed through his vaccine at warp speed
Morons applauded

Posted by: Paul at June 21, 2026 12:34 PM (cfeRq)

32 I probably should get shingles vax but as this problem they caused isn't making me run to get one.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Ia/+0)

33 "Step one: Create new disease!
Step two: Offer a radical new cure!
Step three: Profit! $$$" Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

It helps if between one and two, there is a 1B: Kill a bunch of people, and promote a fear campaign (led by MSM).

Posted by: illiniwek at June 21, 2026 12:36 PM (vbXSk)

34 Until mRNA vaccines are shown to be equal to or better than traditional vaccines, in particular for diseases that by definition cannot be eradicated or whose vaccine is only marginally effective, we should be very, very suspicious!

Unless Christ Himself comes to Earth and says that mRNA vaccines are the bomb, I shall never trust them. I'm not a research beagle.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 21, 2026 12:36 PM (ExV1e)

35 Still waiting for the Nuremburg 2.0 to expose all of this in one venue. Weird how no definitive documentary has been made. Weird.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 21, 2026 12:38 PM (diia5)

36 No thanks. Not interested

I don’t even get the traditional flu shot anymore since the covid debacle. Trust gone

BTW… I haven’t had flu since before covid

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 21, 2026 12:39 PM (26GAh)

37 Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there in the moron universe.

I called my son and wished him a Happy Father's Day, he wished the same to me.

I haven't had a government sponsored shot for anything since the 80's when a flu shot made me sick for a week. I got the pass around sickness of the week when my son was in the public education school system, got all my immunity boosters from him too.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 21, 2026 12:39 PM (Q/FnY)

38 31 But at time while it was still of unknown origin. A disease comes up and a quick cure is needed it was looking like a great accomplishment. President Trump didn't pay to have that virus brought to the country and world.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:40 PM (Ia/+0)

39 The last thing big medicine wants to do is cure people of anything. It would be like police departments wanting crime to end. Bad for business.

Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 12:40 PM (3cXW4)

40 I renewed my tetanus vax a year or so ago, though getting any shot makes me wonder what else they might try to sneak in, for my own good. Tetanus shot should be every ten years I think, had been about 30 years for me. Some say they are not necessary because odds of getting tetanus are so low ... idk.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 21, 2026 12:41 PM (vbXSk)

41 This Baylor doc… female with middle name Mohammed? I looked up her page at Baylor… full name Hana Mohammed El Sahly…. I’m not interested in her opinion

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 21, 2026 12:41 PM (26GAh)

42 I hear that there is an AI created mRNA vax uo for human trials soon. This it?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 12:41 PM (4tsnh)

43 I recently got a new doc because I moved. At initial appointment he’s pressuring me to get shingles vax… I may find another doc. Don’t like being pressured

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 21, 2026 12:43 PM (26GAh)

44 Covid didn't kill my wife, but the vaccine may have.

Fuck Fauci.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 21, 2026 12:12 PM (J4Dwc)

My brother died from his stomach cancer. Something his doctor said would not happen. That prognosis was delivered circa 2019. Three years post COVID vax (not sure but think it was J&J), the cancer stopped responding to the chemo, and he was gone within months. He also had a sizeable blood clot in his left leg. Blood clots do not run in our family.

We argued over the wisdom of taking an experimental vaccine for a virus that seemed no worse than the flu. His information came from mainstream media, where mine came from talk radio and medical experts who were able to get their message out before getting shut down.

Fauci has accomplices. May they all burn in hell..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 12:43 PM (nbLIj)

45 40 I renewed my tetanus vax a year or so ago, though getting any shot makes me wonder what else they might try to sneak in, for my own good. Tetanus shot should be every ten years I think, had been about 30 years for me. Some say they are not necessary because odds of getting tetanus are so low ... idk.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 21, 2026 12:41 PM (vbXSk)

The “experts” now say every 5-7 years.

I wonder if “experts” are paid vax companies which make more Money 5-7 vs 10.

Nah that’s just crazy conspiracy thinking. always trust the experts. And remember quadruple mask and stay 6ft apart.

Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 12:44 PM (3cXW4)

46 I may find another doc. Don’t like being pressured
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Check if there are any small or solo docs around

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 12:45 PM (4tsnh)

47 The obvious thing is to use all these proponents of the next mRNA vaxx for a twenty year trial--pharma execs, doctors, nurses, regulators approving them, and if they drop dead, then we have a pretty good idea whether or not the vaxx might work before releasing them on the unsuspecting public.

No one is clamoring other than Big Pharma for mRNA vaxxes when other conventional vaxxes exist and it will actually cause a lot more people to simply skip vaccines altogether due to distrust of exactly what is in the vaccine.

Own goal for the rather stupid and manipulative public health community.

Posted by: whig at June 21, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

48 Aside from the listed negatives with mRNA vaccine(s) that were shown by COVID I personally will make every effort to avoid every taking a Moderna vaccine. Gates is probably mostly interested in sterilization as a side effect and that is not a factor from my old as dirt self; but I wouldn't put it past him and his Moderna staff to try to sneak in something that makes us old fogies more likely to die and I don't want to give them one red cent, even if I thought they had the best product at a cheaper price.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 12:47 PM (PV+Zw)

49 Some dystopian movie should have a mostly destroyed landscape with Barack's monument to himself left.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:47 PM (Ia/+0)

50
The big problem with mRNA is that flu mutates quickly and as shown in Covid,

the mRNA creates antibodies aimed at one single type of antigen target, and-

not aimed at multiple antigens like various proteins with the virus or bacteria.

It's "effectiveness" disappears within a single year.

It's a stupid way to vaccinate and needs much, much, much more testing. Probably, multiple years worth given the donkey-fucking carnival that was the covid mrna vaccine.

Do. Not. Want.

The regular flu vaccine is just fine.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 21, 2026 12:48 PM (iJfKG)

51 I think it'll be hard to con the rubes with another disease related operation. The pool of hardcore, mask wearing weirdos is thinning out. It's not like 2020 anymore.

Even some who took the covid operation seriously and did self isolation, perhaps without all the other horseshit, won't buy another op like it.

The next "compliance op" will be different. Probably "security" related. Run by the Democrats once they're back in power. And it'll be absolutely draconian.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 12:48 PM (jehhT)

52 Until mRNA vaccines are shown to be equal to or better than traditional vaccines, in particular for diseases that by definition cannot be eradicated or whose vaccine is only marginally effective, we should be very, very suspicious!

Its a genetic therapy. That's why Big Pharma is so excited about it. And frankly why Big Gub is so willing to go along.

It quite literally triggers your body to alter itself to produce new responses to a stimulus. Let that sink in. Now - this may be the first real step to a cancer cure. Or many others.

And lets be real about this. Generations some of you revere rushed their kids in to be the first test subjects for the original polio vaccine.

All that said to say this - its bullshit the way the entire industry is pushing it. But that's another example of the Government / Industry alliance we have now.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 12:49 PM (P5MQi)

53 I don't trust them not to double up on some vax you think your getting.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:49 PM (Ia/+0)

54 Check if there are any small or solo docs around
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 12:45 PM (4tsnh)

Those are pretty much extinct. Maybe in a small town there might be some remnants of the wild ways. But generally speaking doctors are now either employees of some (often PE backed) conglomerate or if they own the practice part of a network. Either way your health is the least of thejr concerns. Visits per hour and revenue per patient is what they care about.

Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 12:49 PM (3cXW4)

55 I have decided against the shingles vax, Skip.
Keeping my immune system up is my chosen approach.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 12:50 PM (4tsnh)

56 46 I may find another doc. Don’t like being pressured
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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All med insurance and gubmint specific payments to adminster to physicians and hospitals should be barred for drugs as well as vaccines.

It creates a bad incentive to push something nasty just for the doc to get their cash spiff.

And ban them advertising the damn stuff or refuse to let Big Pharma write off costs from that on taxes and no sidepasses to NGOs to encourage that shit.

Government in medicine and food has basically shit in its nest as far as believability because the political process is not the way you want to figure out treatments nor diet. They do bad enough just dealing with welfare.

Posted by: whig at June 21, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

57 You wanna see how insane the discussion with the left has gotten?

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jfoum/forums/show/39.page

Posted by: Jeff at June 21, 2026 12:51 PM (wEnou)

58 I may find another doc. Don’t like being pressured
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Just tell Doc Idiot that you have already had the shingles shot.

Posted by: Never Trust Them at June 21, 2026 12:51 PM (g7saB)

59 My longtime family dr is a solo practice. She scrapes by, great family dr, and I love her despite her being a lib.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 12:53 PM (4tsnh)

60 You wanna see how insane the discussion with the left has gotten?

That link doesn't work for me, but I saw on Fox this morning that there's an official, funded Antifa operation to fill the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with algae because Trump cleaned it.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 21, 2026 12:54 PM (QZThv)

61 Posted by: illiniwek at June 21, 2026 12:41 PM (vbXSk)

I got a tetanus shot about 6 years ago. Shortly before the "get the clot shot mania" The HMO gave me some combo that included Pertussis. Bit of a sore arm for a couple days was my only side effect but I was not thrilled at them sneaking in that Pertussis when I agreed to get a tetanus vaccine. I'll probably wait until the next time I get a puncture wound to get another tetanus shot, however long that is. Hopefully I haven't jinxed myself.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 12:54 PM (PV+Zw)

62 Speaking of retarded decision switch the left…

On Reddit there was a post by someone saying something like look how well of Europeans are they can take 6 weeks vacation to go to the World Cup. But in America everyone takes only a week vacation because it’s all they can afford. This was triggered by reports of how Mississippi has a higher GDP per capita than the UK.

Meanwhile there are a gazillions posts how the wild cup is so expensive nobody from Europe can afford to go. Also a lot of talk how Trump and his Gestapo ICE has scared foreigners from attending.

It’s crazy how they’ll say the exact opposite thing in the same breath and not skip a beat.

Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 12:55 PM (3cXW4)

63 lol, oh hell no.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 21, 2026 12:55 PM (VyBeY)

64 Algae antifa should be charged with bio terrorism

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 12:55 PM (hLhMb)

65 Its nothing new FWIW. In the 60s ? Psych meds. Doctors loved to prescribe psych meds.

Folks - what you're getting over is the credentialism that has been a hallmark of both parties. Republicans love Doctors and Cops. Democrats love Professors and Lawyers.

I'll just focus on this topic. Just because he or she is a Doctor ? Really no more trustworthy than any other contractor. Because that's all they are.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 12:57 PM (P5MQi)

66 Even during the hight of forcing the vax on people the lackof public service announcement of harmful effects was missing.
No If you take the Fake Vax, diarrhea, high blood pressure and clots could occur, stop.taking the Fake Vax if these symptoms occur.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:57 PM (Ia/+0)

67 >>>Trump pushed through his vaccine at warp speed
Morons applauded

Posted by: Paul

>Trump created the logistics to provide Fauci's vaccine. Did you see Trump in the lab personally mixing up a witches brew?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 12:58 PM (fkjGs)

68 I worked in a California school district throughout the lockdowns. It was decided the elementary and middle schools could open, and it was depressing to walk those campuses and see masked children getting hectored by hysterical adults to keep apart, and pull their masks up. The end section to "Another Brick in the Wall" kept looping through my brain - "Go on, do it again.."

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 12:58 PM (nbLIj)

69 Frankly I don't understand why even under the senile pervert the parks folks did not routinely add algaecide to the reflecting pool. Was there some tree hugger push that the reflecting pool needed to be like a natural pond with algae and frogs and fish etc?

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 12:59 PM (PV+Zw)

70 I had mild hypertension pre-Vax. Post J&J vax its a lot worse; need 4 meds now. Coincidental maybe.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 01:00 PM (hLhMb)

71 Trump created the logistics to provide Fauci's vaccine. Did you see Trump in the lab personally mixing up a witches brew?

No. But lets call it what it was. Trump was out front and center bitching at DeSantis for opening up FLA too soon. Trump - being what he is - put Fauci and Scarves front and center and whatever panic porn they told him was the gospel.

Trump did not cover himself in glory during Covid. And yes - Trump sold these shots as "the cure". To say he didn't is revisionist history.

He was publicly pissed that Big Pharma didn't announce them soon enough in the campaign cycle.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:01 PM (P5MQi)

72 Exactly one year after my 2nd Moderna shot when testing opened up again a biopsy showed stage 4 liver cancer. I’m convinced the jab caused the cancer . Had lotsa treatments and it’s under control but doc says we’re playing whack a mole and it’ll get me one day. I deeply regret getting those shots, I even asked the pharmacist if he’d vaccinate the garbage can and skip giving it to me but he refused

Posted by: kelly cereal lurker at June 21, 2026 01:01 PM (bn0S5)

73 We need a retard vaccine.

Posted by: Weasel at June 21, 2026 01:01 PM (GNqmQ)

74 Pardons do not shield perpetrators from civil liability or co-conspirators from criminal process.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 21, 2026 01:01 PM (lLWPg)

75 "It’s crazy how they’ll say the exact opposite thing in the same breath and not skip a beat. "

"the issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution."

even if it's just the 24/7 psy-op of spreading FUD about anything & everything ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 21, 2026 01:01 PM (VyBeY)

76 Prayers for you, Kelly Cereal

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 01:02 PM (pKd0j)

77 > ... but I saw on Fox this morning that there's an official, funded Antifa operation to fill the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with algae because Trump cleaned it.
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Purportedly the Park Police who oversee security at the monuments and memorials in the capitol city made a couple arrests last night as some idiots tried to mess with the reflecting pool (again.) One's said to be a former Olympic kayaker.

Why we're not putting the assholes behind Antifa's funding in a box is beyond me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 01:05 PM (jehhT)

78 Exactly one year after my 2nd Moderna shot when testing opened up again a biopsy showed stage 4 liver cancer. I’m convinced the jab caused the cancer.

And your conclusion is not impossible. Firstly - I wish you well and hope things are moving in the right direction.

Those of us that took it - and I took the original J&J - took a test genetic therapy. No two ways around it.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:06 PM (P5MQi)

79 Well, maybe it is happening.

@LeadingReport 7m
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign, per POTUS.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 21, 2026 01:06 PM (diia5)

80 Trump was taking advice from the most wicked authorities who. wanted to close the country

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)

81 won't buy another op like it.
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Most people didn't buy the first op. That's not the point. Government says "this is the op and between us and Karen, you're going to comply, or else."

It's not about people believing the lie. It's the opposite. The sillier the lie the better.

"This outbreak of mild skin rashes will extinguish the sun unless you superglue your testicles to your taint. Until we reach 89% ultratucking saturation, nobody gets to leave the house. Also, pants are now illegal. We're all in this together. Register at gluedeeznuts.com for your free tube of Cyanoacrylate Solidarity Adhesive brought to you by Pfizer and the Ad Council."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 01:07 PM (BI5O2)

82 Trump was taking advice from the most wicked authorities who. wanted to close the country
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)

Yes. He was. Which does not absolve him in the slightest. The buck stopped with him.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:08 PM (P5MQi)

83 It’s crazy how they’ll say the exact opposite thing in the same breath and not skip a beat.

Posted by: Heroq

Well, Reddit. But I have seen the video of the young woman ticking off her expenses to the tune of $55k and six weeks off. Definitely reminded me of the Coachellla influencers, so I'm going to guess that's her job, or she has rich parents. Maybe both.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 21, 2026 01:08 PM (yFLFB)

84 Meanwhile there are a gazillions posts how the wild cup is so expensive nobody from Europe can afford to go. Also a lot of talk how Trump and his Gestapo ICE has scared foreigners from attending.

The funniest I've seen yet is mass Bluesky REEEEEEE because a World Cup tourist was going on about flavored ice at Sonic. The female (of course) spokesthey/them said "Please don't use the word 'ice', we're going through some things here".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 21, 2026 01:08 PM (QZThv)

85 I was lucky, my work let me apply for, and approved, religious exemption for the clot shot. And at that they wanted to know "how will you keep co-workers safe?". During the period when they were strongly encouraging WFH, and folks had to schedule to be in office because they were keeping occupancy at no more than 25%, and then 50% and I was one of the folks who had zero interest in commuting to be in the office.

My riding buddy was "but you are not very religious" But I do identify as christian, and I have read the bible, and since it was all online its not like I had to have memorized chapter and verse for listing why I felt that getting the shot would violate my religious beliefs.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 01:08 PM (PV+Zw)

86 Good morning, glad I got here in time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:09 PM (iLKq8)

87 Why we're not putting the assholes behind Antifa's funding in a box is beyond me.

Scott Bessent said a few weeks ago that they were going to start doing that. I realize nothing in FedGov is as fast as we'd like, but now would be an excellent time.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 21, 2026 01:09 PM (QZThv)

88 Trump was taking advice from the most wicked authorities who. wanted to close the country

It was the ideal op to tie up a famously germophobic President, never mind someone old enough to still think experts know anything.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 21, 2026 01:11 PM (QZThv)

89 I don't even get the regular flu shot. I rarely get sick (and when I do, it's either 'just a bit under the weather' or several days too sick to leave the house). I shan't be taking this concoction and I'm currently unlikely to take the shingles vax when I get to that age either. I know the MMR and DPT _were_ relatively safe - a messed up kid like me survived 'em - but... are they still?

Posted by: RandomDave at June 21, 2026 01:13 PM (aJQbY)

90 Why we're not putting the assholes behind Antifa's funding in a box is beyond me.

Why isn't the SPLC getting raided right now ? Why does NAMBLA still have a public address ? And on and on and on.

It was brought up, by all places, on Fox Sports Radio a few days ago. Not a new idea. But I was surprised shit as superficial and sports media figured it out.

Because Consequences just don't happen anymore. Because Standards were so subjective before that. That's why you see so many feral people - really feral, not just stupid shit like hat indoors. Shit like "lets cut out white girls eyes on the bus".

That's why you see Mr. Diversity driving 90 down a 55. Because back in the day, Johnny Law used to like to pull people over and show them the busted tail-light they didn't have until he made one.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:14 PM (P5MQi)

91 Trump did not cover himself in glory during Covid. And yes - Trump sold these shots as "the cure". To say he didn't is revisionist history.
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He spent a lot of timing bragging about it in 2024 before he figured out why his crowds were booing him.

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:16 PM (vSvIl)

92 And lets be real about this. Generations some of you revere rushed their kids in to be the first test subjects for the original polio vaccine.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 12:49 PM (P5MQi)

The polio vaccine was declared safe and effective in 1955, six years after the virus was successfully cultured in human tissue. We still had adults running things back then, and the thought of rushing out a product to cash in on public hysteria never even entered the minds of that generation..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 01:18 PM (nbLIj)

93 91 Trump did not cover himself in glory during Covid. And yes - Trump sold these shots as "the cure". To say he didn't is revisionist history.

He f'ed up... He trusted them...
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Posted by: It's me donna at June 21, 2026 01:18 PM (dFjQQ)

94 71 ...Trump did not cover himself in glory during Covid. And yes - Trump sold these shots as "the cure". To say he didn't is revisionist history.

He was publicly pissed that Big Pharma didn't announce them soon enough in the campaign cycle.
Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:01 PM (P5MQi)

In hindsight - even though there were many voices both here and outside this blog that Trump was making a mistake - we could see that listening to authorities was a mistake.

That said, Trump and most of the rest of the world was acting on incomplete, imperfect information. As a leader, Trump not only had to think about the health of US citizens, but the world economy. The industrial world had, in effect, shut down. Supply chains were collapsing, and if there wasn't a way that the world could reasonably open again, secondary effects from a 'vaccine' would have been the least of our problems. The COVID shots (and I didn't take any of them) were the way the planet would have the confidence to open up again. For that alone, they were a success. Yes he made a mistake, but I don't think he has anything to be ashamed of. He never advocated forcing people to take it. It only had to exist.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:19 PM (DrlQb)

95 I wonder if this wondershot has been tested on approved subjects - the Fauci and Brix families, Members of Congress, FDA Advisors, and researchers from competing Big Pharma companies.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 21, 2026 01:19 PM (qx7Zg)

96 Thanks V mom and howdy it is what it is but the worst part…I’ve got 4 grandkids 10-16 yrs old and I want to live to see some grandbabbies!!

Posted by: kelly cereal lurker at June 21, 2026 01:19 PM (XRaX7)

97 Not ever getting a flu shot was my reason for not getting the Fake Vax

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 01:20 PM (Ia/+0)

98 "no safety signals"

Reminds me of a time I was working with vendors in China who were supposed to run regulatory testing on our device. It had been a while with no response from them, so I called them and asked if our device had passed testing.
"It hasn't failed", the guy on the other line said. Turned it it hadn't failed because it hadn't been tested. Bastards...LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:21 PM (l3cgK)

99 By the way Happy Fathers day to all of you Dads out there....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 21, 2026 01:21 PM (dFjQQ)

100 As a leader, Trump not only had to think about the health of US citizens, but the world economy.
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That's his excuse for Iran, too.

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:21 PM (vSvIl)

101 99 By the way Happy Fathers day to all of you Dads out there....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 21, 2026 01:21 PM (dFjQQ)

Thank you. I guess my job as a Dad doesn't end until I join my wife. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)

102 Polio terrified parents around the world for centuries. It destroyed my grandmother's leg. Of course they got the vaxx for my mom when they had the chance. Polio ruins lives, and no small number of them.

COVID didn't reap children like stalks of wheat.

It was a nasty cold.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 01:22 PM (BI5O2)

103 Trump did push for the clot shot but I don’t believe he ever suggested people should be forced to take it against their will.

Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 01:23 PM (3cXW4)

104 100 As a leader, Trump not only had to think about the health of US citizens, but the world economy.
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That's his excuse for Iran, too.

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:21 PM (vSvIl)

When a patient has cancer, the best option is to kill and remove the cancer, if possible...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:23 PM (l3cgK)

105 Until mRNA vaccines are shown to be equal to or better than traditional vaccines, in particular for diseases that by definition cannot be eradicated or whose vaccine is only marginally effective, we should be very, very suspicious!
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Don't worry, they are mandating it for your dogs.
Share and share alike.

They/ the local tyrants, mandated vets to register and tax tag every local pet. We took ours out of the city for rabies shots.
Regulators want us to buy permits for everything and their clerks want to log it.

youtube.com/watch?v=eyCuIBDjehg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:25 PM (iLKq8)

106 Trump and the GOP’s response to the China Virus was a) print trillions of dollars and b) rush an untested vaccine to market

Then Biden/Dems doubled down on the spending and forced everyone to take the vax.

It was a shit show all around.

Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 01:26 PM (3cXW4)

107 100 As a leader, Trump not only had to think about the health of US citizens, but the world economy.
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That's his excuse for Iran, too.
Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:21 PM (vSvIl)

And he's not wrong there, either. How soon we forget the problems that North Korea - tiny PRK - can cause the world for simply existing. Iran's actions over the last four months prove what damage they can do to the world simply by not being as isolated as PRK. I don't hear a single serious person say that there's nothing to worry about with the IRGC - even if they are saying that the threat isn't immanent.

We're not the policemen of the world, but there are some things that only we can do. Iran is a mistake that Reagan neglected to fix, and we've paid the price for that ever since. If we can fix it - and we can - there's no reason why we shouldn't try.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:26 PM (DrlQb)

108 102 Polio terrified parents around the world for centuries. It destroyed my grandmother's leg. Of course they got the vaxx for my mom when they had the chance. Polio ruins lives, and no small number of them.

COVID didn't reap children like stalks of wheat.

It was a nasty cold.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 01:22 PM (BI5O2)

Children were basically safe from it unless they had weakened immune system or comorbidities. Folks like me and my wife, on the other hand, had comorbidities (and immunosuppression in my case), so more of an issue. I got the jab exactly 2x. I caught COVID and survived, already improving even before I got the monoclonal antibody treatment.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)

109 Trump fell for the Covid B.S. They did take advantage of his germaphobia. But at that, Trump thought he was cutting red tape so that high risk people could get the vaccine. It was after Nov 2020, with the Joe Bribeme admin, and the FNM who pushes commie narratives for free and other narratives when the price is right, that it became "everybody has to be vaccinated to save grandma, and/or end the masking and isolation rules ".

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 01:26 PM (PV+Zw)

110 100 As a leader, Trump not only had to think about the health of US citizens, but the world economy.
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That's his excuse for Iran, too.

Posted by: Methos
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It's not an excuse it's a job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:27 PM (iLKq8)

111 I have so many tied for first place for the most punchable face. Jonah Goldberg joined the list.

The entire CNN panel agreed JD Vance was very good at interviews and responding to tough (biased) questioning. All except fat ass , low intellect , thieving Goldberg. He actually called him a liar but of course not saying what he was lying about.

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:27 PM (KC5Lt)

112 I lost a 59 year-old cousin to COVID. He was obese with diabeetus...so comorbidities.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:27 PM (l3cgK)

113 Iran is a mistake that Reagan neglected to fix, and we've paid the price for that ever since. If we can fix it - and we can - there's no reason why we shouldn't try.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Giving Iran’s thug dictator leaders $300B ain’t fixing shit.

Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 01:28 PM (3cXW4)

114 Next time let's elect a Doctor for President.

Posted by: Case at June 21, 2026 01:28 PM (IY9No)

115 109 Trump fell for the Covid B.S.
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BS, he mentioned several alternatives but was jammed by bureaucrats, regulators, and turncoats.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:29 PM (iLKq8)

116 I seem to recall that during the first couple months of the covid hysteria there wasn't a clear understanding of what the thing was.... bio-engineered death bug or what. So that certainly had an influence on anyone who didn't have the inside scoop on it. And I think Fauci and his co--conspirators knew what it was and hid it to push an agenda.

Whether that agenda was theirs alone, (I tend to think not) or foreign influenced (I think it was) didn't really matter if nobody outside a handful of people knew what covid really was.

Pardon(s) or not... Fauci and his co-conspirators need to hang. But they won't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 01:29 PM (jehhT)

117 114 Next time let's elect a Doctor for President.

Posted by: Case
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Dr. Hotez, I hear he's great.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:29 PM (iLKq8)

118 Another way to look at it is this: people will always remember Jonas Salk as a hero of medicine. They will always remember Tony Fauci as a fucking butcher.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 01:30 PM (BI5O2)

119 He was publicly pissed that Big Pharma didn't announce them soon enough in the campaign cycle.
Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:01 PM (P5MQi)

and that is how you came to vote for Biden and Kamala Harris. I am proud how you stick to your principles no matter what they turn out to be. Only a Hero man, only a Hero.

Never swerve, and never turn away from the consequences of your decision!

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

120 Salk was a butcher, too, YD

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

121 Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 01:29 PM (jehhT)

My late January/early February, someone had performed a DNA/RNA analysis of the virus and found that it had features that could not have existed together in nature via intermixing or mutation...focus was especially on the furin cleavage site (no, not Riddick's ass). The report disappeared pretty fast. I think we now know why.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

122 Salk had good press. Fauci has good press.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:32 PM (iLKq8)

123 Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:26 PM (DrlQb)

I meant that was his excuse for stopping the bombing.

In order to make a grand bargain to open the Strait of Hormuz.

Which is closed again. Because the Iranian regime is what it is no matter how much anyone wants to pretend that they can be bribed into civility.

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:32 PM (vSvIl)

124 117 114 Next time let's elect a Doctor for President.

Posted by: Case
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Dr. Hotez, I hear he's great.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:29 PM (iLKq

As an engineer I didn't work out so well, did I?

Posted by: Zombie Herbert Hoover at June 21, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)

125
Which is closed again. Because the Iranian regime is what it is no matter how much anyone wants to pretend that they can be bribed into civility.
Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:32 PM (vSvIl)

According to Centcom it is not closed...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 21, 2026 01:33 PM (dFjQQ)

126 113 Iran is a mistake that Reagan neglected to fix, and we've paid the price for that ever since. If we can fix it - and we can - there's no reason why we shouldn't try.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Giving Iran’s thug dictator leaders $300B ain’t fixing shit.
Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 01:28 PM (3cXW4)

Let's assume for a moment that Trump actually is giving Iran $300B. How exactly could they possibly spend it to their ends effectively? When Obama gave Iran money, their infrastructure was completely intact, so any money they received could be funneled for max effect. We've just obliterated their military capacity. Other than paying themselves, they won't be able to utilize it before Election Day in the US. Trump, I think, doesn't care about what they do in 2027. He cares about what they do in the next four months. If he can keep Congress after Tue 3 Nov, he's bombing Iran on Thu 5 Nov if they haven't come to the table to surrender by then.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:33 PM (DrlQb)

127 115: But Trump believed that covid was dangerous. Hell he used emergency powers act to get manufactours to build ventilators. He messed up and trusted or mustly trusted Fauci and the scarf lady.

I am not a commiecrat, I am okay with a president who is human and makes mistakes. IMO covid was one of Trumps mistakes in his first term. He learned from it and has been much better at not accepting traitors suggested by the DC Rs as staff and so on.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 01:34 PM (PV+Zw)

128 Salk was a butcher, too, YD
Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

How so? I had no idea. His vaccine actually worked and didn't kill thousands of people like this piece of shit... what did he do? Unethical human trials or something?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 01:34 PM (BI5O2)

129 ...
If he can keep Congress after Tue 3 Nov, he's bombing Iran on Thu 5 Nov if they haven't come to the table to surrender by then.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:33 PM (DrlQb)

Oh, we won't know the exact results for more than a month.

Posted by: Kalifornia at June 21, 2026 01:35 PM (l3cgK)

130 I'm going to wait and see what Steven Colbert says about the new vaccines before I make any decisions

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 21, 2026 01:35 PM (BZaww)

131 120 Salk was a butcher, too, YD
Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

Salk never won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. If ever there was a shoo-in for someone to get it, it would have been him. He was such a toxic personality that he had no peers that would vouch for him getting it.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:35 PM (DrlQb)

132 I never thought I would agree with Trump 100% but I did and do know he is better right now than the alternatives would have been. The good has far outweighed the bad with Trump 2.0 and I'm not going to dump on him which only helps the Left. Also my disagreement with Iran is based on conjecture just as those who support it is also based on conjecture on how it will turn out.

I hope I'm wrong because no amount of criticism from me is going to change the outcome.

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:36 PM (KC5Lt)

133 Trump fell for the Covid B.S. They did take advantage of his germaphobia. But at that, Trump thought he was cutting red tape so that high risk people could get the vaccine. It was after Nov 2020, with the Joe Bribeme admin, and the FNM who pushes commie narratives for free and other narratives when the price is right, that it became "everybody has to be vaccinated to save grandma, and/or end the masking and isolation rules ".

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 01:26 PM (PV+Zw)

Because everything with the left is a gateway. Gay marriage became you bake that fucking cake, to sex changes for 10 year olds, and tranny hour at kindergarten. They do it with everything. Oh maybe a vax to help with a small % of people who might benefit , and maybe just 2 weeks to flatten the curve became everybody get the vax or its camps for you, and yeah, the kids will be out of school for a year, our manufacturing will be fucked, and no you can't be outside alone in a frigging desert without a mask.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 21, 2026 01:37 PM (snZF9)

134 There are terms of agreement that must be met.
When they meet a term they receive a portion of their money, that is being withheld, back.
If they VIOLATE Any portion of the agreement the deal is off and Trump, 'bombs them in the head'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:37 PM (iLKq8)

135 That said, Trump and most of the rest of the world was acting on incomplete, imperfect information.

As do I. Every single damn day ending in Y. Just like everyone else.

Yet - if the calls I make turn out wrong ? Then I'm wrong. That's how it works.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:37 PM (P5MQi)

136 ...Trump did not cover himself in glory during Covid. And yes - Trump sold these shots as "the cure". To say he didn't is revisionist history.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:01 PM (P5MQi)

There is a claim out there that Putin is the hero here. He had produced the Sputnik vaxx, which was a standard old school vaccine.
The argument was that with the production of the COVID virus, and the "only effective mRNA treatment" the west could implement vaccine passports to end the spread through travel restrictions. This could have passed on to digital ID through WHO demands, and would have been transnational and inescapable.
There was a bit of that going on with the vaccine passports, up until Putin's government labs put out Sputnik and a low price that was taken up widely by the Global South at something like $10 USD per dose, and that broke the option for global adoption of the mRNA and the enforced vaccine passports under WHO which depended on that.

This is very troubling in its implications

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:38 PM (rbvCR)

137 > Giving Iran’s thug dictator leaders $300B ain’t fixing shit.
Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 01:28 PM (3cXW4)
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We're not "giving" Iran or the mullahs anything. The $300B is frozen Iranian assets.

Sure, the US froze them, but they're originally Iran's funds. Or so I've been told.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 01:38 PM (jehhT)

138 As a leader, Trump not only had to think about the health of US citizens, but the world economy.

And here we go. Again. Just shut up Americans. I've got the World to think about.

Is that what you want to go with ? Sure about that ?

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:39 PM (P5MQi)

139 I don't think cash is changing hands unless Iran completes certain requirements of the deal and it's going out piecemeal based on requirements.

Trump wasn't opposed to Obama's deal except that Obama gave all the money up front .

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:40 PM (KC5Lt)

140 Because everything with the left is a gateway. Gay marriage became you bake that fucking cake, to sex changes for 10 year olds, and tranny hour at kindergarten. They do it with everything. Oh maybe a vax to help with a small % of people who might benefit , and maybe just 2 weeks to flatten the curve became everybody get the vax or its camps for you, and yeah, the kids will be out of school for a year, our manufacturing will be fucked, and no you can't be outside alone in a frigging desert without a mask.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Put that in a frame and nail it on the wall.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:40 PM (iLKq8)

141 137 > Giving Iran’s thug dictator leaders $300B ain’t fixing shit.
Posted by: Heroq at June 21, 2026 01:28 PM (3cXW4)
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We're not "giving" Iran or the mullahs anything. The $300B is frozen Iranian assets.

Sure, the US froze them, but they're originally Iran's funds. Or so I've been told.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 01:38 PM (jehhT)

Maybe we should do it Chinese style: Charge IRAN for the costs of our military and munitions used...deduct it from the frozen assets...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:40 PM (l3cgK)

142 I have read that an early batch of the polio vaccine (probably Salk's?) had not sufficiently weakened the polio and the recipients actually contracted polio from the shot.

I believe to this day they still have a weakened but live polio vaccine as well as one with killed polio virus. And some docs or CDC etc encourage the weakened version to be used because it can confer some immunity to non-vaccinated kids. Never married and had kids but when I read that and was still of child bearing age I thought "well my pediatrician will be told to give my future kid the killed virus version"

Posted by: PaleRider at June 21, 2026 01:41 PM (PV+Zw)

143 140 Because everything with the left is a gateway. Gay marriage became you bake that fucking cake, to sex changes for 10 year olds, and tranny hour at kindergarten. They do it with everything. Oh maybe a vax to help with a small % of people who might benefit , and maybe just 2 weeks to flatten the curve became everybody get the vax or its camps for you, and yeah, the kids will be out of school for a year, our manufacturing will be fucked, and no you can't be outside alone in a frigging desert without a mask.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Put that in a frame and nail it on the wall.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:40 PM (iLKq

Yeah...
It would be like forcing everybody to get Monkey Pox vaccines and stay masked and 6 feet apart because gays can't help shoving their meat into pustulant asses.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

144 There's no good explanation for Trump going all in on that vaccine.

Perhaps he was party to the entire scheme, which I highly doubt, given that he was the main target of a big part of it.

Or, he was a credulous fool who got rooked by people who he of all people should have seen through instantly.

Neither is satisfactory.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 01:42 PM (BI5O2)

145 Because everything with the left is a gateway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Damn it, you don't understand. Sure, Trump lived amongst the Left his entire life. But how could he possibly know they would do what they always do ? Besides - he had "imperfect information".

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:43 PM (P5MQi)

146 Salk never won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. If ever there was a shoo-in for someone to get it, it would have been him. He was such a toxic personality that he had no peers that would vouch for him getting it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:35 PM (DrlQb)

Cutter labs incident probably had something to do with that

The only circulating polio strain in the developed world is the one we use for vaccinations, by the way. An uncharitable man would suggest that Polio vaccination has turned into a way to inoculate the population from the possible injuries from the vaccination itself.

But I am charitable and I am perfectly willing to listen to any explanation that resolves that question

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:43 PM (rbvCR)

147 was taken up widely by the Global South at something like $10 USD per dose, and that broke the option for global adoption of the mRNA and the enforced vaccine passports under WHO which depended on that.

This is very troubling in its implications

Posted by: Kindltot
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Thought I was keeping up. What are the troubling implications?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:43 PM (iLKq8)

148 According to Centcom it is not closed...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 21, 2026 01:33 PM (dFjQQ)

So what?

Iran declared it closed after their minions in Hezbollah fired on Israel, and they unsurprisingly fired back, citing language in the MoU that Trump foolishly agreed to about Lebanon. Current reporting is that no one crossed the strait overnight so as not to risk Iranian attack. So it's as closed as it has been at any point in the last three months.

I'd post a ZH link, but I can't get through to tinyurl for some reason.

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:44 PM (vSvIl)

149 Which is closed again. Because the Iranian regime is what it is no matter how much anyone wants to pretend that they can be bribed into civility.
Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:32 PM (vSvIl)

They also want to pretend that they can close the straits at will in the face of the USN and the other gulf state's navies.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:44 PM (rbvCR)

150 "imperfect information".

Posted by: Howdy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:44 PM (iLKq8)

151 We're not "giving" Iran or the mullahs anything. The $300B is frozen Iranian assets. Sure, the US froze them, but they're originally Iran's funds. Or so I've been told.

If I win $20 off you at the Poker Table ? And then I - for whatever reason - flip you a $20 chip ?

I just gave you $20. Because that money was mine the moment I took it.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:44 PM (P5MQi)

152 My dog and I ran into a couple of bucks this morning hanging out next to the trail. They both had fresh-looking velvety antlers. It's unusual to see bucks hanging out together, but June is Pride Month I guess.

Posted by: $XOM Shareholder at June 21, 2026 01:45 PM (2ap+5)

153 Here's a simple question with an obvious answer:

Do you think the R & D departments in various Pharmacuetical companies are interested in outright cures, or do you think their focus is more on "medical maintenance" type treatments?

Keep in mind that actual all encompassing iINDUSTRIES have been created to address individual diseases and medical conditions. Industries require employees, who require stability and compensation. They have made a career out of finding a cure (which if found negates that career). So, medical maintenance (which provides ongoing revenue) is the focus. Cures would harm the bottom line.

Posted by: Orson at June 21, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

154 How so? I had no idea. His vaccine actually worked and didn't kill thousands of people like this piece of shit... what did he do? Unethical human trials or something?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 01:34 PM (BI5O2)

Yes. The Cutter incident too. Also the standards to what polio is was changed when the vaccine came out so the stats showed a reduction in polio.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:46 PM (rbvCR)

155 138 As a leader, Trump not only had to think about the health of US citizens, but the world economy.

And here we go. Again. Just shut up Americans. I've got the World to think about.

Is that what you want to go with ? Sure about that ?
Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:39 PM (P5MQi)

Don't put words in my mouth. The US is not an autarky. What happens in the world - especially with the world supply chains shut down by C-19 - affects us as well. Trump can certainly answer for what the 'vaccine' did to people here in the USA. What I wrote was if we couldn't have proper international trade flowing again, the consequences of that would have been more severe for everyone than people - even many people - getting secondary illnesses. The Great Toilet Paper Panic of 2020 would have been the least of our worries then. I stand by that assertion.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:47 PM (DrlQb)

156 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 01:42 PM (BI5O2)

Trump put the search for a vaccine on the fast track and when they delivered some quickly Trump of course wanted credit and thus he was a supporter. Of course it appears he ignored all the warnings of an mRNA vax and just hung his hat on ' I got a vax quicker than anyone in history! '

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:47 PM (KC5Lt)

157 The so called war is getting too crowded.

Posted by: Case at June 21, 2026 01:48 PM (IY9No)

158 I just gave you $20. Because that money was mine the moment I took it.
Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:44 PM (P5MQi)

Would you like to guess the link between excluding Russia from SWIFT and the development of the BRICS?

Why would India and China think they needed an alternate international settlement system when Obama was President?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

159 I'd post a ZH link, but I can't get through to tinyurl for some reason.

Posted by: Methos
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ZH brings a lot of information but one must consider its' source, they need clicks too. Otherwise it appears that you are particularly adverse to any sourced information. At best.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:49 PM (iLKq8)

160 Do you think the R & D departments in various Pharmacuetical companies are interested in outright cures, or do you think their focus is more on "medical maintenance" type treatments?

The only one interested in your individual health is you. Big Pharma wants to sell you a product - same as everyone else.

At least Big HVAC produces tangible results. You want to be cool or warm ? They sell a solution. They're more honest that Big Auto - which seems dead set on telling you how you should enjoy driving instead of just giving you want you want to drive.

Big Health (doctors and pharma) baffle me - with how older than me folks treat them. "My doctor said I have to do X".

Every thought about telling your doctor to go fuck himself ? He works for you, after all. He should not "make" you do anything. He's a consultant.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:49 PM (P5MQi)

161 Sure, the US froze them, but they're originally Iran's funds. Or so I've been told.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 01:38 PM (jehhT)

Maybe we should do it Chinese style: Charge IRAN for the costs of our military and munitions used...deduct it from the frozen assets...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 01:40 PM (l3cgK)

It wasn't that long ago that Bessent was proposing to use the funds to repair damage down by Iran's "drone everybody" approach to the war.

In any case it's funds that Iran didn't have three weeks ago that are potentially being given.

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:50 PM (vSvIl)

162 Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:47 PM (DrlQ

Pick your poison. I'd rather the US say okay we have shortages . We are going to start manufacturing these products ourself though we may have short term pain. We're Americans.Suck it up and get to work. (. Also American capitalists there is money to be made)

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:50 PM (KC5Lt)

163 Thought I was keeping up. What are the troubling implications?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:43 PM (iLKq

Maybe that Putin is more dimensioned that some Evil Hun meme generated for WWI?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

164 Why would India and China think they needed an alternate international settlement system when Obama was President?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

I know that answer. Because "The Dollar" is just fiat currency now as well. No better than anyone else.

On this - I get it. If I'm "not" in the United States ? Wouldn't want to trade on the dollar globally either. Its not like we're an honest broker of currency anymore. We are not.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:52 PM (P5MQi)

165 Which is closed again. Because the Iranian regime is what it is no matter how much anyone wants to pretend that they can be bribed into civility.
Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:32 PM (vSvIl)

SoH is open and traffic is freely passing. The IRGC is just throwing more bullshit into the air.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 01:52 PM (g8Ew8)

166 According to Grok, she is compromised already and should have recused herself.

"Dr. Hana El Sahly recused herself from reviewing COVID-19 vaccines for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2020 due to a potential conflict of interest. As the chairwoman of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, she stepped aside because she was simultaneously serving as a lead investigator for Moderna Inc.'s late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial."

The grift goes on...

Posted by: SL at June 21, 2026 01:52 PM (aFtqG)

167 Dr. Hana El Sahly. A muslim? Reason enough right there to distrust her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2026 01:53 PM (1z8ji)

168 > There's no good explanation for Trump going all in on that vaccine.
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It was speculated at the time that Trump was a bit of a germaphobe and Fauci played to that weakness. Probably told Trump a "worst case scenario" that was totally fictitious. And because Fauci was in bed with the various US intelligence agencies, those entities confirmed what the CDC and Fauci was telling him.

"Speculation" But to a certain degree, makes sense.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 01:53 PM (jehhT)

169 And the thing that pisses me off is it seems we still haven't learned our lesson and products that are a national security issue still aren't made here or have a supply until it can be.

Screw Just In Time Inventory

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:53 PM (KC5Lt)

170 162 Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:47 PM (DrlQ

Pick your poison. I'd rather the US say okay we have shortages . We are going to start manufacturing these products ourself though we may have short term pain. We're Americans.Suck it up and get to work. (. Also American capitalists there is money to be made)
Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:50 PM (KC5Lt)

That is an absolutely fair critique of my argument. And I think that in the longer term, you're right - a move towards self-sufficiency helps us greatly. Trump's reshoring efforts are one way to get us there. What I would say is that it's one thing to run on that goal and get people to vote for it, and another thing to back them into a corner in the middle of a crisis - and the 2020 election - and push that policy. Reasonable people can disagree. I don't think that Trump 1.0 had the ability - and certainly not the political capital in 2020 - to do what you suggest back then.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:55 PM (DrlQb)

171 Screw Just In Time Inventory

You are really going to be pissed when you discover Six Sigma.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:55 PM (P5MQi)

172 On this - I get it. If I'm "not" in the United States ? Wouldn't want to trade on the dollar globally either. Its not like we're an honest broker of currency anymore. We are not.
Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:52 PM (P5MQi)

Which is why you are supporting Bernie Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez. I celebrate your dedication to an economic concept, even though it has failed continually.
I am certain that the City of London banks appreciate your support.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

173 Going over to my parents little later, my sister is meeting us with dinner

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 01:56 PM (Ia/+0)

174 ZH brings a lot of information but one must consider its' source, they need clicks too. Otherwise it appears that you are particularly adverse to any sourced information. At best.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:49 PM (iLKq

The source was a site that monitor the transponders of traffic through the strait, and there wasn't any overnight.

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:56 PM (vSvIl)

175 I don't think that Trump 1.0 had the ability - and certainly not the political capital in 2020 - to do what you suggest back then.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 01:55 PM (DrlQb)

And my kid - at 12 - didn't have the ability to drive a car. But if he took the keys and knocked the shit out of the fenders ?

"Well ... he's learning" is not an excuse. Trump wasn't drafted into the job. He wanted the job. All the heat for all the mistakes is justified.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:57 PM (P5MQi)

176 Posted by: SL at June 21, 2026 01:52 PM (aFtqG)

They bypassed the vaccine review board and authorized its emergency use. The majority on that board would not have approved it thus the reason they were bypassed.

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:57 PM (KC5Lt)

177 Sanford in court:
Deys enuf niggers in here to make a Tarzan movie!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 01:58 PM (Kt19C)

178 If I would have been President, and the likes of career medical authorities told me to do stuff, good chance i would do what they suggest

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 01:58 PM (Ia/+0)

179 What I wrote was if we couldn't have proper international trade flowing again, the consequences of that would have been more severe for everyone than people - even many people - getting secondary illnesses
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Can we put a pin in that thought for when we celebrate America's "independence" in two weeks?

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 01:59 PM (vSvIl)

180 Well ... he's learning" is not an excuse. Trump wasn't drafted into the job. He wanted the job. All the heat for all the mistakes is justified.
Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 01:57 PM (P5MQi)

I'm sure you could have done so much better under the same circumstances.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 01:59 PM (g8Ew8)

181 If I would have been President, and the likes of career medical authorities told me to do stuff, good chance i would do what they suggest
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 01:58 PM (Ia/+0)

Not me.

Government scientists are proven liars, and they were long before this particular shitshow. They lie the paint off the walls. No sale.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 02:00 PM (BI5O2)

182 I asked my doc about getting a Tetantus booster. He said it's not needed. Only immigrants that never had one need it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 21, 2026 02:00 PM (qFwJc)

183 It baffels me that few see how roped in Trump was.
That anything he did would have been used against him.

The unused hospital ship in NY.
The recommendation for, brain fog on the anti-virans he was given) remember he caught Covid early on was given treatment and recommended it highly.
It was pulled from use.
They gagged Trump and beat him up on the whole thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 02:00 PM (iLKq8)

184 Which is why you are supporting Bernie Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

And that's twice. What clever point do you think you are making ? The "well, its my guy so he's perfect" argument ?

Voted Trump three times. Pretty sure I picked the winner all three. But he fucked up Covid.

And he's fucking up Iran in spades. If he was eligible again ? I'd go Heavy D or Vance for starters.

The old man has passed his expiration date.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:00 PM (P5MQi)

185 Screw Just In Time Inventory
Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 01:53 PM (KC5Lt)

it is an attempt to create efficiency in the supply chain, and creates fragility as well.
It is also created by tax authorities, where any stock you have on hand is actually taxed, just like the capital equipment and the office furniture. There is also the problem that Just In Time also means companies are running on borrowed money, and the banks don't like to see extra inventory and the financials hate paying interest on money borrowed to buy stock that just sits around. That will have to be resolved before we get much more reserves built up in manufacturers.

I worked for a welding shop that did manufacturing on the side, and the boss was always on me for keeping too much hardware on hand, and of course if we were out of fasteners we couldn't get equipment out the door and get paid for it.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR)

186 I would have been President, and the likes of career medical authorities told me to do stuff, good chance i would do what they suggest
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 01:58 PM (Ia/+0)

If one would have taken the time to review the history of those experts. Especially the British guy who came up with the Covid mortality model, you would have seen so many red flags you would have dismissed them.

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 02:01 PM (KC5Lt)

187 I'm sure you could have done so much better under the same circumstances.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 01:59 PM (g8Ew

Most of us could. A simple "No - that's bullshit" would have sufficed.

Many - in real time - were calling bullshit every day. Including here.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:02 PM (P5MQi)

188 BEER CALL NOOD
or 1ST WORLD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)

189 They created a disease, they lied about its origins, they used it to destroy our civil liberties and manipulate the country to be more compliant, and perhaps worst of all, they sabotaged possible treatments to favor their dangerous and expensive vaccine and treatments.
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And years later, still no hangings.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 02:02 PM (6h45X)

190 Multi-Clonal Antibodies is the treatment Trump received.
Recommended it for everyone, said, 'it made me feel ten years younger'. They shut him down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 02:02 PM (iLKq8)

191 I'm sure Dr.Jill could solve all our problems.

Posted by: Case at June 21, 2026 02:02 PM (IY9No)

192 Algae antifa should be charged with bio terrorism
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 12:55 PM (hLhMb)

Bind them hand and foot, and throw them face-down into the Reflecting Pool so they can reflect upon their sins. Until they drown.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2026 02:03 PM (1z8ji)

193 Screw Just In Time Inventory

You are really going to be pissed when you discover Six Sigma.
Posted by: Howdy
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You people aren't Team players. It's as if you are opposed to Quality Circles.

Posted by: W. Edwards Deming at June 21, 2026 02:04 PM (XeU6L)

194 Government scientists are proven liars, and they were long before this particular shitshow. They lie the paint off the walls. No sale.

Its like the Tuskegee Experiments never happened.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:04 PM (P5MQi)

195 Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR

I see JITI as all or nothing solution. It concentrates too much on the present without any consideration of the consequences of the future. It's a solution built on a model . Models will disappoint you in the real world.

I do think there is a compromise and tax solution.

Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2026 02:05 PM (KC5Lt)

196 And he's fucking up Iran in spades. If he was eligible again ? I'd go Heavy D or Vance for starters.
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That's an interesting statement, given that what reporting I've seen is that Vance is leading the weak on Iran side of the administration (and his public statements seem to support that).

Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 02:05 PM (vSvIl)

197 >>>And he's fucking up Iran in spades. If he was eligible again ? I'd go Heavy D or Vance for starters.

You are an underappreciated genius for international affairs on creating peace. Why are you here, and not banging on Rubio's door?

Certainly you are not here to just make people fight with you, since that would prove you a hypocrite.

(secret to arguments versus fights: arguments are for exploring options to discover solutions to conflict. Fights are to hurt the opponent so badly they run away or give up)

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 02:06 PM (rbvCR)

198 You people aren't Team players. It's as if you are opposed to Quality Circles.
Posted by: W. Edwards Deming at June 21, 2026 02:04 PM (XeU6L)

Who-ever you are - and I hope you sock off - you get it.

I'm 54. There's a manufacturing fad about once a decade. The Six Sigma shit was awful because Excel happened about the same time.

All these stupid fucking managers ... measuring shit wrong and then putting that dumb data into spreadsheets. Then buying Statistical Methods books and trying to apply that.

Get this ... real processes don't follow a Bell Curve. Not one bit.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:07 PM (P5MQi)

199 A Federal pardon doesn’t apply to state crimes. Get Fauci (and Birx, and a slew of others) at the state level, the way NYS did Trump.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2026 02:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

200 Have we forgotten Mrs. Fauci (aka Christine Grady)

"Christine Grady is the chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and she is married to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is a prominent immunologist and former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2026 02:08 PM (XeU6L)

201 That's an interesting statement, given that what reporting I've seen is that Vance is leading the weak on Iran side of the administration (and his public statements seem to support that).
Posted by: Methos at June 21, 2026 02:05 PM (vSvIl)

The best thing about Trump / Vance is that Trump is the bad cop. But I'm convinced that's not a choreographed move. Trump is just an attention-hungry old man amplifying his attention-hungry as he gets more old.

I think Vance is effective. We'll see if he can shake off the Trump in '28.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:09 PM (P5MQi)

202 Interesting post CBD.

A lot could be said on the topic, some of which might be illuminating. Probably would require an in-person conversation after a good meal, with an adult beverage in hand watching a mountain sunset.. Not so much on a forum such as this. So I shall defer.

I appreciate your efforts on this topic the last few years..

Cheers!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 21, 2026 02:10 PM (I0N4X)

203 You are an underappreciated genius for international affairs on creating peace. Why are you here, and not banging on Rubio's door?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2026 02:06 PM (rbvCR)

And here we go. Have you ever built a car - from raw metal shapes - in your garage ? I haven't.

So then I can't comment on the difference between a Yugo and a BMW. Or note the flaws in each. After all - I've never built a sedan from the ground up.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:11 PM (P5MQi)

204 A lot of natural processes do follow a roughly Gaussian curve (not so much for small numbers: that’s when to use Student’s t-distribution) that’s why it’s used so much. But not all distributions are Gaussian. Use the statistics that fit the case.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2026 02:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

205 A lot of natural processes do follow a roughly Gaussian curve (not so much for small numbers: that’s when to use Student’s t-distribution) that’s why it’s used so much. But not all distributions are Gaussian. Use the statistics that fit the case.

Manufacturing processes do not at all. Not one bit. Because they are not random in the slightest.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:13 PM (P5MQi)

206 And years later, still no hangings.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 02:02 PM (6h45X)

That’s why they are trying to do it again.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2026 02:15 PM (ZVgZ4)

207 202 Interesting post CBD.

A lot could be said on the topic, some of which might be illuminating. Probably would require an in-person conversation after a good meal, with an adult beverage in hand watching a mountain sunset.. Not so much on a forum such as this. So I shall defer.

I appreciate your efforts on this topic the last few years..

Cheers!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 21, 2026 02:10 PM (I0N4X)

Too true, Muldoon. I really need to get myself to a MoMe soon.

Thanks, CBD!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 21, 2026 02:15 PM (DrlQb)

208 I think we are talking at cross purposes and mean different things by words like errors. If you are machining something to a certain length, you will find with more precise instruments, and more accurate measurements, that the deviations from that length do follow well known distributions. Perhaps by “error” you mean they forgot to galvanize the part after cutting it or the like. We would not be using the word “error” in the same way.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2026 02:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

209 As a septuagenarian, I am urged by my doc to get the RSV vaccine, said to reduce the chances of a hospital stay with a lung infection. I am highly skeptical of any vax after the COVID fraud, and he knows I will never take any shot for that ailment. But I did look into the RSV.

I found that there are three on offer, GSX makes a traditional type RSV vax, as does Pfizer [spit], but lo! behold Moderna's RSV vax, in all its mRNA glory. No way.

So maybe the GSK one? I look into the efficacy of these vaccines and learn that in one year after the shot, chances of hospitalization appear to be about 4 in 10, so roughly 60% effective; after two years, odds drop to 6 in 10, or 40% effective. No boosters recommended.

I am not sure this is worth whatever risks there may be. The blurbs of course only refer to soreness around the injection site, but who knows? Think I'll take my chances for the time being.

YMMD

Posted by: Fritz at June 21, 2026 02:28 PM (J7jo9)

210 GSX = GSK

Posted by: Fritz at June 21, 2026 02:30 PM (J7jo9)

211 Perhaps by “error” you mean they forgot to galvanize the part after cutting it or the like. We would not be using the word “error” in the same way.

We are using it in the EXACT same way. I understand all that. And as such, I'm telling you why Six Sigma ... and a lot of other probability and statistics as applied to industry ... is simply fucking wrong.

The same as AI is the next fad. But you have to have lived through some of these fads to understand the next one.

The "deviations" ... and what you are talking about regarding measurements that fine ... are noise. Because no industrial instrument - no instruments, really - are absolute. They all have error.

And nobody is recording those errors to the resolution which is random. But this is great - because we're back to one of the arguments I always had with the "science crowd" here.

All real life data is anecdotal.

Posted by: Howdy at June 21, 2026 02:31 PM (P5MQi)

212 I am going to go out on a limb here. I asked an A.I. about her faith. Opaque would best describe the reply. Then, I asked about her hubby, because no self respecting Muslim would marry an infidel... So, the Doctor's husband, Dr. Fady Joudah:

Cultural Heritage: He is the son of Palestinian refugee parents and grew up in Libya and Saudi Arabia.
Literary Work: His poetry and translations deeply engage with Islamic narratives, Sufi mysticism, and the Quran. He frequently references Islamic concepts (such as Barzakh and the story of the Prophet Muhammad in the cave) and cites Islamic scholars like Ibn Arabi.
Self-Identification in Context: In interviews, he discusses the experience of being an Arab Muslim in the West and the lack of Islamic narratives in Western literature, often speaking from an insider's perspective on these traditions.
Evidence regarding Dr. Hana El Sahly:

Background: She was born in Lebanon and holds a name of Arabic origin.
Public Stance: Unlike her husband, her public profile is strictly focused on science and medicine. She has not publicly discussed her faith or religious identity in interviews or professional biographies.

Draw,your own conclusions.

Posted by: Augusto Perez at June 21, 2026 02:37 PM (S/pXD)

213 It seems like they are going to keep giving people clot shots until they finally get one that has a high enough mortality rate

Posted by: 18-1 at June 21, 2026 02:57 PM (VuzyX)

214 Under severe family pressure, I yielded to getting the COVID shot in March 2020, figuring it was like flu shots: maybe some good, but what the hell. What I learned over the three months following that scares the death out of me, and I absolutely refuse to have anything to do with mRNA technology whatsoever.

Alarmingly, among my nieces and nephews - all of whom I think are getting their regular COVID boosters - they are coming down with cancer diagnoses. I blame it mRNA.

When I first read that they were looking into mRNA-type flu shots, I ceased getting the thing, and never will again. My sawbones presses me to get the RSV shot, but that too is getting the mRNA look-at. No way, no how, not ever. Period.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at June 21, 2026 04:13 PM (bufu1)

Sunday Morning Book Thread 6-21-2026 [Sabrina Chase]

Welcome to the Book Thread, Guest Poster edition! I will be your host as we explore all sorts of book-related topics. All usual Book Thread rules are incorporated by reference (pets, beverage, clothing covering the lower limbs, etc.) with the special Sabrina Chase exemption for those stylish persons preferring kilts. Now let us proceed to today's topic, which is ...

Restoring Lost Books

A book-lover's life has many sorrows. Authors that won't write the next book in the series (as if death is any excuse!), insufficient time/money/cats to read as much as you want, and injuries caused by insufficiently secured TBR piles. But the cruelest cut of all is to know of a book by name, by reference, by a few scattered quotations, that no longer exists. War, fire, ideological purges, dogs ... many things can make books disappear especially from the times before printing. Hand-copied books were, of necessity, few in number. We have the Illiad and the Odyssey, but there are four other tales from that epic that no longer exist. Several plays by Euripides are missing. A treatise on comedy by Aristotle (we have the one on tragedy). Most of the poetry of Sappho is only known from fragments.

However! There is a bright spot in the darkness. Advances in science and in archaeology mean that some books previously thought too damaged to ever be read again can be brought back to life, and a stellar example of this are the carbonized papyrus scrolls from the Villa of the Papyrii in Herculaneum, caught in the explosion of Vesuvius that also toasted Pompeii. The image at the top is one of the scrolls in question, pretty much a charcoal briquette to look at but with clever scanning we can now actually start reading it. There are over a thousand scrolls from this villa, thought to belong to the father-in-law of Julius Caesar. The one scroll they have deciphered using this technique is a book of Epicurian philosophy, not one of the lost books, but with a thousand more to examine the chances are good a previously lost book will be in the pile somewhere!

This was all made possible by a contest funded by donations. Each success brings a monetary reward to the discoverer, and more goals remain. It sounds like the foundation has access to 300 of the carbonized scrolls, so something good is likely to appear as the contest progresses.

Besides scoping out burned scrolls, another way of recovering lost books is palimpsests. In the Middle Ages when books were written on vellum, thin prepared hide, it was so expensive that ancient books deemed no longer of any use by medieval monks would be scraped so the surface could be reused. And with clever scanning techniques (again... ) the original text can now be recovered. One famous manuscript known as the Archimedes Palimpsest had two missing texts from Archimedes, the Method of Mechanical Theorems and Stomachion, both mathematical treatises; a commentary on Aristotle with no other copy; and speeches by Hyperides, a famous ancient Athenian orator.

And when printed books took the world by storm, many printers had no use for the large, heavy parchment books with the hand-lettered pages and cut them up for use as binding shims, filler, and cover boards. Several documents and scraps of text have been rescued from old print book bindings. Sometimes books were "bound in" with other texts and in the days before card catalogs or really any kind of organization system beyond size, nobody would know unless they opened the whole thing and read carefully.

So take note of all the trials and tribulations, and don't let this happen to future generations. Preserve the books, even (and especially) the electronic ones! As we say in the software bizness, one backup is no backup. Copy early and often (and for the love of Ghu CHECK THAT THE BACKUP WORKS!)

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:00 AM

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1 Is that a roast?

Posted by: davidt at June 21, 2026 08:58 AM (Q+gd/)

2 Booken morgen Sabrina!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 09:00 AM (znREB)

3 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 09:00 AM (Ia/+0)

4 That's one of the carbonized scrolls.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:01 AM (78a2H)

5 Good morning, happy fathers day and welcome to the summer solstice (Phew! Busy day) to my fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2026 09:03 AM (yTvNw)

6 The one scroll they have deciphered using this technique is a book of Epicurian philosophy,
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...extolling the merits of putting carrots in Pompeiian chili?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:03 AM (gnNyN)

7 That scroll is in a condition a bookseller might call "slightly foxed".

Volcanoes and books don't get along.

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ee9bx)

8 Is that a roast?
Posted by: davidt at June 21, 2026 08:58 AM (Q+gd/)
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It's a cook book!

Yay book thread!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ZOv7s)

9 That's one of the carbonized scrolls.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:01 AM (78a2H)

Or the returned manuscript of a new writer after being read by a literary agent.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 21, 2026 09:05 AM (1Ff7Z)

10 @6 --

Pineapple on pizza.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 09:05 AM (gQhJN)

11 Two is one and one is done.

Posted by: Reliability experts everywhere at June 21, 2026 09:05 AM (eDbqp)

12 That scroll is in a condition a bookseller might call "slightly foxed". Volcanoes and books don't get along.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 21, 2026 09:04 AM (ee9bx)
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I read a book this week that flat out told me to burn it before I read it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:06 AM (gnNyN)

13 The one scroll they have deciphered using this technique is a book of Epicurian philosophy,
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...extolling the merits of putting carrots in Pompeiian chili?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:03 AM (gnNyN

She said Epicurean, not barbarian.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 21, 2026 09:06 AM (jGGMD)

14 https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/me this weekend
https://tinyurl.com/yjk49xy5

( maybe a good book thread picture)

As for me, trying to read Carl v. Clauswitz's On War
It really is a serious stone read, and hard to read if not wide awake and concentrate

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 09:06 AM (Ia/+0)

15 Among the lost books of history, I wonder about the "as for the rest of So-so's acts, they are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel" referred to in Kings in the Old Testament

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 09:07 AM (znREB)

16 As the writer asked the agent, "Should I put more fire in my poetry?"

"No!" said the agent. "Do the opposite!"

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 09:08 AM (gQhJN)

17 Good Sunday morning, horde, and Happy Father's Day to the dads.

Safe travels for all the NoVaMoMe attendees.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 21, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)

18 It's incredible that anything can be gleaned from those charred scrolls!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 21, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)

19
"But there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written in detail, I expect that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written."

Posted by: John 21:25 at June 21, 2026 09:10 AM (eDbqp)

20 I have to look it up, but I believe last week two of St. Augustine's lost homilies were found bound into a book in Poland. The discoverer wasn't looking for them, just doing research and thought: "Wait a minute, what's on the back page?" or something.

I am reading St. Augustine's City of God and he makes tons of references to other works, many of which are lost to us. This is why I have so little patience with people who try to challenge ancient histories. We have but a fraction of the sources they had, and their works would not have been preserved if their contemporaries considered it false rubbish.

The fact that they survived - often in quantity - tells us that the people closest to events valued it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:10 AM (ZOv7s)

21 It's incredible that anything can be gleaned from those charred scrolls!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 21, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)
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Lasers...what can't they do?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:10 AM (gnNyN)

22 With the red stripes, that scroll looks as if mystic energy is breaking out.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 09:11 AM (gQhJN)

23 Happy Fathers Day horde dads!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 09:11 AM (znREB)

24 In other reading news, Mao's Army Goes to Sea finally got interesting, but of course now the author had to dull it up again with pointless repetition.

It could have been a crackling 20-page monograph, but I guess he had to pad it out to make a book. Sigh.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)

25 With the red stripes, that scroll looks as if mystic energy is breaking out.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 09:11 AM (gQhJN)
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Whatever you do, don't read it aloud!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)

26 Donald Hamilton could write in the third person past tense. As evidence I submit his early novel "Night Walker," which came out while Matt Helm was still a citizen.

A Navy lieutenant, recalled to active duty and not happy about it, thumbs a ride to Norfolk with a guy who gripes about his dismissal from government because he's suspected of Red sympathies. Through circumstances not fully disclosed, the officer wakes up in a hospital bed, badly banged up, with his face covered in bandages. The hospital staff calls him by the driver's name -- because, he's told, he was wearing the driver's clothes and carrying the driver's identification. No photo IDs in those days.

The only other person who knows the truth is the driver's estranged wife. She takes the lieutenant out of the hospital to her home on Chesapeake Bay, where she tells him that her husband had tried to kill him in a phony car crash and disappear, but something went wrong and Hubby died instead.

It all sounds straightforward, yet I'm skeptical. We've only been told through other characters what is going on; we have yet to see anything for ourselves. And, after all, this is Donald Hamilton.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 09:13 AM (gQhJN)

27
Finally, the Book Thread includes-

the Fossilized Foreleg of a Unicorn to kick things off.

Cn we have the Piltdown Man pay us a visit next week?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 21, 2026 09:15 AM (iJfKG)

28 Most of the poetry of Sappho is only known from old greek homos

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 09:15 AM (Kt19C)

29 Many thanks to whomever recommended Open Season by CJ Box. Very enjoyable audio book and I appreciate the recommendation to start with it as it is the beginning book of the Joe Pickett series.
I plan to listen to others as well.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 21, 2026 09:15 AM (eDbqp)

30 Fascinating video on the scrolls. Seale says that ironically, had they not been carbonized by the fires, they wouldn't have survived; at least now they have these charred remains.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 09:15 AM (kpS4V)

31 I don't know if I've already mentioned, but I've been reading _Hard to be a God_ by the Strugatsky brothers. They were Russian SF writers working under the Soviet government, and at least some reviewers have tried to explain all their work as various kinds of allegory of life under the Communists. I'm not sure that's true.

This one is obviously a huge influence on Iain Banks, about envoys from an advanced society (in this case Earth, and yes, it's explicitly after the triumph of Communism) living secretly in a more primitive society on another planet. They're all humans, because this was the 1960s and the Strugatskys were Europeans. (I don't know why Euro writers were so allergic for so long to realistically alien aliens.)

There's an afterword in my edition about the writing of the book, and in some ways it's more interesting than the novel as it gives a glimpse into the realities of writing under Communism. They had to delete any references to FTL travel because the Nazis had once denounced Einstein, therefore FTL in fiction was a sign of fascism. You can't make this stuff up!

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:15 AM (78a2H)

32 the Piltdown Doughboy

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 09:16 AM (Kt19C)

33 I'm currently reading Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. The world is going to end in two years. Humans have until then to figure out how to launch a life raft that will support the human race for the next 5000 years until Earth may be able to support life again.

One of the questions they do try to address is deciding what knowledge should be preserved for the long term. Not just the scientific technical skills they need, but the culture as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:16 AM (gnNyN)

34 In recognition of our upcoming birthday, I've begun to read Rick Atkinson's Revolutionary War trilogy beginning with The British Are Coming. I quite enjoyed his WWII in Europe trilogy but so far I'm enjoying this even more.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

35 27
Finally, the Book Thread includes-

the Fossilized Foreleg of a Unicorn to kick things off.

Cn we have the Piltdown Man pay us a visit next week?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 21, 2026 09:15 AM
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Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Australopithecus at June 21, 2026 09:17 AM (eDbqp)

36 This is why I have so little patience with people who try to challenge ancient histories.

Problem: many reams of bullshit were preserved because they were more entertaining than the real thing and the real thing got lost.
John Malalas, Historia Augusta, Movses Khorenatsi, Ctesias' Persica...

Posted by: gKWVE at June 21, 2026 09:18 AM (gKWVE)

37 One of the questions they do try to address is deciding what knowledge should be preserved for the long term. Not just the scientific technical skills they need, but the culture as well.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Well, I hope they include the Limerick.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 09:19 AM (ndZc7)

38 >Problem: many reams of bullshit were preserved because they were more entertaining than the real thing and the real thing got lost.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 21, 2026 09:18 AM
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Obama's college transcripts at June 21, 2026 09:20 AM (eDbqp)

39 Thanks to Sabrina for the thread. I've been following the story about the scrolls from the Vesuvius toasting as information becomes available. Fascinating and provides a bit of hope that lost materials may be rediscovered.

I agree about multiple back ups of digital materials but still have no confidence in them. Too many ways to go wrong. Lack of power. Lack of software and machines to read them. (How many computer files are still usable after only a few decades?) Deteriorating storage media.

I have more faith in microfiche for long term preservation. So sayeth the curmudgeon.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2026 09:21 AM (yTvNw)

40 Morning, bookish folken,

This week I finished S.M. Stirling's Conan novel, Blood of the Serpent. It was written to lead into Howard's own short story, "Red Nails," and explain how Conan came to know and be following Valeria of the Red Brotherhood. The Howard story starts with him following her into a jungle.

Stirling's pastiche is quite readable and displays Conan as not only a tough and expert swordsman, but a smart leader as well. Howard's story is fast-moving and colorful (as is Stirling's), though the tendency to purple prose and said-isms ("We're both penniless vagabonds," [Conan] grinned hardily) is a little jarring. All said, a good read.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 09:22 AM (wzUl9)

41 34 In recognition of our upcoming birthday, I've begun to read Rick Atkinson's Revolutionary War trilogy beginning with The British Are Coming. I quite enjoyed his WWII in Europe trilogy but so far I'm enjoying this even more.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)
I read that as Rick Astley. Moar coffee.

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 09:23 AM (LHPAg)

42 >>> 20 I have to look it up, but I believe last week two of St. Augustine's lost homilies were found bound into a book in Poland. The discoverer wasn't looking for them, just doing research and thought: "Wait a minute, what's on the back page?" or something.

I am reading St. Augustine's City of God and he makes tons of references to other works, many of which are lost to us. This is why I have so little patience with people who try to challenge ancient histories. We have but a fraction of the sources they had, and their works would not have been preserved if their contemporaries considered it false rubbish.

The fact that they survived - often in quantity - tells us that the people closest to events valued it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:10 AM (ZOv7s)

But we totes have a complete picture of history, not only from books but archaeological findings as well.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 09:23 AM (R+iUD)

43 AWI think you will enjoy that

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 09:24 AM (Ia/+0)

44 I purchased on impulse the four-volume set "The History of Middle Earth" by Christopher Tolkien (a handsome collection) and am beginning at the beginning with "The Return of the Shadow". I have low expectations but missed visiting Middle Earth.

It's so interesting to read the various drafts of a story whose proper finished form I feel in my bones. I knew Tolkien had a history sketched out but was surprised at how much the tale grew in the telling:

"I met a lot of things on the way that astonished me. Tom Bombadil I knew already; but I had never been to Bree. Strider sitting in the corner at the inn was a shock, and I had no more idea who he was than had Frodo. The Mines of Moria had been a mere name; and of Lothlórien no word had reached my mortal ears till I came there. Far away I knew there were the Horse-lords on the confines of an ancient Kingdom of Men, but Fangorn Forest was an unforeseen adventure. I had never heard of the House of Eorl nor of the Stewards of Gondor. Most disquieting of all, Saruman had never been revealed to me, and I was as mystified as Frodo at Gandalf's failure to appear on September 22."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien, in a letter to W.H. Auden

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 09:24 AM (kpS4V)

45 Sometimes it funny watching modern authors try to deal with 'the role of women in a fantasy world.' I read a story recently that had the following incidents, all in a single chapter. First, we saw a woman as a General (The role was closer to a Captain of the Guard, she was the first person to make contact with trespassing ships) and nobody in the story batted an eye at this. Next, we had a fully adult woman scream in helpless panic because her employer was getting a bit handsy with her. And lastly, the General woke up in a guy's bed, and immediately called him 'husband.' A one night stand (featuring a very drunk guy) justified a shotgun-marriage, and again, no one in the setting saw this as anything out of the ordinary.

So, what am I to take away from this? Are women fierce and independent? Or fragile and in need to constant protection? Without some additional explanation, it's hard to reconcile some of these reactions...

And that story was written by a woman...

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 21, 2026 09:25 AM (3v7ra)

46 I am especially disappointed in Patrick O'Brian, of the Aubrey and Maturin books, and Sue Grafton, of the Kinsey Milhone series. They left me wanting more. God rest their talented and accomplished souls.

Posted by: huerfano at June 21, 2026 09:25 AM (VJX5o)

47 I'm hoping the Herculaneum scrolls include a copy of Claudius's work on the Etruscans. We know so little about them even now, and just one Roman-era work would be a revolution.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:26 AM (78a2H)

48 Getting into American Revolution history, its next year a string of events and battles in my immediate area Imight go to

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 09:26 AM (Ia/+0)

49 I have more faith in microfiche for long term preservation. So sayeth the curmudgeon.

I was at the Chicago Public Library a few months ago, researching old TV Guides (1952-1954), only available on microfilm. Final day of research, I come in, and it won’t let me log in to the film reader.

“The computer’s down. You can’t use the film readers until the computer comes back up; they’re aware of the problem.”

“What about that manual film reader over in the corner?”

“You’re welcome to try it. I have no idea how it works.”

I’m 90% certain I was able to get it to work, but the lower level of magnification and the complete lack of software-based image enhancement wasn’t enough to make the film readable. Fortunately, by the time I got that far, the computers were functional again.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 21, 2026 09:26 AM (kYmoU)

50 Shifting from fantasy to crime, as I often do, I'm reading a 1978 British mystery by one John R.L. Anderson featuring his detective/security officer, Col. Peter Blair: Death in the Greenhouse. Despite the modern cozy-style title, it's more of a classic detective tale in its tone. Blair is asked to find out why someone has shot a retired Foreign Office civil servant in his English greenhouse -- which requires him to probe into twenty-year-old doings in a former British African territory. I don't know if the story will actually take him to Africa.

So far, this seems more like a mix of the best of Somerset Maugham and John Dickson Carr, though without the latter's impossible crime tropes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 09:26 AM (wzUl9)

51 Great topic!

Posted by: TRex - dead sea dino at June 21, 2026 09:27 AM (IQ6Gq)

52 We have but a fraction of the sources they had, and their works would not have been preserved if their contemporaries considered it false rubbish.

Do I recall correctly that St. Augustine at least thought he had seen the Roman records of Jesus’s crucifixion?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 21, 2026 09:27 AM (kYmoU)

53 I finished reading Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile this week.

To avoid spoilers, I will only say that the butler didn't do it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:28 AM (gnNyN)

54 @45 --

All of the above.

Not all men are the same; neither are all women.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 09:28 AM (gQhJN)

55 Morning, Sabrina.

Howdy, Horde.

One backup? True -- not enough. The ebooks, and some movies and music here at Casa Some Guy are on my Chromebook's SSD, and also on a couple of USB hard drives and a couple of USB thumb drives. This is not careful planning on my part. Every time I get it into my head that I really need to finally organize and cull some of those files, I back up the mess so that I don't screw up the set I'm working on and lose everything. Some day I'll consolidate all of it and finally get it trimmed down and organized in one set of files without a lot of unwanted duplication, but before I get into that, I'd better run a backup. Just in case.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026 09:30 AM (q3u5l)

56 It all sounds straightforward, yet I'm skeptical. We've only been told through other characters what is going on; we have yet to see anything for ourselves. And, after all, this is Donald Hamilton.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026

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I have Night Walker on my shelf and have read it, but recall almost nothing about it. That's not a slam at Hamilton; I'm sure I enjoyed it, but I may have read it years ago and other things have intruded.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

57 They had to delete any references to FTL travel because the Nazis had once denounced Einstein, therefore FTL in fiction was a sign of fascism. You can't make this stuff up!
Posted by: Trimegistus

One of my favorite stories about artistic censorship under the Soviets concerns Prokofiev's opera War and Peace. Known primarily for his lighter works such as Peter and the Wolf, he decided to write something patriot when the Nazis attacked. But Stalin banned it because in the opera, as in real life, Moscow fell to Napoleon and Stalin wasn't having any of that Moscow falls crap.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)

58 This is why I have so little patience with people who try to challenge ancient histories.
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Problem: many reams of bullshit were preserved because they were more entertaining than the real thing and the real thing got lost.
John Malalas, Historia Augusta, Movses Khorenatsi, Ctesias' Persica...
Posted by: gKWVE
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In modern times -
- Kung Flu will kill you, and killed millions, not a government agent known as Fauci
- J6 was an insurrection somewhere on the scale between Whiskey Rebellion and Civil War.

Somewhere around here I have a fairly modern book on Ancient Rome. It's author points out these problems in history - we know people lie and they lie for political gain/power, and one of the most extension collections are (or some of) the papers of a guy who was paid to spread writings favorable to his patrons. We know this because that is in his writings.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 21, 2026 09:32 AM (/lPRQ)

59
I finished reading Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile this week.

To avoid spoilers, I will only say that the butler didn't do it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:28 AM (gnNyN)

Dame A played fair on that one but if you paid attention it was easy to figure out who done it.

An "easy" one to give her readers a victory?

Do mystery authors do that?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 21, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

60 "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:28 AM (gnNyN)

I've seen the movie with Peter Ustinov. It's about shots fired.

Posted by: dantesed at June 21, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

61 I am getting less and less able to tolerate counterfactual bullshit in fantasy stories. Not magic and elves, but preliterate and preindustrial societies which somehow replicate the cultural norms of contemporary Seattle.

You don't _have_ ethnically diverse societies when most people die in the same village where they were born. You might have a family known as the "Blacks" because three generations back a shipwrecked sailor with darkish hair settled nearby, but all his descendants will look pretty much like their neighbors after fifty years.

You don't _have_ women in military professions before firearms. I have a family member, a woman, who competes at a fairly high level in fencing. She can beat other women her age, but not men. Size and strength actually matter. Plus societies which put fertile women on the battle line don't last long.

If you're writing a fantasy, why are you depicting the world as a bunch of Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes?

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:35 AM (78a2H)

62 The premise for Night Walker sounds similar to a recent-ish mystery movie I read about, probably here, but I can't remember the name of the movie or who was in it. :/

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 09:35 AM (R+iUD)

63 I read a comic book adaptation of Rober Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped," and I have reason to assume that this adaptation is fairly faithful to the original novel. Lots of wild plot swings, with new plot-shaking events arriving with very little warning. And yet, the book still feels less 'random' the RLS's other novel, "Treasure Island." Because in Kidnapped, crazy events happen to our young hero, usually instigated by outside forces. In contrast, Treasure Island too many events are precipitated by our hero doing something fooling for no particular reason. But I can also see why TI is the more famous of the two book; the premise of pirates and buried treasure is straightforward, and universally appealing. Kidnapped, on the other hand, deals a lot with the social fallout of the Scottish Civil War, which makes the setting far less understandable...

Speaking to the 'comic book' part of the adaptation, the art is okay. It doesn't stand out, but neither is it terrible. Its most interesting aspect is that the main hero is a long-faced teenager with a near-constant look of disgust/disdain. Given the events of the book, this is perfectly justified.

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 21, 2026 09:36 AM (3v7ra)

64 If you're writing a fantasy, why are you depicting the world as a bunch of Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:35 AM (78a2H)
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Because it's all they "know" about the real world...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:37 AM (gnNyN)

65
One of my favorite stories about artistic censorship under the Soviets concerns Prokofiev's opera War and Peace. Known primarily for his lighter works such as Peter and the Wolf, he decided to write something patriot when the Nazis attacked. But Stalin banned it because in the opera, as in real life, Moscow fell to Napoleon and Stalin wasn't having any of that Moscow falls crap.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)

I don't know how Prokofiev would have turned out had he stayed in the West instead of going back to the USSR, but his life after his return was a misery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 09:37 AM (O0L8i)

66 Good morning everyone, happy Father's Day, and thank you, Sabrina!

Speaking of authors who refuse to write the next sequel (death being no excuse), Eris, did you know Alan Bradley died in May? Leaving his last Flavia de Luce book with a wide-open ending? God rest his soul.

But as it turns out, he did finish the next Flavia book and it is scheduled for publication in November of this year.

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 09:38 AM (afFes)

67 44 ... "I purchased on impulse the four-volume set "The History of Middle Earth" by Christopher Tolkien (a handsome collection) and am beginning at the beginning with "The Return of the Shadow". I have low expectations but missed visiting Middle Earth."

AHE,
I have that set in hardcover, as any proper devotee of Tolkien must. (I gave the paperback version to my niece and her husband.) Not something I would read cover to cover but interesting for fanatics and obsessives.

I've seen that letter from Tolkien to Auden. Knowing how much of the LOTR story was developed on the fly was a fascinating, and surprising, insight. That's one of the reasons I enjoy collections of letters from authors I enjoy; the glimpses into the development of their writing.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2026 09:38 AM (yTvNw)

68 I finished reading Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile this week.

To avoid spoilers, I will only say that the butler didn't do it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026

***
During my big detective phase in my teens, I read a lot of her mysteries and was not terribly impressed with her use of clues and reasoning. Reading some of those same books now, I see that she had an excellent grasp of human nature, and that human nature often was essential to the crimes and their solutions . . . much like the later Ellery Queen novels.

Her "Mary Westmacott" non-genre novels -- I've read three -- are superb stuff, with, again, that dramatic knowledge of human nature and motivations. They are like a mix of Somerset Maugham and A.J. Cronin's works, written in Agatha's own plainer style.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

69 >>> 61
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If you're writing a fantasy, why are you depicting the world as a bunch of Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:35 AM (78a2H)

Because those books are written by and for Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 09:39 AM (R+iUD)

70 . . . That's one of the reasons I enjoy collections of letters from authors I enjoy; the glimpses into the development of their writing.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2026

***
And their biographies or autobiographies. We see the kinds of things that inspired their choice of genre, or that inspired individual elements and characters in their work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

71 Happy Father’s Day to all you well read dads!

Posted by: Piper at June 21, 2026 09:42 AM (Wmg4n)

72 Bluebell, I did not know that! Sad, but we have one more novel at least. Flavia was approaching young womanhood and I'm curious to see her as an adult.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 09:43 AM (kpS4V)

73 Talking of the Soviet Union reminds me of a little theory I've been tinkering with in my basement: most of what we call "revolutions" were really just "coups." What I mean by that is that they _didn't_ really change the society, just who was running it. The Russian Revolution kept the Russian colonial empire, the Tsar's secret police and travel restrictions, the top-down economic dirigisme, large landed estates, etc. It just replaced the nobility and the Tsar with the Party and the Central Committee. The French Revolution preserved most of Louis XIV's bureaucratic centralized state, just with a revolving door of characters at the top — hence the French fatalism about never being able to actually solve problems. Even cutting off heads didn't work.

Am I on to something here?

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:43 AM (78a2H)

74 I have more faith in microfiche for long term preservation. So sayeth the curmudgeon.

This curmudgeon's problem isn't with microfiche per se, but with libraries putting their holdings on microfiche and then destroying the originals. This is one reason why complete runs of some of the great newspapers like the New York Herald and Los Angeles Examiner no longer exist.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 21, 2026 09:44 AM (qRla/)

75 In modern times -
- Kung Flu will kill you, and killed millions, not a government agent known as Fauci
- J6 was an insurrection somewhere on the scale between Whiskey Rebellion and Civil War.
Itinerate Alley Butcher, I pray to GOD our great grand-children don't hear those fables. As an almost 78 year old adult who knows authentic history, I almost weep at the left continuing to re-write it. General Steven D. Lee warned us.

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 09:44 AM (LHPAg)

76
Problem: many reams of bullshit were preserved because they were more entertaining than the real thing and the real thing got lost.

Not just ancient history. Ty Cobb was given the reputation of a psychopathic racist because of the lies of Al Stump. Cobb wasn't a nice guy and he was raised in late 1800's Georgia, but most of the stories about him were later found to be false.

And Bill Veeck blackened Kenesaw Mountain Landis by claiming Landis prevented him from buying the Phillies in 1943 and using black ballplayers on the roster. There's no contemporaneous evidence for those two events.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 09:45 AM (O0L8i)

77 >>> 73 Talking of the Soviet Union reminds me of a little theory I've been tinkering with in my basement: most of what we call "revolutions" were really just "coups." What I mean by that is that they _didn't_ really change the society, just who was running it. The Russian Revolution kept the Russian colonial empire, the Tsar's secret police and travel restrictions, the top-down economic dirigisme, large landed estates, etc. It just replaced the nobility and the Tsar with the Party and the Central Committee. The French Revolution preserved most of Louis XIV's bureaucratic centralized state, just with a revolving door of characters at the top — hence the French fatalism about never being able to actually solve problems. Even cutting off heads didn't work.

Am I on to something here?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:43 AM (78a2H)

NO.

Posted by: the current derp state at June 21, 2026 09:46 AM (R+iUD)

78 If you're writing a fantasy, why are you depicting the world as a bunch of Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:35 AM (78a2H)
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Because that is the core audience.

I have three daughters, two of which are into D&D. They both bristle at the idea of women NOT being able to play whatever they want. It is, after all, a fantasy.

However, they also accept men are stronger than women, and so when they want to play a brute crusher, they play a dude rather than a girlboss.

But the opening up of the fantasy genre to women means it gets female fantasies as well, and we all know those are very much different from how men think.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)

79 Eris, I'm curious to see what he did with that big revelation about her father in that last book. I did not see that coming.

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 09:46 AM (afFes)

80 It could have been a crackling 20-page monograph, but I guess he had to pad it out to make a book. Sigh.

I’m currently reading a good spy novel (The Charm School) but it is…overlong. What is it with all these authors who think they’re Herman Melville? Just because you researched how whales get processed, doesn’t mean it goes in the book.

Posted by: The best thief in Lankhmar at June 21, 2026 09:47 AM (64rer)

81
Sorry to be a minority of one, but I detest fantasy fiction.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 09:48 AM (O0L8i)

82 … and then destroying the originals.

Yup. When I returned to the Chicago Public Library a few months ago, it was to verify some poorly readable text against the originals. The scans look like they must have been made in the early nineties!

No can do. We don’t have the originals any more. I was able to tweak the computer enough to be reasonably certain of all of the iffy texts but one, but there are other things I fortunately didn’t need that will probably never be reasonably decipherable.

I see this on newspapers.com a lot, too. Though I hope they aren’t destroying their 1776-1826 papers, I am also not placing any bets.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 21, 2026 09:49 AM (kYmoU)

83 Problem: many reams of bullshit were preserved because they were more entertaining than the real thing and the real thing got lost.
John Malalas, Historia Augusta, Movses Khorenatsi, Ctesias' Persica...
Posted by: gKWVE at June 21, 2026 09:18 AM (gKWVE)
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Or they were as discredited as we believe.

In the (many footnotes) to City of God, the translator points to an "error" which I ran to ground and found that it wasn't an error. Augustine was correct.

We can look at Herodotus and say he was full of crap, but he was writing what everyone said, and that's very useful to know.

Also: the modern idea of "just the facts" has its own weaknesses. Pre-modern audiences has a much stronger grasp of symbolism than we do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)

84 Good morning Sabrina, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at June 21, 2026 09:50 AM (/6r4m)

85
It could have been a crackling 20-page monograph, but I guess he had to pad it out to make a book. Sigh.

There was a columnist for a dog-show publication that would never say in less than a paragraph anything for which a sentence would ordinarily suffice.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 09:51 AM (O0L8i)

86 That scroll is in a condition a bookseller might call "slightly foxed".

Now that's funny. I've learned that "near fine" means "still has most of the pages" and "very good" means "still has at least one cover."

Posted by: Oddbob at June 21, 2026 09:51 AM (vTZFs)

87 Sorry to be a minority of one, but I detest fantasy fiction.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 09:48 AM (O0L8i)
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I have come to despise it. I like Tolkien because he both defined and then transcended the genre. He reads completely differently to me know than he did back then.

I like R.E. Howard because he's just so over the top. He's not fantasy so much as just rolling with it. Minimalist world-building, character development is an afterthought.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)

88 I’m currently reading a good spy novel (The Charm School) but it is…overlong. What is it with all these authors who think they’re Herman Melville? Just because you researched how whales get processed, doesn’t mean it goes in the book.
Posted by: The best thief in Lankhmar at June 21, 2026 09:47 AM (64rer)
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Yeah, I'm running into that issue with Seveneves...

It might as well be called "Technobabble: The Book!"

Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds did a much better job of telling their version of this story in half the pages.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:51 AM (gnNyN)

89 'I have more faith in microfiche for long term preservation. So sayeth the curmudgeon'
Me too. 'Somewhere', I have a microfiche of my Navy records, and you just reminded me 'hey why have you been going round and round with the VA almost 5 years when you have a microfiche?'. But alas how would I read it?

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 09:52 AM (LHPAg)

90 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes and thanks for the new thread, Sabrina.*

Tried to cure my sadness by book shopping this weekend. Picked up a few things here and there, but it didn't help.

One is Jack Beatty's The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began. He discusses five paths that would have led away from the War - a military coup in Germany, imminent civil war in Britain and so on - to support his thesis that "the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [wasn't] the catalyst of a war that would have broken out in any event over some other crisis, but rather as its all-but-unique precipitant."

*I've always loved that name, probably because I had a crush on Kate Jackson.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 21, 2026 09:52 AM (qRla/)

91 Sorry to be a minority of one, but I detest fantasy fiction.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026

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A lot of the modern stuff bores me, and I write it. It seems as though every huge fantasy novel on the Barnes & Noble shelves begins with some young woman looking out of a tower, remembering sadly the good old days when King Arglebargle IV ruled the land.

Give me Fred Saberhagen and his hardboiled Empire of the East. Or Larry Niven's imaginative Magic Goes Away stories in which mana, the power behind magic, is fading from the world, and creatures like mermen and unicorns breed oddly (giving us dolphins and ponies in the present world) where the mana is low.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

92 Or they were as discredited as we believe.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)
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This should read "weren't as discredited."

Note well that most "Bible scholars" detest their subject matter and work tirelessly to prove it false.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)

93 Sorry to be a minority of one, but I detest fantasy fiction.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 09:48 AM (O0L8i

I hate it too, unless it is Arthurian fiction, and even then it's hit or miss.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 21, 2026 09:54 AM (qRla/)

94 Microfiche is great (I used to have fun reading the archives from 50 years prior to learn what people then thought was the One Big Thing ... that never made it to the history books). However! If it is on plastic the lifetime is finite. Glass microfiche exists but more rare and more expensive. The real way to preserve texts is lots and lots of copies, all over the place and in multiple repositories. Nothing is permanent. You need copies, and to keep making copies. Kind of like life, really ...

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 21, 2026 09:56 AM (PHjsi)

95 I made some progress in the latest translation of Camp of the Saints. It's been years since I read another version of it, but I think I've identified where Raspail edited out some unnecessary passages. It remains as relevant as ever.

Posted by: PabloD at June 21, 2026 09:56 AM (tTZHu)

96 No can do. We don’t have the originals any more. I was able to tweak the computer enough to be reasonably certain of all of the iffy texts but one, but there are other things I fortunately didn’t need that will probably never be reasonably decipherable.

I see this on newspapers.com a lot, too. Though I hope they aren’t destroying their 1776-1826 papers, I am also not placing any bets.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 21, 2026 09:49 AM (kYmoU)

In James Caan’s Rollerball, a quiet but key moment is when he goes to the library to look up old records, and learns that nothing is there anymore, they just have links to the central database in Zurich.
So he goes to Zurich, and finds that the Central Database has forgotten everything and is useless.
The ruling class has erased the past.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2026 09:57 AM (nuNhM)

97 If you're writing a fantasy, why are you depicting the world as a bunch of Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:35 AM (78a2H)

Because the author him/herself is a Bluesky subscriber wearing a LARP costume. And because the publisher is likely also a Bluesky subscriber.

Regardless, I full-heartedly share your disdain for too much modern attitudes in fantasy stories.

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 21, 2026 09:58 AM (3v7ra)

98 Thomas Harris has a character -- one of Hannibal Lecter's victims who proves important in the hunt for Buffalo Bill -- named "Raspail." I wonder if Harris knew of, or read, Camp of the Saints?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)

99 In related news, the reorganization of Chateau Lloyd's library system is grinding forward. The biggest complication is variable book size.

Tolkien, for example, is really difficult to keep in a single book case. There are oversized folios, illustrated guides, and then trade paperbacks. I'm doing a vertical system, so that the right side of the case is all Tolkien, but even then, the trade paperbacks are on the bedside bookcase - which is convenient for obvious reasons. I'm not reading a folio as a bedtime book.

There have been more than a few "wtf?" moments and I handle a book I've never seen before. Also a small stack of books to be sold or donated.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

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

Isaiah 64:8

Posted by: Marcus T at June 21, 2026 09:59 AM (PM/iv)

101 Am I on to something here?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:43 AM

You and Roger Daltrey, Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Really my take on the Russian Revolution is like all Leftists, flowery thinking everything will be different when we are in charge, but once that power is achieved the greed of it takes over and any old plans of equally are long forgotten.
Every Revolution has been this way.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 09:59 AM (Ia/+0)

102 The other is My Love Affair with the State of Maine, a 1955 memoir by an NYC ad executive named Gertrude Mackenzie who chucks it all to move to Goose Rocks, Maine (a part of Kennebunkport) to run a country store with her friend Dorothy. I have no idea how this one is going to turn out, but I hope it's at least as good as Chicken Every Sunday by Rosemary Taylor.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 21, 2026 09:59 AM (qRla/)

103 If you're writing a fantasy, why are you depicting the world as a bunch of Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:35 AM (78a2H)

Because those books are written by and for Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 09:39 AM (R+iUD)

I also think there's a bit of...oh, let's call it, Brain Block working here.

Their imaginations can only wander down certain pre-approved paths. (ie, Travels in Woketardia).

It's the same reason why most Soviet fiction is so lousy and forgettable.

They strap the ~~Chastity~~ Political Belt around their brains so certain things can't occur or even be imagined.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 21, 2026 10:00 AM (iJfKG)

104 I haven't been able to read in bed for many years. When I go to bed -- nowadays, anyway! -- it's to sleep. I don't even think about watching TV there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

105 Sorry to be a minority of one, but I detest fantasy fiction.

I can't dispute Clarke's line about sufficiently advanced technology but for me the (admittedly fuzzy) line is somewhere this side of dragons. I make an exception for Tolkien because... well... because I do, I guess.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 21, 2026 10:00 AM (vTZFs)

106 Never got heavily into fantasy. Some of Leiber, Vance, Tolkien, when I was in high school. Think I read Brooks's Sword of Shannara (sp?) when it came out, mainly out of curiosity, but almost nothing along that line after.

For me these days, it's a section in the bookshop that might as well be labelled "This You May Safely Ignore."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026 10:01 AM (q3u5l)

107 one is none, two is one

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 21, 2026 10:01 AM (xcxpd)

108 IIRC one of the mysteries in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose was the existence of Aristotle's work on comedy in the secret library.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2026 10:02 AM (PiwSw)

109 The real way to preserve texts is lots and lots of copies, all over the place and in multiple repositories. Nothing is permanent. You need copies, and to keep making copies. Kind of like life, really ...
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 21, 2026 09:56 AM (PHjsi)
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Newspapers and magazines were never designed to be archival records. They were the television/radio/internet of their time, durable only because there was no cheaper way to make them.

When I was in college, the universities were switching over from bound copies of periodicals to microfiche, which was much more convenient, but now digital is the thing, and it's shocking how empty the library building is these days. It used to densely packed, with vast card catalogs, but all that's gone.

Worth remembering that many of the books that survived from antiquity were from private collections that were later moved to abbeys or castles.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

110 I can't dispute Clarke's line about sufficiently advanced technology but for me the (admittedly fuzzy) line is somewhere this side of dragons. I make an exception for Tolkien because... well... because I do, I guess.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 21, 2026

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Magic systems in so many stories seem to be, well, unsystematic. Magic, like tech, should have its own rules, and if there are exceptions they should be explained. It should also not be easy to work a spell, or then everybody could do it and why would you need professionals?

The two basic classical rules of magic, the Law of Similarity and the Law of Contagion, are a good start. But a clever writer will go beyond those.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

111 103 If you're writing a fantasy, why are you depicting the world as a bunch of Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 09:35 AM (78a2H)

Because those books are written by and for Bluesky subscribers wearing LARP costumes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 09:39 AM (R+iUD)
This is the reason I spend so much time here! No get ready for church. Later.

I also think there's a bit of...oh, let's call it, Brain Block working here.

Their imaginations can only wander down certain pre-approved paths. (ie, Travels in Woketardia).

It's the same reason why most Soviet fiction is so lousy and forgettable.

They strap the Chastity Political Belt around their brains so certain things can't occur or even be imagined.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 21, 2026 10:00 AM (iJfKG)

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 10:04 AM (LHPAg)

112 Thinking of our Revolution, it really was more a separation from England than replacing England government. The French, Russian, Chinese, Communist takeovers, Spanish and others I can't think of replaced the government not just separation from the government in charge.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 10:04 AM (Ia/+0)

113 Note well that most "Bible scholars" detest their subject matter and work tirelessly to prove it false.

A point emphasized in Luke Timothy Johnson's The Real Jesus.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 21, 2026 10:04 AM (qRla/)

114 At 111-
That right there.

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2026 10:05 AM (LHPAg)

115 In Silence of the Lambs, (Benjamin) Raspail's head ends up in a jar. Perhaps Harris didn't have a high opinion of CotS.

Posted by: PabloD at June 21, 2026 10:05 AM (tTZHu)

116 China went from an Imperial government to a Communist one. Or was that just another form of The Big Men Are in Charge, and You Little People Are Nothing?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)

117 81
Sorry to be a minority of one, but I detest fantasy fiction.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 09:48 AM (O0L8i)

*Shrug*

Some people hate BBQ too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 21, 2026 10:06 AM (xcxpd)

118 Some people hate BBQ too
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 21, 2026 10:06 AM (xcxpd)

I don't understand those words of English in that order.

Posted by: dantesed at June 21, 2026 10:07 AM (Oy/m2)

119 Magic systems in so many stories seem to be, well, unsystematic. Magic, like tech, should have its own rules, and if there are exceptions they should be explained.

Good point. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should also admit an exception for Butcher's "Dresden Files" books. I think he generally does a good job with that.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 21, 2026 10:08 AM (vTZFs)

120 79 Eris, I'm curious to see what he did with that big revelation about her father in that last book. I did not see that coming.
Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 09:46 AM (afFes)

I read the first Flavia book some years ago, and then got distracted with other things and didn't read anymore. Maybe that's what I need to get me out of the current slump of disinterest.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 21, 2026 10:08 AM (h7ZuX)

121 Adjacent to Sabrina's topic of the Herculaneum scrolls and the need to preserve writing, I started speculating. How would I organize a modern library of Alexandria? Not so much the physical means but how to assign divisions of information.

Section 1 - facts: hard science like basic arithmetic, geography, how to make gun powder, etc.
Subsection - guess work and theories presented as facts including anything to do with Fauci or the United Nations and any system of government not based on individual freedom.

Section 2 - wisdom: myths, philosophy, literature, and, especially, poetry.

Section 1 would provide information. Section 2 would provide meaning.

The complex could be powered by burning the millions of unsold autobiographies of former First Ladies. That should cover the power needs for the first hundred years, maybe longer.

Guess I'm in a whimsical mood this morning.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2026 10:09 AM (yTvNw)

122 One problem with newspapers is that they self-destruct. Wood pulp paper gets acidic and destroys itself. I recall once looking through some archival newsprint and being horrified at how it crumbled every time I turned a page. Scanning is basically the ONLY way to preserve old newspapers.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 21, 2026 10:09 AM (78a2H)

123 Thinking of our Revolution, it really was more a separation from England than replacing England government. The French, Russian, Chinese, Communist takeovers, Spanish and others I can't think of replaced the government not just separation from the government in charge.
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 10:04 AM (Ia/+0)
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The initial rebellion was to assert their traditional rights as Englishmen. It was only after their efforts were dismissed that independence was considered.

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 was their model, and even the term "Bill fo Rights" was copied from that event.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

124 >>> 112 Thinking of our Revolution, it really was more a separation from England than replacing England government. The French, Russian, Chinese, Communist takeovers, Spanish and others I can't think of replaced the government not just separation from the government in charge.
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 10:04 AM (Ia/+0)

The leaders asserted they were reclaiming their rights as Englishmen, and while the *original* No Kings concept was certainly new, they didn't invent a whole new and insane set of RIGHTS! as our modern-day commie retards have.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 21, 2026 10:09 AM (R+iUD)

125 Sorry, folks, I'm just not feeling right today, so I'm going to check out.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 21, 2026 10:09 AM (qRla/)

126 "the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [wasn't] the catalyst of a war that would have broken out in any event over some other crisis, but rather as its all-but-unique precipitant."

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There were many off ramps that might have been taken but instead all parties marched blindly into the abyss. I do think that the war guilt clause that Germany was forced to accept was a vast over simplification. Now, WWII was more clear cut.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

127 We can look at Herodotus and say he was full of crap, but he was writing what everyone said, and that's very useful to know.

Also: the modern idea of "just the facts" has its own weaknesses. Pre-modern audiences has a much stronger grasp of symbolism than we do.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)

A Greek writer who lived just 100 years after Herodotus (his name escapes me) wrote “Herodotus is called the Father of History, but he is the Father of Lies.” So some saw it from the start.

Lost great works - we know very little about the Etruscans now, mostly inference and guesswork. Yet there was a multi volume work in existence at the time of Claudius which covered their history, culture, and language in detail, as told by Etruscan descendants still living at the time. A truly great loss.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2026 10:10 AM (nuNhM)

128 I just finished Anthony Horowitz' "A Deadly Episode," another Horowitz and Hawthorne book. While it was kind of annoying to make himself a character in the previous books, it works here, because the murder takes place on the movie set of the filming of his first H/H book, "The Word Is Murder" in Hastings.

The Hawthorne actor is murdered - was he the target or was it the real one? The story-within-a-story is a flashback to Hawthorne's first case as a PI because one of those involved in that case turns up in Hastings...

Posted by: Wethal at June 21, 2026 10:10 AM (gihWY)

129 If Barack Obama had a library, it would look like that top photo.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 10:10 AM (fkjGs)

130 I would like to pay a tribute to some of the fine fathers I recall in literature : "Atticus Finch" To Kill a Mockingbird, "Pa" in Little House on the Prairie and Matthew, the adoptive father of Anne in "Anne of Green Gables

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 10:12 AM (q5DOt)

131 What are these Alan Bradley "Flavia de Luce" books about? Comedies of manners, family dramas, or what?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:13 AM (wzUl9)

132 China went from an Imperial government to a Communist one. Or was that just another form of The Big Men Are in Charge, and You Little People Are Nothing?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)
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It went from an Imperial system to a Republican one, and the Golden Decade of Nationalist rule from 1928 to 1937 is often overlooked. Huge gains were made in modernizing China, building internal improvements, eliminating things like foot binding, etc. Having known peace for the first time in decades, the economy took off.

The Communists were on the ropes, and the Long March would have come to naught if Japan hadn't attacked in 1937.

The Communists took over (read my book!) and did make a break from tradition, and it was disastrous. After Mao died, the old Imperial system has reasserted itself to the point where the CCP is the new Mandarin bureaucracy, only far less competent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

133 The empty libraries? It strikes me sometimes that libraries have, for quite a while, emphasized "access." We have "access" to all these books and periodicals through intricate interlibrary loan systems and digital databases. Don't see it here? Just ask, and we can probably get it for you. Everybody wants "access." But the items to be accessed are being stored in fewer and fewer places because who's got all that space and who wants the headache of maintaining it all? And some of those places don't loan all that stuff out anyway.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026 10:15 AM (q3u5l)

134 Lost great works - we know very little about the Etruscans now, mostly inference and guesswork. Yet there was a multi volume work in existence at the time of Claudius which covered their history, culture, and language in detail, as told by Etruscan descendants still living at the time. A truly great loss.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2026

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I believe Claudius was said to be working on a history of the Etruscans before he became emperor. Or maybe that was Robert Graves' invention?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)

135 A Greek writer who lived just 100 years after Herodotus (his name escapes me) wrote “Herodotus is called the Father of History, but he is the Father of Lies.” So some saw it from the start.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2026 10:10 AM (nuNhM)
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Right, but historians are just as prone to character assassination as anyone else. I think Herodotus was a transitional figure between the idea of poetic, mythical history and a more grounded factual version. I note that Herodotus does frequently take the line of: "I don't say it's true, it's just what I heard."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 10:16 AM (ZOv7s)

136 I believe Claudius was said to be working on a history of the Etruscans before he became emperor. Or maybe that was Robert Graves' invention?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)
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It's true. Graves was a Latin scholar, and Penguin uses his translation of Suetonius, who Graves drew upon heavily.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

137 Just finished my yearly reading of LOTR. Starting on Atkinson’s “The British are Coming”
Happy Father’s Day to all you dads.

Posted by: Uncle Slayton at June 21, 2026 10:21 AM (PJ6NO)

138 74 ... "
This curmudgeon's problem isn't with microfiche per se, but with libraries putting their holdings on microfiche and then destroying the originals. This is one reason why complete runs of some of the great newspapers like the New York Herald and Los Angeles Examiner no longer exist."

MP4,
I know about that and it is an abombination. If endless space and resources can be created for AI crap data centers, space can be set aside for preservation of documents and books. It's in the same category with libraries purging their shelves if a book isn't used i a year or so. That might explain why it's hard to find classic literature and history in a lot of libraries. Makes me wonder if libraries are administered by people who couldn't cut it in the NEA teachers union.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2026 10:22 AM (yTvNw)

139 I do enjoy fantasy fiction but, it's true, it's mostly junk these days. I hate to say it, but if I see a female author's name, I'm likely to pass on it.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 21, 2026 10:24 AM (VCgbV)

140 Based on China videos being smuggled out, I'd say the CCP is heading for a fall as the dynastic cycle grinds remorselessly on. In every dynasty there is a point where greed and corruption cripple the government, where it is easier to suppress bad news than fix the problems, and that is exactly where we are today, and the mainland Chinese are increasingly talking about it.

Certain temples and sacred mountains associated with dynastic change have been fenced off and locked down. Beijing itself has been entirely encircled by fencing - not just traffic checkpoints (which it always had but are now buffed up) but actual monitored border walls.

Mentioning "June 4th or "6/4" is forbidden. Even saying six and four together is forbidden. That's how paranoid they are right now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)

141 I finished Three Men in a Boat. Once again the moron recommendation comes through. Thoroughly enjoyable. I’ll start Three Men on the Bummel today. I hope Montmorency is along for the ride this time, too.

Posted by: Who Knew at June 21, 2026 10:25 AM (QeSDj)

142 I was intrigued by magical systems that had consequences, like physical drains on the sorcerer or his environs, or there was a price to pay for every warping of reality, a blowback that unintentionally transformed other aspects of the world long term. The impact had to be balanced against the desired result. Like magical radioactivity.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 10:26 AM (kpS4V)

143 *I've always loved that name, probably because I had a crush on Kate Jackson.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 21, 2026 09:52 AM (qRla/)

You are a man of taste and discernment, MP4.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 21, 2026 10:27 AM (1Ff7Z)

144 @131 --

I've read only the first Flavia de Luce novel, and that was long before I joined AoS.

She's a smart young girl who's a self-taught chemist. Has an older sister who's a featherhead. Father is missing; I think the girls live with a relative. The family has money.

The only other thing I recall about the book is that it opened with Flavia mixing up a concoction to lace her sister's face cream.

The books are on my TBR list -- but for a change, I don't own them. Will need to rely on the library.

Now, please, someone who knows much more about Flavia jump in and correct me!

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 10:27 AM (+zDJ+)

145 I didn't get in on the kickstart for American Paladin so I'm waiting for it to come out in 2 days, not that I'm counting.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 21, 2026 10:28 AM (VCgbV)

146 It might as well be called "Technobabble: The Book!"

Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds did a much better job of telling their version of this story in half the pages.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 21, 2026 09:51 AM (gnNyN)

It could be the perceived value of a book three inches thick instead of one and a half. If I'm not mistaken, 40k words is still considered a novel, but who wants to pay $20 for a 40k word book?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 21, 2026 10:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

147 I was intrigued by magical systems that had consequences, like physical drains on the sorcerer or his environs, or there was a price to pay for every warping of reality, a blowback that unintentionally transformed other aspects of the world long term. The impact had to be balanced against the desired result. Like magical radioactivity.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026

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Yes; a kind of magical Newtonian law. I've tinkered with the idea of inertia having to be considered too; that a colossal magical change to something in the world takes a little time to accomplish.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)

148 A Greek writer who lived just 100 years after Herodotus (his name escapes me) wrote “Herodotus is called the Father of old greek homos"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 10:30 AM (Kt19C)

149 I was intrigued by magical systems that had consequences, like physical drains on the sorcerer or his environs, or there was a price to pay for every warping of reality, a blowback that unintentionally transformed other aspects of the world long term. The impact had to be balanced against the desired result. Like magical radioactivity.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026

Gandalf vs The Balrog

Posted by: davidt at June 21, 2026 10:31 AM (Q+gd/)

150
Since we're talking about the Ancient Greeks and fantasy...

There's very fun novel from the 1990s titled

"Celestial Matters" by Richard Garfinkle.

It's a Hard Science SF novel where the Science is that of the Ancient Greeks with the Geocentric and Aristolean models being true.

And the Greeks are in a fierce physical, ideological and philosophical battle against the Middle Kingdom (China) and their Taoist Science lasting hundreds of years.
The Greeks believe they can achieve victory with a piece of the true(?) fire of the Sun, and thus plan a space journey, aaaand go!

I've never read another novel like this one before or after. Fun, entertaining read and very unjustly neglected.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 21, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)

151 Avdynasty change in China would be something to see. ...from a distance. As for revolutions being coups, often that’s the case. I’ve argued that the Spanish in Mexico would have been much like that If the diseases that no body at the time knew the cause of or the cure for, the Spaniards would have been reasonably content to just sit in the place of the Aztec elite and collect the tribute. The Christian missionary aspect of the Spanish throws i little bit of a loop into that theory but without the devastating disease outbreaks, I think Mexico after the Spanish would be very like India after the Raj

Posted by: Who Knew at June 21, 2026 10:33 AM (QeSDj)

152 Gandalf vs The Balrog
Posted by: davidt at June 21, 2026 10:31 AM (Q+gd/)
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Loyal angel vs rebel angel.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)

153 Thucydides who was quite a liar himself

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 21, 2026 10:36 AM (bXbFr)

154 See the kagan monograph

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 21, 2026 10:36 AM (bXbFr)

155 And apologies for all the typos. I’m trying to type on a iPad and defeat the spellcheck but not succeeding

Posted by: Who Knew at June 21, 2026 10:37 AM (QeSDj)

156 136 I believe Claudius was said to be working on a history of the Etruscans before he became emperor. Or maybe that was Robert Graves' invention?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)

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I find it odd that the affairs of the early Romans were so intertwined with the Etruscans, but the Etruscan language was completely unrelated to Latin. If I'm not mistaken, Etruscan wasn't even an Indo-European language.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2026 10:38 AM (u/oMr)

157 I just finished Anthony Horowitz' "A Deadly Episode," another Horowitz and Hawthorne book.

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I finished it a few days ago and quite liked it. I didn't see the solution to either murder coming.

Speaking of Horowitz mysteries, I have two. I have a clear recollection of Amazon offering me the opportunity to pre-order a fourth Susan Ryeland novel some months ago to be released at the end of the year. I thought it ridiculous to pre-order so early but now there is no reference to this book anywhere. Second, in Deadly Episode, there are a couple references to this being the sixth book in the series when, in fact, it is only the fourth. What happened to the other two books?

Incidentally, I saw a guy on YT discussing differences betweent British and American English. One concerned the word "quite". The Brits use it to mean "almost" while we use to mean "very". So when I say I quite liked the book, I mean I liked it very much while Horowitz might interpret it as I almost liked it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

158 148 A Greek writer who lived just 100 years after Herodotus (his name escapes me) wrote “Herodotus is called the Father of old greek homos"

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All modern historians stand on the shoulders of Greek giant homos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2026 10:39 AM (u/oMr)

159 The recovery of the Herculeum scrolls is quite amazing. And a Herculean task!

I agree about multiple back ups of digital materials but still have no confidence in them. Too many ways to go wrong. Lack of power. Lack of software and machines to read them. (How many computer files are still usable after only a few decades?) Deteriorating storage media….
Posted by: JTB

Early his morning, randomly recalling a bit of video of my late brother and his then-wife, I was whelmed with remembering all the media that I hope, despite long odds, to someday digitize. Family film negatives I've never developed. Dad's old slides. Our old Super8 video, super-8mm films (some with sound!), VHS, even 16mm film. Every kind of digital media except 8" floppies, including Zip tapes that have a few files I'd really like to recover. Double-density double-sided 5" floppies from the Shack Model I days - yeah, those will be easy to recover.

Meanwhile, I haven't even got what's on the disk drives backed up sufficiently. And new drives cost a fortune, I hear.

Pixy recently wrote, it's not safe until you have backups in at least three formats on two different continents.

And keep away from volcanos!

Posted by: mindful webworker - preserve your memories, they're all that's left you -Paul Simon at June 21, 2026 10:40 AM (9bb3y)

160 I'm also in Paul Cantor's "Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization". In it he compares optimistic products of consensus culture, like Star Trek and Gilligan's Island, with later examples of more nihistic outlooks like The X-Files and The Simpsons (though I would argue that the latter two, especially The Simpsons, were sort of the last gasp of a broadly appealing cultural touchstone).

Fun fact: Sherwood Schwartz named the ill-fated SS Minnow after FCC Chairman Newton Minnow, who famously disparaged the "vast wasteland" of television.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 10:41 AM (kpS4V)

161 Based on China videos being smuggled out, I'd say the CCP is heading for a fall as the dynastic cycle grinds remorselessly on. In every dynasty there is a point where greed and corruption cripple the government, where it is easier to suppress bad news than fix the problems, and that is exactly where we are today, and the mainland Chinese are increasingly talking about it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 21, 2026 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)

That can't be true! I have it on good authority of someone who says he's the smartest person on the internet, that China is about to take over the world. It must just be capitalist running dog lies!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 21, 2026 10:41 AM (1Ff7Z)

162 I knew the sales of Malcolm Guite's epic ballad "Galahad and the Grail" were good and discovered they were better than I expected. The entire first run of all editions by the American and British publishers sold out and a second run was needed within a month of its debut. That run is selling fast.

The numbers aren't huge by NYT bestseller standards but I am amazed and encouraged at the reception. Volume two comes out in November. I heard the special, limited edition is already sold out.

FWIW, I think Guite's Arthuriad will end up in the same tier as Tennyson's Idylls of the King and might revitalize the ballad form for epic poetry.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2026 10:42 AM (yTvNw)

163 Gandalf vs The Balrog
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I want to see this staged as an MMA cagematch or with luchadors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 10:43 AM (kpS4V)

164 I've never read another novel like this one before or after. Fun, entertaining read and very unjustly neglected.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 21, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)

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I second the recommendation of Celestial Matters.

Garfinkle also wrote All Of An Instant, which is about the discovery of a realm outside of time. Adventurous stuff.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2026 10:45 AM (PiwSw)

165 What, did everybody fall asleep?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 21, 2026 10:53 AM (1Ff7Z)

166
I find it odd that the affairs of the early Romans were so intertwined with the Etruscans, but the Etruscan language was completely unrelated to Latin. If I'm not mistaken, Etruscan wasn't even an Indo-European language.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2026

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The Romans got the idea of gladiatorial arena games from the Etruscans, I believe. And the latter are supposed to have come originally from Asia Minor, or somewhere out that way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:53 AM (wzUl9)

167 Aargh. I just read the synopsis of the first Flavia de Luce book. Oh boy, did I screw things up. For openers, father is very much alive.

In an attempt to make amends, let me promote this website:

bookseriesinorder.com

You can search by author, character, or title.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 10:54 AM (+zDJ+)

168 Herodotus does frequently take the line of: "I don't say it's true, it's just what I heard."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Ah, the MSNOW approach. Incidentally, the MSM seems to be all in on the algae in the reflecting pool story because we haven't anything else to worry about. Here, for example, The Atlantic covers Big Algae

https://tinyurl.com/3fjjn3v8

and here Karoline Leavitt is forced to cover Algae-gate.

https://tinyurl.com/38czw65n

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 21, 2026 10:55 AM (ndZc7)

169 Aargh. I just read the synopsis of the first Flavia de Luce book. Oh boy, did I screw things up. For openers, father is very much alive.

In an attempt to make amends, let me promote this website:

bookseriesinorder.com

You can search by author, character, or title.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026

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Oh -- the Flavia books are a mystery series! Okay!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)

170 The Romans got the idea of gladiatorial arena games from the Etruscans, I believe. And the latter are supposed to have come originally from Asia Minor, or somewhere out that way.

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For a time it was believed that the language of Linear B was related to Etruscan. Then someone figured out it was actually early Greek.

There was an idea tossed around once that had the Hittites related to the Etruscans, but I think that fell by the wayside when it was confirmed that Hittite was an Indo-European language.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2026 10:59 AM (u/oMr)

171 Haven't heard of Richard Garfinkle before, but he has a number of titles in the Kindle store (though not Celestial Matters or All In an Instant) and they look like strange & unusual stuff indeed.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026 11:01 AM (q3u5l)

172 I do enjoy fantasy fiction but, it's true, it's mostly junk these days. I hate to say it, but if I see a female author's name, I'm likely to pass on it.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 21, 2026 10:24 AM (VCgbV)

Not just female authors. Female playwrights, directors, CEOs, pilots,.........

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 11:02 AM (5Jn8W)

173 Magic systems in so many stories seem to be, well, unsystematic. Magic, like tech, should have its own rules, and if there are exceptions they should be explained. It should also not be easy to work a spell, or then everybody could do it and why would you need professionals?

The two basic classical rules of magic, the Law of Similarity and the Law of Contagion, are a good start. But a clever writer will go beyond those.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 10:03 AM

I decided to ditch rules of magic in my writing because it was starting to feel like video game systems.

I was doodling the stairs of creation - I don't know the real name, but it's the stairs toward God with angels, then Man, then animals, and plants. I was trying to remember the different levels of angels and remembered an Irish legend that the magical people are just angels who remained neutral in the war of Heaven.

So my magic "system" is really about the nature of created beings and envy driving them to gain attributes they weren't meant to have.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 21, 2026 11:07 AM (ysTZR)

174 The Romans got the idea of gladiatorial arena games from gladiator movies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 11:08 AM (Kt19C)

175 Thank you for the posting on the recovery of lost books. I can't begin to imagine how one reads the text embedded in a lump of carbon; but there it is.

In our collection is a volume of an encyclopedia published in the 19th century. The binding is falling apart, and in it is a portion of a newspaper article on the annexation of Texas. (In the mid-19th century, newspapers were printed on flatbed presses, using much higher quality paper than nowadays.) It's not quite the same as the recovery of a lost treatise by Archimedes, but it's a fragment of history nonetheless.

Posted by: Nemo at June 21, 2026 11:09 AM (4RPgu)

176 Spammer belowdecks in pixy's thread
Posted by: Metal Roofing at June 21, 2026 10:12 AM (8rrT7

Posted by: gKWVE at June 21, 2026 11:09 AM (gKWVE)

177 " Copy early and often (and for the love of Ghu CHECK THAT THE BACKUP WORKS!)"

And when you get a new backup technology, the older ones' last duty is to serve as the source for moving its backups to the new tech.

Posted by: SDN at June 21, 2026 11:12 AM (0sMG6)

178 There was an idea tossed around once that had the Hittites related to the Etruscans, but I think that fell by the wayside when it was confirmed that Hittite was an Indo-European language.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2026

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"Hittites?"

"Very big in ancient Mesopotamia. Big guys."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:13 AM (wzUl9)

179 174 The Romans got the idea of gladiatorial arena games from gladiator movies.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 11:08 AM (Kt19C)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Capt. Clarence Oveur at June 21, 2026 11:16 AM (PiwSw)

180 I tend to read children's fantasy books from the 1990s and before. It's not like YA: No smut, charming characters, and villains that don't have sympathetic backstories. I was sorry to learn that British author Gillian Philip was "cancelled"; the third book of her Ravenstorm Island series was published in German but the English publication was killed.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 21, 2026 11:18 AM (ysTZR)

181 Hittites were a big player in the region until the Late Bronze Age Collapse. After that, they never recovered as a major power and were reduced to a fragmented gaggle of inconsequential polities until the culture disappeared completely.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2026 11:20 AM (u/oMr)

182 Yes, most female bylines now are a turnoff for me. In older times there were Josephine Tey, Anne Rivers Siddons, Laura Z. Hobson, and a few others, as well as Agatha Christie. But they played fair -- gave us unpleasant female characters as well as heroic ones, heroic males as well as evil or clueless, etc. In other words, they showed more of the full range of humanity than do modern authors (of either sex), who are too busy doing the Girlboss/Dullwitted or Evil Man tropes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:21 AM (wzUl9)

183 This week's Kindle read was the "Space Mechanic" series by Jamie MacFarlane.

It is 1950, and WWII veteran Rix Banner is thoroughly enjoying the quiet life of small town America as he runs his auto repair shop. Then one evening, a pretty girl shows up at his garage and asks if he can fix her spaceship...

It's simple space opera, but it is notable for its lack of gore, sex, and foul language. There is not even a hint of The Message or pandering to Modern Audiences. I found it refreshing.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 21, 2026 11:21 AM (5QSoL)

184 In that fight between Gandalf and the Balrog what exactly did happen?

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 11:22 AM (Ia/+0)

185 This week's Kindle read was the "Space Mechanic" series by Jamie MacFarlane.

It is 1950, and WWII veteran Rix Banner is thoroughly enjoying the quiet life of small town America as he runs his auto repair shop. Then one evening, a pretty girl shows up at his garage and asks if he can fix her spaceship...

It's simple space opera, but it is notable for its lack of gore, sex, and foul language. There is not even a hint of The Message or pandering to Modern Audiences. I found it refreshing.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 21, 2026

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Sounds very Heinleinesque, like his Have Space Suit -- Will Travel!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:22 AM (wzUl9)

186 In that fight between Gandalf and the Balrog what exactly did happen?
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026

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All I can recall is Gandalf and the Balrog falling off the bridge over the chasm, and Gandalf shouting up at the Fellowship members: "Fly, you fools!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:23 AM (wzUl9)

187 Sanford and son tv marathon. To aunt Esther:
I could put dough on the counter, push yo face in it and make gorilla cookies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 11:26 AM (Kt19C)

188 "I have more faith in microfiche for long term preservation. So sayeth the curmudgeon."

I've been working on a project involving the city of Chicago in the year 1919. Much of the material is coming from newspapers preserved on microfilm. It's clear to me that a writer a century from now who wishes to write a similar project about our time is going to have a much tougher time of it. In part, that's because the newspaper, as a synopsis of events in a given place and time, no longer exists. And in part, it's because of the fragility of the media on which records of our time are being kept. I doubt whether more than a tiny fragment of what we're recording electronically will still exist a century from now. Despite our luxuriating in electronic media, our time may well be another dark age, in the sense that future historians will find it nearly impossible to learn what was happening in our here and now.

Posted by: Nemo at June 21, 2026 11:26 AM (4RPgu)

189 falling off the bridge over the chasm
Naw, that's Sherlock Holmes.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026 11:27 AM (Kt19C)

190 @169 --

Uh, yeah, that.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 11:27 AM (p/isN)

191 140 Based on China videos being smuggled out, I'd say the CCP is heading for a fall as the dynastic cycle grinds remorselessly on. In every dynasty there is a point where greed and corruption cripple the government, where it is easier to suppress bad news than fix the problems, and that is exactly where we are today, and the mainland Chinese are increasingly talking about it.”

Wait are we talking about California now?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2026 11:29 AM (nuNhM)

192 All I can recall is Gandalf and the Balrog falling off the bridge over the chasm, and Gandalf shouting up at the Fellowship members: "Fly, you fools!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Or was that Sherlock Holmes?

Posted by: From about That Time at June 21, 2026 11:30 AM (sl73Y)

193 Sanford and son tv marathon. To aunt Esther:
I could put dough on the counter, push yo face in it and make gorilla cookies.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 21, 2026

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I fondly recall when Ace was signing himself "Lamont the Big Dummy."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:31 AM (wzUl9)

194 ll I can recall is Gandalf and the Balrog falling off the bridge over the chasm, and Gandalf shouting up at the Fellowship members: "Fly, you fools!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
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Or was that Sherlock Holmes?
Posted by: From about That Time at June 21, 2026

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Holmes left a very polite and civilized note for Watson before grappling with Moriarty at the falls.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:32 AM (wzUl9)

195 Sanford & Son --

Am I the only one with the impression that television comedy turned into an almost non-stop exchange of insults with the arrival of Norman Lear?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026 11:34 AM (q3u5l)

196 Aunt Esther scene I remember:
Fred: “what kind of a name is Esther anyways? Where’d that come from?”
Aunt Esther: “I’ll have you know that my name is found in the Holy Bible itself!”
Fred: “oh yeah, didn’t Sampson kill a thousand men with yo’ jawbone?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2026 11:35 AM (nuNhM)

197 I remember Gandalf and the Balrog plunging off a bridge. But as today has shown, my memory is fallible.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 21, 2026 11:35 AM (p/isN)

198 Am I the only one with the impression that television comedy turned into an almost non-stop exchange of insults with the arrival of Norman Lear?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026

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I don't think you are alone. The modern age of more sophisticated TV comedy began with Mary Tyler Moore's show and the other MTM offerings. But it was Archie, Fred Sanford, George Jefferson, and many others that started the "relevant" era of comedy and the rapid-fire insult routines that had been the province of Don Rickles before that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:36 AM (wzUl9)

199 I don't think you are alone. The modern age of more sophisticated TV comedy began with Mary Tyler Moore's show and the other MTM offerings. But it was Archie, Fred Sanford, George Jefferson, and many others that started the "relevant" era of comedy and the rapid-fire insult routines that had been the province of Don Rickles before that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:36 AM (wzUl9)

The show that started it all: All In the Family.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 11:39 AM (g8Ew8)

200 Now that I think about it, "relevant" themes were prevalent in TV in the late '60s in drama shows. The Name of the Game, The Storefront Lawyers, Medical Center, Marcus Welby, all of those. The producers actually used the word "relevant" in their show descriptions, and the stories seemed to focus on youth rebellion, drugs, premarital sex, etc. As much as the networks would allow, of course -- which was more than they had allowed only five years or so before.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:40 AM (wzUl9)

201 After Gandalf meets backup with the travelers he tells of fighting the Balrog until he defeats it

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 11:41 AM (Ia/+0)

202 The show that started it all: All In the Family.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026

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Mary's series premiered about four months before AitF. But yes, Archie and his family began the full cycle of "topical" comedies, where a lot of the conflict had to do with then-modern morality and how America was changing from the old ways. Maude arguing with her daughter and husband, George Jefferson hating white people living nearby, all of that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:42 AM (wzUl9)

203 When it comes to modern fantasy or fiction in general, I tend to skip past female authors. With Sabrina Chase here and Sgt. Mom (Celia Hayes) I know I'll get an entertaining book but they are the exceptions. Recommendations from the Horde led me to Susannah Clarke. Most female fiction writers I enjoy wrote fifty years ago or more like Josephine Tey, Lucy Smith or Agatha Christie. Nonfiction and children's books like the Brambly Hedge stories are a different category.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2026 11:44 AM (yTvNw)

204 Been busy reading, but no time to report on any today.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 21, 2026 11:44 AM (Meyva)

205 Time for me to depart the Book Thread for today, but I shall be back (in a posting capacity) July 19. In lurker mode, always! They made the mistake of giving me Open Blogger permissions, bwahahaha.... Enjoy your books!

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 21, 2026 11:44 AM (ee9bx)

206 Possibly off topic, I've sort of always had idea's for movies but never really had any drive to put pen to paper as they say, so I got the bug and was looking at screenwriting software, tried a couple of them, they were all way overly complex and gui centric.

So I'm a neovim/vim/cli kind of guy, so I bashed together a config that basically looks like a word processor from the 80's but has screenwriting hooks.

I've been testing it out with the screenplay to Sinners.

Basically copying the entire structure verbatim, it's working out pretty good.

I will say this, reading the screenplay to Sinners is fascinating because what's on paper is so dry and matter of fact, and quite frankly boring, that I have no idea how that film got made or had any interest.

I've also been reading screenplays in general and have discovered that a lot of great films do not come from the page at all.

Like reading the screenplay for Wedding Crashers, the screenplay is not funny at all.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 21, 2026 11:45 AM (XV/Pl)

207 Dad died 58 years ago. I wish I'd had more time with him. Wonder if I'd have had a better relationship with him than did my two ornery older brothers.

The First Source and Universe Center has never revealed himself by name, only by nature. If we believe that we are the children of this Creator, it is only natural that we should eventually call him Father. But this is the name of our own choosing, and it grows out of the recognition of our personal relationship with the First Source and Center.
—The Urantia Book, Paper 1, Section 1, The Father's Name

I've been thinking about reading the UB again. Been a long time, although parts of it I've re-read often.

There was a time I started to tell on here, in serialized comments, about the interesting (to me, anyway) struggle of Urantia Bookies to preserve and protect the "original text," which struggle eventually vacated the copyright. I was discouraged in this effort by Oregon Muse, although suppressing my efforts was probably not his intent. Suggested no one was interested. Perhaps he was right.

Explore the first lines in the UB in mindful cartoon webwork format
Exploring the Foreword
https://bit.ly/natl-ubographic

Posted by: mindful webworker - preserve your memories, they're all that's left you -Paul Simon at June 21, 2026 11:46 AM (9bb3y)

208 Thirty plus years ago I bought a box full of books at an estate auction and in that box was a 1850's handbook for the Independent Order of Oddfellows.

It was falling to pieces, the muslin cover loose; the binding loose, but the pages were in fine condition - the spine was indeed shimmed with slips of text cut from some other book. It also had some interesting images - eye centered in the palm of a hand sort of thing.

Posted by: 13times at June 21, 2026 11:46 AM (fnZRl)

209 Yes, most female bylines now are a turnoff for me.

When you see a 20 or 30 fantasy book series on Amazon with a female name as the author, you can pretty well bet that it's AI generated mommy pron.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 21, 2026 11:48 AM (vTZFs)

210 Reading this week? Decided to put off Bleak House for a while. I'll take another run at it some time this year or early next. Am almost a quarter of the way through Brothers Karamazov, and also skipping around in Richard Matheson's haunted house novel Hell House.

That is, when I'm not busy creating redundant backups of the ebook files.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026 11:49 AM (q3u5l)

211
It was falling to pieces, the muslin cover loose; the binding loose, but the pages were in fine condition - the spine was indeed shimmed with slips of text cut from some other book. It also had some interesting images - eye centered in the palm of a hand sort of thing.
Posted by: 13times at June 21, 2026 11:46 AM (fnZRl)

If you put it under a black light, it might be a treasure map.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)

212 The one screenplay I read that was pretty much word for word and beat for beat page to screen is Pulp Fiction.

Pretty much all Tarantino screenplays and movies are what you read is what you get.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 21, 2026 11:51 AM (XV/Pl)

213 > 208

There were a few other old books, one was a small book compilation of Norse mythology - the original owner had pressed a four-lear clover between pages - the clover was still perfectly preserved and green.

Posted by: 13times at June 21, 2026 11:51 AM (fnZRl)

214 Aunt Esther scene I remember:
Fred: “what kind of a name is Esther anyways? Where’d that come from?”
Aunt Esther: “I’ll have you know that my name is found in the Holy Bible itself!”
Fred: “oh yeah, didn’t Sampson kill a thousand men with yo’ jawbone?”

And note that the punchline depends on the audience being familiar with the Bible. I doubt that joke would land today.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 21, 2026 11:52 AM (vTZFs)

215 Yes, most female bylines now are a turnoff for me.

When you see a 20 or 30 fantasy book series on Amazon with a female name as the author, you can pretty well bet that it's AI generated mommy pron.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 21, 2026 11:48 AM (vTZFs)

Putting the cock in cockatrice.

Posted by: Minotaurs ravaged my cooch! at June 21, 2026 11:53 AM (TbWk/)

216 Sometimes reading stage play scripts are disappointing too. If the playwright doesn't include stage directions and indications of *how* a character says something, it can come across very flat. Frederick Knott's script for Wait Until Dark is *not* like that -- it almost reads like a short story written in present tense. And Neil Simon's plays are usually fun to read; see The Odd Couple, for instance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:54 AM (wzUl9)

217 A lot of William Goldman's scripts make fun reading. Some of Harlan Ellison's too, and Richard Matheson's. Haven't gotten to it yet, but I've been thinking about reading Frederic Raphael's script for the delightful movie Two for the Road; Raphael is also a novelist, so I imagine it'll be at least pretty readable.

Maybe a lot of great flicks don't come from the page, but without the page would the director and cast have much to work with?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026 11:58 AM (q3u5l)

218 Of course the edition of the play script might be the issue regarding the readability. The acting script might have all the directions and cues in it. The transcripts published in those volumes of "The Ten Best of Broadway, 1967" might not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:58 AM (wzUl9)

219 Anyway! A tip of the chapeau to Sabrina for leading a fine discussion with all your great people. Enjoy your Sunday!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 11:59 AM (wzUl9)

220 And I'm off to fail to do anything constructive today here at Casa Some Guy.

Thanks for the thread, Sabrina.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 21, 2026 12:00 PM (q3u5l)

221 Off to conquer the world (I do it so subtly and nefariously that few notice).

Read only good books! Or, failing that, top tier trash.

*disappears in a puff of lavender smoke and holographic glitter*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 12:00 PM (kpS4V)

222 If you put it under a black light, it might be a treasure map.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 21, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew

The funny part being that various groups both lunatic* and fun loving used Mount Shasta caves and lava tubes for initiation ceremonies. I bought the bought the box of books in the Shadow of Mount Shasta.

*The belief in Lemuria in Mt. Shasta
*Love Has Won

Posted by: 13times at June 21, 2026 12:01 PM (fnZRl)

223 ALL BOOKS CLOSED, THERE WILL BE A TEST

NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 12:02 PM (Ia/+0)

224 I'm tellin' ya, my backup plan is bodice-rippers where housebound dipsomaniac former baristas on disability for their neuropathy get gangbanged by illegal immigrant capybarataurs and the stern but sensual Immigration & Creature Enforcement agents who hunt them.

I will publish this trash under the pseudonym "Cornelia Flickbean."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2026 12:04 PM (BI5O2)

225
Book Thread: West Coast Edition

Posted by: 13times at June 21, 2026 12:05 PM (fnZRl)

226 @216

>>If the playwright doesn't include stage directions and indications of *how* a character says something, it can come across very flat.

Learning about scriptwriting, those are called parentheticals, and are generally used sparingly because the idea is that the actors will interpret how the lines are too be delivered.

Tarentino doesn't use them but will tell an actor exactly how his line will be delivered.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 21, 2026 12:11 PM (XV/Pl)

227
Lemurians on Mt. Shasta by Dr. Clem Davies

https://archive.org/details/lemurians-on-mount-shasta

Posted by: 13times at June 21, 2026 12:13 PM (fnZRl)

228 >>If the playwright doesn't include stage directions and indications of *how* a character says something, it can come across very flat.

Learning about scriptwriting, those are called parentheticals, and are generally used sparingly because the idea is that the actors will interpret how the lines are too be delivered.

Tarentino doesn't use them but will tell an actor exactly how his line will be delivered.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 21, 2026

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Right, but I mean a reading copy for the general public. Certainly some of the stage directions can be carried over from the actual production.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 12:48 PM (wzUl9)

229 Current work on these carbonized scrolls can be found at the Vesuvius Challenge on Discord.

Posted by: Aawlberninf350 at June 21, 2026 01:08 PM (8RozV)

230 Greetings from the West Coast where it is still morning.

@13times: Thanks for the link in #227 about Lemurians in Mt. Shasta. My in-laws retired there, so we would camp in the area so our kids could visit with their grandparents. And it's beautiful country there in "The State of Jefferson."

There were some interesting independent bookstores in Mt. Shasta City, including some that were not "New Age." Bought the first volume of the "Outlander" series in one of the bookstores where the staff wrote notes to recommend books and placed them on the shelves.

Posted by: March Hare at June 21, 2026 01:28 PM (O/GSq)

231 Currently reading The Pyrates: A Gripping Adventure Satire of High Seas Duels and Buried Treasure by Geard MacDonald Fraser, of Flashman fame. DIL gave it to me as a Christmas present and apologized because it is a used copy of the trade paperback. I don't care--the fact the book is previously owned does not affect the story! However, my edition is 400+ pages and has tiny type. Pyrates may end up being my summer "big read."

Posted by: March Hare at June 21, 2026 01:34 PM (O/GSq)

232 I said my goal this year was to reread the Matt Helm novels. I'm about half way through my collection The Intriguers (1972), and the reference to Night Walker made me go look on that bookshelf, and, sure enough, there it is, on the end, along with a bunch of "other" Donald Hamilton books. It's a Gold Medal paperback, 60¢ cover price. I opened it carefully - the pages are yellow, and the whole book is dry - and checked the copyright date. 1954. Yep, Matt was still a Citizen, because "Death of a " is copyrighted in 1960.
A book like that is perfectly suited to Amazon's long-tail model, if it was converted to an ebook.
Which brings up the copyright issue and DRM. Proposed modification of DRM law: the code has to build in its expiration coincident with copyright expiration. When the © expires, the encryption disappears.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 21, 2026 02:15 PM (RW118)

233 There were some interesting independent bookstores in Mt. Shasta City, including some that were not "New Age." Bought the first volume of the "Outlander" series in one of the bookstores where the staff wrote notes to recommend books and placed them on the shelves.
Posted by: March Hare
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I climbed (Actually slogged, since there is practically no technical climbing on the easy route to the top. You pant a lot at 14k) Mt Shasta in the mid-70s. The town then was much, much, smaller. On forays up and down I5 in the 90s, we'd always stop at the original Black Bear Diner there. My last, not pleasant, visit 5 years ago emphasized how big it has grown. My truck sprung a diesel.leak under the hood at 10 in the evening, and I wound up in a hotel there. The next morning, I started finding a garage to look at it. There were now 4 garages doing diesel work in Mt Shasta city. (It was the regulator fitting). North of Reading, inland NorCal is one big summer resort. Bookstores are a standard resort business. Glad you found a good one.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 21, 2026 02:35 PM (RW118)

234
160 I'm also in Paul Cantor's "Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization". In it he compares optimistic products of consensus culture, like Star Trek and Gilligan's Island . . .

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 21, 2026 10:41 AM (kpS4V)

***

Those poor people!

Posted by: Mathesar at June 21, 2026 03:03 PM (TPFQA)

Daily Tech News 21 June 2026

Top Story

AMD and Intel have unveiled their new ACE instruction set, which extends AVX vector instructions into matrix calculations. (Tom's Hardware)

A single ACE instruction can result in up to 1024 multiplications, which is convenient but not exactly adhering to the RISC philosophy.

We'll probably be waiting a couple of years to see this. AMD previously announced a new matrix engine for Zen 7 - which is not expected until 2028.

Tech News

UK supermarket Tesco is suing Broadcom over their VMWare villainy. (The Register)

Tesco purchased perpetual licenses to VMWare and signed matching support contracts before the company was bought by Broadcom. Broadcom is now - according to the suit - refusing to provide support services unless customer repurchase the licenses at new, vastly inflated prices.
Cloudflare has announced temporary accounts for AI agents that can be deployed for an hour without human intervention. (Cloudflare)

There are nine and sixty ways I can think of off the top of my head that this could go horribly wrong. I suspect that Cloudflare can think of even more, and have already put in place countermeasures for half of them.
A $200 ChatGPT subscription used to the full could be costing OpenAI $14,000. (TechSpot)

And a $200 Claude subscription could cost Anthropic $8000.

Be right back, upgrading some subscriptions...
A suicide booth for fish? (Tech Crunch)

Marketed as humane but actually designed to preserve the flavour.

Hmm.
The Atlantic did something useful? (The Verge)

They published a searchable database for music used in training AI song generators.

Most of it copyrighted, much of it by extremely litigious labels.

And here's me all out of popcorn.
Lenovo's Thinkpad X11 is an 11" tablet. (Notebook Check)

Not the fastest and certainly not the lightest, but it has something few tablets can match: A removable battery.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Mada fada coconut.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 04:32 AM (3UbC6)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

3 Good sunshiny summer Sunday morning! Exercised, showered, and hydrated.

Gets up, lazies!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 04:37 AM (3UbC6)

4 Guten morgen. horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 21, 2026 04:38 AM (I5lp2)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2026 04:40 AM (Hpgos)

6 Psy - Gentleman
He seems nice.

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)

7 >>>Psy - Gentleman
He seems nice.

Posted by: m

>Interesting. Nice editing and directing. What genre would you call that?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 04:48 AM (fkjGs)

8 Good morning all, time for me to try and go to sleep.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 21, 2026 04:48 AM (Q/FnY)

9
I forgot about this silliness. Sunrise at Stonehenge. That happen a little before midnight EDT:

https://t.ly/i5pu9

Sunrise happens there at about 1:10 in. The Druids blow some damned horn or something. Now, I don't know why they don't put a camera right dead center so they can show the sun rise over the Heel Stone.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 04:49 AM (w6EFb)

10 Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 04:52 AM (O7YUW)

11 Care for our children . Proverbs 13:1. International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/4dnj2ef9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 04:52 AM (dSKRp)

12 3 Good sunshiny summer Sunday morning! Exercised, showered, and hydrated.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 04:37 AM (3UbC6)

I failed to hydrate before going to bed and that was a big mistake.

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 04:53 AM (6wpGE)

13 >Interesting. Nice editing and directing. What genre would you call that?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 04:48 AM (fkjGs)
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Korean Rot.

Psy is most famous for Gangnum Style:

https://youtu.be/9bZkp7q19f0

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 04:54 AM (3UbC6)

14 God the Father. Christian devotional on Ephesians 3:16-19:

https://tinyurl.com/5mu4y9va

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 04:54 AM (dSKRp)

15 G'mornin' everyone!

lovely foggy morning out there, 44 degrees, and I'm getting ready for a hit-the-trailhead-at-dawn hike!

making extra coffee, woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 21, 2026 04:57 AM (VyBeY)

16 Officer plays piano to comfort family after father's fall and after he is taken care of. Faithpot site :

https://tinyurl.com/499bvm84

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 04:58 AM (n3VHW)

17 From the AOS home page Top Headlines side column:

Paul Sperry

NEW: Just heard something extraordinary from a former White House official who worked with former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster in Trump45's NSC: "McMaster had weekly phone calls with George Soros. We have no idea why." Neither could be reached for comment.
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All the signs were there. I first read about the deep statesman McMaster in the 2020 book, "The Memo: Twenty Years Inside the Deep State Fighting for America First, by Rich Higgins.

Higgins kept trying to send a message way upstream to Trump WH no. 1 that something was very rotten in the NSC, where McMaster ruled.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 05:01 AM (3UbC6)

18 @7/Rev. Wishbone: " What genre would you call that?"

My first thought was "weird" but in actuality I believe it's K-pop (Korean pop).

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 05:02 AM (O7YUW)

19 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 21, 2026 05:06 AM (V0/Sp)

20 Shuttle driver goes into rushing water to save people:

https://tinyurl.com/4nzjtc5u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:09 AM (OYsYV)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 21, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

22 The soft breeze caressing the tree
Leaves gently swaying in line
Warm summer sunlight will agree
That all is right and fine

The soft scent of flowering hedge rows
Deepens our love of beauty
Colorful birds line up to pose
As if this were a call to duty

Raise your eyes up to the sky
Let your voice call to the breeze
And let all know that as we fly
All may do as they please

fin

Posted by: clarence at June 21, 2026 05:18 AM (I5lp2)

23 Posted by: clarence at June 21, 2026 05:18 AM (I5lp2

Lovely. Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:20 AM (n3VHW)

24 I am very grateful to FenSpouse who is a good man and dad ,and who is kindly preaching for me on Father's Day because I cannot talk about being a father,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:23 AM (n3VHW)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 21, 2026 05:29 AM (NyXeV)

26 @24/FenelonSpoke: I'm glad FenSpouse is a good husband and father, whose presence in your life brings you joy. This is how it should be.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

27 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks. That's very kind of you. He also makes me laugh - which is important in a relationship ( at least for me) I think.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:33 AM (OYsYV)

28 Good morning you tech oriented early risers or up laters. And Pixy

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 21, 2026 05:34 AM (CUnWa)

29 If I put out a whiteboard sign. "My husband is not a non gestating parent. Happy Father's Day!" Someone would knock over the sign, right?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:38 AM (dSKRp)

30 We had a nice picnic with conservatives at the park yesterday . This year nobody defaced the signs or put rude graffiti up at the entrance to the park. I am glad about that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:40 AM (OYsYV)

31 So I figured out what was obvious to everyone else. My use of ExpressVPN made all the videos on AoS HQ "not available".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 21, 2026 05:47 AM (4+cmr)

32 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 05:47 AM (iMotb)

33 My use of ExpressVPN made all the videos on AoS HQ "not available".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 21, 2026 05:47 AM (4+cmr)
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Sometimes, changing servers under the VPN resolves such issues.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 05:53 AM (3UbC6)

34 G'Day everyone
Happy Father's day toalldadsout there

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 05:53 AM (Ia/+0)

35
Good morning, Hordians. Can't go to church this morning, and maybe not today, because about half my driveway is several inches under water.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 05:54 AM (O0L8i)

36 ...toalldadsout there

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 05:53 AM (Ia/+0)
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I need some space!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 05:54 AM (3UbC6)

37 We had a nice picnic with conservatives at the park yesterday . This year nobody defaced the signs or put rude graffiti up at the entrance to the park. I am glad about that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:40 AM (OYsYV)
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That's so nice to hear! So did we, in fact! 😄

Missed you, VIA. Hope you and the missus can come next time.

Happy Father's Day to all our Hordeling dads. God bless them all.

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 05:55 AM (afFes)

38 So the Volvo Intake gasket and various other small parts scheduled to arrive via FedEx between 1100-1500 did not arrive till after 2130 last night. So needles to say, the wagon did not get fixed last night.

BUT....hijinks of the political kind did rear its head yesterday during the leadoff to this Tuesdays run-off election.

I get a text in the middle of the day. And it starts with my name, and goes on to tell me how it is time to support one of the state candidates whom we shall simply call Jenny. And it tells me how she is great for women, supports all the major leftist women's causes, and we need to rally to support her.

But something, from the statements, which go completely against her platform, to the photo, which is a rather unflattering photo all make me suspect that this is an attempt to turn conservatives against her on Tuesday and vote for her opponent.

So I sent her campaign an email with a screenshot of the email that I received, and less than thirty minutes later the actual candidate called me directly, and we talked for over ten minutes.

As I suspected, someone supporting her opponent in the runoff is sending this out, quite possibly in violation of the law.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 05:58 AM (iMotb)

39 Bluebell!

We so wanted to come as well.

Perhaps next year, if we can pull it off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 05:59 AM (iMotb)

40 Evening and morning to the vast AoSHQ Empire's satellites and satraps, on this first true morning of summer!

I dreamed I was part of a vast evacuation ahead of some apocalyptic event. My boss said,"We need to get you a gun," and we went to the armory. Nobody else was there, but guns kept vanishing from the tables even as I looked. I grabbed a .38 revolver and a box of shells before it disappeared.

Later there was some discussion about restoring medical databases after The Event. "We don't have any programmers for Cameron!" I spoke up and said, "I know it." Someone else complained that the developers had located one table *inside* of another. I explained lucidly how a one-to-many relationship works. (How we had time for this when civilization was about to collapse is beyond me.)

So. Howz yer Sunday morning?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

41 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Lime + coconut = drink it all up

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 21, 2026 06:05 AM (amcLV)

42 I don't know why my fingers can't hit space button

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

43 This morning at least, big black Stirling cat waited until I was nearly awake before leaping across and kicking me. Now he's sitting here on the couch giving me the "I want a lap" look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

44 If you have not been watching Freddy visit and document the US, you're missing some good fun.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3ssaxk

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 06:07 AM (iMotb)

45 Psy is most famous for Gangnum Style:
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I prefer Klingon Style:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=CayMeza487M

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 21, 2026 06:09 AM (amcLV)

46 If you have not been watching Freddy visit and document the US, you're missing some good fun.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3ssaxk

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 06:07 AM (iMotb)
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OK. Not Elm Street Freddy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 06:14 AM (3UbC6)

47 Happy Father's Day to all our Hordeling dads. God bless them all.
Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 05:55 AM (afFes

Thanks, bluebell . Same to you and your husband as well. Next year I will not have a picnic, nor a service I need to be at on Sunday,, so God willing and the event is still on. I will be there. Thanks to you and all the folks who got things together!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 06:15 AM (6jy2V)

48 I don't know why my fingers can't hit space button

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)
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Were you drinking at the ONT again?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 06:15 AM (3UbC6)

49 Happy Fathers Day!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 06:15 AM (DoBxX)

50 >>> I explained lucidly how a one-to-many relationship works

Collapse: When the Null Hits the Boyce-Codd Normal Fan

Posted by: fluffy at June 21, 2026 06:17 AM (V0/Sp)

51 Good morning! Had a hop up to Kickapoo and back yesterday. Lots of scattered cumulus and a little headwind to deal with but overall a very pleasant excursion. Gotta do pennance today and mow the lawn and do some chores around the house.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 21, 2026 06:17 AM (3Ope8)

52 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:22 AM (whRlH)

53 @27/FenelonSpoke: "... He also makes me laugh - which is important in a relationship ( at least for me) I think."

Very important. I try to make my wife laugh at least once daily. Sometimes, rarely, I can get the type of laughter where she's giggling so hard she has to sit down on the floor exactly where she is. Big win when that happens. :-)

I also have a regular caution I give her before she heads off to drive for work or errands: "Watch out for stupid out there, it's legion". I'm sure FenSpouse will appreciate that one as well!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

54 My mother made the poor choice of feeding laughing gulls.

Posted by: Accomack at June 21, 2026 06:30 AM (/Chlc)

55 The MoMeet was excellent. Thanks go to bluebell and Weasel for the organization. The participants were delightful to talk with.

I plan to tell my friends I talked with Bunny. Who is a good conversationalist. I may leave that part out.

After the TxMoMeet, on my return my friends wanted details, because I talklked up the experience before going. I told them I got served bacon by a Bacon Wench and danced with Bunny. There was an imediate silence as they continplated my wayward path.

No bail money was needed yesterday, at least by the time I want. And CBD with a Fed sticker on his back was ... *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:32 AM (whRlH)

56 Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:32 AM (whRlH)
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Sounds like everybody was fed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 06:35 AM (3UbC6)

57 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top of ta mornin to ya, govoner.

You were missed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:35 AM (whRlH)

58 Went to Google this morning. The banner/doodle has something about it being "Indigenous People's Day". Not sure if that's a "Canada only" localization. It might be.

Once again though, Google aligns with the leftists/globalist stance on the nuclear family: Minimize it, ignore it, don't recognize it whatever you do. Jerks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 06:36 AM (O7YUW)

59 Salty!

Yes, we missed being there as well.

Life has been busy lately, but I suspect that it will slow down here in a bit. Then we can get back to the important things.

Like spending time with friends.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 06:37 AM (iMotb)

60 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

In the past it was a catered meeting, with good food. This time the local bar and grill sufficed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:38 AM (whRlH)

61 Happy Summer (or for Pixy, Winter) Solstice. It happened a couple of hours ago at 4.24 am EDT.

Summer here in SC is like a bad house guest. Arrives too early and stays too long.

Oh well. You can buy a house here and in 20 years it's worth 30% more.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 21, 2026 06:40 AM (qFwJc)

62 Village Idiot's Apprentice

The saga of Freddy the German is amazing. As are a number of other overseas guests that discovered the part of America outside the decaying urban cores.

That is heartwarming.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:41 AM (whRlH)

63 118 days til the TXMoMe

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2026 06:43 AM (afJtY)

64 Low 80s all week, I will take that gladly

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:45 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: . at June 21, 2026 06:47 AM (sOa7t)

66 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 06:48 AM (1Vo6X)

67 {{{Ben Had}}}

You and your circle show true Texas hospitality. Time spent there is incredibly healing. Good people, good times.

One true gift of America is the spontanious formation of groups with a purpose. This is in line with Alexis de Tocqueville's observations noted in Democracy in America (1835)

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:49 AM (whRlH)

68 NaCly, all praise goes to the wonderful Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2026 06:52 AM (afJtY)

69 Have a great day, everyone.

May you all be blessed by your company, and travels be safe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:54 AM (whRlH)

70 I prefer Klingon Style:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=CayMeza487M
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

I like the Blue Grass style.
https://tinyurl.com/4k3mk86z

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 21, 2026 06:55 AM (l26NL)

71 Well, more Beelink adventures. When I had all the drives in there, it went into a repair loop. So I pulled out all the drives and rebooted and it went into a proper Windows setup, which froze right around the time I was supposed to pick a PIN. I let it go all night and it was still stuck this morning.

Odd how it wouldn't start with the drives in place. I thought I had formatted them all, but maybe I didn't.

Will try again later. I'll probably end up putting TRUENas on but I figured it'd see what it could do on its own.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 21, 2026 06:56 AM (CHHv1)

72 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 06:56 AM (6h45X)

73 In 118 days I should run away from home

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:58 AM (Ia/+0)

74 Good morning and Happy Father's Day!

Posted by: Merlin Lu at June 21, 2026 07:03 AM (PwgSL)

75 A cup of coffee and a pup in your lap is a simple treat. Pretty warm and humid this morning, and not quite sunrise but the birds are already at the feeders.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 21, 2026 07:04 AM (3Ope8)

76 Iran already saying it is the Toll Booth taker at the Hormuz Dog Leg?
If so the entire operation should be ran like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, destroy anything to open it.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 07:05 AM (Ia/+0)

77 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 21, 2026 07:12 AM (h0AkI)

78 Here's what we saw on our abbreviated walk: Butterfly weed

https://tinyurl.com/474kk5sy

and black eyed Susan which is one of my favorite flowers? and we just passed a doe and her spotted fawn.

May everyone have a blessed day, and know that you are a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 07:13 AM (m6Eem)

79 Happy Fathers’ day traditional families!
Although we have a beloved non-traditional family that is close to us, I still insist that a 100% varsity grade father should be:
POP = person of pen1s, or:
PPP = person possessing pen1s

( yeah, I’m still reluctant to spell out certain words on social media that is probably subject to snooping)

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 21, 2026 07:14 AM (1FEc1)

80
So. Howz yer Sunday morning?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

Wet

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 07:21 AM (O0L8i)

81 @40/Wolfus: "So. Howz yer Sunday morning?"

Sunny, delightfully cool (58 deg F). Humidity is at 93% though so I'd better enjoy the morning before it turns into "warmer and muggier". (Rain/thunderstorms are forecast starting at 2 PM.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 07:29 AM (O7YUW)

82 So. Howz yer Sunday morning?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026
*
Wet
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026

***
As I finished my workout and was on the way back to my door, a light sprinkle of rain began to fall. As if we hadn't had enough of that stuff this week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)

83 I attended my first MoMe yesterday and was whelmed! Meeting my imaginary friends was one of the finest days of my very long life. Can’t wait to do it again. Don’t cheat yourselves out of an opportunity to attend one.

Posted by: Buck at June 21, 2026 07:31 AM (z6ONu)

84 Clear and calm here in Cowtown. Well, until I start the mower in a couple of hours.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 21, 2026 07:33 AM (3Ope8)

85 Howz yer Sunday morning?"
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Sunny, delightfully cool (58 deg F). Humidity is at 93% though so I'd better enjoy the morning before it turns into "warmer and muggier". (Rain/thunderstorms are forecast starting at 2 PM.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026

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I can't remember when I last saw 58 here. In Kansas in April, yes, but here? Maybe in January.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

86 Happy Dad's Day.

Mostly sunny and 64F here in Bourbon Country this morning. No chores await (that I'm aware of) so it should be a relaxing day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 07:37 AM (jehhT)

87 Thanks to Bluebell and Weasel and all the attendees for making me welcome and sharing stories with me. Love you folks very much, and look forward to the next time, God willing.

Posted by: Buck at June 21, 2026 07:41 AM (z6ONu)

88 Heute ist der langste tag

it's odd that peak summer comes on the first day
it should be in the middle somewhere

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 07:41 AM (sOa7t)

89 it's odd that peak summer comes on the first day
it should be in the middle somewhere
Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 07:41 AM (sOa7t)
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No love for July 4th?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 07:47 AM (6h45X)

90 As I finished my workout and was on the way back to my door, a light sprinkle of rain began to fall. "

It's pouring here. I'll send it east to you.

Posted by: man at June 21, 2026 07:50 AM (XuXeR)

91 sure
why

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 07:51 AM (sOa7t)

92 As usual, I read the ONT late.
Since the recent election, I have renamed the “Commonwealth of Virginia” to “Commontrash of Virginia”, at least in my head.

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 21, 2026 07:54 AM (1FEc1)

93 >> it's odd that peak summer comes on the first day
it should be in the middle somewhere

The so-called solar seasons definition does just that. The solstices and equinoxes are the mid-points of each season, with the cross-quarter points being the boundaries.

The problem is what you mean by "peak" summer. Insolation wise, the solar season are the best. But, as for temperature/climate, inertia gives about a 1 month delay between peak insolation and peak "summer weather" (except where it doesn't, and June and Dec are the hottest and coldest). The meteorological seasons are the best match for that. Summer begins June 1st and ends Sept 1.

Astronomical seasons have always been traditional, as it divides the seasons into nice quadrants off the ecliptic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 08:00 AM (w6EFb)

94 Asked ChatGPT is the NY Times had reported either on Rupert Lowe's Rape scandal report or Tulsi Gabbard's release of the files on Fauci.

Survey says "No."

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 21, 2026 08:01 AM (b4LBp)

95 Miss Linda will make waffles for us later, and possibly eggs, so I'm just having a portion of donut with my coffee. It's a Walmart donut with zebra-striped icing.

House of Strangers w/ Edward G. Robinson and Susan Hayward is on Movies! tonight at 7 Central. Today is Father's Day movies, with Father of the Bride, Father's Little Dividend,, and Cheaper by the Dozen. In real life Clifton Webb might have been queerer than a three-dollar bill, but he was great on film, both in comedy and drama. His dramatic turn in the 1953 Titanic is excellent.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 08:03 AM (wzUl9)

96 damn it was a throwaway comment

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 08:05 AM (sOa7t)

97 It's pouring here. I'll send it east to you.
Posted by: man at June 21, 2026

***
I like the look and sound of it, but it doesn't make things any cooler here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 08:05 AM (wzUl9)

98 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

In the past it was a catered meeting, with good food. This time the local bar and grill sufficed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:38 AM (whRlH)
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Pun lost. Sigh!

/stovetop coffee in hand to cheer me up

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:06 AM (3UbC6)

99 damn it was a throwaway comment

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 08:05 AM (sOa7t)
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So... dispostable?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:07 AM (3UbC6)

100 m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:08 AM (3UbC6)

101 I keep mashing F5 looking for the Book thread then realized I'm in Mountain time

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 08:10 AM (6h45X)

102 damn it was a throwaway comment
Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 08:05 AM (sOa7t)
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Heh Are you new here

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 08:11 AM (6h45X)

103 Pun lost. Sigh!

/stovetop coffee in hand to cheer me up
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:06 AM (3UbC6)
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As an anti-puntite this pleases me

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 08:15 AM (6h45X)

104 And coming up on Wide World of Sports, it's the Pougkeepse Punaphobes vs the Pocatello Punaphiles.

And now a word from our sponsor...

Posted by: Deep Voiced Announcer at June 21, 2026 08:19 AM (VRoVL)

105 And coming up on Wide World of Sports, it's the Pougkeepse Punaphobes vs the Pocatello Punaphiles.

And now a word from our sponsor...

Posted by: Deep Voiced Announcer at June 21, 2026 08:19 AM (VRoVL)
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https://tinyurl.com/3x2zsea4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:23 AM (3UbC6)

106 - Prayers for the folks out in western part of Kansas.
Straightline winds that hit 100mph a few times.
Attendant rain and hail,,, and dust.
Storm chasers with cracked and broken windshields showed the story.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 21, 2026 08:29 AM (5gyQ/)

107 Worse part of day is over
Grocery shopping

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 08:29 AM (Ia/+0)

108 "All the signs were there. I first read about the deep statesman McMaster in the 2020 book, "The Memo: Twenty Years Inside the Deep State Fighting for America First, by Rich Higgins."

(post 1 of 2)

Sigh. I wonder about my fellow West Pointers sometimes; at some point, you realize that nobody gives a shit about those that aren't glorious failures and/or glorious successes.

I was a tanker and then switched to being a signal puke. You can believe I was an West Point grad or not; I don't particularly care. I wasn't a glorious failure but I never made O4 despite staying in for 12 years; that's a merely being a failure. So keep that in mind when you read the rest.

For example, Pompeo was a West Pointer; he punched out after his 5 year commitment and became a lawyer. Oh, he was a tanker as well. Not a company/troop commander, for what that's worth.

McMaster was also West Pointer. McMaster commanded one of the units that got shot at in Gulf War I (that was him as an O-3 in the battle of 73 Easting). He, too, was a tanker and a company/troop commander.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 21, 2026 08:35 AM (vU0j9)

109 Happy Father's Day, gents..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 08:36 AM (nbLIj)

110 I don't know how well a "perpetual licence" can work for support. For ownership, sure.
Perpetual licence for support smells like slavery.
Also how the hell can company A sell a promise to thousands of people, pocket the money, and then sell the liabilities to company B then bugger off to Bermuda.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 21, 2026 08:48 AM (gKWVE)

111
Sigh. I wonder about my fellow West Pointers sometimes; at some point, you realize that nobody gives a shit about those that aren't glorious failures and/or glorious successes.

Makes you wonder, and the data should be available. What percentage of officers are ring knockers? What percentage of newly-minted officers are? What percentage of officers with X years are?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 08:49 AM (O0L8i)

112 it's the Pougkeepse Punaphobes vs the Pocatello Punaphiles.

Ah yes, the eternal "cougar" debate

Posted by: gKWVE at June 21, 2026 08:50 AM (gKWVE)

113 Son and family are coming up today from the city. Two granddaughters 8 and 10 will be getting on paddleboards, and I hope to be able to stand on one also. The lake is like glass right now. My balance is not what it was when I was 70. I baked him a loaf of very seedy sourdough bread for Fathers' Day.

Posted by: M. Gaga at June 21, 2026 08:50 AM (zeLd4)

114 Sunrise happens there at about 1:10 in. The Druids blow some damned horn or something. Now, I don't know why they don't put a camera right dead center so they can show the sun rise over the Heel Stone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
+++
Today my umbrella begins it's slow trip back to the southern end of the porch as the angle of the sunlight slowly changes for my breakfast each morning.
I don't have a Druid horn though.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 21, 2026 08:51 AM (Lo97M)

115 It amazes me at MoMe's how morons can remember everything. I recognize nics but I can't remember all their comments, yet we have morons that seemingly remember every comment from every nic and can put it all together! Amazing!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 21, 2026 08:55 AM (VCgbV)

116 In Ancient Times
Hundreds of Years before the Dawn of History
Lived a strange race of people, the Druids
No one knows who they were, or what they were doing
But their legacy remains...

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at June 21, 2026 08:56 AM (PiwSw)

117 I don't know why my fingers can't hit space button
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

Beenhavingthesameproblemlately.Mustbealiens.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 21, 2026 08:59 AM (5xuJ/)

118 Ah, yes. Father's Day. Ranks just below Arbor Day in the Holiday Popularity rankings.
Here, have another set of drill bits. The cheap ones.

Posted by: Dads everywhere at June 21, 2026 09:03 AM (eDbqp)

119 (post 2 of 2)

Sorry, I'm not sure where this was going.

Some members of the classes 1983, 1982, and 1981 will know who I am, if for no other reason that "Oh, THAT dickhead".

I'm not unknown within my class (1980), but I've removed myself from the class mailing list that West Pointers have due to my providing more heat than light in our discussions there.

To discuss 2 important current West Pointers....

Pompeo and his cabal went to Harvard; that, in and of itself, tells you how he would turn out. The fact that he was able to use the West Point sieve/hammer/flame to produce a posse is worth some analysis. Maybe VDH could provide some insights.

McMaster didn't get hazed by me since he was in the class of 1984. He did appear to have a somewhat privileged life, since he didn't go to a public school prior to getting a West Point slot.

I'm thinking of my classmates; the first class with women in it (some of whom have come clean that they lied about their sexual orientation as part of the initial screening process), the class that had the focus about the cheating scandal from the class of 1976 (despite the lying lesbians referenced earlier).

TMI for this format. Done.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 21, 2026 09:19 AM (vU0j9)

120 'Morning, and Happy Father's Day!

Knew the VAMoMe would be rated nothing less than fabulous, especially given the hosts and weather. 👍

--
P.S. - The musical interlude was just...cruel. (Note this opinion comes from someone who laughed at the local Bloodhound Gang.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 21, 2026 09:20 AM (NFX2v)

121 AMD and Intel have unveiled their new ACE instruction set, which extends AVX vector instructions into matrix calculations.

Will the ACE instruction set be shelved? Will those shelves fall down?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 09:27 AM (l3cgK)

122 "Makes you wonder, and the data should be available. What percentage of officers are ring knockers? What percentage of newly-minted officers are? What percentage of officers with X years are?"

Well, ROTC provides the bulk of new officers; the academies crank out ~1,000 new officers. Army ROTC provides ~5,000
new officers.

The Navy and Air Force have their own numbers. I was neither a squid nor a zoomie, so I don't care about their numbers.

(As a former ground-pounder, I liked being able to think that the think flying above was one of ours. As a former ground-pounder, I'm not sure how any soldier can survive in the modern battlefield. Much less any vehicle.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 21, 2026 09:46 AM (vU0j9)

123 Hello it's me, I am also visiting this web site regularly, this
web page is actually pleasant and the people are
genuinely sharing nice thoughts.

Posted by: Metal Roofing at June 21, 2026 10:12 AM (8rrT7)

124 Wonder if Red China has a million Claude subscriptions?
Good way to bankrupt a competitor.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 21, 2026 12:54 PM (Skc+N)

Saturday Night Club ONT - June 20, 2026 [D Squared]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises (the moose out front is keeping watch).

[Top photo: The first NoVa MoMe since the election of Virginia Governor Spanberger took place today. The state was on alert!]

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Randy, the painter, often thinned his paint to make it go further. The Baptist Church decided to restore its biggest building. Randy put in a low bid and got the job. He bought the paint, and thinned it with turpentine. Well, Randy was painting away, the job nearly completed, when suddenly there was a clap of thunder. The sky opened, and the rain poured down. It washed the thinned paint off the church. Randy fell from the scaffold, landing among the gravestones. He was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty.

Randy raised his voice to the heavens, crying, "Oh, God, forgive me; what should I do?"

And from above, a mighty voice roared: “Repaint! Repaint! And thin no more!"

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O'Brien lived alone in the Irish countryside for many years, with just his dog for company.

One day, the dog died, and O'Brien went to see Father Mullaney, the parish priest.

"Father, me darlin' pup has passed on. I was wonderin', could ya be sayin' a mass for the poor creature?"

"Ah, I'm afraid not, we can't be havin' services for an animal in the church. But there's a few Baptists down the road and there's no tellin' what they're believin' in. Maybe they'll do somethin' for the poor creature."

"I'll be headin' off straight away, Father. Do ye think five grand would be enough to donate for the service?"

"Sweet Mary, mother o' Jesus! Why didn't ye tell me the dog was a bleedin' Catholic?"

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Drink of the Night

We have arrived at the sevens in our deck of playing card cocktails. Tonight we feature the 7 of hearts

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Club ONT Department of MoMe Reflections

As mentioned above, the 2026 NoVa MoMe took place today. Yuuuuuuge thanks to bluebell and Weasel for organizing another fun gathering! (Despite the official title "WeaselBell Productions", notice that we here at Club ONT know full well who to mention first when discussing the respective members of said team).

For the most part, the event went off as planned. JJ Sefton wasn't in attendance, but he used the weather machine to dial up perfect weather for us! Several NoVa MoMe veterans were in attendance, and we also had a few new folks

Always good to see new faces at a MoMe! If you've never attended one, we implore you to do so at the next opportunity! Seriously, even those of you who are shy or akward - or even ugly and stinky - we want you there! You can sit in a corner or behind a flowerpot wearing a "Lurker" name tag and just observe the event. Weasel himself pretty much just sits off to the side watching. If he can do it, so can you. C'mon - just go!

As for today, there were a couple of things worth noting.

First off - a person of questionable attire showed up. Khakis, dark colored polo shirt, and sunglasses. Someone (you know who you are!) stuck a warning label on his back. And we were VERY careful what we said around him.

Secondly - this one is quite puzzling. We do not quite know what happened here.

The most plausible explanation is that our good friend Piper - who you may recall succumbed to a tumor a few weeks ago - was reincarnated as a doggeh and made it to the MoMe today. No further information is available as of yet. We will keep you posted.

So -- will we be seeing you in Texas in October for TxMoMe XI???

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Club ONT Speaker Check Service

Volume up. Just making sure the speakers on your device are operating properly.

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Club ONT Department of Signs of the Apocalypse

Porsche Looked at Hyundai and Said, "We'll Have What They're Having"

The 2027 Taycan gets fake gear shifts, fake noise, and a feature Porsche quietly borrowed from Hyundai.

On Wednesday, the 2027 Porsche Taycan debuted with fake gear shifts and as the German automaker put it, "more emotive electric sport sound."
The fake gear shifts are being dubbed "virtual gears" with the feature known as E-Shift, according to Porsche. It's an option on all 2027 Taycan models, though it's standard on the Turbo GT trim, and will deliver a "perceptible shift motion," according to the automaker.
Taycans already had fake noise, but now Porsche said the system, which uses speakers to pump fake noise into the world just like Hyundai's does, has been "reinterpreted," according to the automaker. It's also officially called Porsche Electric Sport Sound. Dangerously close to sport exhaust.
Porsche also added a virtual rev counter to the 2027 Taycan to count the fake revs from the fake transmission.

Tell me you've lost your way without telling me you've lost your way.

Content cleanse with this:

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Club ONT Department of Wrestling History

The June 16, 1984, episode of Piper's Pit would go down in history as the start of something huge: the Rock 'n Roll Connection. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper interviewed pop star Cyndi Lauper, Captain Lou Albano crashed the conversation, and chaos ensued!

We know what you're thinking. "If only Mattel would make a trio of collectible figures to commemorate such a significant cultural moment in time..." Well, we have news for you.

A new 3 pack of action figures will make their debut at San Diego Comic-Con next month! Each is 6.5 inches tall. How much you ask? Only $80! What a bargain! If that's not enough, the Lauper figure comes with an interchangeable head and two extra pairs of hands.

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Club ONT Department of Disturbing Food

I Ate Blue Hot Dogs For You People, Are You Not Entertained?

The TikToker @itsmeju1iette is dedicated to trolling food internet at an exceptionally well-executed level. Juliette does things like create meat cereal in the style of Froot Loops, uses her dog's actual paws to make paw print cookies, and fills the frunk (front trunk) of a Tesla completely with tiramisu (unfortunately, commercially-made meat cereal does exist, and we once tried it).
One of her videos from a few years back is a simple one showing her cooking hot dogs in Gatorade, which turns them a remarkable blue color. Could this actually happen? Gatorade needs no introduction, but in my mind, the drink wouldn't impart that much color to a hot dog - or would it?

The verdict:

Interestingly enough, the Gatorade only colored the surface of the dog, and the Fierce Grape flavor was subtle. But it was there all right, though it was very faint. The meaty savoriness of the all-beef hot dog did the heavy lifting, and for something this strange-looking, it didn't taste as atrocious as it appeared.

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Club ONT Jukebox

It's almost officially summer!

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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I might Wang Chung tonight. Haven’t decided yet. pic.twitter.com/BHKit1wGIG
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) June 13, 2026

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1 Gsr

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 10:00 PM (kOluj)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 20, 2026 10:01 PM (PJdmB)

3 'Sup D-squared?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 10:01 PM (kOluj)

4 Gee! I wish someone had told me there would be an ONT tonight. I wouldn't have missed it.

Um… or something.

Hullo.

Posted by: mindful webworker - dino mite at June 20, 2026 10:01 PM (9bb3y)

5 You know that Fed was Dildo, right?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 10:02 PM (kpS4V)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:02 PM (ItpVy)

7 (presses nose to window, looks in from the outside)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 20, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 Art!

Posted by: Sandy at June 20, 2026 10:04 PM (6/7Fs)

9 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 10:05 PM (Hpgos)

10 We can shapeshift in the after life, you know. I looked AMAZING as a doggie.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:05 PM (OoFl2)

11 I saw Fierce Grape Flavor open for They Must Be Giants at The Troubadour in '86.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:07 PM (6/7Fs)

12 9 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 10:05 PM
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We missed you! (but waved from across the river)

Posted by: TRex - Club ONT coat check dino at June 20, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

13 I remember getting Summer In The City on the KHJ Radio promotional album in the 60's. See also, Polk Salad Annie.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:09 PM (6/7Fs)

14 See also, Venus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:10 PM (6/7Fs)

15 We can shapeshift in the after life, you know. I looked AMAZING as a doggie.
Posted by: Piper
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But your personality is more like Ravioli, a golden retriever/poodle who was the friendliest, most enthusiastic doggo and want to say hi to everyone!

Missed you, try coming to one of these in the future...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 20, 2026 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

16 After debating it fully I have decided that yes, indeed, I will Wang Chung tonight.

https://tinyurl.com/3uwzzrx3

Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 10:12 PM (6mVIs)

17 Thanks for the dandy Saturday Night Club ONT, D Squared!

And thanks for the reporting on the NoVaMoMe! We ALL wish we could have been there today.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 20, 2026 10:12 PM (D/6p1)

18 "Porsche also added a virtual rev counter to the 2027 Taycan to count the fake revs from the fake transmission.

Tell me you've lost your way without telling me you've lost your way."

I hate that crap. Fake and gay.

#2 son and I went on a little road rally today, in a 1965 Spitfire. The sounds and smells are all real, not like that fake teutonic twaddle. Everybody loves that car. Park it next to a Porsche SUV and guess what gets the attention.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:12 PM (vFG9F)

19 14

She's got it,
Oh baby, she's got it.
I'm your Venus
I'm your fire

That Venus?

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 10:12 PM (RCjYY)

20 See also, Going Up the Country.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:12 PM (6/7Fs)

21 Porsche has lost there way. Dumb business decisions mostly. So much so, they are pulling out of sportscar racing at the prototype level. So, no Porsche racing for the overall win at LeMans next year. Not sure if they'll be in IMSA next season or not either.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 10:12 PM (Hpgos)

22 That Venus?
Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 10:12 PM (RCjYY)

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Shocking Blue's best effort.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:13 PM (6/7Fs)

23 If your weiner looks like that it's too late for a shot.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:13 PM (vFG9F)

24 15 We can shapeshift in the after life, you know. I looked AMAZING as a doggie.
Posted by: Piper
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But your personality is more like Ravioli, a golden retriever/poodle who was the friendliest, most enthusiastic doggo and want to say hi to everyone!

Missed you, try coming to one of these in the future...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 20, 2026 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

I need to do that, life keeps getting in the way. I had to go to MD a few weeks ago for my uncle’s funeral and I can only get away from the studio so much. The downside to owning your own business is actually less flexibility! I don’t even know if I will make it (again) on our family vacation, at least not the full time. Boo hiss.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:14 PM (OoFl2)

25 23 If your weiner looks like that it's too late for a shot.
Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:13 PM (vFG9F)

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Big Mike would respectfully disagree.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:16 PM (6/7Fs)

26 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

27 Top 10ish Comments of the Week — as always, nothing I contribute is of that honorable status. Whew!😥

Well, maybe I'll again make the much more honorable roll of top sock-er players. Socket puppets. Whaaatever.⚽

Posted by: mindful webworker - soccer it to me? -Dick Nixon at June 20, 2026 10:18 PM (9bb3y)

28 If your weiner looks like that it's too late for a shot.
Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:13 PM (vFG9F)

"No need cut it off. It fall off by self in two, three day!"

Posted by: Just The Punchline at June 20, 2026 10:18 PM (bhZyo)

29 And Ravioli is the best name ever.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:18 PM (OoFl2)

30 Evening, Double D's, and ONT Horde! I would like to see F104 Starfighters do the same launch maneuvers those F22's did. I remember seeing the CF104's at an airshow at CFB Cold Lake, and those suckers were LOUD. And they could sit on their ass and fly straight up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 10:18 PM (1z8ji)

31 12 9 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 10:05 PM
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We missed you! (but waved from across the river)
Posted by: TRex

I work on the NoVA side of the Potomac, so probably on the same side. I waved while driving in. Got flipped off. Probably not a moron.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 10:19 PM (Hpgos)

32 *waves to Bulg and Piper*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 10:19 PM (ZHOnm)

33
The downside to owning your own business is actually less flexibility!

How can you take any time off at all without shutting down?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 20, 2026 10:20 PM (Cqx++)

34 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper interviewed pop star Cyndi Lauper, Captain Lou Albano crashed the conversation, and chaos ensued!

Would I lose my barely-accepted Moron status if I confess that I have know idea what this is about, much less why Cyndi Lauper should have interchangeable heads?

Posted by: mindful webworker - do what now? at June 20, 2026 10:20 PM (9bb3y)

35 31 Evening, Double D's, and ONT Horde! I would like to see F104 Starfighters do the same launch maneuvers those F22's did. I remember seeing the CF104's at an airshow at CFB Cold Lake, and those suckers were LOUD. And they could sit on their ass and fly straight up.

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They called it Widowmaker for a reason.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:20 PM (6/7Fs)

36 Somebody cranky needs a timeout.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:20 PM (vFG9F)

37 I have come here today to chew bubblegum...

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 10:21 PM (RCjYY)

38 We can shapeshift in the after life, you know. I looked AMAZING as a doggie.
Posted by: Piper
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But your personality is more like Ravioli, a golden retriever/poodle who was the friendliest, most enthusiastic doggo and want to say hi to everyone!

Missed you, try coming to one of these in the future...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 20, 2026 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

I need to do that, life keeps getting in the way. I had to go to MD a few weeks ago for my uncle’s funeral and I can only get away from the studio so much. The downside to owning your own business is actually less flexibility! I don’t even know if I will make it (again) on our family vacation, at least not the full time. Boo hiss.
Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:14 PM (OoFl2)

My first thought was that Saijo and your cats had recruited a local dog to see if they were safe enough for you to meet.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 10:21 PM (qx7Zg)

39 And Ravioli is the best name ever.
Posted by: Piper
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You would have loved him Piper. He was so earnest and happy and loveable. Determined to meet and greet everyone!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 20, 2026 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

40 Yeah, that Fed guy at the MoMe was creepy. He professes to know art.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

41 Had a great time at my first MoMe today, and the pre-session yesterday afternoon - wonderful company all around. And Bluebell and I found out it's a small world indeed - Bluebell, if you're here tonight, my brother was very humbled and sends blessings.

Posted by: Patches at June 20, 2026 10:23 PM (88s3w)

42 Except for lauper they're all dead

Am im out of bubble gum too

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:23 PM (bXbFr)

43 I thought it said crab cocktail...
Dammit! Where are my damn glasses...and where is my cocktail?!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 20, 2026 10:24 PM (uTEOj)

44 If I could shape shift it would not be into a dog. Perhaps a rhino or elephant, or maybe even a dinosaur!

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:24 PM (vFG9F)

45
T - 6 hours to solstice. Astronomical summer begins, and the days starting getting shorter. Astronomical spring 2026 will clock in at 92 days, 17 hours, and 38 minutes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 10:24 PM (w6EFb)

46 Wearing the splc designer duds

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:24 PM (bXbFr)

47 32 Hey, SMH!

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

48 She's got it,
Oh baby, she's got it.
I'm your Venus
I'm your fire

That Venus?
Posted by: mnw

I'd wager that, instead, it was

Venus if you will
Please send a little girl for me to thrill
A girl with all your kisses and your charms
A girl without arms like you…♥♥♥

Posted by: mindful webworker - surely the things I ask can't be that great a ta-au-ah-ah-ah ah -ask at June 20, 2026 10:24 PM (9bb3y)

49 The yellow sign in the top photo should appear on all exits in the Richmond area leading to the Virginia state capitol and executive offices.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

50 I don't want to brag but I picked my first zucchini of the season today.

So of course, I'll soon be stealthily dropping them on all my neighbor's porches in the middle of the night.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:26 PM (ItpVy)

51 Helluva coincidence.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
BREAKING: New Hampshire’s first transgender elected Rep., Stacie Laughton (D), sentenced to 33 YEARS in prison for the s*xual exploitation of children.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:26 PM (ndZc7)

52 >>> Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 10:18 PM (qFwJc)

Da fuq?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 20, 2026 10:27 PM (R+iUD)

53 You can only shapeshift into something youre own size right

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:27 PM (bXbFr)

54 Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:20 PM (vFG9F)

I think it's happened.
I have no real idea what came over that guy, but I'll try stepping carefully in future.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

55 SMH, the Horde mafia is pressuring me to attend the Texas MoMe, so maybe I will see you there.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:28 PM (77rzZ)

56 See also, Going Up the Country.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:12 PM (6/7Fs)

Which Canned Heat shamelessly stole, and faithfully copied, from Henry Thomas, a Texas blues man, who recorded it in 1928. Henry used an instrument called a "quill" worn on a neck brace, for the pipe part. Henry Thomas had a very haunting timbre to his voice.

Here is Henry's original of the song:

https://youtu.be/DTi6Z6qALwY

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 10:28 PM (1z8ji)

57 53 You can only shapeshift into something youre own size right
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:27 PM (bXbFr)

I have signed an NDA. Sorry.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:28 PM (OoFl2)

58 Some one whizzed in his wheaties

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:28 PM (bXbFr)

59 Boy, if anybody else had said this, it'd be a hate crime.

The first openly transgender person elected to a US state legislature has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for child sexual exploitation.
Stacie Marie Laughton's defense had argued for a lower sentence on the basis of his possible "retardation."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:29 PM (ndZc7)

60 From the web:

Two clowns are eating a cannibal.

One turns to the other and says, "I think we got this joke wrong"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)

61 I don't want to brag but I picked my first zucchini of the season today.

So of course, I'll soon be stealthily dropping them on all my neighbor's porches in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Tonypete

Just don't leave a box of them on the back seat of your car.

Someone's likely to break the window and leave another box.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

62 50 I don't want to brag but I picked my first zucchini of the season today.

So of course, I'll soon be stealthily dropping them on all my neighbor's porches in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10

And then viral in 23 TikTok’s from nest video.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:29 PM (OoFl2)

63 >>> 50 I don't want to brag but I picked my first zucchini of the season today.

So of course, I'll soon be stealthily dropping them on all my neighbor's porches in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:26 PM (ItpVy)

I thought you were supposed to drop them on the driver's seat of their cars wherever possible.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 20, 2026 10:29 PM (R+iUD)

64
Spring 2026 clocked in a little short this time, about and hour and a half less than average.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

65 Hey, Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

66 They called it Widowmaker for a reason.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:20 PM (6/7Fs)

Mostly because the 104 was a high-altitude interceptor, forced into a ground-attack role, for which it was very ill-suited.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 10:31 PM (1z8ji)

67 "You can only shapeshift into something youre own size right
Posted by: Miguel cervantes"

I don't know it was so tightly regulated. I would just shape shift into a small dinosaur then.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:31 PM (vFG9F)

68 So I had this gigantic oak tree removed today, it was very close to the house and we had a near miss a couple of weeks ago so it had to go.

The crew were all young Pennsylvania good old boys, very pleasant and professional.

They all smoked and had butt's hanging out of their mouths the whole time.

Which oddly, was very reassurring.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)

69 Wth is wrong with people a continuing series

Mutant hot dogs?

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:31 PM (bXbFr)

70 Saijo just brought me his cookie. He is so sweet. Or goofy. Or both.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:31 PM (OoFl2)

71 life keeps getting in the way. I had to go to… my uncle’s funeral…
Posted by: Piper

Eau de irony. Magnified by your own tragic demise.😀

Posted by: mindful webworker - death as a part of life, it's true at June 20, 2026 10:31 PM (9bb3y)

72 Hi SMH!

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:31 PM (OoFl2)

73 50 I don't want to brag but I picked my first zucchini of the season today.

So of course, I'll soon be stealthily dropping them on all my neighbor's porches in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:26 PM (ItpVy)

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You can also attend a WNBA game and toss them out in the court in the middle of play.

Just a thought.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:32 PM (6/7Fs)

74 Wang chung is best known for the suund teack to live and doe in la

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:33 PM (bXbFr)

75 Spring 2026 clocked in a little short this time, about and hour and a half less than average.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

Somebody didn't wind Spring's spring quite tight enough this year, I guess.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 10:33 PM (qx7Zg)

76 @53

>>You can only shapeshift into something youre own size right

Well, it depends on the needs of the story and if it's coherent within the rules that are set up.

Or you could be Terry Gilliam and don't give a sh*t about such things as coherence.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2026 10:33 PM (XV/Pl)

77 I want to thank all of the Hordelings that I talked to today. You all cheered me up after my sister’s passing.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)

78 Apparently, Trump is going to steal an airplane.

Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT
The plan is for this plane to be in service for two years and then Trump will take if for himself. No President has ever stolen an Air Force for himself.
And you paid for it. The total cost could be $1 billion of your money for a new luxury jet for Trump and his family.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:33 PM (ndZc7)

79 Sound track

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:34 PM (bXbFr)

80 Yeah there is that

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:34 PM (bXbFr)

81 BREAKING: New Hampshire’s first transgender elected Rep., Stacie Laughton (D), sentenced to 33 YEARS in prison for the s*xual exploitation of children.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:26 PM (ndZc7)

Pity New Hampshire is too poor to be able to afford a gas chamber.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)

82 SMH, the Horde mafia is pressuring me to attend the Texas MoMe, so maybe I will see you there.
Posted by: Bulg
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We're hoping to be there too, but this buying a house put a huge dent in our savings (closing costs), and Ex-ex is looking for a new job, since commuting 2 hours each way is not an option.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 10:35 PM (ZHOnm)

83 The plan is for this plane to be in service for two years and then Trump will take if for himself. No President has ever stolen an Air Force for himself.
And you paid for it. The total cost could be $1 billion of your money for a new luxury jet for Trump and his family.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:33 PM (ndZc7)

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Why, this is an outrage.

Beef jerky?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:35 PM (6/7Fs)

84 Why, this is an outrage.

Beef jerky?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:35 PM (6/7Fs)

Is anything ever inrageous?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 10:37 PM (1z8ji)

85 We're hoping to be there too, but this buying a house put a huge dent in our savings (closing costs), and Ex-ex is looking for a new job, since commuting 2 hours each way is not an option.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 10:35 PM (ZHOnm)

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A two-hour commute? Pfft.

I used to do that in my sleep.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:37 PM (6/7Fs)

86 82 SMH, may God lead us to the MoMes as He sees fit.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

87 Only when youre whelmed

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:38 PM (bXbFr)

88 Or gruntled

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 10:38 PM (bXbFr)

89 You can also attend a WNBA game and toss them out in the court in the middle of play.

Just a thought.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:32 PM (6/7Fs)

Does he get bonus points if he gets the zucchini to land on a player's head without breaking?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

90 You know what that hot dog looks like, don’t you?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 10:38 PM (ZVgZ4)

91 33
The downside to owning your own business is actually less flexibility!

How can you take any time off at all without shutting down?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 20, 2026 10:20

I have employees, but I teach a lot on week days. so covering all of my classes is hard. I only teach a few weekends, weekend get aways are easiest. I would have to do a modified schedule if I left for the whole week, and I hate to do that to clients. I may just for 1/2 the week or something.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:39 PM (OoFl2)

92 Climbing fighters. Once upon a time, I was at an F-4 Phantom base, when I spotted a visiting F-16 getting ready to take off. This was early in the F-16's career, so seeing one was notable.

The F-16 took off and immediately stood on its tail and climbed straight up. What was amusing was what happened next.

Next to take off were three Phantoms. For those unfamiliar, the Phantom was a big, heavy airplane, especially compared to the F-16. Each Phantom rolled down the runway, lifted off, tried to go vertical for a split second, and immediately gave up the attempt.

I imagine there was much grunting of frustration and the grinding of teeth in the cockpits.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 20, 2026 10:40 PM (bhZyo)

93 Is anything ever inrageous?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

We keep that to ourselves.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

94 Hi Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:42 PM (pZEOD)

95 I used to do that in my sleep.
Posted by: Cicero

Hey! If you don't like the way I drive, stay off of the sidewalk!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:43 PM (ItpVy)

96 Just think of all the Air Force Ones Trump could buy with the fraud money that Tim Walz handed out to Somali Learing Centers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:43 PM (6/7Fs)

97 Happy Saturday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 10:44 PM (0nHVk)

98 84 AOP, only that stuff that is instanding.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:44 PM (77rzZ)

99 Howdy, horde! Thanks for Club ONT, double-D's!

I wouldn't mind if a couple of zucchini were left on my porch once in a while. They want $1.99/lb at the grocery. Insane!

Last time I grew them, one plant got hit by vine-borers & died. The other was okay until I skipped watering... and it died. But that's okay, we got quite a few. And no-- we *asked* neighbors if they wanted any-- didn't just dump surprises on them.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)

100 Is anything ever inrageous?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

We keep that to ourselves.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

At least until the head explodes or lava starts to leak.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 10:44 PM (qx7Zg)

101 The F4 was the test case for the theory that, if you put enough thrust behind it, you could make a brick fly.

Posted by: clarence at June 20, 2026 10:44 PM (I5lp2)

102 100?

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026 10:45 PM (XqvXS)

103 97 Hey, DDS!

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:45 PM (77rzZ)

104 97 Happy Saturday Horde!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 10:44 PM (0nHVk)

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*checks clipboard*

Line on the left. One cross each.

Posted by: Centurion #4 at June 20, 2026 10:46 PM (6/7Fs)

105 Missed it by that much. :-)

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026 10:46 PM (XqvXS)

106 63 Helena

"I don't want to brag but I picked my first zucchini today."

For you, then, "The Zucchini Song"!

"Ohhh! What a beauty,
I never saw one as large as that before!
Ohhh! What a beauty,
It must be 2 foot long or maybe more!"

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 10:46 PM (RCjYY)

107 You can only shapeshift into something youre own size right
Posted by: Miguel cervantes

Still a great superpower. I'd be constantly shapeshifted into me, except super ripped.

Posted by: mikeski asks, "Bro, do you even shift?" at June 20, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

108 97 Happy Saturday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 10:44 PM
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You're earlier than usual!

Posted by: TRex - tick tock dino at June 20, 2026 10:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

109 Saw something passing strange this afternoon, as I was packing up tools in the shop. A steady stream of traffic on the E-W grid road, just south of my place, that leads to town. One car, or pickup, after another. Then a pause, and another whole batch. This road never gets traffic like that. All I can think of is that the paved highway 2 miles south of here had a wreck or some other closure, and traffic was detoured to the grid road.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 10:47 PM (1z8ji)

110 Hi, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 10:47 PM (rdVOm)

111 Happy Saturday Horde!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Wow, this is a treat...either I am way past my bedtime or you are early, cause we are never on here at the same time....but great to see you in real time!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 20, 2026 10:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

112 Oh sure. F-22s and unlimited climb outs.
Pppfffttt.
*yawns*
Now. Roll a battalion of tanks across that airport and now you got something exciting!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

113 And no-- we *asked* neighbors if they wanted any-- didn't just dump surprises on them.
Posted by: JQ

Clearly you are not of Italian-American heritage.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:51 PM (ItpVy)

114 Bluebell made a good point to me today when I mentioned the recent death of my sister, after which I was tending to withdraw within myself.

She mentioned that the Horde is a family, of sorts, unto itself. And I fully agree with her in this. Thank you all, for being my Internet family, and for getting me out today.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:52 PM (77rzZ)

115 112 Now. Roll a battalion of tanks across that airport and now you got something exciting!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 10:50 PM
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That's tankdemon's department and he's late. We don't know why.

Posted by: TRex - sherman dino at June 20, 2026 10:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

116 Which one of you morons is going to set up the hotdog cart outside a WNBA game, break out the green Gator-Aid, and have some fun?

Extra points if your hotdog cart has a sign:

The Green Dildo (don't play with your food)

Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)

117 Clearly you are not of Italian-American heritage.
Posted by: Tonypete

LOL, true.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

118 >> Somebody didn't wind Spring's spring quite tight enough this year, I guess.

Blame the Moon. That's the biggest driver of the variation in exact apparent season timing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

119 114 Bluebell made a good point to me today when I mentioned the recent death of my sister, after which I was tending to withdraw within myself.

She mentioned that the Horde is a family, of sorts, unto itself. And I fully agree with her in this. Thank you all, for being my Internet family, and for getting me out today.
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:52 PM (77rzZ)

And we all know who the weird uncle is….🤣

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:54 PM (pZEOD)

120 …I have know idea what this is about, much less why Cyndi Lauper should have interchangeable heads?

Hair color, maybe?

I actually enjoy Cyndi Lauper’s albums quite a bit. But Lauper herself always reminds me of the singer from Eraserhead. Of which I was recently reminded while watching horde-adjacent movie material.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 10:54 PM (kYmoU)

121 I am here earlier than usual I am attempting a biological reset, earlier to bed, so far I am batting about 180, much room for improvement. I stopped by the candle making thread for a while, very interesting TRex, I have an old fashioned candle mold in my back hall, it is full of American flags.

JQ, good to see you, a Chivas if you will please.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 10:54 PM (0nHVk)

122 Now. Roll a battalion of tanks across that airport and now you got something exciting!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 10:50 PM
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That's tankdemon's department and he's late. We don't know why.
Posted by: TRex - sherman dino
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YET! I have faith he will report in....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 20, 2026 10:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

123 Bulg
We are a family.
Bluebell is kinda like mom.
So stay out of my stuff or I'm telling mom!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

124 *Chivas for Debby*

*A round for The Horde*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 10:56 PM (rdVOm)

125 119 And You, Young Lady, will be confined to the attic until further notice. 🙂

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:57 PM (77rzZ)

126 JQ, thanks for the drink...I hope it's a much better day for you today....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 20, 2026 10:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

127
There's a Bob Segar song with something about "Blame it on the Moon", IIRC.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

128 She mentioned that the Horde is a family, of sorts, unto itself. And I fully agree with her in this. Thank you all, for being my Internet family, and for getting me out today.
Posted by: Bulg

And we all know who the weird uncle is….🤣
Posted by: Piper

I'm wondering who (among the 'Rons) it isn't.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

129 There's a Bob Segar song with something about "Blame it on the Moon", IIRC.

Shame on you for misremembering lyrics.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 10:59 PM (kYmoU)

130 She mentioned that the Horde is a family, of sorts, unto itself. And I fully agree with her in this. Thank you all, for being my Internet family, and for getting me out today.

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Just don't ask for a loan and we'll be fine, ummkay?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 11:00 PM (6/7Fs)

131 The normal member of a weird family is the weird one of the bunch.

Posted by: Marilyn Munster at June 20, 2026 11:00 PM (Q+gd/)

132 Was stationed at Lakenheath. Those are Langley F-22's.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 20, 2026 11:00 PM (Yw4Qw)

133 >>I am here earlier than usual I am attempting a biological reset, earlier to bed, so far I am batting about 180, much room for improvement.

Same here, Debby! It's too darned hot here by noon, so yard work needs to be done very early. And then lunch with hubby (because he sundowns in the afternoon and that's hard for me to handle) so, I need to get going much sooner than I have been doing. Ugh. Never was a "morning person" even when the job demanded it.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:00 PM (rdVOm)

134 123 Does Mom know that you steal from the geezers?

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 11:00 PM (77rzZ)

135 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0FgLGKa4U

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 20, 2026 11:02 PM (Skc+N)

136 Thanks, Grateful! Today has been much better!

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)

137 127
There's a Bob Segar song with something about "Blame it on the Moon", IIRC.
Posted by: publius

youtu.be/AOcDyBS7T1U

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 11:03 PM (Hpgos)

138 Got my muffler job mostly finished today. The tailpipe and U-bend over the axle is one welded unit, but it is clamped into the muffler, which in turn is clamped to the exhaust pipe. Those joints are separable, should the need arise.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 11:04 PM (1z8ji)

139 Last time I grew them, one plant got hit by vine-borers & died. The other was okay until I skipped watering... and it died...
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)

But the third one...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 20, 2026 11:05 PM (nbLIj)

140 Hot & breezy here today, so I flattened out a wadded-up tarp that had covered lawn tractor over winter, (It was covered with bird poop) and hosed it off.

One person vs. 16 x 24 tarp, in the wind... had to pin down the corners with lawn chairs before spraying off. LOL! It'll be dry by tomorrow and hopefully not so windy while I re-fold it.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

141 But the third one...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Alas, there was no third one.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)

142 Grateful, it is so very nice to see you!

Piper, I waded into something that I shouldn't have last night. I was oblivious to any prior history, thank you for being the classy person that you are, I meant no offense to you.

Bulg, get you butt to Texas, you will have a great time, meet some more of your family.

Thanks JQ, that was delish, might I trouble you for another before bed.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 11:10 PM (0nHVk)

143 I am off to bed, y’all have a great night!

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 11:10 PM (p4NUW)

144
I don't want to brag but I picked my first zucchini of the season today.

So of course, I'll soon be stealthily dropping them on all my neighbor's porches in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Tonypete

=============

::seething with jealousy::

Not that I'm not a neighbor, but that you're able to grow zucchini.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 11:11 PM (XJ22o)

145 Evening shading into night, people. We just watched the 1946 color film of The Yearling w/ Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, and with small roles for Chill Wills (you'd never recognize him -- he was slim!), Forrest Tucker, and June Lockhart, who has all of one line. A charming coming-of-age story for the 12-year-old boy, Jody, who wants a pet and adopts a fawn whose mother has died.

Peck is sort of miscast as a farmer in 1870s Florida, but Jane Wyman absolutely nails her role as the non-demonstrative and no-nonsense, but loving, mother.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 11:11 PM (wzUl9)

146 There's a Bob Segar song with something about "Blame it on the Moon", IIRC.

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I thought we were supposed to blame it on Rio. You know, that girl who dances on the sand.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 11:13 PM (wzUl9)

147 Hey Wolfus, every time I land on an episode of House Hunters I half expect it be you looking for a nice little place in Indiana.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 11:14 PM (0nHVk)

148 Not that I'm not a neighbor, but that you're able to grow zucchini.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 11:11 PM (XJ22o)

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Have you tried burying a dead fish where you plant the seeds?

Posted by: Squanto at June 20, 2026 11:14 PM (6/7Fs)

149 Hi y’all!

Pretty crazy on the beach. Sunny and 65.

So. Many. Tourists. Cruise ships just left port, three of them. USA vs AUS yesterday and the BoSox in town. I’ve never seen so many Star Spangled Benners flying and USA soccer jerseys and happy people.

Not a fag flag in sight. Serious. It’s spooky.

Almost like Seattle has an excuse to fly their red white and blue and not be harassed by the freak show haters. I’m stunned.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 20, 2026 11:15 PM (A5RD0)

150 Hey Wolfus, every time I land on an episode of House Hunters I half expect it be you looking for a nice little place in Indiana.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026

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They would probably laugh at how low my budget is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 11:16 PM (wzUl9)

151 >> blame it on Rio.

https://t.ly/FxbI-

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 11:17 PM (w6EFb)

152
Yes, it's blame it on midnight, and shame on the Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)

153 Hey Wolfus, every time I land on an episode of House Hunters I half expect it be you looking for a nice little place in Indiana.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026

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They would probably laugh at how low my budget is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 11:16 PM (wzUl9)

Don't they focus on couples, like an influencer and a day care center owner with a $5 million budget?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 11:18 PM (qx7Zg)

154 *another Chivas for Debby*

You know, I'll have another beverage too. Couldn't sleep last night, slept late this morning... ugh. Get so tired of fighting it! Maybe can just knock myself out? No, not worth the hangover.

Tomorrow is Fathers' Day, and surely stepson will call while I'm with hubby. Don't want to be all messed up then! I'll saute a lobster tail (cut-up) to bring with me at lunch. Good thing the place is nearby.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:19 PM (rdVOm)

155 Club ONT Jukebox
It's almost officially summer!

Bonus tracks!

https://youtu.be/7NJ_nzOckOQ
https://youtu.be/Z2ys-mE9NNA
https://youtu.be/8epnNzRSUdI
https://youtu.be/2Hoehsoj5xk
https://youtu.be/HVBE0cvDukE

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 11:20 PM (VHUov)

156 Technology is not my friend tonight. Ah well, I guess that's why they make tomorrows.

G'night. Too bad I couldn't be a the MoMe.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 20, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1)

157 About time for me to shuffle off to Pillow World. Chance or rain early tomorrow is low. I plan to work out before dawn and before breakfast -- which will be light. Miss Linda is going to make waffles a little later to use up the last of the batter she whipped up earlier this week.

Tomorrow night I plan to sit up late and have a late snack about 10:30 or 11:00. Reason? Monday at 8 am I have to have blood drawn, so no food or coffee after midnight. They usually get to me fast, so I should be able to zip to my favorite diner for food and black juice soon after.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 11:21 PM (wzUl9)

158 Hey Wolfus, every time I land on an episode of House Hunters I half expect it be you looking for a nice little place in Indiana.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

They would probably laugh at how low my budget is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Don't they focus on couples, like an influencer and a day care center owner with a $5 million budget?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

"I'm a butterfly therapist and my husband is a stay-at-home astronaut. Our budget is 1.2 million."

Posted by: the meme about that at June 20, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)

159
Then there's this, Away Rio. We're bound for the Rio Grande:

https://t.ly/8gQNd

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 11:23 PM (w6EFb)

160 https://youtu.be/eGY7Catuhq0

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)

161 Yes, it's blame it on midnight, and shame on the Moon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)

I used to always be the scapegoat, but time has passed me by.

Posted by: The Bossa Nova at June 20, 2026 11:29 PM (1z8ji)

162 Thanks for the sky and seasons info, publius. I'm enjoying observing the heavens, day and night, spending more time outside than I used to.

Happy Summer, everyone! I'm taking a vacation from internetland. See you around the autumnal equinox? :-)

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026 11:29 PM (XqvXS)

163 A Doberman and a German Shepherd are in the waiting room at the vet.

German Shepherd: Why are you here?
Doberman: I chewed up the mailman. At first he was demanding I be put down, but my owner got him to agree to just have me castrated. Why are you here?
German Shepherd: The lady who owns me came out of the shower and dropped the shampoo bottle. It rolled behind the toilet, so she got down on all fours to retrieve it. I couldn't resist... I mounted her.
Doberman: So you're here for castration too.
German Shepherd: Nope, just a nail trim.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 20, 2026 11:30 PM (qpyNK)

164
It just occurred to me, this is the evening of the day before the summer solstice. So, this is Summer's Eve. Are you feeling fresh?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)

165 Hey all,

We have a launch late tomorrow morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-28
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: June 21, 2026
Launch Time: 8:12 a.m. PDT (1512 UTC, 17:12 CEST)

https://youtu.be/mC_L0wUT_gs

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 11:31 PM (2F0/Y)

166 I used to do that in my sleep.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:37 PM (6/7Fs)

Hey!
I was 14 ok. And it only happened twice.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB)

167
I just told Miley, "Hey Hon, it's Summer's Eve!".

Her reply, "Don't be a douche!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 11:33 PM (w6EFb)

168 Decided to grab a stogie and a glass of Black Barrel. Sitting on the front porch listening to a steady rain, admiring the 24" deep x 16 diameter hole I dug this afternoon, then filled with concrete for to hold our new flag pole.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 11:33 PM (6lIrI)

169 lol publius

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 11:34 PM (ZHOnm)

170 LOL, Rodrigo!

Posted by: The Bossa Nova at June 20, 2026 11:34 PM (1z8ji)

171 Does Mom know that you steal from the geezers?
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 11:00 PM (77rzZ)

That's not stealing. Those old bastards put their money down fair 'n square.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 11:34 PM (2WIwB)

172 Summer's Eve,
Makes me feel faint.
Blowin' through the stankness of my taint...

Posted by: Seals and Crofts at June 20, 2026 11:37 PM (qpyNK)

173 Nurse, glad to hear your city decided to straighten up. I heard they were threatening to ship it off to military school with the G*dd@mn Finkelstein shit kid.....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 11:38 PM (6lIrI)

174 >> I'm enjoying observing the heavens, day and night, spending more time outside than I used to.

Glad you're enjoying it. In these modern times, we just don't do that much anymore. Time, navigation, seasons, etc, are all automatic now, and the connection is lost on the modern general public.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 11:39 PM (w6EFb)

175 &172 - LOL'ed. Might have woke the neighbors

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 11:39 PM (6lIrI)

176 Lol publius.

Sweet dreams Horde, I am running out of gas.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 11:41 PM (0nHVk)

177 Wow, California Government is saying that Disneylands Autopia, a ride that has been open for 70 years, must change, or close.

The Gas engines they use in the gokarts are now verboten.

Going... after... Disneyland... Hubris.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 20, 2026 11:42 PM (mP0Kj)

178 I was going through some notes from 2021 in my tablet, and I found the entry, "RONCO Heavy weapons division " with no explanation.
No idea what I was thinking, maybe Ron Popiel was trying to find a new market or set up a line of mecha-warrior suits or something.
I wonder what story I was working on.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 11:43 PM (rbvCR)

179 Ooh, I made it onto the "comments of the week" list. I feel like Navin Johnson. Hopefully nobody starts shooting at me....

Posted by: PabloD at June 20, 2026 11:44 PM (tTZHu)

180 'Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)

181 178 I was going through some notes from 2021 in my tablet, and I found the entry, "RONCO Heavy weapons division " with no explanation.
No idea what I was thinking, maybe Ron Popiel was trying to find a new market or set up a line of mecha-warrior suits or something.
I wonder what story I was working on.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 11:43 PM (rbvCR)

RONCO Heavy Weapons, a subsidiary of Acme Corp

Posted by: Wile E. Coyote. at June 20, 2026 11:44 PM (mP0Kj)

182 @178 - it slices, it dices! It perforates and mutlilates! But wait, there's more! Order now and get a free brick of C4.....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 11:45 PM (6lIrI)

183 Most of my shorts are khaki.

And sunglasses are a must.

But I like Henleys.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 20, 2026 11:45 PM (mPXxA)

184 > Going... after... Disneyland... Hubris.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 20, 2026 11:42 PM (mP0Kj)

The article I found says they're switching to electric.

I predict failure... even in California no self-respecting kid is going to want to drive a gussied-up mobility scooter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 20, 2026 11:46 PM (qpyNK)

185 182 @178 - it slices, it dices! It perforates and mutlilates! But wait, there's more! Order now and get a free brick of C4.....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 11:45 PM (6lIrI)

As everything must have its opposite.

Silly Putty shows there must be Serious Putty... which some of us call.. C4

Posted by: Wile E. Coyote. at June 20, 2026 11:47 PM (mP0Kj)

186 179 Ooh, I made it onto the "comments of the week" list. I feel like Navin Johnson. Hopefully nobody starts shooting at me....
Posted by: PabloD at June 20, 2026 11:44 PM (tTZHu)

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Meh. Everyone knows the whole thing is rigged.

Not to take away from your achievement or anything...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 11:49 PM (6/7Fs)

187 Elon Musk just posted a picture of a very pregnant woman riding in a Cybertruck, with no comment.

Another kid for him?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 20, 2026 11:52 PM (qpyNK)

188 Elon Musk just posted a picture of a very pregnant woman riding in a Cybertruck, with no comment.
Another kid for him?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Dude better be careful, or he'll be only a billionaire again.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)

189 173 Nurse, glad to hear your city decided to straighten up. I heard they were threatening to ship it off to military school with the G*dd@mn Finkelstein shit kid.....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

Oh! It’s temporary, for sure. But.

It tells me there’s a lot of folks out here going with the flow just to get along. And now there’s an excuse to go all USA USA USA, they are taking it unabashedly.

Makes me happy.

Next weekend. Iran vs Egypt. It’s the PRIDE MATCH.

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 20, 2026 11:56 PM (A5RD0)

190
Along those lines, I was listening to a podcast the other day with one of the Younger Dryas impact guys being interviewed by some young feller. He was talking about the alignment of Giza and some of the others that corresponded to the sky around 10,500BC due to precession.

"What's precession?" Well, it's the 26,000 year wobble of the earth's axis.

"How does that affect the alignment and of what". Well, it changes the constellation the equinox appears in. "Equinox?" When the sun rises due east and sets due west, basically. It's the Zodiac constellation that occurs in.

"You mean star patterns?".....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 11:56 PM (w6EFb)

191 Daughter and SoninLaw just dropped by for a minute. Asked what I was doing tomorrow evening. Invited us out, either a restaurant or to their place for dinner. I'm easy, any outgoing is fine; I just don't much care for being out after dark. We'll see. It's Dad's Day, not like I have any say in what we'll do!🤪

Hey, Bartender: I notice we've somehow got some coffee liquor. Wondering what to do with it. Of an evening, not in the morning coffee. If we had some vodka, we could make a Russki, I guess. Just have rum and whiskey. And weird things like bitters. Any ideas?

Over vanilla ice cream along with some crumbled cookies, maybe? I'm a glass of wine or a beer guy, not much of a mixed bev type. Occasional rum-and-something.

Maybe I should just go to bed…

Posted by: mindful webworker - adopted cousin in the Horde family at June 20, 2026 11:57 PM (9bb3y)

192 Dude better be careful, or he'll be only a billionaire again.
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)

Supposedly he does a business agreement with each.

It's got to be an odd headspace to be in.

I'd prefer just one, but he is an odd one. Maybe he is so hyperfixated on not losing sight of Mars that he does not want to take the risk. If he married someone, you know some judge would give her half his shit (automatically making her the world's richest woman- which would deform a relationship to incomprehensibility.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:00 AM (mPXxA)

193 Going... after... Disneyland... Hubris.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 20, 2026 11:42 PM (mP0Kj)

Newsome kept it shut down during COVID despite their pleadings that Disneyworld had been open for almost a year with no one getting sick.

Something something...boot stamping a face forever...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 12:00 AM (nbLIj)

194 Disney is woke as hell as well.

He's flailing. Pandering. Kind of cutting off your nose to spite your face though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:01 AM (mPXxA)

195 > Supposedly he does a business agreement with each.

I guess he's got a bunch of them living in a luxurious high-security compound.

Odd headspace indeed.

No word on whether he's still boning all of them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 21, 2026 12:03 AM (qpyNK)

196 Next weekend. Iran vs Egypt. It’s the PRIDE MATCH.

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 20, 2026 11:56 PM (A5RD0)

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Lol - that oughta be a riot....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 21, 2026 12:04 AM (6lIrI)

197 Kumala Harris is so dumb that she thought they were serving BBQ Beaver at Buc-ees in Texas.....

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 21, 2026 12:04 AM (Es4vZ)

198 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:33 PM (ndZc7)

Many drugs can cause paranoia, including weed, speed, and coke, and it sounds like Chris Murphy needs detox.

Posted by: SciVo at June 21, 2026 12:04 AM (Sy6m/)

199 Elon doesn’t want to be monogamous.

He wants to have as many children as he can. He has the ability to support them and their mothers.

He’s never said he’s a saint. He’s never professed he’s a one woman guy. I don’t judge him. He’s done a lot more good in the world than bad and he has never demanded I pay for his kids.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 21, 2026 12:08 AM (A5RD0)

200 You know that Fed was Dildo, right?

On loan from the WNBA?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 21, 2026 12:11 AM (5hs8R)

201 200

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 21, 2026 12:11 AM (6lIrI)

202 >>>Kumala Harris is so dumb that she thought they were serving BBQ Beaver at Buc-ees in Texas.....

Posted by: Jackson K.

>Do they serve little redhead girls with pigtails at Wendy's?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 12:11 AM (fkjGs)

203 Hey, Bartender: I notice we've somehow got some coffee liquor. Wondering what to do with it. Of an evening, not in the morning coffee. If we had some vodka, we could make a Russki, I guess. Just have rum and whiskey. And weird things like bitters. Any ideas?

Well, there's also the white russian if you want to use up the wotka. Or, leave it out and just have the coffee liquor with cream (personally, half n half is too rich for me, I just use plain milk)

Consider a "toasted almond" which is like the white russian, but with Amaretto instead of vodka.

I agree that the kahlua, or tia maria or whatever, is great over ice cream!

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 12:12 AM (rdVOm)

204 200 You know that Fed was Dildo, right?

On loan from the WNBA?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 21, 2026 12:11 AM (5hs8R)

You could tell when he put the maple syrup on his hot dog.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:12 AM (mPXxA)

205 Well shit.... off by one as usual. S'pose it's time to put out the cigar and head off to slumber. Wish you all a blessed night.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 21, 2026 12:13 AM (6lIrI)

206 Well, sleepiness is fast overtaking me. Off to the rack I go. Night, Horde.

Posted by: The Bossa Nova at June 21, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)

207 Is Schwann's a southern indiana/midwest only thing?

I remember my parents would get this giant tub (like 2 gals) of this toasted almond ice cream (chocolate with almonds.) It was delicious. Never been able to find store bought like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:14 AM (mPXxA)

208 Should take off my sock before retiring, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)

209 You know that Fed was Dildo, right?

On loan from the WNBA?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 21, 2026 12:11 AM (5hs8R)

You could tell when he put the maple syrup on his hot dog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:12 AM (mPXxA)

No one put Bob from NSA on the label? What was his temporary fill-in, George?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 21, 2026 12:15 AM (qx7Zg)

210 Schwanns used to run trucks in the Calgary area, and outlying rural parts. Don't know if they still do or not.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2026 12:15 AM (1z8ji)

211
The soon-to-be god-emperor of Mars must have many concubines, of course. He may be shooting to break Solomon's record.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 12:17 AM (w6EFb)

212 We have (or maybe *had*?) Schwann's here in Idaho. Would see a truck regularly at neighbor's house. Don't know if Schwann's went out of business here or neighbor just quit ordering, haven't seen that truck for a year or two.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

213 Schwan's was based in Marshall, MN. Used to get their ice cream delivered to the farm in SD growing up. I agree, it was the bomb. Weirdly, their home delivery service died - they sold it off a few years ago and the company that took it over re-branded as Yelloh! Didn't last five years. Schwan's still produces most of the retail frozen pizza brands, but I think the ice cream is no more. Sad...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 21, 2026 12:19 AM (6lIrI)

214 Used to chuckle when seeing the Schwann's truck. Thinking 'schwanz' LOL.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 12:19 AM (rdVOm)

215 just have the coffee liquor with cream (personally, half n half is too rich for me, I just use plain milk)…
Posted by: JQ

Ah, thanks. I used to drink that in my long-ago yout'. Hadn't thought of that.

Posted by: mindful webworker - memories, fading through the ages just like something something at June 21, 2026 12:20 AM (9bb3y)

216 Well, Summer Solstice. Not like it gets dark here anyway, but cool. Sky is perfectly clear, about a 1/4 moon in the daylit sky, we burned the trash (for the obnoxious greenie asshats out there), and now we are imbibing delicious cocktails courtesy of DH the bartender par excellence.

Our house addition is going apace. We got foundations this week, framing next. Will be lovely to have a bedroom on the ground floor, with a flat ceiling at the correct height. No more ducking to get into bed. No more stairs either. We are old, dammit.

However, the mosquitos are thick enough to carry off a small dog, so not much hangin' outside tonight. We demolished the deck anyway, for the addition, so I guess we are inside this evening.

Days like this are the reason we live up here. It is paradise.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2026 12:20 AM (bl07w)

217 In some places, when a kid looks / acts way differently than his siblings, they say "must be the mailman's / milkman's kid. Where I grew up, we said "must be the Schwan's man..."

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 21, 2026 12:22 AM (6lIrI)

218 Coworker of mine went to work for Space X around 2021. Probably a millionaire now...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 12:23 AM (nbLIj)

219 A previous cat of mine, used to sneak a few laps out of my Kahlua & milk... heh.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 12:23 AM (rdVOm)

220 Hey, no criticism on my part. I'm all for smart people having as many kids as they can support (and boy, can he support them).

He's made a few high-profile violations of Rule #1, but most of his choices seem to be respectable and do their best to stay out of the limelight.

He dodged a real bullet when that flirtation with AOC went nowhere, though. Rule #1 and how!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 21, 2026 12:23 AM (qpyNK)

221 Howdy, what's up tonight?

Sounds like a good time was had in VA. Wish I was there.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at June 21, 2026 12:24 AM (55Qr6)

222 He wants to have as many children as he can. He has the ability to support them and their mothers.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 21, 2026 12:08 AM (A5RD0)

It recently occurred to me that maybe he’s trying to spread his genetics as widely as possible to father a child or two most like him to carry on his mission to Mars…and beyond!!!

Posted by: NC Ref at June 21, 2026 12:25 AM (OTOad)

223 I actually enjoy Cyndi Lauper’s albums quite a bit. But Lauper herself always reminds me of the singer from Eraserhead. Of which I was recently reminded while watching horde-adjacent movie material.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Netfux has a documentary on the Eraserheads.
Filipino band that was apparently very popular there about twenty years ago. Don't know if the name has anything to do with the movie.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 21, 2026 12:25 AM (/lPRQ)

224 > 197 Kumala Harris is so dumb that she thought they were serving BBQ Beaver at Buc-ees in Texas.....
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 21, 2026 12:04 AM (Es4vZ)

AOC is so dumb that she thought the mascot was based on her.

It's the teeth.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 21, 2026 12:25 AM (qpyNK)

225
Solstice in about 4 hours. If you want to know the exact moment, that will be 08:24:31Z, 04:24:31 EDT.

Solstice = Sol-stice = Sun-still. Lo, the sun stands still. Well, declination wise, it's moving on the fast side longitudinally. Peak declination will be 23d26'16.5".

The alignment is a bit off this time, 0.2" (arc seconds). Last year, solstice 2025 was one of the rare times when the alignment is dead on, the center of the sun dead on the ecliptic of date to within Stellarium's 0.1" display resolution.

Shame on the Moon for that, of course. The Moon causes the center of the earth to do the slightest little side-to-side and up and down bobbing and weaving relative to the "osculating" plane of the ecliptic. Last year, it was dead on center, but this time the Erf is a smidge above that plane of date.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 12:27 AM (w6EFb)

226 Last year, it was dead on center, but this time the Erf is a smidge above that plane of date.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 12:27 AM (w6EFb)

You are getting dangerously close to math and physics here, buddy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2026 12:30 AM (bl07w)

227 I don't want to brag but I picked my first zucchini of the season today.
So of course, I'll soon be stealthily dropping them on all my neighbor's porches in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:26 PM (ItpVy)
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You can also attend a WNBA game and toss them out in the court in the middle of play.
Just a thought.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:32

Now right there I think you have a top 10 post of the week Cicero.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at June 21, 2026 12:33 AM (55Qr6)

228 If he married someone, you know some judge would give her half his shit (automatically making her the world's richest woman- which would deform a relationship to incomprehensibility.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD

How about about Oprah?
Isn't she the world's richest woman already? Or was that US?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 21, 2026 12:34 AM (/lPRQ)

229 tcn!

Sounds lovely out there!

Not a fan of bugs though. And Alaskan mosquitos are nothing to take lightly. Are you going to have a screened in porch? With triple panes windows for wintertime?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 21, 2026 12:35 AM (A5RD0)

230 If he married someone, you know some judge would give her half his shit (automatically making her the world's richest woman- which would deform a relationship to incomprehensibility.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD

How about about Oprah?
Isn't she the world's richest woman already? Or was that US?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 21, 2026 12:34 AM (/lPRQ)

I don't think Musk would be interested in Oprah.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 21, 2026 12:36 AM (dK+Kv)

231 Hunh. YooToob music suggestions included this one. Uploaded fifteen years ago. Hadn't seen it in a long time. Song is simple; video is memorable.

https://youtu.be/uNSBq6hvU1s

Goodnight, goodnight, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - relationships are never simple at June 21, 2026 12:37 AM (9bb3y)

232 How about about Oprah?
Isn't she the world's richest woman already? Or was that US?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 21, 2026 12:34 AM (/lPRQ)

Oprah is worth 3.42 Billion according to bing.

Half of his wealth would be 500 Billion (over 100 times her worth.)

Still quite a disparity. Plus she's too old to have kids.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:37 AM (mPXxA)

233 So, looking up his wealth (estimated at 1.33 trillion now) he is 389 times more wealthy than she is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:39 AM (mPXxA)

234 And he's built stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:40 AM (mPXxA)

235 > How about about Oprah?
Isn't she the world's richest woman already? Or was that US?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 21, 2026 12:34 AM (/lPRQ)

Alice Walton is the richest woman in the world. I think it was Lizzie Saxe-Coburg und Gotha (aka "Windsor") until she passed on.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 21, 2026 12:40 AM (qpyNK)

236 Elon doesn’t want to be monogamous.

He wants to have as many children as he can. He has the ability to support them and their mothers.

He’s never said he’s a saint. He’s never professed he’s a one woman guy. I don’t judge him. He’s done a lot more good in the world than bad and he has never demanded I pay for his kids.

Posted by: nurse ratched
=====

Like Brigham Young populated Salt Lake with his spawn,
Elon Musk is going to populate Mars with hundreds of his spawn, each by a different woman.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 21, 2026 12:45 AM (/lPRQ)

237 Hey, Bartender: I notice we've somehow got some coffee liquor.

--

MAKE TIRAMISU!!!!!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 12:45 AM (tcsrY)

238 Missed K.T. this morning, Hadrian, I've got you book marked, no movie thread either. Some days one must do other things. Drat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 12:47 AM (2UA/a)

239 Alice Walton is the richest woman in the world. I think it was Lizzie Saxe-Coburg und Gotha (aka "Windsor") until she passed on.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 21, 2026 12:40 AM (qpyNK)

63.6 billion according to bing.

So he's only twenty times as wealthy as her.

It really is stupidly wealthy.

The 'richest person in history' list is retarded. Very much infested by DEI.

No Charles the V. They put Mansa Musa as #1 because he controlled gold mines. But Charles Owned all of the gold mines in the New world- plus Spain. Plus the Holy Roman Empire.

But he was white so Catherine the Great was richer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 21, 2026 12:47 AM (mPXxA)

240 My permanent record is so black you would need chalk to put a mark on it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 12:47 AM (2UA/a)

241 I had all those wwf figures back in the day. Ultimate warrior was the best cause when you pushed down his back he did a warrior splash.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 12:48 AM (YZ0Fo)

242 >> You are getting dangerously close to math and physics here, buddy.

It does help to know a little bit about that for this stuff.

Just a little bit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 12:51 AM (w6EFb)

243 The glory of a nice perky pair is unrivaled. I just had the good fortune of getting my hands a couple myself! They were lovely little percocets and have rendered me a gibberish fool.

Posted by: 496 at June 21, 2026 12:52 AM (mzbnH)

244 It was a good day. The Sooners won taking down their 8th ranked team. One more win and they are champs!

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 12:54 AM (YZ0Fo)

245
I'm all for smart people having as many kids as they can support (and boy, can he support them).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

===============

I'm not. Fatherlessness is a worse problem than having a distant dad that you share among a harem of moms, even if he can give you an entire fleet of Cyber Trucks. I don't think it's an accident that one of Elon's sons has committed semi-suicide by "transitioning" to female.

And it also bothers me that conservative men who wink at ol' Elon and cut him slack for the harem thing are hostile towards women who have chosen not to have kids for entirely responsible reasons and mock them as "empty egg cartons." I've never seen a moron express a shred of sympathy for Jennifer Aniston, who wanted kids, got dumped by a faithless husband, tried to have them later in life, and finally resigned herself to childlessness. And I'd better say Good-night.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 21, 2026 12:56 AM (XJ22o)

246 Jennifer Aniston, who wanted kids, got dumped by a faithless husband, tried to have them later in life, and finally resigned herself to childlessness. And I'd better say Good-night.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Jennifer Aniston has had 50 years to have a kid. She didn't want to when she was younger and now has buyers remorse.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 12:59 AM (YZ0Fo)

247 Consider:

A-- One guy wants kids by a couple of dozen women.

B-- One gal wants kids by a couple of dozen men.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

248 Some say times now are not as bad as they were in the '60s.
Where are any lyrics of today depicting this:

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:03 AM (2UA/a)

249 Put some ketchup on it.

Posted by: wth at June 21, 2026 01:04 AM (oq9dX)

250 Consider:

A-- One guy wants kids by a couple of dozen women.

B-- One gal wants kids by a couple of dozen men.
Posted by: JQ at June

Who pays for/supports them?

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 01:05 AM (YZ0Fo)

251 >>>I had all those wwf figures back in the day. Ultimate warrior was the best cause when you pushed down his back he did a warrior splash.

Posted by: BruceWayne

>Now they have a cologne that The Rock is promoting. Who the fuck wants to smell like a wrassler?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 01:06 AM (fkjGs)

252 All I can think of is that the paved highway 2 miles south of here had a wreck or some other closure, and traffic was detoured to the grid road.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--

Spaced Aliens

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:06 AM (2UA/a)

253 Who pays for/supports them?
Posted by: BruceWayne

In my scenario-- don't worry about it, it isn't you. Or the taxpayers.

A--Independently wealthy man.
B--Independently wealthy woman.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)

254 Now they have a cologne that The Rock is promoting. Who the fuck wants to smell like a wrassler?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

I mean I might be interested in "stone cold said so" scent

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 01:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

255 208 Should take off my sock before retiring, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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May as well take off both of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:08 AM (2UA/a)

256 In my scenario-- don't worry about it, it isn't you. Or the taxpayers.

A--Independently wealthy man.
B--Independently wealthy woman.
Posted by: JQ at June 21

But see that's the difference. In that scenario yall do what you want. Wouldn't be a life I wanted but good on ya. But that's not how it is.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 01:09 AM (YZ0Fo)

257 Ok, I'm backing down. I lost my train of thought.

Elon can do what he wants-- it's his life.

I wouldn't want to be either him OR one of his concubines, don't care how much money.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

258 He's made a few high-profile violations of Rule #1, but most of his choices seem to be respectable and do their best to stay out of the limelight.

He dodged a real bullet when that flirtation with AOC went nowhere, though. Rule #1 and how!
...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
--

Possibly it has to do with the quality of survive-ability combined with the ability to achieve above average; leaving the rest to
who has control over it anyway?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:16 AM (2UA/a)

259
I wouldn't want to be either him OR one of his concubines, don't care how much money.

Posted by: JQ
--

Been independent minded all your life.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:19 AM (2UA/a)

260 Been independent minded all your life.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yes. It has become a weakness, sadly.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

261 Eat a blue hot dog and you're liable to be wang chunging all night.

Posted by: Dagwood at June 21, 2026 01:21 AM (CC0N1)

262 Been independent minded all your life.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yes. It has become a weakness, sadly.
Posted by: JQ at

Not a weakness. It's a good thing. Always have your own voice and use it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 01:22 AM (YZ0Fo)

263
178 I was going through some notes from 2021 in my tablet, and I found the entry, "RONCO Heavy weapons division " with no explanation.”

I’m visualizing a TV ad selling MANPADS and RPG’s with the RONCO Christmas music playing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2026 01:25 AM (nuNhM)

264 Yes. It has become a weakness, sadly.

Posted by: JQ
---

BS, it's taken you this far in good stead. Rough patches are part of the deal. Hang in there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:26 AM (2UA/a)

265 261 Eat a blue hot dog and you're liable to be wang chunging all night.
Posted by: Dagwood at June 21, 2026 01:21 AM (CC0N1)

does a Blue Hotdog lead to a Night in Bangcock?

Posted by: Wile E. Coyote. at June 21, 2026 01:26 AM (mP0Kj)

266 I've never seen a moron express a shred of sympathy for Jennifer Aniston, who wanted kids, got dumped by a faithless husband, tried to have them later in life, and finally resigned herself to childlessness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I've never been asked to express a shred of sympathy for her. I knew nothing of her personal life. Looking at her wiki bio, I would say Aniston is unfortunate. She apparently bought into the "you can have it all" lie.

She put "having kids" on hold for her career. "Friends" started when she was 25. Her first marriage was when she was 31, and lasted until she was 36. "Friends" ended when she was 35.

"Pregnant at 35" is what they used to call "a geriatric pregnancy."

In her own words, she was trying IVF, but it never worked for her. So maybe she was just infertile at that age (or any age) and it was never going to happen? I doubt she lacked money to throw at the problem, medically.

Her second marriage was from the age of 46 to 49, which is getting up to menopause age.

And there was always the option to adopt a child, though that's not for everyone.

And Musk's philandering is worse than Trump's serial-trophy-wifing. I take the Catholic view.

Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2026 01:28 AM (VHUov)

267 Eat a blue hot dog and you're liable to be wang chunging all night.
Posted by: Dagwood

Everyone knows blue dogs are for Democrats.

Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2026 01:28 AM (VHUov)

268 Ron Popeil's multi-use man pads. When you don't have anyone to shoot or anything to blow up you can go and bring home a freezer full of fish!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:29 AM (2UA/a)

269 260 Been independent minded all your life.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yes. It has become a weakness, sadly.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

Dysfunction is contagious. If you let dysfunctional people into your life, even to help them, it WILL screw up you life.

Independence... equals ... peace... because we never know or can predict who ACTS rational, but will later turn out to have serious problems.

THIS is why I am not dating now...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 21, 2026 01:30 AM (mP0Kj)

270 Yellow dogs

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:31 AM (2UA/a)

271
I use the JPL DE440/441 ephemerides for Stellarium. It's crazy accurate, with an accuracy for the inner solar system of 0.2 mas. That's .2/1000 of an arc second. This is the position of something on the celestial sphere as seen from the earth. In terms of error in actual spatial distance, that works out to be around 200 m at the worst. Their lunar solution is 1.3 cm. IOW, the Moon's actual center of mass is within 1.3cm of where it's calculated to be.

In the neighborhood out to Jupiter and Saturn, that will get up a kilometer or two.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 01:32 AM (w6EFb)

272 Ketchup and mayo on a blue hot dog and you have an All American weiner.

Posted by: wth at June 21, 2026 01:33 AM (oq9dX)

273 I take the Catholic view.

Posted by: mikeski
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Anything goes?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:37 AM (2UA/a)

274 Coyotes are howling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 01:38 AM (2UA/a)

275 I'm sofa king independent, that it's very difficult to ask for help when I really need it. And-- nobody offers, because they think I'm capable (?) like, I've always gone it alone before ya know... and they'd rather not be bothered anyway.

Dysfunctional: my fam's picture is right there in the dictionary.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

276 I take the Catholic view.
Posted by: mikeski

Anything goes?
Posted by: Braenyard

Heh. That marriage should be a lifetime thing, and kids should happen within it.

That post was exactly at the Pixy limit for characters.

Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2026 01:40 AM (VHUov)

277 236 Elon doesn’t want to be monogamous.
...
He wants to have as many children as he can. He has the ability to support them and their mothers.
...

Not for long. Gee. what could possibly go wrong?

Elon is the Dare to Be St00p1d posterboy -- until he isnt.

ATLAS SHRUGGED UPDATED FOR ELON
(when the filth foams up around ELON's waist and Trump whispers: NO).

https://tinyurl.com/LIBs-WhatPriceTheirVision
... How he hated his debased need for her, he who loathed self-sacrifice but would give up everything he valued to get in her pants … Did she know?
...
“Why make a product when you can make dollars? Right this second, I’m earning millions in interest off money I don’t even have.”

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 21, 2026 01:41 AM (XsqmQ)

278 On the bright side! I don't suffer the agony of plastic-faced family get-togethers anymore.

No- or low-contact.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

279 and for something this strange-looking, it didn't taste as atrocious as it appeared.

Can confirm

Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at June 21, 2026 01:42 AM (6VErX)

280 Romeo13, if (when, if I want to be accurate) anything happens to hubby--

I. Am. Done. with "dating" or looking for opposite-sex companionship. DONE.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

281 I. Am. Done. with "dating" or looking for opposite-sex companionship. DONE.
Posted by: JQ

Listen, mac

The lady don't like to be bothered, got it?

Or do me and Rocco gotta explain?

Posted by: Surly but considerate bartender Miklos at June 21, 2026 01:52 AM (6VErX)

282 I've never been asked to express a shred of sympathy for her. I knew nothing of her personal life. Looking at her wiki bio, I would say Aniston is unfortunate. She apparently bought into the "you can have it all" lie.

She put "having kids" on hold for her career. "Friends" started when she was 25. Her first marriage was when she was 31, and lasted until she was 36. "Friends" ended when she was 35.

"Pregnant at 35" is what they used to call "a geriatric pregnancy."

In her own words, she was trying IVF, but it never worked for her. So maybe she was just infertile at that age (or any age) and it was never going to happen? I doubt she lacked money to throw at the problem, medically.

Her second marriage was from the age of 46 to 49, which is getting up to menopause age.

And there was always the option to adopt a child, though that's not for everyone.

And Musk's philandering is worse than Trump's serial-trophy-wifing. I take the Catholic view.
Posted by: mikeski at

When she was married to Brad Pitt. She didn't want to have kids which why he "cheated " or whatever. She had a million chances to have kids

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 01:53 AM (YZ0Fo)

283 Posted by: Surly but considerate bartender Miklos

Oh, LOL! Love that!

Thanks, Miklos.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

284 I was unable to conceive. That was XH1's "reason" to ~~cheat on me~~ ask for divorce.

Meh. It's okay, I didn't find hubby until it was *too late* and he has a son anyway. Adopted btw, because he & XW couldn't have their own either.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

285 She's always had attention, that's what she worked for.
We've all made bad decisions and we live with them.
Sounds like she's using her bad decision to regain lost attention.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 21, 2026 02:00 AM (2UA/a)

286
No problem, Ma'am

We take care of our regulars

Posted by: Surly but considerate bartender Miklos at June 21, 2026 02:00 AM (6VErX)

287
If you want a little taste of the math involved in those DE integrations, here you go:

https://tinyurl.com/44sey4zy

JPL's DE (development ephemeris) is a full, *relativistic* (meaning Einstein gravity, not Newton, at least to as high an order as needed) numerical integration of the entire Solar System. Just that base run takes days of CPU time on supercomputer clusters. And add a few months on either side of the base run for all the pre and post data processing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 02:01 AM (w6EFb)

288 She's always had attention, that's what she worked for.
We've all made bad decisions and we live with them.
Sounds like she's using her bad decision to regain lost attention.

Posted by: Braenyard

I'll give her credit for saying "ya I shouldn't have done that" if it makes younger women rethink their path. But ya I have no sympathy for her and her always playing the victim.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 02:04 AM (YZ0Fo)

289 Hahaha, told ya I put the FUN in dysFUNctional!!!

Really, it's ok. Yeah, I sometimes feel disappointed that my fam is weird & uncaring. Just got to shrug it off & get on with my life, I can't change them. Can't change the sucky dynamics.

But I get tired. So tired. Not getting any younger, LOL.

Soon I'll be yelling at clouds, and wearing an onion on my belt.. because it was stylish at one time I guess?

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

290 Soon I'll be yelling at clouds, and wearing an onion on my belt.. because it was stylish at one time I guess?
Posted by: JQ at June

Should I have waited to do that???

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 02:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

291 No one talking about the sabotage to the DC Reflecting Pool?

Maniacs!

Here's one. Pleads innocence but something hints otherwise:

https://tinyurl.com/35ba3443

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 02:08 AM (3UbC6)

292
If you want to get a spacecraft, a little probe to rendezvous with a comet or asteroid using all that fancy low-energy gravitational slingshot maneuvering, you need this level of accuracy.

That is your tax dollars at work. According to Grok, trying to put this is in human-scale relatable terms, it would be like me firing a bullet (it would be one hell of a fancy rifle and bullet indeed) and hitting a postage stamp in London within 1mm of the target point on that postage stamp.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 02:08 AM (w6EFb)

293 Should I have waited to do that???
Posted by: BruceWayne

HellifIknow. Heh.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

294 one talking about the sabotage to the DC Reflecting Pool?

Maniacs!

Here's one. Pleads innocence but something hints otherwise:

https://tinyurl.com/35ba3443
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta

I saw a lefty group showed up and complained that Trump got rid of the algae.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 02:11 AM (YZ0Fo)

295 Should I have waited to do that???
Posted by: BruceWayne

HellifIknow. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

Hahahahah I been yelling at the clouds since I was 14

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 02:12 AM (YZ0Fo)

296
And forget to add, that would be a moving postage stamp in London.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 02:12 AM (w6EFb)

297
Well, we've entered the solstice window. To 0.1" arc second, the Sun has reached it's peak declination, it's northern most point. It will remain there for a little over 4 hours. The sun now stands still. Another two hours until the exact longitude point is reached.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 02:19 AM (w6EFb)

298 Well, we've entered the solstice window. To 0.1" arc second, the Sun has reached it's peak declination, it's northern most point. It will remain there for a little over 4 hours. The sun now stands still. Another two hours until the exact longitude point is reached.
Posted by: publius, Rascally

Yup. Also known as my birthday.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 02:21 AM (YZ0Fo)

299 ...because we never know or can predict who ACTS rational, but will later turn out to have serious problems.

THIS is why I am not dating now...
Posted by: Romeo13

You mentioned "dysfunctional" -- yeah, it's hard to discern before becoming *too* involved. I was lucky with current hubby, and BF before him. All the others? Nah, bro-- they were toxic. Just like I was trained to choose, by dysfunction.

Not sure I'd be able to pick another "good one" is what I'm trying to say.

Best to you, Romeo13!

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

300 And forget to add, that would be a moving postage stamp in London.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

FUN FACT

In 1910, it took about 3 days for a letter to travel from London to St. Petersburg in Imperial Russia.

By 1990, that had increased to about three weeks.

Posted by: The stuff Miklos knows at June 21, 2026 02:28 AM (6VErX)

301 287
If you want a little taste of the math involved in those DE integrations, here you go:
...
https://tinyurl.com/44sey4zy
JPL's DE (development ephemeris) is a full, *relativistic* (meaning Einstein gravity, not Newton, at least to as high an order as needed) numerical integration of the entire Solar System. Just that base run takes days of CPU time on supercomputer clusters. And add a few months on either side of the base run for all the pre and post data processing.

But 'splain me. JPL.

why does earth cross Saturn's orbital perihelion foci during the Epiphany, and aphelion foci right about now with an amazing coincidence of 1.03 AU around July 4?

It is Capitol. not Capital -- from Rome/Temple of Jupiter (specifically Jupiter Optimus Maximus, meaning "Jupiter the Best and Greatest").

Huuuge and bigly.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 21, 2026 02:29 AM (D9K3+)

302 Yup. Also known as my birthday.
Posted by: BruceWayne

All is arranged

Posted by: Sol Invictus at June 21, 2026 02:29 AM (6VErX)

303 but will later turn out to have serious problems.

THIS is why I am not dating now...
Posted by: Romeo13

You mentioned "dysfunctional" -- yeah, it's hard to discern before becoming *too* involved. I was lucky with current hubby, and BF before him. All the others? Nah, bro-- they were toxic. Just like I was trained to choose, by dysfunction.

Not sure I'd be able to pick another "good one" is what I'm trying to say.

Best to you, Romeo13!
Posted by: JQ at

I was engaged 2x. Dated my fair share. I don't think we get to pick. Cause I met she hobbit and knew immediately that was the person for me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 02:30 AM (YZ0Fo)

304
The Sun is now directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer (taking precession into account, we should call it the Tropic of Gemini now). The word "tropic" comes from the Ancient Greek Homo talk meaning "turning point". The sun stops, stands still, and then turns south.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 02:31 AM (w6EFb)

305 300 And forget to add, that would be a moving postage stamp in London.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
FUN FACT
In 1910, it took about 3 days for a letter to travel from London to St. Petersburg in Imperial Russia.
...
By 1990, that had increased to about three weeks.

In 1990 MANFRED got on a plane to Detroit and beat the email to the destination.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 21, 2026 02:31 AM (m961t)

306 304
The Sun is now directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer (taking precession into account, we should call it the Tropic of Gemini now). The word "tropic" comes from the Ancient Greek Homo talk meaning "turning point". The sun stops, stands still, and then turns south.

Which strictly speaking if you back you realize that the zodiacal are not coordinates in the sky but rather points of reference on the ground, because even back then, they knew that the sky was moving, but the earth remained the same and gravity existed because the earth sucked... it was simple enough back then.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 21, 2026 02:35 AM (Tj3cd)

307 I was engaged 2x. Dated my fair share. I don't think we get to pick. Cause I met she hobbit and knew immediately that was the person for me.
Posted by: BruceWayne

You're probably not 'disordered' then. LOL. I've always been attracted to people (friends or lovers) who are *bad for me* somehow. Or, maybe, they are somehow attracted to me. It's like I'm a freak magnet. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

308 You're probably not 'disordered' then. LOL. I've always been attracted to people (friends or lovers) who are *bad for me* somehow. Or, maybe, they are somehow attracted to me. It's like I'm a freak magnet. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at

Oh dont get me wrong the others were not great for me. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 02:38 AM (YZ0Fo)

309 It's like I'm a freak magnet. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ

So

There are nekkid pictures of you on somebody's refrigerator somewhere

Posted by: Miklos already regrets hitting post at June 21, 2026 02:39 AM (6VErX)

310 Oh dont get me wrong the others were not great for me. Hahah
Posted by: BruceWayne

But got me where I needed to be

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 21, 2026 02:42 AM (YZ0Fo)

311 There are nekkid pictures of you on somebody's refrigerator somewhere
Posted by: Miklos already regrets hitting post

LMAO!

If so, they'd be very old pics. Doubt I'd be recognized today.

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

312 Almost midnight. Guess I'd better try to sleep...

Good night, horde & thanks for chatting!

https://youtu.be/KJBTOC3Mfpk

Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

313 Yup. Also known as my birthday.
Posted by: BruceWayne

* lights the birthday signal *

Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2026 03:04 AM (VHUov)

314 >> why does earth cross Saturn's orbital perihelion foci during the Epiphany, and aphelion foci right about now with an amazing coincidence of 1.03 AU around July 4?

It took me a while to figure out just what you meant by "orbital perihelion foci". For a heliocentric elliptical orbit, the line between between peri- and aphelion is the semi-major axis. The Sun is always at one focus, the primary, and on the other side, you have the other. And for Saturn the distance between those two foci does come to 1.028 AU. So, the secondary focus like about at earth's orbit.

So, you're saying the earth crosses that line of apsides on the aphelion side around July 4th, and on the perihelion side around Epiphany. I think that's it. I'll have to dig around to confirm the dates.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 03:05 AM (w6EFb)

315 It's like I'm a freak magnet. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ

Saw a t-shirt once that read "What am I? Flypaper for freaks?"

Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2026 03:06 AM (VHUov)

316 Way to early to get up

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 03:09 AM (Ia/+0)

317 Which strictly speaking if you back you realize that the zodiacal are not coordinates in the sky but rather points of reference on the ground, because even back then, they knew that the sky was moving, but the earth remained the same and gravity existed because the earth sucked... it was simple enough back then.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 21, 2026 02:35 AM (Tj3cd)

The sky, in fact, moves sideways.

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at June 21, 2026 03:24 AM (pKv0r)

318 I'm looking forward to TJM's review of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's
movie career, beginning with, of course, "They Live".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 21, 2026 03:28 AM (DxVhp)

319
Well, this is quite the coincidence (of current epoch). The secondary focus distance is 1.08AU currently, a bit farther. And Saturn's line of apsides lines up within the blame it on the Moon fuzz with the earth's own line. That is we hit the Saturn perihelion point about our perihelion, and same for aphelion. A couple-day window around July 5th and Jan 4th.

Now, we've got precession to contend with. Saturn's apsidal precession rate is about around twice earth's own. Throw axial precession in, and Saturn's line of apsides thus walks around our seasons once every 11 - 13K years at the fastest. These things vary in a complex fashion, over 100K year cycles, and after millions of years, well chaotic behavior stars smearing things too much.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 03:33 AM (w6EFb)

320 96 Just think of all the Air Force Ones Trump could buy with the fraud money that Tim Walz handed out to Somali Learing Centers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:43 PM (6/7Fs)

The Qatar-donated Air Force One?

You CANNOT talk about the Air Force One from Qatar without mentioning that it is the Air Force One from Qatar.

Posted by: The media at June 21, 2026 03:33 AM (pKv0r)

321 Father’s Day.

My third without one. Living, anyway.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 21, 2026 03:34 AM (pKv0r)

322
Man, Grok is something else. All that information, Saturn's line of apsides, and precession rate and all that, while not really "arcane", well it would take a while for me to dig that up. Grok can do the digging and run the numbers quickly.

Too late for me to continue, but if Saturn's line of apsides and precession somehow lines up with the Younger Dryas, well, I'll be spooked.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 03:36 AM (w6EFb)

323 315 Saw a t-shirt once that read "What am I? Flypaper for freaks?"
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2026 03:06 AM (VHUov)

Yikes.

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 03:44 AM (6wpGE)

324 Wolfus Aurelius: regarding fasting for blood draw, black coffee is usually okay, just nothing in it to make it tasty. It's worth asking whether you need to fast, as for many tests you don't have to. Should always fast for lipid panel or CMP (comprehensive metabolic panel.) Drinking sufficient water before your blood draw will make it easier for the phlebotomist, as dehydration makes the blood draw more difficult to perform.

Posted by: frankie at June 21, 2026 04:19 AM (a16Yj)

325
And we have solstice. Sun's ecliptic longitude dead on 90 degrees, and right ascension dead on 6hr.

Summer beings. And it's downhill from here to the Dec.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 04:24 AM (w6EFb)

326 For our fathers who have given us life and love, for those with us and those gone to be with the Lord, we pray.

For those people who have lost their dear father, and those who have lost a child through death, may their faith give them hope, and for family and friends who support and console them, we pray to the Lord.

For men, though without children of their own who like fathers have nurtured and cared for others, we pray to the Lord.

For fathers who have been unable to be source of strength to their children, we pray to the Lord.

God, our Father, in your wisdom and love you made all things , Bless the fathers and grandfathers and grant that we their sons and daughters may honor them with a spirit of profound
respect. Amen.

( From the "Book of Blessings"-20tn century)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 04:30 AM (ceTyQ)

327 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 6/20/2026

Hugo

The movie world continues to make quality films from time to time, and fifteen years ago Martin Scorsese released what I think is one of his best films, the adaptation of the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. The novel is a children's novel, several hundred pages long but with minimal words on each page and heavily illustrated in black and white pictures. However, I did not care at all about the novel when the film was announced. All I cared about was that Martin Scorsese was making a new movie.

It came, it went. I saw it in theaters, but it was a financial failure. Most people seem to have completely forgotten about it, most people seemingly dismissing it because it's a Scorsese movie that's not a gangster movie. That's all he makes, right? And he's making a children's movie? In 3D? He jumped on that bandwagon? There is every reason to ignore this, right?

Well, I love the film. I've purchased it twice (once on Blu-ray and once the 4K disc), and I've seen it half a dozen times. A couple of weeks ago, though, I decided to actually read the source novel with an eye towards the questions of adaptation. What did Scorsese (and screenwriter John Logan) change? What did they add? What did they take away?

The Story

The story itself is obviously something that would attract Scorsese. It's about the title character Hugo Cabret, an orphan in 1928 whose father died in a fire in a museum where he was working. Hugo's uncle took him in. Claude Cabret maintains the clocks in Gare-du-Nord in Paris. However, we start the story with Hugo alone, his uncle having disappeared for months, maintaining the clocks himself and stealing parts from the toy store in the train station owned by Papa Georges. Hugo is stealing parts to fix an automaton that Hugo's father found in the museum, convinced that it will provide him some kind of secret message from his father once fixed.

Hugo gets caught by Papa Georges, forced to work for him to retrieve the notebook his father had kept detailing the progress with repairs, befriends Papa Georges' goddaughter Isabelle, and discovers that Papa Georges not only designed the automaton but is also George Melies, the pioneering French filmmaker. Hugo's discovery of Papa Georges through the automaton ends up fixing both Hugo's lack of family and Papa Georges' sense of failure at having been forgotten by the world, having been forced to sell his movies to a chemical company who melted them down for heels for women's shoes. The discovery also brings the attention of a French film academic who brings Melies back to the limelight, and all is well with the world of Hugo Cabret.

All of this is nearly identical in both film and novel. The movement of the plot has a handful of changes into a film. Hugo and Isabelle get injured near the middle of the novel, and that's been excised. There's an extra character, Etienne, who acts as a middle-man to connect Hugo and the film academic in the book who's completely gone in the film. However, those are relatively small changes. Hugo's journey, the overall structure of the story, and the dual character repairs between Hugo and Georges are the same. Scorsese took out very little.

He did add a lot, though.

Broader and Deeper

It seems obvious that Brian Selznick enjoys movies. The book is about movies, movie history, and even the use of illustrations in the film are meant to mimic camera movements. There's an opening series of illustrations that effectively make it a pan and zoom from outside Paris in the sky and into Gare-du-Nord (which Scorsese replicates in the film).

However, no matter how much Selznick enjoys movies, he does not enjoy movies nearly as much as Martin Scorsese, the man whose childhood was defined by looking out his apartment window in NYC at the kids who could play while he couldn't because of his asthma as well as watching movies on television (where he was first exposed to the films of the British-based duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the Archers). He also established The Film Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving and restoring films. He has a very long history of loving, protecting, and making films. He knows a lot.

And what he added into the adaptation was mostly related to side characters that help broaden the story's emotional impact but also deepen the story's appreciation of film, in particular with regard to French film history.

Tati

The additions to the story are mainly around four characters. The station inspector is in the novel, mainly as a generic antagonistic force without much character. Madame Emile and Monsieur Frick are essentially just named store owners who end up helping chase Hugo around late in the novel.

All three of these characters get a lot more time in the film. Madame Emile and Monsieur Frick's additions are mostly silent as Frick tries to woo Emile, but Emile's dog snips at the man. It's just a minor little subplot and comedic drama as the two try to find ways to connect despite the dog. It ends with Frick getting his own dog, and it's a nice addition. Showing another pair of people finding a connection in the train station, a minor way to reinforce the movie's central ideas.

The station inspector gets the most attention, being that antagonistic presence in the story, and the most additions come from a new character created for the film, Lisette. She is a middle-aged woman who sells flowers in the train station that the station inspector yearns for but can't speak to. There are these wonderful moments where the station inspector simply struggles to approach her because of him being very self-conscious of the metal brace on his leg, necessary because of a wound from WWI, and these moments strike me clearly as references to the comedy films of Jacques Tati.

Jacques Tati was a French filmmaker whose cinematic persona was centered around his character M. Hulot. M. Hulot was the star of several of his films, a perennially polite man befuddled by and trying to navigate in a modern world that was increasingly absurd and distancing. His most well-known film is Playtime, a film he self-financed that was also a financial bomb that lead him to living in, essentially, destitution for the rest of his life. The central element of it was the large set called Tativille, a shiny, urban environment with large interior sets and exterior sites that is often held up as one of the most impressive feats in production design in film history.

It's hard not to see a comparison between Tativille and Scorsese's bringing of Gare-du-Nord to cinematic life. A large set (with digital extensions, this ain't all real) filled with human life with bits of human comedy that recall the style of storytelling that Tati did? If this isn't a Tati-inspired series of choices, I'll eat my hat.

Now, this is not important in and of itself. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege has Jacques Tati references, and it's supposedly not very good (I haven't seen it, I just know that the references are there). References don't make films good or bad. However, Scorsese isn't just referencing Tati, he's bringing human emotion to the references that add to the central emotional core. The station inspector finding ways to connect with Lisette despite his feelings of brokenness because of his leg mirrors Hugo and Papa Georges finding each other and fixing each other. It's just told in this Tati-esque manner at the same time.

Adaptation

Is the book always better?

It's a common enough assumption and impression, but I always imagine some kind of long-form adaptation of Jaws that completely lacks the excitement and punch of the Steven Spielberg film but retains more of the novel by Peter Benchley. Hugo, though, is going to be my central counter-argument from now on, though.

Brian Selznick wrote a good book. It's definitely for children, but the combination of story, characters, illustrations, and ending come together to make a satisfying little adventure through a French train station and early cinema history.

Martin Scorsese, though, makes it so much more. He takes everything that's good of the book, and he finds ways to make it all simply better. He finds ways to make the emotional impact hit harder. He finds ways to make the appreciation of cinema more encompassing. He finds ways to bring all these additions together to create a finished product that ends up feeling like an improved draft, like Scorsese acted as an editor who pushed the story into new, better directions that feel natural from the intention of the original author.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret was a book that wanted to be a movie. Martin Scorsese made it into Hugo using all of his technical skill and cinematic acumen to do it.

It is honestly one of the best examples of adaptation I can think of.

Movies of Today

Opening in Theaters:

Toy Story 5

Movies I Saw This Fortnight:

The Brides of Dracula (Rating 2/4) Full Review "This is a film that seems to have so little story that it just revels in prim properness for long stretches, and it just sucks all the joys the film could have out of it." [Library]

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, or House of Fright, or Jekyll's Inferno (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "It entertains well enough, but it really could have reached a bit higher. " [YouTube]

Sword of Sherwood Forest (Rating 3/4) Full Review "Honestly, the film doesn't ask too much, and it largely delivers. That's not too bad." [Tubi]

A Weekend with Lulu (Rating 1/4) Full Review "Really, the film is light in tone but unable to find any comic reason to really exist even though the situation, characters, and setting are actually rife with that potential." [Library]

The Curse of the Werewolf (Rating 3/4) Full Review "Could this have been the great werewolf movie? I really think so. Hammer was never going to invest in the three hour version, though, so I have to celebrate the solid werewolf adventure I got." [Archive.org]

Taste of Fear, or Scream of Fear (Rating 3/4) Full Review "Effective, stylish, and intelligent, this is a quality find." [YouTube]

Cash on Demand (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "It's a marvelous character study, impeccably performed, and exactingly filmed." [YouTube]

Captain Clegg, or Night Creatures (Rating 3/4) Full Review "Still, the adventure, performances, and look of the film are fun. " [Library]

Please check out my videos from the last few weeks:

John Ford: The Directors Series
John Ford: The Definitive Ranking
Alexander Mackendrick: The Directors Series
Alexander Mackendrick: The Definitive Ranking
David Lynch: The Directors Series
David Lynch: The Definitive Ranking

Contact

Email any suggestions or questions to thejamesmadison.aos at symbol gmail dot com.
I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
My next thread will be on 7/11.

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Comments

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1
*looks about*
*shakes head*
*leaves quietly*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 07:49 PM (O0L8i)

2 Open channel D

Posted by: Open Channel D at June 20, 2026 07:51 PM (tgTrV)

3 *looks about*
*shakes head*
*leaves quietly*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Better than scratching before leaving.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 20, 2026 07:52 PM (B0dAE)

4 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

5 I'm tempted to copy and paste my YouTube comment here.

Or to write an essay of my own on this topic.

I will say that all directors who are adapting some other work are acting like an editor, I agree with TJM there. But very, very few filmmakers are GOOD enough at it to improve the source material. Most bungle it, miss the point, or maybe (probably often) never actually read or studied it.

Park Chan-Wook actually improved on LeCarre's 'Little Drummer Girl', shockingly enough. Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (and throw in a word or two for the many people who altered the first screenplay) is much better than Dick's 'Do Antroids Dream of Electric Sheep'.

Improving on a work is rare, but it's uncommon for an adaptation to even be competent. Often there's a lot of contraversies even by the successful adaptations like Peter Jackson's adaptation of 'Lord of the Rings' or Zach Snyder's adaptation of 'The Watchmen'.

Hugo though, I don't like it. It didn't move me and kinda low-key annoyed me, frankly. Blame Sasha Baron Cohen if you must, he's part of it, but not the only part.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 20, 2026 07:58 PM (xcxpd)

6 Yes electric sleep is unadaplable havent seen the latest drummer girl adaptation

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:04 PM (bXbFr)

7 Unadaptable

Watchmen was probably faithful but i didnt care for it

Snyder seems to have brought the bug into the dcu

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:07 PM (bXbFr)

8 I often say I don't go to see a movie because its from some director. I saw A Straight Sory, really liked it maybe a year ago and had no idea it was done by David Lynch until the directors series.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)

9 5
Most bungle it, miss the point, or maybe (probably often) never actually read or studied it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 20, 2026 07:58 PM (xcxpd)

====

Verhoeven bragged that he never finished reading Starship Troopers.

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 20, 2026 08:08 PM (Zn6QU)

10 Cavill is mostly charmless because of the script

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:08 PM (bXbFr)

11 I thought Hugo was boring but it did introduce me to Georges Méliès. So if Scorsese's aim was to shame film preservationists into doing their job, which I have to assume it was... it succeeded.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 08:09 PM (gKWVE)

12 He shows a lot of charm in other projects

Corenswet has some of reeves manner but still too emo

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:10 PM (bXbFr)

13 Maybe its a question all creatives should ask themselves when taking on a story from another medium.

"Can I make it better?"

Posted by: TJM's phone at June 20, 2026 08:10 PM (Zn6QU)

14 Kate Bush, "Hammer Horror":

https://tinyurl.com/2ufzzvv6

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 08:10 PM (kpS4V)

15 Never saw Hugo and never read the source, so no opinion on the adaptation. But Scorsese directed the remake of Cape Fear, which annoyed me more than I thought possible; the original version did a decent job, though it softened John D. MacDonald's ending a bit, while the remake threw away much of the story's core. Still can't believe Scorsese didn't realize what he was doing when he did that.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 08:11 PM (q3u5l)

16 I'm pretty sure Verhoeven did read the book. He just skipped Heinlein's extended rant 3/4 of the way through. That's where Heinlein was bitching about how inefficient and bloated the armed forces in the "past" (read: the Navy in the 1950s) had become.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 08:11 PM (gKWVE)

17 Yes some of thr projects are grand ive tried to get through metropolis twice

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:11 PM (bXbFr)

18 Nazi beverly hill (buenod aires area code)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:15 PM (bXbFr)

19 I never saw Hugo

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:15 PM (Ia/+0)

20 He wanted to show brutality unredeemed (thats the point of scorsese)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:16 PM (bXbFr)

21 I was scrolling through Tubi this afternoon (I live a very exciting life) when I came across a show I used to like back in the day, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe. And guess who played Brown Shoe. Jeff Goldblum. I guess he's done everything.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 08:17 PM (ndZc7)

22 A long long time ago

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:20 PM (bXbFr)

23 I liked Hugo but Mrs. Wrecks hated it for reasons unknown. She does hate any syfy and Hugo is, kind of.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 08:20 PM (ndZc7)

24 Armor by John Steakley, a movie of that one would be primo. If they don’t screw it up.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 08:22 PM (LHPAg)

25 Which movie of those discussed was Henry Cavill in?

Posted by: Wenda at June 20, 2026 08:22 PM (iIAkP)

26 Brutality unredeemed? Wasn't the core of the original film version of Cape Fear, or of John D. MacDonald's source novel The Executioners. The family in the book and the original film were straight arrows; the family in the remake was a mess and IIRC Nick Nolte's character had deliberately done a crappy job on DeNiro's trial and got him sent up. In the source, the core of the story wasn't simply the menace of Max Cady -- it was watching the main characters having to cast aside their adherence to the rules in order to protect themselves. Scorsese threw all that away.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 08:25 PM (q3u5l)

27 21 I was scrolling through Tubi this afternoon (I live a very exciting life) when I came across a show I used to like back in the day, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe. And guess who played Brown Shoe. Jeff Goldblum. I guess he's done everything.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 08:17 PM (ndZc7)
--

My mom and I liked that show back in the day. Jeff was so young! I liked that he kept the name Goldblum (I dunno, were they still telling actors to take whitebread names by that point?).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 08:25 PM (kpS4V)

28
Admittedly, I saw "Hugo" on streaming.

But, it didn't do much for me.

I felt like I was watching a guy exhaustively showing me his matchbook collection,

and his enthusiasm didn't connect with me.

Now, a Scorsese box office failure movie that deserves much more love IMHO is "Bringing Out the Dead"

A great movie in which Scorsese doesn't show his cards until the very end, which incidentally is the way I love movies and novels to unfold.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 08:26 PM (iJfKG)

29 When I worked at the bookstore, I had quite a few customers come in looking for the Mark Savage novels from the Tenspeed and Brownshoe series. They were always disappointed when I told them the books had just been made up for the show and didn't really exist. Wouldn't have minded reading 'em myself, actually -- the Goldblum voice overs reading from them were delightful.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 08:28 PM (q3u5l)

30 Umm, Prometheus.

*ducks*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 08:29 PM (u/oMr)

31 We watched Pressure a couple of weeks ago. Brendan Fraser does a decent job of portraying Gen. Eisenhower. However, Andrew Scott (portraying the Brit. meteorologist Group Captain James Stagg) steals the show. Scott just dominates every scene he is in.

For those unaware, D-Day was originally planned to occur on June 5th, but Gp. Capt. Stagg warned that the weather was going to be severe on that day. D-Day was delayed to June 6th, and the rest is history.

I noticed in the final credits that the movie was based upon a stage play. Almost everything takes place in a few offices.

The only thing that I thought was a mistake in the film was a scene with a squad of American GIs getting drunk in camp while waiting to embark the landing craft. They would have actually been tossed into the stockade.

I suspect the film does that to give the audience some soldiers to bond with during the invasion scene. Historical film footage was colorized: usually pretty decently, but some was a bit grainy.

Interesting little movie definitely worth a viewing.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:30 PM (ksbjf)

32
I love "The Brides of Dracula " for all its flaws.

It was probably the first quality horror movie I ever saw.

I bought it and still watch it every 1-2 years despite its loungeurs.

It has the best ending of any vampire movie and all the beautiful ladies a 9(?) year old boy could want.

Not perfect but give it a watch. It has a pretty good story as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 08:31 PM (iJfKG)

33 Seems like Jeff started out in indie movies, where his name didn't matter because, who was gonna watch it? They became cult classics anyway. So by the time The Fly came out and he scored the lead, he had already made his name by being Goldblum.
Emelio Estevez is an interesting case. His Spaniard father (and brother) were "Sheen". Estevez decided he was going to try representing his people (he was literally whiter than Jesus, but whatevs).

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 08:33 PM (gKWVE)

34 An interview with Marty and his amazing eyebrows about "Hugo":

https://tinyurl.com/2unap3v5

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 08:33 PM (kpS4V)

35 Long time since I've seen Brides of Dracula (my first Hammer film, I think -- saw it when it first came out); may be due for a revisit. Haven't seen all of Hammer's stuff, but usually enjoyed what I saw.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 08:34 PM (q3u5l)

36 Hugo is awesome in 3D. Martin Scorsese screened 3-D prints of House of Wax (1953) and Dial M for Murder (1954) for the cast and crew as part of the preparation for filming this movie in 3-D. They properly used 3D to help relate the story rather than just as a gimmick.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at June 20, 2026 08:34 PM (NZIuw)

37 The fun bit of movie lore John Derbyshire likes to tell is that he was, like Goldblum, a thug in a famous action movie. "The Way of the Dragon" starring... Bruce Lee.
Derbyshire chose a different path.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 08:35 PM (gKWVE)

38 If memory serves, one of Jeff Goldblum's first screen roles was as a member of the group of thugs that kill Hope Lange in the original Death Wish movie.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 08:36 PM (q3u5l)

39 Yes its pretty good in the hammer oevre

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:37 PM (bXbFr)

40 Yes he was in deathwish

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:38 PM (bXbFr)

41 I love a guy who has an oeuvre.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 08:39 PM (u/oMr)

42 It was based on a much older vampire tale of the 18th century

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr)

43
* looks at watch *

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 20, 2026 08:40 PM (0sNs1)

44 They really leaned on austrian themes rather than romanian

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:41 PM (bXbFr)

45 Verhoeven bragged that he never finished reading Starship Troopers.
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 20, 2026 08:08 PM (Zn6QU)

And thus missed the theme about citizenship and military service. Verhoeven focused solely on "hunting bugs" and we got cheated-out of the powered armor used by the Mobile Infantry. Oh, he also completely missed the point of Heinlein's novel and re-imagined the society as being ruled by some sort of neo-Nazi government.

Doogie Houser showing up looking like a WWII Wehrmacht officer was another kick in the 'nads for fans of the novel.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:41 PM (ksbjf)

46 My biggest regrets in life have been seeing what I cannot unsee.

Porn in the 70's.

Shitty films ever since.

Read "The Moviegoer" by Percy Walker.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 08:46 PM (qFwJc)

47 Its a poor excuse its a short book

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:47 PM (bXbFr)

48 Starship Troopers was great (the book) you only the right to vote (franchise) if you serve.

Verhoeven is and was a shitstain on the underwear of Hollywood.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 08:48 PM (qFwJc)

49 Verhoeven bragged that he never finished reading Starship Troopers.
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 20, 2026 08:08 PM (Zn6QU)

What bothered me the most about that movie was how abjectly stupid the 'mobile infantry' was. They walk casually down a 'road' in the desert, no support, no scouts, no nothing... And when a flying bug grabs a commutations guy, the soldiers just stand around looking worried, and eventually the officer shoots the human, and lets the bug fly off.

Even as a teenager, that felt like an insult to my intelligence. And Veerhoven wanted to make a morality play out of that idiocy? F--- that moron. My time would have been better spent watching the ExoSquad or Wing Commander cartoons.

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 20, 2026 08:50 PM (3v7ra)

50 While idly scrolling through a streaming service menu, I spotted the recently-produced Red Sonja movie. Part of me wants to watch that movie, just to know for sure if it is monumentally bad as it is reputed to be... But its existence is so insulting, I don't want to dignify it with a 'view' on a streaming platform... Meh. I suppose I'm okay not seeing it...

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 20, 2026 08:52 PM (3v7ra)

51 What bothered me the most about that movie was how abjectly stupid the 'mobile infantry' was. They walk casually down a 'road' in the desert, no support, no scouts, no nothing...

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Always protect your flanks.

Posted by: Marshal Georgiy Zhukov at June 20, 2026 08:53 PM (6/7Fs)

52
Lately, I've been rewatching Malcolm in the Middle on Hulu.

It's still great. Several laughs per show. I saw the Helper Monkey for Craig episode yesterday...I don't think I've laughed that hard in years.

Very much worth the rewatch.

Avoid the reboot at all costs. The ruined all the characters and turned the show into a fake and gay, trannie extravaganza. Nutkicks and Cuntpunts all around for that abomination.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 08:53 PM (iJfKG)

53 Starship Troopers was great (the book) you only the right to vote (franchise) if you serve.

Verhoeven is and was a shitstain on the underwear of Hollywood.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 08:48 PM (qFwJc)

Universal suffrage is a fatal flaw to a republic. The Founding Fathers knew this. We are actually living in the "mobocracy" the Founders feared.

You seem to have strong opinions about Verhoeven. LOL.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:55 PM (ksbjf)

54 50 While idly scrolling through a streaming service menu, I spotted the recently-produced Red Sonja movie. Part of me wants to watch that movie, just to know for sure if it is monumentally bad as it is reputed to be... But its existence is so insulting, I don't want to dignify it with a 'view' on a streaming platform... Meh. I suppose I'm okay not seeing it...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 20, 2026 08:52 PM (3v7ra)
Will it be Black Sonja? Ghey Sonja? Moslem Sonja?

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 08:55 PM (LHPAg)

55 Yes its quite terrible

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:57 PM (bXbFr)

56
Watching the dinosaurs in Vietnam extravaganza, "Primitive War"

Starting slow, not sure if I'll keep with it. But, we're coming to the "WTF!!! There's dinosaurs here!!!" part so I still watch for now.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 08:57 PM (iJfKG)

57 More karen sonja

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:57 PM (bXbFr)

58 Dot, Not Feather Sonja

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:58 PM (ksbjf)

59 Starship Troopers is an ideal example of a movie made by someone who hates the source material. It does, however, have some good points. Nothing with Michael Ironside can be all bad. Clancy Brown wasn't bad either. I thought most of the bug effects were pretty good. And then there's Dina Meyer.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 08:59 PM (q3u5l)

60 How do they keep fouling up easy projects

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 08:59 PM (bXbFr)

61 Clancy is good in this and true about ironside who was last seen in nobody

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:00 PM (bXbFr)

62 I saw 2 films recently:

1) The Favourite, and

2) Tea With Mussolini

I loved The Favourite. A beautiful film about Queen Anne's early 18th century court... and Anne's supposed bisexuality. It has a wonderful ensemble cast. And the look of the film is just stunning!

I disliked Tea, one of Franco Zeffirelli's last films. The story drowns in treacle. I watched it on Amazon Prime, and I thought it was funny that it had subtitles for the English parts, which I could understand perfectly well without subtitles. But NO subtitles for the Italian parts, which I couldn't understand at all! But I got the gist of it. It's a mess.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:01 PM (RCjYY)

63 59 Starship Troopers is an ideal example of a movie made by someone who hates the source material. It does, however, have some good points

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The co-ed showers were the only thing that left an impression on my primitive male lambic consciousness.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 09:02 PM (6/7Fs)

64 Starship Troopers is an ideal example of a movie made by someone who hates the source material. It does, however, have some good points. Nothing with Michael Ironside can be all bad. Clancy Brown wasn't bad either. I thought most of the bug effects were pretty good. And then there's Dina Meyer.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 08:59 PM (q3u5l)

Yeah, I like "Starship Trooper", but I never read the novel.

It's a very well-made, and well-directed movie that know exactly the story it wants to tell. Linear plotting to a great ending.

And yes, Dina Meyer!!!! What ever happened to her?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 09:02 PM (iJfKG)

65 Limbic.

Whatever.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 09:02 PM (6/7Fs)

66 Close enough

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:04 PM (bXbFr)

67 Will it be Black Sonja? Ghey Sonja? Moslem Sonja?
Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 08:55 PM (LHPAg)

We almost got half of the first; the mixed-race actress who played Ghost in the marvel movies was attached to the project for a while. I'm assuming we got a bit of the second; with an alphabet-director adapting a comic written by a raging leftist. And the third....would have just been insulting, since the original book-version of Red Sonya was actively fighting Muslims at the Siege of Vienna...

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 20, 2026 09:05 PM (3v7ra)

68 Shes been in mostly direct to video fare

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:07 PM (bXbFr)

69 Dina Meyer's still working according to her IMDb entry -- more TV than features, it looks like.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 09:07 PM (q3u5l)

70 Possibly off topic, I've sort of always had idea's for movies but never really had any drive to put pen to paper as they say, so I got the bug and was looking at screenwriting software, tried a couple of them, they were all way overly complex and gui centric.

So I'm a neovim/vim/cli kind of guy, so I bashed together a config that basically looks like a word processor from the 80's but has screenwriting hooks.

I've been testing it out with the screenplay to Sinners.

Basically copying the entire structure verbatim, it's working out pretty good.

I will say this, reading the screenplay to Sinners is fascinating because what's on paper is so dry and matter of fact, and quite frankly boring, that I have no idea how that film got made or had any interest.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2026 09:07 PM (XV/Pl)

71 Last project was a variation on the graduate (still looks hawt)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:08 PM (bXbFr)

72 Cubicle farms -

I think most people would hate working in that cubicle farm in the pic above. Fake privacy.

Worked on this office building that had a cubicle farm largely divided up into groups of 2 x 3 like pips on a die, and divided into two large groups, half with six foot walls and the other half (near the windows) with four foot walls.
However, because of overall size of the space and walk-ways, not all groups were 2x3, there were some 2x2, 1x3...

But this one solo cubbie with four foot walls and walk-ways on all four sides. We called it 'the tank'. While sitting there anybody from any side walking could casually walk-by and make sure you are keeping your nose down to the grindstone.

In the land of cubicle hell that was the 9th circle, err square.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 09:08 PM (/lPRQ)

73 How so

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:09 PM (bXbFr)

74 Its certainly about racism and music and vampires

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:10 PM (bXbFr)

75 Well thats the subtext

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:12 PM (bXbFr)

76 Doogie Houser showing up looking like a WWII Wehrmacht officer was another kick in the 'nads for fans of the novel.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

IIRC, Doogie really did a number on that bug's orifice with a big honking probe.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 09:14 PM (/lPRQ)

77 Do work in a cubical, yet see them all the time in new building
Actually look a lot more modern and if working in a occupied building seems people move a bit of home to them.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:15 PM (Ia/+0)

78 72

Did you know this?

The 9th circle is the LEAST bad, IIRC. He put Judas Iscariot & Caesar's assassins in the 1st circle, I think.

Souls in the 9th circle were merely "buffeted by strong winds," I believe. Could be worse.

Dante also put a lot of Italian politicians in the 1st circle--people no-one today ever heard of. That's because Dante disliked them.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:16 PM (RCjYY)

79 And actually one of the more fascinating things about programming a config for screenplays is how rigid (that's a good thing) the structure is, makes life easy when there are a limited number of parameters.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2026 09:16 PM (XV/Pl)

80 May have to give Sinners another watch some time. Didn't find it dull, but it didn't do much for me either.

In one of Borges's essays or lectures, I think he said that if a book didn't appeal to you, you should set it aside -- the writer apparently wasn't talking to you and you should try the book later.

Same for movies, I think. There are an awful lot of movies and books these days that simply aren't talking to me.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 09:17 PM (q3u5l)

81 Kind of like with dan browns inferno when they change the ending because it is a horror (also they tone down the evil of the who)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:19 PM (bXbFr)

82 Kind of from dusk till dark in the south

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:20 PM (bXbFr)

83 addendum to post 78:

I erred. The 9th circle is the least bad-- where he put unbaptised infants, etc. The v1st circle is the really bad one, where he put Judas Iscariot & his own political enemies.

I DID saY IIRC.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:20 PM (RCjYY)

84 I DID saY IIRC.
Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:20 PM (RCjYY)

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I'll allow it.

Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at June 20, 2026 09:21 PM (6/7Fs)

85 I always get a kick out of Europe's bitch about the "far right." What is the far right? In my mind, the far right are Catholics. Intelligent, educated, resistant to state controlled schools teaching atheism.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:23 PM (qFwJc)

86 The Nine Circles
First Circle (Limbo) – Home to the unbaptized and virtuous pagans.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 09:23 PM (/lPRQ)

87 As I was reminded, Dante is not canon law.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:24 PM (qFwJc)

88 I dont know why sundance for inatance decides to bring classic superman (unless they want to make the new stuff)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:25 PM (bXbFr)

89 Dante also put a lot of Italian politicians in the 1st circle--people no-one today ever heard of. That's because Dante disliked them.
Posted by: mnw

Dante did put certain known people of his time into appropriate circles - sodomites, thieves, etc.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 09:25 PM (/lPRQ)

90 Very possible Tolkien will be canonized.
Dante Alighieri won't be. He hated the popes of his time.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 09:26 PM (gKWVE)

91 Superman 3 &4 were progresiveky worse

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:26 PM (bXbFr)

92 Jeez that's hard to keep straight!

I was right the first time. The 9th circle is bfor the worst sinners.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:27 PM (RCjYY)

93 Well they',re werent great popes back then (some were)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:27 PM (bXbFr)

94 I read "The Inferno" with delight. So interesting. All good stuff.

I got stuck at "The Purgatorio." Too close to home.

Pride of family. Pride of accomplishment.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:28 PM (qFwJc)

95 @91

>>Superman 3 &4 were progresiveky worse

They really should have stopped at 1, but two was not terrible.

Most films do not need a sequel.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2026 09:29 PM (XV/Pl)

96 1/3 third were great Popes. 1/3 were mediocre. 1/3 were very bad men. Francis and Leo are heretics.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:30 PM (qFwJc)

97 It had some corny elements but man of steel (really gets my goat) for botching the thing

They need to bring back zombie salkind

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:31 PM (bXbFr)

98 Pope Joan brought a real sense of feminine sensibilities to the Papal Offices..

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 09:31 PM (6/7Fs)

99 Very possible Tolkien will be canonized.
Dante Alighieri won't be. He hated the popes of his time.
Posted by: gKWVE

IIRC, he put a current or recent Pope into hell with a blown out rectum for a lifetime of... blowing his rectum out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 09:32 PM (/lPRQ)

100 Superman is not a callous immoral thief

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:32 PM (bXbFr)

101
And yes, Dina Meyer!!!! What ever happened to her?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 09:02 PM (iJfKG)

Her and Denise Richards.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 09:32 PM (T6aVk)

102 A nice bit of adaptation? A Simple Plan, Sam Raimi director and script by Scott Smith based on his novel. Smith and Raimi play around quite a bit with some of the events at about mid-point in the story IIRC but the movie still finishes in the same place the book does.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 09:33 PM (q3u5l)

103 LOL The fucktards recent Popes have been "cannonized."

Is Dante in paradise? After 500 years, most heathens are free.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:34 PM (qFwJc)

104 Pope Joan brought a real sense of feminine sensibilities to the Papal Offices..

You Mormon?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:35 PM (qFwJc)

105 The latest superman is just aimless cgi without any heart

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:37 PM (bXbFr)

106 But the original had many practical effects

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:38 PM (bXbFr)

107 Seriously, I never heard of Pope Joan, but from a Mormon, that was a fag and died quite a while ago. Please pray for the soul of my dear old friend. He was a friend. But not sexually. He went off to BYU.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:39 PM (qFwJc)

108 Pope Alexander VI is regarded as the one who was so corrupt, he set the table for Martin Luther.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:40 PM (RCjYY)

109 105 The latest superman is just aimless cgi without any heart
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:37 PM (bXbFr)

hot blonde and Lobo. I'm in

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 20, 2026 09:41 PM (xcxpd)

110 I liked Hugo quite a bit. It was quirky, but I loved the grande homage to very early film making.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 09:41 PM (nuNhM)

111 59 Starship Troopers is an ideal example of a movie made by someone who hates the source material. It does, however, have some good points. Nothing with Michael Ironside can be all bad. Clancy Brown wasn't bad either. I thought most of the bug effects were pretty good. And then there's Dina Meyer.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 08:59 PM (q3u5l)

I like both (the book and the movie).

The movie is one of those examples of the maker hate-fucking the material, but inadvertently making something good and conveying different messaging despite his intentions anyway.

Kind of like The Wire. What people take away from it and what was intended are generally two different things.

This is often the case with people who are blinded by their ideology. Like the movie Men. Supposedly a feminist screed. Normies watching it: bitch be cray-cray.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 09:43 PM (MIvVV)

112 The one last year

This one is like guardians but a more emo ronan

That comic has like a 60 year run they chose this arc

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:44 PM (bXbFr)

113 Pope Joan was a legend. Kind of the reverse "big mike" of the Middle Ages. The Papacy recalled a "dark age" when, basically, female prostitutes were running the place. Because the bishops of Rome were just that bad.
Alexander VI Borja might not have been a moral paragon but he did care about keeping the Church safe, stable, and independent. John XII on the other hand showed up to the Papal offices aged all of 18 and ready to party, including with other mens' wives. He was almost literally Pope Paolo.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 09:44 PM (gKWVE)

114 Verhoeven bragged that he never finished reading Starship Troopers.
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 20, 2026 08:08 PM (Zn6QU)

Which is why I despise that movie. It had some great SFX, but Verhoeven took one of Heinlein’s greatest books and shit in its mouth.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 09:45 PM (nuNhM)

115 I'll come out and say it, Verhoeven's "Starship Troopers" was kino. It was good. It's a satire and a parody and can be enjoyed on several levels. Like "Robocop".

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 09:45 PM (gKWVE)

116 He did introduce me to the delight of great Summer refreshment. Half seven-up, half orange juice, and a scoop of orange sherbet.

It was the Summer of 1970. Charlie Manson. He liked to what "Dark Shadows." I was bored. I went back to the beach, which was 2 blocks from my house.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:45 PM (qFwJc)

117 "Souls in the 9th circle were merely "buffeted by strong winds".

That's me every morning.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 09:46 PM (vFG9F)

118 BTW this is why there exist at least two miniseries about the Borgias. There's real complexity there.
Nobody is going to write a miniseries about the Theophylacts, because everyone just sucks and there's no excuse for those guys.
Although a Cadaver Synod movie might at least be funny.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 09:47 PM (gKWVE)

119 gKWVE

You would make a mockery of Ben-Hur. Fuck you and go to hell.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:48 PM (qFwJc)

120 Thats who machiavelli used as a model the borgias

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:49 PM (bXbFr)

121 Bear,

I'd have loved to see a Starship Troopers faithful to the source. That said, the bug effects and the presence of Ironside, Brown, and Meyer kept the movie watchable even in the moments when you could almost feel Verhoeven spitting on the source. The movie's not what it could have been, but in spite of all that, I kinda like it too. I just wish it had been better.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 09:49 PM (q3u5l)

122 Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:48 PM (qFwJc)

u mad bro?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 09:49 PM (gKWVE)

123 121 Bear,

I'd have loved to see a Starship Troopers faithful to the source. That said, the bug effects and the presence of Ironside, Brown, and Meyer kept the movie watchable even in the moments when you could almost feel Verhoeven spitting on the source. The movie's not what it could have been, but in spite of all that, I kinda like it too. I just wish it had been better.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 09:49 PM (q3u5l)

There is a better Japanese adaptation, it keeps the mech suits.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 20, 2026 09:50 PM (xcxpd)

124 108 Pope Alexander VI is regarded as the one who was so corrupt, he set the table for Martin Luther.
Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:40 PM (RCjYY)

That’s what the Catholic leadership said at the time, because they hated Alexander for being a Spaniard who was crashing their Italians only party.

But in fact the fault lies with Pope Leo X, the Medici banker pope who was desperate to raise funds, and who commissioned the sale of indulgences to do so. That’s what lit the fire in Northern Europe.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 09:51 PM (nuNhM)

125 There was a sequel (actually) a third part where the war against the bugd have really gone badly and there is incipient revolution

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:51 PM (bXbFr)

126 Barbara Tuchman wrote a good popular history called "The Pursuit of Folly."

One of the 4 sections concerns the failure of the Renaissance Church to reform itself.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:51 PM (RCjYY)

127 126 Barbara Tuchman wrote a good popular history called "The Pursuit of Folly."

One of the 4 sections concerns the failure of the Renaissance Church to reform itself.
Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:51 PM (RCjYY)

That's a good one, worth reading

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 20, 2026 09:52 PM (xcxpd)

128 It deserved a proper adaptation (failung that another film that didnt wear its skin) see rebel moon (actually dont,)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:53 PM (bXbFr)

129 124

Indulgences were the proximate cause, but I would argue not the root cause.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:53 PM (RCjYY)

130 Say what you will, but Alexander VI threw one hell of a party.

"God has given us the papacy. Let us enjoy it."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 09:54 PM (6/7Fs)

131 Yeah. I am pissed that such a shitstain as yourself tries be a peaceful shit that you are and can not be challenged.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:54 PM (qFwJc)

132 Heinlein's one of those writers who really hasn't been well-served in film adaptations, isn't he? ST, The Puppet Masters (Sutherland perfectly cast, and some nice slug effects, the rest just so-so). Predestination seemed a bit garbled to me; maybe I just need to give it another look. And I think there was a Japanese adaptation of The Door Into Summer not long ago -- fell asleep during that one, and maybe I just need to revisit that one too.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 09:54 PM (q3u5l)

133 The Church diverted from the Word

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:55 PM (bXbFr)

134 qFwJc, I have done absolutely nothing to deserve this abuse from you.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 09:56 PM (gKWVE)

135 Then again luther kind of inspired the 30 years war

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:56 PM (bXbFr)

136 It was a popular belief that Alexander VI was so corrupt, his body started to putrify while he was alive.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 09:57 PM (RCjYY)

137 Funny how ocp is the optimum version of law enforcement now

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:58 PM (bXbFr)

138 It's a movie thread. Go be mad somewhere else.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 09:58 PM (vFG9F)

139 And outta here for the evening.

TJM, thanks for the thread.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 09:58 PM (q3u5l)

140 The syfy series was one of the best adaptations

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:58 PM (bXbFr)

141 For robocop

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 20, 2026 09:59 PM (bXbFr)

142 Callixtus III was the first Borgia pope. Alexander VI was a nepo baby.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 09:59 PM (6/7Fs)

143 gKWVE,

You deserve every bit of abuse. You repeated old lies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 10:00 PM (qFwJc)

144 Just now putting some books up and one was a twofer, Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 10:00 PM (LHPAg)

145 There was nothing particularly wrong with the Starship Troopers movie that boobs couldn't fix.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 10:01 PM (vFG9F)

146 This chat room has escalated beyond a blog status.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 20, 2026 10:02 PM (fkjGs)

147 ONT nood

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 10:02 PM (kOluj)

148 Kami Harris is so dumb that she thought they were serving BBQ Beaver at Buc-ees in Texas.....

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 20, 2026 10:45 PM (Es4vZ)

149 Three books improved in the movie come immediately to mind.
Jaws.
The Godfather.
Holes.
Plenty more out there. Most film noir movies based on books.
Of course, Lawrence of Arabia is a great movie based on fictional autobiography.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 20, 2026 10:57 PM (Skc+N)

150 I liked Hugo quite a bit. It was quirky, but I loved the grande homage to very early film making.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 09:41 PM (nuNhM)

There is a good documentary about Méliès free on YouTube.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NWN90TU6vdg

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at June 20, 2026 11:50 PM (NZIuw)

151 I believed that movies were never as good as the books on which they were based, until I read and saw "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

Posted by: Dagwood at June 21, 2026 01:18 AM (CC0N1)

152 Her and Denise Richards.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 09:32 PM (T6aVk)

The school uniforms they wore at the beginning.,,wow.

(Not being a perv at all, as Denise Richards was 25 and Dina Meyer was 30, or at least close to 30.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 21, 2026 03:22 AM (pKv0r)

153 I believed that movies were never as good as the books on which they were based, until I read and saw "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
Posted by: Dagwood at June 21, 2026 01:18 AM (CC0N1)

Which version of the movie? Swedish (2009) or English with Daniel Craig (2011)?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at June 21, 2026 12:36 PM (NZIuw)

154 An example of a film being better than the source novel, IMO, is Blade Runner. I read Philip K. Dicks novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" and it was OK, but I'm not a big PKD fan. I am, however, a huge fan of the Blade Runner movie. I think Ridley Scott took the source and transformed it into one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever. (The Directors Cut, not the original with the Harrison Ford voice over. It was good but not as good as the Directors Cut.)

It doesn't happen often but that's an example of the film transcending the source.

Posted by: SL at June 21, 2026 03:41 PM (eW3mZ)

Hobby Thread - June 20, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is on fire. It spun and spun and landed on a candle theme for this Hobby Thread.

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." St. Francis Of Assisi.

[Photo credit: NoName_13 on Pixabay]

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Quick shout out to all the Hordelings that attended the Virginia MoMe. I can now confirm that some of you exist in real life. Thank you for making the trip. Great to spend quality time on a lovely day with the AoS family.

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A candle theme? I'm a little surprised myself but enough people mentioned it in the comments last week to tilt the Wheel of Hobbies (TM). But how interesting can candles be???? Let's find out together.

I did not realize that candle making is such a big thing. Based on YouTube videos, approximately half of the world's population is currently involved in candle-making and posting videos about how to do it. Have I missed something that everyone else knows about? Is candle making a cult? Is there a conspiracy to lure new and unsuspecting non-candle makers into the club? And do people really burn this many candles? So many questions...

From my limited research, it seems that the first requirement of candle making is a kitchen. You must repurpose your mixer, pots, stove top and kitchen counter. Seems like you could make cookies instead if you're going to go through all that, but I am a dinosaur with a small brain and have much to learn.

It also seems like many candlemaking videos are oriented to people trying to make a small business out of candlemaking, not just hobbying. I have stayed away from videos that scream "THE TOP 10 THINGS YOU MUST DO IN YOUR CANDLEMAKING BUSINESS" or "I MADE $300,000 LAST YEAR SELLING CANDLES FROM MY BASEMENT!!!!"

Do you make candles? Do you have traditions that involve candles?

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What are you hobbying?

Candles are the theme, but the thread is not limited to candles. In fact, anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something. If not, find something else or offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Ignore whatever gibberish Kamala is talking about these days. Pants are optional. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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There are a bazillion videos on YouTube about how to make candles in your home.

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Carving candles?

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Step 1: make candles in the most inefficient way possible
Step 2: have French people make the candles
Step 3: sell inefficient French-made candles as a "luxury" item for $660
Step 4: profit!

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Prefer your candle making with a little history?

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Guess Yankee Candles are a thing?

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Asking the important questions - where did the candle wax go?

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Time for science!

Do citronella candles work to repel mosquitos?

Citronella and Mosquitoes: What Really Works to Keep Them Away

Citronella oil is extracted from Cymbopogon species - types of lemongrass - and is rich in mosquito-repelling compounds like citronellal, citronellol, and geraniol. These compounds interfere with mosquitoes' ability to locate humans by masking the scents that attract them.
However, the "citronella plant" often found in garden centers (usually a type of scented geranium) contains very little citronella oil and does not offer the same protection unless its leaves are crushed and applied directly - a far cry from the ease of a ready-to-use spray.

Citronella candles and tiki torches are popular for outdoor use, but their range and effectiveness are limited. They may provide mild deterrence in a small radius but are not sufficient for lasting protection, especially if there's even a light breeze.
Similarly, decorative citronella plants add aesthetic value but don't repel mosquitoes unless the plant's oils are actively released. This makes them more of a conversation piece than a serious solution.
For those seeking reliable mosquito relief, citronella-containing sprays and wipes offer several practical options. They contain active concentrations of citronella oil and are designed to be applied directly to the skin, where they provide a more consistent barrier.

I hate mosquitos.

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Wax selection seems to be a big deal.

Lots of videos out there but most are unhelpful (at least to me). Soy? Paraffin? Beeswax? Coconut? Palm? Blends? I don't know. Eco-friendly and sustainable? Sorry - I just can't inflict a video on you from a woman named Flower with a septum piercing trying to explain it. It makes my small dino head hurt.

Until I learned about edible candles...now you have my attention.

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Where do those funky candle shapes come from? Silicone molds! Can you make candles in silicone molds with beeswax? Yes!

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Making wood candlesticks on a lathe. Sounds like a great idea!

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There is nothing like singing Silent Night at a Christmas Eve service by candlelight:

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German Christmas pyramids are a great use of candles.

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Horde Hobbying

Teresa in Fort Worth has been busy stitching a stocking for her young grandson, Niko.

Nice!

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did an childhood hobbies theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

She gets it. Thank you.

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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1 All right. No cursing the darkness, now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 20, 2026 05:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

2 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

3 I'm waiting to read all the candlemakers waxing eloquent about their hobby.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 20, 2026 05:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Mosquitos...

Back in the day we had "smudge pots." They burned diesel. Smoky. Mosquitos didn't like them.

Neither did we.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 05:37 PM (jehhT)

5 That stocking by Teresa in Fort Worth is delightful. What a wonderful gift for little Niko.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 05:37 PM (yTvNw)

6 If my wife opined here, she does make candles every once in awhile. She lights them daily.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:39 PM (Ia/+0)

7 All right. No cursing the darkness, now.

There's a classic Peanuts strip (that I couldn't find with a quick search) where Linus makes that quote and then says "Some people may disagree." And the third panel is Lucy shaking her fist at the sky and yelling "YOU STUPID DARKNESS!!"

Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 05:42 PM (vTZFs)

8 The candle that smells like broccoli farts - it's the "soy wax" it is made from.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 05:42 PM (/lPRQ)

9 There used to be a candle store in all the malls. I think those have vanished along with bookstores, drugstores, men's clothing (except for the stuff in the department stores), and hobby supplies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:43 PM (wzUl9)

10 The green spirals of Citronella yhat you light are worthless, even with no wind.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 20, 2026 05:44 PM (B0dAE)

11 I can't smell the candles any more.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Cqx++)

12 Mosquitos...

Back in the day we had "smudge pots." They burned diesel. Smoky. Mosquitos didn't like them.

Neither did we.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026

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There were those little coils that you lit at one end and that burned, sending up smoke to deter mosquitoes and other insects. Are those still around?

And Shell No-Pest Strips? I know those are gone, but are there any modern items you can hang up to send insects fleeing without choking yourself?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)

13 Most of the candles Miss Linda makes me whiff at Walmart and World Market do not smell at all the way they are labeled. They aren't bad, but they don't match the aroma mentioned on the label.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)

14 I got supplies at Candlesandsupplies.com for my wife.

Picked up wax. Sent, color, mold and don't think she used them yet.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

15 The candle that smells like broccoli farts - it's the "soy wax" it is made from.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 05:42 PM (/lPRQ)

A well known scent in the German High Command Center in the early 40's.

Wolfus, see any other good prospects?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 20, 2026 05:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

16 Still mechanic-ing today. Fabbing up a muffler and tailpipe for a '68 Buick Wildcat from pieces the car's owner provided. Muffler and over-axle "U" bend are dummied up in place. Now I have to figure out some sort of short piece with 45 degree elbows at each end to transition from the outlet of the U-bend to the tailpipe which must go straight back. Want to do all the tricky welding on the bench.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 05:48 PM (1z8ji)

17 Speaking of molds, my clay medallion mold for my cartridge box I think is hard enough, now just have to melt plumbing solder and try pouring it.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:48 PM (Ia/+0)

18 AoSHQ is my hobby. Does that count?

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 05:48 PM (77rzZ)

19 Wolfus, see any other good prospects?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 20, 2026

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Yeah, my house hunting is turning into a hobby, isn't it? There was the very nice 2BR/1BA place with a rear deck, floors all done, walls painted in colors I already liked, basement, 2-car garage next to the house. Good price. Bad? Located a block from a low-income, "affordable housing" (read: Section

development. The development looks worlds better and cleaner than the same things you see here . . . but how long will it stay that way?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)

20 Hey, TRex! Long time no see./

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 05:50 PM (77rzZ)

21 Never tried making candles but I've seen and read about it, including that Townsends video. I suspect most people approach it as a hobby to preserve a skill and perhaps to make gifts. I can say the scent from beeswax candles is very pleasant and the light from them makes for a relaxing glow. I want a good lamp for reading but for general illumination candle light is hard to beat. Like sitting around a campfire, it encourages story telling and conversation.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 05:50 PM (yTvNw)

22 There were those little coils that you lit at one end and that burned, sending up smoke to deter mosquitoes and other insects. Are those still around?

And Shell No-Pest Strips? I know those are gone, but are there any modern items you can hang up to send insects fleeing without choking yourself?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)

The good mosquito coils had pyrethrin (a plant extract) in them, and worked quite well.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 05:50 PM (1z8ji)

23 16 Want to do all the tricky welding on the bench.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 05:48 PM
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Best wishes on the project.

I have contemplated welding as a hobby theme from time to time. Yes? No?

Posted by: TRex - metal melding dino at June 20, 2026 05:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

24 That top picture reminds me that when I was in Boy Scouts, my top hobby was Setting Things on Fire. That and Centaurii - Estes rockets.

I was not unusual. We all used to say that the REAL Boy Scout Motto was “Fire is Good! Fire is our Friend!” My mother would wonder why I would come back from camping trips with my eyebrows obviously singed.

I’m sure any modern day mamby pamby version of scouts today would be horrified by that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 05:51 PM (nuNhM)

25 I bought some beeswax candles and had them blessed by a priest for the "Three Days of Darkness."

I hope that I never have to light them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 05:51 PM (qFwJc)

26 I've tried commercial citronella candles to deter skeeters with little success. Smoke from my pipe does a better job.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 05:53 PM (yTvNw)

27 And there's a nice 2BR/2BA place also for sale, with nearly everything I want, no HOA. About $7K above my price range, though, and it also has those sliding glass doors giving onto the deck -- this time in the living room. I hate that look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:54 PM (wzUl9)

28 Back in the day, on New Years Day, we would walk through the alleys of Pacific Beach collecting Christmas trees. We would take them to the beach and oh what a bonfire we would have. That was back when there were concrete fire rings on the beach.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 05:54 PM (qFwJc)

29 20 Hey, TRex! Long time no see./

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 05:50 PM
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Hey Bulg! Glad you made it back home without the need for a bail money call.

Posted by: TRex - social dino at June 20, 2026 05:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

30 I love candles.

But. No strong florals and NO FOOD SMELLS.

I do love sandalwood and tobacco and Frankensence. And cedar, pine and fir.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 20, 2026 05:55 PM (A5RD0)

31 24 That top picture reminds me that when I was in Boy Scouts, my top hobby was Setting Things on Fire. That and Centaurii - Estes rockets.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 05:51 PM
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Absolutely.

Posted by: TRex - fireman dino at June 20, 2026 05:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

32 I have contemplated welding as a hobby theme from time to time. Yes? No?
Posted by: TRex - metal melding dino at June 20, 2026 05:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

Could be an interesting topic. I don't regard it as a hobby myself, but it is a very useful skill that enhances the pursuit of other hobbies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 05:56 PM (1z8ji)

33 I do love sandalwood and tobacco and Frankensence. And cedar, pine and fir.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 20, 2026 05:55 PM (A5RD0)

No myrrh no more?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 05:57 PM (1z8ji)

34 Want to do all the tricky welding on the bench.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

This is wise.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 20, 2026 05:57 PM (B0dAE)

35 I was born with the specific human genes that produce a massive quantity of ear wax. It’s kind of my superpower. Not a great one I admit, an annoyance thus far, but it’s high time I put it to good use. I imagine I could excrete a candle/month, sell them in the french candle market as a luxury, and become the musk of earwax candles. $$$$

Posted by: banana Dream at June 20, 2026 05:57 PM (ZdKYs)

36 For anti mosquito duty, I always like Citronelle candles. Old southern favorite, from a plant that grows prolifically in Alabama, Georgia, and north Florida. I would say it kinda smells like creosote, mosquitoes don’t like it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 05:57 PM (nuNhM)

37 For years in my place I lit incense sticks. No, not those nasty patchouli or other cloying smells you choke on in incense and head shops. These, from a company in Albuquerque called Incienso de Santa Fe, came in little bricks that when burned smelled wonderfully of cedar, pinon, alder, and other mountain/high desert woods.

Amazon has them. I haven't bought a new pack in a while; I need to.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:58 PM (wzUl9)

38 Mosquitoes also do not like cigarette smoke.

Bonus.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 05:59 PM (qFwJc)

39 29 TRex, I think that CBD preemptively paid all of our bail.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 05:59 PM (77rzZ)

40 My daughters and I have made candies in vintage tea cups, they turned out really pretty! I should do that again.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 05:59 PM (p4NUW)

41 > The good mosquito coils had pyrethrin (a plant extract) in them, and worked quite well.
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I have a spray bottle of pyrethrin that I spray on my work clothes during the summer. The mosquitos right now are excessive around here. I got bit about a half dozen time earlier while spraying for weeds along the driveway. Even with the clothes sprayed with it.

Bastards.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 05:59 PM (jehhT)

42 My other hobby of scrap metal collecting has paid off two weeks in a row.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 06:01 PM (Ia/+0)

43 B0dAE)

35 I was born with the specific human genes that produce a massive quantity of ear wax. It’s kind of my superpower. Not a great one I admit, an annoyance thus far, but it’s high time I put it to good use. I imagine I could excrete a candle/month, sell them in the french candle market as a luxury, and become the musk of earwax candles. $$$$
Posted by: banana Dream at June 20, 2026 05:57 PM (ZdKYs)

That’s about the nastiest post I’ve ever read here. I’m sorry, this is in the same class as the old Indian Guru who had big tufts of 6” long hair growing out of his ears.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 06:02 PM (nuNhM)

44 >Mosquitoes also do not like cigarette smoke.

Bonus.
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Or cigar smoke....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 06:03 PM (jehhT)

45 I hate that look.

Just IMO but don't commit the rest of your life to a house with a structural feature that you really hate. Paint is easy, replacing fixtures is easy, etc. Changing a large door that is the primary access to the yard is crazy. Doable, but crazy. And expensive.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 06:03 PM (vTZFs)

46 I have basically been ordered to show up at this Texas MoMe.

Otherwise, who knows what RMBS — or worse, his mother — will do to me.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:05 PM (77rzZ)

47 43 B0dAE)

35 I was born with the specific human genes that produce a massive quantity of ear wax. It’s kind of my superpower. Not a great one I admit, an annoyance thus far, but it’s high time I put it to good use. I imagine I could excrete a candle/month, sell them in the french candle market as a luxury, and become the musk of earwax candles. $$$$
Posted by: banana Dream at June 20, 2026 05:57 PM (ZdKYs)

That’s about the nastiest post I’ve ever read here. I’m sorry, this is in the same class as the old Indian Guru who had big tufts of 6” long hair growing out of his ears.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 06:02 PM (nuNhM
Call Gwyneth Paltrow, she hook you up.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 06:08 PM (LHPAg)

48 I have basically been ordered to show up at this Texas MoMe.

Otherwise, who knows what RMBS — or worse, his mother — will do to me.
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:05 PM (77rzZ)

Are you expecting RMBS to say "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot"?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 06:09 PM (qx7Zg)

49 You don’t wanna hear about Banana Dream’s ear wax? Be off with you, H8R!

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:10 PM (77rzZ)

50 I really hate the smell of citronella candles. I'd rather endure the skeeters. But I am not a skeeter magnet, so it's not a problem. My late sister would get attacked like crazy. I believe it's a blood type thing, at least partly.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ulster Scot at June 20, 2026 06:10 PM (0aYVJ)

51 27 And there's a nice 2BR/2BA place also for sale, with nearly everything I want, no HOA. About $7K above my price range, though, and it also has those sliding glass doors giving onto the deck -- this time in the living room. I hate that look.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:54 PM (wzUl9)

We bought a house like that, first thing we did was yank it out and replace it with a set of French doors, same size. Completely different look.

Also we have a nice looking back yard, but in the family room facing it, the walls were blank except for that door. So we knocked big holes in the walls and put in more French doors (these don’t open, no reason) on either side of the main door. Now that room has a mostly glass view of the entire back yard from almost any point in it.

We like changing any houses we owned.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 06:10 PM (nuNhM)

52 Thought to get bees wax for my reproduction 1860 Colt but found its a bit expensive

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 06:14 PM (Ia/+0)

53 Went through a candle making phase back in the 70's. I vaguely recall my kid sister getting paraffin that we'd melt and add color (maybe crayons?). Used empty egg cartons for molds.

One technique that was kind of cool was to pour the candle wax about 1/3 of the way into an empty quart milk carton, add an ice cube, pour to cover, and add another cube on the opposite side of the first, and fill to the top.

The wax would congeal around the ice, creating interesting shaped voids in the candle once the ice melted. Then as the candle burned, you could watch the wax pour from these openings and course down the side of the candle. We were easy to entertain back then...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 20, 2026 06:14 PM (nbLIj)

54 Dammit. I am getting real sleepy. Should go outside and get some fresh air before I doze off in this chair.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 06:14 PM (1z8ji)

55 Bulg if you are not there, aren't you late?

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 06:15 PM (Ia/+0)

56 Candle candle burning bright
In the window sill at night
Soon the curtain catches fire
Never was a fate so dire

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 06:17 PM (LmPA0)

57
Back in colonial times, candles were for the wealthy. Regular people used a "taper," a wick in a container of tallow.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 20, 2026 06:18 PM (HLgI3)

58 My daughters and I have made candies in vintage tea cups, they turned out really pretty! I should do that again.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 05:59 PM (p4NUW)

I use old wine glasses!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2026 06:20 PM (+YlH3)

59 And there's a nice 2BR/2BA place also for sale, with nearly everything I want, no HOA. About $7K above my price range, though, and it also has those sliding glass doors giving onto the deck -- this time in the living room. I hate that look.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026
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We bought a house like that, first thing we did was yank it out and replace it with a set of French doors, same size. Completely different look. . . .

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026

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Good idea, TS. Now can you get the seller to come down on the price?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:21 PM (wzUl9)

60 58 My daughters and I have made candies in vintage tea cups, they turned out really pretty! I should do that again.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 05:59 PM (p4NUW)

I use old wine glasses!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2026

That sounds fun!

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 06:22 PM (OoFl2)

61 Oh, Tom Servo, about those French doors: Will they work in a climate with winter? I mean, do they close tightly and keep out drafts?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

62 Back in the early 70's my folks took us to Colonial Williamsburg for an extended stay. We had tours of much of the "back room" stuff including some hands on experiences with animals, farming, preparing food and making various sundries... including candles from scratch.

It was pretty cool. There was fireworks too. Old school type.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 06:23 PM (jehhT)

63 I use old wine glasses!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2026 06:20 PM (+YlH3)
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Aren't they full of wine?

Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 06:23 PM (GNqmQ)

64 Aren't they full of wine?

Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 06:23 PM (GNqmQ)

No...the candle maker is though!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2026 06:24 PM (+YlH3)

65 I can't smell the candles any more.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Cqx++)

Ok, what did you do to get barred from Yankee Candle?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 20, 2026 06:25 PM (nbLIj)

66 No...the candle maker is though!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2026 06:24 PM (+YlH3)
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Well if you have worn out a wine glass I guess you know what you're talking about.

Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 06:25 PM (GNqmQ)

67 I was surprised to learn that commercially made candles in towns and cities in the 1800s and earlier were a significant expense. A well lit house was a sign of wealth and hospitality called for enough candles available for guests even in modest homes. People learned to trim and shape the wick and used reflective surfaces to get the most light.

I imagine that on a frontier there might be candle making gatherings. Materials, like beeswax or tallow, for candles wouldn't be available all the time so supplies to get through the season might be made once or twice a year. Probably similar to groups making maple syrup or butchering hogs or even quilting bees. Make a chore a social event.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 06:27 PM (yTvNw)

68 JTB, I was going to compare the candle-making gatherings you mentioned to a quilting bee, but I see you already did!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:29 PM (wzUl9)

69 My propane lantern puts out 165 candlepower. Does that count? Comes in handy when those nasty storms roll in and take out the grid. I don't craft them, but it's always a good idea to have some candles on-hand.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 20, 2026 06:33 PM (fkjGs)

70 All, CBD is a Fed. Be careful what you say around him.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:34 PM (77rzZ)

71 Wolfus, there's another aspect to sliding doors vs. French doors that you might consider. French doors swing into the room and in terms of where you place furniture, the room becomes narrower. We had French doors and after a few years switched them to sliding. Of course, Pella windows are practically works of art not matter what size and depth.

Also didn't you mention that the shades are between glass? Very useful with cats. That's the first thing that visitors with cats notice about our windows.

Posted by: Wenda at June 20, 2026 06:35 PM (iIAkP)

72 Did the ladies on the Western Frontier have shooting bees?

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:40 PM (77rzZ)

73 Also didn't you mention that the shades are between glass? Very useful with cats. That's the first thing that visitors with cats notice about our windows.
Posted by: Wenda at June 20, 2026

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That was the place near the affordable housing development. This 2BR/2BA place, I don't know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:40 PM (wzUl9)

74 Hey Bulg!

Hope you enjoyed yourself at the NoVaMoMee.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 06:41 PM (ZHOnm)

75 >>>All, CBD is a Fed. Be careful what you say around him.

Posted by: Bulg

>This is blog, what are people saying?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 20, 2026 06:41 PM (fkjGs)

76 Did the ladies on the Western Frontier have shooting bees?
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026

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Those were known as Indian attacks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:42 PM (wzUl9)

77 Quilting bees are still a thing, locally. Usually referred to as a "stitch & b!tch" LOL.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 06:44 PM (rdVOm)

78 74 SMH, I did, thanks. Thank you for recommending that I attend.

God bless you, dear lady.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:44 PM (77rzZ)

79 My neighbor gifted me with a citronella plant when Casa Sin Problemas landed in Sarasota. I do find rubbing the leaves on my feet and ankles provides sufficient protection most evenings..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 20, 2026 06:44 PM (nbLIj)

80 I don't make candles. I do listen to music. So: candle music.

Light:
https://youtu.be/6A8QwNLXSYY

Darkness:
https://youtu.be/688AIr6hfOE

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 06:46 PM (VHUov)

81 Now I’ve got to make it to Texas this fall.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:48 PM (77rzZ)

82 I have a collection of candles, most of them gifts including two boxes of kosher tealights preppers
Gave me when they moved. I use them in the winter mostly.

I made two cooking oil candles last year in jars. I used part of one when the power went out. Gave off a good amount of heat if not light.

My current hobby is housecleaning. Dad gave me another box of items they kept after they sold their snowbird home. I have been testing their items against what I have. I had to laugh that I bought a tablecloth (rather drab) for my table and Mom had three pretty ones of the perfect size.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026 06:49 PM (ysTZR)

83

Put... the candle... back!

Posted by: Dr. Frederick Frankenstein at June 20, 2026 06:50 PM (Cqx++)

84 Years ago I was a bridesmaid in the wedding of a friend who got married the day after Christmas. Instead of flowers, we bridesmaids carried candles. It was beautiful.

Did I mention that the bride's sister, who was also in the wedding party, and I were pregnant and experiencing occasional dizzy spells in those pregnancies?

Fortunately, we both were fine that day. :-)

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026 06:51 PM (XqvXS)

85 78 Dear Lady, I meant.

Based on the rule that you’re supposed to capitalize the addresse that is being addressed in what would otherwise be the vocative case.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:53 PM (77rzZ)

86 Now I’ve got to make it to Texas this fall.
Posted by: Bulg

Excellent plan!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 20, 2026 06:53 PM (B0dAE)

87
61 Oh, Tom Servo, about those French doors: Will they work in a climate with winter? I mean, do they close tightly and keep out drafts?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

That’s probably a reason they’re far more common in the South than in more northern climes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 06:55 PM (nuNhM)

88 Wolfus, there's another aspect to sliding doors vs. French doors that you might consider. French doors swing into the room and in terms of where you place furniture, the room becomes narrower. We had French doors and after a few years switched them to sliding. Of course, Pella windows are practically works of art not matter what size and depth.
Posted by: Wenda at June 20, 2026 06:35 PM

That is one do the reasons I didn't replace the sliding glass door in my house with a glass door. (Not enough room for two doors, either.) I got a Pella custom slider with the screen on the inside and a key. Comes in handy when unloading groceries.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026 06:55 PM (ysTZR)

89 86 RMBS has so ordered me. And he’s got his mom to back him up.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 06:55 PM (77rzZ)

90 I've seen historical accounts that candles on the frontier were valuable items beyond the light they provided. They could provide a steady flame to get a fire going and even a stub, in a tiny enclosed space, could raise the temperature enough to survive frigid conditions. The person might not be comfortable but they would be alive. There were small tin or wooden boxes to hold the stubs in a trapper or hunter's pouch.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 06:55 PM (yTvNw)

91 Years ago I was a bridesmaid in the wedding of a friend who got married the day after Christmas. Instead of flowers, we bridesmaids carried candles. It was beautiful.

Did I mention that the bride's sister, who was also in the wedding party, and I were pregnant and experiencing occasional dizzy spells in those pregnancies?

Fortunately, we both were fine that day. :-)
Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026

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A number of years ago I attended a Santa Lucia (or St. Lucia) service at the local Norwegian Seamen's Church. The lady leading it, a local singer of Norwegian ancestry, carried a candle, and the entire church interior was lit that way. Beautiful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:57 PM (wzUl9)

92
91 Sounds lovely, Wolfus.

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026 06:58 PM (XqvXS)

93
That’s probably a reason they’re far more common in the South than in more northern climes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026

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Nearly every apartment, condo, or house I've ever seen or visited in the South has those sliding doors. I'm trying to flee reminders of these long hot summers, and a slider door is not welcome.

My current place does not have such a door, for which I'm thankful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:59 PM (wzUl9)

94 The Broccoli FART Candle is my all-time favorite......

Brings back memories of those times the FART was a little wet during an Oval Office Meetings with foreign leaders....

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2026 07:00 PM (rvNIn)

95 If you ever find yourself anywhere South Deerfield, MA around the holidays, throw Yankee Candle HQ Store on your intinerary. I always enjoyed the way they decorate. Each room holding candles reflects the scents in that room, and up near the ceiling is a Toy railroad track that goes throughout the entire store. They cut tunnels into the drywall and did a really great job with the display.

And, there's another reason to visit the HQ store in person that you wouldn't know about unless you stopped in regularly. They put their experimental candles out for purchase just to get an idea of interest. And some of them are absolutely bizarre. I still have a "Apple Maple Bacon Wrapped Smoked Brisket" candle that only comes out on special occassions when I want to torment my black lab.

Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2026 07:00 PM (dIske)

96 91 Sounds lovely, Wolfus.
Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026

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The singer was and is a one-woman band, playing several instruments (with hands and feet!), and sings beautifully. Theresa Andersson.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:01 PM (wzUl9)

97 A number of years ago I attended a Santa Lucia (or St. Lucia) service at the local Norwegian Seamen's Church. The lady leading it, a local singer of Norwegian ancestry, carried a candle, and the entire church interior was lit that way. Beautiful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

We attended a Tenebrae Mass at Holy Cross Church in Marine City. It really made us appreciate how our ancestors might have felt with the vast shadowy space lit with so few candles.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026 07:03 PM (ysTZR)

98
93
That’s probably a reason they’re far more common in the South than in more northern climes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026

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Nearly every apartment, condo, or house I've ever seen or visited in the South has those sliding doors. I'm trying to flee reminders of these long hot summers, and a slider door is not welcome.

My current place does not have such a door, for which I'm thankful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:59 PM

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My house in San Diego County is loaded with doors like that. My only real concern is that they facilitate burglary. That hasn't happened yet, but the State keeps heading south, so who knows.Other than that, they're fine.

I suppose a determined burglar could hammer their way in, regardless.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 20, 2026 07:05 PM (HLgI3)

99 still have a "Apple Maple Bacon Wrapped Smoked Brisket" candle that only comes out on special occassions when I want to torment my black lab.
Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2026 07:00 PM

That is hilarious! I wonder if the creators try to outdo each other with weirdness.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026 07:06 PM (ysTZR)

100 I suppose a determined burglar could hammer their way in, regardless.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Locks keep honest people honest.

They don't do much to dissuade the dishonest ones.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 07:07 PM (VHUov)

101 We attended a Tenebrae Mass at Holy Cross Church in Marine City. It really made us appreciate how our ancestors might have felt with the vast shadowy space lit with so few candles.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026

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"This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
(Refrain

—Every nighte and alle,
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
(Refrain

And Christe receive thy saule."

(Also given as "fire and sleet and candlelight.")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:07 PM (wzUl9)

102 Theresa Andersson. I hadn't heard of her, but looked her up on YT just now. Good stuff -- thanks!

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026 07:08 PM (XqvXS)

103 And the colon followed by the close-paren strikes again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:08 PM (wzUl9)

104 Theresa Andersson. I hadn't heard of her, but looked her up on YT just now. Good stuff -- thanks!
Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026

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Her bio on Wiki says she lives in Shreveport now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:09 PM (wzUl9)

105 103 And the colon followed by the close-paren strikes again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:08 PM
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Managing gray box punctuation should be a hobby...

Posted by: TRex - parenthetical dino at June 20, 2026 07:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 My childhood was made quite exciting with my parents' hobby of candlemaking. Specifically, a way of making a kind of candle shroud where you use a special mold, concentric cylinders. The space between the cylinders is filled with icecubes (this becomes important later) and then the hot wax is poured in. The heat eventually melts the ice but the ice cools the wax enough to make interesting holes and patterns before melting. Then the hollow shroud thing is used like a lampshade for other, smaller, uglier candles. However. One of these ice-cube candles got stuck and wouldn't come out of the special mold so My Father The Engineer got out a butane torch to help.
It exploded. Red wax went EVERYWHERE in the kitchen. When we remodeled years later we found red wax in the strangest places. Nobody got injured, fortunately ... but it was exciting!

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 20, 2026 07:10 PM (PHjsi)

107 We have a cache of candles for power outages. My wife selected a couple dozen based on their construction. "Long burning."

No clue what it means. Type of wax?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 07:11 PM (jehhT)

108 We use to make candles while at beach, wet sand a bit, depress inwhat shape you want and pore in wax. My dad used a Camp stove to heat it up.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 07:14 PM (Ia/+0)

109 107 We have a cache of candles for power outages. My wife selected a couple dozen based on their construction. "Long burning."

No clue what it means. Type of wax?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 07:11 PM
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Funny you mention that. I went down that rabbit hole doing research for the thread and the closest I could figure was people cheated by turning a wax candle into an oil lamp. That may or may not be the answer. I spent too long trying to figure it out.

Posted by: TRex - lamp lighter dino at June 20, 2026 07:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

110 Nobody got injured, fortunately ... but it was exciting!

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 20, 2026 07:10 PM
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This should go on a t-shirt or bumper sticker.

Posted by: TRex - merch seller dino at June 20, 2026 07:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

111 [Deleted due to non-hobbying content. - TRex]

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 20, 2026 07:18 PM (xNKY/)

112 Nobody got injured, fortunately ... but it was exciting!
Posted by: Sabrina Chase

This should go on a t-shirt or bumper sticker.
Posted by: TRex - merch seller dino

That which does not kill you gives you neat stories to post on the HQ.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 07:19 PM (VHUov)

113 Wolfus, run and don't look back at that first place.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 20, 2026 07:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

114 Funny you mention that. I went down that rabbit hole doing research for the thread and the closest I could figure was people cheated by turning a wax candle into an oil lamp. That may or may not be the answer. I spent too long trying to figure it out.
Posted by: TRex - lamp lighter dino at June 20, 2026 07:14

I think "long-burning" have smaller wicks and denser wax.

What you're describing is the "easy" way to make an emergency candle: just shove a regular taper into a metal container of Crisco shortening.

I made mine with beeswax wicks and poured warm shortening into the jars.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026 07:21 PM (ysTZR)

115 Power outage doesn't happen often, but having candles and oil lamps around is helpful when it does

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

116 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for being here. New theme next week.

You're welcome to hang out here for a while this evening but don't forget to stop by Club ONT later.

Posted by: TRex - crisco-enabled dino at June 20, 2026 07:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

117 I pretty much all over the map right now with hobbies, from 3D printing to serious programming, to painting and drawing to and playing the piano.

And I'm not even retired-retired yet.

Just think I'll have more time to do more things.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2026 07:23 PM (XV/Pl)

118 Wolfus, run and don't look back at that first place.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 20, 2026

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It's a shame, but I think you're right. Its location is probably why the price was so low.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:24 PM (wzUl9)

119 I suspect my father may have been related to Forklift Driver Klaus. As in, many, many safety videos of what NOT to do could be made from his adventures. I had to undergo safety training for work on the Proper Operation of Ladders recently, and it was like a checklist of all the dangerous things he did. "Yep, he did that, and that, and yet he lived!" Fell off the roof a lot too. Good thing he had sturdy bones and Mom liked to plant impact-absorbing shrubs....

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 20, 2026 07:26 PM (PHjsi)

120 Like others here, we keep a stash of beeswax candles for emergencies. Yeah, we have battery powered lanterns and they work well. But for simple illumination, a single candle can light a room enough to function or avoid tripping over furniture. A night's worth of light, no fumes, no dead batteries, and a pleasant ambiance.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 07:27 PM (yTvNw)

121 Thanks for the thread, TRex

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026 07:28 PM (ysTZR)

122 111 [Deleted due to non-hobbying content. - TRex]
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 20, 2026 07:18 PM (xNKY/)

Thanx T-Rex................ No loss and saved me 10 IQ points from not reading the comment..

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 20, 2026 07:29 PM (Es4vZ)

123 I was reading about the candle lighting for Shabbat. Fascinating

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 07:31 PM (afJtY)

124
117 Yay for playing the piano! I'm looking forward to more time for that when I retire at the end of summer.

I've always loved playing a number of preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume I, but never acquired Volume II. That's going to be my next music purchase and one of the first retirement projects I plan, exploring WTC Book II.

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at June 20, 2026 07:32 PM (XqvXS)

125 121 Thanks for the thread, TRex

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026 07:28 PM
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You're welcome! Thanks for being here.

Posted by: TRex - not naughty dino at June 20, 2026 07:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

126 (Refrain)

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 20, 2026 07:39 PM (DZ9Lv)

127 (Refrain

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 20, 2026 07:40 PM (DZ9Lv)

128 Quick shout out to all the Hordelings that attended the Virginia MoMe. I can now confirm that some of you exist in real life. Thank you for making the trip. Great to spend quality time on a lovely day with the AoS family.
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That's next Saturday, right?

Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 07:41 PM (ei1sX)

129 Kiss my ass

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 20, 2026 07:41 PM (DZ9Lv)

130 Weasel, I need an after action report.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 07:42 PM (afJtY)

131 movie nood.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 20, 2026 07:52 PM (B0dAE)

132 Nearly every apartment, condo, or house I've ever seen or visited in the South has those sliding doors. I'm trying to flee reminders of these long hot summers, and a slider door is not welcome.

My current place does not have such a door, for which I'm thankful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:59 PM (wzUl9)

You can replace the patio door with a single glass panel door, and a non-opening glass door as well, you will have most of the same light and just one door to worry about. They doo make double pane french type doors rated for outdoors, and they are as good as any door at keeping the cold out.
You could just put in a single door and a window next to it, and frame in the rest. The hard part is putting IN a door, not taking one out.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 07:55 PM (rbvCR)

133 I don't care for movies. The last movie I went to was Team America, if you can call that a movie. I enjoyed it very much.

Posted by: Ronster at June 20, 2026 08:08 PM (XKmOA)

134 I don't care for movies. The last movie I went to was Team America, if you can call that a movie. I enjoyed it very much.
Posted by: Ronster
*****
I look forward to your comment every Saturday!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 20, 2026 08:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

135 The Grateful. You are very kind.

Posted by: Ronster at June 20, 2026 08:24 PM (XKmOA)

136 117, 124:

Bravo for music making! I returned to playing the trumpet after a 55+ year layoff. Now 3 years into my comeback, I'm starting to get the chops back, still short on endurance and range. Oh well. I'm old.

Got into it because I played a recording of my playing in high school for my grandson. Next thing I know, he'd signed up for middle school band to play . . . the trumpet. So I bought myself a new horn. He's now 3 years in as well, and we get together several times a month to play together -- his band music, my classical and pop pieces.

First time in my life I have a hobby. Very rewarding, and even my neighbors have been nothing but complimentary. :-)

Posted by: Fritz at June 20, 2026 09:10 PM (J7jo9)

137 I don't care for movies. The last movie I went to was Team America, if you can call that a movie. I enjoyed it very much.
Posted by: Ronster at June 20, 2026 08:08 PM (XKmOA)

I am another non-fan of movies. If I get dragged out to a movie, I might enjoy it, but they simply aren't something I want to seek out for myself. I will hang out here until the ONT blossoms.

Got the muffler and tailpipe job done on the Buick. It looks good from underneath. One little job remains: hang the other tailpipe on the left side on some hangers so it looks like the car has dual exhaust (it doesn't), Owner asked if I could do that, so I will.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 10:01 PM (1z8ji)

138 Candles? Is this a prepping thread?
How about Prepping as a Hobby?
We enjoy it and pray we won't need it.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 20, 2026 10:59 PM (Skc+N)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 20

Courtesy Terry Glenn

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Cat Years

A lot of people are confused by the concept of �cat years" so here's a little guide:

0-1 years - just a little baby

1-3 years - just a little baby

4-9 years - just a little baby

10+ years - just a little baby pic.twitter.com/9aZUTNghuw
— For the love of Missy. (@MissyBBBobtail) June 15, 2026

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What would qualify a spider as a pet for you?

The Maratus, or peacock spider, is a tiny arachnid known for its vibrant colors and intricate courtship dances.

[📹Michael Lun / wa_peacock_jumping_spiders]pic.twitter.com/INZkTxCA0u
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 15, 2026

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What about a reptile?

Now here's a cool pet!

💯 pic.twitter.com/QSDlkY3iH1
— Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) June 20, 2026

Meet The PetMorons

&&&

I am a lurker but this brought into the sunlight. This is Gideon, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, from 2018 when he was 6 months until now. Two weeks ago, I let him out for his morning duty. I heard him barking and looked up and saw him barking at a full grown male black bear up a tree. I had to grab him, and he wasn't happy about that, and back away.
lurker MG

Wow! Gideon is charming! And he was super-cute at six months.

Doesn't really look like a bear hunter. Glad you got him away from the bear.

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We'll title this "Transgression." This is the look my brother got from Sammy when he had the nerve to try to brush the belly. Note claws. -
Miley

In that photo, Sammy looks a lot like the black kitten among the four brought to our house by their mother not long ago. He can be held for a few seconds, but then usually gives "that look" and shows the claws.

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Hi K.T.
I had to say goodbye to Emma last week. She was the last of a long continuous line of Scotties we had beginning in 1975. I introduced Emma on AOS Pet Thread back in March 2018. This is her last Christmas picture -- She was such a good girl.
Bill in FL

Oh, how heartbreaking to lose sweet, lovely Emma. She looks so happy in her Christmas picture.

Keep in touch.

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

Hello K.T.,
The pictures of all the deer in this week's Pet Thread reminded me of a pic I took some days ago. In the early morning we looked out the front window and there was Mama deer with a newborn. When we first saw them the doe was laying down with the fawn standing next to her. She got up and they both slowly walked away.
Thanks for the Pet Thread. Always a good read.
George V.

I like that photo a lot! And the story even more Thanks for sending it in.

* * *

Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

* * *

If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 13

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:00 PM

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1 WTF a cat with a black dildo?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 03:32 PM (Kt19C)

2 That is a cat brush, Commissar!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 03:33 PM (w6EFb)

3 Phew

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 03:34 PM (Kt19C)

4 Looks like kitty might have an injury so the arm is shielded so they don't have to put on the Cone Of Shame

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 03:34 PM (X/a22)

5 Oh yeah I see the brush now

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 03:35 PM (X/a22)

6 Greetings from Sakuraza. A year ago, she was living in the streets.

https://is.gd/ZU2Za3

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 20, 2026 03:35 PM (f0sNM)

7 Sammy has a rather long face. It gives him a serious expression. I zoomed into that photo when my brother emailed it. So stern!

He was enjoying his back being brushed, then relaxed and showed his belly. Kevin didn't understand that was not an invitation, it was just happiness. So funny, because after the failed belly-brushing, he wouldn't allow Kevin to touch the brush.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 03:36 PM (w6EFb)

8 Happy Caturday everyone
And Doggies too

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 03:39 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Hey guys,

Update on our cats.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Going to read thread thoroughly now.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 03:44 PM (2F0/Y)

10 Good view of his snaggle ears. He was roughed up pretty bad, but the scabs on his head are gone now. He's very sweet but not shy about setting boundaries. I typically sit on the back porch and he'll jump onto the table and meow hello, then rub his head against me. This is the cat that sent both me and Publius to the urgent care with bites last summer.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 03:44 PM (w6EFb)

11 Victor Tango Kilo at June 20, 2026 03:35 PM

She certainly doesn't look like a street cat now!

Posted by: KT at June 20, 2026 03:45 PM (rdeQO)

12 Meow...

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 20, 2026 03:48 PM (sAmhv)

13 Awww, all the pet morons are cute.

Bill in FL I am sorry for the loss of your Emma. She was beautiful.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 03:48 PM (2F0/Y)

14 Great photos
Red wasp got me again while putting fuel in the tractor. Can’t imagine what snake venom feels like.

Posted by: Billythesquid at June 20, 2026 03:48 PM (nEiEH)

15 A chameleon might have been more successful at catching flies than my two cats when they were young.
Now crickets even in older age they were deadly.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)

16 Afternoon, pet folken!

Cloudy and thunder-grumbling here. Thunder doesn't bother the cats -- not like the arrival of strangers or the roar of the vacuum cleaner.

A King Charles Spaniel -- I expect the breed is named for the second Charles of England? Though when I look it up, I see that the separate breed, the Cavalier King Charles, was developed by John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. He was the husband of Queen Anne's great confidant (and probably manipulator), Sarah (Jennings) Churchill. In any case, Gideon is a beauty. That chestnut color against the pur white is striking.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 03:50 PM (wzUl9)

17 RIP Emma.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 03:50 PM (w6EFb)

18 PETZZZ

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 03:53 PM (tcsrY)

19 Sakuraza looks quite fluffy and content now!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 03:53 PM (w6EFb)

20 No, I can't imagine myself raising even a colorful spider as a pet. And most reptiles don't interest me. The chameleon in the video provides a valuable service for his human, though -- much as black Stirling cat does when he spots wasps. His first summer I had several that got in here somehow. I learned to look where he was looking when he would develop that fixed, "I want to kill something") stare.

Naturally I didn't want him to try to kill the thing and maybe get stung. I'd flatten the wasp with a magazine, then give him a kitty treat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 03:54 PM (wzUl9)

21 Thanks for another great pet thread, KT. Lots of good pictures that go along with good memories, especially of those who have crossed the rainbow bridge. And I loved the spider mating dance video.

Posted by: Retired, thank God at June 20, 2026 03:54 PM (va0Yo)

22 My remaining cats like being scratched on their bellies. They'll even come over to me and flop down on the carpet with their bellies to me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026 03:56 PM (l3cgK)

23 Greetings from Sakuraza. A year ago, she was living in the streets.

https://is.gd/ZU2Za3
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 20, 2026

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Another beauty!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 03:56 PM (wzUl9)

24 Nice looking spider. I wouldn't even mess with it unless it camped out in my bedroom and tried to extract nutrients from the back of my neck.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 20, 2026 03:59 PM (fkjGs)

25 Della came outside this morning and actually caught a bird and ate it, then puked. I disapprove of the bird hunting in general, but appreciate that she was bold enough to do it. I guess the buspirone helped with her reticence in dealing with Bunny and Sammy outside.

It has not, however, helped with her peeing in stupid places, like bathmats. I have to toss all of the bathmats and come up with something rubber to replace them. Maybe gel mats like for the kitchen, I don't know.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 04:01 PM (w6EFb)

26 Joyenz, I've done some math on the use of Feline Pine litter pellets vs. Walmart's Special Kitty clay jug. (No, this is not *real* math, but economics.) The 20-lb. bag of FP costs $12, and lasts for about three litter pan changes, at around 7-9 days each. Thus, about $4 per pan change.

The SK clay litter is 14 lbs., and costs $7; and I get only one litter filling out of it. The FP runs, then, a bit less than half the cost of the clay litter per pan change. The Pine also seems lighter in weight when it's turned into sawdust at the end of a 7-9 day period, so it's less trouble to lug out to the dumpster.

Winning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:02 PM (wzUl9)

27 Sammy just arrived and drooled into my coffee cup. Ugh.

He's a big-time drooler.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 04:04 PM (w6EFb)

28 Time for the porkchop seasoning ritual.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 04:05 PM (LHPAg)

29 I wonder if we'll get a picture or two of Ace's crows.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 04:07 PM (qx7Zg)

30 Oops -- I meant to say "The FP runs, then, a bit more than half the cost of the clay litter per pan change." If you extend the comparison over three weeks, you get $12 for Feline Pine, and $21 for Walmart's clay litter.

Which is getting hard to find in the small 14 lb. jug. At some stores, so is the Feline Pine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:08 PM (wzUl9)

31 29 He really needs to send KT a photo.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 04:08 PM (w6EFb)

32 Red wasp got me again
Always have a small child to dab jam on

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 04:08 PM (Kt19C)

33 The dancing spiders are amazing.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 20, 2026 04:09 PM (CHHv1)

34 And I loved the spider mating dance video.
Posted by: Retired, thank God

"Dude, could you be more gay?" - male black widow, chilling at the bar

"At least I'll be alive tomorrow morning." - male maratus, dancing fabulously

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)

35 I've moved Publius' ficus out of the bathroom and onto the back porch. Maybe a put a fourth little box there for Della.

Purry is a litter box asshole. He kicks it around like crazy and breaks up the poop into little pieces, and I think it offends Della.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 04:10 PM (w6EFb)

36 ice looking spider. I wouldn't even mess with it unless it camped out in my bedroom and tried to extract nutrients from the back of my neck.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 20, 2026

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My mother, who grew up on a farm, always told me to leave spiders alone, as "They eat other things you don't want in your house." So I still leave them be.

Spiders on my car, however, I don't want getting inside it. (I've had it happen on other cars. You haven't lived until you've had a big pale spider swing down in front of your face while you're driving.) If I can brush the spider off the car without killing it, I will, but if not, c'est la vie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:11 PM (wzUl9)

37 Litter box, not little box.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 04:18 PM (w6EFb)

38 You haven't lived until you've had a big bee swing down in front of your face in a motorcycle helmet while you're driving.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 04:19 PM (Kt19C)

39 Winning!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:02 PM (wzUl9)

Great to hear. We love it and makes the house smell nice. We won't use anything else again. With the cats we have, we buy the 40lb bag.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 04:20 PM (2F0/Y)

40 Stirling is dozing in his favorite spot on the floor, at the far end of the couch. I don't know where his little sister Dagny is; probably in her sauna, the bedroom window.

He tried to bully her the other day, and I actually heard her growl at him. I'd never heard her growl before -- and I've never heard him do it at all. I keep telling her, "Swat him across the nose; he'll leave you alone." But she does not have his reach, I guess.

He thinks she's fun to play with and chase; I somehow think she doesn't like him that much. I never see them sleeping together or grooming each other, not recently anyway. They did sleep together, with me, during the cold times this past winter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:21 PM (wzUl9)

41 Great to hear. We love it and makes the house smell nice. We won't use anything else again. With the cats we have, we buy the 40lb bag.
Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026

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I did buy the 40 lb. bag at first, but now the stores near me, if they have the stuff in stock, offer only the 20. If I see a 40, I'll grab it.

The FP does provide a better scent. The local utility guys were here Monday installing a new thermostat and other items, and were surprised that I had cats. "It doesn't smell!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:23 PM (wzUl9)

42 Speaking of animals: The film version (1945?) of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' novel The Yearling with Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, is on Movies! this evening at 7 Central. I've never read it, and thought the title animal was a colt, but apparently it's a fawn.

The film is in color, so even Miss Linda should enjoy it. She dislikes B & W films. It depends, I suppose, on what you grew up with. At home we only had a B & W TV. Didn't get my first color set until 1984.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:30 PM (wzUl9)

43 Not sure what's going on here, but the number of people killed by dogs seems to have soared. Too many links to list, but search "killed by dogs NC"

Posted by: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at June 20, 2026 04:32 PM (XeU6L)

44 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:23 PM (wzUl9)

We order the 40lb from Walmart online. My sister works at Walmart, so she gets a 10% discount and Walmart+ for free, so it works really well for us financially.

We have never found the 40lb in-store. For in-store purchase, we would have to drive an hour down to the closest Petsmart.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 04:32 PM (2F0/Y)

45 You haven't lived until you've had a big bee swing down in front of your face in a motorcycle helmet while you're driving.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats
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This leads to a very abrupt, barely controlled stop.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 20, 2026 04:36 PM (XeU6L)

46 Afternoon, All. Back from the MoMe.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 04:38 PM (77rzZ)

47 1 CBD = Cat’s Black Dildo

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 04:41 PM (77rzZ)

48 We have never found the 40lb in-store. For in-store purchase [of Feline Pine], we would have to drive an hour down to the closest Petsmart.
Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026

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And they probably charge 50% more at Petsmart than at Walmart.

Once I move and get settled, I may buy it online at WM. My experience with WM delivery is not great, though it could be the kind of people they hire to run deliveries here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:43 PM (wzUl9)

49 47 LOL!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 04:44 PM (w6EFb)

50 The thunder continues to roll. (Apologies to the writer of Garth Brooks' early song.) Good thing I did not wash the car this am.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)

51
Not gonna click that "pet" spider. Watching a spider move is worse than watching one parked.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 04:47 PM (XJ22o)

52 You haven't lived until you've had a big bee swing down in front of your face in a motorcycle helmet while you're driving.

I once inadvertently rode into a swarm of cicadas doing 60 mph. That was...uh...interesting.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 20, 2026 04:47 PM (ceJ0R)

53 Bugs generally don't make good pets. Sorry to go off-topic.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 20, 2026 04:54 PM (ceJ0R)

54 Afternoon, All. Back from the MoMe.
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 04:38 PM (77rzZ)

Hey Bulg!

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 04:55 PM (2F0/Y)

55 Hey, Joyenz! How art thou?

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 04:56 PM (77rzZ)

56 Once I move and get settled, I may buy it online at WM. My experience with WM delivery is not great, though it could be the kind of people they hire to run deliveries here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 04:43 PM (wzUl9)

My sister works in the OGP department (online shopping). We have had no issues with the delivery people. I've noticed a lot of people complain about doordash etc in other cities and states, but we have never experiences those issues where we live.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 04:58 PM (2F0/Y)

57 Hey, Joyenz! How art thou?
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 04:56 PM (77rzZ)

Doing alright, how about you? How's the job going?

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 04:59 PM (2F0/Y)

58 Horse bedding pellets work well for cat litter and much cheaper than feline pine.

Posted by: argie at June 20, 2026 04:59 PM (6lIeU)

59 57 Joyenz, my sister died on Sunday. I was about to forswear the MoMe (too soon, I thought), but the Horde talked me out of it, and I’m glad they did. It did me a lot of good.

Since it’s summer, the tutoring biz has kinda slacked off. Hopefully, it will pick up again come late summer.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 05:04 PM (77rzZ)

60 "She certainly doesn't look like a street cat now!"

But she is still not quite used to the idea that she has safety and food now.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 20, 2026 05:04 PM (f0sNM)

61 58 Horse bedding pellets work well for cat litter and much cheaper than feline pine.
Posted by: argie at June 20, 2026

***
I guess you'd buy those at Tractor Supply or any of the farm and feed places?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:05 PM (wzUl9)

62 Time I got cleaned up a little before dinner. I'll stop back in for the Hobby Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:06 PM (wzUl9)

63 Black cats blacks what you gonna do,
what you gonna do when they come for you?

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 05:08 PM (LHPAg)

64 Gideon barking at the black bear in the tree reminds me of Travels With Charley. Steinbeck describes Charley, an elderly standard poodle, as tender hearted toward a biscuit and wouldn't disturb an earnest caterpillar. Driving through Yellowstone Park every time they saw a bear Charley went crazy trying to get at the bear seeking victory in combat or death. There seems to be something between a small dog and a bear that outweighs the pooch a hundred to one.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 05:09 PM (yTvNw)

65 Posted by: argie at June 20, 2026 04:59 PM (6lIeU)

Have to be careful with just using any kind of pellet. What isn't toxic to a horse can be toxic to a cat. Oils etc need to be considered carefully.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 05:09 PM (2F0/Y)

66 Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 05:04 PM (77rzZ)

I'm sorry to hear about your sister. Sending hugs your way.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 20, 2026 05:11 PM (2F0/Y)

67 Complete strangers helped to save her dog's life. Sunny Skyz site;

https://tinyurl.com/5yccfe4y

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 05:11 PM (OYsYV)

68 Lucy the Fink sends snorty snotty greetings.

Vet appt Monday. I think she needs abx for her long term sinus issues. At least I hope they let me try. I’m not going to do the X-rays and ct scans I know they will try to sell me. I don’t spend that much on my own “healthcare (such that it is).

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 20, 2026 05:11 PM (A5RD0)

69 66 Thank you, Joyenz.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 05:12 PM (77rzZ)

70 That sign in the top picture is so funny and so true.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 05:14 PM (yTvNw)

71 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

72 My daughter, who introduced me to cat ownership, uses lightweight litter. When I tried it, my marmalade boy sent it flying to the next room. So I use heavy gravel. No dust.

I was told 1 more litter box than number of cats. So I have 3, identical, bought at the same time. They both use the one in my bedroom 90% of the time to pee, the one in the laundry 90% of the time to poop, and the one in the garage, which is the most convenient, hardly at all. Anybody else find that kind of behavior?

Posted by: Wenda at June 20, 2026 05:32 PM (iIAkP)

73 Thunder bumpulations going on here, too. Mostly off to the South, so far. Wind coming from the North.

Sunshine one minute, showers and clouds the next.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 05:35 PM (1z8ji)

74 ((HUGS)). Bill in Florida. Emma was very beautiful.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 20, 2026 05:37 PM (CFj4+)

75 All the boys are cuddling on the bed. It’s adorable.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 05:38 PM (Wmg4n)

76 Awesome pets! And wildlife.

Cat got a hot breakfast yesterday-- I found *parts* on the patio doormat. Urk.

Then he got a dove last night. Lightning quick, he jumped down from deck and came back up with the bird. He proceeded to the doormat, just in view from where I sit at the computer. Not wanting to watch, I closed the drapes. Just *knew* there would be huge mess to clean...

No mess this morning. I figured there'd be feathers all over the deck and, um, leftovers on the mat again. Nope. Birdy either got away or he took it somewhere else to dine.

LOL. Critters. :shrug:

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 05:44 PM (rdVOm)

77 Wonderful moron pet pictures today, and I am so sorry about beautiful Emma. And my hostas are not happy about another deer entering the world.

Thanks KT!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2026 06:12 PM (Ha3no)

78 Just got back from my grandaughter's dance recital. That's my boy Gideon the bear hunter.

Posted by: EyeofSauron at June 20, 2026 07:33 PM (G6FGs)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, June 20

My little garden has been pretty colorful and a delight to look at out the window on a 90 degree day. Here's a couple photos of my Tequila and lime Daylilies.
Didn't realize that each blossom actually only last for a day til Hrothgar mentioned it.
In one picture you can see the delicate pink hydrangeas. I was initially disappointed that they didn't get those big rounded flowers but grew to like how delicate they look.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Daylilies and hydrangeas both come in different flower forms. The daylilies are spectacular, and the color of the hydrangeas looks nice with them.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

We have updates from Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar from May 15 and from more recently today.

May 15:

In some ways, plants are pretty uneventful. Most flowers on my plants have fallen off, and tiny little fruit are starting. Little baby quince fruit starting under the dying flower. The North Star cherry tree has always produced massive harvests, despite being fairly small and young still.
The side of my house is overgrown with grape and kiwi vines, so I put up some ghetto "trellising" to help if grow out more. We'll see how well it holds up. Last year we had quite a few grapes. . . but raccoons ate them all.
Okay, I lied. The Pawpaw tree is native, and always a little behind the other fruit trees, so it still has its weird, brownish bell-like flowers.

They are so interesting.

June update:

Lots of fruit and berries growing at the homestead, but with a move coming up, I haven't harvested like I usually do. Tons of mulberries and wild raspberries ready to pick, and finally a few pawpaw fruit on our young trees!

The berries look great. Quince are coming along. The pawpaws have made fast progress since the blossoms last month!

We have just a few grape vines on the side of the house, but they produce a ridiculous amount of fruit. Problem is keeping the critters out long enough to let them fully ripen and harvest.
Saw a little turtle on the walking trail. Had a weird worm looking thing on the back of his shell...maybe a leech? Ewww.

Any suggestions on keeping critters out of the grapes?

Know what's on the back of that turtle?

Oh! I saw a mass of bright yellow mushrooms growing along a local path. Wife said they're "Golden Oyster", edible and invasive. I brought a backpack and hopped the fence on my next walk (chain-link fence to keep people away from the train tracks), and they were JUST out of reach. And, I pulled something trying to reach for them lol.

Take care of yourself. Are you really moving?

History - Some Special Trees

Halnaker tree tunnel in Sussex is a hollow way, or just Holloway

Created by 2,000 years of traffic on the original Roman Road from London to Chichester

Stane Street is the modern name of the road from Londinium (London) to Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester) pic.twitter.com/F4SrJvQWST
— The English Oak Project (@TheKentAcorn) June 19, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

Hello KT!
I have been meaning to send pictures of my patio efforts for some time now! Things are growing and blooming and the bees seem to be very happy. My sunflowers are getting tall and the flowers are starting to bud-soon
Bee balm is blooming:
The Spiderwort has really done well. I chose a sunny/shady spot:
Thanks as always for providing such a lovely spot on the internet!
Mrs. Leggy

I can see why the bees would be happy and will be happier when your sunflowers bloom.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, June 13

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:32 PM

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1 Thank you KT!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 20, 2026 01:39 PM (B0dAE)

2 Last house's neighbor put sheer green bags over each grape bunch to keep critters away, it seemed to work.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 20, 2026 01:41 PM (B0dAE)

3 70° and sunny in van nuys. Feels hotter.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 01:44 PM (Kt19C)

4 I am turning cabbages into sauerkraut this week. I planted a dozen, and they all turned out lovely. Based on this year's attempt I think I can get twice as many in next year. Homegrown cabbages taste better than the store bought ones for some reason.

I am just about to start digging potatoes, the vines have flowered and dropped, which indicates that I can dig some new potatoes. I wait until the vines die back to dig for the ones I am going to store for winter.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 01:45 PM (rbvCR)

5 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Only thing have accomplished is a bigger leaf pile that was over my scap metal pile

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 01:49 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Did I get Mrs. Leggy's photos fixed?

Posted by: KT at June 20, 2026 01:54 PM (rdeQO)

7 Admiral Ackbar, those photos could be from our yard. We must be is about the same zone.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 02:11 PM (vFG9F)

8 "in" about the same zone.

I'm almost done with the lawn. I had to take a break and eat lunch. It's only 85 out there but that humidity will choke you.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2026 02:16 PM (vFG9F)

9 Yes you did! Thanks! I had a lot of trouble with the interwebs this week. I had more pictures but I kept getting error messages. I will send more next week.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at June 20, 2026 02:42 PM (dyL4B)

10 I love those spideworts! Beautiful deep color; I have some I transplanted from the woods around here into my yard, they do very well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 02:42 PM (jxNsH)

11 Vegetable patch is proceeding apace. I swapped some of my flourishing dill for some kale and spinach and made a terrific salad; the lady said she would make gnocchi with chicken stock and dill. Mmmm...

I'm finally seeing butterflies around the vegetable garden, which has many pollinator flowers. The perennial coneflowers are YUGE and luxurious. My butterfly weed at home is finally getting ready to bloom.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 02:42 PM (kpS4V)

12 7 Admiral Ackbar, those photos could be from our yard. We must be is about the same zone.
Posted by: fd

I live in central Iowa. For now...

Take care of yourself. Are you really moving?

I'll be starting a new job in Hawaii soon. We'll keep the Iowa house for the immediate future, and I'll just be in a small apartment to start. Should provide plenty of interesting new Garden Thread photo opportunities...

Posted by: Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar at June 20, 2026 02:48 PM (ycI94)

13 I enjoy seeing the Horde's gardening skillz because I have none of my own. I am trying 3 tomato plants this year. Yesterday I spotted the first wee green tomato! My goal this year is to have a few 'maters to share.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 20, 2026 02:49 PM (lOlUK)

14 The Netherlands are trouncing Sweden in eurofag kickball.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 20, 2026 02:50 PM (A5RD0)

15 It's been a frustrating week as I am still fighting a cold and had a lawn tractor delivered. It is still sitting in the container in the front yard. I need to put the seat on and the steering wheel shaft. It's more than I need but will help me with projects involving moving stuff and allow me to cut the grass.

Out of the trees I planted, the Asian pears are the slowest to grow. One never came out of dormancy. I pulled that and planted a pecan there. Garden wise, I can't buy the starts at the local store. They just don't do well. I do have a cold frame to put together so will make that a priority. I have one rose and some comfrey plants to plant. And I got seeds for a Homesteaders Kaleidiscopic Perennial Kale Grex fromThe Experimental Farm Network. I mentioned to someone on Solomon's group that I wanted to plant greens to reseed themselves and he suggested these. I think I still have variegated collard seed too. I have this idea f how to make it easier and moreproductive to garden but it's not there yet.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 20, 2026 02:52 PM (bkuEU)

16 flowers are a poppin' down here in south America! Rain is keeping things happy this year.

Posted by: DanMan at June 20, 2026 02:56 PM (8uzBS)

17 https://tinyurl.com/y9wdk47c

Not really a garden post, per se, but very Alaskan.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 20, 2026 02:57 PM (bl07w)

18 Is there a Meemaw tree?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 20, 2026 03:15 PM (cWLG3)

19 Oh boy the park!
I can kill some ducks!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 03:17 PM (Kt19C)

20 I just spent 3 hours in the yard and I haven't even started on the mowing. I was just going to chop kudzu along the fence, which is a half hour job at most, but I started working on a overgrown bush/tree that had been interfering with my mowing and kudzu chopping. I was horrified to realize how far it was growing over into the neighbor's yard. As I got deeper in I saw that one of the trunks is partially broken. Next thing I knew it had been 3 hours (I did come in for water breaks).

I think the whole thing needs to come down because it's been nothing but trouble. I recently bought a battery powered chainsaw (12 inch) for such a time as this, but I'm still working up the courage to try it.

But I think the neighbors and I - mostly they - have made progress in the War on Kudzu. Would you believe the previous owner of my house actually PLANTED the kudzu?

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 20, 2026 03:19 PM (lOlUK)

21 battery powered chainsaw (12 inch)

Bayonet.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 03:22 PM (Kt19C)

22 Beautiful gardens of teh Horde!

I never thought about it, but daylilies do only last for a day. That's why you need lots of blooms. My Shattered Glass daylily plant had only 2 blooms; maybe it will develop more over the years. They bloomed and died before I had a chance to capture their lemon yellow glory.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 03:29 PM (w6EFb)

23 ".... I recently bought a battery powered chainsaw (12 inch) for such a time as this, but I'm still working up the courage to try it.

But I think the neighbors and I - mostly they - have made progress in the War on Kudzu. Would you believe the previous owner of my house actually PLANTED the kudzu?
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 20, 2026 03:19 PM (lOlUK)"
-----

I felt trepidacious about firing up my Ryobi chain saw, loving all my digits and appendages right where they are, but after watching a YT video or two, I became a convert. Nay, an aficionado.

Buy a hockey mask and really freak out the neighbors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 03:31 PM (kpS4V)

24 Cattle will eat kudzu.

Posted by: Case at June 20, 2026 03:32 PM (IY9No)

25 Happy Summer Solstice everyone!

AKA the longest day

Posted by: kallisto at June 20, 2026 03:39 PM (kD8Fh)

26 Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar at June 20, 2026 02:48 PM

Wow! Iowa to Hawaii is a move! And keeping the Iowa house, with its survival foods!

Posted by: KT at June 20, 2026 03:40 PM (rdeQO)

27 I felt trepidacious about firing up my Ryobi chain saw, loving all my digits and appendages right where they are, but after watching a YT video or two, I became a convert. Nay, an aficionado.

Buy a hockey mask and really freak out the neighbors.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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I have cool neighbors, they would get a kick out of it.

I need to Read the Manual and watch some vids. But I have learned how to use things like firearms and a weedwhacker so maybe I can do this too.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 20, 2026 03:43 PM (lOlUK)

28 Cattle will eat kudzu.
Posted by: Case
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I only have a 1/2 acre. Maybe I can rent a goat?

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 20, 2026 03:44 PM (lOlUK)

29 I love the spiderwort. None of mine has come back since the fence was removed, nor the bleeding heart nor any of the lilies.

While I was gone for a weekend, critters ate the peas to the dirt and chewed the tops of most of the surviving Jerusalem artichokes. Only one of the onions came up; no garlic. Someone said I planted the garlic too deep - the same someone who told me how deep to plant them.

On the bright side, the onion that came up is an "walking" onion that already has two offshoots at its top. And there are two Jerusalem artichokes poking up behind the rhubarb. They're too tall now for rabbits, although the squirrels might still dig them up.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2026 04:02 PM (ysTZR)

30 Good afternoon all.
Just back from the MoMe. We had a perfect day, clear, warm but nice breeze off the river. Lots of people out and about but we had a great area that let us move around but out of the way of others enjoying the day.
I bought another tomato and jalapeño plant. Everything doing so well I wish I had more room.
Have a great week.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 20, 2026 04:39 PM (kJmSS)

31 I don’t know how spiderworts got their name, but when I transplanted one, I saw that the rootball looked like some bizarre, giant tarantula. Never seen another plant with a root system like that! First time I saw it I thought “oh so THAT’S why you’re called a spiderwort!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 05:40 PM (nuNhM)

32 Whats on the back of that turtle are turtle leeches, which suck the turtles blood.

Posted by: Tony Litwin at June 21, 2026 07:13 AM (yW7Qk)

Father's Day Weekend, 2026

Happy Father's Day Weekend! Are you seeing or doing anything different from other Father's Day Weekends? Like maybe,

Remembering the Founding Fathers

John Adams

Abigail Adams

Statues: The People They Salute:

Abigail Adams wrote these words to her husband, John Adams, the day after the Battle of Bunker Hill having learned about the death of their dear friend Dr. Joseph Warren during the battle.
“The Day; perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends. My bursting Heart must find vent at my pen. I have just heard that our dear Friend Dr. Warren is no more but fell gloriously fighting for his Country— saying better to die honourably in the field than ignominiously hang upon the Gallows. Great is our Loss. He has distinguished himself in every engagement, by his courage and fortitude, by animating the Soldiers and leading them on by his own example.”- Abigail Adams (June 18, 1775)

I began to think about their ages on that day...Joseph Warren had recently turned 34, Abigail was 30 & John was 39. Somehow we think of the founding generation as elderly. . . most were not.

Pictured is John Trumbull’s painting “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775.”

Look familiar?

* * * * *

Appreciating America

Everybody knows who Freddy is now, right?

Freddy headed home to Germany https://t.co/9X2Y4r3FiM pic.twitter.com/O2ncpeirfT
— Brandon (@BS_355) June 18, 2026

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Who Is America's Homer? - Your choice?

The answer is obvious. https://t.co/3nlAS1POrw pic.twitter.com/ZPHGKnaXsX
— Tidewater Cavalier (@TDomhnaill) June 16, 2026

And now we have a Museum of the Bible, with some special lectures for a special anniversary . . .

* * * * *

We've discussed air conditioning. What about other Great American Inventors?

Norman Borlaug � good Lutheran from Iowa � might be the most impactful figure of the 20th century that you�ve never heard of. https://t.co/paeZ6OWtiR
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 19, 2026

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Weekend

Week in Pictures, World Cup Edition

With an assist from the Babylon Bee:

So-Called 'World's Greatest Dad' Not Even In Top Five

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Music

Suggestion from last week:

34 American composer Samuel Barber and his Adagio for Strings.
Try to listen to that without getting emotional.
Posted by: banana Dream - I double dog dare you at June 13, 2026 12:03 PM

And here's the Washington Post March, because we need some Sousa, too.

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, June 13, Getting close to that big anniversary: What and whom do you appreciate?

Reminder - reading for the bathroom:

I wrote the entry on chicken fried steak. I believe it is the best essay on chicken fried steak that has ever been written. If you read it and don't think so please send me the better one. https://t.co/28siRsSaub
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) June 14, 2026

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:00 AM

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1 WTF?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 01:57 PM (2YhKe)

2 NOW he's done it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 01:57 PM (2YhKe)

3 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 11:17 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Juneteenth holiday and Father's Day on same weekend. Ironic racism I guess.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:17 AM (KC5Lt)

5 Idiots Out Walking Around

(I learned that from a prof from IA in college)

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 11:18 AM (T6aVk)

6 Obama Gives Glowing Tribute to Clintons and Bushes, Barely Mentions Biden's at Presidential Library Grand Opening

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Wait. I thought George W. Chimpy McHitler Bush was the worst president ever.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 11:19 AM (ndZc7)

7 Who Is America’s Homer?

If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have?

J. D. Salinger, man. The Catcher in the Rye changed my life.

Posted by: Some stoned retard who's now in his 70s at June 20, 2026 11:20 AM (ycI94)

8 So don't comment on this post?

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:20 AM (KC5Lt)

9 Working in Morrisville, statue of Robert Morris is but couple blocks away. Another Founding Father

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 11:20 AM (Ia/+0)

10 Thanks, KT!

Posted by: RandomDave at June 20, 2026 11:20 AM (aJQbY)

11 Wait. I thought George W. Chimpy McHitler Bush was the worst president ever.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Reagan was literally Hitler first!

Posted by: The wheel of liberal fickle at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM (ycI94)

12 I think Tennessee Williams is our Shakespeare.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM (KC5Lt)

13 Willowed from morning thread-

327 314 Hollywood doing Hollywood.
“Matlock” Reboot Writer Sues CBS and Showrunner for Alleged Racism, Sexual Harassment
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)
Don't you mean the Andy Griffith Show? Wall to wall wypipa on that one. Now Matlock was a virtual this-n-that, a paint color choice catalog of humanity. No racism there except the occasional 'white guy did it'.
Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 11:15 AM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM (LHPAg)

14 https://iotwreport.com/robble-robble/

"Wild Bill says:
Saturday, 20 June 2026, 10:17 at 10:17 am

She looks like Judge Doom from Roger Rabbit."

I laughed outloud and woke up people

Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM (jrgJz)

15 Dave Barry.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 11:22 AM (LHPAg)

16 Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM (jrgJz)

Best character on the Andy Griffith Show.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:22 AM (KC5Lt)

17 Morning.

I've heard Twain thrown about as the Great American writer.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 11:23 AM (b4s65)

18 Samuel Adams makes better beer than John.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 20, 2026 11:24 AM (0sNs1)

19 Please don't say Ernest Hemingway.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:25 AM (KC5Lt)

20 If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have?

Tempted to put in a word for Robert E Howard.

Posted by: the riddle of steel at June 20, 2026 11:25 AM (W0KIM)

21 17 Morning.

I've heard Twain thrown about as the Great American writer.
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 11:23 AM (b4s65)

Ugh.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 11:26 AM (T6aVk)

22 At DM: "Take the 10-second finger exercise that may reveal your risk of dementia"

tl;dr: Stick it in your ear and palpate your brain. Lumpy? That's normal. (Remember to remove finger from ear after the procedure.)

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:26 AM (Jr5Lq)

23 As it happens I will be passing through Quincy, MA in a couple hours. Just last year Quincy dedicated a new park in the heart of the city to its namesake John Quincy Adams complete with a new statue of Q. You don't see Democrats putting up a lot of statues these days but they put that one up.

Boston is full of statues and monuments to our founders. So many you almost don't notice them after a while. No matter what you think of massholes if you are a fan of US history its a great city to visit.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 11:26 AM (viF8m)

24 I would choose Mark Twain as our Homer.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 20, 2026 11:27 AM (Skc+N)

25 Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM (jrgJz)

Best character on the Andy Griffith Show.
Posted by: polynikes

"It's me, it's me! It's Ernest T!"

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 20, 2026 11:28 AM (l26NL)

26 22 At DM: "Take the 10-second finger exercise that may reveal your risk of dementia"

tl;dr: Stick it in your ear and palpate your brain. Lumpy? That's normal. (Remember to remove finger from ear after the procedure.)
Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:26 AM (Jr5Lq)

So many quack clickbait scam ads, so little time.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 11:28 AM (T6aVk)

27 "Who Is America’s Homer?"

Herman Wouk? Herman Melville? 'Herman' sounds a little bit like 'Homer.' At least if you have bad hearing like I do.

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:29 AM (Jr5Lq)

28 Tempted to put in a word for Robert E Howard.
Posted by: the riddle of steel at June 20, 2026 11:25 AM (W0KIM)

Ever been to his home in Cross Plains, TX?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 11:29 AM (T6aVk)

29 Freddy tweeted that his luggafe aline was 11pounds overweight lol

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 11:30 AM (dE3DB)

30 @Polymarket
JUST IN: Cuba’s Communist Party approves sweeping free-market reforms in an unprecedented move to open the economy.
Jun 18, 2026 · 10:23 PM UTC

#winning

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 11:31 AM (W0KIM)

31 Tempted to put in a word for Robert E Howard.
Posted by: the riddle of steel

Tom Wolfe, maybe? Maybe?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 20, 2026 11:31 AM (l26NL)

32
If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have

SAT question :

Who above does not belong in the group?

Dante. The rest are considered playwrights

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:31 AM (KC5Lt)

33 I picked up a cheap bluray copy of the HBO produced John Adams miniseries. Watched it. It was freakin' good! Really freakin' good! Definitely a recommend from me.

It's not perfect. For example early on when they're going over the debates on independence the guy who played John Rutledge played him as if he were a flaming queer. I really have no idea why. It was...bizarre. But the focus is on John Adams and Paul Giamatti was outstanding. Laura Linney played Abigail Adams and was very easy on the eyes.

The book is obviously WAY better but I think the miniseries is definitely worth your time.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 11:32 AM (b4s65)

34 I saw the Bible Museum when it came through Colorado Springs several years ago. I was amazed at how many items were in the collection. I recommend seeing it if you get the opportunity.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 11:32 AM (FMtrg)

35 33 Concur.

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

36 Salena Zeto retweeted this 😆 as "pretty accurate"

@PabloEscoburner

At this rate Freddy - after gaining 20 pounds - will be flying back to Germany on the back of a bald eagle, shooting an AR-15 while drinking Miller Lite, flanked by F-35s streaming red, white, and blue across the sky while Free Bird is playing from the heavens.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 11:32 AM (6U1c2)

37 32
If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have

SAT question :

Who above does not belong in the group?

Dante. The rest are considered playwrights

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:31 AM (KC5Lt)

That's because Dante played wrong...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026 11:33 AM (l3cgK)

38 Who's "Shakespeare"?

Posted by: Ben Jonson at June 20, 2026 11:33 AM (W0KIM)

39 I'd say that this country is best known for the invention of musicals. Shakespearean stories put to music.

Oh....and ROCK & ROLL!!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 20, 2026 11:34 AM (1qLmG)

40 Good morning Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 11:34 AM (2WIwB)

41 Maybe a good book thread discussion
Mark Twain maybe?

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 11:34 AM (Ia/+0)

42 "That's because Dante played wrong..."

What is it with the word 'playwright' anyway? "I'm Arthur Miller, and I implore you to see all the plays I wrought."

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:35 AM (Jr5Lq)

43 I do not recognize the guy in the photo about America's Homer.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 11:35 AM (FMtrg)

44 42 "That's because Dante played wrong..."

What is it with the word 'playwright' anyway? "I'm Arthur Miller, and I implore you to see all the plays I wrought."

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:35 AM (Jr5Lq)

There's iron in those words...wrought iron.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026 11:35 AM (l3cgK)

45 I picked up a cheap bluray copy of the HBO produced John Adams miniseries. Watched it. It was freakin' good! Really freakin' good! Definitely a recommend from me.
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit!

I'm starting it now, dadgummit. I don't like the episode where they give the cow pox as a vaccine to stop small pox. It's too painful. But it worked. Dr Fauci, care to comment?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 20, 2026 11:36 AM (l26NL)

46 Bacon is in the skillet. Coffee in the mug.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 11:36 AM (1z8ji)

47 I remember at one time they taught history in school. But these days it's more about race and sex and how much the country owes you. Oh, and of course, how underpaid teachers are.

Posted by: Case at June 20, 2026 11:36 AM (IY9No)

48 Where is the Adams statue?

Where is the Adagio filmed?

Posted by: I left my real nic in my other pair of pants at June 20, 2026 11:36 AM (i0sUn)

49 If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have

---

Aflfred Hitchcock

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 11:36 AM (6U1c2)

50 Eugene ONeil and Authur Miller are two other great American playwrights.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:37 AM (KC5Lt)

51 America's best poet was Poe and it's not close.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 11:37 AM (W0KIM)

52 12 I think Tennessee Williams is our Shakespeare.
Posted by: polynikes

My mother has always been big into community theater, so I've been obligated to attend all sorts of shows. My recollection of Tennessee Williams was "boring" and "dysfunctional, mean-spirited and anti-American," but after looking up the two plays I specifically recalling, he is absolved.

"Buried Child" by Sam Shepard and "Long Day's Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill. People sitting around being miserable and hating each other seems to be compelling storytelling to far too many people.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 11:38 AM (ycI94)

53 John and Samuel Adams were cousins, if I remember right.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 20, 2026 11:38 AM (l26NL)

54 Well that cited post answered it's own question, Shelby Foote, right?

Posted by: rhomboid at June 20, 2026 11:40 AM (U/Byj)

55 I do not recognize the guy in the photo about America's Homer.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace

Shelby Foote, iirc ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 20, 2026 11:40 AM (3ZUWJ)

56 @Polymarket
JUST IN: Cuba’s Communist Party approves sweeping free-market reforms in an unprecedented move to open the economy.
Jun 18, 2026 · 10:23 PM UTC

#winning
Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 11:31 AM (W0KIM)

Cuba takes it's next step into Elbonia. New product: signs saying: My Hovel, My Pig.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 11:41 AM (qx7Zg)

57 Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 11:38 AM (ycI

Death of a Salesman isn't a joyous play either.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:41 AM (KC5Lt)

58 America's Homer? It's a tie between Donald Hamilton, author of the Matt Helm series, and John D. MacDonald,
author of Travis McGee.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 20, 2026 11:41 AM (vOjEn)

59 38 Who's "Shakespeare"?
Posted by: Ben Jonson

An old white racist colonizer who stole ideas from the indigenous colored English and labeled them as his own original work!!!

Posted by: Rep Jasmine Crockett at June 20, 2026 11:42 AM (ycI94)

60 I like the movie based on This Property is Condemned though as always in plays it is a tragic ending.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:43 AM (KC5Lt)

61 >>Where is the Adams statue?

His hometown, Quincy, MA.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 11:43 AM (viF8m)

62 On Family Feud: "Who Is America’s Homer?"

Survey says: "Homer Simpson!"

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:43 AM (Jr5Lq)

63 Yes, the photo matches the ones I saw online of Shelby Foote.

Thanks, Horde, you bunch of experts!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 11:43 AM (FMtrg)

64 The Founding Fathers

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 20, 2026 11:44 AM (yQ27C)

65 "Death of a Salesman isn't a joyous play either."

Probably my fave.

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:44 AM (Jr5Lq)

66 "Shakespeare"... An old white racist colonizer who stole ideas from the indigenous colored English and labeled them as his own original work!!!
Posted by: Rep Jasmine Crockett at June 20, 2026 11:42 AM (ycI94)

Get thee to a nunnery, virago.

Posted by: Sir Thomas North at June 20, 2026 11:45 AM (W0KIM)

67 No, wait. My fave is "Glengarry Glen Ross."

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

68 Sort of depends upon whether you regard Homer as a poet or a storyteller, doesn't it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 11:46 AM (1z8ji)

69 This Father's Day is different than the others just for the simple fact that my husband is now a landowner in the country, and that he now lives less than a half mile from our youngest daughter, her husband, and our two granddaughters.

Took him almost 60 years, but better late than never.

Sitting here on the porch, watching the horses graze on our pasture (crazy to even say those words), I thank God that He brought us here, and in this moment of time.

Fifty years ago, when I was seven and living in military housing in the Bay Area, I witnessed all the hoopla surrounding the Bicentennial and it was something to behold.

Little did I know then that fifty years later, I'd be living in the country in the Ozarks in Missouri, watching my daughter's horses possibly destroy the apple tree saplings.

God Bless America.

BRB

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 11:47 AM (ZHOnm)

70 46 Bacon is in the skillet. Coffee in the mug.

Whiskey in the jar?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 20, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

71 Death of a Salesman isn't a joyous play either."

Probably my fave.
Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:44 AM (Jr5Lq)

About as depressing as can be. To me anyway.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:48 AM (KC5Lt)

72 Buried Child" by Sam Shepard and "Long Day's Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill. People sitting around being miserable and hating each other seems to be compelling storytelling to far too many people.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 11:38 AM (ycI94)

This is true. And if you've noticed, every backstory of almost every character in movies has a tragic or really fucked up childhood. I get so sick of it that I usually start to think that shitty little brat deserved it.

I'd like to see a main character have a wonderful childhood with TWO (a man and a woman) loving parents for once.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 20, 2026 11:48 AM (1sDNq)

73 Who's "Shakespeare"?
Posted by: Ben Jonson

An old white racist colonizer who stole ideas from the indigenous colored English and labeled them as his own original work!!!

Posted by: Rep Jasmine Crockett

Greek homo.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at June 20, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

74 "Sort of depends upon whether you regard Homer as a poet or a storyteller, doesn't it?"

He was an epicist. Whoa, that's a real word. IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:48 AM (Jr5Lq)

75 >>> 52
==
"Buried Child" by Sam Shepard and "Long Day's Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill. People sitting around being miserable and hating each other seems to be compelling storytelling to far too many people.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 11:38 AM (ycI94)

I looked up summaries of both (had never even heard of the first one) and holy @(%*& the writers sound like miserable douchebags.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 20, 2026 11:49 AM (R+iUD)

76 Buried Child" by Sam Shepard and "Long Day's Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill. People sitting around being miserable and hating each other seems to be compelling storytelling to far too many people.
Posted by: Moron Analyst

Pffffffft.

Posted by: Henrik Ibsen at June 20, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

77 I remember at one time they taught history in school. But these days it's more about race and sex and how much the country owes you. Oh, and of course, how underpaid teachers are.
Posted by: Case
--------

'Sociology' replaced 'Civics'. It's been downhill ever since.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 20, 2026 11:50 AM (XeU6L)

78 An old white racist colonizer who stole ideas from the indigenous colored English and labeled them as his own original work!!!
Posted by: Rep Jasmine Crockett at June 20, 2026 11:42
+++

Thereby hangs a tail.

Posted by: IYKYK at June 20, 2026 11:50 AM (D2IX4)

79 >>No, wait. My fave is "Glengarry Glen Ross."

Ironically, also about the death of a salesman.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 11:50 AM (viF8m)

80 America's best poet was Poe and it's not close.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Concur

Posted by: Ace's crow at June 20, 2026 11:51 AM (XeU6L)

81 The original list already varied between poets, authors and playwrights...maybe we could branch a bit more into other arts?

John Philip Sousa for music?
Early Norman Rockwell for art?

Both kind of capture the original American spirit.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 11:51 AM (ycI94)

82 Puts in plug for Louis L'Amour.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 11:51 AM (1z8ji)

83 I'm kinda partial to Lorraine Hansberry, because reasons.

A Raisin in the Sun is a story that strikes a chord in many people.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 11:52 AM (ZHOnm)

84 SMH!

That sounds wonderful. Congratulations on the move and being closer to grandbabies and their parents.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 20, 2026 11:53 AM (R+iUD)

85 I think I'd like to make Rudyard Kipling an honorary American. He's my favorite writer/poet.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:53 AM (KC5Lt)

86 I got a little kick out of Aristophanes "The Clouds." If you hate faux academics and "experts," that's the play for you.

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

87 Buried Child" by Sam Shepard and "Long Day's Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill. People sitting around being miserable and hating each other seems to be compelling storytelling to far too many people.
Posted by: Moron Analyst

Pffffffft.
Posted by: Henrik Ibsen
--------
pffffffffft.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Posted by: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at June 20, 2026 11:54 AM (XeU6L)

88 That sounds wonderful. Congratulations on the move and being closer to grandbabies and their parents.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 20, 2026 11:53 AM (R+iUD)

Likewise from me!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 11:56 AM (1z8ji)

89 SMH, I am so happy for you! May the Lord make your family and land fruitful.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 11:56 AM (FMtrg)

90 I'm partial to Ernie Pyle as far as greatest writer

Best song is Damn Yankees "Don't Tread on Me"

I eat hotdogs with ketchup

I throw rocks

Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 20, 2026 11:57 AM (jrgJz)

91 I think I'd like to make Rudyard Kipling an honorary American. He's my favorite writer/poet.
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:53 AM (KC5Lt)

Didn't he live in America for a bit? Like somewhere in New England?

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 11:57 AM (b4s65)

92 Helena!

Their horses moved in before we did.

Daughter and SiL saw all the pasture, and as soon as the papers were signed and they got the keys from the seller, their three horses and a donkey were moved in to feast on 3+ acres of overgrown pasture.

The pasture on their property is very rocky and it's pretty much depleted, so they're usually fed hay.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 11:58 AM (ZHOnm)

93 I looked up summaries of both (had never even heard of the first one) and holy @(%*& the writers sound like miserable douchebags.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

In contrast, the play Driving Miss Daisy, by Alfred Uhry, was wonderful and positive. Don't know much about him personally, but the play itself is a good, uplifting story.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 11:58 AM (ycI94)

94 "Our Town" is maybe the only play I've seen in person, performed on stage. It seemed profound at the time, but many decades later, I'm thinking 'tripe.'

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 11:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

95 Didn't he live in America for a bit? Like somewhere in New England?
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 11:57 AM (b4s65)

He lived with Mary in Brattleboro.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:59 AM (KC5Lt)

96 The question raises a deep subject.

At least two fathoms deep.

Posted by: Samuel Langhorne Clemens at June 20, 2026 11:59 AM (D2IX4)

97 Thanks Emmie!

Best thing of all, no longer living in Illinois, lol.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:00 PM (ZHOnm)

98 Poe fits America's greatest poet to a T.
POE-T

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 12:00 PM (6U1c2)

99 43 I do not recognize the guy in the photo about America's Homer.

neither do we

Posted by: the stonecutters at June 20, 2026 12:01 PM (qdr3M)

100 "Ironically, also about the death of a salesman."

I despise salesmen, but I love dramas about salesmen.

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 12:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

101 Thanks AOP. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:02 PM (ZHOnm)

102 Yup, sounds like SMH is living a happy ever after.
Wonderful!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 12:02 PM (6U1c2)

103 He lived with Mary in Brattleboro.
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:59 AM (KC5Lt)

Ooohhhh, so THAT was the white man's burden he was talking about!

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 12:02 PM (b4s65)

104 Poe is great but his genre ain't my thing.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 12:02 PM (KC5Lt)

105 Who is the most quotable in America?

For me England has a toss up between Oscar Wilde and Winston Churchill.

Mark Twain or Will Rogers are some candidates for America.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 12:05 PM (KC5Lt)

106 Best thing of all, no longer living in Illinois, lol.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:00 PM (ZHOnm)

I can relate. It's kinda depressing what Denver and Boulder are doing to my beloved Colorado. But I'm loving the wholesome and sweet culture of Arkansas. (When I was researching for the primaries, I noticed the candidate websites nearly always mentioned what church the candidate attends.)

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 12:06 PM (FMtrg)

107 Yup, sounds like SMH is living a happy ever after.
Wonderful!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 12:02 PM (6U1c2)
___

All this is just a foretaste for what's to come when Jesus returns.

Imagine what the new Heavens and Earth are going to look like after the Master Craftsman gets done with them both.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:08 PM (ZHOnm)

108 Best thing of all, no longer living in Illinois, lol.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Best to get out of commieland while one can.

I saw a post by Gad Saad bemoaning the fact that when he started to plsn to leave Canada, he realized that Canada's departure tax would take the equivalent of ten tears of savings snd spend it on anti-semitic immigrants

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 12:11 PM (6U1c2)

109
Puts in plug for Louis L'Amour.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 11:51 AM (1z8ji)

I'm partial to Elmore Leonard myself, but I'll accept L'Amour, especially Last of the Breed.

Poe is probably the serious choice, unless you're a poofter academic, then you can slap-fight each other over Whitman vs Thoreau.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 20, 2026 12:11 PM (y9nCu)

110 @GadSaad:
"I decide to leave Quebec/Canada because:

1) the taxation system is astounding, rendering it nearly impossible to accumulate enough money to truly retire
2) the government's open immigration policies have made it unsafe for my family to remain here (due to the exponential increase in Jew-hatred).

Today I found out that I shall have to pay a departure tax for exercising my right to leave, and the money that will be taken from me (because the obscene amount of taxes that I've already paid in full is not enough) will be given to new incoming immigrants who hate Jews. My taxes funded my forced exit and will fund the harassment of any remaining Jews in Canada.

It would take me 10+ more years of work to save the amount that is likely to be taken via the departure tax.

Is this moral? Ethical? Just? In any case, off to bed. Tomorrow is a new day."

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 12:12 PM (6U1c2)

111
83 I'm kinda partial to Lorraine Hansberry, because reasons.

A Raisin in the Sun is a story that strikes a chord in many people.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 11:52 AM

--------

Was the raisin a grape when it was first put out in the sun?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 20, 2026 12:13 PM (KDsZt)

112 "departure tax" Cripes.

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 12:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

113 Damn patriotism is going to make me watch soccer. I won't watch the Turkey match but will the match after which counts.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 12:14 PM (KC5Lt)

114 I saw a post by Gad Saad bemoaning the fact that when he started to plsn to leave Canada, he realized that Canada's departure tax would take the equivalent of ten tears of savings snd spend it on anti-semitic immigrants
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 12:11 PM (6U1c2)
___

Good luck if Illinois tries to collect a dime from us.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:14 PM (ZHOnm)

115 I should probably go get some feed before the stores close.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 20, 2026 12:15 PM (R+iUD)

116 I saw a post by Gad Saad bemoaning the fact that when he started to plsn to leave Canada, he realized that Canada's departure tax would take the equivalent of ten tears of savings snd spend it on anti-semitic immigrants
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 12:11 PM (6U1c2)

I did not know we had a departure tax. Turns out the only substantial assets I own are exempt categories, Canadian real estate, and registered retirement income fund.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:15 PM (1z8ji)

117 A Raisin in the Sun is a story that strikes a chord in many people.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 11:52 AM

The movie was very good. Of course I don't know how much they edited the play for the big screen.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 12:17 PM (KC5Lt)

118 So the cinemas here are cluttered with "Girls Like Girls" and "Leviticus", and nobody's playing "Citizen Vigilante".
Standing up against criminals: bad
Teenaged homosexuals: good

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 12:18 PM (KAw7u)

119 "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961) Added to my list, thanks! It looks like there was a 1989 film too.
youtube.com/watch?v=rG7PSC9ICeU

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 12:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

120 I will vote for Truman Capote for best writer. Sure he was gay, an alcoholic, and drug abuser. But he also wrote the truth about high society snobs who needed to be ratted out.

Posted by: Case at June 20, 2026 12:24 PM (IY9No)

121 No, I'm #1 Dad!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2026 12:25 PM (6h45X)

122 The movie was very good. Of course I don't know how much they edited the play for the big screen.
Posted by: polynikes
___

The movie was adapted from the Broadway play.

In fact, Lorraine Hansberry herself wrote the screenplay, and most of the Broadway cast reprised their roles in the movie.

So there's little difference between the play and movie.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:25 PM (ZHOnm)

123 Is this moral? Ethical? Just? In any case, off to bed. Tomorrow is a new day."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
___

Moral? No.
Ethical? No.
Just? No.

Expected from a country that murders its citizens over being depressed? Yes.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:29 PM (ZHOnm)

124 I did not know we had a departure tax. Turns out the only substantial assets I own are exempt categories, Canadian real estate, and registered retirement income fund.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:15 PM (1z8ji)

Yup, there's the Canadian one and Quebec has one too. He lives in Quebec so it's really ugly for him.

Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 12:31 PM (1ieqq)

125 Departue tax is the same as kidnapping.
You can't leave until we are paid.

Posted by: Reforger at June 20, 2026 12:34 PM (wjnjX)

126 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:25 PM (ZHOnm)

Good to know.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 12:35 PM (KC5Lt)

127 Departure tax is the same as kidnapping.
You can't leave until we are paid.
Posted by: Reforger
___

Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:35 PM (ZHOnm)

128 Yup, there's the Canadian one and Quebec has one too. He lives in Quebec so it's really ugly for him.
Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 12:31 PM (1ieqq)

He should find a good tax lawyer and accountant, and find a way to structure his assets to avoid, or evade the departure tax.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:35 PM (1z8ji)

129 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:25 PM (ZHOnm)

You might like some books/plays by Charlayne Woodard. I was a close friend with her brother when I lived in NY.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 12:38 PM (KC5Lt)

130 He should find a good tax lawyer and accountant, and find a way to structure his assets to avoid, or evade the departure tax.

Gad's already lived in Mississippi for almost a year, I think.

Ole Miss installed him at their Constitution Center. Because a Lebanese-born Jew from Canada is more patriotic than Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 20, 2026 12:38 PM (QZThv)

131 Escape From Canada.
Having been severely punished by exile to Canada for shutting off the lights. Snake Pliskin again is on the run. This time it's financial.

Posted by: Reforger at June 20, 2026 12:40 PM (wjnjX)

132 Leaving Canada is expensive? I'm not at all surprised. It's probably the template California's dreaming of implementing as people and businesses flee the warm embrace of socialism there.

It's also expensive to immigrate TO Canada. After Trump's second election the number of "ex-pats" heading to Canada spiked. But many were unprepared for the costs associated, and the other requirements about buying property there, employment, and so on.

Much sobbing ensued.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 12:41 PM (jehhT)

133 Number 1 dad?

It's GO time!

https://youtu.be/_NXEZFR9uxw

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at June 20, 2026 12:42 PM (D2IX4)

134 Didn't realize the time, way past lunch time

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 12:42 PM (Ia/+0)

135 I'm taking off to the hospital to visit Mama Publius. She was admitted last night - had a hematoma on her calf that is one of the grossest things I've ever seen. It opened up and that triggered the trip to the ER. It was 4 hours before they could bring her into the ER room, and another 3 hours before we finally left her (I was falling asleep - there's nothing that makes you more somnolent than waiting in a hospital ER).

They're giving her IV antibiotics. Not sure how long they'll keep her, but one hopes not long.

The doctor said they're putting her on IV lasik to combat edema. He wants to put her comfort first, which is exactly right (the edema is what lies behind the hematoma, I think).

The house is empty without her. The oxygen concentrator stands silent. There is no sound of a bell ringing for an escort to the bathroom to carry the oxygen hose for her and prevent her from tripping over it (she loves the PureWick thing the hospitals use).

A foreshadowing. Losing his father was hard, but losing his mother is going to be brutal. And it's inevitable.

Prayers are always appreciated.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 12:42 PM (w6EFb)

136 Gad's already lived in Mississippi for almost a year, I think.

Ole Miss installed him at their Constitution Center. Because a Lebanese-born Jew from Canada is more patriotic than Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 20, 2026 12:38 PM (QZThv)

If he was up there for part of 2025 he'd file a tax return, so that's how they got him on the departure taxes. Canada's filing season is a bit later than the U.S. season.

Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 12:43 PM (1ieqq)

137 The US has an exit tax if you renounce your citizenship but it's not putative.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 12:44 PM (KC5Lt)

138 Welcome, Gad. Have some Conecuh sausage?

Posted by: Southeastern Conference football fans at June 20, 2026 12:45 PM (D2IX4)

139 Filled up 87 octane for $3.99/gal today.

Posted by: gp at June 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

140 No matter what you think of massholes if you are a fan of US history its a great city to visit.

DC is the same. Not sure I can recommend just walking it nowadays, but you can’t toss a conveniently-laid brick without hitting the statue of some obscure historical figure well worth reading up on.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 12:46 PM (kYmoU)

141 Prayers up, Miley.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:46 PM (ZHOnm)

142 If you keep your citizenship but relocate to another country you still get taxed on your income but you also get to deduct the foreign taxes you pay. (Simplified explanation)

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 12:47 PM (KC5Lt)

143 It's also expensive to immigrate TO Canada. After Trump's second election the number of "ex-pats" heading to Canada spiked. But many were unprepared for the costs associated, and the other requirements about buying property there, employment, and so on.

Much sobbing ensued.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 12:41 PM (jehhT)

Because they're not part of the favored groups for which the government rolls out the welcome mat and provides handouts. If you're not one of them, absolutely it's a pain to move there. And not shockingly, Quebec is the hardest province to emigrate to because they have their own rules in addition to the federal ones.

Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 12:47 PM (1ieqq)

144 Incidentally, vis-a-vis the Adams’s statues, this July 4 also marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

Of the first five presidents, three died on Independence Day, two of them within hours of each other on the Jubilee of 1826.

I’ve been going through the post July 4, 1826, newspapers reading eulogies and other writings, pursuant to my July 4 blog post. There are times when I think God is attempting to prove Oolon Colluphid right.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 12:48 PM (kYmoU)

145 https://iotwreport.com/robble-robble/
"Wild Bill says:
Saturday, 20 June 2026, 10:17 at 10:17 am
She looks like Judge Doom from Roger Rabbit."
I laughed outloud and woke up people
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM (jrgJz)

Hillz is trying to pull off the Melania-in-the-bolero-hat look.

Like everything else she has done, she failed.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:49 PM (rbvCR)

146
Carney is a European Socialist, you see, whose family lives in the United States, along with his money.

When you live north of the border looking down comes naturally.

Posted by: Auspex at June 20, 2026 12:50 PM (Y8DZL)

147 Our Homer? No question: Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 12:50 PM (kYmoU)

148 Though I do agree with AOP that Louis l’Amour is a strong contender.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 12:51 PM (kYmoU)

149 Don't know who I'd peg as the American Homer. But for my money, the Great American Tragedy is Robert Anderson's I Never Sang for My Father. And the novels of Don Robertson should have been given a spot in the Library of America's catalog years ago. Ditto Irwin Shaw.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 12:53 PM (q3u5l)

150 You might like some books/plays by Charlayne Woodard. I was a close friend with her brother when I lived in NY.
Posted by: polynikes
___

Will look her up, though to be honest, the only reason I even heard about Lorraine Hansberry and A Raisin in the Sun is because she's family (dad's aunt, so my great-aunt, I guess), and the movie was shown constantly when I was growing up.

I read the play when I was well into adulthood, as well as her other writings.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:53 PM (ZHOnm)

151 Homer would have to be discussing the legendary past of THIS planet, not someone else's, so ERB wouldn't count.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 12:53 PM (KAw7u)

152 So here in Washington state, the dems are trying to undermine the election of county sheriffs by making them subject to a state board. At a local county meeting, one lefty Karen got her panties all in a wad became didn't like what she was hearing. So she dialed 911 to have the police come arrest those horrible people saying things that offended her. The cops came, laughed, and left.
This is how stupid these people are.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)

153 Now this is a place you don't want to enter without permission.

https://is.gd/G3YoRO

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 12:54 PM (qx7Zg)

154
So the cinemas here are cluttered with "Girls Like Girls" and "Leviticus", and nobody's playing "Citizen Vigilante".
Standing up against criminals: bad
Teenaged homosexuals: good
Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 12:18 PM (KAw7u)

Citizen Vigilante has two seemingly insurmountable obstacles. A subject matter which the Hollywood commies despise, and Uwe Boll.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 20, 2026 12:55 PM (y9nCu)

155 Who could have guessed the Soviets didn't have the idea of a exet fee and let anyone out that wanted to go.
Maybe the Gulag system having workers workfor free was making more money that letting them leave for a few thousand rubles

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 12:55 PM (Ia/+0)

156 I've heard Twain thrown about as the Great American writer.
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 11:23 AM (b4s65

Twain, Grant, and Lincoln defined the modern American voice. Prior it was all sorts of purple prose and Feinmoor Cooper alliteration, even Twain's actual contemporaries were overly intricate and cloyingly saccharine in their language.
Twain got sucked into that voice when he was being literary, but in his newspaper articles and the stories he was selling for money, he was very clean and open in his language.

The current bests, in my opinion, are David Drake and Larry Correia. They are both excellent technical writers who also have imagination, something to say, and a keen vision on people.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:56 PM (rbvCR)

157 Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" is arguably an Odyssey.
American letters are littered with wouldbe Iliads, most clustered in Civil War literature.
"Gone With The Wind" might count alongside one of those posthomeric fanfics which didn't get copied by the Romans and those after them.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 12:56 PM (KAw7u)

158 Homer would have to be discussing the legendary past of THIS planet, not someone else's, so ERB wouldn't count.

Leaving aside how much of his planetary stories were about Americans on an Odyssey in very foreign lands, it is always a good idea to read more ERB. Tarzan, for example. And the Earth’s Core series.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 12:57 PM (kYmoU)

159 More prayers up, Miley.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 12:57 PM (qx7Zg)

160
In "Good Will Hunting" Matt Damon, who is wicked smaht, definitively pegged Howard Zinn as America's Homer 'cause he was right about everything.

Posted by: Auspex at June 20, 2026 12:58 PM (Y8DZL)

161 Cloyingly Saccharine used to tour with Up With People.

Posted by: Back in the day at June 20, 2026 12:58 PM (D2IX4)

162 Uwe Boll is to cinema what Jerry Sandusky was to college sports.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 12:58 PM (KAw7u)

163 Prayers up, Miley.

Yes.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 12:59 PM (kYmoU)

164 *Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" is arguably an Odyssey.
American letters are littered with wouldbe Iliads, most clustered in Civil War literature.*

(ahem)

Posted by: My name's Gump. Forrest Gump. at June 20, 2026 01:00 PM (D2IX4)

165 Writers?
Twain, and Steinbeck. Maybe Hemingway.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 01:01 PM (2WIwB)

166 In "Good Will Hunting" Matt Damon, who is wicked smaht, definitively pegged Howard Zinn as America's Homer 'cause he was right about everything.
Posted by: Auspex at June 20, 2026 12:58 PM (Y8D

Definitely the worst part of the movie .

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 01:03 PM (KC5Lt)

167 Prayers upward Miley.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 01:05 PM (2WIwB)

168 American Homer. Three choices come to mind. Mark Twain, Wendell Berry, and Shelby Foote. Washington Irving would be in the race except he was too early in the 1800s.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 01:06 PM (yTvNw)

169 Don't know who I'd peg

Woo woo!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 01:07 PM (Kt19C)

170 I read the play when I was well into adulthood, as well as her other writings.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 12:53 PM (ZHOnm)

Good reason to read it. Same reason I'm familiar with Woodards plays , which are about family similar to RitS, is because of my friendship with her brother.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 01:07 PM (KC5Lt)

171 Miley, so many prayers for you, mama Publius, and of course Publius.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 01:08 PM (Wmg4n)

172 Prayers for Mama Publius and Miley.

Posted by: JTB at June 20, 2026 01:09 PM (yTvNw)

173 12 I think Tennessee Williams is our Shakespeare.
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM
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Yea, if Shakespeare was a poofter.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 20, 2026 01:09 PM (PY/mn)

174 Thanks, SMH!

Taking off now.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 01:09 PM (w6EFb)

175 >>>If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have? Do we have a great poet who captures the American spirit, the American story, the American identity?

>Dr. Seuss

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 20, 2026 01:11 PM (fkjGs)

176 Regarding departure fees: Why not just convert your assets to cash and then sneak out without telling anyone you're leaving? If they send you a bill, just chuck it in n the round for me.

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 20, 2026 01:14 PM (cct0t)

177 If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have? Do we have a great poet who captures the American spirit, the American story, the American identity?

“I am no wordsmith dripping words divine
Into the golden chalice of a sonnet;
If love songs witch you, close this book of mine,
Waste no time on it.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 01:16 PM (kYmoU)

178 "for me" was supposed to be "file"

Posted by: Toad-0 at June 20, 2026 01:16 PM (cct0t)

179 I think Tennessee Williams is our Shakespeare.
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:21 AM
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Yea, if Shakespeare was a poofter.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 20, 2026 01:09 PM (PY/

The guy wrote more about getting tail than any other playwright even if liked the D.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 01:18 PM (KC5Lt)

180
Sweden getting stomped by the Dutch. Couldn't happen to a more deserving country.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 01:19 PM (O0L8i)

181 Sweden getting stomped by the Dutch. Couldn't happen to a more deserving country.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 01:19 PM (O0L8i)

More than the Dutch who hate us more bigley than the Swedes?

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 01:19 PM (KC5Lt)

182 I'm rooting for injuries and a tie.

Posted by: Reforger at June 20, 2026 01:21 PM (wjnjX)

183 merican Homer. Three choices come to mind. Mark Twain, Wendell Berry, and Shelby Foote. Washington Irving would be in the race except he was too early in the 1800s.
Posted by: JTB

James A. Michener... if anybody actually read him.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:22 PM (/lPRQ)

184 James A. Michener... if anybody actually read him.

Technically, nobody read Homer either.

I’d say, as long as the movies are popular, not being read isn’t a disqualification.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 01:24 PM (kYmoU)

185
More than the Dutch who hate us more bigley than the Swedes?

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 01:19 PM (KC5Lt)

____________

Sweden, the pioneer country of abortion, pornography, smug neutralism and making bank selling iron ore to the Nazis. An asshole country with asshole people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 01:24 PM (O0L8i)

186 And Larry McMurtry?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 20, 2026 01:25 PM (q3u5l)

187 Writers?
Twain, and Steinbeck. Maybe Hemingway.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 01:01 PM (2WIw

First two go candidates. Never got the Hemingway love.

As modern authors go, I think Steven Pressfield should be considered. Anyone who can write Gates of Fire and The Legend of Bagger Vance and have both project the western warrior ethos should be a candidate.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 01:26 PM (KC5Lt)

188 If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have? Do we have a great poet who captures the American spirit, the American story, the American identity?

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Stephen Vincent Benet.

"John Brown's Body."

That is all.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 20, 2026 01:27 PM (amcLV)

189 160
In "Good Will Hunting" Matt Damon, who is wicked smaht, definitively pegged Howard Zinn as America's Homer 'cause he was right about everything.
Posted by: Auspex

He secretly wanted to BE pegged by Howard Zinn.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 20, 2026 01:28 PM (ycI94)

190 Praying for Mama Publius, Miley

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 01:28 PM (MyPTh)

191
American composer Samuel Barber and his Adagio for Strings.

Try to listen to that without getting emotional.

_____________

Thomas Schippers conducting the New York Philharmonic. Accept no substitutes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 01:29 PM (O0L8i)

192 Sweden vs Netherlands game could be confused for an Algeria vs Nigeria game if only going back player names.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 01:31 PM (7YTFo)

193 If we're going list negatives, the Dutch are far worse imo.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 01:33 PM (KC5Lt)

194 https://legalinsurrection.com/nhs trailblazing first transgender lawmaker sentenced to 33 years for child sex crimes

A mental illness will send you to the Big House

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 01:33 PM (Ia/+0)

195 A mental illness will send you to the Big House

I don’t think you can exclude the Senate from that maxim…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 01:35 PM (kYmoU)

196
In his long career, the legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan conducted exactly two (2) works by American composers, once each. The Barber Adagio wasn't one of them. Makes you wonder how it would have sounded.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 01:37 PM (O0L8i)

197 I think about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson a lot. They had to work together while working against each other, here and in France and England, over and over again their whole careers, until their dying days, which were the same day.

It's spooky. It's like they were born to offset each other.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 20, 2026 01:37 PM (BI5O2)

198 ...transgender lawmaker sentenced to 33 years for child sex crimes

A mental illness will send you to the Big House
Posted by: Skip

Who would have guessed that a depraved pervert would amp up their depravity to criminal levels?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:38 PM (/lPRQ)

199 Apropos of very little, I happened to run across the John Williams soundtrack for 1941 at a record store while traveling a few weeks ago. It was very good, and much better than I remembered from watching the movie.

In fact, it made me want to watch the movie again. Not surprising, since I enjoyed the movie, but it has been a very long time.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 01:40 PM (kYmoU)

200 On topic for Father's Day - we just finished the 8 episode Netflix show "I Will Find You"
Its a Harlan Coben thriller starring Sam Worthington and that redhead from Severance.
Fun watch and a tribute to fatherhood

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 01:43 PM (cSByu)

201 In fact, it made me want to watch the movie again. Not surprising, since I enjoyed the movie, but it has been a very long time.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 01:40 PM (kYmoU)
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Watch the director's cut. So much was left out of the theatrical cut that the movie becomes inexplicable.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 20, 2026 01:44 PM (amcLV)

202
Great American writer is Twain -- for prose. His fiction isn't that great -- narratives, plots, pacing, etc.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:44 PM (XJ22o)

203 It's spooky. It's like they were born to offset each other.

“At the grave of such men envy dies, and party animosity blushes while she quenches her fires.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 01:45 PM (kYmoU)

204
Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)

================

The legislation and budgeting coming out of Sacramento (California) right now is not to be believed. Out of all the hellish data I could drop, I'll keep it to this:
Another $1bil PER YEAR for the Train To Nowhere

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:51 PM (XJ22o)

205 Watch the director's cut. So much was left out of the theatrical cut that the movie becomes inexplicable.

Thanks! I actually have the extended version on DVD, but it’s very old and looks horrible on a modern television. Despite it being much longer, I don’t recall it being overly long—like some other extended editions I’ve had—I remember on the extended Blues Brothers, the director talks about some of the scenes he cut from Aykroyd’s phonebook script, and for very good reason—and at least one of those scenes are in the new cut!

I’ll make sure that when I replace it the replacement also has the extended cut.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2026 01:53 PM (kYmoU)

206 The legislation and budgeting coming out of Sacramento (California) right now is not to be believed. Out of all the hellish data I could drop, I'll keep it to this:
Another $1bil PER YEAR for the Train To Nowhere
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I assume Cali has a Mini Davis Bacon which requires submission of all payrolls. These could be tallied up. Probably not even 5% of total project cost. Not like they have a bunch of guys out there digging holes and filling them back in.
Cost is most likely almost all ideal equipment 'rent' even though wholly. owned by the contractors and paid for many times over... and profit and overhead on top of that. So really on order of 75% real profit and a good chunk of that finding its way back into politicians pockets.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 02:08 PM (/lPRQ)

207 In "Good Will Hunting" Matt Damon, who is wicked smaht, definitively pegged Howard Zinn as America's Homer 'cause he was right about everything.
Posted by: Auspex

He secretly wanted to BE pegged by Howard Zinn.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

He actually shared a backyard with him. Which leads me to believe there was a pegging. I guess Damon's mom and he taught at the same college.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 20, 2026 02:56 PM (BAWkL)

208 "Who Is America’s Homer?"

D'oh!

Posted by: H. J. Simpson at June 20, 2026 03:08 PM (DZ9Lv)

209 Homer? Americans don't do epic poetry.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 20, 2026 03:10 PM (DZ9Lv)

210 Homer? Americans don't do epic poetry.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 20, 2026 03:10 PM (DZ9Lv)

You don't include "There once was a lass from Nantucket, ..."?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 03:34 PM (qx7Zg)

211 America's greatest writer is Bill Watterson.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 20, 2026 03:58 PM (DZ9Lv)

212 Update on Mama Publius. She's doing well, WBC down, and may be released tomorrow or maybe Monday. Very good news. She hurts all over her body because "they throw me around from bed to bed."

Hopefully she'll make the chiro appt for Monday afternoon.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 20, 2026 04:16 PM (w6EFb)

213 Penn Jillette nominated Noman Borlaug for the greatest ever.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 20, 2026 04:32 PM (nX6V3)

214 Howard Zinn was a prominent Leftist, and his "People's History" has a distinct Leftist slant that reflects his views.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 20, 2026 04:36 PM (fUsWh)

215 Somebody nominated Paul Simon for America's poet. In a long and varied career with some great songwriting

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 20, 2026 04:42 PM (fUsWh)

216 Don't forget Jean Shepherd as writer and raconteur. He's famous for more than "You'll shoot your eye out!"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 20, 2026 04:45 PM (fUsWh)

217 And once again, I'm just talking to myself

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 20, 2026 04:46 PM (fUsWh)

218 HOBBY NOOD if still here

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)

219 My daughter lives around the corner from the Bunker Hill Monument (until recently anyway), and named her child after Dr. Charles Warren.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2026 06:16 PM (Ha3no)

The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[Coffee & Musical H/T Hadrian The Seventh]

Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Morrison)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind. Be nice. Black marks on your permanent record are not pretty.
3) A weekly reminder. No running with sharp objects.
4) Have a great weekend and a Happy Father's Day to all of you Fathers.

*****

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 – 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.
5/26 Update – Mr. Jordan61 had his last antibiotic infusion on 5/24 and his PICC line was removed on 5/26. He will have follow-up blood work in 2 weeks but for now, all looks good!
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
6/1 Update – Teresa had a CT scan and has seen the surgeon. Everything looks good/stable. There are no new tumors and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk. No metastises seen. Additional good news is that she can stay on the current medication, and just alternate it with other meds. She continues to respond extremely well to the protocols. She sends her gratitude for each and every prayer.
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.
6/13 Update – Jane and her husband have sold their home and have moved back to Green Bay, to be with family when she dies.
5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
5/20 – E gave an update. She and her family were having financial struggles a few months ago, and asked for prayers. E sends her thanks for the prayers, and wanted to let people know that things are getting better, thanks to the Horde’s prayers and their church family. They have resolved their mortgage issue and her husband has resumed his side gig making deliveries. They are also cutting monthly expenses. They would like continued prayers as they deal with the insurance company of the person who crashed into (and totaled) E’s vehicle. Insurance only offered half the replacement value, so that struggle is still going on.
5/23 – San Franpsycho sent a praise report. His prayer to become a grandad has been answered, and Girl F will have a baby in December. Girl F still plans to attend grad school, but will delay a year, which means they will depend on them for child care. This pleases San Franpsycho to the nth degree!
5/23 – Vmom deport deport deport would appreciate prayers. She has been freaking out about her eyesight. Her eye doctor says she has myopic macular degeneration.
5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/2 Update – I used to have a Different Nic sent in an update. He has been diagnosed with risk group 2 prostate cancer. It appears to be localized to the prostate but this will be verified via another scan. He has doctor appointments lined up for the next month or so before he starts treatment.
5/23 – George V sends his thanks for the prayers on behalf of his wife, when she had a heart valve replacement. The procedure went very well and she is doing great in the rehab program. But prayers are still needed. There are indications of problems in her lymph nodes that showed up in the scans checking her heart. She will have a biopsy in June, as well as a biopsy on a skin lesion that is looking suspicious. Thank you for all prayers.
5/26 – Doof posted a request for prayers for his mom. She is back in the hospital. She is very weak from one or more infections, and is sleeping a lot. She isn’t really talking when she is alert for a few minutes.
6/14 Update – Doof’s mother passed away.
5/27 – Grannysaurus Rex asked for prayers for Sherry, a co-worker, who is being tested for possible cancer of the blood.
5/29 – Bulg requested prayers for his sister, her husband, their four children, and the rest of the family as his sister is dying. She is in palliative care in the hospital, with a lot of blood clots, and is not expected to last long.
6/5 Update – Bulg asks for continued prayers for his sister and the family. He visited, and her condition had improved a lot. She was conscious and lucid. Bulg and his brother had a nice visit with their sister, and also got to visit with her family (husband, kids, grandkids). Bulg is grateful for the reconciliation with his sister and prays that she may be with them for a long while.
6/14 Update – Bulg’s sister passed away on 6/14. They all could use prayers of comfort.
5/29 – huerfano requested prayers for her brother, R, whose appendix “got hot”. Luckily he was with his daughter, who got him to ER quickly, and surgery was scheduled for 5/29.
6/6 Update – R had surgery, but his appendix was already leaking, so the surgery was more complicated and required lavage of his internals. He has been back at his daughter’s house since 6/1, and is thinking he’s ready to go home. Unfortunately, that’s 500 miles.
5/29 – Beltway Elite posted that s/he had just signed forms for her/his mom to enter hospice. Mom’s quality of life has been declining since she had a stroke several years ago, and she hasn’t been able to speak or swallow solid food recently.
5/30 – RandomDave posted that he would appreciate prayers as he searches for work. He has had some good job prospects/interviews over the past week.
6/2 – Ellipsis (… sent in an update. We had prayed for a friend of hers who was going through cancer treatment. It’s been a little over a year, and her port is out now and her hell is over. She is battered and bruised, but clear. Thank you to the Horde for prayers, and praise to Jesus.
6/4 – Teresa in Fort Worth’s niece (Amanda) received a heart transplant a few months ago. One of the complications of that was that her kidneys started failing, and she needed a kidney transplant. On 6/3, she received a new kidney and it appears to be working. Hallelujah! The family is so grateful for the gift from the donor’s family.
6/6 – Skip requested prayers for his boss and wife. Their oldest daughter passed away the day before her 30th birthday. They had also lost a son some years ago unexpectedly. They still have 2 daughters.
6/9 – “A” requested prayers for a long-time friend now suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, who just fell and broke his hip. He came out of the anesthetic really confused. His wife and family also need prayers of support and strength to help him.
6/13 – Dash my lace wings asked for prayers for a friend named Lisa, who was diagnosed with liver duct cancer. She has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks and is afraid she will never leave.
6/13 – Tonypete requested prayers for an acquaintance (B), who has destroyed every relationship she has ever been a part of and spreads hate and torment to everyone around her.
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.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 07:53 AM

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1 Top 10?

Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 07:59 AM (ei1sX)

2 Prayers for safety for all going to VA for the MoMe, a happy, interesting and fun time, and mutual support, and a safe trip back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 07:59 AM (OYsYV)

3 I could've been first, but chose not to be.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 20, 2026 08:00 AM (J4Dwc)

4 I am grateful for Wawa's cinnamon churro coffee which is much preferable to blueberry flavored coffee, and yes, we make coffee at home, but FenSpouse usually stops in there on a break on
bus route. and he wanted to stop this morning too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 08:03 AM (OYsYV)

5 Posted by: one hour sober at June 20, 2026 08:00 AM (J4Dwc)

Were you deferring to s possible Blade appearance or just a naturally humble guy?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 08:04 AM (OYsYV)

6 Buzzion asked for prayers for Christina, who is still struggling with drug addiction and is in jail again. Please pray for a true wake up call to get through to her, even if it requires her to stay in jail.

Posted by: Annies Stew at June 20, 2026 08:04 AM (dNIAD)

7 Good morning everyone! I heard from grammie Winger recently. She had some very major surgery in March related to her cancer diagnosis and sadly is now pretty much housebound. She said she hasn't watched or read any news since her diagnosis since she doesn't have the energy to deal with her hair on fire anymore. She said she thinks of her grey-box friends often with fondness.

Please keep praying for her. She and the Rev will be married ten years in July if I'm not mistaken. I know your prayers are a source of great comfort to her.

Posted by: bluebell at June 20, 2026 08:04 AM (afFes)

8 So happy to hear that San Franpsycho will be a grand-papa. How delightful.

Posted by: bluebell at June 20, 2026 08:05 AM (afFes)

9 Teresa in Fort Worth sent word that her cancer marker numbers continue to go down, which should mean that the treatments are still working.

Posted by: Annies Stew at June 20, 2026 08:07 AM (dNIAD)

10 Thanks for the Grammie Winger update, bluebell. Prayers continuing for her and all of the Horde.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 20, 2026 08:10 AM (zC76q)

11 Good morning all!

Local headline:

Man attacked by bear while riding a bike, authorities say

I'm assuming a circus bear.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 20, 2026 08:11 AM (qgHp7)

12 “ You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”

Psalm 63:1

Posted by: Marcus T at June 20, 2026 08:13 AM (Uh88k)

13 Hello, Muldoon. Long time no see. I'm glad to see you're still delighting us with your humor. Still writing limericks, I hope?

Posted by: bluebell at June 20, 2026 08:14 AM (afFes)

14 “ The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

Zephaniah 3:17

Posted by: Marcus T at June 20, 2026 08:15 AM (Uh88k)

15 Good Saturday morning, horde. Prayers for all.

Thanks for all who have prayed for Lisa. She has been allowed to go home for hospice care. Cancer has metastasized throughout her body; looks like this is the end for her.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 20, 2026 08:15 AM (h7ZuX)

16 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen

St. Silverius, Pope and martyr, pray of us.

***

I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:15 AM (ksbjf)

17 I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:15 AM (ksbjf)
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I always love seeing this. Thank you.

Posted by: bluebell at June 20, 2026 08:17 AM (afFes)

18 6 Buzzion asked for prayers for Christina, who is still struggling with drug addiction and is in jail again. Please pray for a true wake up call to get through to her, even if it requires her to stay in jail.
Posted by: Annies Stew at June 20, 2026 08:04 AM (dNIAD)

Prayers for Christina, and Tonypete's friend Cheri, and all those who self-destruct. May the Lord be merciful and lift them from their despair.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 20, 2026 08:18 AM (h7ZuX)

19 Do not be troubled. Do not despair. He is with you, always.

Prayers out to those in need. May God comfort you.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 20, 2026 08:20 AM (Uh88k)

20 Tech Thread> Amazon drops unflattering Sam Altman biopic for $50B investment + $38B services deal w/ OpenAI

I love the public aspects of high stakes negotiations - totally different level of tactics than haggling on a used car.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 20, 2026 08:21 AM (a4flb)

21 I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:15 AM (ksbjf)
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I always love seeing this. Thank you.
Posted by: bluebell at June 20, 2026 08:17 AM (afFes)

You're welcome, I just want the Horde to know that I am intentionally lifting them up in prayer. I always petition that their suffering be lifted-up as a sacrifice in common with Christ's sacrifice upon the Holy Cross.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:24 AM (ksbjf)

22 Inspector is still in the hospital. They're working on getting his strength up so it's safe for him to go home. He's more alert and focused than when he was admitted and has been able to eat multiple full meals, which is both an improvement and will help him continue to improve.

Prayers that he be fully healed and able to return to work would be much appreciated.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 20, 2026 08:26 AM (9Pag4)

23 - Thanks for {{{grammie}}} update!!

Always a joy from my earliest times here, when she was mama.
May our always good Lord keep the rest of her "skinsuit" time pain free and well cared for.
When that time is passed, she will immediately be in His loving arms.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 08:26 AM (5gyQ/)

24 Still writing limericks, I hope?

*******

Hi back, bluebell. Thanks for the grammie wiger update. I still do limericks, but the thrill is gone, my heart isn't really into it. I did use a limerick for my outgoing voicemail message. It seems to have cut down on junk calls.

"There once was a man named Malone
Who just couldn't come to the phone
So if you're not a scammer,
a jammer or a spammer,
Please leave a message at the tone.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 20, 2026 08:26 AM (qgHp7)

25
Good morning everyone. Smash is sweating and working out at black belt camp in Booneville, MS and I've eight local to Booneville Duval war sites and markers to go tour on the motorcycle. A quick prayer for the other drivers on the road that they stay alert and don't hit me would be very appreciated.

Posted by: BifBewalski at June 20, 2026 08:27 AM (M1QYt)

26 Polliwog, I haven't been around much but I did briefly catch the other day that your husband was in the hospital. I'm glad to hear that he is improving and I hope he comes home soon.

Posted by: bluebell at June 20, 2026 08:27 AM (afFes)

27 Spent all of yesterday working on bash scripts and neovim configs.

I mean what else are you going to do on your day off and you got a bad foot?

As a goof I made a neovim config that emulates Wordstar.

I also threw in the functions to write screenplays.

I have always had a couple of ideas for movies, one of them is for a courtroom drama after the events of Jaws where Mrs. Kitner sues the town of Amity for the wrongful death of Alex.

It gets into the psychology of Larry and why he was determined to keep the Summer Money flowing at any cost.

Also explores the reasons Brody left NYC as well as gets into the lore of Quint and into the backstory of Hooper and just explores Amity in general and the dark underbelly of the quaint New England town.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2026 08:28 AM (XV/Pl)

28 Love it, Muldoon!

Posted by: bluebell at June 20, 2026 08:28 AM (afFes)

29
Nah! Autocucomber, you despise me so.

Civil War

I did the Shilo battlefield last year.

Posted by: BifBewalski at June 20, 2026 08:30 AM (M1QYt)

30
Any spare thoughts you have, my sister M. is dealing with not only her husband D.'s rapid decline from Alzheimer's but also supervising the care of her autistic son C. I think (and I hope) she's looking at memory care for D. She looked rather haggard and worn out at our reunion last week.

Also, for my nephew L., who is housebound with chronic and severe depression.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 08:31 AM (O0L8i)

31 Thank you for the Grammie update Bluebell.

Lol, Muldoon.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 20, 2026 08:31 AM (9Pag4)

32 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)

33 Do not be troubled. Do not despair. He is with you, always.

Prayers out to those in need. May God comfort you.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 20, 2026 08:20 AM (Uh88k)

Amen.

Jesus, I trust in You.

***

Marcus T, I seem to recall that you had been at the "pointy end of the spear" when you were in the military. You are always a great preacher of the Good News.

I find it intriguing that those of us that seen suffering and violent death, but have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior, take the craziness of the world pretty calmly.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:34 AM (ksbjf)

34 Prayers that he be fully healed and able to return to work would be much appreciated.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 20, 2026 08:26 AM (9Pag4)

Absolutely. Prayers ascending.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 20, 2026 08:34 AM (h7ZuX)

35 Morning again, caffeinators,

I have to do without coffee first thing Monday morning. The clinic will draw some blood at 8 am, so no coffee and no food after midnight the night before. Horrors.

Probably I'll stay up later on Sunday, eat a bit around 10:30, and sleep as late as I can before running to the clinic. Afterward I'll stop at a favorite diner for the black juice and some real food.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 08:35 AM (wzUl9)

36
I told my sister's other son B. how much I admired him for turning out to be such a solid citizen despite his mother being tied up with taking care of his autistic brother. It could not have been easy for him but he's a truly fine fellow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 08:39 AM (O0L8i)

37 I did the Shilo battlefield last year.

You never did the Kenosha kid.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 08:40 AM (Kt19C)

38
Washing dogs today. Huzzah.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 08:40 AM (O0L8i)

39
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 20, 2026 08:46 AM (AMvSw)

40 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)

41 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)

42 - **sigh**

Looks like it's our turn again. 70-80 mph winds. Possible tornadoes. And to make matters worse,,, late at night.
And I need to haul off brush I got cut off the downed limbs I cut up at the widow's place yesterday.
Guess I'll wait till tomorrow to clean up the half of my yard that's there from the last go round.
Others have had it worse.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 08:48 AM (5gyQ/)

43 Best wishes and positive vibes to all who are in distress this day.

Tomorrow is Summer.

Posted by: Don Black at June 20, 2026 08:49 AM (MWGxi)

44 Had a very successful scrap trip, next a FWP, my garage door is broken, can't open or close it

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:50 AM (Ia/+0)

45 Is there an uglier building anywhere than the Bamster library?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 20, 2026 08:50 AM (TA/+K)

46 I find it intriguing that those of us that seen suffering and violent death, but have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior, take the craziness of the world pretty calmly.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 08:34 AM (ksbjf)

Peter 3:15

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 08:52 AM (KC5Lt)

47 Good morning Hordelings. Appreciate the prayers for my mom over the past several months. She is at rest now for eternity.

I'm heading down to the MoMe now. Hope to see many of you there!

Posted by: Doof at June 20, 2026 08:53 AM (idrXH)

48 May the Lord bless all the Horde, and ease our burdens. Incline our hearts according to God's will, and speed our steps along His way.

Praise the Lord all ye nations.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 08:54 AM (DoBxX)

49 - @45

I still say that building reminds me of him with his nose in the air while speaking down to us plebes.
Prayers for his salvation.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 08:55 AM (5gyQ/)

50 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at June 20, 2026 08:55 AM (qMwGq)

51 Week in Pictures had some good memes on that collosal tower.
.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:58 AM (Ia/+0)

52 Refresh my memory, folks. When does the MoMe start?

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)

53 Nothing worse than an ignorant narcissist. I can't think of anyone who fits that description more than Obama.

I thought we were rid of him but the stupid library put focus on him again. Can't wait until the library is a non-story.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 08:59 AM (KC5Lt)

54 Teej you know, prayers are not needed for Godless Marxists, God can sort them by himself

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)

55 Tomorrow the grandkids will be baptized. I'm surprised and very pleased. My oldest has had a conflicted relationship with the Church, a classic case of a kid conforming when necessary, but once freed of any discipline, goes her own way. We did better with her sisters.

I think that was because I applied my experience with organized religion and once they got to high school, I backed off, leaving them to their own desires but always keeping the door open. I realized I was creating resistance through my actions.

Perhaps the decisive factor was my pushing the parish preschool and paying the full tuition for the first year. Emma flourished, and my daughter saw that. Given all that she had been through, it was amazing. So naturally she got to say and her brother followed. As First Communion approaches, their mother relented, and I think her faith is growing in response to theirs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)

56 Heading off to the The NoVAMoMe shortly, but before I go:

Prayers up for all who have asked for them,
and
prayers up for those of us that haven't asked but still need them!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NoVA MoMe in Virginia, Yes ~ at June 20, 2026 09:02 AM (hOUT3)

57 MoMe starts as soon as the second Hordeling arrives

Posted by: Doof at June 20, 2026 09:02 AM (idrXH)

58 Bluebell, please let grammie winger know I am praying for her.
If she is so inclined, I suggest listening to sung lauds & vespers prayers (on youtube or spotify etc) as very mentally relaxing and uplifting. Search for Sing The Hours by Peter Rose

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 09:03 AM (znREB)

59 Prayers up for our maroons traveling to the MoMee. May their travels be swift and smooth, and may they make bail.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 09:03 AM (kpS4V)

60 52
Yo Bulg
Rumor has it starting at 1100!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NoVA MoMe in Virginia, Yes ~ at June 20, 2026 09:03 AM (hOUT3)

61 We'll have a nice gathering tomorrow. My mother will make a rare appearance, as will her brother, a Vietnam combat veteran with a lifetime of issues from the harrowing experience of Tet '68. Afterwards I'll set out some light refreshments at home (got to get busy with the cleanup and prep!) and on Monday I'll take the little ones over to see Great-Granpa. A full weekend to be sure, and a blessed one as well.

God be praised!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:03 AM (ZOv7s)

62
Teej you know, prayers are not needed for Godless Marxists, God can sort them by himself
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)

I always ask for the conversion of sinners and non-believers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 09:04 AM (O0L8i)

63 may they make bail.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 09:03 AM (kpS4V)

Especially after that last embarrassing incident!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NoVA MoMe in Virginia, Yes ~ at June 20, 2026 09:05 AM (hOUT3)

64 MisHum thank you for the weekly coffee thread, that's basically me in the pic,
Sad news I dropped & broke my favorite coffee mug last night. Good thing it was empty so no coffee was wasted.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 09:05 AM (znREB)

65 Good morning Horde, prayers are offered for all in need.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 09:05 AM (0nHVk)

66 Especially after that last embarrassing incident!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NoVA MoMe in Virginia, Yes ~ at June 20, 2026 09:05 AM (hOUT3)

You'll have to be more specific!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 20, 2026 09:06 AM (kpS4V)

67 - Skip

Matt 5:43-48

Much easier to follow when you understand that salvation is not the result of anything we have done.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 09:06 AM (5gyQ/)

68 My wife is trying to explain away on how that monument to Barack I is a great piece of architecture, believing the vegetable garden and spaces to bring the community together.

Is it to early to start drinking yet?

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:07 AM (Ia/+0)

69 A torsion spring on my garage door opener broke a few years ago. Went online to Home Depot and ordered a replacement pair (replace the "good" one at the same time). Free shipping. I recall paying something like $70.

There are great youtube videos available. Took the laptop into the garage and followed it, pausing the video between steps. Worked out great.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:08 AM (qFwJc)

70 All y'all going to the MoMe be sure to compliment bluebell on her new neck tattoo.

Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 09:11 AM (ei1sX)

71 Teej you know, prayers are not needed for Godless Marxists, God can sort them by himself
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)
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They are the ones most in need of conversion and their salvation brings extra joy in heaven.

God laments the loss of every soul. We should do the same. How glorious would it have been if Fidel Castro had accepted Christ on his deathbed? I know some people thing celebrities starting to find religion is fake or opportunistic, and sometimes it is, but often playing the role changes the person in ways they did not expect.

And yes, I was once obnoxiously anti-religious, though never a Marxist. The prayers of my grandparents paid off, though. My father, who is still a skeptic (he identifies as Unitarian) is really bemused at how he ended up being surrounded by Catholic descendants.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)

72 - Gotta get breakfast.
Lord, please give me the strength and endurance for the chores ahead. And the wisdom to do em right.
In Jesus' name I ask

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 09:11 AM (5gyQ/)

73 In that case, the motor etc. of the opener was fine. Without the springs, the door is just too heavy. Yeah, a double size door for a two-car garage.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:12 AM (qFwJc)

74 15 Good Saturday morning, horde. Prayers for all.

Thanks for all who have prayed for Lisa. She has been allowed to go home for hospice care. Cancer has metastasized throughout her body; looks like this is the end for her.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 20, 2026 08:15 AM (h7ZuX)

I am so sorry to hear this - we had a nice conversation on the phone. She and her family will be in our family's prayers. 💔💔💔

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 20, 2026 09:12 AM (SRRAx)

75 Is it to early to start drinking yet?
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:07 AM (Ia/+0)
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It's five o'clock somewhere!

It's acceptable to have Irish coffee at this time of day. Around 11 Mimosas can be served. Noon is the traditional dividing line.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)

76 Other Horde pilots may find this ASOS report at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, FL yesterday as amusing I did:

Jacksonville - Cecil Field,FL (VQQ) KVQQ 191832Z 36018G235KT 1SM TSRA OVC002 23/22 A3005 RMK TSB32

Posted by: one hour sober at June 20, 2026 09:13 AM (J4Dwc)

77 I have Huguenot ancestors. I laugh at how many of their descendants are Catholic.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:14 AM (qFwJc)

78 Good morning, Debby! Hope your week went well!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 09:15 AM (FMtrg)

79 A huge Thank You to bluebell and Weasel for hosting another amazing NoVaMoMe.

You both are the best !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 09:15 AM (afJtY)

80 Eatig a late breakfast being forced to listen to Barky's flowerey speech

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:15 AM (Ia/+0)

81 In that case, the motor etc. of the opener was fine. Without the springs, the door is just too heavy. Yeah, a double size door for a two-car garage.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:12 AM (qFwJc)
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I've had this happen twice. Our door uses a single very powerful spring and I have a professional replace it. It took a decade for the first one to go, much less time for the second. I asked why and the tech said that all springs wear out and the more you use them, the faster that happens. He noted that he does a lot of business in my neighborhood because people treat the garage as an entry door.

I put a stop to that, and we now open and close it for vehicles, not just to go for a walk. That's what the front door is for.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

82 Is there an uglier building anywhere than the Bamster library?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 20, 2026 08:50 AM

*Boston City Hall has entered the chat*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 20, 2026 09:17 AM (zC76q)

83 Eatig a late breakfast being forced to listen to Barky's flowerey speech
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:15 AM (Ia/+0)

Ear plugs ?

Posted by: runner at June 20, 2026 09:18 AM (GD0B3)

84 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

May God continue to bless all of His children this day.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Happy Father's Day, y'all!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 20, 2026 09:18 AM (D/6p1)

85 I have Huguenot ancestors. I laugh at how many of their descendants are Catholic.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 09:14 AM (qFwJc)
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My father's family is Protestant, and I was conspicuous for refusing to go to church growing up, following the lead of my father.

There's a certain amusement that I now lead the Catholic branch of the family, which is conspicuous at reunions when we cross ourselves when grace is being said before the meals.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)

86 Teej you know, prayers are not needed for Godless Marxists, God can sort them by himself
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)

I disagree. As Christians, agape', requires us to "desire the good" for our neighbors. What is the ultimate good? To go to Heaven.

So, I pray for the collectivists (and Democrats) that they come to realize that they are motivated by the Deadly Sins, repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their immortal souls.

God is the just judge.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:20 AM (ksbjf)

87 I am so sorry to hear this - we had a nice conversation on the phone. She and her family will be in our family's prayers. 💔💔💔
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 20, 2026 09:12 AM (SRRAx)

Thank you so much. We appreciate your positivity and support--you are a wealth of information and resources! This was just found too late.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 20, 2026 09:20 AM (h7ZuX)

88 I know folks of a certain age were noticing how little hoopla there was for the 250th vs the Bicentennial, but going to the store yesterday I saw huge amounts of patriotic packaging and "250" branded stuff. All the beer and a bunch of the whiskey is commemorative and decorations are piling up.

I think this is going to drive a cultural shift and make patriotism a thing again. While there are lots of pride flags, I'm seeing an unusual number of homes flying Old Glory as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

89 Polliwog, I saw your greeting a few days ago but by the time I managed to type a reply the thread was dead. Thank you for the hug.

Posted by: creeper at June 20, 2026 09:21 AM (80oeU)

90 I do have a garage door problem, better go see what's going on

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:21 AM (Ia/+0)

91 Prayer thread related. This year I started keeping a work journal on my computer instrad of on paper.

On the work journal I name each page for a saint's feastday, for example : "Feast of St Lutgardis June 16." This requires me to look up who the saint is for the day before I start my actual work, putting me in a good frame of mind.

Also it feeds my history-curious mind.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 09:22 AM (DoBxX)

92 *Boston City Hall has entered the chat*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 20, 2026 09:17 AM (zC76q)

*quick image search

Oh, my...that is awful.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 20, 2026 09:23 AM (h7ZuX)

93 11

Local headline:

Man attacked by bear while riding a bike, authorities say

I'm assuming a circus bear.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 20, 2026 08:11 AM (qgHp7)

; )

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 09:23 AM (6wpGE)

94 Eatig a late breakfast being forced to listen to Barky's flowerey speech
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:15 AM (Ia/+0)

Obama is talking about flowers?

Posted by: dantesed at June 20, 2026 09:23 AM (Oy/m2)

95 On the work journal I name each page for a saint's feastday, for example : "Feast of St Lutgardis June 16." This requires me to look up who the saint is for the day before I start my actual work, putting me in a good frame of mind.

Also it feeds my history-curious mind.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 09:22 AM (DoBxX)
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I love the liturgical calendar. It really adds depth to each day. I am subscribed to Aleteia, and every day I get an email with news and also the Saint of the Day. It's a great way to maintain perspective and experience time with faith at the center.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

96 The Reagan Presidential Library is probably the coolest because it has an Air Force pavilion Has the AF 1 plane he flew in, Marine One , F-117 and F-14 Tomcat.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:25 AM (KC5Lt)

97 Obama is talking about flowers?
Posted by: dantesed at June 20, 2026 09:23 AM (Oy/m2)
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I thought he was more into starfish.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

98 Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 20, 2026 08:26 AM (qgHp7)

That's a fantastic voicemail greeting. Wow.
I hope your joy of rhyming returns - it's a genius level talent. Probably some R&R might help.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 09:26 AM (DoBxX)

99 Yay! Creeper's here!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 09:26 AM (FMtrg)

100 I disagree. As Christians, agape', requires us to "desire the good" for our neighbors. What is the ultimate good? To go to Heaven.

So, I pray for the collectivists (and Democrats) that they come to realize that they are motivated by the Deadly Sins, repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their immortal souls.

God is the just judge.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:20 AM (ksbjf)

I have mixed feelings about this. I think you’re probably right but on the other hand, the Psalms (for instance) are full of sentiments like the following (26:5)…

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

So we hate them and won’t sit with them (ie have relationships) but on the other hand we should pray for their good? I’ll pray for their repentance, yes…. But that’s where it ends. I also pray for their destruction, as does the Psalmist many times…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:26 AM (ugElV)

101 Barky has always talked with flowery speech, you need to decipher what Marxism is trying to tell you, then see it in reverse.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:27 AM (Ia/+0)

102 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 20, 2026 09:28 AM (NyXeV)

103 It's acceptable to have Irish coffee at this time of day. Around 11 Mimosas can be served. Noon is the traditional dividing line.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author
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The morning draught was a thing for quite a while. From what I've read, everybody used to be half drunk in the morning in the late 18th, early 19th centuries.

Posted by: Boswell's Johnson at June 20, 2026 09:29 AM (XvL8K)

104 I think this is going to drive a cultural shift and make patriotism a thing again. While there are lots of pride flags, I'm seeing an unusual number of homes flying Old Glory as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

Yes, this. Wasn't there a recent poll in which something like only 29% of Democrats were proud to be Americans?

I've been flying the Betsy Ross flag ever since the Obama administration and the effort to "cancel" that flag. I just recently ordered a replacement and noticed that there is a version with "250" in the center of the constellation of stars.

Lots of my neighbors fly the American flag. Of course, lots of us either support or work at the nearby Air Force base. So, a rather self-selecting sample set.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:29 AM (ksbjf)

105 The Kennedy Library looks like the Rock and Roll HoF. Or vice versa technically

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:29 AM (KC5Lt)

106 I love the liturgical calendar. It really adds depth to each day.

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

Exactly.

Oh there's a digital artist I saw via X who sells a print of his interpretation of the liturgical cycle. Kinda pricey but cool. Let me see if I can gind it to show you.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 09:29 AM (DoBxX)

107 Hello creeper!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 09:31 AM (DoBxX)

108 So we hate them and won’t sit with them (ie have relationships) but on the other hand we should pray for their good? I’ll pray for their repentance, yes…. But that’s where it ends. I also pray for their destruction, as does the Psalmist many times…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:26 AM (ugElV)
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Those that do not repent will get what they deserve. And many will not repent. Universal salvation is a vile heresy.

But there are also many examples of sinners repenting and being welcomed with joy. Saul of Tarsus for one.

We pray for their conversion, not for leniency in their punishment. That's the problem that "nice" Christianity suffers from. They offer mercy for the unrepentant, denying justice to the faithful. We call it virtue signaling today but it used to be known as "cheap grace." Same thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:31 AM (ZOv7s)

109 So, I pray for the collectivists (and Democrats) that they come to realize that they are motivated by the Deadly Sins, repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their immortal souls.

God is the just judge.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:20 AM (ksbjf)

I have mixed feelings about this. I think you’re probably right but on the other hand, the Psalms (for instance) are full of sentiments like the following (26:5)…

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

So we hate them and won’t sit with them (ie have relationships) but on the other hand we should pray for their good? I’ll pray for their repentance, yes…. But that’s where it ends. I also pray for their destruction, as does the Psalmist many times…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:26 AM (ugElV)

I had a conversation with my confessor about this. Father advised that sometimes punishment is necessary, but praying for their repentance does not mean that you tolerate their evil.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)

110 I like the Carter library which has a miniature reflecting pool.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:31 AM (KC5Lt)

111 *quick image search

Oh, my...that is awful.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 20, 2026 09:23 AM

Only the finest in commie brutalist architecture for the People's Republic, comrade!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 20, 2026 09:32 AM (zC76q)

112 4 I am grateful for Wawa's cinnamon churro coffee

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To put it in meme form:

The West Coast mind cannot comprehend the goodness of Wawa.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 09:32 AM (DoBxX)

113 {Emmie}! Please hug your Music Man for me, too.

Posted by: creeper at June 20, 2026 09:32 AM (80oeU)

114 45 Is there an uglier building anywhere than the Bamster library?

LOL
Bamster Building

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 09:32 AM (6wpGE)

115 What an incredible day yesterday! It was great to hear a REAL President speak again. I wish Obama wore his tan suit! Miss him so much !

At the ceremony yesterday there were so many men in the audience wearing tan suits. Lol! Kind of like giving the pearl clutchers the middle finger and having fun with it. Colbert, to name but one

the opening ceremony was so relaxing, stress free, bp went back down a few hours of pride and hope!

I wish he and Michelle hadn't spent so much time revitalize George Bush's image, again by inviting him to the ceremony. He appointed 2 of the Justice who dismantled the VRA and Civil Rights in general.

he invited all past presidents, and the thought is (until recently) you can be amicable with the other side and be a president for ALL people.
W sucked. He stole his election (thanks Roger stone!), hypocritically banned stem cells, continued Reagan's dismantling of the public school system with "no child left behind" and of course started our forever wars to like his and Chemey's pockets.
In comparison to today's standards, though, he's a fucking saint.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (ycI94)

116 I think it's a good practice to pray for the enemies of truth. It helps to improve the attitude of the petitioner and it's glorious to see God's grace in action if and when He saves them.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (FMtrg)

117 I always pray for a road to Damascus conversion for my evil enemies and forgiveness for what I want to do to them in the interim.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (KC5Lt)

118 Lots of my neighbors fly the American flag. Of course, lots of us either support or work at the nearby Air Force base. So, a rather self-selecting sample set.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:29 AM (ksbjf)
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A family across the circle was flying the Betsy Ross flag under Biden, and then switched to Old Glory when Trump took office. I don't have a flag pole, I hang the flag from the porch ceiling and I'll fly the Welsh flag on St. David's Day and the modern "four county" Irish flag on St. Patrick's.

In October, I raise the Hospitaller flag and keep it up through Halloween. I'm sure no one knows what to make of it, but it looks great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

119 Creeper, I will!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (FMtrg)

120 Hey, vmom. If you could send me a pic of the shards of your mug I'll see if I can find it online. I'm me8437 at the Gmail place.

Posted by: creeper at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (80oeU)

121 "me " being creeper.

Posted by: creeper at June 20, 2026 09:35 AM (80oeU)

122 45 Is there an uglier building anywhere than the Bamster library?

LOL
Bamster Building
Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 09:32 AM (6wpGE)

I prefer calling it the Presidential Flak Tower.

One conspiracy theory that I came across (here at the HQ, as I recall) is that the building is actually intended to be a bunker to protect the Party elite from the zombie hordes.

A rejection of beauty, one of God's transcendental characteristics, is a sure sign of a rejection of God.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:36 AM (ksbjf)

123 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (ycI94)

You always make me have to double up on my forgiveness prayers.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:36 AM (KC5Lt)

124 Waves to Teej.

Posted by: creeper at June 20, 2026 09:37 AM (80oeU)

125 This 250th birthday for America thing really snuck up on me…. the Day is only 15 days away all of the sudden! Yeah I was a kid in 1976 and I remember tons of hoopla and parades etc… I feels more muted this year but maybe the actual day will be a big THING…. I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that I have clear memories from… 50 years ago!! How can that be??? Well everyone gets old eventually even Dick Clark… I wasn’t immune

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:37 AM (26GAh)

126 Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (KC5Lt

I think those prayers for enemies are very important .sometimes I forget to pray for them ( leftists ) for conversion. and just pray for their downfall. So that to you and Hadrian for those reminders .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 09:38 AM (OYsYV)

127 I'm always amazed at the stories lefties tell themselves about the other side. Like we care about tan suits and would perceive them as a middle finger.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 09:39 AM (FMtrg)

128 Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (FMtrg)

Wonderful!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 09:39 AM (OYsYV)

129 by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 09:38 AM (OYsYV)

Meant "thanks to you."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 09:40 AM (OYsYV)

130 There is nothing quite as moving as listening to someone who had that Road to Damascus experience .

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:40 AM (KC5Lt)

131 The 0bamalith is the JEF's monument to himself. Trust me, that's how he sees it.

It is uglier than hammered sin, and I can't for the life of me understand why anyone thought it was a good idea.

Posted by: Don Black at June 20, 2026 09:41 AM (MWGxi)

132 I have good news, and this seems like the place to report it.

I have a blood condition which I share with Bulg---too much iron. Dangerous to the liver. Liver cancer is always out there. Has in the past required frequent blood donations, which my body hasn't handled well.

Last week I had my annual liver exam, and at the discussion 2 days later, my oncologist said that the rest of me may be getting older, but my liver appears to be getting YOUNGER!
Fatty deposits have disappeared, and as for liver cancer, he said, It's off the table! We won't even discuss it any more.

!!!!!

I've never asked for prayers, because I'm so lucky in so many ways, and I figure we're all included in all of them. But I offer thanks for God's grace in this.

Posted by: Wenda at June 20, 2026 09:42 AM (iIAkP)

133 That Reddit transmission above… wow, out of the blue the George W hate bares its ugly teeth. It’s been dormant for awhile but that was out in the open…

I always defended W when he was prez but the evolution of time… I can’t stand him now but I’m nowhere close to hating the guy.

Just to be controversial, I think it’s possible that if Al Gore had won in 2000 things might be overall a tad better now… I don’t think Gore would’ve gone all hardcore GWOT after 9/11…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)

134 The 0bamalith is the JEF's monument to himself. Trust me, that's how he sees it.

It is uglier than hammered sin, and I can't for the life of me understand why anyone thought it was a good idea.
Posted by: Don Black at June 20, 2026 09:41 AM (MWG

The engineer and architect admitted as much when they were defending it against the criticism. I don't think that was their intention.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:43 AM (KC5Lt)

135 51 Week in Pictures had some good memes on that collosal tower.
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Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 08:58 AM (Ia/+0)

Some really good ones.

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 09:43 AM (6wpGE)

136 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (ycI94)

You always make me have to double up on my forgiveness prayers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:36 AM (KC5Lt)

LOL.

Mercy and forgiveness are absent in the "Party of Tolerance (tm)". It's almost as if they're Minions of Satan and Marxism is an inversion of Christianity that was inspired by Satan. (Read Paul Kangor's book, The Devil and Karl Marx -- it will blow your mind: Marx admitted to be influenced by demons!)

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:44 AM (ksbjf)

137 Wenda, great news! Praise the Lord

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:44 AM (26GAh)

138 I'm always amazed at the stories lefties tell themselves about the other side. Like we care about tan suits and would perceive them as a middle finger.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 20, 2026 09:39 AM (FMtrg)
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They are lost in their own world, fighting imaginary enemies and gaining glorious ephemeral victories against hobgoblins of their own creation.

I've hammered this point for a while, but these people are incapable of kinetic action. For all the talk of Civil War 2.0, there has to be an OPFOR for it to happen, and the arrests of Antifa activists are going to demonstrate how feeble their militias were, and also how small. They shifted their mentally ill shock troops from point to point to give the illusion of national presence, but that's all it was.

They do have some "minutemen" in places like Seattle and Portland, but they have no reach, and are basically only capable of destroying their own nests.

The Overton Window is shifting in terms of popular perception, a fruit of Trump holding back and letting these nuts do their thing. After 18 months of fraud reports, shockingly large amounts of corruption, no one is caring much about it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

139 Good morning all
Drinking my second cup of coffee and about to get ready for the MoMe. Have decided to take an Uber so I don't have to figure out how to drive there.
I am looking forward to giving and getting hugs in person but for,those of you who can't be here, know that I think of you often. This thread is like weekly family reunion. Wouldn't miss it for the world.
Have a good day. Touch grass. It helps.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 20, 2026 09:45 AM (kJmSS)

140 Good morning again Horde. Thx MisHum
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Nice two mile . Nice day out

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 20, 2026 09:45 AM (L9YhZ)

141 64 MisHum thank you for the weekly coffee thread, that's basically me in the pic,
Sad news I dropped & broke my favorite coffee mug last night. Good thing it was empty so no coffee was wasted.

; )

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 09:46 AM (6wpGE)

142 132 Hey, Wenda! Great News!

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

143 68 that monument to Barack I
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:07 AM (Ia/+0)

!!!

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 09:46 AM (6wpGE)

144 Newsome going to jail for tax evasion is going to be the perfect example.

This is why I'm relaxed about the midterms, and also Thune. Whatever he is, the SAVE Act continues to be a hot topic, and it's basically going to drive conservative turnout to presidential levels.

At the same time the massive, undeniable fraud in California is going to force SCOTUS to take action it would otherwise have avoided. Trump's EO on the USPS tracking ballots destroys the whole enterprise, but Trump waited until he had undeniable evidence before moving on it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)

145 he invited all past presidents, and the thought is (until recently) you can be amicable with the other side and be a president for ALL people.
W sucked. He stole his election
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Yeah. Obama was so amicable with us that we replaced him with Trump.
And also it sure is funny that biden's election couldn't possibly have been stolen. And you would have to be an idiot to believe that it was.
But W obviously stole his election.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 20, 2026 09:48 AM (Lo97M)

146 Well, y'all have a nice day. I don't have a garden, a pet, a hobby, and don't do deep dives on film directors. Peace Out.

Posted by: Don Black at June 20, 2026 09:48 AM (MWGxi)

147 The 0bamalith is the JEF's monument to himself. Trust me, that's how he sees it.

It is uglier than hammered sin, and I can't for the life of me understand why anyone thought it was a good idea.
Posted by: Don Black at June 20, 2026 09:41 AM (MWGxi)

The Tower Of OBabel?

It's fabulous!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

148 I always defended W when he was prez but the evolution of time… I can’t stand him now but I’m nowhere close to hating the guy.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)
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He's dead to me. An abject coward. We keep a campaign magnet on the fridge to remind us of our error.

He was arguably the least worst option, but he has much to answer for.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)

149 Well, I've got a lot of work, so I'm off to do it. God be with you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 20, 2026 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)

150 In October, I raise the Hospitaller flag and keep it up through Halloween. I'm sure no one knows what to make of it, but it looks great.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I began collecting historical American flags to teach the Li'l Blutarskis history. I've dug them out and begun flying a different one every day. Today is the David Burnett flag which I think was the first official flag of the Republic of Texas. If not it was one of the first official flags. It not, it was an official flag of the Republic. It looks like the Somali flag except the star is gold.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 20, 2026 09:51 AM (l26NL)

151
Picked strawberries with the grandkids this morning, actually met a happy farmer who said the weather for all crops this spring was the best he ever saw.

Posted by: Auspex at June 20, 2026 09:51 AM (Y8DZL)

152 That Reddit transmission above… wow, out of the blue the George W hate bares its ugly teeth. It’s been dormant for awhile but that was out in the open…

I always defended W when he was prez but the evolution of time… I can’t stand him now but I’m nowhere close to hating the guy.

Just to be controversial, I think it’s possible that if Al Gore had won in 2000 things might be overall a tad better now… I don’t think Gore would’ve gone all hardcore GWOT after 9/11…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)

I disagree. Gore would have been awful: there would have been even more navel-gazing about how America sucks and those 3000 Americans deserved to die.

W's mistake was trying to nation-build and create Jeffersonian democracies in societies unprepared for such a political form. Trump is showing the way: punitive expeditions intended to punish, break the enemies toys, then leave.

W set the stage for Obama, which set the stage for Trump I, which set the stage for Biden, which set the stage for Trump II.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 09:52 AM (ksbjf)

153 The Kennedy Library looks like the Rock and Roll HoF. Or vice versa technically

Both designed by I. M. Pei, whose major contribution to western civilization is more as a crossword puzzle answer than as an architect.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 09:52 AM (vTZFs)

154 Posted by: one hour sober at June 20, 2026 09:13 AM (J4Dwc)

Did you go? ;-)

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2026 09:52 AM (3Ope8)

155 Good morning good people. Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Prayers for a (diagnosed) psychotic acquaintance. She is an absolute disaster and has destroyed all relationships of which she is a part.

I struggle with this one because of all the bombs she's dropped into everyone's lives and my first reaction is to want to punch her in the throat.

But I know she is sick, and prayer is much more proper than throat punches.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 09:53 AM (ItpVy)

156 I’ve seen a lot more homes with flags this spring/summer than usual.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 09:53 AM (7YTFo)

157 Morning, all. It's a beautiful sunny day here at Stately Poppins Manor. The humidity is low, the breezes are blowing and any rain is scheduled for 6 this evening. I wish I were on my way to the MoMe, but my own insecurities put paid to that.

I don't want to waste such a lovely day. I need to find something to do that isn't hiding in the house all day or going out and getting hammered. I have no desire to work on my book (depression has paralyzed me), I can't really walk downtown since the sodomites have taken it over for 'pride' day and I've already hit the closest used bookstores.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 09:54 AM (qRla/)

158 Without coffee, with no apparently motive, you’ll just kill and kill again. Survive your brutal thrashing? You’ll hunt them til the end. Your life’s a constant battle, the rage of many men. Homicidal MANIAC!!!

So you need coffee.

(H/t, Slayer)

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 09:54 AM (T6aVk)

159 Touch grass. It helps.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

We adopted an older great dane/huskie cross 2 weeks ago. She had been in a rescue kennel for 3+ years, but in her photo online she looked like such a happy girl.
From the first day here she fell in love with the fenced in grass play area. She flops down and rolls on to her back so hard I fear she'll hurt herself!
Touch grass like it's the first time in 3 years!

Posted by: old chick at June 20, 2026 09:55 AM (F3Dlr)

160 Bush the boogeyman again. Sheesh.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt)

161 150 In October, I raise the Hospitaller flag and keep it up through Halloween. I'm sure no one knows what to make of it, but it looks great.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I began collecting historical American flags to teach the Li'l Blutarskis history. I've dug them out and begun flying a different one every day. Today is the David Burnett flag which I think was the first official flag of the Republic of Texas. If not it was one of the first official flags. It not, it was an official flag of the Republic. It looks like the Somali flag except the star is gold.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 20, 2026 09:51 AM (l26NL)

I’d like to get a 49 star flag, available between 1959-1960 after AK was added to the union.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 09:56 AM (T6aVk)

162 “disagree. Gore would have been awful: there would have been even more navel-gazing about how America sucks and those 3000 Americans deserved to die.”

Gore wasn’t Obama.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 09:56 AM (7YTFo)

163 Bless you, Wenda.

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 09:57 AM (6wpGE)

164 Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 09:52 AM (vTZFs)

No way. I did not know that.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:57 AM (KC5Lt)

165 Hitting on a subject mentioned above, according to my 1955 copy of Lives of the Saints, today is the feast day of St Silverius, pope and martyr, who died in 537, attacked on the road to Rome by agents of Byzantine Empress Theodora.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 09:58 AM (qRla/)

166 Wenda, no idea how you fixed that ( less red meat?) but keep going what your doing.

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 09:58 AM (Ia/+0)

167
I don't hate W. I don't regret my vote for W.

Do I wish I'd had a better choice? Sure.

But, W was the least worst option, and being least worst doesn't mean good or great.

The Democrats have simply been a terrible choice for so long, I'd vote for a syphilitic tapir as long as it keeps the Democrats out of power.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 09:59 AM (iJfKG)

168 Gore or any other president would have gone into Afghanistan. Would it have turned into a 20 year stint? Who knows?

There would have been no Iraq with Gore and that’s a good thing.

There is a case to be made that gore wins 2000, he fucks shit up and loses in 2004. No Iraq war and probably, no Obama in 2008. Good outcome in that scenario.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 09:59 AM (7YTFo)

169 Just to be controversial, I think it’s possible that if Al Gore had won in 2000 things might be overall a tad better now… I don’t think Gore would’ve gone all hardcore GWOT after 9/11…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)

Hell no. Given his obsessive devotion is global warming, we’d be hip deep in poverty. (BTW, what were we supposed to do after 9/11/01? Pout and whine?)

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 10:00 AM (T6aVk)

170 147
The Tower Of OBabel?
It's fabulous!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

haha

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 10:00 AM (6wpGE)

171 There would have been no Iraq with Gore and that’s a good thing.

There is a case to be made that gore wins 2000, he fucks shit up and loses in 2004. No Iraq war and probably, no Obama in 2008. Good outcome in that scenario.
Posted by: Heroq

If only one could go back and assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary we could have avoided that whole mess.

Oh, wait. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:02 AM (ItpVy)

172 I wonder how many foreign soccer fan visitors are going to overstay their visas?

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 10:03 AM (KC5Lt)

173 Bush the boogeyman again. Sheesh.
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt)

I don't think W is going to be looked at kindly by history. A middling POTUS that had nothing to say during Obama's reign of error or Biden flooding America with millions of illegal aliens.

BUT, he was all too eager to talk $h!t about Pres. Trump. Curiously, that stopped after that letter was delivered at his dad's funeral.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 10:03 AM (ksbjf)

174 Gore would have been the King Charles III of America. Genial, peaceful sounding, totally devoted to “multiculturalism” and the civilization ending Global Warming Cult.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:03 AM (8YGuO)

175 Mornin' Horde. Happy Father's Day to the Horde dads, grandpas, and great-grandpas! And Happy MoMe day to all the Hordelings descending upon NoVa! So sorry I couldn't make it.

Thanks for the grammie update. I know she knows how much we love and miss her.

Prayers for all y'all and your loved ones.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 20, 2026 10:03 AM (lOlUK)

176 Did you go? ;-)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2026 09:52 AM (3Ope

On the ILS to 36R, I got close, but a gust pushed me back to approximately Daytona.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 20, 2026 10:04 AM (J4Dwc)

177 It's been an expensive morning here. Had to take the cat to the vets. He's not eating or drinking any water. Thought he might have a bad tooth, or some sort of abscess in his mouth. But nope. No fever either. Several hundred dollars later we've got antibiotics and oral electrolytes.

And one cat hiding somewhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 10:04 AM (jehhT)

178 Hitting on a subject mentioned above, according to my 1955 copy of Lives of the Saints, today is the feast day of St Silverius, pope and martyr, who died in 537, attacked on the road to Rome by agents of Byzantine Empress Theodora.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 09:58 AM (qRla/)

Hi, MP4: I think we have the same book!

Well, have to go to run errands.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 10:05 AM (ksbjf)

179 Yeah. Obama was so amicable with us that we replaced him with Trump.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

It was a whitelash against a changing country. It was a whitelash against a black president, in part.

(Odd that the whitelash waited until after they reelected the president they hated so much before voting against him)

Posted by: Van Jones at June 20, 2026 10:05 AM (ycI94)

180 174 Gore ... and the civilization ending Global Warming Cult.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:03 AM (8YGuO)

Ramped up beyond even what we can imagine, I bet.

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 10:05 AM (6wpGE)

181 @167. naturalfake

I agree with you. He wasn't great but beat the alternative.

Posted by: Case at June 20, 2026 10:06 AM (IY9No)

182 177 It's been an expensive morning here. Had to take the cat to the vets. He's not eating or drinking any water. Thought he might have a bad tooth, or some sort of abscess in his mouth. But nope. No fever either. Several hundred dollars later we've got antibiotics and oral electrolytes.

And one cat hiding somewhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 10:04 AM (jehhT)

Good kitty!

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 10:07 AM (6wpGE)

183
If Gore won, things would've been just peachy?

No. We have no way of knowing. Alternate history is stupid.

The Past is unchangeable. It's a lost and dead country.

The Present is all there is. The future lives in Hopeville.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 10:08 AM (iJfKG)

184 There would have been no Iraq with Gore and that’s a good thing.

There is a case to be made that gore wins 2000, he fucks shit up and loses in 2004. No Iraq war and probably, no Obama in 2008. Good outcome in that scenario.
Posted by: Heroq

If only one could go back and assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary we could have avoided that whole mess.

Oh, wait. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:02 AM (ItpVy)

Too bad that God's not outside of time and doesn't know our past, present and future.

It's a mystery, we just have to have trust that God is working the bad to some ultimate good.

***
With that, I really have to go.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 10:08 AM (ksbjf)

185 Doctors don’t know shit most of the time.
Vets don’t know shit all of the time.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 10:09 AM (7YTFo)

186 One thing about Al Gore… I shouldn’t be surprised but I am… him recently claiming all his predictions of catastrophe about global warming came true. Does he have no shame? He thinks we don’t have eyes??!! It’s like he looks me right in the eye and says 2 + 2 = 5 and thinks he’s convincing and expects me to believe him. Is he a psychopath?? Unbelievable…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2026 10:10 AM (ugElV)

187 The Present is all there is. The future lives in Hopeville.
Posted by: naturalfake

Hopeville is a dumb name. We don't have to hope...we can make it happen if we all work together and follow our simple plan! We should name it something more epic, like Utopia!

Posted by: Communism at June 20, 2026 10:10 AM (ycI94)

188 He wasn't great but beat the alternative.

He squandered the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be listed as one of the great Presidents. Although, admittedly, considering his background, his advisors and his partnerships in the Deep State, a capitulation to Islam and a turn to an American surveillance state was baked in the cake.

Frankly, I don't think even Reagan would have reacted to 9/11 with the proper actions.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 10:11 AM (qRla/)

189 “I don't think W is going to be looked at kindly by history. A middling POTUS that had nothing to say during Obama's reign of error or Biden flooding America with millions of illegal aliens.”

The Bush Family machine dominated GOP politics in Texas for over 30 years, from GWB’s election as Governor until quite recently. First sign it was over was George P. Bush getting taken out by Paxton in the AG race.

Which of course led to an impeachment of Paxton by the Bush machine led Texas House, which was squashed by the anti-Bush conservatives in the Texas Senate.

And that fight was really what the huge loss by Cornyn was all about. He was always a very loyal Bush machine member, but their days running things in Texas are over for good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:11 AM (8YGuO)

190 I think no Iraq = no Obama. There was so much hatred for bush and all things Republican because of Iraq which allowed a Muslim communist to win just by saying change.

Take Iraq away and I don’t think that happens.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 10:11 AM (7YTFo)

191 I touch grass every day when I pull it out of my garden. My garden has the nicest grass on the whole street. It is lush and thick and green and relentless.

Posted by: huerfano at June 20, 2026 10:11 AM (VJX5o)

192 We should name it something more epic, like Utopia!

Funny, that. I just finished An Assassin in Utopia, which is about Charles Guiteau and his murder of POTUS James Garfield, but also details Guiteau's connections to the free-love Oneida community. A pretty good read.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 10:13 AM (qRla/)

193 We were attacked on 9/11 by Muslims and what did bush do? Open door to millions of Muslim immigrants. Put everything aside he did and I hope he burns in hell for eternity just for that.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 10:13 AM (7YTFo)

194 (Odd that the whitelash waited until after they reelected the president they hated so much before voting against him)

Like a particularly dumb dog, Americans can learn but only after several smacks of the newspaper.*

* now that I think of it, what do you smack your dog's nose with these days, an iPad with a news site on the screen?

Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 10:13 AM (vTZFs)

195 Gore would have thrown people in jail for opposing his policies if he were President.

I forget who was his running mate at that time.

Posted by: dantesed at June 20, 2026 10:15 AM (Oy/m2)

196 But I offer thanks for God's grace in this.
Posted by: Wenda at June 20, 2026 09:42 AM (iIAk

Great news, happy for you. God works in mysterious ways.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 20, 2026 10:16 AM (sl73Y)

197 We have thunder all around us this morning and man's forecast is 70%. But we know that GOD is the true and merciful provider of all things, and forecast is in His hands.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 10:17 AM (LHPAg)

198 * now that I think of it, what do you smack your dog's nose with these days, an iPad with a news site on the screen?
Posted by: Oddbob

My cock. Slathered in peanut butter.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at June 20, 2026 10:18 AM (ycI94)

199 Gore would have thrown people in jail for opposing his policies if he were President.

I forget who was his running mate at that time.
Posted by: dantesed

Joe Lieberman. Thus the "Sore/Loserman" signs of the Bush partisans.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

200 Posted by: one hour sober at June 20, 2026 10:04 AM (J4Dwc)

Gonna go get a $50 cheeseburger at CWC later today

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2026 10:18 AM (3Ope8)

201 195 Gore would have thrown people in jail for opposing his policies if he were President.

I forget who was his running mate at that time.
Posted by: dantesed at June 20, 2026 10:15 AM (Oy/m2)
PeeWee Herman?

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 10:18 AM (LHPAg)

202 The 2000 election was the inflection point t when Dems went insane. Look at polls on patriotism. In 2000 the gap between reps and dems who said they were proud of their country was small. 90-80 something like that.

Now it’s 90-30. Bush Derangement Syndrome started it all. They lost their minds over the Florida recount and never recovered.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 10:18 AM (7YTFo)

203 I think no Iraq = no Obama. There was so much hatred for bush and all things Republican because of Iraq which allowed a Muslim communist to win just by saying change.

Take Iraq away and I don’t think that happens.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 10:11 AM (7YTFo)

W really F'd up the subprime mortgage crisis, too, while playing right into the hands about Rs paying off their crony capitalist buddies. What a loser.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 10:18 AM (dK+Kv)

204 Thought it was this weekend for Lucky Strikes movie to come out, its next week

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 10:19 AM (Ia/+0)

205 If I had won in 2000, I definitely would not have screwed up race relations like Obongo, Hell, I don't even like black folks, just like my Daddy.

I miss you Daddy!

Posted by: Al Gore, Rapist at June 20, 2026 10:19 AM (og9zY)

206 electrolytes

Brawndo!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 20, 2026 10:20 AM (Kt19C)

207 Guess I'm gonna go to the MoMe. I will undoubtedly make me feel better.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

208 And that fight was really what the huge loss by Cornyn was all about. He was always a very loyal Bush machine member, but their days running things in Texas are over for good.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:11 AM (8YGuO)

They should try Connecticut or Massachusetts.

Posted by: runner at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM (GD0B3)

209 One thing about Al Gore…

It’s like he looks me right in the eye and says 2 + 2 = 5 and thinks he’s convincing and expects me to believe him.

TBF to ManBearPig, he's not the one doing the math. He's just the one telling you what The Experts say two plus two equals because he believes* it. Which makes him stupid, not necessarily a psychopath.

* I guess. If he doesn't (which selling out to Qatar or UAE or whoever it was might suggest) then he's a soulless grifter but still not necessarily a psychopath.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM (vTZFs)

210 Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 09:53 AM (ItpVy)

Except for the diagnosed part, this describes my ex. Narcissistic behavior disorder coupled with paranoia. That's my diagnosis after more than thirty years of observation. But I'm not a doctor, so what do I know?

Last week, Little got a call from an Inyo County sheriff to notify him that they dropped his mom off at a Catholic-run homeless shelter after finding her walking along a road in Death Valley. She had been living out of her car, so it seems she lost that recently.

I'm guessing they called him because her arrest for assaulting me a couple years ago took me off the next-of-kin list. We've made our peace with her choices years ago, and I'm sure our indifference will not be affected by her eventual passing. Best I can manage is to pray for God's current team of angels sent to reach her. She left so many others who extended amazing grace and charity in various states of brokeness and bitterness over the years.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM (nbLIj)

211 I don't think W is going to be looked at kindly by history. A middling POTUS that had nothing to say during Obama's reign of error or Biden flooding America with millions of illegal aliens.

Sure, Bush was an idiot and did damage to the nation, but at least he respected democracy and was willing to compromise with democrats. Not like the Trump fascist!!

Posted by: Leftist Historians at June 20, 2026 10:22 AM (ycI94)

212 {{{Bulg}}}

Go to the MoMe. Get hugs. It is always good to be with the Horde.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 20, 2026 10:23 AM (lOlUK)

213 Guess I'm gonna go to the MoMe. I will undoubtedly make me feel better.
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

I'm sorry I won't have the chance to meet you, but there really was no way I was going to go this year. I almost certainly won't go to Texas, either.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 10:24 AM (qRla/)

214 I don't think W is going to be looked at kindly by history. A middling POTUS that had nothing to say during Obama's reign of error or Biden flooding America with millions of illegal aliens.

To paraphrase the famous saying, it depends on who writes the history.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 10:25 AM (qRla/)

215 I was fooled into believing bush was “fighting them there so they won’t fight us here”. Meanwhile he was importing million from there to here.

Fuck that guy.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 10:25 AM (7YTFo)

216 Bulg have a great time

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 10:25 AM (Ia/+0)

217 There’s a theory of history which maintains that if you changed all the people, a lot of minor things would change, but the same big things would still have happened, but for slightly different reasons.

You can take some of the rocks out of the river, but you can’t change the current, or the direction of the flow. Or the final destination.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:26 AM (8YGuO)

218 Screw the Bushes. They never should have been anywhere near the Presidency to begin with.

A bad pick by Reagan, but I guess it was either H.W. or Gerald Ford. Ford would have been worse as a VP, and always trying to run things, or backstabbing Reagan.

Just a pity that H.W. had to run for President, and won.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

219 Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM (nbLIj)

I'm sorry, man.
Sometimes I wonder if we'd be better off with the government assigning us spouses at age 24 based on personality-profiles.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 10:26 AM (W0KIM)

220 Lucky Strikes movie.
It's got a Hanks, and an Eastwood in it. Trailer looks pretty good, problem is theater only. Ixnay on that.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)

221 The Strawbs " Hero and Heroine" just popped up on the rotation

What a great album!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 10:27 AM (r64gj)

222 In 2000 the gap between reps and dems who said they were proud of their country was small. 90-80 something like that.

Now it’s 90-30. Bush Derangement Syndrome started it all. They lost their minds over the Florida recount and never recovered.
Posted by: Heroq

Actually, that poll (that CNN commented on) was taken in January 2001, so after SCOTUS "stole" the election, and Dems still generally loved the US. I think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were part of the decline, some of Obama's race hustling, but mostly just the unhinged hatred of Trump. Trump's election broke a lot of people's brains.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 10:27 AM (ycI94)

223 Well, in 1988 Gary Hartpence could have got the nomination, if he'd tied down his own dick before the race.
Somehow that mattered in '88 and not in '92.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 10:28 AM (W0KIM)

224 I try and remember that all civil/government authority here on earth was put here by God for His purposes. We may not always like it or understand the reasoning, but we can trust the plan.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 20, 2026 10:28 AM (XY7MO)

225 I don't think W is going to be looked at kindly by history. A middling POTUS that had nothing to say during Obama's reign of error or Biden flooding America with millions of illegal aliens.

BUT, he was all too eager to talk $h!t about Pres. Trump. Curiously, that stopped after that letter was delivered at his dad's funeral.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 20, 2026 10:03 AM (ksbjf)

I think people forget what he did during his administration and exaggerate what he had to say about Trump. I'm not going to get into it again because people have made up their mind facts or no facts.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 10:28 AM (KC5Lt)

226 I'm sorry I won't have the chance to meet you, but there really was no way I was going to go this year. I almost certainly won't go to Texas, either.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Yes, I would like to meet you someday. I have two nieces who live in Beantown, so maybe if I ever go there to see them (unlikely, as I'm not close to either of them, but still...), you and I and RMBS can meet up.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

227 223 Well, in 1988 Gary Hartpence could have got the nomination, if he'd tied down his own dick before the race.
Somehow that mattered in '88 and not in '92.
Posted by: gKWVE

It mattered in 2008 😔

Posted by: John Edwards at June 20, 2026 10:29 AM (ycI94)

228 "TBF to ManBearPig, he's not the one doing the math. He's just the one telling you what The Experts say two plus two equals because he believes* it. Which makes him stupid, not necessarily a psychopath.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM"
++++

Remember, Jerry: it's not a lie if you believe it.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 20, 2026 10:30 AM (D2IX4)

229 I guess Gov Abigail the Creepy Doll's anti-2A laws haven't gone into effect yet?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 20, 2026 10:30 AM (cWLG3)

230 Skip re: changes in diet. I went from beef several times a week to several times a YEAR. And I'm a MT girl. Sob.

But I think the biggest change was not using sauces. Piper is of course the expert on this, but the more I read, the more it seemed that sauces were developed to draw iron out of meat and into the body's workings. Well, that's the opposite of what I needed.

Also my twin brother had the same blood condition. He had lots of medical problems, mostly related to weighing over 350 pounds. That's a lot, even for someone who's 6'6". But hemochromatosis was certainly involved in his death.

Knowing that certainly makes it easier to follow the rules.

Posted by: Wenda at June 20, 2026 10:30 AM (iIAkP)

231 >>> TBF to ManBearPig, he's not the one doing the math. He's just the one telling you what The Experts say two plus two equals because he believes* it. Which makes him stupid, not necessarily a psychopath.

* I guess. If he doesn't (which selling out to Qatar or UAE or whoever it was might suggest) then he's a soulless grifter but still not necessarily a psychopath.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM (vTZFs)

He might be moderately dumb, in the way any other run of the mill criminal is dumb. A moral dumbness when they think "I found this great way to get paid that all the chumps haven't figured out yet." What I'm getting at is all of his BS is to gain wealth. It always was. And that meshes well with being a politician.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 20, 2026 10:30 AM (3uBP9)

232 “Except for the diagnosed part, this describes my ex. Narcissistic behavior disorder coupled with paranoia. That's my diagnosis after more than thirty years of observation. But I'm not a doctor, so what do I know?”

I’ve sadly had some experience with someone fitting that description, enough that I recognize it when I see it. And *real* paranoia - the kind that makes your eyes pop out when they start talking about what they’re thinking - is most of the time associated with some level of schizophrenia.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:31 AM (8YGuO)

233 This little light of mine
I'm going to let it shine

Kamala explains to Don Lemon the power of hope:

“I really, truly believe this. We we each have have light inside of us. And we need to know that that is what inspires our hope as much as anything external to ourselves. And when we feel that and and and not allow an election or an individual to dampen that light, and instead light, let that light kind of carry us in particular through moments of darkness, that that we not only act on that hope, but we inspire that hope in each other. And in particular, at this moment, it is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb."

https://tinyurl.com/mr63wnbz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

234 OddBob, I still whack the dogs with a newspaper...The Epoch Times. I didn't realize how much I use newspapers for other things besides reading until I didn't have one.

(Great substitute for cutting board, too.)

Posted by: creeper at June 20, 2026 10:32 AM (80oeU)

235 Doctors don’t know shit most of the time.
Vets don’t know shit all of the time.
Posted by: Heroq

Minor quibble - Proctologists know shit.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2026 10:32 AM (ItpVy)

236 "Sometimes I wonder if we'd be better off with the government assigning us spouses at age 24 based on personality-profiles.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 10:26 AM"
----

In the immortal words of Clint Eastwood:

"Just find someone you hate and buy them a house."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 20, 2026 10:33 AM (D2IX4)

237 Actually, that poll (that CNN commented on) was taken in January 2001, so after SCOTUS "stole" the election, and Dems still generally loved the US. I think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were part of the decline, some of Obama's race hustling, but mostly just the unhinged hatred of Trump. Trump's election broke a lot of people's brains.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 10:27 AM (ycI94)

Was it 2001? OK.

Iraq/Afghanistan was a big part of it. And it was on top of Selected Not Elected. People were mad at Iraq and were like the guy in change didn’t even win fair. It was a double whammy of anger.

I remember 2003/4 talking to people who were otherwise chill middle of the road politically. Or even apolitical. But were amped up on Iraq, like intensity of 1000 burning suns seething over it. The media of course poured gas over the fire, but the end result was people who in 2000/2001 would have said yeah I’m patriotic turned into fuck no America sucks man because of Bush/Iraq. And they never went back from it.

Posted by: Heroq at June 20, 2026 10:33 AM (7YTFo)

238 Posted by: creeper at June 20, 2026 10:32 AM (80oeU)

The Epoch Times is a great paper. Used to read it every day when it was distributed for free in DC.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

239 ....cardiologists seem to get to the heart of the matter...

Posted by: runner at June 20, 2026 10:33 AM (GD0B3)

240 There’s a theory of history which maintains that if you changed all the people, a lot of minor things would change, but the same big things would still have happened, but for slightly different reasons.

I picked up a book yesterday, The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began by Jack Beatty (who also wrote an excellent bio of Boston mayor James Michael Curley). He says much the same thing in his introduction. I'll have to mention it tomorrow if I find myself on the Book Thread.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 10:35 AM (qRla/)

241 The Democrats have simply been a terrible choice for so long, I'd vote for a syphilitic tapir as long as it keeps the Democrats out of power.
Posted by: naturalfake

This. A million times this.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 20, 2026 10:35 AM (sl73Y)

242 Trump's election broke a lot of people's brains.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 20, 2026 10:27 AM (ycI94)

Rejection will do that to people. The millennial mindset and all their ideologies were utterly repudiated. They were the ones they were waiting for, after all. Turns out, not.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 10:35 AM (dK+Kv)

243 I picked up a book yesterday, The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began by Jack Beatty (who also wrote an excellent bio of Boston mayor James Michael Curley). He says much the same thing in his introduction. I'll have to mention it tomorrow if I find myself on the Book Thread.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I may have to get that. I can't get enough of the start of WWI. So many "what ifs?" to ponder.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

244
Kamala explains to Don Lemon the power of hope:

“I really, truly believe this. We we each have have light inside of us. And we need to know that that is what inspires our hope as much as anything external to ourselves. And when we feel that and and and not allow an election or an individual to dampen that light, and instead light, let that light kind of carry us in particular through moments of darkness, that that we not only act on that hope, but we inspire that hope in each other. And in particular, at this moment, it is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb."
So she's like a refrigerator.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 10:36 AM (LHPAg)

245 Hope everyone at the NoVaMoMe has a great time!

*Waves*

Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 10:36 AM (1ieqq)

246 I really, truly believe this. We we each have have light inside of us. [Harris word salad ensues]

Mrs Emhoff, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.
I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 10:37 AM (W0KIM)

247 I think a boat would a better hate gift.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2026 10:37 AM (r64gj)

248 "syphilitic tapir"

LOL.

This place.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 20, 2026 10:37 AM (D2IX4)

249 233 This little light of mine
I'm going to let it shine

Kamala explains to Don Lemon the power of hope:

“I really, truly believe this. We we each have have light inside of us. And we need to know that that is what inspires our hope as much as anything external to ourselves. And when we feel that and and and not allow an election or an individual to dampen that light, and instead light, let that light kind of carry us in particular through moments of darkness, that that we not only act on that hope, but we inspire that hope in each other. And in particular, at this moment, it is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb."

https://tinyurl.com/mr63wnbz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
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GenAI looks like AGI next to that word salad shooter.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 20, 2026 10:37 AM (cWLG3)

250 The Bushes were Deep State, and got us into the Afghanistan sinkhole and twice had us neuter Iraq, Iran's arch foe.

Compare Reagan, who gave arms to both when they were in a shooting war with each other.

The Deep State now acts for its own good, not ours, which means they will often align with Globalists.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2026 10:37 AM (dtajH)

251 Millionaires who lived ln graft need hope

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 10:38 AM (Ia/+0)

252 One day you will see yellow school buses.
With your own eyes!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 20, 2026 10:38 AM (D2IX4)

253 Well, I've had my tea, my pills and my cod liver oil. Guess I should shower, shave, dress and find something to do that isn't alcohol-related.

Which reminds me of an old Mother Goose and Grimm cartoon showing Woodsy the Owl sitting glumly at a bar with the caption "Sometimes, after a 'Save The Earth' rally, Woodsy would spend his evenings secretly getting polluted."

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 10:38 AM (qRla/)

254 Important health warning.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Dr. Frita says that Michelle Obama jokes are causing increased heart disease for blacks

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

255 Guess I'm gonna go to the MoMe. I will undoubtedly make me feel better.
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

You will feel better.

Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 10:39 AM (1ieqq)

256 Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Back at ya, MP4.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

257 Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 20, 2026 10:38 AM (qRla/)

I hope you have a lovely day too! You were a delight to talk to at the NoVaMoMes we both attended. And the best-dressed.

Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 10:40 AM (1ieqq)

258 > Trump's election broke a lot of people's brains.
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They were conditioned with covid to be told what to do, what not to do, where to go, where not to go, etc.

Trump freed people's minds and some couldn't/can't deal with it. They've been effectively brainwashed. They are broken people and will never return to normalcy.

IMO this is the legacy of the covid op. Compliance at any cost.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 10:41 AM (jehhT)

259 @238. Bulg, what are you doing still here? You're supposed to be on the road to the MoMe?

Posted by: creeper at June 20, 2026 10:41 AM (80oeU)

260 Bulg, what are you doing still here? You're supposed to be on the road to the MoMe?
Posted by: creeper

I'll get there. Gotta shower first. Guess I'll go do that now.

Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

261 On topic of WW1, I was rewatching "Westworld" lately (shut up, the first season is kino). When the machine gun comes out it really does make an impression.
I don't know if a more horrible weapon of war was ever invented up to then.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 10:42 AM (W0KIM)

262 So many lower class British girls were fundamentally violated. Muslims went medieval on them.

And then the Police coerced them into saying it never happened. How do these girls carry that Betrayal?

Raping a country's women with impunity is a time-honored way to subjugate a people. The Soviets did it to the Germans at the end of WWII. But you didn't see Germans telling the women that it was just their imagination.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2026 10:43 AM (dtajH)

263 Thanks, Jill Biden... for Kamala. Thanks a load.

Posted by: the Democrats at June 20, 2026 10:44 AM (W0KIM)

264 Good morning! Prayers said for all who asked and those who didn’t. Very rambunctious Shiba here, we are going to go on an adventure to help with this.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:44 AM (p4NUW)

265 Tomorrow's Mooch.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) told The Dallas Morning News she does not plan to attend the state convention and instead is focusing on helping down-ballot candidates across the country.

Crockett also said she’s not sure whether Democrats, particularly Black voters, have united fully behind Talarico and the rest of the ticket.

She said the lack of a Black nominee for major statewide office could dampen enthusiasm among some voters.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

266
I, for one, an eager to hear more from Mr. Talarico about his unique insight into religion and how it will make him a better Senator.

Posted by: Auspex at June 20, 2026 10:45 AM (Y8DZL)

267 "Dr. Frita emphasized on her Healthy Happy Life Podcast that these hateful "jokes" about highly prominent Black women are not merely harmless political theater. Because Black women in America already face heightened baselines for cardiovascular disease, she argues that enduring pervasive, systemic disrespect causes a very real, measurable spike in cardiovascular morbidity."

Oh, no. Black Big Mike got disrespected by the white UFC fighter.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 20, 2026 10:45 AM (J4Dwc)

268 MP4, sorry that your depression is holding you down. Sometimes the hardest thing to let ourselves believe is that we are loved. But God does love us all, and He loves you specifically. Looking for and acknowledging the ways He blesses us - both individually and generally- can help push away the negative feelings. I don't know you, but it's clear you are blessed with an immense talent for writing. That's a good place to start, but also in the design and function of nature that sustains us all.

Not saying it's easy, but practice makes perfect.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 10:48 AM (kOluj)

269 Give more speeches Mr. Talarico. Consider holding large outdoor stadium rallies as well.

Posted by: The Jolly Time Popcorn Company at June 20, 2026 10:48 AM (D2IX4)

270 She said the lack of a Black nominee for major statewide office could dampen enthusiasm among some voters.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

Proving that she’s not as stupid as the act she puts on for the cameras. What she said there has been true for every Texas election for at least 30 years. No black candidates, the community mostly stays home.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:48 AM (jxNsH)

271 "I've hammered this point for a while, but these people are incapable of kinetic action."

We have the guns AND the numbers. All they have is a few Deep Blue enclaves where only the criminals have guns. And very few of their men know how to fight.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2026 10:48 AM (dtajH)

272 creeper!!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 10:49 AM (ZHOnm)

273 On topic of Talarico's unique take on the NT canon, there's a book out: "The New Testament Canon in Contemporary Research". Collection of essays. It costs $185 though which is some bullshit.
Some authors think the NT was agreed-upon very early (if they say 2 Peter doesn't count, that might actually reach consensus).

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 10:49 AM (W0KIM)

274 >Because Black women in America already face heightened baselines for cardiovascular disease, she argues that enduring pervasive, systemic disrespect causes a very real, measurable spike in cardiovascular morbidity."
+++++

Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at June 20, 2026 10:50 AM (D2IX4)

275 M&Ms are healthy now?

M&M MAHA Shake-Up: Candy Removes Artificial Dyes, Ditches Blue and Brown in Push for “All-Natural” Look

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)

276 Crockett also said she’s not sure whether Democrats, particularly Black voters, have united fully behind Talarico and the rest of the ticket.

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'Tis indeed a mystery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:51 AM (6/7Fs)

277 Because Black women in America already face heightened baselines for cardiovascular disease, she argues that enduring pervasive, systemic disrespect causes a very real, measurable spike in cardiovascular morbidity."
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Oh, FFS...

Maybe quit shoving greasy, calorie-laden foodstuff down their gullets and eat a vegetable that isn't deep-fried once in a while.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 10:53 AM (ZHOnm)

278 Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 10:41 AM (jehh

WTH? Who told us what to do when COVID first broke? I understand he hadn't experienced DC and the manipulation it can hoist on the inexperienced but he was President when we were locked down. Trump 2.0 and his administration wouldn't have allowed it but Trump 1.0 was successfully bullied.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 10:53 AM (KC5Lt)

279 Dr. Frita... argues that enduring pervasive, systemic disrespect causes a very real, measurable spike in cardiovascular morbidity.

Racism is a public health emergency!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 10:54 AM (W0KIM)

280 Morning, MisHum, and caffiends! Coffee is brewing, and will pour a mug shortly. But not a short mug. That would be wrong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 10:55 AM (1z8ji)

281 Maybe quit shoving greasy, calorie-laden foodstuff down their gullets and eat a vegetable that isn't deep-fried once in a while.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 20, 2026 10:53 AM (ZHOnm)

Now that's just hateful.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 10:55 AM (dK+Kv)

282 "but Trump 1.0 was successfully bullied."

The Left and MSM had put us all into panic state. Trump couldn't move on Fauci / Brix without it destroying his Presidency. He did do things to push it down onto the States.

Many Americans have since woken up to this.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2026 10:56 AM (dtajH)

283 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:48 AM (jxNsH)

They still elect Dem mayors.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

284 Kamala explains to Don Lemon the power of hope:

“I really, truly believe this. We we each have have light inside of us. And we need to know that that is what inspires our hope as much as anything external to ourselves. And when we feel that and and and not allow an election or an individual to dampen that light, and instead light, let that light kind of carry us in particular through moments of darkness, that that we not only act on that hope, but we inspire that hope in each other. And in particular, at this moment, it is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb."

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Look at transcripts of Barky's speeches. It's very close to the senseless meanderings as this.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 20, 2026 10:56 AM (jykex)

285 Crockett is too stupid to understand how racist she sounds.

Posted by: Case at June 20, 2026 10:57 AM (IY9No)

286
Maybe quit shoving greasy, calorie-laden foodstuff down their gullets and eat a vegetable that isn't deep-fried once in a while.
Posted by: SMH at God's m

Crazy talk! lol.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 10:58 AM (Wmg4n)

287 Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2026 10:56 AM (dtajH)

I didn't see it that way . It was confirmed when he criticized GA for opening up too soon. Anyway that's history and he learned his lesson.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 10:58 AM (KC5Lt)

288 I think Lieberman was Gore's VP.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 20, 2026 10:58 AM (l26NL)

289 Morning.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 10:59 AM (b4s65)

290 Many Americans have since woken up to this.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2026 10:56 AM

"Question authority."

Posted by: The 1960s at June 20, 2026 10:59 AM (D2IX4)

291 269 Give more speeches Mr. Talarico. Consider holding large outdoor stadium rallies as well.

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He can't. Mommy said she'll pay for a high school auditorium, but no larger.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 10:59 AM (6/7Fs)

292 Kamala explains to Don Lemon the power of hope:

“I really, truly believe this. We we each have have light inside of us. And we need to know that that is what inspires our hope as much as anything external to ourselves. And when we feel that and and and not allow an election or an individual to dampen that light, and instead light, let that light kind of carry us in particular through moments of darkness, that that we not only act on that hope, but we inspire that hope in each other. And in particular, at this moment, it is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb."

It probably lost something in translation from the original gibberish.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 20, 2026 10:59 AM (Riz8t)

293 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Joementum at June 20, 2026 11:00 AM (D2IX4)

294 Chuck Schumer Declares Save America Act “Worst, Most Anti-Election Democracy Things That’s Ever Been Proposed”

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Boy, you said it!
- John Thune

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)

295 Hadrian, prayers to St. André Bessette for your sister M, and to St Philip Neri for your nrphew L. May they lidt up your family, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2026 11:00 AM (tcsrY)

296 288 I think Lieberman was Gore's VP.
Posted by: Blutarski

Maybe in the alternate universe.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 11:00 AM (W0KIM)

297 It probably lost something in translation from the original gibberish.

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That there is whatcha call yer soaring rhetoric. Don't you know soaring rhetoric?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 11:01 AM (6/7Fs)

298 >>> at this moment, it is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

Does she know about the "ing"? I'm not sure if she knows about the whole "ing" situation with the english language.

Posted by: banana Dreaming at June 20, 2026 11:01 AM (3uBP9)

299 I don't know if a more horrible weapon of war was ever invented up to then.
Posted by: gKWVE
__________

"Hiram Maxim reported that in 1882, an American acquaintance in Vienna advised him to 'invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each other’s throats with greater facility' if he wanted to make a fortune."

Posted by: Boswell's Johnson at June 20, 2026 11:02 AM (XvL8K)

300 Mr. L just spent $120 on red white and blue American made bunting to hang from the deck for the 250th and to bother the liberals. God love that man! His only comment was 'Merica!

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at June 20, 2026 11:02 AM (dyL4B)

301 I'm assuming a circus bear.
Posted by: muldoon,

Head uphill, he'll never be able to work the derailleur.

Posted by: DaveA at June 20, 2026 11:02 AM (PMJuY)

302 These elections don't just steal themselves. They take a lot of effort, and a lot of stupid people to work.
-any and every democrat and all rinos

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 11:02 AM (LHPAg)

303 Lieberman 2.0 was not a bad guy though still liberal. He didn't hate America though which is a big upgrade. I forgot exactly why he went independent.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:03 AM (KC5Lt)

304 Catching up on the prayer list...

Doof, very sorry to hear that your mom passed.

And Bulg, very sorry to hear your sister passed.

I think it's safe to say where we have all gotten to that point in life where we look around and, quite futilely, demand that the people around us stop dying.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 20, 2026 11:03 AM (b4s65)

305 polynikes, because he lost the primary to Lamont so went full Sore Loserman to stay on the ballot.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 11:04 AM (W0KIM)

306 Hiram Maxim reported that in 1882, an American acquaintance in Vienna advised him to 'invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each other’s throats with greater facility' if he wanted to make a fortune."
Posted by: Boswell's Johnson at June 20, 2026 11:02 AM (XvL8K)

And was the cross fire technique was implemented it became even more deadly.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:05 AM (KC5Lt)

307

283 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 10:48 AM (jxNsH)

They still elect Dem mayors.
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

Dallas hasn’t had a white mayor in a long time. But Erik Johnston is intelligent, unlike so many of his northern counterparts. He knows how to keep the business establishment on his side, while still keeping his black voting base in his pocket.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 11:05 AM (jxNsH)

308 ...she argues that enduring pervasive, systemic disrespect causes a very real, measurable spike in cardiovascular morbidity."

OK, prove it. Show us the data.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 20, 2026 11:06 AM (vTZFs)

309 >>> Look at transcripts of Barky's speeches. It's very close to the senseless meanderings as this.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 20, 2026 10:56 AM (jykex)

285 Crockett is too stupid to understand how racist she sounds.

Race communism filtered through prosperity theology always is. Just throwing words out. Malcome X is not too different from Oswald Bates. Which is why the skits were funny.

Posted by: banana Dreaming at June 20, 2026 11:06 AM (3uBP9)

310 Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2026 11:04 AM (W0KIM)

That definitely was a factor.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:07 AM (KC5Lt)

311 Lieberman 2.0 was not a bad guy though still liberal. He didn't hate America though which is a big upgrade. I forgot exactly why he went independent.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:03 AM (KC5Lt)

He lost the Dem primary, so ran as an independent in the general and won. He caucused with the Democrats (like Bernie and Angus King do today).

Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 11:07 AM (1ieqq)

312 This made me laugh.

>>@ThrillaRilla369

>>I'm launching a website called OlderFans where I post today's injury and the wildly normal thing that caused it

Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 11:07 AM (viF8m)

313 She was disrespected. According to Karmelo Anthony supporters, that means Big Mike would be justified in plunging a knife into the WFC fighter's heart.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 20, 2026 11:07 AM (J4Dwc)

314 Hollywood doing Hollywood.

“Matlock” Reboot Writer Sues CBS and Showrunner for Alleged Racism, Sexual Harassment

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

315 I'm one of the most sought after political signs in the collector's market.

Posted by: Sore Loserman at June 20, 2026 11:09 AM (D2IX4)

316 Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 11:07 AM (1ieqq)

Yes he remained liberal but he was no Commie Bernie.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:09 AM (KC5Lt)

317 He didn't hate America

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Poll Finds 25% of Democrats View the u.s. As “Worse Than Average” Compared With Other Nations

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)

318 Howdy, Robert! Hope life on the road is treating you well.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 20, 2026 11:09 AM (kOluj)

319 WTH? Who told us what to do when COVID first broke?
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Most of the actual protocols foisted on the public came out under *biden's administration. Trump was conned by his staff. And as a germaphobe, it didn't take much to get him to support early containment.

But the *biden administration turbo charged the lockdowns and the recriminations for non-compliance.

The point was that some people were conditioned during this time and were brainwashed so badly that they've never recovered.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 11:10 AM (jehhT)

320 Yes he remained liberal but he was no Commie Bernie.

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:09 AM (KC5Lt)

That's true.

As an aside, Lieberman was one of the biggest proponents of DC school choice.

Posted by: Vendette at June 20, 2026 11:11 AM (1ieqq)

321 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at June 20, 2026 11:12 AM (0sNs1)

322 But I wore such cute scarves!

Posted by: Old Lady Birx at June 20, 2026 11:12 AM (D2IX4)

323 >>I'm launching a website called OlderFans where I post today's injury and the wildly normal thing that caused it
Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 11:07 AM (viF8m)

I like the comedian who had a big talking about when you were younger and had an injury you had a good story.

How'd you hurt your neck?
A: Playing a little bit of Rugby on the weekend.

Now: How'd you hurt your neck?
A: Sleeping

Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 11:12 AM (KC5Lt)

324 Please clap.

Posted by: The Jebster at June 20, 2026 11:12 AM (D2IX4)

325
285 Crockett is too stupid to understand how racist she sounds.
Posted by: Case at June 20, 2026 10:57 AM (IY9No)

And this is the exact opposite of what’s actually going on with her! She is making millions, literally, from liberal donors and YouTube subscribers who will throw money at her for spitting out the most angry, hateful racist shit that she can come up with. She doesn’t care that she’s losing her seat in Congress, because that was too limiting - she’s free to make a lot more money from it now.

And when Talarico loses, She’s gonna be the one telling Texas Dems, “See? Ah tol’ you so! But did your pasty white asses listen to anything me and the black community said? Oh nooOOOooo..”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 11:14 AM (jxNsH)

326 Noodlum.

Posted by: The Noodist at June 20, 2026 11:14 AM (D2IX4)

327 314 Hollywood doing Hollywood.

“Matlock” Reboot Writer Sues CBS and Showrunner for Alleged Racism, Sexual Harassment
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)
Don't you mean the Andy Griffith Show? Wall to wall wypipa on that one. Now Matlock was a virtual this-n-that, a paint color choice catalog of humanity. No racism there except the occasional 'white guy did it'.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2026 11:15 AM (LHPAg)

328 I have a very common first and last name. My siblings (7 older ones) chose my first name, after a friend who eventually became a priest (yay!).

My birthday fell on St. Alexis' day. So, I am blessed with a very unusual middle name. I love it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 11:16 AM (qFwJc)

329 Obama Gives Glowing Tribute to Clintons and Bushes, Barely Mentions Biden's at Presidential Library Grand Opening

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Wait. I thought George W. Chimpy McHitler Bush was the worst president ever.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 20, 2026 11:16 AM (ndZc7)

330 osted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 20, 2026 09:34 AM (ycI94)

You always make me have to double up on my forgiveness prayers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2026 09:36 AM (KC5Lt)

I no longer forgive. I'm on the revenge side of things these days. They can ALL DIAF.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 20, 2026 11:29 AM (5xuJ/)

331 I am posting in gratitude, as my prayers are being heard. The most recent fraud indictment/arrest announcement was for $1.4M -- for 15 people, and an unspecified number of years. And over $500k of it was one guy, so for most of them it was under $100k, and may have been under $10k per year. They are not just ignoring the small-dollar fraudsters.

This is necessary, as we pray for God to lead us not into temptation, it would be wrong for us to do it to each other. And there are many good people who have worked hard for low-to-middling five-figure incomes their whole lives, who would be tempted into sin (if not theft then wrath) seeing others get free money for lying on a form. None can be allowed to get away with it.

Thank you, God, and give them strength to continue, until every single last one is doing hard time in Federal prison. Amen.

Posted by: SciVo at June 20, 2026 01:48 PM (Sy6m/)

Daily Tech News 20 June 2026

Top Story

Amazon has dropped - the bad kind of dropped - its planned Sam Altman biopic, Artificial. (The Independent)

The film, which depicted the credibly accused but I would never say so myself compulsive liar and total sociopath in an unflattering light may just possibly have conflicted with Amazon's $50 billion investment in OpenAI and OpenAI's $38 billion in contracts with Amazon.

But I would never say so myself.
I will take the consummate serpent grease entrepreneur's side any day of the week over communist senator Bernie Sanders' plan to simply steal the entire AI industry. (Tom's Hardware)

Sanders' insane plan offers a dividend of $1000 to every adult American drawn from the profits of an industry that is losing massive amounts of money.

Tech News

South Korea's Hyundai has taken full ownership of creepy robot dog company Boston Dynamics. (Startup Fortune)

They bought out Japanese investment firm SoftBank's 10% holding for $325 quadrillion.*

* Delete zeroes until it makes sense.
AMD's TSME will return to Ryzen 9000 CPUs via a BIOS update. (Tom's Hardware)

This is AMD's memory encryption system that prevents any potential leakage of data between mutually untrusted virtual machines on shared hardware. Necessary on servers running cloud systems at Amazon and Google, but also useful for homelabs and developers who want to try it out on affordable hardware.
There's an unpatchable security bug in the iPhone 11. (9to5Mac)

If you let someone plug it into a malicious USB cable, at which point they could also just smash it with a hammer.
AMD is planning a 10-15% price hike on its Radeon graphics cards. (WCCFTech)

Could be a lot worse. AMD cards are available for just a little over MSRP in America (and a little below MSRP in Australia).

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Four fried chickens and a coke.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

2 Yo Techsters.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 04:33 AM (BGSp9)

3 Amazon steps on crank with golf shoes.

Film at 11.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 20, 2026 04:34 AM (/HDaX)

4 >>>the consummate serpent grease entrepreneur

?

Maybe I will go read it.

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

5 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 20, 2026 04:36 AM (I5lp2)

6 Boston Dynamics - Bringing AIMEE to life.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2026 04:40 AM (2GVsD)

7 I still cannot figure out what the Four Seasons/Piper kerfuffle was about. Women should just categorically refrain here from saying negative things about each other. Guys can do that without things escalating to defcon 1 straightaway.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 20, 2026 04:41 AM (DZ9Lv)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 04:41 AM (WBro8)

9 Rejoinder: For here?

Posted by: clarence at June 20, 2026 04:43 AM (I5lp2)

10 How does one know when they have encountered a malicious USB cord? The ones I have seen tend to twisted true but were generally good natured.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 04:46 AM (BGSp9)

11 How does one know when they have encountered a malicious USB cord? The ones I have seen tend to twisted true but were generally good natured.

Need a cleric to cast Detect Evil.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2026 04:47 AM (2GVsD)

12 "If you let someone plug it into a malicious USB cable, at which point they could also just smash it with a hammer."

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it.

Posted by: CCP Malicious USB Manufacturing, Inc. at June 20, 2026 04:48 AM (zZxsY)

13 Interesting headline:

"CCTV shows inmates following child killer before fatal prison attack."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2026 04:49 AM (2GVsD)

14 The FireWire cords on the other hand. Just no good. Still find them hanging around occasionally. Now they just can’t seem to fit in.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 04:50 AM (BGSp9)

15 A couple of years ago all the news was about Sam Altman or Sam Bankman Fried. I couldn’t remember which was the crook. After the trial when Elon sued Open AI it appears both were.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 04:54 AM (BGSp9)

16 Sanders' insane plan offers a dividend of $1000 to every adult American drawn from the profits of an industry that is losing massive amounts of money.

What could possibly go wrong?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026 04:56 AM (l3cgK)

17 Lou Bega had more than 1 song? I figured if he did, it was Mambos 1 through 4.

Posted by: Wally at June 20, 2026 04:58 AM (+nC3J)

18 Sanders' insane plan offers a dividend of $1000 to every adult American drawn from the profits of an industry that is losing massive amounts of money.

What could possibly go wrong?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026 04:56 AM (l3cgK)

I’m amazed that old coot can still find people to listen to him rant. In a Senate full of embarrassing idiots he may be the worst.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 05:04 AM (BGSp9)

19 17 Lou Bega had more than 1 song? I figured if he did, it was Mambos 1 through 4.

Posted by: Wally at June 20, 2026 04:58 AM (+nC3J)

My wife bought his CD...all his songs basically were the same...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026 05:07 AM (l3cgK)

20 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:08 AM (Ia/+0)

21 Lou Bega - Sweet Like Cola

It's cute! 3:24!!! Gets old fast, maybe.

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 05:14 AM (6wpGE)

22
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 20, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)

23 I should get moving

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:20 AM (Ia/+0)

24 2 Yo Techsters.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 04:33 AM (BGSp9)

LOL

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 05:20 AM (6wpGE)

25 18 I’m amazed that old coot can still find people to listen to him rant. In a Senate full of embarrassing idiots he may be the worst.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 05:04 AM (BGSp9)

The NYT boosted him.

Bernie Sanders: A.I. Belongs to the People, Not to Billionaires
The New York Times
A.I. is built on our collective intelligence: our books, songs, artwork, journalism, computer code, scientific research, videos, conversations

and NPR.

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)

26 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 20, 2026 05:23 AM (V0/Sp)

27 Good morning. The creme brulee coffee is especially good this morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:24 AM (afJtY)

28 * Delete zeroes until it makes sense.

You tricky bastage, you ;--)

Posted by: fluffy at June 20, 2026 05:25 AM (V0/Sp)

29 Disclaimer: Four fried chickens and a coke.

You puttin' the band back together, Pixy?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 20, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

30 "Bernie Sanders: A.I. Belongs to the People"

Could "the people" give him to someone else? I vote yes!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 05:33 AM (guLpK)

31 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 20, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 05:34 AM (guLpK)

32 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 20, 2026 05:34 AM (D2IX4)

33 A fine Saturn's Day evening to the late toilers, and morning to the early risers! Howzit goin'?

I slept about enough last night but various parts of the chassis are sluggish about waking . . . like a vintage Mercedes kept outdoors in a Denver winter. Once started and driven for a little bit, it's fine, and I will be too. A winter-weight oil for the MB, coffee for me!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)

34 Uh . . . maybe I should not ask . . . but what happened between Piper and four seasons?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)

35
Bernie Sanders: A.I. Belongs to the People, Not to Billionaires
The New York Times
A.I. is built on our collective intelligence: our books, songs, artwork, journalism, computer code, scientific research, videos, conversations

and NPR.

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)

Funny how commies say all your bases belong to them...it's not your labor anymore either. No, it belongs to the "State", which means it belongs to the leadership elite...some animals are more equal than others...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026 05:36 AM (l3cgK)

36 My wife bought his CD...all his songs basically were the same...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026

***
Sorta like Springsteen . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:37 AM (wzUl9)

37 Wolfus, how goes the house hunt?

Are you settled on Terre Haute?

Posted by: fluffy at June 20, 2026 05:37 AM (V0/Sp)

38 37 Wolfus, how goes the house hunt?

Are you settled on Terre Haute?

Posted by: fluffy at June 20, 2026 05:37 AM (V0/Sp)

What size rifle does one use on a house hunt?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 20, 2026 05:38 AM (l3cgK)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 20, 2026 05:38 AM (Hbeqj)

40 olddog , a glorious good morning to you and yours.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:39 AM (afJtY)

41 Men In their 70's and from
Ohio sing old time gospel song "I'll fly away away" at their cousin's funeral. Faithpot site :

https://tinyurl.com/ex77zrxe

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 05:39 AM (guLpK)

42
AMD's TSME will return to Ryzen 9000 CPUs via a BIOS update.

For now. The enshittification will return in a future future BIOS update.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 20, 2026 05:39 AM (O7YUW)

43 Uh . . . maybe I should not ask . . . but what happened between Piper and four seasons?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

It started with four seasons's comment #7 and escalated from there. Piper graciously forgave her so I hope the whole thing will blow over and be forgotten.

Posted by: Tuna at June 20, 2026 05:40 AM (lJ0H4)

44 @43
Check that. Comment #17.

Posted by: Tuna at June 20, 2026 05:42 AM (lJ0H4)

45 The house search is in suspension. The place I looked at yesterday was great: 2BR/1 BA, porch, rear deck, all the floors and painting done, a 2-car garage with a concrete driveway, basement, etc. Then . . .

I found it's within a block of an "affordable housing" development. "Driving" around it on Gorgle Street View, I see that as of March this year it looked clean and neat, a world better than the kind of low-income and Section 8 places we have here. But there's always the chance it won't *stay* nice. I'd hate to buy a place, spend time and money customizing it, then get robbed by thugs or mugged when out exercising by gang members.

No, no place is perfect. But that kind of unpleasant experience is part of what I'm trying to flee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9)

46 Today is the great NoVaMoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:44 AM (afJtY)

47 I really hope Ben its a fantastic weather event

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 05:45 AM (Ia/+0)

48 What size rifle does one use on a house hunt?
****

155mm recoilless.

Posted by: clarence at June 20, 2026 05:47 AM (I5lp2)

49 Anyhow . . . I was thinking last night I'd go work out this morning if the conditions were a little better than yesterday's. It rained last evening, so you'd think it might be a little cooler -- or at least less hot -- so . . .

Not really. Heat index of 85 already at 5 am? Ugh. It's better than yesterday's 94 HI, but still, ugh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

50 My crockpot brisket adventure is about to begin. The brisket has been seasoned for 24 hours and is now teady for the long slow cook. Should it be a disaster the dogs are gonna love it.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:57 AM (afJtY)

51 @34/Wolfus: I was reading the ONT just before going to bed and saw the comments and the warning from WeirdDave. It seemed to me that there must have been some comments made that were a lot worse that crossed a line, and were probably deleted.

Here's what's left if you want to follow the comment progression in the ONT:

The two-wolves picture, then comments: 11, 17, 25, 44, 52, 65, 66, 74, 79, 88, 89 (COB warning).

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 20, 2026 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

52 Pale moon rises high
Summer weekends at the shore
Calm breezes pass by

fin

Posted by: clarence at June 20, 2026 06:02 AM (I5lp2)

53 Wolfus: I was reading the ONT just before going to bed and saw the comments and the warning from WeirdDave. It seemed to me that there must have been some comments made that were a lot worse that crossed a line, and were probably deleted. . . .

***
I flicked over it. Probably best to let things settle down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:03 AM (wzUl9)

54 Guess I'll get dressed and have some breakfast. Time to take the furry thugs' chow out of the fridge and clean their bowls, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

55 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: dry white toast.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 20, 2026 06:06 AM (amcLV)

56 My crockpot brisket adventure is about to begin. The brisket has been seasoned for 24 hours and is now teady for the long slow cook. Should it be a disaster the dogs are gonna love it.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:57 AM (afJtY)
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8 hours on low and it should be melt in your mouth good.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 20, 2026 06:08 AM (amcLV)

57 Have a load of scap aluminum yo getrid of this morning, still a few more after this one

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 06:10 AM (Ia/+0)

58 Captain Obvious, do you start it on high for about an hour first?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:11 AM (afJtY)

59 @53/Wolfus: "Probably best to let things settle down."

Yup. (I only commented on it this morning because you asked about it.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 20, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

60 We have a very nice weekend, sunny low 80s ahead

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 06:18 AM (Ia/+0)

61 Breakfast: a microwaved beef-and-bean burrito with chili powder and some pepper jack cheese on top. Possibly I'll have a slice of toast with honey to settle the taste buds.

The car needs washing and spray waxing; and after that, so will I. (No, not the waxing part.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

62 Captain Obvious, do you start it on high for about an hour first?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:11 AM (afJtY)
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Nope. Low and slow all the way through.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 20, 2026 06:23 AM (amcLV)

63 Captain Obvious, thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:24 AM (afJtY)

64 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 20, 2026 06:24 AM (whRlH)

65 @38/jim (in Kalifornia): "What size rifle does one use on a house hunt?"

The use of the M28 is not recommended in residential neighborhoods, as its use may contravene several municipal, county, state, and federal regulations, as well as violate an international treaty or two.

"Go Big or Go Home" doesn't apply in this case because after using it, you ain't goin' home!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 20, 2026 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

66 - Ben

I've never done a brisket. Quite a few roast, taters and carrots.
Brown the roast in a frying pan. Put in pot and add water 1/3 - 1/2 height of roast. Scrub brush taters and carrots, slice taters in half lengthwise and add then carrots on top.
Unless you need it done quicker than 8, no need to start on high.
And since I'm not much on making gravy, I use the drippings instead of water with McCormick's brown gravy mix.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 06:26 AM (5gyQ/)

67 Teej, thank you. I hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:28 AM (afJtY)

68 {{{Ben Had}}}

May you be by a babbling brook, in a birch forest, with a glass of excellent Pinot Grigio in hand. All while fluffy clouds scud by.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 20, 2026 06:30 AM (whRlH)

69 Morning, Ben Had. Sorry, got distracted. Busy loading truck and taking dog for walk before heading to lake.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 20, 2026 06:31 AM (Hbeqj)

70 - Ben - disclaimer

I ain't in no way the cook most folks in this place are. Except for my baked beans so, word to the wise...

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 06:31 AM (5gyQ/)

71 I'd say you boys have had enough!

Posted by: Taggert at June 20, 2026 06:33 AM (/HDaX)

72 NaCly, dearest. Thank you. That was my go to place to keep from having a scathing, invective laden rant about the European slackjaws thinking they should have a place at the table.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:34 AM (afJtY)

73 olddog, sounds like plans for a lovely weekend.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:35 AM (afJtY)

74 - Back atcha, Ben.

Doin' okay. Wish I was what I was 20 even years ago. Four hours at the widow's, chainsawing, trimming, pulling turnips and digging in the garden did me in.
And a dog gone borer moth already got one of her zucchini plants. And the deer are chomping her tomato plants.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 06:38 AM (5gyQ/)

75 Anthropic is working on a next-gen AI modeled after Bernie Sanders. It's code name is BS-GPT. Sample interaction.

User: "What is the capital of Belgium?"
BS-GPT: "Oligachy!"
User: "What is Avogadro's number?"
BS-GPT: "Oligachy!"
User: What is today's forecast high temperature?"
BS-GPT: "Olgachy!"

Experts expect it to be heavily used on college campuses....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 20, 2026 06:39 AM (n9eFH)

76 {{{}}} to Ben Had, Salty, and everyone who needs one!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 20, 2026 06:40 AM (n9eFH)

77 I am the Shadout Mapes. Hello and good morning to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:40 AM (afJtY)

78 Ok, heading out for the lake. Don't burn the house down.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 20, 2026 06:42 AM (Hbeqj)

79 Ok, heading out for the lake. Don't burn the house down.

Ok!

https://tinyurl.com/rscissors

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 20, 2026 06:47 AM (/HDaX)

80 {{{I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper}}

Ahhh. Thank you. Have a wonderful day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 20, 2026 06:48 AM (whRlH)

81 I read "crockpot" as "crackpot" and it made for a really weird discussion.

Posted by: Wally at June 20, 2026 06:49 AM (+nC3J)

82 May everyone have a great day. Got some preps before a meeting statrs at 1100.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 20, 2026 06:49 AM (whRlH)

83 Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 20, 2026 06:39 AM (n9eFH)

Whenever PsyOpAnime does anything involving Sanders it's always such titled "CCP gibberish". Same for Warren, but she always also has a full Sioux warbonnet.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 20, 2026 06:51 AM (hdRdU)

84 The film version of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' The Yearling, with Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, is on Movies! tonight at 7 Central. Tomorrow night, House of Strangers with Edward G. Robinson and Susan Hayward.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

85 27 Good morning. The creme brulee coffee is especially good this morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:24 AM (afJtY)

YUM

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 06:52 AM (6wpGE)

86 The internet is not an ideal means of communication. You can't see anybody's face or body's language and at least initially things might come out rather nastily you don't have a do-over.
Also, unless they tell you nobody knows what personalstresses people are going through which might cause a reaction that might be stronger than it might otherwise be.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2026 06:56 AM (O14q3)

87 - "Heading for the lake."

Well, glad somebody is. Maybe, someday,... have nice 12' v-hull. Bought trailer later but, being the dummy I am, it's for at least a 14 footer and had no bow stop/winch mount. I was originally just gonna cart it in the back of the truck but found out that while loading on level ground was easy, the first time out sliding it up at a 45° angle into the bed,,, not so much.
Skinny and old, you see.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 06:56 AM (5gyQ/)

88 m, I would glady pour you a cup along with a chocolate/ pistachio biscotti

Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:57 AM (afJtY)

89 Light outside. The roads are no doubt still damp and muddy after last evening's rain; trying to clean up the car this early is probably not a good idea.

I'll shower and shave first. If I get sweaty while washing the car later, I can always shower again!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

90 46 Today is the great NoVaMoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:44 AM (afJtY)

Best wishes to everybody!

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 07:01 AM (6wpGE)

91 Oh, that bow stop/winch mount will have to be custom made.
Maybe I can figure how to bolt one together, maybe, if I get the steel needed. And get someone to weld the post to the trailer mounting plate,,, maybe.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 20, 2026 07:01 AM (5gyQ/)

92 88 m, I would glady pour you a cup along with a chocolate/ pistachio biscotti
Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 06:57 AM (afJtY)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 07:02 AM (6wpGE)

93 Wolfus, Is Movies! a streaming service? What does it cost? I signed up for Criterion and quickly cancelled it. Too many French films.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 07:04 AM (qFwJc)

94 PowerLine funnies:

https://tinyurl.com/2kd3x2dc

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 20, 2026 07:05 AM (l26NL)

95 Spent all of yesterday working on bash scripts and neovim configs.

I mean what else are you going to do on your day off and you got a bad foot?

As a goof I made a neovim config that emulates Wordstar.

I also threw in the functions to write screenplays.

Why?

Why not.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2026 07:06 AM (XV/Pl)

96 Thought Powerline week in pictures was very good

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 07:08 AM (Ia/+0)

97 Wolfus, Is Movies! a streaming service? What does it cost? I signed up for Criterion and quickly cancelled it. Too many French films.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026

***
No, it's free -- over the air! If you get it in your area, of course. Their website is moviestvnetwork.com. You can enter your zip code and see if you have it. It's 24-hours, and they show the films with commercials but apparently without cutting. Whereas some channels would shoehorn a film into a two-hour slot, Movies! lets it run over to 2:15 or 2:20, fills the gap with old Looney Tunes cartoons or a Fractured Flickers excerpt, then starts the next on the half hour.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

98 "Who had Muslims uniting Catholics and Protestants in Belfast?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 07:10 AM (qFwJc)

99 Mmm! Time I fed the furry thugs!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

100 100

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 07:11 AM (6wpGE)

101 Thanks Wolfus. I have an over the air antenna for the TV in the Bonus room over the garage. I will look for it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026 07:14 AM (qFwJc)

102 Thanks Wolfus. I have an over the air antenna for the TV in the Bonus room over the garage. I will look for it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 20, 2026

***
It's a fairly new channel in my area, so new the channel guide on my Vizio TV does not give details on it, but I can see their schedule on their site and on my ontvtonight.com page.

Sunday night is film noir, as is all day on Thursday. They'll often have a weekday devoted to a given classic actor or actress like James Stewart or Bette Davis. Tomorrow is "Father's Day" movies. And odd, "lost" films turn up. Last week they ran an early Bogart from 1934 called Call It Murder: strange, slow, talky Universal flick, but interesting anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)

103 Morning peeps. My wife had the US vs. Australia soccer game on yesterday. I can't figure out how they keep time. The clock on the screen was counting up, past 60 minutes, past 90.... weird. Boring. Drama queens on grass.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 07:21 AM (jehhT)

104 Morning peeps. My wife had the US vs. Australia soccer game on yesterday. I can't figure out how they keep time. The clock on the screen was counting up, past 60 minutes, past 90.... weird. Boring. Drama queens on grass.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2026 07:21 AM (jehhT)
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Only the official Timekeeper knows for sure...Even the refs don't know how much time is left on the clock.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2026 07:27 AM (gnNyN)

105
Our house is rather badly designed. The front faces almost due south and the back faces north. The master bedroom is on the west side and the garage is on the east side.

What happens is that the master bedroom often becomes hot from the afternoon sun, especially in warm weather. Like we're having now. Last night, I was pretty uncomfortable and Diana even decided to decamp to find somewhere cooler, an extraordinary event.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2026 07:29 AM (O0L8i)

106 Heading to scrap yard. Hopefully a good trip

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2026 07:31 AM (Ia/+0)

107 One of the bedrooms in our house faces East but is shaded from the morning sun and stays cool all day. We've been sleeping in there instead of the master bedroom. It is also the warmest bedroom in the winter.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 20, 2026 07:33 AM (f0sNM)

108 Good morning morons from Denver

Salutations to the novamomee

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2026 07:33 AM (6h45X)

109 I'm done with breakfast and my pipe. Time to shower and shave, I guess. I'll drop in on the Coffee Thread a little later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9)

110 Today is the great NoVaMoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:44 AM (afJtY)
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Is that today?

Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 07:44 AM (ei1sX)

111 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 20, 2026 07:44 AM (VyBeY)

112 Good morning! It did nothing but rain yesterday but it'll be cool and cloudy today. Should be a good day to scoot up to Kickapoo Downtown and back with some actual IFR time instead of having to use those stupid foggles.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2026 07:47 AM (3Ope8)

113 Today is the great NoVaMoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 20, 2026 05:44 AM (afJtY)
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Is that today?
Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 07:44 AM

Oh, crap! Where are my car keys?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 20, 2026 07:52 AM (zC76q)

114 Good morning Horde thx Pixy.
66° at the moment not getting over high 70s today. Time to take a two mile walk to CVS. See you in the prayer breakfast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 20, 2026 07:58 AM (L9YhZ)

115 Coffee is up.

Posted by: Weasel at June 20, 2026 08:00 AM (ei1sX)

116 I think Hyundai is making the smart bet. All the money going into AI is creating something which, as now set up, can generated lots of great dirty limericks (I have a story about that) and amazing virtual reality.
If you ignore the "Skynet" scenario, AI operated humanoid robots is the cat's pajamas endpoint of the AI business, and they're taking control of the necessary component.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:51 PM (RW118)

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Posted by: Pokemon card decks at June 20, 2026 07:26 PM (CrLRm)

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! Glory To The ONT!

Welcome to the Friday ONT! You guys are a real enough world for me.

Fido and feline Friday: Hey baby

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 19, 2026

Ketchup burger?

Heavenly sandwich

Ta dah!

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 19, 2026

Kollege

Moo

America the beautiful

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 19, 2026

There's a thing going on on social media that's fantastic. Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.

Golden calf

Time keeps on slippin'

Playing chicken

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 20, 2026

New idea for my will

Today's insanity

Blast from the past

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The left

Perry the platypus?

Red 9

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 20, 2026

When Leafs get uppity

Call me Moon Moon

Japan is building up their military

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They ain't lion

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by dragons:

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Time Machine at work!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 09:58 PM (ZVgZ4)

2 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at June 19, 2026 09:58 PM (+9wcF)

3 Goodnight everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Was watching another depressing movie., have to find happier ones

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Sorry I'm late, I had to patch the doghouse, it was riddled with bullet holes.

Again.

CURSE YOU, RED BARON!

Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (LrJiL)

6 Wow! My first first!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (ZVgZ4)

7 And I looked, and behold! A rider on a pale horse. Or was it a giraffe on the ONT? I may need glasses

Posted by: mindful webworker - Jose, can you si? at June 19, 2026 10:00 PM (9bb3y)

8 You're welcome.

Posted by: Cameron Burgess at June 19, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

9 Don’t do martial arts without your glasses. And don’t fight with your glasses on!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:03 PM (ZVgZ4)

10 New idea for my will

You can't just bypass hundreds of years of lichdom and go straight to demilichdom.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

11 I think the wolf meme is a reflection of me.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 10:04 PM (OoFl2)

12 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 10:06 PM (SRRAx)

13 Sorry I'm late, I had to patch the doghouse, it was riddled with bullet holes.

Again.

CURSE YOU, RED BARON!
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (LrJiL)

At least you didn't meet an angry dragon, and watch it fall in flames and ash while your parachute burned.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 10:06 PM (qx7Zg)

14 I think most of my problems could be solved if I had a dragon.

Except attracting girls.

Well.....no, that's definitely out.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 19, 2026 10:07 PM (jGGMD)

15 Yo!

Posted by: RandomDave at June 19, 2026 10:07 PM (aJQbY)

16 .303 / 7.70×56
.308 / 7.62×51

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:07 PM (VPNgR)

17
Both of the wolves are whores?

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

18 I've seen video clips before of idiots stating that "Jesus was trans because Mary couldn't give birth to a male without a father," before. If that's the case, Iwonder how they explain the need for Jesus to get circumcised.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (LrJiL)

19 >>There's a thing going on on social media that's fantastic. Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.

I completely agree.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m)

20 No one top twenty reads any content.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (sl73Y)

21 What the...Oh, this is Friday, I see.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (VPNgR)

22 Japan is building up their military

I think I've seen some of those scenes in Godzilla movies.

Thank you WD!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (B0dAE)

23 Iwonder how they explain the need for [XX] Jesus to get circumcised.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (LrJiL)

Oh! Ask us!

Posted by: the muslims at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

24 I accidently watched a bit of ABC news today.

Holy smokes is it garbage. Juvenile, shallow and as non-informative as it could be.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 10:12 PM (ItpVy)

25 17
Both of the wolves are whores?
Posted by: four seasons

Whoa. That came out of left field. Not ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 10:12 PM (21WNI)

26 >>There's a thing going on on social media that's fantastic. Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.

I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw

The last guy was going gaga over Chipotle.

How bad are the restaurants in the rest of the world?

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

27 17
Both of the wolves are whores?

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

Where did I put that 20 dollar bill?

Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:13 PM (LrJiL)

28 That ketchup nothing-burger reminds me of the "none pizza with left beef" from... has it been almost two decades already?

Posted by: Another Anon at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (4h45B)

29 Time keeps on slippin'

Japan is building up their military

While I was not born when the Nips got frisky, I read a lot of comic books in which they were definitely the bad guys.

I'm awfully glad they're on our side this time.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (Riz8t)

30
Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.

____________

And their MSM and ours are saying, "Who are you going to believe, us or your lying eyes and taste buds?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (O0L8i)

31
Time Machine at work!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Does it go to 802701?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)

32 There's a thing going on on social media that's fantastic. Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.

I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m)

I was informed that it was all fakey fake clickbait, or something.

I choose to ignore them. There is something happening. A lot of the folks coming here for the World Cup have lived their entire lives learning that America was horrible. And they are not the old money rich folks on some kind of beer and wine safari. They are regular folks who flew over coach to see their teams.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird! at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

33 If that's the case, Iwonder how they explain the need for Jesus to get circumcised.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (LrJiL)
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Requesting thought, critical thinking and logic at the same time is a bit much for these people.
_when synapses collide

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (VPNgR)

34 I realize this is not the point of the chicken meme, which I watched several times and enjoyed.

Mostly because it is how I feel right now but without that much drama.

How did the chicken get into the room with the balloon on her head and then pop it?

My day: my dude had a peridontist mess with him for a gum graft. Apparently braces in the past can cause receeding gums for his front lower teeth (otherwise perfect with one cavity in his entire life). I hate dental work like this, and wisdom teeth were enough for my sons.

His graft site (roof of mouth) bled like a gunshot wound for 30min. I had to peer in there with a flashlight and discuss this grossness with their office. A suture has maybe popped and I told him he could not remove it. He can't spit, either, and I am thinking if you do not like blood you would not have enjoyed our event.

I am a nurse and did not enjoy it but it FINALLY quit bleeding with pressure/gauze, wet teabag, and ice on his cheek.

All was well til he tried to take a nap (head elevated) and then texted me he was bleeding a lot.

I do hope this is not how my night is going to be.

The bad pain from graft starts in 3 days.

I may take drugs soon, too.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 19, 2026 10:15 PM (hzuYO)

35 No one top twenty reads any content.
Posted by: From about That Time

Hey, I was top-ten with a comment about the Content.

And "first" on the lawyer thread, with a comment about the Content. And a sock change.

Of course, that way of thinking means I've been "first" maybe 6 or 8 times, ever.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

36 I think the wolf meme is a reflection of me.

Two wolf moon moon.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

37 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 19, 2026 10:17 PM (WBro8)

38 Heh....South Park photo at the top. The character's name is Jenkins (after Leeeee Roooooyyyyy Jennnnnnkins...which was staged, btw). And the character is based on a real live person who used to be a developer at that company before it became Blizzard. His name is Joeyray Hall....and he really looks like that.

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

39 36 I think the wolf meme is a reflection of me.

Two wolf moon moon.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026

I feel like this could be the start of a song.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 10:19 PM (OoFl2)

40 Past and Future:

Bring payphones back. But they're giant touchscreens made to look like iPhones. And the audio is always set to speakers, so everyone else hears your conversation (just like regular iPhone users in public). Camera, however, stays disabled. No need to share THAT much about your babydaddy chillax'n at your home.

Posted by: Another Anon at June 19, 2026 10:19 PM (4h45B)

41 Mississippi residents are richer, on average, than UK citizens. Does that help explain the restaurant discrepancy?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:19 PM (ZVgZ4)

42 Both of the wolves are whores?
Posted by: four seasons

I think you call them "bitches" when they're canines.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

43 36 I think the wolf meme is a reflection of me.

Two wolf moon moon.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

++++++++++

M-O-O-N spells moon.

Posted by: Tom Cullen at June 19, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske)

44
I am very old school.

You don't live together to try it out.

Flame me i don't give a shit

.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)

45 I think most of my problems could be solved if I had a dragon.

Except attracting girls.
Posted by: Dr. T

Would your choice on Friends have been Phoebe, over Rachel or Monica? Then it could work.

"Yeah, this is my baby dragon. I've got a baby unicorn in the van over there....."

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

46 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 10:22 PM (G3T/K)

47
Mississippi residents are richer, on average, than UK citizens.

___________

Take Greater London out of the calculations and it's even more glaring.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 10:22 PM (O0L8i)

48 22 Japan is building up their military
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and their neighbors. Gave some boats to the Philippines, sold some naval high tech to India along with personal assistance also new, never before internal legislation OK'ing sharing home made sekret tech with neighbors. Included in alliance is Taiwan, Viet Nam Thighland, and other South China Sea friends.
Xi has more than Trump to worry about.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:23 PM (VPNgR)

49 Speaking of restaurant mix-ups, years ago, our group of friends played on a co-ed softball team. We would always go for pizza afterwards.

One time, there were a lot of extra people who went to the pizza place, so in order to make sure that the staff wouldn't get too confused, the person who ordered for us got an order form and dutifully proceeded to order separate pizzas. Made a "list" of it with 1), 2), 3), etc. I think we had 6 or 7 pizzas ordered that evening.

About 30 minutes later, the owner came to us rather sheepishly and asked if any if us would like to buy the "extra" pizzas for $5 apiece.

Turns out one of the new employees misunderstood and thought we wanted 1 of this pizza, 2 of the next pizza, 3 of the following pizza, etc.

We still laugh about that all these years later 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 10:23 PM (SRRAx)

50 There Moon

Posted by: Eyegore at June 19, 2026 10:23 PM (Cqx++)

51 >>The last guy was going gaga over Chipotle.

>>How bad are the restaurants in the rest of the world?

The everyday stuff that most of us eat are ok. But nowhere has the kind of variety and abundance we do here. And even when they try to copy a hamburger most places do not succeed. Their overall experience is just not close. And most of us are pretty friendly and good people. And trust me, even when some of us get real barbecue we get a little misty, imagine how bad UK barbecue is.

The average American lives really well compared to the rest of the world. There's a reason so many try to break in here and so few want to leave.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:24 PM (viF8m)

52
It is Ace. . Aren't we allowed to express our opinions here?

Oh no, I might have offended someone here.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)

53 Japan is building up their military

I think I've seen some of those scenes in Godzilla movies.

Thank you WD!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (B0dAE)

Sort of looks like an AI production, putting Japanese insignia an American soldiers and weapons?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:26 PM (1z8ji)

54 Bad taxidermy is FUN taxidermy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 10:26 PM (6/7Fs)

55 I see Scogg has arrived. Nobody cares.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)

56 One time, there were a lot of extra people who went to the pizza place, so in order to make sure that the staff wouldn't get too confused, the person who ordered for us got an order form and dutifully proceeded to order separate pizzas. Made a "list" of it with 1), 2), 3), etc. I think we had 6 or 7 pizzas ordered that evening.

About 30 minutes later, the owner came to us rather sheepishly and asked if any if us would like to buy the "extra" pizzas for $5 apiece.

Turns out one of the new employees misunderstood and thought we wanted 1 of this pizza, 2 of the next pizza, 3 of the following pizza, etc.

We still laugh about that all these years later 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

.....and to this day, the owner gets pissed when he hears "The Twelve Days Of Christmas."

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

57 I just got a 4th of July party invitation from a former classmate. Possibly the most liberal person I know.

I figure my husband and I, if he survives this weekend's fun of dental recovery, and I would be the only conservatives there. Far outnumbered, big time. I think not!

I'm going to RSVP thank you but we have plans (to stay home possibly, but I cannot deal with Trump haters in one large group on our country's 250th birthday).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (hzuYO)

58
Of course, that way of thinking means I've been "first" maybe 6 or 8 times, ever.....

Posted by: mikesk
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Bragging about your fast computer, eh?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (VPNgR)

59 Japan is building up their military
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Need more Gundam

Posted by: Methos at June 19, 2026 10:28 PM (vSvIl)

60 Damn that broomhandle mauser looks fun.

The blue diamond eye skull thing....man I sooo want that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 10:28 PM (snZF9)

61 Alvin York hailed from the Three Forks of the Wolf (River).

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 10:28 PM (rj6Yv)

62 >>>And they are not the old money rich folks on some kind of beer and wine safari. They are regular folks who flew over coach to see their teams.

Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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Evangelical America, I hope this helps them back home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:30 PM (VPNgR)

63

A lot what is wrong in our country is the lack of commitment.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:30 PM (/QHx4)

64 59 Japan is building up their military
-
Need more Gundam

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We lost the Philippines last time this happened.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 10:30 PM (6/7Fs)

65 I am very old school.
You don't live together to try it out.
Flame me i don't give a shit
Posted by: four seasons
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I've done the "living in sin" thing before. But didn't want to do it again after BF passed away.

Now-hubby invited me to move in, but I said no. I had a job & house, all settled in. He wanted to know why not...Because I don't want to *play house*

About a month after we married, I asked boss for a week off-- for moving. He was concerned: "Already?! But you just got married!"

Uh, yeah dude... it's time to move IN.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)

66 44 I am very old school.
You don't live together to try it out.
Flame me i don't give a shit

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)

We lived together for a while before getting married because we were paying our own way through college, and both families thought we were too young to get married.

The difference was that we KNEW we wanted to get married - we weren't doing a trial run.

We celebrate 46 years of wedded bliss in August. 💕💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (SRRAx)

67 59 Japan is building up their military
-
Need more Gundam

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We lost the Philippines last time this happened.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 10:30 PM (6/7Fs)
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Japan kicked their defense spending into high gear after the Norks launched IRBMs over the Home Islands back in the 90s.

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (rj6Yv)

68 No one top twenty reads any content.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (sl73Y)

Absolutely! You’d miss the top 10 or worse if you did. But you can go back and read at leisure after first posting, and I do.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (ZVgZ4)

69 I'm going to RSVP thank you but we have plans (to stay home possibly, but I cannot deal with Trump haters in one large group on our country's 250th birthday).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (hzuYO)

yeah uh...sorry I can't make it. I got ball surgery with a rusty soup can lid scheduled that day and I don't want to miss that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (snZF9)

70 Evening all,

Hope all are doing well.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 19, 2026 10:33 PM (2F0/Y)

71 I see Scogg has arrived. Nobody cares.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)

?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:33 PM (1z8ji)

72 Requesting thought, critical thinking and logic at the same time is a bit much for these people.
Posted by: Braenyard

They do have a rudimentary sort of cunning, as shown by the "The Left" meme up there.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

73 4 Was watching another depressing movie., have to find happier ones

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (Ia/+0)

Look up the Amelia "Deport Deport now" song or any of the world cup tourist videos. They will put a smile on your face. Also, watch the chicken balloon video over a few times.

Posted by: moki at June 19, 2026 10:34 PM (wLjpr)

74 four seasons
Please stop.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 10:34 PM (A5RD0)

75 Might have to send some B-29s to Tinian.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)

76 Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:24 PM (viF8m)

___________________

I hate to admit it, but tipping is a factor in the US. Not so much fast food, but any restaurant above and beyond. I spent quite a bit of time traveling, and the US is pretty much the only place that encourages tips in restaurants. You are the patron. The waiter and the chef try to be patronizing. So they, for the most part, will go that extra step in food quality and service. Europeans are mystified by these perks.

In the rest of the world it's a different atmosphere altogether. In a lot of restaurants (especially in France) they act like they're doing you a favor by allowing you to eat there. I'm not talking about the high end Michelin star restaurants. I'm talking about cafes and mid-level. They put as much effort into their entres as well....CBD may disagree, but I walked out of more than one restaurant in Europe, including one in Belgium that had a tomato worm in the salad bigger than my finger.

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 10:36 PM (dIske)

77 that c-96 does not look like a standard full-auto. It seems to lack the happy-fun switch on the left hand side.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

78 All was well til he tried to take a nap (head elevated) and then texted me he was bleeding a lot.

I do hope this is not how my night is going to be.

The bad pain from graft starts in 3 days.

I may take drugs soon, too.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 19, 2026 10:15 PM (hzuYO)

I seriously hope he isn't on blood thinners, for both your sakes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)

79 I am very old school.
You don't live together to try it out.
Flame me i don't give a shit

Posted by: four seasons

I agree. If you go into it with a 'trying it out' mentality, you'll always be straddling the fence, never jumping in the deep end, to mix metaphors. Commit mentally, emotionally, and if possible ceremonially, before you commit physically, and it will all go smoother.

I say this as an engaged-until-we-can-marry-no-matter-the-obstacles guy

Posted by: RandomDave at June 19, 2026 10:37 PM (aJQbY)

80 Oh, murky mirthfulness, WeirdDave. This was one heckuva Friday ONT.

Furriners feasting America had me grinning like crazy.

Dogs getting startled had me roaring with laughter; the table getting upended was the icing on the cake.

The D&D video: never played D&D, but this is exactly how I always presumed it would be.

Japan building up? I've said it before, I'll say it again, Japan is getting militant. Germany wants to have the biggest military force in Europe. Meloni better start getting the trains to run on time, IYKWIMAITTYD.

About the moo cows, though, from a ranch-dwelling Okie, let me advise you, the cowboys can tell you all those bent-up tailgates and bashed-in sides on their pick'm'ups aren't from traffic accidents, they're from the cattle just crowding around thinking they're going to be fed. They can crush you just by accident.

Mamas with calves are nothing to be trifled with.

And then there's the bulls.

Speaking of: Daughter in high schoolbrought some city boys out here once, and seeing the herd of angus in the field, they asked, "Do you milk those cows?" Sure, I said, go out and milk that big one with just one udder. Living in cattle country and that dumb. Sheesh!🤠

Posted by: mindful webworker - bow wow moo hic at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (9bb3y)

81 that c-96 does not look like a standard full-auto. It seems to lack the happy-fun switch on the left hand side.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

I did not know that any C96 was full-auto. Full auto on any weapon that can only load 8 or 9 rounds is damned stupid. Hit one attacker, miss the rest, then use the gun as a club when the remaining attackers swarm you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)

82 My (36F) husband (41M) has some disturbing requests for after he's passed away.

Stupid linear brain. I read this as "My thirty-six-year-old female husband....." and my brain didn't stop to reorder it until the (41M) part didn't fit into the sentence.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

83 Don't get the Lion CVS gum .

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:41 PM (KC5Lt)

84 that c-96 does not look like a standard full-auto. It seems to lack the happy-fun switch on the left hand side.
Posted by: Kindltot

I did not know that any C96 was full-auto. Full auto on any weapon that can only load 8 or 9 rounds is damned stupid. Hit one attacker, miss the rest, then use the gun as a club when the remaining attackers swarm you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I think you'd get swarmed while you were assembling and loading your CCW jigsaw puzzle.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

85 New idea for my will

OMG. You can DO THAT?!

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:42 PM (kU0PQ)

86 Don't get the Lion CVS gum .
Posted by: polynikes

Internet Meme that the minimum length of a CVS receipt is seven yards.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

87 I think living together to try it out when you’re 20 is different than when you’re 50.

At 50. You’re not being a whore. Or a tramp. Youre not going to be a baby mama on the dole.

Don’t be a judgemental bitch.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 10:43 PM (LdAYY)

88 We lived together for a while before getting married because we were paying our own way through college, and both families thought we were too young to get married.

The difference was that we KNEW we wanted to get married - we weren't doing a trial run.

We celebrate 46 years of wedded bliss in August. 💕💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (SRRAx)

I’m glad you kids are no longer living in sin.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:43 PM (ZVgZ4)

89 *COB HAT ON*.

Four seasons, enough. You can keep your lily white legs together or your teeny little dick dry all you want, but you don't get to lecture other people about what they do, Enough. It ends NOW

Posted by: Weirddave at June 19, 2026 10:44 PM (df/te)

90 80 Speaking of: Daughter in high schoolbrought some city boys out here once, and seeing the herd of angus in the field, they asked, "Do you milk those cows?" Sure, I said, go out and milk that big one with just one udder. Living in cattle country and that dumb. Sheesh!🤠
Posted by: mindful webworker - bow wow moo hic at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (9bb3y)

The Wisconsin Democratic Party put out a "Happy Dairy Month" Tweet with a picture of 2 bulls.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:45 PM (LrJiL)

91 Need to send the Japanese military vid to Xi just in case he hasn't been paying attention.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:45 PM (KC5Lt)

92 LOL... Living together has saved me from TWO divorce settlements... and a whole bunch of money over the years.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 10:46 PM (mP0Kj)

93 I think living together to try it out when you’re 20 is different than when you’re 50.

At 50. You’re not being a whore. Or a tramp. Youre not going to be a baby mama on the dole.

Agreed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)

94 The Wisconsin Democratic Party put out a "Happy Dairy Month" Tweet with a picture of 2 bulls.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:45 PM (LrJiL)

I chuckled when I saw that.

"Sorry, Dad"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird! at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (0aYVJ)

95 83 Don't get the Lion CVS gum .

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:41 PM (KC5Lt)

CVS is notorious for extremely long receipts even for just one or two items.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (LrJiL)

96 I did not know that any C96 was full-auto. Full auto on any weapon that can only load 8 or 9 rounds is damned stupid. Hit one attacker, miss the rest, then use the gun as a club when the remaining attackers swarm you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)

The schnellfeur was a Mauser design for the 30's, Astra also made the 712 which was full auto. Both used detachable magazines and were generally meant to sell to China. There were other sales too, but mostly they were sold to China

The one in the video may have been modified, or it might have a busted sear. That one, though, was a model for WWI in 9mm from the hammer and the grips.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (rbvCR)

97 >>There's a thing going on on social media that's fantastic. Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.

I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw

The last guy was going gaga over Chipotle.

How bad are the restaurants in the rest of the world?
Posted by: mikeski
====

Sometimes anything new and palatable is awesome.

That or have another plate of spotted dick and whirled peas...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)

98 >>I hate to admit it, but tipping is a factor in the US. Not so much fast food, but any restaurant above and beyond. I spent quite a bit of time traveling, and the US is pretty much the only place that encourages tips in restaurants. You are the patron. The waiter and the chef try to be patronizing. So they, for the most part, will go that extra step in food quality and service. Europeans are mystified by these perks.

But that's on a different level from most of what is being posted on social media. The people posting are big sports fans, they aren't here to sample fine dining and stay in fancy place or even mid-level places. They are here for the World Cup. They raving about Buc-eess and Chipolte and bars with cheese steaks.

As I'm sure you know from traveling they are fed a bigger dose censorship and far left government than we are. And they've heard we MAGA types of the devil.

World Cup is so much bigger to these people than the Super Bowl is to us. Some of them are here for weeks. They came to party and got way better than they expected. Kinda cool. Yea us.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:48 PM (viF8m)

99 I've done the "living in sin" thing before. But didn't want to do it again after BF passed away.

Now-hubby invited me to move in, but I said no. I had a job & house, all settled in. He wanted to know why not...Because I don't want to *play house*

About a month after we married, I asked boss for a week off-- for moving. He was concerned: "Already?! But you just got married!"

Uh, yeah dude... it's time to move IN.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)

We did it all out of order. We found a house first, then got engaged, then married, then moved into the house. My roman catholic genuine Italian grandmother would have lost her shit if we even thought about moving in before we were married. I would have done it, but I didn't want to be blamed for granny wearing black the rest of her life and whipping herself like Silas in the Da Vinci code.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)

100 I did not know that any C96 was full-auto. Full auto on any weapon that can only load 8 or 9 rounds is damned stupid. Hit one attacker, miss the rest, then use the gun as a club when the remaining attackers swarm you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)
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IIRC, WSC carried a C96 in a cavalry charge at Omdruman. I bet it was switched to semi-auto

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (rj6Yv)

101 I'm pretty sure lots of folks were having picnics and hanging out April 11th 1861. Heck there were probably fewer people being killed by Democrats at that point.

Also fuck that chicken.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (xcxpd)

102 Disappointed in the Japanese military video.

Gojira wasn't in it, at all. I mean, come on, you're Japan. Get with the game.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (kU0PQ)

103 And they are not the old money rich folks on some kind of beer and wine safari. They are regular folks who flew over coach to see their teams.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird!

Does mean they cannot go on a beer, wine, liquor safari with all the small producers and free tasting tours.

I highly recommend it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

104 My daughter went to a Red Sox game, annual corporate thing,.and spent the game being entertained by Scots in Boston for the world cup. Scots closed down Sam Adams tap room, out of beer.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 19, 2026 10:50 PM (sl73Y)

105 CVS is notorious for extremely long receipts even for just one or two items.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (LrJi

Thanks I was not aware of that. And I used to manage a CVS when they were a small northeast company run out of Woonsocket, RI.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:52 PM (KC5Lt)

106 Alvin York hailed from the Three Forks of the Wolf (River).
Posted by: mrp

That is up by Pall Mall, Fentress County. You really can't get much farther out or you'd be going back in.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 10:52 PM (ItpVy)

107 You want hilarious and depressing video, catch KeroNgb on Ewe Tube. He posts interviews with college students from the Atlanta area, asking general knowledge questions like name three countries outside the US or what’s 18 divided by 3 or how many dimes in a dollar? These college-admitted students can’t answer! How long is a quarter of an hour? Most common answer: 25 minutes ‘cause a quarter, right. Some of these kids run the cash register at work! Here comes our next generation of doctors, engineers, and politicians!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:53 PM (ZVgZ4)

108 Shit, I could never live with a woman before marriage. She'd figure out what a pain in the ass I am before she was trapped by the vows.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 19, 2026 10:53 PM (DL7HR)

109 Disappointed in the Japanese military video.

Gojira wasn't in it, at all. I mean, come on, you're Japan. Get with the game.
Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (kU0PQ)

Also missing Mothra and Gamora. They're probably close to Mechagojira(sp.) though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

110 IIRC, WSC carried a C96 in a cavalry charge at Omdruman. I bet it was switched to semi-auto
Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (rj6Yv)

Indeed it was, but there was no switch then. Semi-auto was all you got. Churchill gave high praise to his Broomhandle Mauser, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (1z8ji)

111 Does mean they cannot go on a beer, wine, liquor safari with all the small producers and free tasting tours.

I highly recommend it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

They choose to drain Boston of all of its beer.

Man, I love that story.

Fooking Scots.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ulster Scot at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (0aYVJ)

112 Take a minute:

youtube.com/watch?v=DADmZdbQ9x8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (VPNgR)

113
Got married first. I didn't and Her Majesty didn't want us living together first because of the stepdaughter.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 10:55 PM (O0L8i)

114 The phone booth meme makes me think of my grandparents who lived from riding horseback and oil lamps to watching men on the Moon. We’re going through similar changes today, we just haven’t noticed!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)

115 "Politics is Hollywood for the ugly".

- Rush Limbaugh

Posted by: Ol Faithful at June 19, 2026 10:56 PM (hyQrc)

116 I keep telling the wife to encase my naked corpse in lucite and put me in the living room as the coffee table or front door like a cigar store indian.

That or roll me into the ditch and the gators will take care of the rest...

I think it'll be the later.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 10:57 PM (/lPRQ)

117 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:23 PM (VPNgR)

"Thighland"?

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:57 PM (kU0PQ)

118
Bad taxidermy is FUN taxidermy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

==============

Same for fine art restoration!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 10:57 PM (XJ22o)

119 Where did all these Worldcuppers get the money to buy airline tickets? Never heard of such an invasion here (Beatles!). Are they all upper class.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 10:58 PM (Cqx++)

120 I would have done it, but I didn't want to be blamed for granny wearing black the rest of her life and whipping herself like Silas in the Da Vinci code.
Posted by: Berserker

LMAO! You're a good grandson!

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

121 "Politics is Hollywood for the ugly".

- Rush Limbaugh
Posted by: Ol Faithful at June 19, 2026 10:56 PM (hyQrc)

Nope. Not gonna do it. Nosiree.

Not gonna repeat my comment from earlier today on 2028.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 10:59 PM (qx7Zg)

122 Touch screens/pads are works of the devil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:59 PM (VPNgR)

123 The phone booth meme makes me think of my grandparents who lived from riding horseback and oil lamps to watching men on the Moon. We’re going through similar changes today, we just haven’t noticed!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)

My grandparents were a little younger (1915ish), but yeah, they saw some amazing advances in a very short time frame. Grandpa ended up working for Boeing and NASA.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ulster Scot at June 19, 2026 10:59 PM (0aYVJ)

124
"Politics is Hollywood for the ugly".

- Rush Limbaugh
Posted by: Ol Faithful

===============

Politics' rejoinder: Hollywood is Washington's ATM.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)

125 I've told my wife and my funeral director buddy to just sit me in a chair on the front porch with some type of mechanical apparatus that moves my arm in a wave.

Buddy - "Uhhhh, I really don't think I can do that."

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (ItpVy)

126 Might have to send some B-29s to Tinian.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I believe Tinian airfield is quietly being reactivated.
A couple of other Pacific island airfields have recently been restored (google Earth, etc).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)

127
Nope. Not gonna do it. Nosiree.

Not gonna repeat my comment from earlier today on 2028.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

=============

Oh yes you are.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (XJ22o)

128 112 Take a minute:

youtube.com/watch?v=DADmZdbQ9x8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (VPNgR)

Good, but at this time of the night, I sort of was waiting for an Indian Head test pattern and the station to go off the air. Guess I fit that pay phone meme better than I thought.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 11:01 PM (ZVgZ4)

129 I'm gonna outlive my wife. Because she's a quitter. Always talking about how she don't want to live super long. But if I died first, I'd want to be preserved like Jeremy Bentham so I too could demystify death. And by demystify death, I mean be rolled out on a handtruck on special occasions or wheeled out into the driveway to gaze upon the neighbors from The Beyond.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 19, 2026 11:01 PM (DL7HR)

130 I think I saw a front door mat for All Hail Eris.

Hold on. We're probably not wearing pants.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)

131 I don't see any books in here, so pants are optional

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (gKWVE)

132 >>Buddy - "Uhhhh, I really don't think I can do that."

How hard can it be to make a mechanical apparatus that moves your arm in a wave?

I'm sure AOP can spin that up in a shake.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)

133 Nope. Not gonna do it. Nosiree.

Not gonna repeat my comment from earlier today on 2028.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

=============

Oh yes you are.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (XJ22o)

You've been warned!

The 2028 Democrat Presidential ticket will be Biden/Biden. I'm not sure if Hunter or Jill will be on top.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

134 I think I saw a front door mat for All Hail Eris.

Hold on. We're probably not wearing pants.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Somehow, your autocorrect changed "any member of the Horde" to "All Hail Eris."

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

135 I've told my wife and my funeral director buddy to just sit me in a chair on the front porch with some type of mechanical apparatus that moves my arm in a wave.

Buddy - "Uhhhh, I really don't think I can do that."
Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (ItpVy)
=====

Might want to have yourself digitally recorded doing the waving thing. Then you can have a laser projector light show on the porch every night for as long as there's electricity.

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 11:04 PM (rj6Yv)

136 Great vid of the Japanese military.
My F-N-L fought all thru the pacific. I told him once before he passed that I would hate having to fight them today.
He agreed. Said once was enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:05 PM (2WIwB)

137 133 Nope. Not gonna do it. Nosiree.

Not gonna repeat my comment from earlier today on 2028.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

=============

Oh yes you are.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (XJ22o)

You've been warned!

The 2028 Democrat Presidential ticket will be Biden/Biden. I'm not sure if Hunter or Jill will be on top.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
- - - - - - - -
Giggity giggity!

Posted by: G. Quagmire at June 19, 2026 11:05 PM (4h45B)

138 The civil war thing is interesting because the leftwing coalition is:

Feminists that believe physical work is below them
Male feminists that hate, fear, and want to rape those feminists
Racial minority supremacists with no impulse control
Jihadis
Insane violent trannies

The old commies had some sort of organization structure they could make work in combat but the current left? They rely on the straight white men not in their coalition to cow the populace and create some sort of order.

Though in fairness it is working in places like Britain.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)

139 I'm sure AOP can spin that up in a shake.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)

Wind-powered, just like those "flying ducks".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)

140 >>Wind-powered, just like those "flying ducks".

See?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

141 The 2028 Democrat Presidential ticket will be Biden/Biden. I'm not sure if Hunter or Jill will be on top.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

Jill will be on top. Hunter always fucks up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)

142 There are ~200 McDonald's in London, 1500 in the UK. Been over 50 years since I've eaten at one.

Posted by: javems at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (zFsEm)

143 I think I saw a front door mat for All Hail Eris.

Hold on. We're probably not wearing pants.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Somehow, your autocorrect changed "any member of the Horde" to "All Hail Eris."
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

I remember her talking most about threads with pants required.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:08 PM (qx7Zg)

144
nurse,we aren't allowed to have differing opinions here?

We might offend someone here?

fuck them and the horse they rode in.

Goodnight all.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)

145 Thanks Dave!
Seriously enjoyable ONT issue.
All good, but especially loved the Japan military clip.
Lots of US hardware…F15s, F35s, C130s, Ospreys. All good stuff. And I’m heartened by the fact that, if anyone can further pimp out existing stuff, they can. Just think about all the chrome and neon they could put on it all…

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 19, 2026 11:09 PM (3hOgI)

146 This ONT is PEAK GIRTHY

Posted by: L'Observateur Mikleuse at June 19, 2026 11:10 PM (6VErX)

147
Bed time. Diana is taking up Her Majesty's side of the bed. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:11 PM (O0L8i)

148 Four seasons

We are allowed to have differing opinions. But. We are also allowed to call out people who personally attack other people and are assholes.

I’ve been called out.

You’ve been called out.

Don’t get personal. Or do. Your choice.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:11 PM (A5RD0)

149 Nite, H7.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)

150 Ohhh... Cat just brought a dove to the patio door. Ugh. Closed the drapes, I don't want to watch.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 11:12 PM (rdVOm)

151 89 *COB HAT ON*.

Four seasons, enough. You can keep your lily white legs together or your teeny little dick dry all you want, but you don't get to lecture other people about what they do, Enough. It ends NOW

Posted by: Weirddave
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If you check, you will see four seasons made one statement that has been quoted by several other commenters. You are pointing a finger in the wrong direction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:13 PM (VPNgR)

152 Ohhh... Cat just brought a dove to the patio door. Ugh. Closed the drapes, I don't want to watch.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 11:12 PM (rdVOm)

You need a bigger cat. One that can catch and kill Canada geese. Or pheasants.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:14 PM (1z8ji)

153 150 Ohhh... Cat just brought a dove to the patio door. Ugh. Closed the drapes, I don't want to watch.

Posted by: JQ
--

Squab for supper?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:14 PM (VPNgR)

154 As Summer Kwanzaa draws to a close...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 19, 2026 11:14 PM (D2IX4)

155 Thanks Dave!
Seriously enjoyable ONT issue.
All good, but especially loved the Japan military clip.
Lots of US hardware…F15s, F35s, C130s, Ospreys. All good stuff. And I’m heartened by the fact that, if anyone can further pimp out existing stuff, they can. Just think about all the chrome and neon they could put on it all…
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 19, 2026 11:09 PM (3hOgI)
===

IIRC, the Japanese have created a Fleet Information Warfare Command that creates a seamless bond with operational US fleet elements. Everything the Japanese see or hear is instantly available to US forces.

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 11:16 PM (rj6Yv)

156 At Krebs on Security:

"So far this month, Microsoft has provided patches to address 360 browser vulnerabilities ... the vast, and presumably sustained, uptick in the number of browser vulnerabilities has led to Microsoft no longer enumerating Chromium CVEs in the Security Update Guide."

So many defects, they won't even count and list them anymore. AI is digging them out briskly.

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 11:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

157 Squab for supper?
Posted by: Braenyard

LOL. Evidently. I'll clean up the mess of feathers in the morning. He had a rat for breakfast-- only had to sweep away the tail, entrails and *the green part* of that.

Birds are messy.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 11:18 PM (rdVOm)

158 This is so typical of Seattle media:

"Some Seattle soccer fans have mixed feelings about patriotically backing the U.S. team during the FIFA Men’s World Cup, given the actions of President Donald Trump,” the post from The Seattle Times said.

From what I could see, maybe half a dozen people were quoted. 65,000 in the stands. Thousands more in the streets.
Fu*k you Seattle Times. You really do suck.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:19 PM (2WIwB)

159 So many defects, they won't even count and list them anymore. AI is digging them out briskly.

Posted by: gp
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I try to avoid Microsnot at every turn. Its got tentacles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:20 PM (VPNgR)

160 Birds aren't real.

Posted by: I saw it on a bumper sticker at June 19, 2026 11:20 PM (D2IX4)

161 We did not live together before we were married, hubs had way too much respect for my parents and I knew his mother would despise me for corrupting her boy. We figured that we were going to be together for the rest of our lives and we wanted our respective families to be happy about it. It worked for us, one size may not fit all.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 11:20 PM (0nHVk)

162 'night All!

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 11:21 PM (rj6Yv)

163 As Summer Kwanzaa draws to a close...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

...all the slaves go back to the fields?

Well, I guess we're only half-slaves. The government lets us keep half.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)

164 Birds are messy.
Posted by: JQ
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A coyote disassembled a wild turkey on my front lawn last week.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:22 PM (XeU6L)

165 Diogenes.

I walked through thousands of fans on my way to the waterfront to catch my Boat home.

So much red, white and blue. So many American flags. So much happiness and joy and cheering.

I didn’t see a single protest sign.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:23 PM (A5RD0)

166 "I try to avoid Microsnot at every turn. Its got tentacles."

Their Chromium is the base engine inside Chrome. And Brave, BTW.

I tried to completely divorce from Google's stuff. I failed.

Thanks for the back brace tips, Braenyard! I will report back after trying them.

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 11:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

167 A coyote disassembled a wild turkey on my front lawn last week.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I can just imagine what THAT looked like. Yeesh.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

168 A coyote disassembled a wild turkey on my front lawn last week.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

I guess the Roadrunner got away

Posted by: L'Observateur Mikleuse at June 19, 2026 11:24 PM (6VErX)

169 I've decided that I'm going to refer to soccer as "football" from now on. Not because the rest of the world does, but because the NFL would fucking despise it.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 11:25 PM (vE0+H)

170 I can just imagine what THAT looked like. Yeesh.
Posted by: JQ
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Even after wind, rain, and a mowing, there are still some feathers around.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:26 PM (XeU6L)

171 163 As Summer Kwanzaa draws to a close...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

...all the slaves go back to the fields?

Well, I guess we're only half-slaves. The government lets us keep half.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)

So all the money we make each year goes to the government until Juneteenth. Then we get to keep what we make? checks out, or there about.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 19, 2026 11:28 PM (w/O5Q)

172 They don't make a small power tool that's effective for any digging. (something you would keep in the shop)

Rented a gas powered auger twice. Mostly it would sit on top and turn. Had a friend on the other side and it ate our lunch.
Rented a 4" trencher and it sat on top of the clay, mostly. And ate my lunch. (heavy bitch)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:29 PM (VPNgR)

173 I didn’t see a single protest sign.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:23 PM (A5R

I bet it was awesome!
My grandson is at the baseball game. They went up early to get the experience. He is having a great time.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:29 PM (2WIwB)

174 Sweet clover, chicory and elderberry blooming on the roadsides. I think the solstice is tomorrow night. Tempus celerrime volat.

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 11:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

175 IIRC, the Japanese have created a Fleet Information Warfare Command that creates a seamless bond with operational US fleet elements. Everything the Japanese see or hear is instantly available to US forces.

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Just like old times!

Posted by: Station Hypo at June 19, 2026 11:32 PM (6/7Fs)

176 Hashtag #meowtoo

Posted by: That cat made me feel dirty at June 19, 2026 11:34 PM (BldAX)

177 Got the laundry in off the line. Nicely dry. Mosquitoes in evidence. And the damned clothesline jumped the far pulley as I reeled in the last two items.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:34 PM (1z8ji)

178 I bet it was awesome!
My grandson is at the baseball game. They went up early to get the experience. He is having a great time.
Posted by: Diogenes

Gorgeous evening. The Mariners would have gained a ton of fans had they offered $10 tickets to anyone with a foreign passport and a free American hotdog and coke.

Butts in seats.

And it’s the red socks. Fuck those guys in particular.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:35 PM (A5RD0)

179 177 Got the laundry in off the line. Nicely dry. Mosquitoes in evidence. And the damned clothesline jumped the far pulley as I reeled in the last two items.

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Get some sailboat-grade blocks. Harken is good.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:37 PM (6/7Fs)

180 And it’s the red socks. Fuck those guys in particular.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:35 PM (A5RD0)

Concur...although they've been holding onto a 1 - nil lead.
(SWIDT?)

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:37 PM (2WIwB)

181 Moon Moon!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 11:37 PM (DZ9Lv)

182 Even after wind, rain, and a mowing, there are still some feathers around.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.

Like Darleen's last birthday party

Posted by: Miklos remains stoically stoic at June 19, 2026 11:38 PM (6VErX)

183 IIRC, the Japanese have created a Fleet Information Warfare Command that creates a seamless bond with operational US fleet elements. Everything the Japanese see or hear is instantly available to US forces.

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Just like old times!
Posted by: Station Hypo at June 19, 2026 11:32 PM (6/7Fs)

***

Excellent WW 2 reference!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:39 PM (2WIwB)

184 Psalm 90:10 KJV - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Now, as most of us here are a mere two score and nine, it's never too early to consider how we want to be as we approach the creakier years.

On these videos by Nurse Jen, when she gets to the "free guide" plug at the end, you can safely quit watching. Otherwise, pretty good info:

➡️Why Healthy 70 Year Olds Suddenly Decline (6 Reasons)
https://youtu.be/qEUVfFvAi_E

➡️For Ages 60–80 If You Still Have These 7 Abilities, You’re Winning at Aging
https://youtu.be/Khs8kvCTbBA

➡️6 Surgeries You’ll Likely Regret After 65 (The Data Doesn’t Lie)
https://youtu.be/BppjYSC3-_0

There's more, but that should hold you for a few years.
🤪

Stepping away from the blog for a bit. Pizza's ready, and we'll probably have some movie time with it.🍕📽️

Posted by: mindful webworker - a bit past 29 at June 19, 2026 11:39 PM (9bb3y)

185 Its just a blog.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 19, 2026 11:40 PM (YlWIZ)

186 Get some sailboat-grade blocks. Harken is good.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:37 PM (6/7Fs)

Heh. The far pulley is an old die-cast V-belt pulley that I put up there because the original plastic pulley broke. Maybe the bearing needs oil. It's easy enough to reach, lean stepladder against pole, go up two steps, and its right there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:41 PM (1z8ji)

187 TRex playing in a hotel

https://youtube.com/shorts/jpgoizctpAQ

Suitable for work, but perhaps not The Grateful.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:42 PM (qx7Zg)

188 IIRC, the Japanese have created a Fleet Information Warfare Command that creates a seamless bond with operational US fleet elements. Everything the Japanese see or hear is instantly available to US forces.

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Just like old times!

Posted by: Station Hypo at June 19, 2026 11:32 PM (6/7Fs)

COTW.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:43 PM (dK+Kv)

189 It is interesting for Pacific War geeks that JNSDF (kaijo jietai, naval self-defense force = navy) ships carry many of the same names as notable ships from WWII. One of their "helicopter carriers" (cough, cough) is named Kaga, the carrier at Midway that got pummeled by too many SBDs, some of which should have switched to Akagi - but Dick Best took care of her.

Kirishima, Atago, Maya, on and on. Of course it's not surprising, many Japanese ship names are cultural, historical, or geographical names, so they'll stay in the rotation.

A few years back I toured a JNSDF destroyer in Kure. The rising sun ensigns on all the ships there was a striking picture. Years ago at a volunteer gig I met a JNSDF submariner, had been XO on one of their newest subs. He was starting a very prestigious year's assignment at Annapolis. Positive he got a sub command when that was over, though he never contacted me later.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2026 11:44 PM (U/Byj)

190 7Fs)

Heh. The far pulley is an old die-cast V-belt pulley that I put up there because the original plastic pulley broke. Maybe the bearing needs oil. It's easy enough to reach, lean stepladder against pole, go up two steps, and its right there.

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Then I guess I'll keep my turnbuckles plus wire rope ideas to myself.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:45 PM (6/7Fs)

191
the Japanese have created a Fleet Information Warfare Command that creates a seamless bond with operational US fleet elements. Everything the Japanese see or hear is instantly available to US forces.

Does it go both ways? Is AF's fresh water condenser operating?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 11:47 PM (Cqx++)

192
Then I guess I'll keep my turnbuckles plus wire rope ideas to myself.
Posted by: Cicero
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I wanted to hear about a motor drive...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:47 PM (XeU6L)

193 One of their "helicopter carriers" (cough, cough) is named Kaga, the carrier at Midway that got pummeled by too many SBDs, some of which should have switched to Akagi

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Isn't that kind of like naming a cruise ship "Titanic"? Not good feng shui.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (6/7Fs)

194 Seen on a church sign:

Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (qx7Zg)

195 Then I guess I'll keep my turnbuckles plus wire rope ideas to myself.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:45 PM (6/7Fs)

You want to put them on a fancy hat. Like a pilgrim ninja. Right?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (DL7HR)

196 Is AF's fresh water condenser operating?

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A classic!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (6/7Fs)

197 The 2028 Democrat Presidential ticket will be Biden/Biden. I'm not sure if Hunter or Jill will be on top.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

**********

Ewwwwwww!! Can someone hand me the eye bleach?

Posted by: Brazzers at June 19, 2026 11:50 PM (yWllJ)

198 Probably have said it before, but when visiting Japan (which one should do), if you're a navy/WWII enthusiast, visit Kure, close to Hiroshima (also a very nice city). The battle ship Yamato museum, the JNSDF museum (housed partly in a former submarine perched on the hill), Eta Jima (their former Annapolis, still has some graduate military education), shipyards. All great.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2026 11:51 PM (U/Byj)

199 I wanted to hear about a motor drive...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:47 PM (XeU6L)

That's entirely too much work for too little return.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:52 PM (1z8ji)

200 Me: as most of us here are a mere two score and nine

Oops duh. One score and nine.

Hate it when a bunch of hot cheese and sauce slides off the pizza crust.

Posted by: mindful webworker - in Roman numberals at June 19, 2026 11:52 PM (9bb3y)

201 One of their "helicopter carriers" (cough, cough) is named Kaga, the carrier at Midway that got pummeled by too many SBDs, some of which should have switched to Akagi

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Isn't that kind of like naming a cruise ship "Titanic"? Not good feng shui.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (6/7Fs)

We did it in World War II:

Yorktown (CV-5, CV-10)
Lexington (CV-2, CV-16)
Hornet (CV-8, CV-12)
Wasp (CV-7, CV-1

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:54 PM (qx7Zg)

202 Cicero, I haven't made it yet, but I plan to visit Capt. Joe Rochefort's grave, which is in Inglewood, close to the 405. Kind of a neat weird little historical stop for WWII buffs in SoCal.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2026 11:56 PM (U/Byj)

203 We did it in World War II:

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True. Also, Enterprise.

Then there was the Harvey Milk. Somehow nobody saw any reason to commission more than one.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:56 PM (6/7Fs)

204 That first image is going to bring Howdy who is going to berate you for not taking the ills of the world seriously enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 19, 2026 11:56 PM (Zn6QU)

205 That's entirely too much work for too little return.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Mission creep. It's a way of life.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:56 PM (XeU6L)

206 202 Cicero, I haven't made it yet, but I plan to visit Capt. Joe Rochefort's grave, which is in Inglewood, close to the 405. Kind of a neat weird little historical stop for WWII buffs in SoCal.

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I didn't know that. Rochefort was a weirdo, but a true genius.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:59 PM (6/7Fs)

207 Obama library exterior is an all caps comment.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 19, 2026 11:59 PM (YlWIZ)

208 Rented a gas powered auger twice. Mostly it would sit on top and turn. Had a friend on the other side and it ate our lunch.
Rented a 4" trencher and it sat on top of the clay, mostly. And ate my lunch. (heavy bitch)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:29 PM (VPNgR)

Do like the plumbers do now. Use a pressure washer and some sort of trash pump.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:00 AM (rbvCR)

209 Jill will be on top. Hunter always fucks up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)

::applause:: It took me a second but I loved the joke.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (NZPfR)

210 Cicero:

https://tinyurl.com/bdkmrk43

Posted by: rhomboid at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (U/Byj)

211 Just tell me that someday there will be a Battleship Yamato in space!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (nuNhM)

212 Wait. The original Enterprise wasn't sunk. It was scrapped after the war. I withdraw my comment and blame alcohol.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (6/7Fs)

213

So sorry, not sorry.

I am ashamed i had a opinion that i didn't please people here.

Rock on with your opinions.

Been nice knowing those of you who aren't assholes

Posted by: four seasons at June 20, 2026 12:02 AM (/QHx4)

214 Got the laundry in off the line. Nicely dry. Mosquitoes in evidence. And the damned clothesline jumped the far pulley as I reeled in the last two items.

Us an old tireless bike wheel with the bearings still in it. It is large enough to not jump easy.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

215
I've got to give a lot of these foreigners credit for trying wild new foods like biscuits-and-gravy, chicken-and-waffles, Mexican food, and all kinds of meats and sauces at the barbecue joints.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 12:05 AM (XJ22o)

216 Posted by: rhomboid at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (U/Byj)

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I didn't know he got the Medal of Freedom from Reagan. He deserved it. Thanks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:05 AM (6/7Fs)

217 Been nice knowing those of you who aren't assholes

Posted by: four seasons at June 20, 2026 12:02 AM (/QHx4)

That's only Whig. That guy is the Patron Saint of Knowing a Lot of Stuff.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 12:06 AM (dK+Kv)

218 The last guy was going gaga over Chipotle.

How bad are the restaurants in the rest of the world?

Much worse than you think. I saw a video where a foreign woman was nearly having an orgasm eating at Golden Corral. Chipotle is Michelin starred compared to that.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 20, 2026 12:07 AM (sabhw)

219 Wait. The original Enterprise wasn't sunk. It was scrapped after the war. I withdraw my comment and blame alcohol.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (6/7Fs)

No worries. I wish we still named carriers after famous battles and famous ships.instead of the USS Gerald R. Ford, we could have had the USS Yorktown. The USS Enterprise is already in the same class, and the third ship the USS Hornet. The Lexington, Saratoga, Ranger, and Wasp might have followed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 12:08 AM (qx7Zg)

220 So sorry, not sorry.

I am ashamed i had a opinion that i didn't please people here.

Rock on with your opinions.

Been nice knowing those of you who aren't assholes

Posted by: four seasons at June 20, 2026 12:02 AM (/QHx4)

I, for one, like having you here, even if I do not agree with every position you take. I am ambivalent on the shacking up thing. If you are going to have kids, get married. If that's not possible, it really doesn't matter all that much.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:08 AM (1z8ji)

221 Then I guess I'll keep my turnbuckles plus wire rope ideas to myself.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:45 PM (6/7Fs)

I put in a trellis for my cane berries, and I strung new trellises for two of my grape rows, using heavy gauge wire and turnbuckles. So far so good, but the grapes are still on the old wires, the real test is when they take the full weight of the vines and grapes next summer.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)

222 Us an old tireless bike wheel with the bearings still in it. It is large enough to not jump easy.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

The "new" pulley has been in there for several years, and the jumping is pretty recent. Post has quite a lean to it now. Probably insufficient tension on line, plus stiff bearing on pulley. Remedy: oil pulley bearing, and use loader bucket on tractor to push post back upright, and relocate prop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:11 AM (1z8ji)

223 Thought smorgie restaurants disappeared due to the kung flu freakout. Guess it was just the one near us, LOL.

The was one called King's Table that I & bunch of friends went to (decades ago). We were sky'd on various substances and *hongry!*

Man, that hours-old, dried-out fried chicken was The Best! We ate until we bulged. Never went back.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 12:12 AM (rdVOm)

224 The Turnbuckles would be a pretty good band name

Posted by: Miklos so opinionates at June 20, 2026 12:13 AM (6VErX)

225
212 Wait. The original Enterprise wasn't sunk. It was scrapped after the war. I withdraw my comment and blame alcohol.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (6/7Fs)

That’s why Roddenberry picked “Enterprise” for the name of his ship. It was the magic carrier that went through every battle unscathed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 12:14 AM (nuNhM)

226 {{{four seasons}}} don't you scurry off anywhere, I think your whole comment was misinterpreted, I don't know, sometimes you just jump in here and post based on the content, you don't mean to offend anybody and yet somehow you do. People get over that here. You are a very fun person.

The Scots are having a grand time in Boston and the suburbs, they are called the Tartan Army and they proudly sing our national anthem quite more enthusiastically than our paid sports oligarchs do. What they are enjoying most about America right now is not our food but our freedom.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:16 AM (0nHVk)

227 The Turnbuckles would be a pretty good band name
Posted by: Miklos so opinionates

They'd be a modern, overproduced, autotuned band.

Debut album "Float like a butterfly, Sing like a bee."

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 12:16 AM (VHUov)

228 That’s why Roddenberry picked “Enterprise” for the name of his ship. It was the magic carrier that went through every battle unscathed.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Far from unscathed

The Big E took numerous bomb hits

Posted by: Miklos the Stickler at June 20, 2026 12:16 AM (6VErX)

229 They'd be a modern, overproduced, autotuned band.

Debut album "Float like a butterfly, Sing like a bee."
Posted by: mikeski

And?

I'm only in it for the money

Posted by: Mercenary Musical Miklos at June 20, 2026 12:18 AM (6VErX)

230 Before I jump into the fray here, did you call Piper a whore?

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:19 AM (vE0+H)

231 Hour of the Wolf, ditto on naming ships. Nothing against the recent public figures having carriers/etc named after them, necessarily - but come on, let's stick to classic names, naval battles, and naval combat heroes. This isn't hard.

I'll take the USS Kolombongara or USS Tassafaronga, even a USS Savo Island (an epic defeat and disaster, in memoriam to the hands lost) over a Harvey Milk or Cesar Chavez (even before the recent revelations).

Posted by: rhomboid at June 20, 2026 12:19 AM (U/Byj)

232 Wow, that's some serious sh@t-stirring, ...

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)

233 Just tell me that someday there will be a Battleship Yamato in space!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (nuNhM)

There already is!

https://is.gd/wrft7M

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 12:24 AM (ZVgZ4)

234 Been nice knowing those of you who aren't assholes

Posted by: four seasons
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Hey, flouncing's not permitted. Just take a minute.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 12:24 AM (VPNgR)

235 230 Before I jump into the fray here, did you call Piper a whore?
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:19 AM (vE0

Yes, she did. But if possible, I would like to let it go. It’s the last comment I am going to make on it. Thank you for understanding that part, it is appreciated.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 12:25 AM (Wmg4n)

236 232 Wow, that's some serious sh@t-stirring, ...

Posted by: JQ
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Looked back, don't understand the big beef.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 12:27 AM (VPNgR)

237 This is still one of my favorite accidental finds on YouTube. An Irishman realized he didn't have much time to live, so he made a recording to be played at his burial.

Here it is:

https://tinyurl.com/47ba9m43

Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2026 12:27 AM (dIske)

238 Been nice knowing those of you who aren't assholes

Posted by: four seasons at June 20, 2026 12:02 AM (/QHx4)

Four Seasons, come back.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 12:28 AM (BGSp9)

239 I do not think that was her intent at all, I really don't and Piper, I would never support this if I thought that she did. I am not trying to stir anything up here.

I'd better skeedaddle to Hooterville, life was simpler there.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:31 AM (0nHVk)

240 Debut album "Float like a butterfly, Sing like a bee."
Posted by: mikeski

Can’t understand the lyrics. I just hear a buzzing in my ears.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 12:31 AM (ZVgZ4)

241 If Turkey loses tonight, the US clinches its group... but this soccer game is kind of a shitshow.

The ref absolutely gives zero fucks, though. (That's a cardin').

Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 12:32 AM (wiYsG)

242 No one should be mean to Piper... I mean, she's just recovered from having a tumor, right?

Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 12:35 AM (wiYsG)

243 239 I do not think that was her intent at all, I really don't and Piper, I would never support this if I thought that she did. I am not trying to stir anything up here.

I'd better skeedaddle to Hooterville, life was simpler there.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June

I really don’t want to rehash this, but it’s all the way at the top, after my wolf comment, it’s not the first time, but I hope it’s the last. I don’t want her to leave either, despite it. I hope she stays. Truly.

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 12:36 AM (Wmg4n)

244 Since Piper has been gracious, everyone please let the whole thing go. Four seasons, you're welcome to stay and comment on any other topic you desire.

Posted by: Weirddave at June 20, 2026 12:36 AM (bfFZM)

245
I did not know that any C96 was full-auto.

In the 1890s when it was designed regular machine guns were pretty new. I don't think full auto hand held at all existed til towards the end of WW1. There may have been some Chinese copies with that feature designed in the 20s...it seemed to be a status thing in some non major countries to have a full auto pistol. I think Argentina or Spain made some full auto 1911 copies

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 20, 2026 12:37 AM (3/XaG)

246 Anyway, y’all, as I said, it was said, it’s over, I would like it to not be a thing for me or her, and I hope she stays. Meanwhile, I am off to bed. It’s been an interesting night!

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 12:39 AM (Wmg4n)

247 Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:31 AM (0nHVk)

With a heartfelt apology to Pipes for failing to honor her request this single time - I want to state for my own record that 27 comments later any ambiguity of comment #17 was clarified in words and punctuated in tone. I am a precise writer, I know precision when I see it.

Carry on.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:41 AM (vE0+H)

248 Thanks, WD. Fir everything. Night again y’all. Enjoy your evening.

Ps. Snoopy is patriotic all over x and that is pretty fun, to feel like we are back! 🇺🇸

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 12:41 AM (Wmg4n)

249 Hey, flouncing's not permitted. Just take a minute.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yeah, even the Horde's assholes are better people than 99% of the rest of the Internet.

Posted by: as mikeski underestimates at June 20, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

250 Saw 2 fairly old movies in the last 24 hours. (I may re-post this on the movie thread-- IF I can ever remember when it is):

The Favorite, circa 2010, and

Tea With Mussolini, circa 1999

Thought the first one was really interesting & well done, and the second one sukked.

Franco Zefferili made "Mussolini." He was an interesting character. He was elected to the Italian Senate on the Forza Italia ticket, Berlusconi's right wing party. In that capacity, he spoke in favor of the Biblical injunctions against homosexuality. Many years later, he announced he was gay.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 12:43 AM (RCjYY)

251 They broke the seal with Franklin Roosevelt cause he died. Then JFK cause he died. Eventually the ego monsters that pols are ALL had to have carriers named after them if they could get away with it. And of course Doris Miller, who did the sort of things that traditionally get a destroyer named after you, but the pander must flow. Carriers should be named after past carriers, especially the ones from WW2. Not presidents no matter what their politics were.

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 20, 2026 12:44 AM (3/XaG)

252 I will probably get banned now but there is a difference between commenting on content and commenting on comments.

This place is special, helped me through the toughest times of my life. I am forever grateful for each and every one of you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:44 AM (0nHVk)

253 It looks like I missed something when I was off reading all the wonderful content.

Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 12:44 AM (6mVIs)

254 Love ya Debby. If you get banned I will ban myself.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:45 AM (vE0+H)

255 There's a thing going on on social media that's fantastic. Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.

I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m)

I was told by someone who works in downtown Seattle that they really cleaned up the city for this: . planted trees, cleaned out the demented drug addicts... which only shows it can be done if they just want to do it. Anyway, Im looking forward to the Australian yt on the beauty of mountainous seatte. Rainier was especially lovely today.

Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 12:47 AM (6mVIs)

256 The ketchup only burger is really funny.

Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 12:49 AM (6mVIs)

257 When's the pride day game between Iran and Egypt?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 12:49 AM (VPNgR)

258 If you get banned I will ban myself.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:45 AM (vE0+H)

The hell you will. Who will I look to for my own thoughts?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 12:51 AM (dK+Kv)

259 242 No one should be mean to Piper... I mean, she's just recovered from having a tumor, right?
Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 12:35 AM (wiYsG)

---------

I heard that she was dead for like, two weeks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:52 AM (6/7Fs)

260 I think four seasons owes Piper an apology for comment #17. And that's all I have to say about that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:53 AM (1z8ji)

261 Did someone mention assholes?

Posted by: Hello Fresh at June 20, 2026 12:54 AM (6/7Fs)

262 Lazarus was only dead for 4 days.

So... Piper broke his record.

Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 12:56 AM (RCjYY)

263 I am going to bed and I wish you sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:56 AM (0nHVk)

264 I am going to bed and I wish you sweet dreams Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:56 AM (0nHVk)

Night, Debby. Sleep tight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:58 AM (1z8ji)

265 I remain baffled by the kerfuffle despite scrolling back and forth several times.

Those who know me would suggest that I typically remain baffled. Without regard to context.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 12:58 AM (BGSp9)

266 >>I was told by someone who works in downtown Seattle that they really cleaned up the city for this: . planted trees, cleaned out the demented drug addicts... which only shows it can be done if they just want to do it.

Almost all of us are born with a love of beauty and happiness. Learning to enjoy misery and ugliness is taught.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 12:58 AM (viF8m)

267 The hell you will. Who will I look to for my own thoughts?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 12:51 AM (dK+Kv)

LOL

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:59 AM (vE0+H)

268 252 I will probably get banned now but there is a difference between commenting on content and commenting on comments.

This place is special, helped me through the toughest times of my life. I am forever grateful for each and every one of you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:44 AM (0nHVk)

Just my two assholish cents: This place has become way too sensitive. It's okay to have very strong disagreements. I can think you're (not Debby, you!) are grossly wrong on something important and it not be the end of the world. At the end of the day, I'm just a jerk with an internet connection. Like you. Maybe consider that being upset about my opinions of your opinions is ridiculous. Now universalize that sentiment.

Is now a good time to bring up the War of Northern Aggression?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:01 AM (DL7HR)

269 Spent quite a bit of time with my friend Claude today. He expounded at length on the joys and perils of data aggregation.

Apparently it is better to have all your data in one place to facilitate having it stolen. Or something like that.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 01:03 AM (BGSp9)

270
I remain baffled by the kerfuffle despite scrolling back and forth several times.

Those who know me would suggest that I typically remain baffled. Without regard to context.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego

=============

Same here. I thought maybe some comments had been removed or something because I remain baffled.

But that's okay! Don't anyone explain it to me -- really.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (XJ22o)

271 >>>Maybe consider that being upset about my opinions of your opinions is ridiculous.

That's stupid. /s

People need to have a heart attack or something to lighten up about internet stuff.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (dK+Kv)

272 I'm just happy all the tourists love our food.

Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (oq9dX)

273 Is now a good time to bring up the War of Northern Aggression?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:01 AM (DL7HR)

Is there ever a bad time? And don’t say the boys in nutmeg or butternut or whatever are a metaphorical Mary Anne.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 01:06 AM (BGSp9)

274 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (XJ22o)

I was going to make a joke about white out on your screen here, but probably inappropriate.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:06 AM (vE0+H)

275
I was told by someone who works in downtown Seattle that they really cleaned up the city for this: . planted trees, cleaned out the demented drug addicts... which only shows it can be done if they just want to do it.

Posted by: LASue

============

Interesting, aren't we supposed to love the "authentic," gritty, non-bougie, quaint richness that the unhomed and justice-involved bring us? As for those billionaires and the garish stuff they build -- bye!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:06 AM (XJ22o)

276 How do these Euro World Cup fans find the money to fly all over North America to attend metric football games in different cities? Was there some sort of airline package deal available?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:07 AM (1z8ji)

277 Oh no, someone is wrong on the internet! What will we ever do?!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:07 AM (ZVgZ4)

278 Somebody posted link to a clip of brit boys experiencing American (Texas?) BBQ for the first time.

I LOL'd!

Yeah, guys-- FLAVOR. Beats the 'ell out of beans and mushy peas, right?

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

279 I'm just happy all the tourists love our food.
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (oq9dX)

And also Ella Langley. An affectation I can understand.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (BGSp9)

280
Almost all of us are born with a love of beauty and happiness. Learning to enjoy misery and ugliness is taught.
Posted by: JackStraw

=============

That's why you have to be educated to appreciate the new Ob-scenity in Chicago. It takes a trained eye.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (XJ22o)

281 Oh no, someone is wrong on the internet! What will we ever do?!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:07 AM (ZVgZ4)

I can't wait until my youngest discovers internet message boards. Dude would argue if you offered him ice cream.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (dK+Kv)

282 Seattle did good today! https://youtube.com/shorts/q4g5v0XnEpA?si=Ij-8HtlBDwRsNpbO

I am in town but avoided downtown.

Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (6mVIs)

283 Shucks. Since Piper's gone for the night, I missed my chance to ask if she made soup for Soup (Saijo) so he'd take his medicine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (qx7Zg)

284 My pork loin was delicious.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (VPNgR)

285 The Brit guys: are you talking about JOLLY?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (ZVgZ4)

286 How do these Euro World Cup fans find the money to fly all over North America to attend metric football games in different cities? Was there some sort of airline package deal available?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

* gets out yarn and thumbtacks *

I'm not sure yet, but I bet it's my tax dollars, somehow.

Posted by: mikeski w/ tinfoil hat at June 20, 2026 01:10 AM (VHUov)

287 Yeah, guys-- FLAVOR. Beats the 'ell out of beans and mushy peas, right?
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

Brits can do better. Prime rib roast with Yorkshire pudding. Shepherd's pie. Cornish pasties. Even bangers and mash.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:11 AM (1z8ji)

288 US clinches its group in World Cup after the late game.

Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 01:11 AM (wiYsG)

289 Dude would argue if you offered him ice cream.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (dK+Kv)

No he wouldn't.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:12 AM (vE0+H)

290 Don’t forget to use the red yarn!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:12 AM (ZVgZ4)

291 Dude would argue if you offered him ice cream.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (dK+Kv)

No he wouldn't.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:12 AM (vE0+H)

I am going to get him.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:13 AM (dK+Kv)

292 I'm not saying the full English breakfast is choice A, but you could do a lot worse.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:13 AM (DL7HR)

293 And also Ella Langley. An affectation I can understand.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (BGSp9)

She's cute. Definitely has singers' lungs, LOL. Too bad about the ink.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:14 AM (1z8ji)

294 Confused by the Jesus genetics. If the Holy Spirit can't provide a Y chromosome, how does he provide the second X chromosome in the diagram? Or did Jesus have Turner syndrome?

Posted by: frankie at June 20, 2026 01:14 AM (a16Yj)

295 >> How do these Euro World Cup fans find the money to fly all over North America to attend metric football games in different cities? Was there some sort of airline package deal available?

It wasn't until I started traveling a lot internationally that I understood the difference between what we consider big sports to what people around the world consider it. It's way beyond the World Cup and just Europe.

I remember seeing throngs of Indians clearing customs with me for some cricket match. Not a WC type thing, just some lesser game. Happened all over with rugby and soccer too.

They take their sports way more seriously than we do.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 01:14 AM (viF8m)

296 I'm not saying the full English breakfast is choice A, but you could do a lot worse.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:13 AM (DL7HR)

When Brit Lass first offered me the full English, I thought she meant something completely different.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)

297 I never understand what goes on here.....

I thought the Fido Feline and Kollege memes were funny!

I don't quite get the Golden Calf one, but I've been Golden Corral in Victorville, north of L.A. it was over the Christmas holidays and wife and I were just driving around. Since it was the holiday season she said we could eat there. It was raining lightly when we went in.When we came out an hour or two later it was snowing and there were 4 inches of snow on the car. The ride back over the pass to the civilized world was....interesting.

She says she'll never go to Golden Corral again. She says if I want to go I can take her cousin.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:15 AM (QGaXH)

298
Meet exoplanet HD 80606 b, one hell of an extreme "hot Jupiter".

https://t.ly/lzDqa

It orbits a sun-like star about 127 ly away in Ursa Major. It's about 4x Jupiter mass, but about the same radius. It's orbit is one hell of a skinny ellipse, eccentricity of 0.93 and semi-major axis of about .46 AU.

That ellipse is so extreme, it's periastron is 1/10th that of Mercury. JSWT has been observing it and during that close approach, it's temperature shoots up by 1100F, far more than they thought. Then, after it whips around, it cools back down. If you plopped it our solar system, the apoapsis would be a smidge less the 1AU. A very comet like orbit for one huge gas giant.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:17 AM (w6EFb)

299 I remember seeing throngs of Indians clearing customs with me for some cricket match. Not a WC type thing, just some lesser game. Happened all over with rugby and soccer too.

They take their sports way more seriously than we do.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 01:14 AM (viF8m)

The question remains. All those airline flights run into very serious money. It's a lifestyle that the average working stiff simply cannot afford. Do they put it all on a credit card, and then work two-three years to pay off the balance?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (1z8ji)

300 296 I'm not saying the full English breakfast is choice A, but you could do a lot worse.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:13 AM (DL7HR)

When Brit Lass first offered me the full English, I thought she meant something completely different.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)

Dear Penthouse Forum,

I never thought it would happen to me ...

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (DL7HR)

301 Some of these guys that love our food could apply for asylum. I feel sorry they have to eat meat pies and pasties.

Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (oq9dX)

302 Atheists don't think God can create a chromosome. Wild.

Also what is their purported science behind the pregnancy?

I know someone is just trying to upset Christians or whatever but this is what you call being educated way beyond one's intelligence.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:19 AM (vE0+H)

303 That ellipse is so extreme, it's periastron is 1/10th that of Mercury. JSWT has been observing it and during that close approach, it's temperature shoots up by 1100F, far more than they thought.
Posted by: publius

Did they account for the fossil fuels? And the cow farts?

Posted by: The Left at June 20, 2026 01:20 AM (VHUov)

304
270
I remain baffled by the kerfuffle despite scrolling back and forth several times.

I most strongly object to you calling this a kerfluffle. It was quite obviously a contretemps.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (nuNhM)

305 Atheists don't think God can create a chromosome. Wild.

Also what is their purported science behind the pregnancy?

I know someone is just trying to upset Christians or whatever but this is what you call being educated way beyond one's intelligence.
Posted by: ...

Some things are so stupid only an intellectual can believe them.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (VHUov)

306 I most strongly object to you calling this a kerfluffle. It was quite obviously a contretemps.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (nuNhM)

Definitely a tinge of ballyhoo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (dK+Kv)

307 The question remains. All those airline flights run into very serious money. It's a lifestyle that the average working stiff simply cannot afford. Do they put it all on a credit card, and then work two-three years to pay off the balance?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (1z8ji)

Interest only home loan is how my brother-in-law does it. He lives in England. But at the end he owes the entire balance of his house. It's funny as he thinks he's getting his mom and dads stuff but they are leaving it to my wife and I.

Posted by: Reforger at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (wjnjX)

308 I think most of the tourists are just amazed at our teeth.

Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (oq9dX)

309 I think most of the tourists are just amazed at our teeth.

Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (oq9dX)

I think at least 70% is merely influencer hustle.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:25 AM (dK+Kv)

310 306 I most strongly object to you calling this a kerfluffle. It was quite obviously a contretemps.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (nuNhM)

Definitely a tinge of ballyhoo.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (dK+Kv)

It had the scent of violence. So it were a donnybrook.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:25 AM (DL7HR)

311 Atheists don't think God can create a chromosome. Wild.
Posted by: ...

All the complex organic chemicals needed for life just sort of came together in a puddle one day. -- some people

We're going to run out of oil soon because the Earth doesn't produce simple organic chemicals. -- the same people

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 01:26 AM (VHUov)

312 >>The question remains. All those airline flights run into very serious money. It's a lifestyle that the average working stiff simply cannot afford. Do they put it all on a credit card, and then work two-three years to pay off the balance?

Yea, I don't completely understand it either. On average they make less than we do. But I think it has a lot to do with lifestyle.

We live bigger in our daily lives than they do. All those restaurants and bars they are bragging on are everyday for us and we have a lot of toys. But I do know they are way more fanatical about sports than we are. This World Cup is not their first rodeo.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 01:26 AM (viF8m)

313 That ellipse is so extreme, it's periastron is 1/10th that of Mercury. JSWT has been observing it and during that close approach, it's temperature shoots up by 1100F, far more than they thought. Then, after it whips around, it cools back down. If you plopped it our solar system, the apoapsis would be a smidge less the 1AU. A very comet like orbit for one huge gas giant.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:17 AM (w6EFb)

I got tripped up by "periastron". Sounds like a skin tag you know where. Perihelion works for me. It's a different Solar system, but its star is still a Sun.

Wouldn't surprise me to learn that some sort of life might exist on that planet; sure enough the pot is getting stirred regularly!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:26 AM (1z8ji)

314
The heat pulse that thing gets when it whips close to the star drives shock wave winds, like 11,000 mph.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:27 AM (w6EFb)

315 My mother in law tried and failed to smuggle a box of brownie mix into England in her carry on once. Got it to England and english customs trashed it.

I wish they would just move here.

Posted by: Reforger at June 20, 2026 01:28 AM (wjnjX)

316 I'm sure there are many Brit/UK foods that I'd enjoy. It's just fun to bash the bland stuff.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

317 I think at least 70% is merely influencer hustle.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:25 AM (dK+Kv)

This is very cynical, and probably true. But to paraphrase Philippians, it is best that the virtues of the US be preached whether sincerely or not.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:30 AM (DL7HR)

318 US clinches its group in World Cup after the late game.
Posted by: Locarno
......

I don't know what this means but it almost sounds like sports or something.

Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:31 AM (oq9dX)

319 >>My mother in law tried and failed to smuggle a box of brownie mix into England in her carry on once. Got it to England and english customs trashed it.

Uh-huh. Bet they fought over which of them got to take it home and prepare for themselves!

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

320 Some of these guys that love our food could apply for asylum. I feel sorry they have to eat meat pies and pasties.
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (oq9dX)

A good meat pie, or Cornish pastie is a thing of beauty. Basically all the elements of a burger and fries, just packaged differently.

When I am in Arizona, and go to Phoenix or Glendale for an event, I try to stop at the George and Dragon pub on Central in PHX, for a beer and some Brit grub, because they do a fine job of it there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:32 AM (1z8ji)

321 Yeah, even the Horde's assholes are better people than 99% of the rest of the Internet.
Posted by: as mikeski underestimates a

*buffs nails*

Posted by: El Mikloso at June 20, 2026 01:32 AM (6VErX)

322 306 I most strongly object to you calling this a kerfluffle. It was quite obviously a contretemps.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (nuNhM)

Definitely a tinge of ballyhoo.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (dK+Kv)

And Donnybrook is right out....,

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:32 AM (QGaXH)

323 I don't know what this means but it almost sounds like sports or something.

Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:31 AM (oq9dX)

It's football!!

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:32 AM (vE0+H)

324 >> I got tripped up by "periastron". Sounds like a skin tag you know where.

Hah. The most general term is "-apsis", periapsis vs apoapsis. "Astron" means star in general.

Something closer to what you envisioned would be one of several for the apsides of a black hole. "Peribothron" would mean "near(est) the hole".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)

325 When Brit Lass first offered me the full English, I thought she meant something completely different.

You should have seen what happened when a British exchange student asked me to knock her up back when I was in college. Em-barr-assing!

Posted by: Weirddave at June 20, 2026 01:33 AM (VOQu9)

326 Hah. The most general term is "-apsis", periapsis vs apoapsis. "Astron" means star in general.

Something closer to what you envisioned would be one of several for the apsides of a black hole. "Peribothron" would mean "near(est) the hole".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)

Imma go with "closest approach" and "furthest excursion". I wonder if that "hot Jupiter" has moons? Sounds to me like what we really have there is a double star, but the second one was just too small to fire up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:36 AM (1z8ji)

327 316 I'm sure there are many Brit/UK foods that I'd enjoy. It's just fun to bash the bland stuff.
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

There is an honest to gawd Fish and Chips place in a storefront near me. One wall is filled with all manner of English packaged foods.

Union Jack Fish and Chips in Huntington Beach, Ca

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:36 AM (QGaXH)

328 You should have seen what happened when a British exchange student asked me to knock her up back when I was in college. Em-barr-assing!
Posted by: Weirddave at June 20, 2026 01:33 AM (VOQu9)

LOL!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:37 AM (1z8ji)

329 Funny thing comes to mind. One of the best hamburger joints in Calgary, back in the 1980's was Big Dick's burgers on 14th Street NW. Big Dick was a Brit, tall guy with an Afro haircut, and he made damned fine burgers and fries. None finer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (1z8ji)

330 A good meat pie, or Cornish pastie is a thing of beauty.
.....

Kind of like a Hot Pocket?

Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (oq9dX)

331 Thank you WeirdDave for a most interesting ONT and great content, though I didn't understand half of what went on....and I read the comments from the beginning!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (QGaXH)

332 "Peribothron" would mean "near(est) the hole".
Posted by: publius

And yet I've never heard the word on a golf course.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 01:42 AM (VHUov)

333 Funny thing comes to mind. One of the best hamburger joints in Calgary, back in the 1980's was Big Dick's burgers on 14th Street NW. Big Dick was a Brit, tall guy with an Afro haircut, and he made damned fine burgers and fries. None finer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Hahahaha, and the jokes wrote themselves!

"Hey, let's go get Big Dick's!"

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

334 Kind of like a Hot Pocket?
Posted by: wth

They're big. One is enough for dinner. But that sort of food, yes. A calzone with stew ingredients instead of pizza ingredients.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 01:44 AM (VHUov)

335 Kind of like a Hot Pocket?
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (oq9dX)

Sort of, I guess. A Cornish pastie was the Cornish miner's lunch, back in the day. A turnover in the form of a semicircle, made of flaky pastry, stuffed with meat, potatoes, and veggies. They could be warmed up over a carbide miners' lamp. That general format for a hand-held meal shows up all over the world.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

336 I have no idea what is going on here and that's ok. Don't need to know or look back at thousands of comments. This, too, shall pass. I might pass before it passes. Or my husband passes out from anemia.

Because I might be on here off and on all night/morning/eternity.

My husband's mouth thing from dental graft is of course bleeding again at bedtime to make this day more special.

More like a cut/wound vs gunshot this time. We hope that's a good thing as we are tired. He claims he can bleed alone this time vs me helping determine if it's getting better or not. Golly.

We both just want to go to sleep. Will probably wake to a puddle of blood in the wee hours. The DMD called him tonight (routine) and said that was probably the worst of it. We have her cell # and maybe should ask her over.

I think the worst of it is the entire deal. Ordeal.

I should suggest a leech next time to gross him out entirely (and me as well). That will be my next advice.

Or I will do drugs, too, to honor our vows.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (hzuYO)

337
The rule of thumb for apsides is you use the Greek names and Latin for the proper names. Except when you don't. It's perijove for Jupiter, not some peri-Zeus.

For Mecury, it would be peri/apophermion.

Venus is a special case. Using Greek, it would be periaphrodision (or something close), which sounds like aphrodisiac. If you used the Latin, you'd get peri-venereion (or whatever the Latin declension or whatever you call it would be), but that sound like venereal, so they went with pericytherion, after the island Aphrodite was born on. Or maybe came out of the sea to, or however the legend goes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (w6EFb)

338 333 Hahahaha, and the jokes wrote themselves!

"Hey, let's go get Big Dick's!"
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

Kind of like the t-shirts that advertised imaginary products branded 'Big Johnson'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:47 AM (QGaXH)

339 Hahahaha, and the jokes wrote themselves!

"Hey, let's go get Big Dick's!"
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

Oh yeah. Jokes abounded, and Dick was well aware of them. It was a one-man shop, and I think he just burned out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:48 AM (1z8ji)

340 Sorry you're (both!) having a rough go, ChristyBlinky.

Today/tonight has been, well, Less Than Stellar here too. Thought I'd turn in early but noooooo. Can't sleep either.

Sending good vibes your way!

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)

341 I think the worst of it is the entire deal. Ordeal.

I should suggest a leech next time to gross him out entirely (and me as well). That will be my next advice.

Or I will do drugs, too, to honor our vows.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (hzuYO)

Maybe a little alum applied to the wound would stop the bleeding? Or a hot iron?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:51 AM (1z8ji)

342 Kind of like the t-shirts that advertised imaginary products branded 'Big Johnson'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I remember those. Many of the guys at work wore them. Crude, but funny.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

343 I'm sure there are many Brit/UK foods that I'd enjoy. It's just fun to bash the bland stuff.
Posted by: JQ

Mostly just the spotted dick, whirled peas, and (whole) fish pie.
A lot of Brit food is boring because it is actually too familiar.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:52 AM (/lPRQ)

344 Last match of the group stage for the US will be very boring: we have already clinched first place. Turkey is already eliminated and guaranteed dead last position in the group. It's going to be a match of backups and people getting World Cup experience 'just in case' up against a team that was expected to do really good and... hasn't scored a single goal yet.

Meanwhile, Australia and Paraguay will probably be having a spectacularly dirty match. They both have had a pair of games Bill Laimbeer would approve of, and I don't think they'll tone it down when they fight to see who gets second place.

For those who aren't soccer fans, usually the US team tends to have amazing defense and nonexistent offense. This US team is decidedly not like that: we actually have a good offense that scores pretty well! But, as if to even things out, our defense is sketchy as hell. Those guys are definitely going to get burned by a better team.

Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 01:53 AM (wiYsG)

345 I remember those. Many of the guys at work wore them. Crude, but funny.
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

The art work on them was very good, for the genre it was.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:54 AM (1z8ji)

346 US clinches its group in World Cup after the late game.
Posted by: Locarno
......

I don't know what this means but it almost sounds like sports or something.
Posted by: wth
===

Maybe Obamao can show us his Sweet Sixteen picks to help us plebes understand.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:54 AM (/lPRQ)

347 336. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (hzuYO)

Hope you and hubs are ok.

Not to turn this into a math blog but the fifth and seventh prime numbers will help you find the answers.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:55 AM (QGaXH)

348 When Brit Lass first offered me the full English, I thought she meant something completely different.

You should have seen what happened when a British exchange student asked me to knock her up back when I was in college. Em-barr-assing!
Posted by: Weirddave

If they ask you if you want to "smoke a fag"... whatever it is it is not worth the risk.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:57 AM (/lPRQ)

349
Today/tonight has been, well, Less Than Stellar here too. Thought I'd turn in early but noooooo. Can't sleep either.

Sending good vibes your way!
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
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Thanks. Sorry you're having a bad one, too.

I don't know why the font grew for this comment.

My comment on the ONT, I started disliking phone booths and holding the receiver far away from my face as it stunk like halitosis. Gross. I have many issues and that one is in the past.

The issue I was made fun of this week was the opening of an ironing board. The one my mother had/has weighs about 50lbs and I think it pinched my finger or something as a kid. I don't like them.

Maybe I could iron my husband's mouth wound like the cowboys. Give him whiskey and stick my curling iron up there to staunch the bleeding. My branding iron is in the shop.

Oh how I want to go to sleep then wake at 0800 for his antibiotic and to let the repair guy in to work in the basement. I will probably look pretty scary at that point.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 01:57 AM (hzuYO)

350 Temple of Aphrodite, Kythira from Wikipedia -

https://is.gd/aa57gJ

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:59 AM (ZVgZ4)

351 Maybe a little alum applied to the wound would stop the bleeding? Or a hot iron?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:51 AM (1z8ji)
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Oh, lawsie. I swear I did not see this comment before I mentioned ironing his bleeding. Bless my husband's heart for real.

Now I am concerned that I am thinking like AOP in the wee hours of hades. I may go stare at him and see if he's still with us. I knew this was not going to be easy and he's lucky to be married to such a fine looking old bag who went to nursing skool, but not dental.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 02:01 AM (hzuYO)

352 Well, midnight here, and I am off to the rack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 02:02 AM (1z8ji)

353 Good Night AOP

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 02:03 AM (QGaXH)

354 'Night AOP. Thanks for the info on Brit food!

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

355 May God bless you and keep you and give you the rest you need to carry on, ChristyBlinkyTheGreat. Good night!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 02:05 AM (ZVgZ4)

356 Now I am concerned that I am thinking like AOP in the wee hours of hades. I may go stare at him and see if he's still with us. I knew this was not going to be easy and he's lucky to be married to such a fine looking old bag who went to nursing skool, but not dental.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 02:01 AM (hzuYO)

Alum was a semi-serious suggestion. It's used in "styptic pencils" to stop bleeding from razor cuts when shaving. Maybe get some of that Israeli bandage material that is meant to stop bleeding from gunshot wounds, and apply a little wad of it as a compress to the wound in his mouth?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 02:06 AM (1z8ji)

357 >> I wonder if that "hot Jupiter" has moons? Sounds to me like what we really have there is a double star,

A moon's orbit couldn't survive that close approach. The tidal gradient would just disrupt the orbit. The parent star is part of a binary, and that extreme eccentricity of the planet is likely the result of something called the Karzai or something close mechanism. That can drive eccentricity to extremes like this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 02:07 AM (w6EFb)

358 Thank you, WD for the ONT. Thank you, Horde, for the community. Goodnight all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 20, 2026 02:09 AM (CHHv1)

359 Well, off to bed for real now. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 02:09 AM (1z8ji)

360 Well....the sun has long since set into the pacific and tomorrow's June Gloom has begun wafting in. I guess I'll watch a little of the Sherlock Holmes movie I DVR'd off the Movies! channel and then call it a night..,,,

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 02:10 AM (QGaXH)

361 All swell that end swell, then.

*corks wine, chugs dregs*

Ready for another hot summer's day tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/Z6vFt7FTBQ8

G'nite, keeds.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - all swol wots end swoll at June 20, 2026 02:14 AM (9bb3y)

362 Fellow was digging a hole with a 4000 psi pressure washer.
Store wants real money for a 4000 psi pressure washer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 02:17 AM (VPNgR)

363 Fellow was digging a hole with a 4000 psi pressure washer.
Store wants real money for a 4000 psi pressure washer.
Posted by: Braenyard

Sounds like the right tool for digging.

Through sandstone.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 02:21 AM (VHUov)

364 Fellow was digging a hole with a 4000 psi pressure washer.
Store wants real money for a 4000 psi pressure washer.
Posted by: Braenyard

Suddenly, my yard & landscape issues seem trivial.

Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

365 141 The 2028 Democrat Presidential ticket will be Biden/Biden. I'm not sure if Hunter or Jill will be on top.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

Jill will be on top. Hunter always fucks up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)

{takes notes}

Nice one. Now I'm thinking of her as Dr. Cowgirl Biden, and wondering how long my silly brain will hold onto it.

Posted by: SciVo at June 20, 2026 02:26 AM (Sy6m/)

366 Now I'm thinking of her as Dr. Cowgirl Biden, and wondering how long my silly brain will hold onto it.
Posted by: SciVo

Alcohol can help you forget things like that.

Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 02:29 AM (VHUov)

367 If they ask you if you want to "smoke a fag"... whatever it is it is not worth the risk.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:57 AM (/lPRQ)

I can't count the number of times Brit Lass has said to me "Oh I could murder a fag!". And she doesn't even smoke.

Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 02:38 AM (vE0+H)

368 Rented a gas powered auger twice. Mostly it would sit on top and turn. Had a friend on the other side and it ate our lunch
Posted by: Braenyard
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Using those things is counterintuitive. Unlike a drill, you don't push it into the dirt. You actually have to lift it up so that the end is just scraping the ground.
The first time I rented one I had your experience. The auger would dig in and then we couldn't hold it, it would just torque us around. My older neighbor across the street came over and told us that it was entertaining, but he didn't want the siren noise when he had to call 911, and then explained that we had to hold it up so that it could lift the dirt up and out. We did that and dug 11 2.5' deep post holes for a fence in a little over an hour.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 02:39 AM (RW118)

369 Sort of, I guess. A Cornish pastie was the Cornish miner's lunch, back in the day. A turnover in the form of a semicircle, made of flaky pastry, stuffed with meat, potatoes, and veggies. They could be warmed up over a carbide miners' lamp. That general format for a hand-held meal shows up all over the world.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Russian Piroshki. Wife uses cream cheese in the dough, and they're great. The meat and veggies are all cooked before they go into the dough, and then baked in the oven. She'll make a batch of them, then individually wrap them and into the freezer. Quick lunch: unwrap and into the microwave.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:00 AM (RW118)

370 Alum was a semi-serious suggestion. It's used in "styptic pencils" to stop bleeding from razor cuts when shaving. Maybe get some of that Israeli bandage material that is meant to stop bleeding from gunshot wounds, and apply a little wad of it as a compress to the wound in his mouth?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The real styptic is a cotton swab with silver nitrate. It's the chemical equivalent of a hot iron. When it's applied, you can actually smell burnt flesh. I had it done when I managed to rip open a varicose vein on my ankle and it wouldn't stop bleeding. The urgent care doc used it. When I mentioned that I'd like to pick up a couple of those swabs for my home wound care kit, he told me that they only sell them to medical.professionals.
I suspect that I could get something on the web from China or wherever, but who knows what it actually would be.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:12 AM (RW118)

371 Have I been shadow banned? I'm only seeing my own posts. I can't believe that everyone went to bed this early.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:16 AM (RW118)

372 GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL IRAN! America's problems will not depart with dump. Something will have to be done with dumpsters, similar to denazification done in germany after we got rid of hitler. The score Iran 1 dump O Bibi the crooked coming up to bat.

Posted by: raimondo at June 20, 2026 03:18 AM (nmiJT)

373 Thanks for the tip on the auger.
Silver nitrate on me, did not feel it though, it worked.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 03:22 AM (VPNgR)

374 How did Jill biden's book become no 1? Same way right wingers trash books become number one. Billionaires buy large numbers to boost sales of garbage books. Another reason how the rich do evil with their money.

Posted by: raimondo at June 20, 2026 03:27 AM (nmiJT)

375 371 Have I been shadow banned? I'm only seeing my own posts. I can't believe that everyone went to bed this early.
Posted by: buddhaha

Just the insomniacs and midshift drones are up now. Troll bots too.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 03:32 AM (WBro8)

376 The Brazil-Haiti soccer game was held in Philly last night. The city was mobbed with Brazil fans, in a good way. I can't quite put a finger on it...the Brazil fans brought a happy party vibe to this (usually) miserable place. Philadelphians are not used to complements, lol. The few Haitian fans were also well-behaved. All local pets have been accounted for.

The next game in Philly will be played Monday....France vs Iraq. Not expecting those happy vibes this time. Ugh.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 20, 2026 03:33 AM (xverI)

377 Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:16 AM (RW11

I see your comments just fine, but I'm typically doing other things and just catching up on comments between. I did not know that about the styptic.

Posted by: SciVo at June 20, 2026 03:33 AM (Sy6m/)

378 Posted by: raimondo at June 20, 2026 03:18 AM (nmiJT)

What's this we business, moron. Stupid Indian shitlib-impersonator hasn't served a day in his miserable fatherless life.

Don't you have to get back to the call center to scam old people?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 03:34 AM (dK+Kv)

379 The trolls don’t understand the soccer bit is not the least bit funny, as soccer sucks.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 03:43 AM (An2iq)

380 Just the insomniacs and midshift drones are up now. Troll bots too.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Thanks. I got shadow banned out of Disqus for the inexcusable crime of changing my email to a protonmail.address, which they defined as defacto spam. My objection was ignored. I'm sure that one of their people looked at my posts, realized that there was nothing spammy about them but also realized that I argued from the non-left position, and figured good riddance. Disqus is in San Francisco.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:44 AM (RW118)

381 329 Funny thing comes to mind. One of the best hamburger joints in Calgary, back in the 1980's was Big Dick's burgers on 14th Street NW. Big Dick was a Brit, tall guy with an Afro haircut, and he made damned fine burgers and fries. None finer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (1z8ji)

Up here we have Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn. Halfway between Nenana and Fairbanks. The t-shirt art is two polar bears making more polar bears, natch.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 20, 2026 03:44 AM (bl07w)

382 Don't you have to get back to the call center to scam old people?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 03:34 AM (dK+Kv)

Pretty sure he needs to report to the local truck stop toilet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 20, 2026 03:45 AM (bl07w)

383 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

384 I'm working on a brief due Monday. Well, probably should've been filed awhile ago, but I'm supercalifuckingliciousexpialibusy.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 20, 2026 04:35 AM (DZ9Lv)

Armored Sheep Cafe

Norbert the Therapy Dog

Walrus whistles when you stroke it, if you know what I mean.

Feeding the foxes, if you catch my drift.

Massaging the mouse, if you take my meaning.

Alligator holds off his sneeze heroically but you can never stop a sneeze.

Shelter shows off the cute dogs it has and a little girl picks out a good one.

Swan invaders.

Martial artists must wear required prescription glasses at all times. No exceptions!

Now dogs have joined the "Teen Takeover" trend. But this cop isn't going to let that happen.

A dance troop forms the numbers 1 through 9. Number 8 will SHOCK you!!!

London's got Beaver Fever! They've reintroduced wild beavers (the wilder the better) to the London area. Beavers had previously been hunted out of existence on the theory that they're nuisances that cause flooding by erecting dams.

The new theory -- which I'm not endorsing -- is that beaver dams actually, somehow (I'm unclear on how this works) actually reduce destructive flooding by creating some kind of reservoir area that absorbs a lot of flood overflow.

Is that true? I would not even presume to offer a guess. But beavers, especially a big chonky mama beaver weighing over 120 pounds, are now a spectacle in London, with gawkers collecting on Beaver Viewing Pavilions to watch them chomp wood.

A dog dumped by her former owner is happy and beloved now.

Some practical considerations concerning adopting a zebra.

Everyone appreciates a little show of affection.

Fed up with wolves attacking his sheep, a farmer crafted spiked armor to let them graze safely and peacefully. pic.twitter.com/QJ5rcxJ00Z
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) June 17, 2026

He lost the race but won the show.

Enjoying the process and pursuing the result are different experiences. pic.twitter.com/WUMwgJa0er
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) June 16, 2026

Newest firefighter reporting for duty. 😂 pic.twitter.com/3sq8BRNBLT
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) June 15, 2026

You might have already seen dancing cockatoos.

This cockatoo, Audrey, became depressed after her owner died. She plucked herself near-clean of feathers in her sadness. But a couple adopted her and her depression lifted and she's grown most of her feathers back.

And she's now a happy girl who enjoys dancing with her new dad.

Skip to 1:40 (100 seconds) for the dancing, or just watch the whole thing.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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1

Cute doggie.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:32 PM (/QHx4)

2 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 07:32 PM (RWslB)

3 Disregard last post. I can't verify.

Can verity this one, though.

Cellphone video taken Wednesday evening at a Target store in Simi Valley shows a man randomly attacking a woman while she was shopping, and then the good Samaritans who jumped in to help her and stop the man.

Police ultimately arrived at the store, arresting the suspect, Rejean Tabor, who they say had been released from custody two days before after being arrested in March for indecent exposure and assaulting an officer.

Tabor entered the store around 6 p.m., and cellphone video shows a woman rushing to help the woman being attacked – but she was quickly thrown off by the attacker. "He was choking her, she was almost dead, I don't know that guy!" the woman said in the video:

https://tinyurl.com/3yza4yt3

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 07:32 PM (mYCqF)

4 "gawkers collecting on Beaver Viewing Pavilions to watch them chomp wood."

That sounds dirty.

Posted by: Guy who thinks everything sounds dirty at June 19, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

5 Good evening everyone
Isn't he cute

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

6 BEAVER! BEAVER! BEAVER!

The national animal of Canada.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 19, 2026 07:33 PM (Sco7b)

7 "reintroduced wild beavers"

We had to do that in Illinois back around 1900. Same with deer. They are now thriving.

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 07:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

8 I could have been first but I was dancing with my cockatoo.

Posted by: Billy Idull at June 19, 2026 07:34 PM (vFG9F)

9 Feeding the foxes

Bluebell the Hen has a sad.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 07:34 PM (R+iUD)

10

I understand a lot of people like cats. If I wasn't allergic I would have cats.

Me, I am dog crazy.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:35 PM (/QHx4)

11 100% for the second week in a row! Praise be!!!

Thank you, Ace!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

12 I did not have sheep donning battlerager armor on my bingo card this year.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 07:35 PM (gnNyN)

13 >>>A dance troop forms the numbers 1 through 9. Number 8 will SHOCK you!!!

Demunged link is here:
https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/2066639874350895558

C'mon ace. How hard is it to spell href? Be better!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 19, 2026 07:35 PM (syz1S)

14 >>Is that true?

No, it's not true. Beavers used to build a damn on a stream on the back of my parents place. And we would go out and tear it out.

If we didn't the water overflowed the stream and flooded the yard.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)

15 London's got Beaver Fever! They've reintroduced wild beavers (the wilder the better) to the London area.

Any big brown ones?

Asking for a band.

Posted by: Winona at June 19, 2026 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

16 Kids should have dogs

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

17 Generic, pro-forma 'awwww'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:37 PM (G3T/K)

18 Norbert in the top photo looks a lot like Precious the Bichon, our last dog, a senior rescue. She was missing a lot of her teeth and her tongue did that adorable pop out.

Posted by: JTB at June 19, 2026 07:37 PM (yTvNw)

19 You might have already seen dancing cockatoos.

Oh, way more than two!

What?

Nevermind!

Posted by: Pete "Litella" Bootygig at June 19, 2026 07:38 PM (VHUov)

20 >>> 13 >>>A dance troop forms the numbers 1 through 9. Number 8 will SHOCK you!!!
==
Demunged link is here:
https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/2066639874350895558

C'mon ace. How hard is it to spell href? Be better!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 19, 2026 07:35 PM (syz1S)

Do you want him to start leaving open tags again???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 07:38 PM (R+iUD)

21 The dance troupe one does not appear to be a link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:38 PM (G3T/K)

22 Shelter shows off the cute dogs it has and a little girl picks out a good one.

You may think this is about a cute dog and a little girl, but it's really about Piper.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

23 "beaver dams actually, somehow (I'm unclear on how this works) actually reduce destructive flooding by creating some kind of reservoir area that absorbs a lot of flood overflow"

Temporarily maybe but when there is a big enough flood the dam and pond all get washed away, making the flood worse.

Posted by: Billy Idull at June 19, 2026 07:39 PM (vFG9F)

24 Doggiez!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 07:40 PM (DoBxX)

25 A dance troop forms the numbers 1 through 9. Number 8 will SHOCK you!!!

Good thing the Koreans waste time perfecting stuff like this, so they don't decide to take over the world.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 07:41 PM (VHUov)

26 I could have been first but I was dancing with my cockatoo.
Posted by: Billy Idull

That's a new one.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 07:43 PM (mYCqF)

27 Temporarily maybe but when there is a big enough flood the dam and pond all get washed away, making the flood worse.
Posted by: Billy Idull

Beaver spillways are usually inadequate and any flood more than designed for will blow the dam out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 07:43 PM (/lPRQ)

28 Beaver spillways are usually inadequate and any flood more than designed for will blow the dam out.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 07:43 PM (/lPRQ)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:44 PM (G3T/K)

29 "beaver dams actually, somehow (I'm unclear on how this works) actually reduce destructive flooding by creating some kind of reservoir area that absorbs a lot of flood overflow"

Temporarily maybe but when there is a big enough flood the dam and pond all get washed away, making the flood worse.
Posted by: Billy Idull at June 19, 2026 07:39 PM (vFG9F)
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This might be true in rural areas where they are working with streams, but if a beaver dams up a drainage ditch, that's going to cause big problems.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 07:45 PM (ZOv7s)

30 It is hard to watch any British program and not wonder 'WHY ARE YOU WATCHING BEAVERS WHILE LITTLE GIRLS ARE BEING SYSTEMATICALLY RAPED WITH GOVERNMENT APPROVAL?!?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:48 PM (G3T/K)

31 Now I want to go see beavers. I asked AI where they are locally. It told me, and it mentioned:

"Beavers are nocturnal (active mostly at night and during dusk or dawn). Visit during the early morning or late evening for the best chances of seeing them swim."

Too early, too late. I don't want to see them that bad, I guess.

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 07:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

32 That's an umbrella cockatoo. They are really sweet but do tend to be pluckers. All cockatoos are hard to rehome, as they can make noise at jet engine levels.

Posted by: notsothoreau at June 19, 2026 07:51 PM (bkuEU)

33 This evening I want to sit in a birch forest, let me feet chill in a babbling brook and drink my wine.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:53 PM (afJtY)

34 I guess the poster of the vid didn't like how they did #10.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 07:55 PM (GseMx)

35 A cenobite sheep?

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 07:56 PM (3uBP9)

36 Notsothoreau, you got that right. Been there, done that.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:57 PM (afJtY)

37 I get video shorts of people rescuing abandoned dogs; they make me cry every time.
God bless those people for doing that. For the people that abandoned the dog? yeah, you'll get yours. The barbed c**k of karma is going to help you celebrate pride for the rest of your hopefully short miserable life.

Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 07:57 PM (6+ehB)

38 What do they call a girl who blocks her male friend from picking up a girl?

A Beaver Dam

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 07:58 PM (GseMx)

39 Youd think the sheep would not like it when they turn their head.

But it probably warns off Islamic dudes too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:58 PM (G3T/K)

40 Hey Bandit! This is Little Beaver... Put your foot on the floor, we got your backdoor and I'm clear!

Posted by: 1977 Remembers at June 19, 2026 07:59 PM (wVcYX)

41 I've seen armored hot dogs before but not armored sheep.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 07:59 PM (Cqx++)

42 Is that firecat AI ?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 08:00 PM (Cqx++)

43 There was a beaver pond near the old haunted farmhouse I used to live in. It was an old pond, swampy and reedy along the edges. Once you got past that there was a good sized pool. I got a rubber raft and went across it one time. The dam itself was really long, it stretched maybe 100 feet or so. I didn't see any beavers, but I bet they saw me. It was a little creepy being there. I knowed I wasn't supposed to be.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 08:00 PM (vFG9F)

44 Wouldn't it be easier to get a sheep dog?

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:00 PM (GseMx)

45
I was shamed into taking a parrot years ago.

He was a bastard. Luckily the owner got resettled somewhere after a few months and wanted his parrot back.

We took great care of the bastard and were thrilled to give the bastard back to him..

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:02 PM (/QHx4)

46 When I look at things like those korean band members forming numbers all I think now is yeah that's kind of neat but ai could do that and it would not look any different. I'm not saying that ai is better it's just that there were a lot of silly simple things that seemed amazing to see before ai but afterward it's just silly simple.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 08:03 PM (3uBP9)

47 Ben Had!

Miss you, sweet lady. Hope all is well.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 08:03 PM (A5RD0)

48 "they make me cry every time."

Me too. I don't watch those kinds of animal vids anymore.

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 08:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

49 Wouldn't it be easier to get a sheep dog?
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:00 PM (GseMx)

A team of Andalusian shepherds would do the trick. Widely utilized in the Rocky Mountain West. Big, loyal, smart and will fuck up a wolf. Saw them a lot in the Bighorns in Wyoming and the Flattops in Colorado.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Dave's Not Here! at June 19, 2026 08:04 PM (0aYVJ)

50 I wants too wish Presdent Obama a happy Juneteeth Day.
We loves you and miss yuo..

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 19, 2026 08:04 PM (xNKY/)

51 I effing hate computers. Bastards.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:04 PM (77rzZ)

52 Can you train a bird to poop in their cage or do you have to lay paper over the entire floor.

And on a side note all birds should be named Larry.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:04 PM (GseMx)

53 Scot Soccer Fans in Boston Bar:

https://youtube.com/shorts/-WEyhiaCu4c

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 08:05 PM (qx7Zg)

54
gp,

I don't watch them.

Geez I would have hudreds of dogs, lol..

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:05 PM (/QHx4)

55 Ben Had, are you going to be at the NoVa MoMe?

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:05 PM (77rzZ)

56 The macaws were so much nicer. I'm glad the nephew took them in. But they screwed uy lings and I can't see them without worrying about ot happening to someone else

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 19, 2026 08:06 PM (bkuEU)

57 I wants too wish Presdent Obama a happy Juneteeth Day.
We loves you and miss yuo..
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt

Thought you would be celebrating Juneteenth downtown watching the fireworks and drivebys.

Everybody else is.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 08:06 PM (/lPRQ)

58 Happy Juneteeth to you to Mary!

Posted by: Pawl at June 19, 2026 08:07 PM (vFG9F)

59 nurse, life on the farm is wonderful and I am well. Can't wait to give you a hug.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:07 PM (afJtY)

60 Doesn't matter. They throw seeds and food everywhere.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 19, 2026 08:07 PM (bkuEU)

61

polynikes, the one we temporarily adopted was called bastard.

He was. a mean bastard

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:08 PM (/QHx4)

62 A pack of dogs can be dangerous.

Posted by: javems at June 19, 2026 08:10 PM (zFsEm)

63 Bulg, sadly not. The livestock keeps me home.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:10 PM (afJtY)

64 At my former tennis club disguised as a zoo, they had a number of birds in huge individual outdoor cages. They were loud.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:11 PM (GseMx)

65 Doesn't matter. They throw seeds and food everywhere.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

That's why I named my canary "Onan."

Posted by: zombie Dorothy Parker at June 19, 2026 08:11 PM (VHUov)

66
Bulg,

You could travel to the TEXMO meet. Up.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:11 PM (/QHx4)

67 63 I don’t know if I will be there, either. I don’t know if it’s proper to have fun so soon after my sister’s passing.

We’ll see how I feel tomorrow.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:13 PM (77rzZ)

68 I had some cockatiels. The male, Buster, never would talk but he would raise the hell out of some chicks. After the female laid he would run them off. He went thru two females and six or so broods. He eventually just up and died at about 25.

They lived in a big round cage I made. A lot of the time they could come and go as they pleased. When I lived in the old farmhouse they spent a lot of time on the screened porch, with the iguana.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)

69 Don't be shy, pick your favorite Juneteenth day:
National Garfield the Cat Day, , National Dry Martini Day, World Sauntering Day, National Sickle Cell Day, International Day for the *Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, National Eat an Oreo Day, National Flip Flop Day - June 19, 2026 (Third Friday in June), National FreeBSD Day, National Pets in Film Day, National Watch Day, Take Back the Lunch Break Day - June 19, 2026 (Third Friday in June), Ugliest Dog Day - June 19, 2026 (Third Friday in June), Work at Home Father's Day - June 19, 2026 (The Friday before Father's Day),

*note: sexual violence is OK as long as it's not in conflict

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 08:15 PM (VPNgR)

70 Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:13 PM (77rzZ)

Do you think your sister would mind?

I think it's probably possible to grieve a loved one while still enjoying the company of people who like and appreciate you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:16 PM (AphQx)

71 It's National June 19th Day!

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F)

72 I would get therapy if that could be my therapist!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 08:16 PM (OoFl2)

73 *note: sexual violence is OK as long as it's not in conflict
Posted by: Braenyard

Don't be greedy,
Pick ONE

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 08:17 PM (/lPRQ)

74 The only bird I really liked was a red tail hawk that I rehabbed. That was a majestic bird.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:19 PM (afJtY)

75 70, Fen, I’ll see how I feel about it tomorrow. I just can’t say right now.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)

76

Bulg,

Your sister would want you to .enjoy life.

Go for it big boy.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:19 PM (/QHx4)

77 "Fed up with wolves attacking his sheep, a farmer crafted spiked armor to let them graze safely and peacefully."

That's just nuts. A damage shield only works for tanks. Sheep aren't tanks. They're backstabbers, moving around silently in wool armor until bam! a charge sneak attack for triple damage. Give the sheep a spiked helmet. Like one of those kraut pickle bucket hats.

What planet is this guy on?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 19, 2026 08:20 PM (w/O5Q)

78 Special Graduation Surprise.

https://youtube.com/shorts/WnF4cNaCIjs

It's a little dusty in here.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 08:21 PM (qx7Zg)

79 But I would love to see Hordelings tomorrow.

My sister went from being a commie in college to being a Trump supporter when she passed.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)

80 a pickelhaube would top off that armor nicely.
also a gorget to protect the throat.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 19, 2026 08:23 PM (VyBeY)

81 Norbert is the best!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 19, 2026 08:24 PM (VyBeY)

82 It seems kind of ridiculous to celebrate the day
the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas while we don't have a day to celebrate the actual Emancipation Proclamation was signed. For that matter we got rid of Abraham Lincoln's birthday and rolled he and Washington's Birthday into one day. And no, I am not trying to start a debate about he War Between the States again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:24 PM (j3j1r)

83 I don’t know if I will be there, either. I don’t know if it’s proper to have fun so soon after my sister’s passing.

We’ll see how I feel tomorrow.
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:13 PM (77rzZ)
---
Take your time. No need to rush things.

At the same time, life goes on. I don't think our loved ones who have died would begrudge us enjoying fun and fellowship.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)

84 Willowed:

"Birds attracted to Obama mausoleum lettering are beginning to roost there and shit all over the building.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others "

Even I could see that would happen and I ain't no fancy smancy expert arkitech. Now they have to kill all the birds.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 08:25 PM (vFG9F)

85 Our flock of monk parakeets is up to 8 now. Strange to see green birds a amongst the pigeons and robins

Posted by: Accomack at June 19, 2026 08:25 PM (T8bqm)

86 I had mentioned earlier this year that I wanted to get my cowboy boots refinished/refurnished pretty much rebuilt but I couldn't find anyone local. I wore these back in high school circa 1980s. They were in real rough shape. Well, I found some online outfit in Texas and I sent them there. That was About May 1st. Well they are finished, a month and a half and a shocking amount of money later. They're being shipped back. I hope they are pretty awesome. I'll let y'all know when I get them.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 08:26 PM (3uBP9)

87 I guess the Congress needed another three day weekend

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:26 PM (j3j1r)

88 We be having a Non birthing persons and gay pride celebration this weekends. Pleese come join us and where yoor brest We hate trump shirt.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 19, 2026 08:27 PM (xNKY/)

89 Brasil v. Haiti, FIFA fans!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 08:27 PM (OoFl2)

90 Shouldn't Monk Parakeets be wearing brown robes?

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 08:27 PM (Ia/+0)

91 Possible scenario. The wolf grabs the ewe by the leg and drops it, underbelly is exposed and the wolf tears open the stomach.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:27 PM (afJtY)

92
"Birds attracted to Obama mausoleum lettering are beginning to roost there and shit all over the building.

--------

I salute the birds for doing what all of us dream of doing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:28 PM (u/oMr)

93
Bulg,

It is devastating to lose a sibling. A lot of us of here have experienced that loss.
I lost a brother when we were in ,our 30's.

He was full of life and wanted us to continue to enjoy life.

You aren't disrespecting your sister by continuing a good life.

She would want that for you.

Go for it big boy!

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:28 PM (/QHx4)

94 Juneteenth was a fun, local holiday in the best American tradition. It was completely organic, the outgrowth of people remembering how wonderful it was to get the news that they were no longer slaves.

It does not translate to anywhere else. From the moment Michigan was organized into the Northwest Territories it was free soil. It is meaningless to most of the country.

The true agenda is seen in the neo-Marxist flag and the language used - to create a "new" independence day to replace the real one and completely discredit the Founding.

I'm enjoying all my liberal neighbors wondering why there is no mail or trash pickup today.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)

95 The wolves will just develop armor piercing rounds and then it's an arms race.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 08:29 PM (3uBP9)

96 90 Shouldn't Monk Parakeets be wearing brown robes?

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Only if Fryer Chickens wear white robes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:29 PM (u/oMr)

97 83. Thank you, AHL.

I think that I’ll probably put in an appearance tomorrow just to say hello to everyone, but I don’t know how long it will last. Like I said, we’ll see.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:29 PM (77rzZ)

98 Even I could see that would happen and I ain't no fancy smancy expert arkitech. Now they have to kill all the birds.
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 08:25 PM (vFG9F)

Or they can fix the lettering where it would not attract the birds to roost.

I recently had to place a covering over the top of my front door where a pair of swallows were attempting to roost. I didn't notice until they started to build their mud nest because I go into my house through the garage.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:31 PM (GseMx)

99
Ah, there's good news tonight. The Diocese of Arlington (VA) has announced that the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter has been granted a chaplaincy to provide the Traditional Latin Mass in the diocese.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 08:31 PM (O0L8i)

100 My mom passed away yesterday. Her final days were not easy, so I'm choosing to think of her in heaven with her brothers and sisters. I will always miss her.

Posted by: Beltway Elite at June 19, 2026 08:31 PM (hPk6V)

101 Thank you all for your advice and your good wishes.

I am tearing up as I read them.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:32 PM (77rzZ)

102 OT- Prayer request. I would to ask prayers for my friend, C. She is a very nice, caring and intelligent addictions counselor. She is also an only child and her father is dying. Her mother is still alive, but they are obviously incredibly distraught by all this, I personally feel she's needs her father permission to "let go and go to God" . Sometimes the dying need to hear this from their family.

Anyway, thanks for the prayers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:32 PM (O14q3)

103 "Or they can fix the lettering where it would not attract the birds to roost."

They can put spikes up there but why should they have to? Just have the laser banks blast any incoming birds.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

104 "Birds attracted to Obama mausoleum lettering are beginning to roost there and shit all over the building.

--------

I salute the birds for doing what all of us dream of doing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:28 PM (u/oMr)

If we could only train them to attack like an A-10.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 08:33 PM (snZF9)

105 Posted by: Beltway Elite at June 19, 2026 08:31 PM (hPk6V)

Condolences to you and your family. Went through this myself in 2022.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:33 PM (GseMx)

106 100 Beltway Elite, I am so sorry. May her memory be a blessing to you.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)

107 Condolences, Beltway.

Bulg, you should go.
Your sister would not begrudge you the chance to fellowship with likeminded individuals that you've come to know and care about.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 19, 2026 08:33 PM (Rln0i)

108 Posted by: Beltway Elite at June 19, 2026 08:31 PM

I'm so sorry. May God comfort and be with you and all who loved your mom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:34 PM (O14q3)

109 So sorry for your loss, Beltway Elite 💔💔💔

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 08:34 PM (SRRAx)

110 At the same time, life goes on. I don't think our loved ones who have died would begrudge us enjoying fun and fellowship.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

https://youtu.be/38jcBs7Qd14

Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there; I did not die.
I say to you "I will see you again,
On the other side, someday....."

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 08:34 PM (VHUov)

111
Keep living.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:34 PM (/QHx4)

112 I honestly don't know why I bought cowboy boots back then. It was just a thing guys were doing. I mean, you got a flannel-lined denim jacket and boots.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 08:35 PM (3uBP9)

113 I will always miss her.
Posted by: Beltway Elite

Prayers for you and yours.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 08:35 PM (VHUov)

114 92
"Birds attracted to Obama mausoleum lettering are beginning to roost there and shit all over the building.

These birds are "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACIST" by defecating on our first Mulato President's Taj Mahal !!!!!!

IMPEACH TRUMP NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 19, 2026 08:35 PM (FrBdv)

115 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:32 PM (O14q3)

Sorry; Mistype. Meant she needs to give her father permission to let go and go to God.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:35 PM (O14q3)

116 90 Shouldn't Monk Parakeets be wearing brown robes?

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Only if Fryer Chickens wear white robes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:29 PM (u/oMr)

Don't mess with the Shaolin White Cranes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 19, 2026 08:36 PM (wVcYX)

117 I just saw the Karmelo Anthony footage. Welp, that should stop a lot of narratives. Should. But I am guessing there will be don’t believe your lying eyes TikTok’s now.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 08:37 PM (OoFl2)

118

SUW

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:38 PM (/QHx4)

119 100 My mom passed away yesterday. Her final days were not easy, so I'm choosing to think of her in heaven with her brothers and sisters. I will always miss her.
Posted by: Beltway Elite at

I am so sorry. Losing your mama is just hard. Prayers for you.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 08:38 PM (OoFl2)

120 Beltway Elite, Deepest condolences on your loss. Hold the good memories in your heart.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at June 19, 2026 08:38 PM (yTvNw)

121 Heh.

Lots of Seattle progtards freaking out right now.

All the flags. And the shirts. And the crazy costumes. And the chants of “USA. USA. USA!!!” Through the streets of downtown.

Holy shit. It’s hilarious. I’m loving it. All of the normal people (yes, there are more and more) are getting the chance to show their patriotism and not be harangued by the freaks.

I’m pretty happy with my city right now.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 08:40 PM (A5RD0)

122 Prayers up for C, Fen, and for Beltway Elite.

Bulg, it's OK to play the MoMe by ear. I'm sure everyone will understand if you leave after 15 minutes - or if you spend the entire time enjoying the company.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 08:40 PM (qx7Zg)

123 107 Thank you, SMH. Your opinion means a great deal to me. I think that I probably will, now.

I would love to meet you in person sometime, Dear Lady. I have great respect for you.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:40 PM (77rzZ)

124 Fenelonspoke, Prayers are sent.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at June 19, 2026 08:41 PM (yTvNw)

125
94 Juneteenth was a fun, local holiday in the best American tradition. It was completely organic, the outgrowth of people remembering how wonderful it was to get the news that they were no longer slaves.”

Exactly! I’m in East Texas, where it started and 30, 40 years ago it was just little local celebrations, there’d be a custom car parade down MLK blvd and then the community would all have picnics and get togethers into the night. Everyone thought it was nice and it was no big deal to anyone. All local employers cooperated with any employees who asked off that day, it was understood.

Now it’s been turned into some political monstrosity.

Posted by: Zombie Brian Dennehy at June 19, 2026 08:41 PM (nuNhM)

126 Evening, Ace, and Cafe idlers! Productive day today: mowed that part of the yard nearest the house and outbuildings, did a load of laundry and hung it on the line to dry (not done yet), took trash o town dump, and fired up the walk-behind weed whacker, and did a big tranche of weed-whacking.

Beer time! Sipping on a Shiner Bock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 08:41 PM (1z8ji)

127 Possible scenario. The wolf grabs the ewe by the leg and drops it, underbelly is exposed and the wolf tears open the stomach.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:27 PM (afJtY)
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That is clearly the second echelon support sheep.

The breakthrough sheep wear plate armor and are fitted with explosive probes that blow off the noses of inquisitive wolves. Or the gate. Or fences. Or anything, really.

We only arm them when it's go time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

128 Beltway elite

It’s hard to lose your mom.
Peace be with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 08:42 PM (A5RD0)

129 I don’t know if I will be there, either. I don’t know if it’s proper to have fun so soon after my sister’s passing.

We’ll see how I feel tomorrow.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:13 PM (77rzZ)

What would you tell your sister if the roles were reversed? There's your answer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 08:42 PM (snZF9)

130 honestly don't know why I bought cowboy boots back then. It was just a thing guys were doing. I mean, you got a flannel-lined denim jacket and boots.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 08:35 PM (3uBP9

I bought a pair of ostrich skin boots and took them with me when I moved to NYC . Wore to work on occasion which was good water cooler conversation for the yankees. One day took them off after work and changed into my tennis shoes for my drive to Connecticut . About 30 minutes into my drive I heard a thump and look at my review mirror and saw one of the boots bounce off the trunk onto the freeway. Never bought another pair of boots.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:43 PM (GseMx)

131 Bulg and Beltway Elite and FenelonSpoke's friend C - Prayers for God's comfort and strength.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 19, 2026 08:43 PM (wVcYX)

132
Now it’s been turned into some political monstrosity.

Posted by: Zombie Brian Dennehy at June 19, 2026 08:41 PM (nuNhM)

____________

Like you said, it was a genial, organic Texas holiday. Now it's a federalized Bash Whitey Day for the progtards and Grievance mongers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 08:44 PM (O0L8i)

133 Here's to those we love and who are no longer with us.

*clink*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:45 PM (u/oMr)

134 Here's to those we love and who are no longer with us.

*clink*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:45 PM (u/oMr)

135 Posted by: Beltway Elite

prayers up

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

more prayers

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 08:45 PM (B0dAE)

136 Nurse, I love all the red white a blue. An amazing showing without question! And I love our team prayed together after winning.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 08:45 PM (OoFl2)

137 No, it's not true. Beavers used to build a damn on a stream on the back of my parents place. And we would go out and tear it out.

If we didn't the water overflowed the stream and flooded the yard.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)

The dirty secret is this: beavers build dams to suit their perceived needs, not those of humans who may also inhabit the area. Sometimes their needs also work to the benefit of humans, other times they don't.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 08:45 PM (1z8ji)

138 Yikes. I must have pushed Post really hard.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:46 PM (u/oMr)

139 lol forgot about that Dennehy sock!

I don’t do socks much I never remember I’ve done it. Not that my mind is fading or anything.

Hey where’s my granddaughter?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:46 PM (nuNhM)

140
The best thing we can do is instill our Christian values in our children and grandchildren.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:47 PM (/QHx4)

141 22 Shelter shows off the cute dogs it has and a little girl picks out a good one.

You may think this is about a cute dog and a little girl, but it's really about Piper.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

Awwwwwwww!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 08:47 PM (OoFl2)

142
Yikes. I must have pushed Post really hard.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:46 PM (u/oMr)

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Like time in The Barrel, everyone has to double post at least once.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 08:48 PM (O0L8i)

143 also a gorget to protect the throat.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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A full gorget for the young ladies in England and Ireland.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 08:48 PM (VPNgR)

144 Maybe Juneteenth will go the way of Cinco De Mayo. Instead of margaritas, everyone will have Hennessy and just have fun.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:48 PM (GseMx)

145 Yikes. I must have pushed Post really hard.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:46 PM (u/oMr)

It's a good one to double post.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 08:48 PM (qx7Zg)

146 Reparations for people who were never slaves and live in the best country in the world and by people who never owned slaves

SNAP, Section 8 housing, welfare, and other governmental freebees are not enough !!!!!

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 19, 2026 08:48 PM (X7dyz)

147
They don't have to be cute.

They need love.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:49 PM (/QHx4)

148 Juneteenth around here used to be redolent with BBQ and family gatherings. Making this a national holiday put an end to that.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:49 PM (afJtY)

149 The best thing we can do is instill our Christian values in our children and grandchildren.
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Speaking from experience, sometimes even that isn't enough.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 19, 2026 08:49 PM (Rln0i)

150 Hi, Piper!

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:49 PM (77rzZ)

151 The best thing we can do is instill our Christian values in our children and grandchildren.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:47 PM (/QHx4)
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My grandkids will be baptized on Sunday.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 08:50 PM (ZOv7s)

152 Here's to those we love and who are no longer with us.

*clink*
Posted by: Cicero
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*clink*

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 08:50 PM (rdVOm)

153 131 Thank you, Count.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (77rzZ)

154 Maybe Juneteenth will go the way of Cinco De Mayo. Instead of margaritas, everyone will have Hennessy and just have fun.
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:48 PM (GseMx)
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If the House and Senate hold, Trump will push to repeal it in his final two years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (ZOv7s)

155 hank you, SMH. Your opinion means a great deal to me. I think that I probably will, now.

I would love to meet you in person sometime, Dear Lady. I have great respect for you.
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:40 PM

SMH is ... awesome.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (0sNs1)

156 Even I could see that would happen and I ain't no fancy smancy expert arkitech. Now they have to kill all the birds.

Posted by: fd
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& keep on killing them. How many birds are they going to kill before the Avian Society or Birds Unlimited complain that the Obama's are causing several species to become extinct?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (VPNgR)

157
Christianity: there is no sin beyond the mercy of God.

Leftism: you can never be forgiven and your sin can constantly be dug up and used against you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (O0L8i)

158
Ace- Endorsed,

Blessings to you all.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:52 PM (/QHx4)

159 Three MoH medals awarded by Trump recently. The 88 year old recipient's response made the darn allergies flare up again.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 08:52 PM (GseMx)

160 Hi Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 08:52 PM (OoFl2)

161 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (O0L8i)

That's an accurate, succinct way to describe it. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:53 PM (AphQx)

162 Those who are no longer with us deserve double clinks.

*double clinks to my sister*

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)

163 I saw "Toy Story 5" today and thought it was a good return to form. It was nice to see it in a packed theater, with the kids laughing at one layer of jokes and the adults another.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 19, 2026 08:53 PM (kpS4V)

164 The breakthrough sheep wear plate armor and are fitted with explosive probes that blow off the noses of inquisitive wolves. Or the gate. Or fences. Or anything, really.

We only arm them when it's go time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

"Sis boom bah."

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at June 19, 2026 08:53 PM (VHUov)

165 Leftism: you can never be forgiven and your sin can constantly be dug up and used against you.

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Also Leftism: Advertise your sin and all will be forced to applaud it

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 08:53 PM (6/7Fs)

166 Bulg, Duncanthrax, thank you for the sentiment.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 19, 2026 08:53 PM (Rln0i)

167 154 Maybe Juneteenth will go the way of Cinco De Mayo. Instead of margaritas, everyone will have Hennessy and just have fun.
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026
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Or they could rescind it and let it be a Texas holiday where it belongs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 08:54 PM (VPNgR)

168 Those who are no longer with us deserve double clinks.

*double clinks to my sister*
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)
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I'll drink to that. Prosst!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

169 151 Congrats, AHL!

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)

170 My mom passed away yesterday. Her final days were not easy, so I'm choosing to think of her in heaven with her brothers and sisters. I will always miss her.
Posted by: Beltway Elite

My condolences. Your correct in your thinking. My mom died in 2011, and let me tell you, she swooped in twice and pulled my ass from the fire in an unmistakable big way and proved to this originally non believing idiot that maybe I was wrong. The funny thing, she always threatened to do it. Mom proved she is still around and watching. No doubt your mom is too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 08:56 PM (snZF9)

171 Christianity: there is no sin beyond the mercy of God.

Leftism: you can never be forgiven and your sin can constantly be dug up and used against you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (O0L8i)
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More proof that leftism is really for people with mommy and daddy issues.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 08:56 PM (ZOv7s)

172 Piper!

I didn’t get to watch the game at all. I was buried at work. The team prayed together after the game? On the field?

I only walked through the aftermath. Everyone happy. Red white and blue. And the yellow and green. Laughter and cheers and joy. What an amazing atmosphere!

So many people on the waterfront. It’s a gorgeous day, sunny and 78. Mountains are out. Everyone is behaving. So far.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 08:56 PM (gjFiG)

173 My daughter is 37 and she’s full of the usual ignorant leftist social ideas.

Good news is my grandson just turned 14 and he and his friends think their moms are full of shit about everything.

He has proved the old aphorism - why do grandchildren and grandparents get along so well?

Because they have a common enemy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:56 PM (nuNhM)

174
SMH is awesome And I'm so happy to see her back with us.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:56 PM (/QHx4)

175 & keep on killing them. How many birds are they going to kill before the Avian Society or Birds Unlimited complain that the Obama's are causing several species to become extinct?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (VPNgR)

They already extincted the passenger pigeons. Will the cargo pigeons be next? (he asked hopefully)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 08:57 PM (1z8ji)

176 "Birds attracted to Obama mausoleum lettering are beginning to roost there and shit all over the building. "

"Or they can fix the lettering where it would not attract the birds to roost."

They can put spikes up there but why should they have to? Just have the laser banks blast any incoming birds.
Posted by: fd

The proper solution is to put a decoy Bald Eagle atop each letter to scare the birds away.

Because that'd be like decorating the entrance to the Fortress of Solitude with kryptonite.

Posted by: mikeski luthor at June 19, 2026 08:57 PM (VHUov)

177 Thanks four seasons. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 19, 2026 08:58 PM (Rln0i)

178 Christianity: there is no sin beyond the mercy of God.

Leftism: you can never be forgiven and your sin can constantly be dug up and used against you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

More proof that leftism is really for people with mommy and daddy issues.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

More proof that one movement is led by a Man, and the other by women (some of whom have Y chromosomes.)

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 08:59 PM (VHUov)

179

Adverise your sin living together in ,sin.

God loves that.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 08:59 PM (/QHx4)

180 174
Same here.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:59 PM (77rzZ)

181

SMH,

You are a treasure.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:01 PM (/QHx4)

182 Because that'd be like decorating the entrance to the Fortress of Solitude with kryptonite.
Posted by: mikeski luthor at June 19, 2026 08:57 PM (VHUov)

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Can you even imagine an American flag on top of that commie monstrosity?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:01 PM (6/7Fs)

183 Leftism: you can never be forgiven and your sin can constantly be dug up and used against you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 08:51 PM (O0L8i)

Leftism - one of the most bitter, cruel, and vicious religions ever inflicted on men and women.

And in the end, the greatest betrayal of all will be when they finally have to confront the fact that their gods were weak, foolish, and very fallible.

Because they made gods of themselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 09:01 PM (nuNhM)

184
Birds are clearly racist. We need a Smash Pigeons Campaign.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:01 PM (O0L8i)

185 I posted this in the morning thread because it is on Proverbs 3:6 and is about George Washington Carver . A man of faith , perseverance and great intelligence ,and so much more admirable than Barack Obama. Also, somebody mentioned Carver on a thread yesterday. It had some nice thoughts and additional reflections on Proverbs foliowing the devotional

https://tinyurl.com/musw576v

Also, I said I'd help at a conservative picnic tomorrow and talk about 1776. If you could pray for all our safety, it would be appreciated. Last year our signs were defaced and graffiti put at the park entrance. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 09:02 PM (guLpK)

186 160 Hey, Piper. How goes the fitness biz?

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:03 PM (77rzZ)

187 Congrats, AHL!
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)
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Thanks! It was something of a surprise that my daughter, who fell away from the Church rather conspicuously, would decide to move ahead with it. I pushed for them to go to the parish preschool and then elementary school, paying the first year entirely out of my pocket. The experience of her daughter (the elder) convinced her to come on board with it and I think she sees how well the kids are doing, and how remarkable it is given how tragic their lives have been.

She still gets into stars and symbols and stuff, but the kids are learning their prayers and going to Mass regularly.

Miracles happen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)

188 Can you even imagine an American flag on top of that commie monstrosity?
Posted by: Cicero

Surprised they didn't put a Palestine flag on it for the grand opening.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 09:03 PM (rdVOm)

189 Remember, when discussing sin, that sin(x) = cos(90° - x)

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 19, 2026 09:04 PM (0sNs1)

190 Also, I said I'd help at a conservative picnic tomorrow and talk about 1776. If you could pray for all our safety, it would be appreciated. Last year our signs were defaced and graffiti put at the park entrance. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 09:02 PM (guLpK)

Watch a few episodes of Forged in Fire, and you will learn how to beat a plowshare into a sword.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:04 PM (1z8ji)

191
Lacrosse seems to be the next target for extirpation. First it was the Duke team and the phony rape accusation. Now it's a high-school team photographed smoking cigars.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:05 PM (O0L8i)

192 I think the whole USAID thing has shown how much the whole Pride b.s. was complete astroturf. A sodomite color revolution.

And the normies are realizing they don't have to play along. They can just say "screw you" and get away with it.

The world is healing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)

193 187 AHL, although I am not a Catholic, I have a huge amount of respect for your faith, along with that of Nurse Ratched, Hadrian the Seventh, and others here.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:09 PM (77rzZ)

194 Lacrosse seems to be the next target for extirpation. First it was the Duke team and the phony rape accusation. Now it's a high-school team photographed smoking cigars.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:05 PM (O0L8i)
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You're a quarter-century too late. Title IX gutted lacrosse programs across the country. They went from varsity sports with scholarships to clubs. Same with fencing.

Maybe we can roll that back next. Let the boys play!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:09 PM (ZOv7s)

195 186 160 Hey, Piper. How goes the fitness biz?
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:03 PM

It’s good! It’s a busier summer than normal, I usually can cut classes for a reduced summer schedule but that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:09 PM (OoFl2)

196

Living in sin is profitable for some people.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:11 PM (/QHx4)

197 189 Remember, ...

Posted by: Wesley Crusher
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Shut up, Wesley

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 09:13 PM (VPNgR)

198 I didn’t get to watch the game at all. I was buried at work. The team prayed together after the game? On the field?

Posted by: nurse ratched

Yes! It was awesome. I will find a picture.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:13 PM (OoFl2)

199 AHL, although I am not a Catholic, I have a huge amount of respect for your faith, along with that of Nurse Ratched, Hadrian the Seventh, and others here.
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:09 PM (77rzZ)
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I appreciate that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

200 Birds are clearly racist. We need a Smash Pigeons Campaign.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:01 PM (O0L8i)

Clearly they are one of the four pests you know

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:14 PM (rbvCR)

201 Living in sin is profitable for some people.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:11 PM (/QHx4)
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It profit a man nothing to gain the world for his soul, but for sodomy?!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)

202
I got another look at pics from the opening of the Ob-scenity yesterday. Michelle ought to change her last name to O-zempic. She picked an outfit to show off her slim new form. She added the weight back in eyelashes, though.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 09:15 PM (XJ22o)

203
Lacrosse is another quintessentially Canadian sport. Use a stick to beat the tar out of your opponent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)

204 192 I think the whole USAID thing has shown how much the whole Pride b.s. was complete astroturf. A sodomite color revolution.
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The enemy within and the CCP from without aligned against us but we stand. That is why they hate and fear us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 09:15 PM (VPNgR)

205 Michigan is experiencing idea weather. Highs in the mid-70s, lows in the upper 50s. It won't last, so I'm soaking it in.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)

206 Can you even imagine an American flag on top of that commie monstrosity?
Posted by: Cicero

Surprised they didn't put a Palestine flag on it for the grand opening.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 09:03 PM (rdVOm)

It deserves the Galactic Empire flag (from Star Wars).

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 09:16 PM (qx7Zg)

207 It's MoMe Eve.
Celebrate responsibly.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 19, 2026 09:17 PM (D2IX4)

208
Being fucked up the ass or being a whore.

What is the worst sin?

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:17 PM (/QHx4)

209 Speaking of the Catholic church, I am ready to start searching my AO for a parish. I grew up Catholic, but fell by the wayside. My former hometown had a really nice, traditional church, but I simply never attended much.

My new AO has a goodly number of parishes, as well as the cathedral. I think my mission will be to find one that feels right. Might sound odd, but I've been in some Catholic churches that felt more like a Joel Osteen rah-rah fest. My Momand Dad's church was excellent. Conservative pastor. He spoke at her celebration of life ceremony a couple weeks ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Dave's Not Here! at June 19, 2026 09:17 PM (0aYVJ)

210 What kind of ideas is Michigan having?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 19, 2026 09:17 PM (D2IX4)

211 Lacrosse is another quintessentially Canadian sport. Use a stick to beat the tar out of your opponent.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)

It originated with the Iroquois and Mohawks, I believe. Even way out west in British Columbia, the teams were largely populated by Indians. One team I remember was the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Lacrosse scores were reported on the front page of the sports section, as "Boxla" (box Lacrosse).

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:18 PM (1z8ji)

212 Lacrosse is another quintessentially Canadian sport. Use a stick to beat the tar out of your opponent.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)
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Eastern tribes, not just Canada. Michigan and upstate New York used to be big into it. Fort Michilimackinac fell due to a ruse during a lacrosse game. The Indians "accidentally" threw the ball into the fort's gate, and the crowd followed as the amused British soldiers looked on. With the gate breached, they turned on the British and massacred them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:19 PM (ZOv7s)

213 It deserves the Galactic Empire flag (from Star Wars).
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 09:16 PM (qx7Zg)

A Gay Pride flag would be so appropriate.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:19 PM (1z8ji)

214 What kind of ideas is Michigan having?
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 19, 2026 09:17 PM (D2IX4)
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Typos. "Ideal" of course, but this is in fact good writing weather.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

215 Lacrosse is another quintessentially Canadian sport. Use a stick to beat the tar out of your opponent.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)

And an American arguably the best ever Lacrosse player.

Jim Brown

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 09:20 PM (GP8V/)

216 Fixed the link to fabulous number 8.

Posted by: KT at June 19, 2026 09:21 PM (rdeQO)

217 Our team praying after their win in Seattle. It goes to x. https://tinyurl.com/3rps3bmk

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:22 PM (OoFl2)

218 Take a minute:

youtube.com/watch?v=DADmZdbQ9x8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 09:22 PM (VPNgR)

219 Rugby is the sport I will.watch.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 09:22 PM (afJtY)

220 That dog up top looks like he just pitched a dollar bill onto the stage at the gents' club.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:22 PM (1z8ji)

221 Dubbed, "Lacrosse," because the racquet resembled the cross carried by French missionaries.

Posted by: davidt at June 19, 2026 09:23 PM (Q+gd/)

222 A Gay Pride flag would be so appropriate.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:19 PM (1z8ji)
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There are a lot of them on houses this year, probably because they realize the tide has turned and they need to rally the troops and virtue signal.

Funny juxtaposition in my neighborhood.

Older black man has Trump yard sign still up. Pride flag goes up three doors down. He put up two signs calling people to Christ and to turn against sodomy.

Next door neighbor is muslim. Your move, pride guys.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:23 PM (ZOv7s)

223 Funny how the dude who used to have a tribal flag up is now flying a tranny flag. Yeah, nothing says "traditional native culture" like castration, you weirdo.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)

224 182 Because that'd be like decorating the entrance to the Fortress of Solitude with kryptonite.
Posted by: mikeski luthor at June 19, 2026 08:57 PM (VHUov)

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Can you even imagine an American flag on top of that commie monstrosity?
Posted by: Cicero

An East German flag would be right at home.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 19, 2026 09:25 PM (WBro8)

225

Pray that God doesn't smite people being whores.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:25 PM (/QHx4)

226 Dubbed, "Lacrosse," because the racquet resembled the cross carried by French missionaries.
Posted by: davidt at June 19, 2026 09:23 PM (Q+gd/)
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Oui.

Posted by: Black Robe at June 19, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

227 Went to visit hubs for lunch (like usual) today, but one of the CNAs stopped me in the hallway-- said hub was having an extreme bout of agitation, had put all his things on his bed & was demanding to go home.

Ugh. Seen it before & was thankful for the 'warning' so I left. Ruined an already bad day, as today marks 7 years since Dad passed away.

Think I'll finish my beverage and go to bed. Tomorrow just *has to be* better!

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 09:25 PM (rdVOm)

228 Whoa

Posted by: Accomack at June 19, 2026 09:26 PM (8jVAy)

229 An East German flag would be right at home.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 19, 2026 09:25 PM (WBro

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An epic-level prank would be to paint pride slogans and tranny flags on it, and then see if they have the guts to clean it off.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:26 PM (ZOv7s)

230 An East German flag would be right at home.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Or ISIS, or Taliban...

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 09:26 PM (rdVOm)

231 An East German flag would be right at home.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 19, 2026 09:25 PM (WBro

Maybe we could start a cottage industry of using drones to affix appropriate flags to Barky's Maosoleum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:27 PM (1z8ji)

232 Our team praying after their win in Seattle. It goes to x. https://tinyurl.com/3rps3bmk
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:22 PM (OoFl2)

Nice. I think Team America is going to do well.

I say this knowing little about the soccer world.

But I do love the side stories of Europeans and Latin Americans falling in love with America. A lot of these folks are just regular people who scrimped and saved to get here. Not the hoity-toity rich that tour the country with their sniffy attitudes. Having worked in Yellowstone, I know the type. Snooty old-money ponces.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Dave's Not Here! at June 19, 2026 09:28 PM (0aYVJ)

233 >>Rugby is the sport I will.watch.

Even more fun to play.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 09:29 PM (viF8m)

234 An East German flag would be right at home.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Or ISIS, or Taliban...
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 09:26 PM (rdVOm)

Paint a sign next to the entrance that the Muslim LGBTQ+ fellowship meets on the roof.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 09:29 PM (qx7Zg)

235 Last year the gay guys that live a few houses away from my business partner had every inch of their yard covered in gay paraphernalia. This year, nothing .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 09:29 PM (afJtY)

236 228 Whoa
Posted by: Accomack at June

You saw that, too?

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:29 PM (OoFl2)

237 Or ISIS, or Taliban...
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 09:26 PM (rdVOm)
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Kenya
Indonesia

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)

238 @RealJamesWoods

In the late seventies I crossed the Atlantic on the QE2. I went First Class, which I paid for with my first real paycheck. We had a mandatory dress code for dinner. Black Tie and commensurate formal wear for the ladies. It was one of my favorite memories

https://tinyurl.com/hrcunb3s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 09:29 PM (VPNgR)

239
Dis blog sho' has gone crazy!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:29 PM (O0L8i)

240 Paint a sign next to the entrance that the Muslim LGBTQ+ fellowship meets on the roof.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

*snort*

Thanks, I needed a chuckle!

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 09:30 PM (rdVOm)

241 But I do love the side stories of Europeans and Latin Americans falling in love with America.

==

..and then going home...

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:30 PM (GD0B3)

242 231 An East German flag would be right at home.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 19, 2026 09:25 PM (WBro

Maybe we could start a cottage industry of using drones to affix appropriate flags to Barky's Maosoleum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June

Think we could get in trouble for that? Maybe we just utilize AI and stay out of jail. The stories might not be as fun, I get it. But we do have some reputation to keep. I think.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:31 PM (OoFl2)

243 82 Because that'd be like decorating the entrance to the Fortress of Solitude with kryptonite.
Posted by: mikeski luthor

"The first Fortress of Solitude belonged to Doc Savage." Kryptonite won't do a thing to Doc.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 09:31 PM (B0dAE)

244 In America the gays are downtrodden and oppressed, but in Iran they soar.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:32 PM (6/7Fs)

245 In the late seventies I crossed the Atlantic on the QE2. I went First Class, which I paid for with my first real paycheck. We had a mandatory dress code for dinner. Black Tie and commensurate formal wear for the ladies. It was one of my favorite memories

https://tinyurl.com/hrcunb3s

==

Carnival ...

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:32 PM (GD0B3)

246 Euro trash loving America is pure click bait.

Posted by: Accomack at June 19, 2026 09:32 PM (8jVAy)

247
But I do love the side stories of Europeans and Latin Americans falling in love with America.

==

..and then going home...
Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:30 PM (GD0B3)

_____________

It will suffice for them to realize they've been lied to for years. And for them to begin wondering what other lies they've told.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:33 PM (O0L8i)

248 Think we could get in trouble for that? Maybe we just utilize AI and stay out of jail. The stories might not be as fun, I get it. But we do have some reputation to keep. I think.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:31 PM (OoFl2)

You only get in trouble if you get caught doing it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:33 PM (1z8ji)

249 In America the gays are downtrodden and oppressed, but in Iran they soar.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:32 PM (6/7Fs)
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"I believe I can fly..."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)

250 Think I'll finish my beverage and go to bed. Tomorrow just *has to be* better!
Posted by: JQ at June 19

Hugs to you. I can’t make it better, but I wish I could.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:33 PM (OoFl2)

251 It will suffice for them to realize they've been lied to for years. And for them to begin wondering what other lies they've told.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:33 PM (O0L8i)

I agree with commenter @246.. it's all clickbait and money for them. They know more about the US that some who live in the US.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:34 PM (GD0B3)

252 "The first Fortress of Solitude belonged to Doc Savage." Kryptonite won't do a thing to Doc.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 09:31 PM (B0dAE)

Doc Savage was a cooler hero than Superman. He invented a super fast-shooting machine pistol, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:35 PM (1z8ji)

253 Thanks, Piper.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm)

254 I agree with commenter @246.. it's all clickbait and money for them. They know more about the US that some who live in the US.
Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09

I can tell you Freddy from DE is organic. The rest I think wanted to hope on his coattails, but his grew like it did because it was organic.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:36 PM (OoFl2)

255 They can love it or hate it. If I ever get my way, they'll never know which, because they won't be allowed in.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2026 09:37 PM (BI5O2)

256 Tomorrow wife and I are driving to Silver City in the Owyhee mountains. That corner of Idaho and Oregon is fascinating to me. We tried a couple months ago, but the road was gated about halfway up.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Dave's Not Here! at June 19, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

257 254 Not hope. Hop. Goodness.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:37 PM (OoFl2)

258 Y'all are some cynical sumbitches. : )

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Dave's Not Here! at June 19, 2026 09:38 PM (0aYVJ)

259 Did you all hear that we are about to lose blue and brown M&Ms ??!

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:38 PM (GD0B3)

260

SUW.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:38 PM (/QHx4)

261 259 Did you all hear that we are about to lose blue and brown M&Ms ??!
Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09

Oh noes!

I had no idea there were blue ones.

Wait. Is this a joke?

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:39 PM (OoFl2)

262 I had no idea there were blue ones.

Wait. Is this a joke?
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:39 PM (OoFl2)

---------

Stay away from the green ones.

Posted by: Eddie Van Halen at June 19, 2026 09:40 PM (6/7Fs)

263
Whores gonna whore.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:40 PM (/QHx4)

264 If the US actually wins the cup, it will be due to divine intervention.

And the GOP will sweep the midterms, because the Dems will be whining about it and refusing to celebrate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:40 PM (ZOv7s)

265 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Dave's Not Here! at June 19, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

Get a cabin in the mountains, by a river or a creek ! Get up at dawn on a weekend , go fishing in crystal clear waters...

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:41 PM (GD0B3)

266 How did humanity lose the technology to make brown chocolate candy?

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:41 PM (3uBP9)

267 Did you all hear that we are about to lose blue and brown M&Ms ??!
Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:38 PM (GD0B3)
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The brown ones give you a baaad trip, man.

Posted by: Geriatric Woodstock Hippie at June 19, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)

268 If the US actually wins the cup, it will be due to divine intervention.

===

I think the best showing was quarter finals ? Beating the likes of Spain, or Brazil or even Argentina is an insurmountable task for newbies like the US.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:42 PM (GD0B3)

269 Tomorrow wife and I are driving to Silver City in the Owyhee mountains. That corner of Idaho and Oregon is fascinating to me. We tried a couple months ago, but the road was gated about halfway up.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Dave's Not Here! at June 19, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

Silver City used to be one of the most prosperous cities in Idaho, until the mines played out. One of Dad's older friends had been an attorney there

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:42 PM (rbvCR)

270 >>I can tell you Freddy from DE is organic. The rest I think wanted to hope on his coattails, but his grew like it did because it was organic.

From my experience the general makeup of Europe and a lot of places isn't that different from here. The elites who control the media, are all elitists and leftists, many even worse than ours. But the regular people aren't all that different from us.

And we love it here. I think a lot of them do as well because we have it way better than they do and now they are seeing this place as it really is not what the left tells them it is.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 09:42 PM (viF8m)

271 Whores gonna whore.
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:40 PM (/QHx4)
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This is about me, isn't it? Would you like to see a painting?

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Esq. at June 19, 2026 09:42 PM (ZOv7s)

272 255 They can love it or hate it. If I ever get my way, they'll never know which, because they won't be allowed in.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19,

Let’s not get too hasty. We can have a few on our exceptions list, right? Not all though. Just a select few.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:43 PM (OoFl2)

273 Oh noes!

I had no idea there were blue ones.

Wait. Is this a joke?
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:39 PM (OoFl2)

No. I don't joke. MAHA and all that.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:43 PM (GD0B3)

274 I had no idea there were blue ones.

Wait. Is this a joke?
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:39 PM (OoFl2)

Yes.

I do not eat much candy, but sometimes I'll buy a bag of M&Ms, then spend some time sorting them by color on a little plate, then eat one sequentially in a clockwise pattern.

Friends and family think that is weird, for some reason.

I do the same thing with Skittles.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your fce is weird! at June 19, 2026 09:44 PM (0aYVJ)

275 No. I don't joke. MAHA and all that.
Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:43 PM (GD0B3)
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Blue makes sense, brown is wtf, though.

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Esq. at June 19, 2026 09:45 PM (ZOv7s)

276 Apparently blue No2 is the wurst and brown is based on blue, so there you go. GONE! OUT OF HERE!

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:45 PM (GD0B3)

277 I think they owe us two new colours!

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:46 PM (GD0B3)

278
Whores are gonna whore.

Beware of the whore who is trying to move up

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:47 PM (/QHx4)

279 So, how many of youz went to get mail today ?

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:48 PM (GD0B3)

280 Apparently blue No2 is the wurst and brown is based on blue, so there you go. GONE! OUT OF HERE!
Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:45 PM (GD0B3)
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I bought some of the NKD Doritos last week due to a sale because my kids like them. I don't. They taste off. Or maybe I changed.

My wife tore into a bag and called me over. "Try this! It tastes like they used to taste."

So I did and WOW, they do taste so much better. Less, chemical, metallic, odd. It's weird to have a flavor come back through the old memory banks, but that was it, what I remember from waaay back when.

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Esq. at June 19, 2026 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

281 Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:39 PM (OoFl2)

Yes.

Dang. I meant no. there are, or were blue M&Ms. (My brain is in Friday night mode.)

I remember being a kid in the 1980s and the red ones were taboo, because Red Dye will kill all the kids or something.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your fae is weird! at June 19, 2026 09:48 PM (0aYVJ)

282 trying again with my really clever nic.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird! at June 19, 2026 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)

283 Ok, here a suggestion, Gold M&Ms! No need to thank me.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:50 PM (GD0B3)

284 Nailed it. Didn't account for windage.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird! at June 19, 2026 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)

285 Beware of the whore who is trying to move up
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:47 PM (/QHx4)
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Ahem.

Posted by: Kamala at June 19, 2026 09:50 PM (ZOv7s)

286 So, how many of youz went to get mail today ?
Posted by: runner at June 19, 2026 09:48 PM (GD0B3)

I did. No Juneteenth BS here in Canada, but there were still no big fat checks in the mailbox.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:51 PM (1z8ji)

287 What do you call a mouse that swears?

A cursor.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 09:52 PM (qx7Zg)

288 Time to make supper. Back for the ONT.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:52 PM (1z8ji)

289 Okay, so my wife just rolled in and said that medible marijuana is on sale today because it's Juneteenth. Well of course, what better way to celebrate the end of slavery that by putting pot on deep discount.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:52 PM (ZOv7s)

290 Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the whore.

Posted by: Things Confucius wanted to say but did not at June 19, 2026 09:53 PM (GD0B3)

291 Seriously, man...

Fuck Paramount.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 19, 2026 09:53 PM (Zn6QU)

292 Time to make supper. Back for the ONT.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 09:52 PM (1z8ji)

Medium rare for me. Thanks.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird! at June 19, 2026 09:53 PM (0aYVJ)

293 On that drug-induced munchy note, I think I shall sign off.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 19, 2026 09:53 PM (ZOv7s)

294
Some whores only remember who elevates them into what they they think is acceptable society. Doesn't matter, they are still whores.

.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 09:54 PM (/QHx4)

295 It was stay away from the brown acid man, bummer!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 09:55 PM (ZVgZ4)

296 Henceforth, all M&Ms will be a drab NPC gray.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird! at June 19, 2026 09:58 PM (0aYVJ)

297 I don’t have to do the front desk tomorrow, one of my other instructors is going in to take and help. So now I decide if I blow off going in at all or do I go take the 930a- if I don’t work out, I will whine to y’all about it, and then someone will probably smack me. Hmmm, decisions, decisions.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 09:58 PM (Wmg4n)

298
Out on the back deck, just now at 10 too dark to read.

God knew what he was doing when he invented Sommer solstice.

Posted by: Auspex at June 19, 2026 10:00 PM (Y8DZL)

299
"A man who marries his mistress simply creates a job vacancy." - Sir James Goldsmith

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 10:02 PM (O0L8i)

300 Christianity: there is no sin beyond the mercy of God.

Leftism: you can never be forgiven and your sin can constantly be dug up and used against you.
_-_
Good formulation, there. My daughter said to me the other day, "They've rediscovered original sin, but they nothing about grace " That kid's gonna turn out all right.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 19, 2026 10:03 PM (iP/HW)

301 300 Christianity: there is no sin beyond the mercy of God.

Leftism: you can never be forgiven and your sin can constantly be dug up and used against you.
_-_
Good formulation, there. My daughter said to me the other day, "They've rediscovered original sin, but they know nothing about grace " That kid's gonna turn out all right.

There. Fixed it.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 19, 2026 10:15 PM (iP/HW)

Philly Soros DA Larry Krasner Loses Another One: Federal Court Bars A Top Lawyer In His Office From Appearing in Federal Courts Due to Lying About Evidence to Get a Murderer Off

It's almost as if they're all filthy, dishonorable communists who lie and subvert the law to bring about the apocalypse.

Remember -- these are the "prosecutors," not the defense attorneys who are lying to the court to get murders spared the death penalty or straight-up released from prison.

A former supervisor in DA Larry Krasner's office has been suspended in federal court

The development comes just one day after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sharply curtailed Krasner's office's ability to seek to overturn old convictions and accused its lawyers of misleading judges.

A former supervisor in Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's office has been suspended from the region's federal courts, a development that came just one day after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sharply curtailed the office's ability to seek to overturn old convictions and accused its lawyers of misleading judges.
Nancy Winkelman was suspended for three years by a panel of federal judges who found that she was complicit in efforts to mislead a federal judge while seeking to overturn the death sentence of a man convicted of killing an East Mount Airy couple in the 1980s and allow him to serve life in prison instead.
The ruling, made public this week, adds to the mounting judicial scrutiny of post-conviction work in Krasner's office. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court imposed remarkable new restrictions on prosecutors' efforts to reverse potentially problematic convictions.
In a forceful and scolding opinion, the high court said Krasner's office misled judges, submitted false statements, and "violated its duty of candor" in asking a judge to vacate a 2004 murder conviction.

The court wrote that prosecutors' actions in the case were part of a troubling pattern of conduct in seeking to overturn murder convictions and ordered that, going forward, the state attorney general's office must be asked to review and weigh in on all such cases.
The panel of federal judges, in ordering Winkelman's suspension, echoed some of those concerns.

How did Krasner react when he learned that his former supervisor handling post-conviction relief had lied to judges to get guilty murderers off the hook?

He said -- and I'm not kidding -- SO CLOSE TO JUNETEENTH??!!?

Krasner said in a statement Wednesday night that Winkelman is an exceptional attorney who left a lucrative private law practice to serve the public. He said she always showed "exceptional competence and integrity and contributed mightily to needed reform."
"On the eve of Juneteenth," he said, "we should all remember that reform is necessary in every era. And that those who bring needed reform sometimes are made to pay a price."

Does the price always have to include lying in court, perpetrating a fraud on the court, and releasing vicious murders from prison so they can murder again?

The three-judge panel, in a ruling issued in March and unsealed this week, said Winkelman and a subordinate, former assistant district attorney Paul George, misled a federal judge by misrepresenting parts of the case while attempting to reverse the death sentence of Robert Wharton.
Wharton was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the 1984 strangulation and drowning deaths of Bradley and Ferne Hart inside their East Mount Airy home.

The jury found that Wharton, angry over a disputed debt, spent months terrorizing the family before he forced his way inside the home at knifepoint and killed the couple. Afterward, he turned off the heat, leaving the couple's seven-month-old baby, Lisa, to freeze to death -- but she survived.
Decades later, prosecutors in Krasner's office, in seeking to vacate his death sentence, suggested in court that the victims' family backed their effort. But it was later discovered that they had consulted only one relative and never contacted Lisa Hart-Newman, the couple's surviving daughter, who strongly opposed the move.

The woman barred for three years had a partner in this relentless campaign of fraud on the court.

But Krasner kept on both of these "rogue" prosecutors.

...
Goldberg, who denied the request to reduce Wharton's sentence, later said that George's and Winkelman's review of the case was "patently deficient" and that they had violated federal rules of procedure in a manner that was "egregious" and "exceptional."
...
Last year, the three-judge panel found that [former assistant DA Paul] George had lied to Goldberg about key facts, "flouted the interests of the public and the victims' families," and acted as the "quarterback" of efforts by the district attorney's office to undo or undermine all death penalty cases.
George, 75, was disbarred in federal court. He has denied the accusations and filed an appeal. His attorneys said his disbarment was "highly disproportionate and offends basic tenets of justice." Krasner also defended George's work and said he believed the appeals court would find that the opinion criticizing George was filled with "factually and legally incorrect" statements.
..
Winkelman, the judges said, "knowingly made misrepresentations" as part of the district attorney's office "policy of vacating all death sentences."
Krasner and his staff have long denied that the office has any such policy.
But the panel appeared to reject that, writing: "We do not credit [Winkelman's] testimony that there is no such policy."

Courts keep straight-up calling Krasner not only a liar, but an actual perjurer in court.

How is not being removed from his position entirely?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 First.....

Posted by: Shakespeare at June 19, 2026 06:31 PM (VHUov)

2 FREE MUMIA!!!!

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 06:32 PM (dIske)

3 (I'll actually post "first" if the sock fits.)

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 06:32 PM (VHUov)

4 I suggest a mulligan:

Nancy Winkelman, Esquire, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2020 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Third Circuit. She was nominated for the award by Chief Judge D. Brooks Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, with the support of the Judicial Council of the Circuit. Since 2018, Winkelman has led the law division of the district attorney’s office in Philadelphia.

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 06:35 PM (dIske)

5 Everybody who uses Juneteenth like this should be required to discuss the actual day, what it is, and why it is. Not the rewritten history version, either. And then they should be forced to celebrate the republicans behind it.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 06:38 PM (Wmg4n)

6 prosecutors' efforts to reverse potentially problematic convictions

Only problematic to lying scumbags.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 06:38 PM (B0dAE)

7 Lots of lying lawyers and judges. Too bad it's so hard to remove the bad judges. Kalifornia had at least that right; we could vote out even Kali Supremes, and we did back in the 80's ( see Rose Bird )...

I remember that, after she lost her election, she started crying and talked about taking it like a man...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:38 PM (l3cgK)

8 Afterward, he turned off the heat, leaving the couple's seven-month-old baby, Lisa, to freeze to death -- but she survived.

[...]

But it was later discovered that they [...] never contacted Lisa Hart-Newman, the couple's surviving daughter, who strongly opposed the move.

Well, really, why would you ask a victim of attempted murder what she thinks about the murderer? That would be like letting Republicans vote!

Posted by: Philadelphia at June 19, 2026 06:38 PM (VHUov)

9 Reading about this insane BS elevates my blood pressure. But I genuinely love this place.
Thank God for doggies and tall east pine trees.

Posted by: Billythesquid at June 19, 2026 06:39 PM (nEiEH)

10 Isn't perjury a crime? Krasner and his team need to be in "Penn State"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:40 PM (gKWVE)

11 Was that wrong?

Posted by: 496 at June 19, 2026 06:42 PM (sOtuf)

12 I think most all judges are lawyers, therein lies the problem.
Judges should be people.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:43 PM (vFG9F)

13 10 Isn't perjury a crime? Krasner and his team need to be in "Penn State"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:40 PM (gKWVE)

It indeed is, but is not prosecuted very much. In a case I was involved in, the other guy was caught lying in statements he signed under oath (i.e. perjury). He was caught lying about money he pulled out of accounts that were not his (he blamed someone else; withdrawal slips had his signature on it).
In the end, the judge, who was initially very hard on him, reversed course and declared that his testimony was trustworthy...
I'll let you read between the lines.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:43 PM (l3cgK)

14 Wow, you weren't kidding about not kidding!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)

15 Pure evil

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 06:43 PM (7/NKC)

16 Ms. Winkelman ought to be sentenced to serve her suspension sequestered with Robert Wharton.

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 06:45 PM (VJX5o)

17 Can we go back to talking about the gays?

Just fucking evil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:45 PM (G3T/K)

18 Lying About Evidence to Get a Murderer Off
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I thought that is what lawyers are supposed to do.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)

19 I saw where some murderer who murdered a child murderer in prison murdered another child murderer in prison again.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (vFG9F)

20 One hundred forty eight seconds of Bettie Page and friend:
youtube.com/watch?v=fgcKNgKYWZc

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

21 milk, honey, flies, 17 days ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (3ZUWJ)

22 18 Lying About Evidence to Get a Murderer Off
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I thought that is what lawyers are supposed to do.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)

No, they're supposed to change a memo that said "An FBI informant" to "NOT an FBI informant"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (l3cgK)

23 And the next crop of lawyers probably won't be much better - from the CA Post:
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An eye-popping number of students at the elite UC Berkeley School of Law claim to have a “psychological” or other mental disabilities, according to university data — leading critics to accuse pupils of trying to game the system to gain an advantage in school.

There are 378 law students in UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students’ Program, approximately a third of enrollment. That marks a massive shift from just five years ago, when only 3% of Berkeley’s graduate students claimed a disability.

Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (kX27y)

24
I saw where some murderer who murdered a child murderer in prison murdered another child murderer in prison again.
Posted by: fd

Say that three times fast.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 06:47 PM (Cqx++)

25 >>I saw where some murderer who murdered a child murderer in prison murdered another child murderer in prison again.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM

Sounds like he's made it his life's work.

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 06:47 PM (VJX5o)

26 To his credit, the guy was not a child murderer, just a child murderer murderer.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:47 PM (vFG9F)

27 She's going to get 6 figure make work position as a sanctioned lawyer with Big Law as a reward for taking one for Team Blue.

Posted by: torabora at June 19, 2026 06:47 PM (8DTX/)

28 I saw where some murderer who murdered a child murderer in prison murdered another child murderer in prison again.
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (vFG9F)

Does he have a newsletter?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:48 PM (G3T/K)

29 Lying About Evidence to Get a Murderer Off
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I thought that is what lawyers are supposed to do.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

It was just the defenders doing it until we started electing "Soros prosecutors," though.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 06:48 PM (VHUov)

30 26 To his credit, the guy was not a child murderer, just a child murderer murderer.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:47 PM (vFG9F)

So a bit like Dexter

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)

31 fd I'd throw a twenty in his canteen account.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (afJtY)

32
The Reflecting Pool Catastrophe grinds on. Trump will have to resign. Hillary will become president. And a final reckoning will come for the MAGA troglodytes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (O0L8i)

33 Compare this to the CA bar disbarring Trump's lawyer for daring to perform his legal duty to advocate for his client.

See, because the media adjudicated Trump's election claims false, that means he was lying to the courts when he said anything other than the media line.

Even thought he never filed anything or said anything about elections in any court in the state of California.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (73/SM)

34 Here we go again.

Bailiff, whack his peepee.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:50 PM (bl07w)

35 I guess if you are in prison and have nothing to lose, you could have worse hobbies.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)

36 Did anyone in the movie thread make a joke about Milly Allcock being NO cock?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:50 PM (G3T/K)

37 32
The Reflecting Pool Catastrophe grinds on. Trump will have to resign. Hillary will become president. And a final reckoning will come for the MAGA troglodytes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (O0L8i)

Careful, there, Hadrian, lest you also be disbarred.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:51 PM (bl07w)

38 The answer to all this is to prosecute government officials that intentionally allow violent criminal access to the public.

Sign off on welfare for an illegal that murders someone? You get a murder trial as well

Let off a thug because he's black that goes on to murder someone? You get a murder trial as well

And on and on

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 06:51 PM (sKqQm)

39

18-1,

Right on

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 06:52 PM (/QHx4)

40 34 Here we go again.

Bailiff, whack his peepee.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:50 PM (bl07w)

https://youtu.be/hUj5K7ComC0

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:52 PM (l3cgK)

41
An eye-popping number of students at the elite UC Berkeley School of Law claim to have a “psychological” or other mental disabilities, according to university data — leading critics to accuse pupils of trying to game the system to gain an advantage in school.

There are 378 law students in UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students’ Program, approximately a third of enrollment. That marks a massive shift from just five years ago, when only 3% of Berkeley’s graduate students claimed a disability.

Posted by: beckster

===============

Will they keep up these claims when they're job-hunting? When do they start living their real lives?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 06:52 PM (XJ22o)

42 19 I saw where some murderer who murdered a child murderer in prison murdered another child murderer in prison again.
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (vFG9F)

It's terrible how such people are allowed free rein in the prison system. Can't they just let nonces live out their lives in peace and security?

Posted by: Ian Watson at June 19, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

43 Just wanting to go to Berkeley in the first place places you on the spectrum.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:53 PM (vFG9F)

44 Does he have a newsletter?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:48 PM (G3T/K)

This place.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 06:54 PM (dK+Kv)

45 I saw where some murderer who murdered a child murderer in prison murdered another child murderer in prison again.
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (vFG9F)
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Yeah, I vaguely remember that. I think he saw it as a "hobby" of sorts.

Hope we never see that on the Saturday Hobby Thread, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 06:54 PM (gnNyN)

46 Looked up pics. Wharton the murderer and the victims (Hart family) are all black.
Disbarred atty George & his boss Nancy Winkelman and her boss Larry Krasner are all pasty white.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 06:54 PM (7/NKC)

47 "Yeah, I vaguely remember that. I think he saw it as a "hobby" of sorts."

His other hobby is ping pong. WITH THEIR EYEBALLS!

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:55 PM (vFG9F)

48 What this place needs now are more like Judge Roy Bean.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 06:55 PM (B0dAE)

49 Disbarred atty George & his boss Nancy Winkelman and her boss Larry Krasner are all pasty white.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 06:54 PM (7/NKC)

Great white saviors.

/spit

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:55 PM (bl07w)

50 Here we go again.

Bailiff, whack his peepee.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:50 PM (bl07w)

I have the first Cheech and Chong album on LP in my collection. I think the only reason my Dad did not throw it out is because he had no clue who they were.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Dave's Not Here! at June 19, 2026 06:55 PM (0aYVJ)

51 Paul George was in his early 70s when all this happened. I'm not saying he should go to CAROUSEL but... this is why pensions exist. He should have retired to spend the rest of his days considering his conscience.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:56 PM (gKWVE)

52 "Yeah, I vaguely remember that. I think he saw it as a "hobby" of sorts."

His other hobby is ping pong. WITH THEIR EYEBALLS!
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:55 PM (vFG9F)

He also enjoys horse riding, cutting their balls off first and long walks on the beach.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:57 PM (G3T/K)

53 He also enjoys horse riding, cutting their balls off first and long walks on the beach.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:57 PM (G3T/K)
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Must be very popular with the prison groupies.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 06:58 PM (gnNyN)

54 >Will they keep up these claims when they're job-hunting? When do they start living their real lives?

I've seen employment applications that plainly ask whatever ailments one wishes to list. Could be autism, adhd, tourettes, or anything else you feel you need to stand apart and get boosted for DEI/affirmative action.

I fully expect they will keep up these claims.

Posted by: fb at June 19, 2026 06:58 PM (JVEmw)

55 Hillary will become president. And a final reckoning will come for the MAGA troglodytes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (O0L8i)
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It's been nice knowing you all

Posted by: 496 at June 19, 2026 06:58 PM (sOtuf)

56 How is not being removed from his position entirely?

---------------

Could it be that he can only be impeached by the elected representatives? And could it be that there is no will among them to do that?

Posted by: Decaf at June 19, 2026 06:58 PM (xpP6J)

57 think he saw it as a "hobby" of sorts.
Hope we never see that on the Saturday Hobby Thread, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I accidentally ran across the case of Jonathan Watson just now. Lifer in the California system. For some idiotic reason, in 2020, the prison let some chomos up to gen pop. A couple chomos decided to watch PBS Kids in front of him.
This Watson ended those chomos' sentence.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

58 Wouldn't lying in court be a felony? Lawyers appearing in court are officers of the court, and are liable for perjury charges, right? (I may have watched too many episodes of "Perry Mason.")

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 19, 2026 06:59 PM (XMwZJ)

59 He's doing the work American judges won't do.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:59 PM (vFG9F)

60 If you like pina coladas, taking walks in the rain
If you're not into yoga, if you have half a brain ...

*what did you do with the rest of the brain, Armie?*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (7/NKC)

61 He's been on death row for 42 years?!?

And the taxpayers are still paying to keep him alive and paying the lawyers to argue back and forth?

What a waste!

Posted by: DitkaCA at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (utChY)

62 This Watson ended those chomos' sentence.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

He also likes Pina Coladas and dancing in the rain!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (G3T/K)

63
The Hart family (the victims) are Black, by the way. Is BLM or the SPLC weighing in? No?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (XJ22o)

64 Even thought he never filed anything or said anything about elections in any court in the state of California.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (73/SM)

Yup, John Eastman got screwed over.

Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (kX27y)

65 How is not being removed from his position entirely?
=====

Reliable Party Soldier.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (6h45X)

66 I accidentally ran across the case of Jonathan Watson just now. Lifer in the California system. For some idiotic reason, in 2020, the prison let some chomos up to gen pop. A couple chomos decided to watch PBS Kids in front of him.
This Watson ended those chomos' sentence.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)
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"Accidents happen." -- California penal system

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (gnNyN)

67 Before cool, Miles was boppy, for 12 minutes:
youtube.com/watch?v=96MpjWSbLZc

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

68 What this place needs now are more like Judge Roy Bean.
Judge Dredd perhaps?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 19, 2026 07:01 PM (XMwZJ)

69 32
The Reflecting Pool Catastrophe grinds on. Trump will have to resign. Hillary will become president. And a final reckoning will come for the MAGA troglodytes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (O0L8i)

Impeachment-worthy crime. Add this one to the 38,055 other impeachment charges Hakeem Jeffries keeps in a special notebook.

Posted by: Gref at June 19, 2026 07:01 PM (5rh/l)

70
Woops, just saw you at 46, vmom. Horde mind.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 07:01 PM (XJ22o)

71 *what did you do with the rest of the brain, Armie?*
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (7/NKC)

Oh come on, you cant tell me you've never said 'Ill eat you spleen!' To someone youre crushing on?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:02 PM (G3T/K)

72 I knew Krasner was Marxists. Hope he gets the hammer

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)

73 I saw where some murderer who murdered a child murderer in prison murdered another child murderer in prison again.
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (vFG9F)

Gotta a name? I think I could scrape up 75 dollars for his commissary account.

Posted by: Will Robinson at June 19, 2026 07:02 PM (zBgIx)

74 This Watson ended those chomos' sentence.
Doing the jobs that American [courts] won't do!

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 19, 2026 07:03 PM (XMwZJ)

75 72 I knew Krasner was Marxists. Hope he gets the hammer
Posted by: Skip

See- cannibals can be useful

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 07:03 PM (7/NKC)

76 Do they have to drain the pond again or does the paint work underwater? I guess they could do some kind of cofferdam.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:03 PM (vFG9F)

77 64 Even thought he never filed anything or said anything about elections in any court in the state of California.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (73/SM)

Yup, John Eastman got screwed over.

Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (kX27y)

The Kalifornia Kangaroo Bar had it in for him. The entire process was essentially a forgone conclusion.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)

78 Wolfus Aurelius. Tornado Warning over in Chalmette.

Think it was just cancelled.

Posted by: javems at June 19, 2026 07:05 PM (zFsEm)

79 Just when you think you hate them the right amount, they show you can't really hate them enough.

Posted by: Hate what is evil at June 19, 2026 07:06 PM (TbWk/)

80 Whoops!

Malia Obama was taken into custody for questioning after an undercover FBI agent found her claiming responsibility for the Reflecting Pool Algae Attack by Antifa.

According to the report, Agents regularly patrol known Antifa chat boards searching for threats to the United States. That's where they found Malia, under an assumed name.

"We didn't know it was Malia Obama until we got to the address of the user's IP," said Parks Police Captain Joe Barron. "We also seized some clothing and containers that may still have the specific algae used on them."

We'll keep you updated on this developing story.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 07:07 PM (mYCqF)

81 "Malia Obama was taken into custody for questioning after an undercover FBI agent found her claiming responsibility for the Reflecting Pool Algae Attack by Antifa."

This better not be AI.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:08 PM (vFG9F)

82 I knew the Obamas were slime but this is ridiculous. Got a link?

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:11 PM (vFG9F)

83 I saw one of the OBama daughters who was looking like Mooch, not sure which

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 07:12 PM (Ia/+0)

84 83 Sounds like a jest to me, but funny things do happen.

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 07:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

85 One of them looks like Mooch and the other looks like Barky. Poor girls.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:13 PM (vFG9F)

86
Oh the horror of looking like the Mooch.

Poor girls.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:13 PM (/QHx4)

87 This better not be AI.
Posted by: fd

Trying to verify

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 07:15 PM (mYCqF)

88 Have you been eating high-fiber as part of your "prepping"? Remember, you have a duty of candor!

Posted by: Lance Feltcher at June 19, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)

89 >>> 87 This better not be AI.
Posted by: fd

Trying to verify
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 07:15 PM (mYCqF)

Babylon Bee : Fake News

Not the Bee : Real News

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 07:17 PM (R+iUD)

90 "Malia Obama was taken into custody for questioning after an undercover FBI agent found her claiming responsibility for the Reflecting Pool Algae Attack by Antifa."

This better not be AI.
Posted by: fd

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Could imagine the resulting pig-pile if during the Obamalisk consecration sum dude jumped up and yelled 86__. Then they'd have to back track... oh, shit, no we have no idea what that could mean...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 07:17 PM (/lPRQ)

91 Malia Obama was taken into custody for questioning after an undercover FBI agent found her claiming responsibility for the Reflecting Pool Algae Attack by Antifa.

According to the report, Agents regularly patrol known Antifa chat boards searching for threats to the United States. That's where they found Malia, under an assumed name.

"We didn't know it was Malia Obama until we got to the address of the user's IP," said Parks Police Captain Joe Barron. "We also seized some clothing and containers that may still have the specific algae used on them."

We'll keep you updated on this developing story.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 07:07 PM

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who intones, sonorously, "Nothing will happen." at June 19, 2026 07:18 PM (0sNs1)

92 Not seeing it. Mostly hits on Trump about the algae. Also suggestion antifa behind it, maybe. Trump is poopyhead, etc. Also top result was 'Is Obama behind the group that put algae in the reflecting pool?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:18 PM (G3T/K)

93 If the Eff.Bee.EYE had arrested Malia I'd think all the national newsreaders on teewee would have interrupted local programming to call for RESISTANCE!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 07:19 PM (R+iUD)

94 We haven't seen something like this since Amy Carter got hooked with Abbey Hoffman to do nuke protests.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 07:19 PM (pvg5V)

95 If the Eff.Bee.EYE had arrested Malia I'd think all the national newsreaders on teewee would have interrupted local programming to call for RESISTANCE!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 07:19 PM (R+iUD)

Not until they decided how to spin it. But I am doubtful as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 07:20 PM (G3T/K)

96 This better not be AI.
Posted by: fd

Trying to verify
Posted by: rickb223

Fake... because every seen the ethnic make-up of swim teams?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 07:20 PM (/lPRQ)

97 Fast-talking nerd freaks out about the flood of discoveries of fresh router vulns, for 10 minutes:
youtube.com/watch?v=gEMx7kt7n4E

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 07:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

98 Oddly Abby Hoffman committed suicide soon after, which I figured to be odd, but not really odd

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 07:21 PM (pvg5V)

99 Malia thing might be satire

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 07:22 PM (Qf511)

100 No arrests because there's a 'D' involved and protected species pigmentation issues.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 19, 2026 07:22 PM (Q/FnY)

101 Oddly Abby Hoffman committed suicide soon after, which I figured to be odd, but not really odd
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 07:21 PM

Suicide is painless,
it brings on many changes.

Posted by: Hillary! 2028! 2032! at June 19, 2026 07:22 PM (0sNs1)

102 Not seeing it. Mostly hits on Trump about the algae. Also suggestion antifa behind it, maybe. Trump is poopyhead, etc. Also top result was 'Is Obama behind the group that put algae in the reflecting pool?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Algae, especially that bloom, needs a lot of nutrient to grow.

A tanker truck of pig shit probably would be enough.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 07:22 PM (/lPRQ)

103

Heaven forbid if it was a white person.

They would be strung up..

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:23 PM (/QHx4)

104 More than likely not true but it is fun to some shit thrown at the left for a change.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:23 PM (afJtY)

105 102 Good point!

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 07:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

106
"We didn't know it was Malia Obama until we got to the address of the user's IP," said Parks Police Captain Joe Barron. "We also seized some clothing and containers that may still have the specific algae used on them."

We'll keep you updated on this developing story.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 07:07 PM

Nothing will happen.
Posted by: That Guy who intones, sonorously, "Nothing will happen."

==================

Nothing should. This is fake.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 07:23 PM (XJ22o)

107 Jimmy Carter was a vindictive Bastard so I thought it might have been a reason

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 07:24 PM (pvg5V)

108 there are tons of reports of lefties messing with the reflecting pool

they're carving insults into the new surface, dumping in poo and the like, you know, fun stuff

because they aren't insane, no not at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 19, 2026 07:24 PM (j+aD2)

109 Slow thread... everybody must be downtown watching the Juneteenth fireworks and drivebys.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 07:24 PM (/lPRQ)

110
top result was 'Is Obama behind the group that put algae in the reflecting pool?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

==============

I think the Malia news is fake, but I wouldn't put this past her empty-headed, juvenile, jealous father.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 07:25 PM (XJ22o)

111 "This is a horrible thing, the SAVE Act, one of the worst, most anti-democracy things that’s ever been proposed. They say it’s, oh, it’s all about ID, voter ID. It’s not. They will remove 25 million people off the rolls. Why? Because they’ll require under this act, which is not going to pass, and we’re not going to let it pass, we’ve defeated it in court. I was a lead plaintiff in the decision to do that. We’ve refused to give them the votes that they would want for this; we never will. What it does is it says every state send your election rolls not to the Justice Department or the voting division, but to the Department of Homeland Security, where Musk and DOGE have installed an algorithm that determines whether you’re legitimately right to vote or not. The algorithm is a fix. It’ll not be 20 million people, 30 million people off the rolls, and they don’t tell you.”

-- Sen. Charles "Raw Chuck" Schumer (D-NY)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

112

Another look at the Obama building:

https://shorturl.ly/xkeRO

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 07:26 PM (Cqx++)

113

Schumer is a piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:26 PM (/QHx4)

114 101 Oddly Abby Hoffman committed suicide soon after, which I figured to be odd, but not really odd
Posted by: Kindltot
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A liability to the firm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 07:28 PM (VPNgR)

115 >>> 113

Schumer is a piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:26 PM (/QHx4)

Schumer is a piece of shit.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at June 19, 2026 07:28 PM (R+iUD)

116 Schumer is a piece of shit.
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:26 PM

Harsh. What did I ever do to you to earn such a vitriolic comparison?

Posted by: POS at June 19, 2026 07:29 PM (0sNs1)

117 "Schumer is a piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:26 PM (/QHx4)

Schumer is a piece of shit.
Posted by: Amy Schumer"

Let me echo that sentiment.

Posted by: Schumer is a piece of shit at June 19, 2026 07:30 PM (vFG9F)

118 The Hart family (the victims) are Black, by the way. Is BLM or the SPLC weighing in? No?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 07:00 PM (XJ22

Which tells me the perp is also black.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 07:30 PM (GseMx)

119

I wonder how much better our country would be if we cut off all money anyone is getting.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 07:30 PM (/QHx4)

120 nood

Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 07:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

121 Go Navy...

The city of Annapolis, Maryland, has released an emergency preparedness guide tailored to the LGBTQ+ community, arguing that members of the community are more likely to be affected by natural disasters.

Disasters make it more difficult for sexual deviants to get their freak on...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 07:31 PM (/lPRQ)

122 Disregard last post. I can't verify.

Can verity this one, though.

Cellphone video taken Wednesday evening at a Target store in Simi Valley shows a man randomly attacking a woman while she was shopping, and then the good Samaritans who jumped in to help her and stop the man.

Police ultimately arrived at the store, arresting the suspect, Rejean Tabor, who they say had been released from custody two days before after being arrested in March for indecent exposure and assaulting an officer.

Tabor entered the store around 6 p.m., and cellphone video shows a woman rushing to help the woman being attacked – but she was quickly thrown off by the attacker. "He was choking her, she was almost dead, I don't know that guy!" the woman said in the video:

https://tinyurl.com/3yza4yt3

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 07:31 PM (mYCqF)

123 Birds attracted to Obama mausoleum lettering are beginning to roost there and shit all over the building.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 07:31 PM (VPNgR)

124 Disasters make it more difficult for sexual deviants to get their freak on...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 07:31 PM

You are correct! Newsletter?

Posted by: Scott Weiner, soon to be (D-CA) at June 19, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

125 NOOD

CAFE

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 07:32 PM (R+iUD)

126 One of the best dog parks in MPLS is probably going to close due to it being on 'stolen land.' The MPLS Park Board voted to shut it down due to (alleged) Indian burial sites on the property, check out Juanita's insane response.
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Alpha News previously reported on the debate surrounding the off-leash dog park, including testimony from Juanita Espinosa, a member of the Park Board’s Native American Advisory Council, who described the site as a sacred and spiritual “energy field.”

Espinosa claimed that if a dog is near someone who is praying, the animal can absorb the energy of those prayers instead of allowing it to reach the intended recipient.

“They in essence get that good energy, and that energy is supposed to go out to the person that made those prayers for,” Espinosa said. “If someone sees a dog there, they’re not gonna make their prayer there as a Native person.”

Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 07:35 PM (kX27y)

127 This is where I should amend the law I've advocated for over a decade or more.

Anyone caught lying in ANY way to convict someone of a crime (even if the person is guilty) will be tried for it and, if convicted, will serve the maximum sentence (up to life) the defendant could have received.

Amended: Anyone lying to get someone off who is found guilty will be required to serve a sentence equivalent to the remainder of the other person's sentence from the time of the lie - even if the other person is let out because they were innocent, etc. And, the lie begins from the first action tied to the lie - the court filing using that evidence or before.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 08:38 PM (kU0PQ)

128 Remember, these lawyers are being suspended, not disbarred for lying. Who respects a lawyer who cannot be trusted?This is egregious!
Our judicial system is a shark tank, U.S. civilians being the chum and the sharks’ appetite for personal power is their goal.

Posted by: John at June 19, 2026 08:55 PM (0DsdP)

129 "we should all remember that reform is necessary in every era."

That is the definition of someone incapable of actually "reforming" anything, it is the attitude of a destroyer.

Reform occurs when the existing system is a failure and can no longer be operated, so you reform it to create something that works. If you are constantly reforming, then you are basing your ideology on something that is perpetually broken.

People call Trump a Chaos Agent, which is fair, but he does it in direct interaction, but these people's actions to "reform" is to create a perpetual state of conflict which is why your followers are insane, your city's suck and your politics leads to violence.

This person should be shunned from any concept of intellectual engagement because he's a loser who can only see accomplishment by destroying.

As someone who was once in the USMC (I don't know if I ever mentioned) I can appreciate destruction, the destruction of EVIL, this guy wants to destroy America, so at BEST he thinks America is Evil.

Most likely he's a stupid child who likes the pictures of stuff going poof.

Posted by: wickedpinto at June 19, 2026 10:07 PM (jQiwe)

The Woke Are Weak

#Accurate:

Steve Guest
@SteveGuest

Today, Barack Obama's $850 million dollar monument to himself opened.
And on CNN NewsNight, Abby Phillip called the opening ceremony "church for liberals."
"This was like church for liberals. It was. Everybody was dressed in their Sunday finest and sitting in the pews, and he was delivering a message about, not just about that, but also actually, there was a lot of contrast happening about Trump, in the remarks from him..."

Cruel words from VDH.

The transgender frenzy was to be the left's next civil rights crusade, as it constructed a new victimized class with reparatory claims against the guilty traditionalist majority.
Soon, an epidemic of teens began wondering whether they were in fact "trans" and pondering whether to undergo a battery of dangerous hormonal and chemical drug regimens.
What accounts for these bouts of periodic, collective and suicidal madness?
First, the craziness is almost always birthed in the contemporary, affluent and leisured West, which alone has the capital and resources to afford such freakish sideshows.
Second, the frenzies are usually the creation of the left, predictably birthed in universities, the media and the bureaucracies.
They appear with familiar symptoms. The irredeemable, deplorable and "garbage" hoi polloi are supposedly too dense to be properly schooled and thus must be frightened to death in order to adopt agendas that otherwise appear to them as utterly insane.
Junk your natural-gas dryer and grill, or face massive floods on your coasts. Drop the SAT and defund the police or face endless race riots.
Hire thousands of race and gender commissars or be forever tagged as racists, sexists, homophobes and transphobes.
Open the border and let illegal aliens enter by the millions, and thus pay partial penance for "whiteness."
The left is correct that few Western voters will openly embrace the unpopular elite agenda of racial fixations, globalism, laxity on crime and degrowth environmentalism.
So their long-term solutions have four predictable aspects:
1) Open the borders to create a more diverse, impoverished and needy constituency.
2) Create fake "working-class" pseudo-populist candidates like the pampered Graham Platner, the God-is-nonbinary "new Christian" James Talarico and, of course, the waxen effigy of good ol' Joe Biden from Scranton.
3) Destroy time-tested systems by seeking to demolish the Electoral College, the 50-state union, the Senate filibuster and the nine-justice Supreme Court.
4) Gin up these end-of-days, pseudo-existential crises whose solutions require massive new taxes, bigger government and more dictatorial elite managers.

One good sign of growing antidotes is that increasingly Americans, and indeed all Westerners, are saying no to green haranguers, gender and sex demagogues, the race-baiting industry, the open-borders conglomerate and ungrateful immigrants.
Their pushback might be summed up as: "We are no longer going to allow you to destroy ancient traditions that ensured our prosperity, security and liberty, and which were handed down to us by generations far better than your own."

The Free Becon: A Mostly Violent Protest Movement.

The indictments brought in the Eastern District of Michigan last week against eight 20-somethings deeply involved in anti-Israel protests at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus pull back the curtain on what that movement is really about.
Announcing the indictments, FBI director Kash Patel described a "campaign of violent, criminal acts" in which the Michigan eight engaged in a coordinated campaign of intimidation against university leaders--the president, the provost, the chief investment officer, members of the board of regents, and university police officers, plus "anyone they believed supported" the State of Israel--after the school shut down their illegal "solidarity encampment."
They threw noxious chemicals through the windows of victims' homes, taped demand letters to their doors, defaced the Jewish Federation of Detroit on the one-year anniversary of Oct. 7, and spray-painted private homes with messages like "Intifada" and "Free Palestine."
Then they tried to intimidate a witness, identified in the indictment only as a University of Michigan student the defendants believed was cooperating with federal authorities. Defendants Paige Feyock, a Wellesley graduate and University of Michigan medical researcher, and Zainab Hakim, a 2024 University of Michigan graduate who was then hired by the university for a full-time job in the Center for South Asian Studies, hatched a plan to confront the witness. In mid-July 2024 Feyock aired her concerns about a "snitch" who was "going to send us to federal prison." In early August, she told her pals she and Hakim planned to get coffee with the witness: "ima strip search [him] ... to see if he is wearing a wire. not taking no chances with him." After the fact, she reported, the victim "knows not to talk."
The alleged criminality on display in Ann Arbor is hardly an isolated incident. At UCLA, so-called protesters set up a "Jew Exclusion Zone" barring Zionists from a portion of the campus. At Columbia, pampered rich kids stormed and occupied a university building and held two janitors hostage. At Harvard, a pair of graduate students accosted a fellow student walking across campus.
We're picking up what they're putting down. The nucleus of the "pro-Palestine" protest movement more closely resembles the violent left-wing movements of the past, from the Weather Underground to the Symbionese Liberation Army and Black Lives Matter, that have used terror, violence, and intimidation in an attempt to achieve their political aims.

Have you heard of Hello Fresh? It's a kind of scammy "service" for lazy Millennials. They send you a box full of ingredients and a recipe so that you can make a meal.

I think most people would say that it's easy enough to find a recipe, build a shopping list from it, and buy the groceries yourself, but lazy, helpless adultbabies need a special service to do these very basic "Adulting" tasks for them.

But that's not the story here. The story is that Hello Fresh decided to show its #Pride by offering "high-fiber meals" for Pride Month.

High fiber? Why? Isn't high fiber for good colon health?

Ahhh. Yes, that's it.

Apparently -- and I didn't know this -- people "prep" for anal sex by having high fiber meals to clean out their colons.

And Hello Fresh is now offering recipes and ingredients to make high-fiber, pre-sodomy meals.

Is this really "pride" now? Is this how you want to represent yourselves?

Hello Fresh doubled down and left no ambiguity about the purpose of their new colon-cleaning recipes: Coupon code "BOTTOMS UP"!

Blue Apron -- a scammy competitor to Hello Fresh's feeding service for retards -- got in on the act too, but far less graphically.

I mean, still graphically. But less.

And gay activists continue to wonder why support for gay "rights" is falling.

Look at the behavior of those claiming to represent gays and their Woke White Woman "champions." There might be a clue there.

And remember: It's completely safe to create "gay marriage," because, Bigots, Nothing about gay marriage will affect your lives at all!

The Texas Rangers rejected "pride" night and gay cosplay uniforms:

Greg Abbott
@GregAbbott_TX
The Texas Rangers are the only team in Major League Baseball that doesn't host a Pride Night. This week, they're hosting Faith and Family Night instead.
Meanwhile, MLB just warned Giants pitchers for writing Bible verses on their own caps.
In Texas, we don't punish people for living out their faith. We protect that right.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
The University of California (@UofCalifornia) is being SUED over policies that punish students who "misgender."
Saying men don't belong in women's bathrooms is also a punishable offense.
INSANE
Nobody should be forced to affirm someone's mental delusions or get punished for stating biological facts!

This is so homophobic I can't even you guys.

A practical guide for Muslims on how to navigate LGBTQ Pride month

5Pillars has compiled a brief guide for Muslims living in the West on how to navigate LGBTQ Pride month during June.
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We have based the following guidance on publicly available guidance provided by mainstream Muslim scholars.
This is one of the most pressing challenges facing Muslim families in the West today: how to navigate LGBTQ-related issues while remaining grounded in Islamic teachings.
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An Islamic framework for sexual ethics
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In this framework, moral standards are derived from divine revelation rather than individual desire or changing social norms.
The Quranic account of Prophet Lut (as) and related Hadith clearly show that same-sex sexual relationships are prohibited in Islam.
"Do you approach males among the worlds and leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? Rather, you are a transgressing people." (Qur'an 26:165--166)
Similar passages appear in Qur'an 7:80--84, 11:77--83, 27:54--58, and 29:28--35. Classical scholars understood these verses as condemning same-sex sexual acts.
The Quran consistently describes spouses as male and female:
"And among His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them..." (Qur'an 30:21)
Other relevant verses include Qur'an 4:1, 49:13, and 53:45. Traditional Islamic law recognises marriage only between a man and a woman.

I'm literally shaking rn you guys.

When I mentioned that "experts" in Spain predicted that 500,000 migrants would take advantage of mass amnesty -- but now that figure is 1,000,000 and climbing -- I forgot to mention a key admission from the socialist government: They were expressly granting mass amnesty "to defeat the far right."

Spain has started to legalise 500,000 undocumented migrants and give them the immediate right to work in a move "to fight against the advance of the far-Right".
Madrid officially began the process on Tuesday after a last-minute deal between the ruling Socialist party and the Left-wing Podemos party, which has propped up Pedro Sanchez's minority government since elections in 2023.
A government spokesman said: "We not only intend to remain a beacon, but I want to believe that we will be a seed and a germ to fight against the advance of this far-Right wave that is trying to gain ground, and against which we will do everything in our power to stop it."

"Podemos" is Spanish for "We Can." Does that sound familiar to anyone? Si, Se Puede! (Yes, We Can!)

PanEuropeanMovement
@EuropeanPan
The Spanish government and its partners openly state that the reason for legalising more than half a million migrants is to "defeat the far right." This is literally weaponised demography. They took the most conspiratorial interpretation of the "Great Replacement" that is not even shared by most far right parties, namely it being a coordinated elite plan to reduce the native European share of the population, and actually turned it into policy - while also bypassing parliament, I might add.

At least nothing like that is going on in the US:

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
5h
BREAKING: The LA City Council voted 10-5 to advance a proposal that would ALLOW non-citizens to vote in city and school board elections

INBOX: Plant sculptures being installed in Raleigh, North Carolina, have been given "pronouns" 🤡

Why do Democrats have to ruin everything? pic.twitter.com/1qvOtOmebe
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2026

Irish author Sally Rooney gave a speech last night blaming Israel for the rise of fascism and the far right in Europe and concluding that the �liberation of Palestine represents the liberation of the world�. How very 1930s Europe of her to blame the Jews for everything. pic.twitter.com/TSJzTjbu4u
— Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) June 17, 2026

I'm so happy this bitch is getting ugly:

You know who else wanted to voice his opinions and feel safe? https://t.co/ZdF2NYTbfu
— Kirsten Fleming (@KirFlem) June 17, 2026

Big Dick Mike is always focused on what really matters:

"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"

Michelle Obama: "Me" pic.twitter.com/MkWXvYC3SA
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:25 PM

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1 Scared to read this content…

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:26 PM (Wmg4n)

2 my formatting and editing were not great today. I don't know if anyone noticed.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 19, 2026 05:26 PM (1wjle)

3

Hi Ace and thanks for all you do.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4)

4 in one case I had two drafts open and published the earlier, incomplete, unchecked draft.

the other one I just biffed.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 19, 2026 05:27 PM (1wjle)

5 "Si, Se Puede! (Yes, We Can!)"

yes we can, have anal sex?

Posted by: illiniwek at June 19, 2026 05:27 PM (vbXSk)

6 Centered, bold, and in a gray box, but never two of anything at once. Disappointing!

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at June 19, 2026 05:28 PM (FyzHI)

7 thank you, four seasons.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 19, 2026 05:28 PM (1wjle)

8

Ace,

I don't care if your formatting is off.
You work your ass off and read lots of shit we don't read.

You are awesome and I feel blessed we have you in our lives.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 05:28 PM (/QHx4)

9 I nooded with onomatopoeia.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (Wmg4n)

10
Here we go. I was talking about the sealant peeling off the bottom of the DC reflecting pool last night and we were all wondering wtf.

Of course: it was vandalized.

https://x.com/ginamilan_/status/
2068060517013373162

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o)

11 Apparently -- and I didn't know this -- people "prep" for anal sex by having high fiber meals to clean out their colons.

Hmm. And I always thought the shit was part of the kink.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 05:31 PM (guGkK)

12 Spain is cruising to get another Franco.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:31 PM (YwEeS)

13 Man, four seasons, you're really sucking up to the boss today. Is your cardboard membership on the line or something?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 05:32 PM (guGkK)

14 Here we go. I was talking about the sealant peeling off the bottom of the DC reflecting pool last night and we were all wondering wtf.

Of course: it was vandalized.

https://x.com/ginamilan_/status/
2068060517013373162
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o)

I thought as much.. The headline were blaring how Trump screwed up hiring some cronies of his and it was bound to fail.. First thing I thought was vandalism

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 05:32 PM (FtULh)

15 And on CNN NewsNight, Abby Phillip called the opening ceremony "church for liberals."

She’s so much more correct than she realizes.

Hint, Abby, you are nowhere nears as irreligious as you believe yourself to be.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)

16 my formatting and editing were not great today. I don't know if anyone noticed.
Posted by: Lamont
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[ponders]

Nope, I've never had a problem with either.

I'm just grateful that you are here. Very grateful.

My regards to the crow(s)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 05:33 PM (XeU6L)

17

Cicero,

lol.

No. I think about where else we would be reading if it wasn't for Ace.

There isn't anywhere on the internet like AOS.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 05:34 PM (/QHx4)

18 I have to give Hello Fresh props for linking its grocery delivery service to feces in the minds of its audience.

Feces.

Give your marketing department a big fat raise for that one, bro!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 05:34 PM (guGkK)

19 15 And on CNN NewsNight, Abby Phillip called the opening ceremony "church for liberals."

She’s so much more correct than she realizes.

Hint, Abby, you are nowhere nears as irreligious as you believe yourself to be.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)

Worshiping in the church of obama.... The "edifice" is perfect for him....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 05:34 PM (FtULh)

20 Damn. I hope there are enough gay people to keep those two mail order food companies in business.

Posted by: No I don't at June 19, 2026 05:34 PM (vFG9F)

21 What I dimly remember from my high school and college Spanish is that "Si, se puede!" literally means "Yes, it can" or "Yes, it can [be done]." It's a reflexive construction. In English it would be passive voice. "Podemos" does mean "We can."

And that mangled thing that DOCTOR Jill produced in a speech years ago should have sent everybody in the audience who spoke Spanish into a fit of the giggles.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)

22
I thought as much.. The headline were blaring how Trump screwed up hiring some cronies of his and it was bound to fail.. First thing I thought was vandalism
Posted by: It's me donna

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I didn't even figure you could vandalize pool sealant, but those lefties get a target and find a way.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 05:35 PM (XJ22o)

23

Doesn't everyone want shit in their food???

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 05:35 PM (/QHx4)

24 On the other hand, suras 52 and 56 promise young boys among the houris in paradise.
Almost as if the Quran is full of self-contradiction, bullshit, hypocrisy and lechery

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 05:36 PM (gKWVE)

25 Warning -rude content

Since Trish had her butt in the air maybe she finished her high fiber Hello Fresh cleansing and really should be named "Tony" getting ready to meet his partner.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:36 PM (7RYym)

26 >>> 21 What I dimly remember from my high school and college Spanish is that "Si, se puede!" literally means "Yes, it can" or "Yes, it can [be done]." It's a reflexive construction. In English it would be passive voice. "Podemos" does mean "We can."

And that mangled thing that DOCTOR Jill produced in a speech years ago should have sent everybody in the audience who spoke Spanish into a fit of the giggles.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)

What's wrong with breakfast tacos?

Posted by: Emily Litella at June 19, 2026 05:36 PM (R+iUD)

27 I guess HF is going for the gay dudes and BA for the lesbos.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (3uBP9)

28 Question: Do the effeminate-looking soibois "prep" in prison or is everything just kind of ... impulsive?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (guGkK)

29 Ace, his cobs, and all of us are the best on the Internet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

30 I can't wait until Trans runs smack dab into muzzie.

THAT will be big screen worth.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (mYCqF)

31 We time traveling forward in time again??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (26GAh)

32 I have to give Hello Fresh props for linking its grocery delivery service to feces in the minds of its audience.

Feces.

Give your marketing department a big fat raise for that one, bro!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 05:34 PM (guGkK)
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It does make one wonder about the quality of their ingredients...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (gnNyN)

33 "there's something to be said for diving into a satisfying box at home."

They're not wrong, you know.

Posted by: Women from that Greek isle at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (0sNs1)

34 re 4: biffed? like what kavanaugh did to squeeky blaisy ford?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (CWTWj)

35 Question: Do the effeminate-looking soibois "prep" in prison or is everything just kind of ... impulsive?
Posted by: Cicero

Used to be "impulsive". They didn't have access to prep materials.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (mYCqF)

36 OT: there's a new update to Stellaris. It's not a good sign when youtubers are asking "Did the Devs Even Test Deep Scan?"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (gKWVE)

37 "Do the effeminate-looking soibois "prep" in prison or is everything just kind of ... impulsive?
Posted by: Cicero "

They probably get into a routine

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (vFG9F)

38 >>“A, I’m allowed to f*cking voice my feelings

Yea, me too. Stupid bitch.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)

39 Hello Fresh sells to young urban people who are too lazy to cook. This demographic loves being edgy about ass fucking. Whatever. On a list of things to be outraged about this one is pretty low for me.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (VGFZk)

40 Obama's monolith isn't a "library."

It's a lair. The perfect place to run a shadow government from. Much of the monolith is closed to the public, and has significant telecom infrastructure.

It should be nuked from space. Tomorrow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 05:39 PM (jehhT)

41 Christopher Hitchens says accusations against America of "structural racism" and "responsible for slavery" are nothing more than masochistic lies.

https://tinyurl.com/4sw8whek

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 05:39 PM (+5evm)

42 >>> 30 I can't wait until Trans runs smack dab into muzzie.

THAT will be big screen worth.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (mYCqF)

"Trans for Palestine"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 05:39 PM (R+iUD)

43 Worshiping in the church of obama.... The "edifice" is perfect for him....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026

***
Edifeces

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:39 PM (wzUl9)

44 Eating isn’t a top priority??? You mean that thing you have to do to stay alive is not a top priority??? Retards…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:39 PM (26GAh)

45 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 05:35 PM (XJ22o)

That is just so mean spiritedly juvenile to damage the pool.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:39 PM (7RYym)

46 >>> my formatting and editing were not great today. I don't know if anyone noticed.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 19, 2026 05:26 PM (1wjle)

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I'm thinking he gave the keys to the blog to one of his crows.

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 19, 2026 05:40 PM (Y2/Vj)

47 (Ice T explaining things on Law & Order: SVU)

I guess HF is going for the gay dudes and BA for the lesbos.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:40 PM (3uBP9)

48 Box? WHERE?!

Posted by: cats at June 19, 2026 05:40 PM (R+iUD)

49 I didn't even figure you could vandalize pool sealant, but those lefties get a target and find a way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 05:35 PM (XJ22o)

The media is still saying it was a failure and there is no news about it being vandalized.... We shall see but it seems hard to believe it would come off on it's own like that

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 05:41 PM (FtULh)

50 Trump on Iran: 60 days, they have to make a deal… otherwise, we will do things that won't make them happy. I don't think it's going to get to that. If we do that then all of a sudden you're not going to have the oil flowing out of the strait…
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Riggers bolting flanges together as fast as they can.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 05:41 PM (pMmVV)

51 44 Eating isn’t a top priority??? You mean that thing you have to do to stay alive is not a top priority??? Retards…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026

It’s a play on the top or bottom roles and answer to the hello fresh ad. The concern of the tops would be…anyway, I am leaving this here. lol.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:41 PM (OoFl2)

52 Back in present time… I had Kirk slingshot the enterprise around the sun to get back. Intense….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:42 PM (26GAh)

53 If those Giants players had scrawled the Koranic verses on their baseball caps, MLB wouldn't have said a word.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 05:42 PM (gnNyN)

54 "there's something to be said for diving into a satisfying box at home."

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And that would have sent the former Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 into the giggles herself.

Her mother, no slouch at the fast remark either, commented about the 1984 presidential election (Reagan/Bush vs. Mondale/Ferraro) that "No matter which way it goes, there will be a bush in the White House."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)

55 I found out you can't make the same comment under a different sock. I understand why. Because ahole trolls who come in and spam. Still sad though. Because sometimes I realize too late that the things I write just sound a lot better in the voice of Ice T explaining things on Law & Order: SVU.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)

56 >>> 40 Obama's monolith isn't a "library."

It's a lair. The perfect place to run a shadow government from. Much of the monolith is closed to the public, and has significant telecom infrastructure.

It should be nuked from space. Tomorrow.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 05:39 PM (jehhT)

You would think there would be some federal law enforment agency that would prevent certain things from being built in the first place...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 05:42 PM (R+iUD)

57 I had free becon and eggs today.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 05:43 PM (Cqx++)

58 It does make one wonder about the quality of their ingredients...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (gnNyN

Didn’t they get fined for using illegal child immigrants to keep their cost so low? Like not so long ago?

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:43 PM (OoFl2)

59 Eating isn’t a top priority??? You mean that thing you have to do to stay alive is not a top priority??? Retards…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026

It’s a play on the top or bottom roles and answer to the hello fresh ad. The concern of the tops would be…anyway, I am leaving this here. lol.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:41 PM (OoFl2)

Tells you how naive and sheltered I am… I prefer to stay that way!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:43 PM (26GAh)

60 At the rate they are counting votes in LA, they will finish counting, on or about the general election in November.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 05:44 PM (XV/Pl)

61 "I found out you can't make the same comment under a different sock."

You can only make a duplicate comment when Minx want you to. You can trick the hampsters though by adding another character, even a space.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:44 PM (vFG9F)

62 my formatting and editing were not great today. I don't know if anyone noticed.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 19, 2026 05:26 PM

Dude. We're so eager to engage with the new content that minor issues like that aren't even considered.

Thank you for your solid efforts this week, Ace!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 05:44 PM (0sNs1)

63 Still sad though. Because sometimes I realize too late that the things I write just sound a lot better in the voice of Ice T explaining things on Law & Order: SVU.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026

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Not to mention his CarShield commercials. (Though the one riffing on L & O, as if the car in the shop were a corpse at the morgue, was very funny.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)

64 Riggers bolting flanges together as fast as they can.
Posted by: Braenyard
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The mellifluous chattering of impact wrenchs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (XeU6L)

65 "Yes, Hello Fresh? Yeah, I am going to get absolutely RAILED by Tyrone for at least 3 weekends of #PrideMonth. Can you please send the "Pride" special over? Yeah, I know I've always requested the Taco Bell adjacent menu, but it's going to be really special this month. Thanks! Oh, tip? I'll, uh, think about it."

Posted by: Croaker at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (nYkp+)

66 In the main, homosexuals are quite literally insane.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (XV/Pl)

67 >>> OT: there's a new update to Stellaris. It's not a good sign when youtubers are asking "Did the Devs Even Test Deep Scan?"
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (gKWVE)

Everyone of their games have a bajillion DLCs. They make more DLCs than they do updates to fix bugs. A lot more.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (3uBP9)

68
Tells you how naive and sheltered I am… I prefer to stay that way!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:

I was actually thinking about how nice it was that we (me included) do have our own little level of blissful ignorance.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (OoFl2)

69 At the rate they are counting votes in LA, they will finish counting, on or about the general election in November.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 05:44 PM (XV/Pl)
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"The System Works!" -- California "voters"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (gnNyN)

70 "I found out you can't make the same comment under a different sock."

You can only make a duplicate comment when Minx want you to. You can trick the hampsters though by adding another character, even a space.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (vFG9F)

71 See?

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (vFG9F)

72

"We are no longer going to allow you to destroy ancient traditions that ensured our prosperity, security and liberty, and which were handed down to us by generations far better than your own."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (pMmVV)

73 Wait... there's formatting going on in posts????

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 05:46 PM (VCgbV)

74 This is pathetic. France is so woke they are actually imprisoning a pretty young woman for complaining about migrants raping her friend and trying to rape her. They're fine, under French 'law', but she is guilty of hate speech. For describing actual crimes factually.

https://tinyurl.com/mvr9xvv6

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 05:46 PM (FaXTU)

75 Thank you for your solid efforts this week, Ace!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 05

But you can’t leave until Muldoon dismisses you!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:46 PM (OoFl2)

76 Not first

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 19, 2026 05:47 PM (g14+z)

77 Ace, we thought the crows had decided to help you with the site for a day.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 05:47 PM (qx7Zg)

78 I had free becon and eggs today.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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Did they arrive in a box?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 05:47 PM (XeU6L)

79 Hello Fresh - the Proud sponsors of those suffering from anal prolapse.

Now for my Juneteenth confession of sins.

I went shopping today! In a nearby city. I parked so I could go into HomeSense to find something comfortable for Ralphy to sleep upon.

A youngish black guy was just seemingly near randomly walking the parking lot. I park at the back, walked to the store, greeted him then watched him through the window once in the store.

Not racist!

It's a freaking parking lot. You're going to the store or your car. It's not a freaking car show. I would have watched any of you acting like that.

Shopping was good. Ralphy is well stocked. I'm continually amazed at prices. Shrinkflation isn't too bad.

If you eat like a 29.6 year old asian woman.

Happy Juneteenth all!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 19, 2026 05:47 PM (Sco7b)

80 At the rate they are counting votes in LA, they will finish counting, on or about the general election in November.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 05:44 PM (XV/Pl)
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Which finishes first, the LA election count or the central valley "high speed train" segment?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 05:48 PM (FaXTU)

81 38 >>“A, I’m allowed to f*cking voice my feelings

Yea, me too. Stupid bitch.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)

And she considers that a threat requiring a bodyguard.

I think Charlie Kirk had bodyguards,plural.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 05:49 PM (GseMx)

82 BREAKING: The LA City Council voted 10-5 to advance a proposal that would ALLOW non-citizens to vote in city and school board elections
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They have been attempting this perennially in SF too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:49 PM (6h45X)

83 I need to go get dog vitamins for Saijo’s home cooked meals. I didn’t realize we were out. Y’all have fun with this!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:50 PM (OoFl2)

84 >>> OT: there's a new update to Stellaris. It's not a good sign when youtubers are asking "Did the Devs Even Test Deep Scan?"
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (gKWVE)

Everyone of their games have a bajillion DLCs. They make more DLCs than they do updates to fix bugs. A lot more.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (3uBP9)

I think they've rewritten from scratch a few times. When I played it early on, I just had the issue where it seemed to cap out early - your empire touched another and then it was just one side overwhelming the other, then one of the end game disasters took everyone out. The initial explore and build phase was fun, the rest was much less so.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

85 More like Hello Gross

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 05:50 PM (n5tGW)

86 I’m surprised blue apron is still around. I thought it went out of bidness long ago.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 05:50 PM (VGFZk)

87 "Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"

Michelle Obama: "Me"
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*skips to next chapter*

*reconsiders, burns book*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:51 PM (6h45X)

88 Boomers have a lot to answer for, as a generation. We in GenX do as well. But the coarsening of culture and the way nasty, crude, sexual things are slipped into advertising by millennials is a plague on humanity.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 05:51 PM (UZCuZ)

89 Juneteenth in Canada?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 05:52 PM (Cqx++)

90 BREAKING: The LA City Council voted 10-5 to advance a proposal that would ALLOW non-citizens to vote in city and school board elections
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They have been attempting this perennially in SF too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:49 PM (6h45X)

But they don’t vote in federal elections… we pinkie promise!!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:52 PM (26GAh)

91 This is pathetic. France is so woke they are actually imprisoning a pretty young woman for complaining about migrants raping her friend and trying to rape her. They're fine, under French 'law', but she is guilty of hate speech. For describing actual crimes factually.

https://tinyurl.com/mvr9xvv6
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 05:46 PM (FaX

I would go Count of Monte Cristo on their ass.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 05:52 PM (GseMx)

92

I'm a boomer and I have nothing to apologize for.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 05:52 PM (/QHx4)

93 I'm betting NOBODY threatened Amanda Sherrie - all of those actors are legends in their own mind and see boogeyman around every corner.

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 05:52 PM (SRRAx)

94 Geep!

https://tinyurl.com/y2andtf7

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 05:52 PM (ndZc7)

95 "But the coarsening of culture and the way nasty, crude, sexual things are slipped into advertising by millennials is a plague on humanity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor "

I blame Bill Clinton.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:53 PM (vFG9F)

96 Ace, his cobs, and all of us are the best on the Internet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

Agree. There is a reason why this is the only site I visit regularly anymore. Been hanging around since 2005ish. The only other site I check daily is The Hostages, which is Horde-adjacent. I've never commented there. They're like the cool kids table in the high school cafeteria.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 05:53 PM (0aYVJ)

97 Final X Wrestling >> US Open Golf >>> World Cup

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:53 PM (26GAh)

98 And gay activists continue to wonder why support for gay "rights" is falling.

When your entire identity is built around your sexual preferences the sex itself becomes the most readily identifiable shared attribute.

Think of the marketing aspect to that problem.

What are the shared desires that can be appealed to when selling a product to LBGTQ?
With normies it’s easier, there are so many cultural psychological, and sociological aspects you can appeal to. A lot of that involves stereotypes and appealing to the lowest common denominator.

Gay men like to shop (and track lighting), lesbians like to look butch, trans want to be accepted, queers are weird. Not much to go on, at all.

Because other than the sex and deviancy, they really don’t have anything unique to appeal to that is different from the rest of us being marketed to with mundane things like a meal kit delivery.

So make a dirty gay joke and call it a day.

It got them some attention.
And their Marketing department is probably 50% gay & 50% AWFL.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:53 PM (6ydKt)

99 There is a high likelihood the people who run Hello Fresh’s social media are gay. Marketing is full of them.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 05:53 PM (VGFZk)

100 * hands four seasons a libation of her choice * Right there with ya.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 05:55 PM (afJtY)

101 Anyone notice that they are no longer berating us that we must celebrate Pride lest the gay teens kill themselves?

'Member that, how we were supposed to just accept that somewhere out there in RedNaziStan of middle America, gay teens were dropping themselves like flies.

And if we didn't celebrate Pride, think of all the future doctors, actors, scientists and world leaders we'd lose.

Now it's all "if you don't celebrate the trannies, they'll kill themselves!"

I guess the gay teens all killed themselves?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 05:55 PM (73/SM)

102 I think they've rewritten from scratch a few times. When I played it early on, I just had the issue where it seemed to cap out early - your empire touched another and then it was just one side overwhelming the other, then one of the end game disasters took everyone out. The initial explore and build phase was fun, the rest was much less so.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

It's still the same...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 05:55 PM (mP0Kj)

103 Watching the Rush clips from their shows in Mexico, they are getting even tighter as a band.

It really is amazing watching 20k people singing along to an instrumental.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 05:55 PM (XV/Pl)

104 What I dimly remember from my high school and college Spanish is that "Si, se puede!" literally means "Yes, it can" or "Yes, it can [be done]." It's a reflexive construction. In English it would be passive voice. "Podemos" does mean "We can."
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Exactly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:57 PM (6h45X)

105 Podemos actually openly advocates for replacement migration. They are pure race communists.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 19, 2026 05:57 PM (wGerL)

106
Woke White Woman "champions."

__________

Or what used to be known as "fag hags".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 05:57 PM (O0L8i)

107 Heidi Bachram
@HeidiBachram
Irish author Sally Rooney gave a speech last night blaming Israel for the rise of fascism and the far right in Europe and concluding that the “liberation of Palestine represents the liberation of the world”. How very 1930s Europe of her to blame the Jews for everything.
====

Well I'm trying to do my part.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:58 PM (6h45X)

108 So make a dirty gay joke and call it a day....

Hello Fresh is offering tossed salads for free.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 05:58 PM (GseMx)

109 I hope Ace is OK, there are no formatting errors on this post.

Maybe someone should check on him.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 05:59 PM (3Jsk5)

110 ‘ Apparently -- and I didn't know this -- people "prep" for anal sex by having high fiber meals to clean out their colons.’

Or … they want the shit soft and mushy to better stimulate the other fag’s cock and hopefully squirt it all over the sheets afterwards. Not joking. Remember those pics of Andrew Gillum’s hotel room?

‘The thicker the cushion, the deeper the pushin”

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 05:59 PM (5KnEO)

111 Can anyone point me to a time or place where Mooch was not all about herself?

Anyone?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:00 PM (bl07w)

112 Screw commie Spain also. They also screwed us during the Iran operation.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 06:00 PM (GseMx)

113 Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 05:59 PM (5KnEO)

TMI, Elric,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 06:00 PM (ZeH0U)

114 Here we go. I was talking about the sealant peeling off the bottom of the DC reflecting pool last night and we were all wondering wtf.

Of course: it was vandalized.

https://x.com/ginamilan_/status/
2068060517013373162
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The obsession of the left with ensuring that the Reflecting Pool fails is surreal.
Reports are, the Park Service is having to post nighttime guards now.

Also, all the news now are devoting time and resources to on-scene, regular reports.
Proving they do have the resources to cover local stories like ... massive increases in crime, corruption and neglected public works.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 06:00 PM (73/SM)

115 The Sean Penn Jan 6 movie where Bradley Cooper is the cop is about the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

They will never get over that.

Let me know when someone in Hollywood makes a movie about Black Lives Matter and american cities getting destroyed because some fetanyl junkie wouldn't get in a squad car.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 19, 2026 06:01 PM (IoXjd)

116 Si, se pwodway!

Posted by: Dr. Jill at June 19, 2026 06:01 PM (DZ9Lv)

117 89 Juneteenth in Canada?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 05:52 PM (Cqx+

In the heart of all the libs, I'm sure.

Oh, nowhere in Walmart or NoFrills could I find chocolate malt balls.

Given the country and leadership how are chocolate balls NOT the official candy of Canada?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 19, 2026 06:01 PM (Sco7b)

118 "Gonna fundamentally trans America."

Posted by: B Hussein Hussein at June 19, 2026 06:01 PM (y5yZ4)

119 here is a high likelihood the people who run Hello Fresh’s social media are gay. Marketing is full of them.

I always assumed that one of the skills you develop in marketing was to understand and be able to play to the values of your audience, even if you don't happen to share those values.

I guess its just ALL ABOUT ME now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 06:02 PM (guGkK)

120 >>>And gay activists continue to wonder why support for gay "rights" is falling.

Last thing I want to think about when about to consume a tasty meal is a bunch of shitdicks and their deviance prep.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 06:02 PM (dK+Kv)

121

Thank you Ben Had.

I am so sick of assholes that sit in their houses all day commenting about shit they have no real knowledge of.
Get off your ass and step into the world and try to make a difference.

It's easy to sit on your ass and espouse shit.

I am a boomer and always voted for what I thought was right for our country.

If someone doesn't like what is happening in our country get off your ass and get out there and fight for what is right.

Flame me, I don't give a shit. (not you Ben Had)

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 06:02 PM (/QHx4)

122 Heidi Bachram
@HeidiBachram
Irish author Sally Rooney gave a speech last night blaming Israel for the rise of fascism and the far right in Europe and concluding that the “liberation of Palestine represents the liberation of the world”. How very 1930s Europe of her to blame the Jews for everything.
====

Has she heard about The Protocols of the Elders of Zion yet? It'll blow her mind.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 06:03 PM (guGkK)

123 The Feline Pine cat litter that Joyenz of "Kitten Cam" fame recommended has been working out pretty well. $12 at Walmart for 20 lbs. I seem to be able to get three box changes out of that, each change lasting about nine days; so that's $4 per box change.

Compare that to WM's own brand of clay litter: 14 lbs., $7, which gives the cats and me . . . one change. The entire jug goes into the pan each time. So three changes, nine days each, would be $21. And the furry thugs seem to be fine with the pine pellets.

Winning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 06:03 PM (wzUl9)

124 >>>This is so homophobic I can't even you guys.

This thing could get legs. Or wings. No matter.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 06:03 PM (dK+Kv)

125 Saw a pic of Malaria and Satchel. Malaria looks too thin and has stringy hair. Satchel is a wee bit zaftig, but she actually has a pretty face. I've always felt a bit sad for them.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 06:03 PM (0aYVJ)

126 Starmer going to decide on weekend whether to resign or not. Usually these announcements are precursors, so he may actually do it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 06:04 PM (n5tGW)

127 Wow. That’s Amanda Seyfried? No way. The Wall hit that cunting bitch early, it seems.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 06:04 PM (5KnEO)

128 I think most people would say that it's easy enough to find a recipe, build a shopping list from it, and buy the groceries yourself, but lazy, helpless adultbabies need a special service to do these very basic "Adulting" tasks for them.

You're missing the main benefit to these services. They ensure that a given meal will cost 2-3 times what it normally would for a home prepared meal. That ensures that the yoots will be unable to buy 20,000 sqft homes by the age of 18 like none of their forebears.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)

129 I always assumed that one of the skills you develop in marketing was to understand and be able to play to the values of your audience, even if you don't happen to share those values.

I guess its just ALL ABOUT ME now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 06:02 PM (guGkK)

Commercials use to be funny. Now they are just lame. Leftists don't get jokes, so they can't make them. They don't care if you don't get them. Just buy our shit, mmmmkay?

Useless.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:05 PM (bl07w)

130 Si, se pwodway!
Posted by: Dr. Jill at June 19, 2026

***
* Laughing hysterically and derisively *

Posted by: Hispanics Everywhere at June 19, 2026 06:05 PM (wzUl9)

131 Or Mosque for the Marxists

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)

132 They have been attempting this perennially in SF too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Not sure why they've failed.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 06:05 PM (DZ9Lv)

133 125 Saw a pic of Malaria and Satchel. Malaria looks too thin and has stringy hair. Satchel is a wee bit zaftig, but she actually has a pretty face. I've always felt a bit sad for them.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 06:03 PM (0aYVJ)

The phrase "who's yer daddy" takes on a whole nother meaning with those two.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:06 PM (bl07w)

134 "The obsession of the left with ensuring that the Reflecting Pool fails is surreal.
Reports are, the Park Service is having to post nighttime guards now."

A sniper in the trees would be my preference.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 19, 2026 06:06 PM (vbXSk)

135 >>>"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"

>>>Michelle Obama: "Me"

I did not see that coming.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 06:06 PM (dK+Kv)

136 True poetic justice would be all the illegals vote out the leftists.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 06:06 PM (afJtY)

137 Watching the Rush clips from their shows in Mexico, they are getting even tighter as a band.

It really is amazing watching 20k people singing along to an instrumental.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Geddy didn't even need to sing Tom Sawyer; the crowd sang it for him.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 06:08 PM (DZ9Lv)

138 how to navigate LGBTQ-related issues while remaining grounded in Islamic teachings.

Does it involve beheadings? Or defenestration?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 06:08 PM (ExV1e)

139 The phrase "who's yer daddy" takes on a whole nother meaning with those two.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:06 PM (bl07w)

HA! Yes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 06:08 PM (0aYVJ)

140 They're like the cool kids table in the high school cafeteria.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 05:53 PM (0aYVJ)

Nobody could accuse us of that, certainly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:08 PM (bl07w)

141 I think most people would say that it's easy enough to find a recipe, build a shopping list from it, and buy the groceries yourself, but lazy, helpless adultbabies need a special service to do these very basic "Adulting" tasks for them.
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AI can do this for you in minutes. For next to nothing. It will even tell you where to find the best prices for ingredients in your area. You can probably order the ingredients from Walmart or wherever and have them delivered for you.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2026 06:08 PM (gnNyN)

142 Vote in City, then State then your vote carries to Federal

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 06:08 PM (Ia/+0)

143 Does it involve beheadings? Or defenestration?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Defenestration is out the window not off the roof.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 06:09 PM (DZ9Lv)

144 DH says we are getting drunk and doing gardening this afternoon.

I'm all in.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:09 PM (bl07w)

145 Every year during "Pride Month" Metamucil floods the local radio station with ads. They don't run any ads at all the rest of the month.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 19, 2026 06:10 PM (0MjtC)

146 I flicked over to the local Fox outlet to see what the weather outlook is (though I'm pretty sure I know: hot, unbreathable, and nasty until December). The Whorled Cup is on instead. I wonder if it will break before Jeopardy!.

Posted by: Hispanics Everywhere at June 19, 2026 06:10 PM (wzUl9)

147 My last gay observation..

Yes, obama's Library of Doom is my favorite thing in a very long time. The most expensive item in the gift shop is a $395 pearl necklace inspired by Mooch.

But I don't know if Michelle was giving or receiving when she inspired the pearl necklace.

Ralphy wants a car ride and Tims....
Later.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 19, 2026 06:10 PM (Sco7b)

148 "Drunken Gardener" is one of my favorite Jackie Chan movies.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 06:10 PM (vFG9F)

149 I don't understand the business model of these meal prep deliveries.

I mean, your target customer is:
- smart enough to cook (to follow the recipe)
- has the time to cook
- but is too lazy/stupid to go shopping regularly or even having the local store deliver?

And that's before you get to the fact that, the skills from using your service--if they learn, and again, should be smart enough--will mean they will stop using your service.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 06:11 PM (73/SM)

150 Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:06 PM (bl07w)

I always thought the oldest very much resembled Obama and the youngest looked like Michelle. Sounds like they still do, in body type at least.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 19, 2026 06:11 PM (aTmna)

151 Time to set the cats' chow out to warm up a little, and wash their bowls.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 06:11 PM (wzUl9)

152 Watching the Rush clips from their shows in Mexico, they are getting even tighter as a band.

It really is amazing watching 20k people singing along to an instrumental.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Geddy didn't even need to sing Tom Sawyer; the crowd sang it for him.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 06:08 PM (DZ9Lv)

Gotta say, those kinds of moments gives me goosebumps. It sucks that I will likely never see Rush Live. Been a part of my life's music soundtrack since 1980. And, go Anika!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 06:11 PM (0aYVJ)

153 I did not see that coming.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 06:06 PM (dK+Kv)

Unlike Big Mike's dick.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:12 PM (gKWVE)

154 >>> The phrase "who's yer daddy" takes on a whole nother meaning with those two.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:06 PM (bl07w)

=====

Is this about me?

Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at June 19, 2026 06:12 PM (Y2/Vj)

155 I saw that HealthFresh nonsense about a week or so ago on another conservative website and had a few minutes to kill, so I sent a request to their X account.

I suggested a dietary option focused on making blood veins more pronounced and visible to address all the downtrodden heroin users who can no longer locate a vein to inject. I suggested various fruits such as pomegranate which is known to do just that.

I, also, asked if they would be willing to sponsor "Crank Month".

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 06:12 PM (dIske)

156 Please be
Me, Without Barack

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

157 98 And gay activists continue to wonder why support for gay "rights" is falling.

I don't understand why I am supposed to celebrate people who are "Proud" of the fact that they stick their dicks in other mens' assholes.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 06:12 PM (SRRAx)

158
>>>"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"

>>>Michelle Obama: "Me"

And how oppressed me be.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 06:13 PM (Cqx++)

159

Teresa,

Right on darling. It's sick shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 06:14 PM (/QHx4)

160 Sock be gone

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 19, 2026 06:14 PM (Y2/Vj)

161 Oh, tip? ~~I'll, uh, think about it~~ No, I'm taking it all.

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Missed opportunity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 06:14 PM (ExV1e)

162 DH says we are getting drunk and doing gardening this afternoon.

I'm all in.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 06:09 PM (bl07w)

Oh, fun! Don't step on any rakes!

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 19, 2026 06:15 PM (k9OZB)

163 Amanda Seyfried is childless fortunately and does not appear to want to reproduce since she's 40. Probably will get a surrogate though when she's 45 and realizes what choice she made.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 06:15 PM (GseMx)

164 So the village idiot 'tards have to receive nutrition backwards from what has been traditional ways of ingestion?

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 19, 2026 06:16 PM (Q/FnY)

165 Gotta say, those kinds of moments gives me goosebumps. It sucks that I will likely never see Rush Live. Been a part of my life's music soundtrack since 1980. And, go Anika!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 06:11 PM (0aYVJ)

Saw 'em live three times and always enjoyed the show. They never skimp on entertaining their fans!

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 19, 2026 06:16 PM (k9OZB)

166 158
>>>"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"

>>>Michelle Obama: "Me"

And how oppressed me be.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 06:13 PM (Cqx++)

No, was asked for Next, not Last...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 06:17 PM (mP0Kj)

167 I have a completely random, off topic question. I know someone who would like to buy a millstone or two for unknown purposes. Where could my friend find milestones for purchase?
Just wondering.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 19, 2026 06:18 PM (BZ6zy)

168 I saw RUSH in either '86 or '87 at the San Diego Sports Arena - UCSD college radio station had free tix but it's all goths so I was the only one who wanted to go. They blew the power twice and the second time Geddy was pissed as shit!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 06:18 PM (DZ9Lv)

169 And what these gay men are doing sound suspiciously like colonoscopy prep to me....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 06:19 PM (SRRAx)

170
Ironically, the "prepared ingredient" business model started in Japan for young brides -- they never had to cook for the entire family as many work before getting married.

I knew of this 20 years ago at least -- a truck would show up every day, and deliver all ingredients. It would have instructions and video for the bride to make the meal. I think it was mostly given as a gift from parents and only for a few months until they figured it out.

Japan has a massive food delivery system. I see their truck all the time, and I know some families get food delivered in these boxes every day.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 06:19 PM (3Jsk5)

171 Saw a pic of Malaria and Satchel. Malaria looks too thin and has stringy hair. Satchel is a wee bit zaftig, but she actually has a pretty face. I've always felt a bit sad for them.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

The phrase "who's yer daddy" takes on a whole nother meaning with those two.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Daddy?

I think the identity of the gestating parent is the bigger question.

* gestures vaguely towards Big Mike's dick *

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 06:19 PM (VHUov)

172 It's the moon or something. Even then, your 'off ' days are by far less than most people's.

Relax. You're doing great, kid.

Tia L

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 06:19 PM (NFX2v)

173 164 So the village idiot 'tards have to receive nutrition backwards from what has been traditional ways of ingestion?
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 19, 2026 06:16 PM (Q/FnY)

you laugh, but I believe Chucky D has raked in some souls from future PhDs who's ingested vodka rectally.
the moral is, don't do that.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:19 PM (gKWVE)

174 I have and still am enjoying riding the crest of the wave that is the boomers. I launched when Sputnik did....wheeee

Posted by: DanMan at June 19, 2026 06:20 PM (8uzBS)

175 Oh, and being Japan, I assume they had a help line for the bride to call, and an emergency resupply of a finished meal if they screwed up bad enough.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 06:20 PM (3Jsk5)

176 167 I have a completely random, off topic question. I know someone who would like to buy a millstone or two for unknown purposes. Where could my friend find milestones for purchase?
Just wondering.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 19, 2026 06:18 PM (BZ6zy)

Just wrap a chain around a cinder block...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 06:20 PM (SRRAx)

177 Defenestration is out the window not off the roof.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 06:09 PM (DZ9Lv)

Mohammed specified that they must be thrown off a tall building. He didn't say that they had to be taken to the roof first. Ululululululu!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

178 Isn't that what Colon Blow is for?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:22 PM (G3T/K)

179
Bernie Sanders is a jabbering jackass.

That is all.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 19, 2026 06:22 PM (ftaaw)

180

Hubby and I were talking last night about what is wrong today with people.

It used to be that people had to work hard to survive.

Life is easy these days and some things are good about that. Mostly people today don't have do that.

I salute our son and daughter-in-law who don't allow the four grandchildren access to the internet.

They feed and clothe them and anything extra they have to work for.

Our seven year old grandson spent the day with us yesterday and he wants to make money for something he wants to buy. His duty yesterday was to clean up the dogshit in our yard and he was happy to do that. He's working towards being able to buy something extra he wants.

We need more of that, working hard for extras.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 06:23 PM (/QHx4)

181 Oh, come on. 177 comments and no one mentioned Colon Blow?!

*shakes head sadly*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:24 PM (G3T/K)

182
My thoughts on the Obama monstrosity from the ONT
--------
What's with the writing on it? "...Look upon my works, ye mighty, and weep..." or what?

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm

Looks hypnotic to me.

There is so much I could say or analyze but I think for the most part the whole thing is meant to both invite and defy analysis, and to pale any critic. The structure is criticism itself.

In other words, so far up its own ass it is essentially a mold of the inside of his asshole, on full display.

It is what a woman thinks a man would build, through the eyes of an alien who wanted to say something about humanity without committing to saying anything at all because nothing matters.

I could go on and on (as I do) but like I said, it is clearly designed to dwarf critique. As if that was the chief goal beyond the projection of some kind of gay male fantasy of how normal masculine power should appear. And entirely... entirely godless.

But not even demonic either. It is a rejection of creation. A design without form, meant to project nothing... but in its nothingness you are to absorb the massive overinflated ego begging you to worship it and only it.

That's my take.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 06:24 PM (vE0+H)

183 Where could my friend find milestones for purchase?
Just wondering.
Posted by: Northernlurker

How big?

I have a millstone on my porch. Many Japanese homes do -- but the small family sized ones. These used to be very common. They come in two parts and you pour the rice in through a hole in the center of the top stone, and it comes out the sides.

I think this is what the bible refers to. We think of the big millstones from water or windmills, but it used to be a household appliance.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 06:24 PM (3Jsk5)

184 four seasons, it's learning to work and the commitment to doing a job.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 06:25 PM (afJtY)

185 And gay activists continue to wonder why support for gay "rights" is falling.

I don't understand why I am supposed to celebrate people who are "Proud" of the fact that they stick their dicks in other mens' assholes.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

For all of history, people who were entirely defined by sex have been looked down upon. Lecher. Cad. Whore. Slut.

But now they're to be celebrated, as long as they don't want to do it the normal male-female way?

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 06:25 PM (VHUov)

186 Big Mike never was accused of having a high IQ. Self-awareness is a dangerous thing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 06:26 PM (9SpJJ)

187 four seasons, it's learning to work and the commitment to doing a job.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 06:25 PM (afJtY)

It's the requirement to focus on something for longer than 15 seconds. Only anal prep gets that kind of effort.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 06:26 PM (ExV1e)

188
Was Big Mike sporting "oppression" hair or "Wakandan authentic" hair for the "Box O' Oppression" opening?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 19, 2026 06:27 PM (ftaaw)

189 I have a millstone on my porch. Many Japanese homes do -- but the small family sized ones. These used to be very common. They come in two parts and you pour the rice in through a hole in the center of the top stone, and it comes out the sides.

I think this is what the bible refers to. We think of the big millstones from water or windmills, but it used to be a household appliance.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

That makes the bible verse even scarier. You don't just sink straight to the bottom and drown fast, you get to struggle swimming with a weight you can kinda support trying to drag you down by the neck.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 06:27 PM (VHUov)

190

Amen Ben Had!

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 06:27 PM (/QHx4)

191 I think the HF model finds general use among those who "just can't decide" and can't "plan" meals, but obsess over "fast food is so unhealthy!!!eleventy!". Because heaven forbid they develop a sense of "tomorrow" or the ability to flip a coin.

It's always been more expensive than just shopping or just buying fast food, it _might_ be cheaper than doordash?

Posted by: RandomDave at June 19, 2026 06:27 PM (aJQbY)

192 Dude. My wife and I use Home Chef. Have tried Blue Apron, Hello Fresh and Marley Spoon. It's just the two of us and I'd rather not spend my time making lists and throwing away ingredients that I don't use.

They provide exactly the amount you need, at a price that is likely LESS than I would end up spending.

There if nothing "aDuLtBaBy" about meal kits for fuck sakes. And it sure as fuck isn't for Millenials. It's for people that are older and don't have to feed an entire family.

Posted by: deadrody at June 19, 2026 06:27 PM (vgB0v)

193 For those who cannot deal with all this crap.

https://youtube.com/shorts/x_6gGf9nhPk

Shirley, you can't be serious.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 06:28 PM (qx7Zg)

194 Oh, come on. 177 comments and no one mentioned Colon Blow?!

*shakes head sadly*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:24 PM (G3T/K)

*Points at 178*

Missed it by That. Much.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 06:28 PM (0aYVJ)

195 Bernie Sanders is a jabbering jackass.

That is all.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 19, 2026 06:22 PM (ftaaw)

Barry Sanders > Bernie Sanders

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 06:30 PM (dIske)

196 39 Hello Fresh sells to young urban people who are too lazy to cook.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 05:38 PM (VGFZk)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Also fucking wrong. And, FYI, you still have to cook, you dumbasses.

Posted by: deadrody at June 19, 2026 06:30 PM (vgB0v)

197 There if nothing "aDuLtBaBy" about meal kits for fuck sakes. And it sure as fuck isn't for Millenials. It's for people that are older and don't have to feed an entire family.
Posted by: deadrody at June 19, 2026 06:27 PM (vgB0v)

I have thought about using one. Work 7 days a week sone weeks and do not want to spend precious free time shopping. Do they send you the recipes or do you pick from a list?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:31 PM (G3T/K)

198 Do the people that use this service only eat one meal a day?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 06:31 PM (afJtY)

199 Si se podas means yes it can be pruned off

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 06:31 PM (pvg5V)

200 NOOD leftist laywers being leftist lawyers.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 06:31 PM (VHUov)

201 *Points at 178*

Missed it by That. Much.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 06:28 PM (0aYVJ)

I mentioned in in 178- which means the prior 177 comments were barren.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 06:32 PM (G3T/K)

202 I would be eating beans this month, but the salt in them is making my feet swell up, so I'll have to depend on drinking lots of milk to build up my gas reserves for Gay Pride month...Hey, pull my finger!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:32 PM (l3cgK)

203 I thnk the draw is to have at least one cooked dinner a day. Which is kind of sad

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 06:33 PM (pvg5V)

204

We have a Mormon family that lives behind us. Four children and they grow their own food and have chickens and geese.
They are home schooled and are out in the yard taking care of the animals and crops they are growing.

They are happy children and we love the family unity they espouse.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 06:33 PM (/QHx4)

205
If the gay and whatever other community wants to keep the chutes clear for their insertion antics, then why not down a bottle or more of the citrate solution used to empty the gastrointestinal tract that is the preparation for getting a colonoscopy?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 19, 2026 06:34 PM (ixS3i)

206 Also fucking wrong. And, FYI, you still have to cook, you dumbasses.

Cooking is not just assembling stuff and putting it in the stove.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 06:34 PM (UZCuZ)

207 I would have thought the gays were good at cooking, or at least pretending they were, and never stopped as low as letting some company pick out their day-to-day menus and charge them for the ingredients.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 06:34 PM (/lPRQ)

208 I was on the Large Stage Committee at UH in the 80's. We hosted INXS and they brought a whole lot of their own offstage stuff. I'm working one of the spotlights and before the curtain opens I'm getting screamed at by some roadie about the set-up for the intro.

"git yer flood ready for the opening guitar riff and hit him!!!"...so I focused on a guitar hiding in the background, and BOOM!!! the show opens! Guitar blaring, drums crashing, LOUD x five!

whoever the lead guitar in INXS was sure didn't get the spotlight, but some random background guy that was tucked in the backstage curtain did

Posted by: DanMan at June 19, 2026 06:34 PM (8uzBS)

209 There if nothing "aDuLtBaBy" about meal kits for fuck sakes. And it sure as fuck isn't for Millenials. It's for people that are older and don't have to feed an entire family.
Posted by: deadrody at June 19, 2026

I miss Peach Food, or whatever it was called, out of GA. That was a really good, fresh meal kit. I think a divorce ended the company.

I get a good deal of my groceries delivered through a specialty grocery home delivery service because I am weird about food. I have noted this before, so I totally get what you are saying.

Pretty sure Ace isn’t out there looking at a lot of this stuff - but @ace, if you would ever listen to me and we could get you off the whole fad food thing, I bet I could get you to see the wisdom in this. Just not hello fresh because they are hot garbage even before this ad campaign.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 06:35 PM (Wmg4n)

210 If the gay and whatever other community wants to keep the chutes clear for their insertion antics, then why not down a bottle or more of the citrate solution used to empty the gastrointestinal tract that is the preparation for getting a colonoscopy?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 19, 2026

***
That stuff works. Last year I learned that after my hernia surgery, when the pain pills I was taking, mild as they were, clogged me up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 06:35 PM (wzUl9)

211 Nood

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 06:38 PM (wzUl9)

212 Amen Ben Had!

Sounds like some warlord from the Book of Judges

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 06:38 PM (gKWVE)

213

Piper,

You have no idea what Ace is eating.

Don't be judgmental.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 06:38 PM (/QHx4)

214 213

Piper,

You have no idea what Ace is eating.

Don't be judgmental.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 06:38 PM (/QHx4)

Actually, there is a lot of banter between us on this, so I do a little bit.

Anyway. Nood. The walls are closing in!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 06:40 PM (Wmg4n)

215 If you thought the toe fungus ads were bad, wait until you see what kind of ads this thread brings you in the future.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 06:43 PM (/lPRQ)

216 @165

>>Saw 'em live three times and always enjoyed the show. They never skimp on entertaining their fans!

These shows have shows within shows with multimedia walls, pyro, intermissions, tributes to John Rutsey and Neil, 3+ hrs shows, the works

They are certainly giving their fans their monies worth.

And because of the material she is performing and being exposed to, Anika may be the hottest rock drummer coming off of this tour and has moved into the S tier of female rock drummers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 06:43 PM (XV/Pl)

217 We have a Mormon family that lives behind us.

Our town has a lot of Mennonites. One of my sons and I restored an old house built in 1944 that had fallen on hard times. We did our best to keep it as original as possible outside with many upgrades inside. One Saturday morning I went to finish up some detail and the house had about ten women bustling about cleaning it inside. Long prairie dresses, very trim gals 16 to 60 with top end tennis shoes. They all looked the same.

Son had rented it out before it was ready to a young couple.

Posted by: DanMan at June 19, 2026 06:46 PM (8uzBS)

218 25 Warning -rude content

Since Trish had her butt in the air maybe she finished her high fiber Hello Fresh cleansing and really should be named "Tony" getting ready to meet his partner.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Thought I saw a butt in the air but considered we've already had too much faggotry and since her name is Trish.......↗

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 06:51 PM (VPNgR)

219 Obama: "yes I'd like it to look just like Russia's Chuvash Theater except with evidence of my SCOAMF all over it, thanks"

Posted by: Wescoe at June 19, 2026 06:51 PM (6FwQB)

220 we have an extensive line-up of high-fiber recipes

Make sure you shit voluminously during Pride Month. The stranger about to mount you will thank you for it.

Posted by: Hello Fresh at June 19, 2026 07:19 PM (EJWxb)

221 Everyone of their games have a bajillion DLCs. They make more DLCs than they do updates to fix bugs. A lot more.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:45 PM (3uBP9)

I've looked at that one but never pulled the trigger to buy it. I've been playing Crimson Desert and just restarted a playthrough of Dave the Diver.

Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 07:31 PM (6+ehB)

222 I always assumed that one of the skills you develop in marketing was to understand and be able to play to the values of your audience, even if you don't happen to share those values.

I guess its just ALL ABOUT ME now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 06:02 PM (guGkK)

You are actually on to something here; this is literally what they are doing now. That is how a lot of large video game companies market their games.
Here is our ugly female character who is g*y and has shaved her head. If you don't buy this you are a chud that h*tes women and have probably never been with one. We don't want you as a customer.

I'm conflating a bit but this has happened many times over the last few years; dev team, community managers just spurging out calling what used to be their customers every name in the book.

Good news is..it's time to pay the fiddler. Ubisoft is on lifesupport; apparently Microsoft is tired of p*ssing money into dogsh*t studios. Lots of former fans enjoying the tears as the sh*tstains that took over so many studios are getting closed down.

Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 07:42 PM (6+ehB)

223 Gotta say, the Blue Apron ad was kinda funny.
In my high school days, I would have been a little proud of myself, would I have thought of this.
But the Pride Month association fucks it all up.

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 19, 2026 08:38 PM (3hOgI)

224 4 the other one I just biffed.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 19, 2026 05:27 PM (1wjle)

boofed?

Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 01:49 AM (6wpGE)

Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?

Armie Hammer was being pushed as an actor before he was completely blacklisted from Hollywood due to #MeToo allegations I never really understood. I know people say he's a "cannibal" because his sexts included stuff like "I want to consume you" but that seems to me to be a case of dirty talk gone wrong.

I have no idea if he should or shouldn't be cancelled. I do know that he's attempting a comeback and that few people will hire him. He's in what appears to be an edgy movie about a vigilante who kills "criminals and those in power who protect them," which is always a taboo kind of movie for Hollywood. It's very low-budget, which you can tell from the movie showing off stuff to make it seem like a big-budget movie, but the stuff they're showing -- like an APC driving down the street -- is relatively cheap to achieve.

Is this some kind of signal that the cultural zeitgeist is shifting against the Regime? I doubt it, because someone is always able to raise a smallish amount of money for this kind of movie. See both the Charles Bronson Death Wish and the underrated Bruce Willis remake. (I'm not saying it's great, I'm just saying it's underrated.)

Yes, Death Wish did definitely indicate that the public was moving decisively against liberal indulgence of rampant criminality, but most of these kinds of movies mean nothing. Urban vigilante movies are often popular. Even Jodie Foster did one (and it was pretty decent.)

Still, maybe it's something? I don't know. It'll probably wind up telling us that Those In Power Protecting Criminals are Donald Trump and his friend, Cyborg Jeffrey Epstein.

I know you guys are all huge fans of Olivia Wilde, both as a loudmouthed shrill feminist propaganda director and also a shit actress, as well as never-gets-old Seth Rogan and pompous idiot Ed Norton, so here, enjoy this trailer. Apparently it's about old people being invited by their old neighbors to participate in their orgy.

Feminists constantly use sex to sell themselves. Absolutely constantly. They alternate between scolding men for having a normal, healthy interest in sex and then using sex to hype their projects.

Below: it has a dog so I'm interested.

If there's a kind of movie I'm more sick of than corporate IP slop it's post-apocalyptic zombie slop. And also, Ridley Scott slop. And also, Josh Brolin slop. So here's all that slop in one, so we can get it out of the way fast and move past it.

That trailer made me think "I'm so sick of hearing Nine Inch Nails" despite having not heard them in years. I blame the trailer.

Good environmentalist themes in Whalefall, which teaches us that whales are dangerous predators and must be eradicated before they eat us all.

Yes, it's actually a Jonah-type story and it's kind of intense.

Leftwing extremist propagandist Aaron Sorkin is suddenly against social media now that FaceBook -- the villain here -- isn't quite as compliant with the left's brainwashing agenda as it used to be.

I know, I know -- FaceBook censored people regarding covid. I can assure you that is not what Aaron Sorkin finds problematic. What he's angry about is that Zuckerberg repented for that (or pretended to) and is no longer on Team Brainwash.

I saw this movie reviewed. Film Threat said it was LAME. Past the opening teaser, there's only two characters, so you know they're not going to die, at least until the last ten minutes. They said it was a thirty-minute horror anthology story stretched beyond it's breaking point to be feature-length.

That said, this trailer has a jump-scare that really got me.

The Jessica Chastain "Woke White Woman Tracks Dangerous Far-Right Republicans on the Internet and Reports Them to Their Manger" Apple TV series The Savant, which was delayed due to the assassination of Charlie Kirk -- hey, his assassin wasn't far right at all, was he? -- will finally be released in July, so you have that going for you.

And if that's not woke enough for you:

#BradleyCooper is in talks to star in Sean Penn�s next directorial effort, a film that chronicles the early life of a police officer who defended the U.S. capital on Jan. 6.

Read more: https://t.co/NiKvBxsOgU pic.twitter.com/64GrUV8o7Y
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) June 16, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:12 PM

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1 The best answer to the post is “yes”.

Posted by: Kratwurst at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (v3uta)

2 can't wait to not watch

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (73/SM)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (2YhKe)

4 Embrace the power of 'and.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (2YhKe)

5
When did we start calling it Turkiye?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (O0L8i)

6 Wow. I read the content.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (cSmVS)

7 Nooded

Posted by: Kratwurst at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (v3uta)

8 Bradly Cooper sometimes looks really handsome and sometimes he looks quite like a dweeb.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (OoFl2)

9 When did we start calling it Turkiye?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (O0L8i)
****************************

Turkeys began complaining that they didn't want to be erroneously associated with that country.

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (Av0jg)

10 He was very handsome in Silver Linings Playbook. This picture? Not so much.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (OoFl2)

11 Whoo, boy. That's a movie I really want to see/ s. Hero cop at 1/6 and presented by a leftist director.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (OYsYV)

12
Most of Hollywood stuff is shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)

13 Capital LOL

Defended the US Capitol = Opened the Doors and Held Them Open

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 04:17 PM (vE0+H)

14 When did we start calling it Turkiye?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (O0L8i)

KEEEEEEV!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:17 PM (2YhKe)

15 Shit, wrapped in garbage. Probably left out in the sun too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 04:18 PM (jehhT)

16 So are they going to keep it real and show Bradley Cooper's character beating an old woman to death?

Posted by: Probably not, I'm guessing at June 19, 2026 04:18 PM (TbWk/)

17
Shit, wrapped in garbage.

__________

And fried in Venezuelan crude.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:18 PM (O0L8i)

18 I know people say he's a "cannibal" because his sexts included stuff like "I want to consume you" but that seems to me to be a case of dirty talk gone wrong.

Yeah he sexted his side piece about eating her and people decided that meant cannibalism. I condemn his cheating on his wife, and all, but... this is somehow unique in Hollywood?

Its pretty obvious that someone wanted him out of the way and I think its because he was insufficiently leftist but a growing star with a bright future. PoundMeToo was never about the women, it was about destroying men so that the radical freaky activist left could take their jobs.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:18 PM (UZCuZ)

19 11 Whoo, boy. That's a movie I really want to see/ s. Hero cop at 1/6 and presented by a leftist director.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Will it be slow motion or live action when he’s bludgeoning an unarmed woman?

Posted by: Kratwurst at June 19, 2026 04:19 PM (v3uta)

20 Hammer is one sick fuck and deserved to be cancelled if not committed to a looney bin. He texted far more than just "I want to consume you." Here are some of the reported texts, which I don't think he ever denied:

"I am 100% a cannibal…. Fuck. That's scary to admit. I've never admitted that before. I've cut the heart out of a living animal before and eaten it while still warm."

"I want to see your brain, your blood, your organs, every part of you. I would definitely bite it. 100%. Or try to fuck it. Not sure which. Probably both."

"If I fucked you into a vegetative state id keep you, feed you, watch you, and keep fucking you...Till you are so sore and broken…. I can't stop thinking of [fucking] your actual brain."

"Brand you, tattoo you, mark you, shave your head and keep your hair with me, cut a piece of your skin off and make you cook it for me…. Who’s slave/master relationship is the strongest? We'd win. When I tell you to slit your wrists and use the blood for anal."

"Raping you on your floor with a knife against you. Everything else seemed boring. You crying and screaming, me standing over you. I felt like a god. I've never felt such power or intensity."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)

21 Shit.

Posted by: Shinola at June 19, 2026 04:20 PM (og9zY)

22 Armey Hammer was in that awful stupid Lone Ranger movie (although I did like the very end where he finally acts like the Lone Ranger and the music starts). But he did Man from UNCLE which was great. He has leading man all over him, terrific voice, great look, real talent.

Now he's forced to do exploitation movies with Uwe Boll because the Hollywood elites hated him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:20 PM (UZCuZ)

23 I know people say he's a "cannibal" because his sexts included stuff like "I want to consume you" but that seems to me to be a case of dirty talk gone wrong.

I heard there was a guy once who expressed the desire to be a tampon and he's still employed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 04:21 PM (ExV1e)

24 Note that even in a post about woke Hollywood slop, "Supergirl" isn't mentioned.
Because it is going to flop THAT hard.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 04:21 PM (gKWVE)

25 Heart of the Beast looks good. Plus JK Simmons.

If they kill the dog...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 04:21 PM (zZu0s)

26 here, enjoy this trailer.

Oh, that looks like absolute dogshit.

Please. Please stop giving Seth Rogan money. That dude is HORRIBLE. AND an asshole to boot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:21 PM (2YhKe)

27 never felt such power or intensity."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026

He sounds…lovely. MDMA?

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 04:21 PM (OoFl2)

28 Funny. When I text a lady, I write things like "I love so much." and "I miss you terribly."

Never "I want to consume you."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 04:21 PM (qFwJc)

29 Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)

Those are taken out of context.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (vE0+H)

30
Peking was judged offensive to people who look through windows and are completely normal and shouldn't be sorted out for their free expression of not weird behavior.

Posted by: Auspex at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (Y8DZL)

31 Seth Rogan is f'ing exhausting.

The only way I can figure he keeps getting work is he's giving blow jobs to Weinstein's uglier brother.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (73/SM)

32 A Sean Penn-directed film. What set of lunatics would cough up the cash for a Sean Penn-directed film? Are they from Greece?

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (rj6Yv)

33 Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)

Huh. He seems a bit off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)

34 He texted far more than just "I want to consume you." p

yeah its over the top nutty but its still plausibly with in the "I am super hot for you" category and not "I literally like to eat the flesh of dead people."

People say and do crazy stuff in the heat of passion and infatuation, particularly if drugs and ego are involved. Remember Prince Charles saying he wants to be Camilla's tampon? He didn't literally.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (UZCuZ)

35 Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)

It sounded sexier in Italian.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 04:23 PM (gKWVE)

36 I know it’s cliche to say I probably won’t be watching any of this but I wont. I’m easy, I just want an entertaining simple action flick. Doesn’t even need big stars. Good guys win bad guys lose. That sort of thing.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 04:23 PM (OTX+j)

37

I get that a lot of you here like movies. It is an escape for many who are trying to have a time they want to escape real life.

I don't watch movies because giving my hard-earned money to people who hate us is not what I want to do.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:23 PM (/QHx4)

38 In addition to my comment above, there were multiple women who accused Hammer of sexual abuse. Normally, I don't believe such accusations without real proof. But see his texts above and tell me this isn't a guy capable of sexual abuse.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:23 PM (iFTx/)

39
He texted far more than just "I want to consume you." Here are some of the reported texts, which I don't think he ever denied

____________

More proof - if more proof is needed - that you should never write anything you don't want to see in the newspapers the next day.

Never write if you can call.
Never call if you can talk.
Never talk if you can nod.
Never nod if you can wink.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:23 PM (O0L8i)

40 What set of lunatics would cough up the cash for a Sean Penn-directed film? Are they from Greece?

Sean Penn has directed some great stuff although this looks to be utter propagandistic crap. Still, probably win 87 Oscars.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:23 PM (UZCuZ)

41 btw, Hollywood is shit AND garbage.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 04:23 PM (qFwJc)

42 Remember Prince Charles saying he wants to be Camilla's tampon? He didn't literally.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (UZCuZ)

Well that meetup must have been awkward.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 04:23 PM (vE0+H)

43
Another cancelee I just found out about is James Franco. Weird, both he and Armie Hammer are such foxy dudes, I don't know why they resorted to handsy-grabby stuff, if that's what they did.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 04:24 PM (XJ22o)

44 When did we start calling it Turkiye?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (O0L8i)

Prolly the same time they started saying Knee-zher.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 04:24 PM (ExV1e)

45 Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?

Right now you have the option of opting out. "OR"
What happens when your right to be left alone is an implicit opt-in and "OR" becomes "AND" and the show is about YOU!.

Yes, We just saw a good man die/Pratt -- he's going to Disneyland. If only he knew about the secret tunnels there that lead to the Men in White (true fact). Much better (and real) than Movie/Backrooms.

AgentOrange, don't take their deal! it's a trap.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-IceAgentChuckie
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-AgentOrangeOwnsTheLIBs

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (IW7UE)

46 The dog movie looks pretty good even though we all know the dog doesn't die because that's the one sacred rule in Hollywood now. You'll never see Old Yeller again. You can kill 5000 men, women and children in gruesome ways but the dog always lives.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (UZCuZ)

47 Funny. When I text a lady, I write things like "I love so much." and "I miss you terribly."

Never "I want to consume you."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 04:21 PM (qFwJc)

Heh. Asmongold had a segment with a TikTok of a guy getting into a live in girls phone because he thought she was cheating. She had something like 21 different active chats with other dudes.

One exchange that sounded like cyrano:

Girl: I miss you.

Guy: I miss your mouth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (zZu0s)

48 I used to dismiss claims about cannibalism and cult worship in Hollywood as conspiracy theory but not anymore. After the NXIVM cult and Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox talking about drinking blood and Rick Shroder talking about cult rituals, I give the claims some credibility. Not to mention other psychotic behaviors in Hollywood like transing their kids. Being a rich celebrity doesn't just make a person weird. There something evil in that place.

Posted by: Brisco County Sr at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (53MyG)

49 I was kind of hoping that Sean Penn would do a film about the US just walking in and kidnapping the leader of Venezuela and making sure to deface Hugo Chavez's grave just for kicks and giggles as a sidequest.

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (dIske)

50 >>> Remember Prince Charles saying he wants to be Camilla's tampon? He didn't literally.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (UZCuZ

Tarpon

Posted by: Fish Fanciers Anonymous at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (OTX+j)

51 Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?

Both, shit & garbage.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (pMmVV)

52 I'm gonna guess the Armie Hammer movie does very well in Europe, especially Great Britain. They're in a Death Wish kind of world right now.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 04:26 PM (Riz8t)

53 Speaking of Ridley Scott slop, I watched Legend again this week. I watch it about once every 10 years because it looks cool and should be something I like and it's long enough between viewings that I forget how underwhelming it is.

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 19, 2026 04:26 PM (CNl8/)

54 Title to the thread is correct. Man I want to make a crappy movie and make some money. They all will likely lose money on traditional counting, but there must be some accounting gimmicks that allows them to do this.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

55 >>> 48 I used to dismiss claims about cannibalism and cult worship in Hollywood as conspiracy theory but not anymore. After the NXIVM cult and Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox talking about drinking blood and Rick Shroder talking about cult rituals, I give the claims some credibility. Not to mention other psychotic behaviors in Hollywood like transing their kids. Being a rich celebrity doesn't just make a person weird. There something evil in that place.
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (53MyG)

"spirit cooking"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 04:27 PM (R+iUD)

56 I used to dismiss claims about cannibalism and cult worship in Hollywood as conspiracy theory but not anymore

Yeah I'll buy that there are cannibals in Hollywood. There's pretty much no horror I WON'T beleive about them. But that doesn't necessarily mean that this dude is a cannibal. The very idea that its plausible in Hollywood makes me skeptical he is: why would they out one dude?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (UZCuZ)

57 He texted far more than just "I want to consume you." p

yeah its over the top nutty but its still plausibly with in the "I am super hot for you" category and not "I literally like to eat the flesh of dead people."

People say and do crazy stuff in the heat of passion and infatuation, particularly if drugs and ego are involved. Remember Prince Charles saying he wants to be Camilla's tampon? He didn't literally.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (UZCuZ)
______

His texts go way over the line. Way over. It's sick and creepy and laced with detailed and vile physical and sexual abuse. What guy who isn't sick says to his girl he wants to "raping you on your floor with a knife against you"? That's not BDSM. That's fantasizing about violent rape-rape.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

58 Both, not an original thought amongst any of them.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (Q/FnY)

59 8 Bradly Cooper sometimes looks really handsome and sometimes he looks quite like a dweeb.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (OoFl2)

His best role was Rocket.

"What's a raccoon?"

"But what if I WANT it more than he does?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (bl07w)

60 I can watch "Alien" and even "The Martian" and still appreciate that the movie was good. Why choose "Legend"? may as well watch "Prometheus"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (gKWVE)

61 "You'll never see Old Yeller again."

Raises hand. (You know the question.)

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (DZ9Lv)

62 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (UZCuZ)

*blows whistle*

Flag on the play!

CRT, I have said some stupid/aggressive shit to women.

I have never said or texted 'I want to see what your brain looks like.'

Thats just fucking weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

63 but the dog always lives.
What am I, chopped liver?
John Wick's dog

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 04:29 PM (Kt19C)

64 They killed John Wicks' puppy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 04:29 PM (n5tGW)

65 it looks cool and should be something I like and it's long enough between viewings that I forget how underwhelming it is.

Yeah Legend enraged me. Its Ridley Scott. Its Fantasy. It has heroes and unicorns and a beautiful girl that needs saving! How can this POSSIBLY go wrong???

Yeah. He found a way

I walked out of the theater so mad. its like meeting Babe Ruth and it turns out he faked all those home runs.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:29 PM (UZCuZ)

66 Speaking of Ridley Scott slop, I watched Legend again this week. I watch it about once every 10 years because it looks cool and should be something I like and it's long enough between viewings that I forget how underwhelming it is.
Posted by: Mark1971 at June 19, 2026 04:26 PM (CNl8/)
________

I think it's crap and Tom Cruise is bland and unappealing in it. Tim Curry steals the movie. TC is very very lucky that Top Gun came out around the same time to make him a star. He probably woulda had no career at all if Legend came out on its own.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)

67 Still waiting a movie where islam is represented as it really is.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)

68 I have never said or texted 'I want to see what your brain looks like.'

Like I said, drugs and ego can make you go crazy awful places. Doesn't mean he literally wants to EAT people LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:30 PM (UZCuZ)

69 Any movie about J6…. Me no watch

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 04:30 PM (ugElV)

70 I would totally watch Brad Pitt and the dog movie.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 04:30 PM (VCgbV)

71 Being a rich celebrity doesn't just make a person weird. There something evil in that place.
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (53MyG)

A dense collection of people who'll do anything for money and fame? Why would you think that would be a fertile ground for evil?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 04:31 PM (ExV1e)

72 but the dog always lives.
What am I, chopped liver?
John Wick's dog
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 04:29 PM (Kt19C)

Also Marley and Me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 04:31 PM (zZu0s)

73 People say and do crazy stuff in the heat of passion and infatuation, particularly if drugs and ego are involved. Remember Prince Charles saying he wants to be Camilla's tampon? He didn't literally.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (UZCuZ)

Chuckles III is dumb enough to actually mean it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 04:31 PM (bl07w)

74 We did have a guy here who on occasion said he wanted to lick Mollie Hemingway's brain. So there's that.

Posted by: Probably doesn't taste that great at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (TbWk/)

75 >>> What guy who isn't sick says to his girl he wants to "raping you on your floor with a knife against you"? That's not BDSM. That's fantasizing about violent rape-rape.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

Male characters in books authored by women that are very very popular with women. No I don’t understand it. But that’s what they want.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (OTX+j)

76 Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:23 P

Not really trying to escape from anything and I go years without seeing anything I have seen more films in the last few months than I normally do because they looked interesting Saw " A Great Awakening" because I was interested in George Whitfield's interaction with Benjamin Franklin. This was by "Sight and Sound" productions which is a Z Christian based drama group. Then I saw "Pressure which was really excellent about the weather behind the Normandy Invasion. If was not a leftist slanted film. Most recently I saw "Sheep Detectives" just a cute film.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (OYsYV)

77 Spoiler Alert: It looks like a brain.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (vE0+H)

78 Still waiting a movie where islam is represented as it really is.

I liked From Paris With Love, it is to my knowledge the last major movie that depicted Muslims as bad guy terrorists.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (UZCuZ)

79 64 They killed John Wicks' puppy.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 04:29 PM (n5tGW)

They chose... poorly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (bl07w)

80 I heard there was a guy once who expressed the desire to be a tampon and he's still employed.
Posted by: I used to have a different

He's white, uptight and outta sight!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (mYCqF)

81 Bradley Cooper used to be tolerable. Then he got the whiff of his own farts........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (2YhKe)

82 30
Peking was judged offensive to people who look through windows and are completely normal and shouldn't be sorted out for their free expression of not weird behavior.

Posted by: Auspex at June 19, 2026 04:22 PM (Y8DZL)

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:17 PM (2YhKe)

Can I order Beijing Duck nowadays at Chinese restaurants?

Posted by: Gref at June 19, 2026 04:33 PM (5rh/l)

83 Legend did result in a great collaboration between David Gilmour and Bryan Ferry (which is left out of the director's cut).

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 19, 2026 04:33 PM (CNl8/)

84 Chuckles III is dumb enough to actually mean it.

You have something there.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:33 PM (UZCuZ)

85 "Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?"
-------
It still gets me every time

Posted by: 496 at June 19, 2026 04:34 PM (sOtuf)

86
Back in the day actors were considered as the scum of society.

Too bad it isn't the same today.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:34 PM (/QHx4)

87 "spirit cooking"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 04:27 PM (R+iUD)

__

Exactly. Marina Abromovic is so cozy with Hollywood and politicians. Why?

Pizzagate was another topic I used to dismiss as crazy conspiracy theory. Then I discovered it's not about a pizza parlor but about John Podesta's emails which include Abromovic. And the child-sex art all over the walls of Tony Podesta's home. These people are sick.

Posted by: Brisco County Sr at June 19, 2026 04:34 PM (53MyG)

88 a film that chronicles the early life of a police officer who defended the U.S. capital on Jan. 6

Yes, that's what he did. Because that's what cops are for.

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 04:34 PM (EJWxb)

89 66 Speaking of Ridley Scott slop, I watched Legend again this week. I watch it about once every 10 years because it looks cool and should be something I like and it's long enough between viewings that I forget how underwhelming it is.
Posted by: Mark1971 at June 19, 2026 04:26 PM (CNl8/)
I think it's crap and Tom Cruise is bland and unappealing in it. Tim Curry steals the movie. TC is very very lucky that Top Gun came out around the same time to make him a star. He probably woulda had no career at all if Legend came out on its own.

The point of Legend: LIBs would have you Pity the Devil for Being EVIL.
They secretly admire (and worship) Evil because anyting (even anhilation) is a better outcome than a status-quo that serves no one -- BUT ONLY when they get to take your first.

LIBS: Give them Convenience or Give them Death.
They will alway select "AND".

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WotHapToAmericanDream
What ever Happened to the American Dream? It Came TRUE -- you're lookin' at it.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2026 04:35 PM (IW7UE)

90 Also Marley and Me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Never saw that movie & never will.
Have held too many as they've taken their last breath.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:35 PM (mYCqF)

91

Brisco,

You are correct.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:35 PM (/QHx4)

92 What guy who isn't sick says to his girl he wants to "raping you on your floor with a knife against you"? That's not BDSM. That's fantasizing about violent rape-rape.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

Male characters in books authored by women that are very very popular with women. No I don’t understand it. But that’s what they want.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (OTX+j)
_______

Sure, the "rape fantasy" is a popular one among some women, but it's not really about a rape. It's about "oh just throw me on the bed and ravish me you big stud." I will guarantee you that in none of those books is the guy literally holding a knife to the lady's throat while he's raping her and she's "crying and screaming."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 04:35 PM (iFTx/)

93 When did we start calling it Turkiye?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (O0L8i)

I won't unless Trump makes me ambassador or something. Turkey can rebrand itself as it likes, I don't have to.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:35 PM (uhVAy)

94 a film that chronicles the early life of a police officer who defended the U.S. capital on Jan. 6

I wonder if they'll show him capping an unarmed woman?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:36 PM (mYCqF)

95 Sean Penn.

HA!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:36 PM (2YhKe)

96 78 Still waiting a movie where islam is represented as it really is.

I liked From Paris With Love, it is to my knowledge the last major movie that depicted Muslims as bad guy terrorists.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (UZCuZ)

It was subtle, but in Taken the human traffickers were Albanian muslims and the guy who bought Brian Mills' daughter was clearly some kind of oil sheik or something. The bad guys in The Siege were muslims, though they had to balance it out with the "good muslim" FBI agent and a "the US ARMY is MONSTERS" message in there too.

Posted by: Not too much recently though at June 19, 2026 04:36 PM (TbWk/)

97 They killed John Wicks' puppy.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 04:29 PM (n5tGW)

They chose... poorly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 04:32 PM (bl07w)

Yeah, it really did not work out well for them, all things considered.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)

98 Although as I expressed on the tech thread, I realize in order to be considered for awards films have to have a multi ethic cast, but I just found it weird to have an Asian woman shopkeeper , a black Anglican vicar and a black rancher is what is supposed to be a traditional English village.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 04:37 PM (OYsYV)

99 It's very low-budget, which you can tell from the movie showing off stuff to make it seem like a big-budget movie

It looks ike it was filmed in Europe. Is it for us or them?

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 04:37 PM (EJWxb)

100 Have held too many as they've taken their last breath.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:35 PM (mYCqF)

One is too many.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 04:38 PM (zZu0s)

101 Czechia > Turkiye

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 19, 2026 04:38 PM (CNl8/)

102 A dense collection of people who'll do anything for money and fame? Why would you think that would be a fertile ground for evil?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 04:31 PM (ExV1e)
________________________

That whole collection of people totally committed to the entertainment industry is no different from a High School student council election on steroids. Success depends on popularity. And, you're dealing with one of the least formally educated industries in the country.

I always got a kick out of people like Jim Carey (who dropped out of high school) lecturing everyone else on guns or whatever. And retards like Lindsey Lohan making political endorsements. There is a certain macabre joy in watching half wits used to getting everything they want make fools of themselves because they aren't good enough actors to pull off "intelligent".

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 04:38 PM (dIske)

103 Then I discovered it's not about a pizza parlor but about John Podesta's emails which include Abromovic. And the child-sex art all over the walls of Tony Podesta's home. These people are sick.

It was all over the pizza parlor's walls too. Something shady was going on, if not in the place, than through its delivery service.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:38 PM (UZCuZ)

104 Where's the trailer for Nic Cage as John Madden? Now that's going to be worth watching.

I know ace is a Cage fan. Did he already post it one week?

Posted by: brak at June 19, 2026 04:38 PM (sCxmP)

105 I just found it weird to have an Asian woman shopkeeper , a black Anglican vicar and a black rancher is what is supposed to be a traditional English village.

England doesn't give a crap about the Oscar rules. They are systematically and deliberately attempting to obliterate English history and culture. They want generations growing up thinking that England ALWAYS was largely black and what they call "asian."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (UZCuZ)

106 Remember, boys, if a handsome Hollywood star says it then it's erotic and edgy.

If you say it, civil and criminal penalties will most certainly attach.

Posted by: PabloD at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (uqy/m)

107
Success depends on popularity. And, you're dealing with one of the least formally educated industries in the country.

____________

They're very good at reciting lines written by someone else.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (O0L8i)

108 I can't remember the last time I watched a movie, and I mean even at home. So I don't usually watch movie trailers, but a few caught my eye lately on YouTube, and the horror genre (which I'm generally lukewarm about) has several compelling trailers, in different subgenres. Supernatural, psychological, sci-fi, action, suspense. I guess the field is having a renaissance.

Posted by: SciVo at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (Sy6m/)

109 In regard to "The Dog Stars" trailer by Ridley Scott -

I never got into all the zombie shit movies/shows for the last 2 decades. Zombies are the most retarded villain. Zombies are yard trash that I'm required to kill in fantasy games before I can get fireball and just wipe them out en masse.

Zombie movies are the lamest shit genre Hollywood has come upon. The "Giallo" crap cash-grab movies that invariably featured zombies 40 years ago should have been buried. (Pun ABSOLUTELY intended)

Posted by: Croaker at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (nYkp+)

110 Saw "Rounders" recently, and I have to say that Ed Norton has got the "sociopathic asshole" role nailed. Also, some people might say that he's not acting.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 19, 2026 04:41 PM (amcLV)

111 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (UZCuZ)

I don't know that was made by an English company, but I agree with your view about he takedown of English identity,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 04:41 PM (OYsYV)

112 They're very good at reciting lines written by someone else.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (O0L8i)

Some times it only takes them six or seven tries.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 04:41 PM (ExV1e)

113 104 Where's the trailer for Nic Cage as John Madden? Now that's going to be worth watching.

I know ace is a Cage fan. Did he already post it one week?
Posted by: brak at June 19, 2026 04:38 PM (sCxmP)

You know...when the score is 21-25 they can't just come back...with a field goal...they're going to have to... go FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!!! THE FUCKING TOUCHDOWN!!! DON'T YOU GET IT?!?! THE TOUCHDOWN!!!
*wild eyed mirthless grin*

Posted by: Manic Madden at June 19, 2026 04:41 PM (TbWk/)

114 The last time I saw a new release movie in a theater was Accountant 2…. A few years ago. I liked it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 04:42 PM (ugElV)

115 Did (or will) Cage slap on 100+ lbs to play Madden?

Posted by: PabloD at June 19, 2026 04:43 PM (uqy/m)

116 104 Where's the trailer for Nic Cage as John Madden? Now that's going to be worth watching.

I know ace is a Cage fan. Did he already post it one week?
Posted by: brak at June 19, 2026 04:38 PM (sCxmP)

You're joking?

I once got into a spat with Al Davis and I think I won the exchange.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 19, 2026 04:44 PM (2L/pi)

117 That's a pretty good scuba set for not losing anything or having the mask come ajar.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 04:44 PM (GseMx)

118 The last time I saw a new release movie in a theater was Accountant 2…. A few years ago. I liked it
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I ran across that movie on one of the streaming services. Liked it do much, I went back and watched the original too.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:44 PM (mYCqF)

119 [I never got into all the zombie shit movies/shows for the last 2 decades. Zombies are the most retarded villain. Zombies are yard trash that I'm required to kill in fantasy games before I can get fireball and just wipe them out en masse.

Yeah Zombies are the weakest and most pathetic of undead. They are notoriously lame and easy to take out. The way you know that's true is that every zombie movie either has to set up the encounter in such a way as to give the zombies every possible advantage, or to redefine "Zombie" as something totally unrelated to the concept.

I want to see a Zombie movie where the humans casually wipe out the slowly shambling, awkward, rotting corpses in the first fifteen minutes, then spend the rest of the movie dealing with the implications of the dead coming to life, what caused it, and what it means to their future.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:45 PM (UZCuZ)

120 I misspoke. I mean that I'm ambivalent about horror, not lukewarm. Some I really enjoy, others (such as the torture subgenre) repulse me. Very different from my generally predictable reactions to action-adventure (yay!) or rom-coms (meh).

Posted by: SciVo at June 19, 2026 04:45 PM (Sy6m/)

121 Tough guys, killers, zombies, sci-fi, faggot love; take your pick, there's nothing else.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 04:45 PM (pMmVV)

122 I never got into all the zombie shit movies/shows for the last 2 decades. Zombies are the most retarded villain.
Posted by: Croaker at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (nYkp+)

_______________

Not my favorite either. BUT, I did laugh when the creator of the Walking Dead confirmed that the whole zombie apocolypse was caused by Walter White in Breaking Bad and his blue methe. Same universe. They even played the Breaking Bad theme in a Walking Dead scene without comment.

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 04:45 PM (dIske)

123 I think Lucky Strikes is out tomorrow if not already and do want to see it

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)

124 Sean Penn was at Hugo Chavez' funeral looking so sad.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 04:46 PM (pvg5V)

125 >>>You're joking?

I once got into a spat with Al Davis and I think I won the exchange.

Christian Bale is playing Al Davis:

https://rb.gy/lq5qcv

Posted by: brak at June 19, 2026 04:46 PM (sCxmP)

126 118 The last time I saw a new release movie in a theater was Accountant 2…. A few years ago. I liked it
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I ran across that movie on one of the streaming services. Liked it do much, I went back and watched the original too.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:44 PM (mYCqF)

Saw them both on streaming. I think the first one was better. They were trying to put buddy comedy into Accountant 2 that just didn't work IMHO. Still entertaining but not as internally consistent.

Posted by: I'm no TJM but I do like movies at June 19, 2026 04:46 PM (TbWk/)

127 Also, some people might say that he's not acting.

Pretty sure that's just him. There's a reason he used to be in everything and you rarely see him any more and it wasn't loss of talent.

The last movie I saw in the theater was Black Adam, which despite the critics panning it, I liked.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:46 PM (UZCuZ)

128 I like post apocalyptic movies though not zombie ones. I think Dog Star is more like Mad Max survivor bad guys.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 04:46 PM (GseMx)

129 I ran across that movie on one of the streaming services. Liked it do much, I went back and watched the original too.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:44 PM (mYCqF)

Yes… they’re both good right? In my wheelhouse that type of movie

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 04:47 PM (ugElV)

130 I want to see a Zombie movie where the humans casually wipe out the slowly shambling, awkward, rotting corpses in the first fifteen minutes, then spend the rest of the movie dealing with the implications of the dead coming to life, what caused it, and what it means to their future.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:45 PM (UZCuZ)

It could star Armie Hammer and he could wrestle with the potential implications of a murdered lover becoming a zombie during cannibal sex.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 04:47 PM (ExV1e)

131 I enjoy a fun vigilante movie

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 04:47 PM (znREB)

132
When did we start calling it Turkiye?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (O0L8i)

KEEEEEEV!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:17 PM (2YhKe)

If you don't also change the name of your city's signature dish/drink (Chicken Kiev, Bombay Gin, Peking Duck for example), then you don't have any hair on your balls.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 19, 2026 04:47 PM (y9nCu)

133 In regard to "The Dog Stars" trailer by Ridley Scott -

I never got into all the zombie shit movies/shows for the last 2 decades. Zombies are the most retarded villain. Zombies are yard trash that I'm required to kill in fantasy games before I can get fireball and just wipe them out en masse.

Zombie movies are the lamest shit genre Hollywood has come upon. The "Giallo" crap cash-grab movies that invariably featured zombies 40 years ago should have been buried. (Pun ABSOLUTELY intended)
Posted by: Croaker at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (nYkp+)

A spear with a crossbar like the ones used for hunting boars would take down any zombie from TV. A rotting body isn't gonna be that much stronger and people can double or triple up on them. Men didn't rise to the top of the food chain for no reason. Leather armor and shields can defend adequately against weak human bite force.

Surround the settlement with a palisade and you have your zombie defense 100 percent secure.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:47 PM (uhVAy)

134 André Øvredal directed that "Passenger" movie, which has already come and gone and broken even in a world where "Obsession" has achieved a 440x return on its budget.

André Øvredal directed the wonderful "Troll Hunter" and the very effective "The Autopsy of Jane Doe". Since then he's been pure woke, apparently, bombing with "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" and now this 5.6 rated meh.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at June 19, 2026 04:48 PM (K40fF)

135 It could star Armie Hammer and he could wrestle with the potential implications of a murdered lover becoming a zombie during cannibal sex.

That would actually be pretty funny

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:48 PM (UZCuZ)

136 I hope no one does a biopic on John Madden… he was one of a kind. No one can capture his essence don’t even try

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 04:48 PM (ugElV)

137 I think Lucky Strikes is out tomorrow if not already and do want to see it
Posted by: Skip

I want to see Pressure with Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:48 PM (mYCqF)

138 It was all over the pizza parlor's walls too. Something shady was going on, if not in the place, than through its delivery service.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:38 PM (UZCuZ)

__

For years I believed the MSM narrative that pizzagate was a whacky fantasy dreamed up by right wingers spending too much time on the internet. But then I realized I wasn't being intellectually honest (a virtue I took more seriously after years of listening to Dennis Prager), so I researched it myself... and yowza. It should've been a national scandal. Much of those "pizza" and "hotdog" code words that Podesta and others were using to refer to little children (on government email servers) are also found in the Epstein files. Then you look at the deviant art collection of Tony Podesta and it's all irrefutable.

Posted by: Brisco County Sr at June 19, 2026 04:48 PM (53MyG)

139 Afternoon, all,

The house I toured this morning looks like it checks all my boxes. However . . . there is an affordable housing development, for low-income/disabled and Section 8, about a block away. "Driving" around it on Gorgle Maps, I see it looks very respectable, vastly cleaner and better kept than the same kind of places here in Da Swamp -- for one thing, it's in a former school building. I don't see any recent crime reports from the area, and most people who have left 'Net reviews seem to give the development a pretty good rating.

I know what you'll say: "RUN." But is there any way, without visiting, that I could actually find out more about it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 04:48 PM (wzUl9)

140 If you don't also change the name of your city's signature dish/drink (Chicken Kiev, Bombay Gin, Peking Duck for example), then you don't have any hair on your balls.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 19, 2026 04:47 PM (y9nCu)

Chicken Kiev came from France

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

141 I hope no one does a biopic on John Madden… he was one of a kind. No one can capture his essence don’t even try

You're saying he should deny them his essence?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)

142 André Øvredal directed the wonderful "Troll Hunter" and the very effective "The Autopsy of Jane Doe"

The Autopsy of Jane Doe was really good. It deftly turned the expected trope inside out, so to speak.

Posted by: Not what was expected, in a good way at June 19, 2026 04:49 PM (TbWk/)

143

Wolfus,

No place is perfect.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:50 PM (/QHx4)

144
https://rb.gy/lq5qcv
Posted by: brak at June 19, 2026 04:46 PM (sCxmP)

Oh my, it's real and it's spectacular.

I was parked next to Al Davis and his giant bodyguard at a hotel and I went to get something out of my care and this man with sunglasses started yelling at me saying no autographs and I yelled right back at him that I didn't know who the hell you are and why would I want your autograph. When I walked up to the hotel room my husband was watching the exchange laughing and he said that's Al Davis and I said really loud who is Al Davis. Al Davis and his body guard could hear me. I'm sure his bodyguard thought it was funny.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 19, 2026 04:50 PM (2L/pi)

145 I Think We are Alone Now is a drama more than a horror post apocalyptic movie starring Peter Dinklage. I thought it was petting interesting.

As was The Rover.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 04:50 PM (GseMx)

146 Wolfus,

No place is perfect.

No, but they may be predictable.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 04:50 PM (Riz8t)

147 I want to see a Zombie movie where the humans casually wipe out the slowly shambling, awkward, rotting corpses in the first fifteen minutes, then spend the rest of the movie dealing with the implications of the dead coming to life, what caused it, and what it means to their future.
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I wish they'd do that in the movies where they DO fight zombies through the whole thing. There'd be zero privacy in any of these stories.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at June 19, 2026 04:51 PM (K40fF)

148 >>>Al Davis and his body guard could hear me. I'm sure his bodyguard thought it was funny.

haha - well he was known to have a bit of an ego

Posted by: brak at June 19, 2026 04:51 PM (sCxmP)

149 You're saying he should deny them his essence?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)

Ha! That was unfortunate wording on my part…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 04:51 PM (26GAh)

150 My mother talked my father into taking us all to see Raiders of the Lost Ark. The last movie he had seen in a theater was John Wayne's True Grit. He liked Raiders, but not enough to make a regular thing of going to the movies.

I'm like my Dad. I saw "Hail Mary Project" and before that "Solo Mio."

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 19, 2026 04:51 PM (ysTZR)

151 For years I believed the MSM narrative that pizzagate was a whacky fantasy dreamed up by right wingers spending too much time on the internet. But then I realized I wasn't being intellectually honest (a virtue I took more seriously after years of listening to Dennis Prager), so I researched it myself... and yowza. It should've been a national scandal. Much of those "pizza" and "hotdog" code words that Podesta and others were using to refer to little children (on government email servers) are also found in the Epstein files. Then you look at the deviant art collection of Tony Podesta and it's all irrefutable.
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at June 19, 2026 04:48 PM (53MyG)

When the MSM says "It's wacky and we should not talk about it" that means it is 100 percent true and damaging to the Democrats. If they say "it's wacky and we are running with it" then its a lie to damage the Republicans.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:51 PM (uhVAy)

152
Chicken Kiev came from France

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

____________

And German chocolate cake from Dallas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:52 PM (O0L8i)

153 Eff Bradley Cooper, honorary gheyyyy

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 04:52 PM (znREB)

154 Would watch Heart of the Beast on a fall evening, after - someone captures it for me.

Whale fall is getting big a big push. Needing to kill vicious whales? Not for me. (Liked the series Nautilus - one season only, not renewed - after AMC picked it up from Disney.).

No for Citizen Vigilante. Too much done in the past.

Social Reckoning - meh. Lead from The Bear is there but I doubt he could save it.

👉🏼Bradley Cooper was a regular at the Obama White House. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Armie Hammer comes from a prominent, wealthy, and historically controversial dynasty. The Hammer family is best known for their business empires, but the lineage has also been heavily associated with financial scandals and dark secrets. (Some batsh*t nuts in there.)

Armie has been open about the fact that he was cut off and received no inheritance following his father's passing in 2022.

No.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 04:52 PM (NFX2v)

155 Only zombie movie I ever liked is Train To Busan from South Korea.

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 19, 2026 04:52 PM (CNl8/)

156 I watched "Autopsy of Jane Doe" because AtC told us to. I'm glad she did.
I wonder what she made of "Obsession"...

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 04:52 PM (gKWVE)

157 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:40 PM (UZCuZ)

Some people complained that they didn't like Brendan Fraser's (sp?) lack of the ram rod posture of Eisenhower but not knowing that it didn't bother me. I also thought the guy playing the British metereogist was superb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 04:53 PM (OYsYV)

158 Whoo, boy. That's a movie I really want to see/ s. Hero cop at 1/6 and presented by a leftist director.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I'm sure it's worse than that.

"[A] film that chronicles the early life of"

So it's not just a film about a Hero Cop.

It's his Superhero Origin Story film.

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 04:53 PM (VHUov)

159 Wolfus,

Go To an area you like and rent for six months.

Get a feel for it. Wander the neighborhoods, shop the stores, check out the parks and open spaces.

Don’t buy a house anywhere near section 8 housing.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 04:53 PM (zFqBN)

160 I researched it myself... and yowza. It should've been a national scandal. Much of those "pizza" and "hotdog" code words that Podesta and others were using to refer to little children (on government email servers) are also found in the Epstein files. Then you look at the deviant art collection of Tony Podesta and it's all irrefutable.
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at June 19, 2026 04:48 PM (53MyG)

You knew something was up once all the crime drama shows started making episodes designed to discredit the notion. And why there was all that hate on the movie about rescuing children from traffickers...

Posted by: Always watch whose undies get bunched at June 19, 2026 04:53 PM (TbWk/)

161
Chicken Kiev came from France
Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

But do they pronounce it the new, Ukrainian war way as Keeev or the way I always heard it pronounced?

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 19, 2026 04:53 PM (2L/pi)

162 SPOILER ALERT: Bradley Cooper single handedly stops the attempted overthrow of the government by crying.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 19, 2026 04:53 PM (wGerL)

163 The Will Smith zombie movie I Am Legend was a very good movie I thought… good entertainment. I didn’t attempt to take it seriously and it was fun. Smith is kinda underrated; he’s done several entertaining films

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 04:53 PM (26GAh)

164 > The last time I saw a new release movie in a theater was Accountant 2…. A few years ago. I liked it
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I think mine was last century.

Seriously. Easily over 25 - 26 years ago. I hate theaters with a burning passion. Least enjoyable experience this side of a ghetto cruise. Or having a tooth pulled.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 04:54 PM (jehhT)

165 I want to see a Zombie movie where the humans casually wipe out the slowly shambling, awkward, rotting corpses in the first fifteen minutes, then spend the rest of the movie dealing with the implications of the dead coming to life, what caused it, and what it means to their future.
---
I wish they'd do that in the movies where they DO fight zombies through the whole thing. There'd be zero privacy in any of these stories.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at June 19, 2026 04:51 PM (K40fF)

A small change in burial rituals is all you'd need to secure the future even without learning how it happened. What legend says you do with vampires would suffice.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:54 PM (uhVAy)

166 I loved John Madden on Monday Night Football. But, I loved Dennis Miller's 2 season stint with him before Miller got canned. Hilarious. I picture a nice conference room meeting with Madden and the ABC execs where Madden is yelling, "I don't know what the fuck he's saying half the time! Get this asshole off my show!" and throwing a turkey leg ripped off a TurDuckEn at the head of programming.

Posted by: Croaker at June 19, 2026 04:54 PM (nYkp+)

167 Well, if they do a Jeffery Dahmer movie, that could jump start Armie Hammer's career.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 04:54 PM (ndZc7)

168 I have always wanted a beginning of a Zombie apocalypse, kind of expanded Walking Dead beginning, then work through to the end

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:55 PM (Ia/+0)

169 \Wolfus,

No place is perfect.
*
No, but they may be predictable.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026

***
Compared to the honest and scathing reviews my current dump gets on Apartments.com and similar sites, this place seems okay. Its worst problem seems to be recurrent bedbugs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)

170 Chicken Kiev came from France
Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

But do they pronounce it the new, Ukrainian war way as Keeev or the way I always heard it pronounced?
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 19, 2026 04:53 PM (2L/pi)

I don't think the food name has changed, nor has Peking Duck that I know of.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:55 PM (uhVAy)

171 Chuckles III is dumb enough to actually mean it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 04:31 PM (bl07w)

If he hadn't won in the Golden Uterus Sweepstakes, Charles would be a pensioner who spends his days laughing at the telly in a row house in Sussex.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 04:56 PM (guGkK)

172 167 Well, if they do a Jeffery Dahmer movie, that could jump start Armie Hammer's career.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 04:54 PM (ndZc7)

They've already done a couple of documentaries/biopics, as well as a miniseries with that weirdo from American Horror Story.

Posted by: A bit late to that particular game at June 19, 2026 04:56 PM (TbWk/)

173
I know what you'll say: "RUN." But is there any way, without visiting, that I could actually find out more about it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of

I am going to be the first to say run. lol. But, you can try sites like city data, local crime reports, etc. There is also crimegrade.org, not sure how well it drills down but it will give you a little bit of insight.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 04:56 PM (Wmg4n)

174 You can kill 5000 men, women and children in gruesome ways but the dog always lives.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:25 PM (UZCuZ)

*sad face*

Posted by: John Wick at June 19, 2026 04:58 PM (pBJ6M)

175
Whalefall?

Nice to see Stacey Abrams has something to fall back on.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 19, 2026 04:59 PM (OkYzo)

176 The reason the zombie film genre is decline is 100% because "PeoPle aRe the REAL MonSters."

See those zombies are just a force of nature like earthquakes or acid rain. It's the PEOPLE who are being MEAN to each other that we really need to worry about!! (Oh and by people we mean white men).

Posted by: Max Power at June 19, 2026 04:59 PM (EeEgK)

177 there is an affordable housing development, for low-income/disabled and Section 8, about a block away.

Unless you want Deebo knocking you the fuck out and stealing your bicycle I'd recommend continuing your search.

Posted by: Every day is Friday at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (TbWk/)

178 Also, Wolfus, since you are moving to parts unknown, have you considered renting for the short term in an area you have decided will be it? Just to get a better lay of the land, neighborhoods, determine if you really do love the area enough to buy? Buying is a pretty long term commitment- it’s not my business how much you are putting down, etc, but reselling something without building a decent bit of equity isn’t fun.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (Wmg4n)

179 I want to see Pressure with Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower.
Posted by: rickb223

It's good but the real star of the movie is Andrew Scott as the meteorologist James Stagg.

Posted by: Tuna at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)

180 I am Legend - Will Smith
Yeah, liked it to but -

I Am Legend came from the groundbreaking 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel of the same name by American author Richard Matheson. His book laid the foundation for modern vampire and zombie literature by applying a scientific, epidemiological explanation to the classic vampire myth.

The original three cinematic adaptations of Matheson's novel are: The Last Man on Earth (1964) – Starring Vincent Price.The Omega Man (1971) – Starring Charlton Heston.I Am Legend (2007) – Starring Will Smith.

Also, The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film starring Harry Belafonte as a miner who emerges from a cave-in to find humanity wiped out by a nuclear holocaust, only to encounter a white woman (Inger Stevens) and later a bigoted white man (Mel Ferrer), creating a tense, three-person drama that explores racism and survival in a deserted New York City.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (NFX2v)

181 Nothing coming out soon really interests me so it may be another few years before I go to the movies again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (n3VHW)

182 Go To an area you like and rent for six months.

Get a feel for it. Wander the neighborhoods, shop the stores, check out the parks and open spaces.

Don’t buy a house anywhere near section 8 housing.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026

***
Nurse, I considered doing that, renting for six months in Owensboro, KY. After paying for deposit, pet deposit, rent, pet rent (what a scam), and moving and/or storage, I would be out a lot of funds I could put toward the house. And most places there have no six month option. If you break the lease, you have to pay for the rest of the lease instead of a two-months'-rent exit fee like mine.

True, if I don't like the area I can try again. But I don't feel I have the *time* to spend a year or two or three doing that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (wzUl9)

183 Too

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (NFX2v)

184 If he hadn't won in the Golden Uterus Sweepstakes, Charles would be a pensioner who spends his days laughing at the telly in a row house in Sussex.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 04:56 PM (guGkK)

He is, reportedly, quite knowledgeable about farming in Britain. He is, or was, personally involved with the farms in the Duchy of Cornwall while he was Prince of Wales.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

185 A 6-Year-Old on a School Field Trip Just Found a Viking Sword Buried for 1,300 Years. His teachers might have told him not to touch the rusty piece of metal. They weren't nearby. He did anyway

https://tinyurl.com/2znd3b5v

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (ndZc7)

186 Probably the best thing about World War Z was that the zombies could run about 30 mph.

The scene where they all climb the wall before invading Jerusalem was one of the best zombie attacks I’ve ever seen.

It was a unique film among the genre because that.
Nit saying it was great, but the movie has that much going for it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

187 @ModernityNews
53m
Former FBI Agent Claims Nuclear Lab Worker May Have Been Killed With DIRECT ENERGY WEAPON Ex-agent raises possibility of microwave weapons and ‘voice-to-skull’ tech in Los Alamos staffer’s forest death

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (pMmVV)

188 Apparently the Savant us based on some real Karen who infiltrated "far right" chat groups for Rolling Stone magazine or something. More SPLC bullshit, at best she found some pimple faced internet edgelords.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (YwEeS)

189 Go To an area you like and rent for six months.

Get a feel for it. Wander the neighborhoods, shop the stores, check out the parks and open spaces.

Don’t buy a house anywhere near section 8 housing.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026

Hahaha. Jinx!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (Wmg4n)

190 Chicken Kiev came from France
Posted by: Oldcat

And German chocolate cake from Dallas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

But do they pronounce it the new, Ukrainian war way as Keeev or the way I always heard it pronounced?
Posted by: CaliGirl

If that's the rule, then "German" chocolate cake should be pronounced like "doych" or "doy-cha" chocolate cake, or something?

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (VHUov)

191
Movie genres that are an automatic no:

Zombie
Horror
Post-apocalyptic
Dystopian

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 05:02 PM (O0L8i)

192 We probably won't get to the "killing the zombies in the first 15 minutes " until there is a Monster Hunters International movie. And that will be the beginning set piece like a Bond movie

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 05:02 PM (pvg5V)

193 Posted by: Tuna at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (lJ0H4

I could have a crush on James Stagg. 😉 RickB wouldn't have the same reaction, but Eisenhower's secretary was rather cute.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:02 PM (n3VHW)

194 I didn't hate WWZ.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:03 PM (YwEeS)

195 Dahmer was a vegetarian. He only ate his dates.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 05:03 PM (ndZc7)

196 Kind of surprised no one has brought up the new Ronald Reagan movie called "Brink of War" which is being dropped in August.

It's about the Iceland Conference between Reagan and Gorbachev. Lefty Loopy Jeff Daniels is portraying Reagan, and the very first trailer has a glaring historical error. They show Reagan suggesting total nuclear disarmament and Gorbachev being reluctant...when it is in fact the other way around. Gorbachev was pushing that framework even prior to the conference because Chernobyle just occurrted three months prior and their infrastructure couldn't hold up while putting all their funds toward nukes. It's how Reagan beat them. "Keeping up with the Jones's" wasn't an option for the USSR.

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)

197

It's a difficult trial trying to find a place to live that isn't infested with leftist assholes.

Even here in SW Wyoming it was a trial.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 05:04 PM (/QHx4)

198 Only zombie movie I ever liked is Train To Busan from South Korea.
Posted by: Mark1971

Cost: 10,000,000,000.00 South Korean Won per IMDb.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:04 PM (mYCqF)

199 and later a bigoted white man (Mel Ferrer), creating a tense, three-person drama that explores racism and survival in a deserted New York City.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (NFX2v)

Mel Ferrer should be forever celebrated as a guy who had the privilege of being married to Audrey Hepburn and having a child with her. Wowza…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:04 PM (ugElV)

200
I'm okay with zombie flicks, especially the first two Romero films. After that, Z-films are pretty spotty: Return of the Living Dead, Versus (low budget Japanese zombies vs Yakuza with side trips into supernatural and scifi time travel), Evil Dead II (the GREATEST FILM EVER MADE), Shaun of the Dead. 28 Days Later comes close, genuinely disturbing/scary, but that film is the root of all the generic Z-films and TV shows afterwards, so it loses points.

Every film student has a Z-film in their minds, but when you have "important" actors doing Z-films, that tells you that the genre has jumped the shark. I mean, even Glenn Close has done a Z-film.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 19, 2026 05:04 PM (y9nCu)

201 I might suggest that he wrote it because his gf was into it...

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:04 PM (YwEeS)

202 I think my wife invented voice to skull tech

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 05:05 PM (vE0+H)

203 Wolfus, go talk to a local cop, or a deputy or the manager of the hardware store. Or anyone local

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 05:05 PM (pvg5V)

204 USA defeats Australia 2-0 in soccer. USA is now a lock to advance to the knockout stage.

Posted by: Gref at June 19, 2026 05:05 PM (5rh/l)

205 Nothing about "Leviticus", the Pride Month horror film where the slasher is a someone who Really Really Hates The Gays?!

THIS CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at June 19, 2026 05:05 PM (K40fF)

206 USA 2: Kangaroo 0

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 05:05 PM (L9YhZ)

207 US beats Australia 2-0 World Cup thingy

Posted by: illiniwek at June 19, 2026 05:06 PM (vbXSk)

208
Eisenhower's secretary was rather cute.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:02 PM (n3VHW)

__________

It was said that she and Ike had an affair, but it seems most unlikely. He had aides around him constantly and all the stresses of the world, fighting Hitler, Patton, Monty, Brooke and De Gaulle, simultaneously.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 05:06 PM (O0L8i)

209 > Cost: 10,000,000,000.00 South Korean Won per IMDb.

$8.5M USD. Considered low budget.

Great movie, tho'. Ma Deong Sook!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (K40fF)

210 181 Nothing coming out soon really interests me so it may be another few years before I go to the movies again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (n3VHW)

In my living room is an 80 inch Top of the line TV, with surround sound from 4 Ft. Klipsch speakers...

I can sit on my couch 6 ft away... and the refrig is 7 feet away... so why go to a theatre? Especially as I can now PAUSE THE DAMN MOVIE if I need to go to the bathroom?

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (mP0Kj)

211 Wolfus, go talk to a local cop, or a deputy or the manager of the hardware store. Or anyone local
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026

***
"Cop" was my first thought, but I don't know any up there -- or any here who might know someone there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (wzUl9)

212 The World, the Flesh and the Devil is actually quite good. It's not pure "white racist bad" and has lots of nuance.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (YwEeS)

213 @ModernityNews
53m
Former FBI Agent Claims Nuclear Lab Worker May Have Been Killed With DIRECT ENERGY WEAPON Ex-agent raises possibility of microwave weapons and ‘voice-to-skull’ tech in Los Alamos staffer’s forest death
Posted by: Braenyard

I saw Voice To Skull open for If These Trees Could Talk at The Myth in 2014.

https://youtu.be/qHr3XminTBM

Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (VHUov)

214 USA 2: Kangaroo 0

Ah, kickball. Well, we are talking about Shit or Garbage, I guess.

Posted by: far cry at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (pBJ6M)

215 US beats Australia 2-0 World Cup thingy
Posted by: illiniwek at June 19, 2026 05:06 PM (vbXSk)

Has anyone been watching the clips of foreigners talking about how much they love the US, except for the heat that they were warned about but didn't take seriously.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

216 > Eisenhower's secretary was rather cute.

Kerry Condon plays her in "Pressure" to Fraser's Ike.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at June 19, 2026 05:08 PM (K40fF)

217 Should I be ashamed to say in this semi-public forum that I want the US men’s soccer team to lose? Am I bad?

It’s just I’m sick of all the soccer news already

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:08 PM (ugElV)

218 And also, Ridley Scott slop.

Is this about me?

Posted by: Prometheus at June 19, 2026 05:09 PM (0sNs1)

219 One I binge watched was Rogue Heros.
It's about the formation of the British SAS.

Based on the book by Ben Macintyre.

Binge watched Season One and Two in a weekend. Jonesing for Season Three.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:09 PM (mYCqF)

220
Should I be ashamed to say in this semi-public forum that I want the US men’s soccer team to lose? Am I bad?

___________

Yes. It is, however, your patriotic duty to want the US women's soccer team to lose.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 05:09 PM (O0L8i)

221 Take me Home is an unofficial anthem of US team? Could be worse

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 05:09 PM (L9YhZ)

222 There is also crimegrade.org, not sure how well it drills down but it will give you a little bit of insight.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026

***
It reports poorly on Terre Haute in general. I can't find anything much specific to the area I'm looking at.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:10 PM (wzUl9)

223 Should I be ashamed to say in this semi-public forum that I want the US men’s soccer team to lose? Am I bad?

It’s just I’m sick of all the soccer news already
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:08 PM (ugElV)

I think it would be absolutely wonderful for the US team to win it all - in impressive fashion - and have the country respond with... whatever.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 05:10 PM (ExV1e)

224 What movie is Obsession? I havent heard of it

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 05:10 PM (znREB)

225 Yes. It is, however, your patriotic duty to want the US women's soccer team to lose.

I want people to throw giant dildoes on the "pitch" when they are playing.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:10 PM (YwEeS)

226 I saw Pressure the other day. It was fine, but I don't think Fraser pulled off Ike and making a "gripping" "suspense" about forecasting the weather for D-Day was a bit of a stretch.

Posted by: Croaker at June 19, 2026 05:11 PM (nYkp+)

227 Cost: 10,000,000,000.00 South Korean Won per IMDb.

$8.5M USD. Considered low budget.

Great movie, tho'. Ma Deong Sook!
Posted by: moviegique

What sucks is, it's not on any streaming service per IMDb.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:11 PM (mYCqF)

228 True, if I don't like the area I can try again. But I don't feel I have the *time* to spend a year or two or three doing that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (wzUl9)

There are those extended stay hotels you could try for visiting an area for a few weeks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

229 217 Should I be ashamed to say in this semi-public forum that I want the US men’s soccer team to lose? Am I bad?

It’s just I’m sick of all the soccer news already

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:08 PM (ugElV)

Four more weeks

Posted by: Gref at June 19, 2026 05:11 PM (5rh/l)

230 Oz Olympian.

https://tinyurl.com/5n83fbnu

-
It's a stupid sport anyway.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 05:11 PM (ndZc7)

231 I think it would be absolutely wonderful for the US team to win it all - in impressive fashion - and have the country respond with... whatever.
Posted by: I used to have a different

I just want them to play & beat England on July 4th.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (mYCqF)

232 Much of those "pizza" and "hotdog" code words that Podesta and others were using to refer to little children (on government email servers) are also found in the Epstein files.

There are even more in the Epstein files about Podesta and his merry little crew that nobody talks about. Its pretty damning stuff. Just... not enough to build a court case over. Enough to make them pariahs forever and a byword for corruption and evil but you can't convict anyone on it.

It was said that she and Ike had an affair, but it seems most unlikely.

Yeah I don't see how he would have time or energy for an affair. I don't now how he even slept.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (UZCuZ)

233 I was in Philly today (I survived, lol). The city has been taken over by hordes of Brazilians, who are here for the World Cup match tonight. I must say, they have brought an irresistible party atmosphere to this usually miserable city. It's very cool.

Brazil is playing Haiti, of all countries. Only saw a couple of
Haitians (presumably); good news for the cats of South Philly.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (xverI)

234 11 Whoo, boy. That's a movie I really want to see/ s. Hero cop at 1/6 and presented by a leftist director.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (OYsYV)

Too bad Powers Boothe passed away; he could play the hero cop with his Curly Bill Brosius persona.

'I told that protestor to come on in, then i crawfished and shot her devil *ss in the back.'

Rolllll credits!

Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (6+ehB)

235 WARSAW, Poland -- Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Friday he will strip Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Poland's highest state honor over the Ukraine leader's decision to name a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during World War II. (Zelenshy being a prick had nothing to do with it)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (pMmVV)

236 Should I be ashamed to say in this semi-public forum that I want the US men’s soccer team to lose? Am I bad?

It’s just I’m sick of all the soccer news already
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:08 PM (ugElV)

I think it would be absolutely wonderful for the US team to win it all - in impressive fashion - and have the country respond with... whatever.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 05:10 PM (ExV1e)

I have been watching and texting my friends in Oz. Intense game and they now have the sadz.
Hee. Hee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)

237 And also, Josh Brolin slop.

Is this about me?

Posted by: The Taint at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (0sNs1)

238 There was an Aussie zombie flick called Mirkwood, where they wind up wearing armor aND capturing zombies. The spoiler is that they use them to produce syngas to run their cars

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (pvg5V)

239 217 Should I be ashamed to say in this semi-public forum that I want the US men’s soccer team to lose? Am I bad?

It’s just I’m sick of all the soccer news already
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:08

Yes 😂. Joking aside, if the US wins, it would be a huge thing. I would love it. I mean, Argentina is probably going to win, but what if it was the US?

*disclaimer: I like soccer and am watching the World Cup because of that reason.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:13 PM (Wmg4n)

240 223 Should I be ashamed to say in this semi-public forum that I want the US men’s soccer team to lose? Am I bad?

It’s just I’m sick of all the soccer news already
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:08 PM (ugElV)
________________________________

I was kind of indifferent until the entire US crowd started chanting: "IT'S CALLED SOCCER. IT'S CALLED SOCCER" at all the foreign fans. That made me want to see the US Team do well so they could do that chant in the championship game in front of all the FIFA elitists.

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 05:13 PM (dIske)

241 Sit in District Court once or twice a week. Pay attention if the cases are local or across the county or state.

Look up the local newspapers and read town crime reports & anything written recently about restorative or social justice.

Where are the jails and prisons? Ran by county, state or contracted out?

Look up demographic reports. (Very helpful)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 05:13 PM (NFX2v)

242 Take me Home is an unofficial anthem of US team? Could be worse
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"We'll put a boot in your ass" would have been better.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:13 PM (mYCqF)

243
What movie is Obsession? I havent heard of it
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 05:10 PM (znREB)

Microbudget horror/suspense flick made by YouToobers, currently raking in serious box office cash. See the Critical Drinker's review.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 19, 2026 05:14 PM (y9nCu)

244 What movie is Obsession? I havent heard of it

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 05:10 PM (znREB)

Guy wishes for a particular woman to love him more than anything. Creepy disturbing hijinks ensue.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 05:14 PM (vE0+H)

245 Soccer bores the crap out me. Having said that I do watch and will root for U-S-A

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 05:15 PM (L9YhZ)

246 O/T but.... pissin me off.

Apparently they are doing a set of Nascar races, on a track, on Coronado Navy Base.

So, total disruption of any ongoing operations... not sure who makes money off this... security NIGHTMARE for base personnel...

At a time when the Navy is so overstretched that we are extending deployments over the 9 month range.

And looks like over $200 for a ticket.... wow...

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 05:15 PM (mP0Kj)

247 233 I was in Philly today (I survived, lol). The city has been taken over by hordes of Brazilians, who are here for the World Cup match tonight. I must say, they have brought an irresistible party atmosphere to this usually miserable city. It's very cool.

Brazil is playing Haiti, of all countries. Only saw a couple of
Haitians (presumably); good news for the cats of South Philly.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (xverI)
____________________________

Tell them to check out the Kennsington section of Philly. They'll get to see real live zombies (horse tranqs and fentanyl)

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 05:15 PM (dIske)

248
I have been watching and texting my friends in Oz. Intense game and they now have the sadz.
Hee. Hee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)

____________

Her Majesty is doing the same with her brothers in Oz. They say the ref was paid off.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 05:15 PM (O0L8i)

249 Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (mP0Kj)

My 32 inch TV is fine ( and I get stuff from the library ) but sometimes I like to see something now. I admit that going to the movies is not good for needing to go to the bathroom
However. Old folks and their need to pee alas.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:16 PM (OYsYV)

250 I liked that korean netflix zombie show Kingdom
Period drama

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 05:16 PM (znREB)

251 Sit in District Court once or twice a week. Pay attention if the cases are local or across the county or state.

Look up the local newspapers and read town crime reports & anything written recently about restorative or social justice.

Where are the jails and prisons? Ran by county, state or contracted out?

Look up demographic reports. (Very helpful)

Posted by: L

Look up the police blotter. Specifically look for items like:

Mabel reports a chicken walking down the sidewalk on 4th Street.
Mrs. Hudson reported four boys were tossing a ball around on the empty lot behind Wilson's pharmacy.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:16 PM (mYCqF)

252 Judge refused Biden's request to block the transcript of his deposition. Of course Joe has no clue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 05:16 PM (L9YhZ)

253 I can sit on my couch 6 ft away... and the refrig is 7 feet away... so why go to a theatre? Especially as I can now PAUSE THE DAMN MOVIE if I need to go to the bathroom?
Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM

This is living the dream.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 19, 2026 05:17 PM (ysTZR)

254 I actually went to the theater for two movies in the past month: Mortal Kombat (which I thought was the Street Fighter movie and asked to see it on Mother's Day. When the street fighter trailer came on, I asked my kids why the theater was showing the trailer before the same movie and they had the most panicked expressions I have ever seen on their faces, to include when I caught them painting my basement when they were respectively two and four. Mortal Kombat was not horrible and had Karl Urban, which makes it good) and The Sheep Detectives, which is much much better than the book it's based on and was the movie I should have seen on Mother's Day. Delightful. So Hollywood can make good movies, they just don't want to.

Posted by: moki at June 19, 2026 05:17 PM (wLjpr)

255 Last Train to Busan was a very good zombie movie.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:17 PM (YwEeS)

256 I think it would be absolutely wonderful for the US team to win it all - in impressive fashion - and have the country respond with... whatever.
Posted by: I used to have a different

-----

I can see it now: Team USA beats France or somebody to win the World Cup. The trophy is presented by none other than President Trump. Kash Patel sprays the team with champagne. Millions of leftists and other enemies spontaneousy combust from their rage.

It would be glorious.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 19, 2026 05:17 PM (xverI)

257 I like horror that is spooky, not gruesome

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 05:17 PM (znREB)

258 What movie is Obsession? I haven't heard of it

Movie about a man who makes a wish that a girl will love him more than anything else in the world. Its a horror film about what that would really mean and how awful it was for both of them.

Indy film, made for like 75,000 bucks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 05:18 PM (UZCuZ)

259
Mabel reports a chicken walking down the sidewalk on 4th Street.
Mrs. Hudson reported four boys were tossing a ball around on the empty lot behind Wilson's pharmacy.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:16 PM (mYCqF)

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: Pittsburgh Police Scanner at June 19, 2026 05:18 PM (wLjpr)

260 Soccer bores the crap out me. Having said that I do watch and will root for U-S-A
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I would prefer to watch golf before I watch soccer.

And I'd watch paint dry before I watched golf.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:18 PM (mYCqF)

261 233 I was in Philly today (I survived, lol). The city has been taken over by hordes of Brazilians, who are here for the World Cup match tonight. I must say, they have brought an irresistible party atmosphere to this usually miserable city. It's very cool.

Brazil is playing Haiti, of all countries. Only saw a couple of
Haitians (presumably); good news for the cats of South Philly.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM

***

Seattle is fill with thousands of people shouting USA! The Seattle city council must be wetting their Marxist undies.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 05:19 PM (2WIwB)

262 I like horror that is spooky, not gruesome
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 05:17 PM (znREB)

Same. It's kind of dated now, but The Ring was super creepy. I also liked a couple of the Conjuring movies.

In general I don't watch a lot of horror.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 05:19 PM (0aYVJ)

263 If the US won the world cup (somehow) two things would happen.

1. The USA would go "eh that's nice" and go on with our lives
2. FIFA would self destruct and soccer fans would go berserk with rage and humiliation.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 05:19 PM (UZCuZ)

264 Probably the best thing about World War Z was that the zombies could run about 30 mph.

The scene where they all climb the wall before invading Jerusalem was one of the best zombie attacks I’ve ever seen.

It was a unique film among the genre because that.
Nit saying it was great, but the movie has that much going for it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

Thermodynamically unlikely to impossible. And how many corpses are in that short period between death and the point were tendons and muscles have rotted beyond use? It has to be much less than the original living population.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:20 PM (uhVAy)

265 Take me Home is an unofficial anthem of US team? Could be worse
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"We'll put a boot in your ass" would have been better.
Posted by: rickb223

You know they play stuff like "Happy Trails" when the visiting team changes pitchers in baseball?

We really need "Tubthumping" to be played for every fake flop in soccer.

Posted by: mikeski gets knocked down, but he gets up again at June 19, 2026 05:20 PM (VHUov)

266 The kid in the whale movie looks like young David Spade.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:20 PM (3uBP9)

267 You know they play stuff like "Happy Trails" when the visiting team changes pitchers in baseball?

Galactic level trolling. 😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:21 PM (mYCqF)

268 186 Probably the best thing about World War Z was that the zombies could run about 30 mph.

The scene where they all climb the wall before invading Jerusalem was one of the best zombie attacks I’ve ever seen.

It was a unique film among the genre because that.
Nit saying it was great, but the movie has that much going for it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

I remember reading that Max Brooks (Mel's son) had a neurotic, obsessive fear that he worked out by writing The Zombie Survival Guide, which became the basis for World War Z. Seems healthy, setting a worry to rest by figuring out how to deal with it, and in a productive way that even makes money.

Posted by: SciVo at June 19, 2026 05:21 PM (Sy6m/)

269 I would love the US to win but it is highly unlikely. The US has great athletes but the vast majority of them do not dedicate themselves to soccer. The few that do go overseas to improve their game as it is simply not played at a high level here.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:21 PM (YwEeS)

270 I'm right here, you know.
Posted by: Pittsburgh Police Scanner

One Adam twelve. No want. Lincoln. X-Ray. IDA. 43. 415. Fight group with chains and knives...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 05:21 PM (UZCuZ)

271 Movie about a man who makes a wish that a girl will love him more than anything else in the world.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Someone unfamiliar with the "yandere" trope in anime.

Posted by: mikeski loves you to death..... everyone else's. at June 19, 2026 05:21 PM (VHUov)

272 "Thermodynamically unlikely to impossible. And how many corpses are in that short period between death and the point were tendons and muscles have rotted beyond use? It has to be much less than the original living population.
Posted by: Oldcat"

Seems to me you are picking this to pieces.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM (vFG9F)

273 Soccer bores the crap out me. Having said that I do watch and will root for U-S-A
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I would prefer to watch golf before I watch soccer.

And I'd watch paint dry before I watched golf.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:18 PM (mYCqF)

I remember going to an indoor soccer game in a hockey rink. This had the advantage that balls couldn't just fly off the field every few minutes and stop play.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM (uhVAy)

274 Several of the local movie theatres have older films and the crowd os usually very large. My son wants to see "Young Frankenstein " on the big screen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM (7RYym)

275 Soccer bores the crap out me. Having said that I do watch and will root for U-S-A
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I would prefer to watch golf before I watch soccer.

And I'd watch paint dry before I watched golf.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:18 PM (mYCqF)

I love playing golf but it's boring to watch. If they could introduce the flopping around on the ground like soccer does, that would make it more entertaining.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM (2WIwB)

276 US Open at Shinnecock >>> World Cup

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM (26GAh)

277 Pupusas are named after the yuca-pupuses tribe who were powerful in what is now El Salvador, but were wiped out in the 1550 lint outbreak.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (pvg5V)

278 " My son wants to see "Young Frankenstein " on the big screen.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke "

What knockers!

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (vFG9F)

279 John Ortiz is a weird casting choice for the whale but I'm sure they know what they're doing.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (3uBP9)

280 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

187 @ModernityNews
53m
Former FBI Agent Claims Nuclear Lab Worker May Have Been Killed With DIRECT ENERGY WEAPON Ex-agent raises possibility of microwave weapons and ‘voice-to-skull’ tech in Los Alamos staffer’s forest death
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 05:01 PM (pMmVV)

This claim has the same basic problem as many of the UFO stories. If you have a Sooper Sekrit death weapon that is revolutionary and worth many millions to buyers around the world, what are you doing lurking in the shadows of some remote New Mexico forest with it?

And the answer is always “ooooh, booga booga!” (Waves hands in the air)

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (nuNhM)

281 "Thermodynamically unlikely to impossible. And how many corpses are in that short period between death and the point were tendons and muscles have rotted beyond use? It has to be much less than the original living population.
Posted by: Oldcat"

Seems to me you are picking this to pieces.
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM (vFG9F)

Better me than the zombies. If you want magic, well even magic usually has some rules.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

282 Tell them to check out the Kennsington section of Philly. They'll get to see real live zombies (horse tranqs and fentanyl)
----

I think they did a San Francisco-style cover-up (pushing the junkies deeper into the neighborhoods for a few weeks), but even so, the tourists aren't sticking around long enough to peek behind the curtain.
We know the reality of the situation. Still, it was a nice change of pace.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (xverI)

283 I love playing golf but it's boring to watch. If they could introduce the flopping around on the ground like soccer does, that would make it more entertaining.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 05:22

And the perfect hair at all times. And David Beckham.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (Wmg4n)

284 Something new -

Axios, House Dem campaign arm suffers second crushing primary loss.

House Democratic leadership's preferred candidate in Maine's 2nd district, state Sen. Joe Baldacci, lost his primary to progressive rival Matt Dunlap, state election officials announced early Friday morning.
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Maine's state auditor since November 2022.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (NFX2v)

285 273 Indoor soccer also had something American's like, fast pace and high scores. But even it failed.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (YwEeS)

286 My son wants to see "Young Frankenstein " on the big screen.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM (7RYym)

We already saw it for four years

Posted by: puuhh ih nna rizz! at June 19, 2026 05:24 PM (gKWVE)

287 Britain’s National Association of Muslim Police published a paper describing Zionism as “one of the manifestations of anti-Muslim hatred,” referring to the IDF as a “Zionist terrorist group,” and defending Hamas against reports of atrocities committed on October 7.

The organization, linked to at least 16 UK police forces and working alongside the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ Council,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 05:24 PM (pMmVV)

288 Euro players were upset that America required a water break four times through the game. Dude, you're used to playing in Norway. Welcome to Texas

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 05:24 PM (UZCuZ)

289 "Has anyone been watching the clips of foreigners talking about how much they love the US, except for the heat that they were warned about but didn't take seriously."

I've seen a couple people like that, but not the whole collection. I wonder if Europeans have forgotten what their country was like before the Muzzie invasion.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 19, 2026 05:24 PM (vbXSk)

290 I love playing golf but it's boring to watch. If they could introduce the flopping around on the ground like soccer does, that would make it more entertaining.
Posted by: Diogenes

Someone in the crowd takes a drive to the dome and flops around until medics can get there. Yeah. That would be entertaining.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:25 PM (mYCqF)

291 Dead zombies don't worry me. It's the ones that can navigate their way to a voting booth or mailbox are the ones to worry about.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:25 PM (vFG9F)

292 Better me than the zombies. If you want magic, well even magic usually has some rules.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026

***
In my fantasy stories, you have to have certain talents to be a magician, and it takes some prep and work for any given spell. And there can actually be inertia involved in certain enchantments!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)

293 250 I liked that korean netflix zombie show Kingdom
Period drama

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 05:16 PM (znREB)

That was excellent, as was Train to Busan someone mentioned upthread.

Posted by: moki at June 19, 2026 05:25 PM (wLjpr)

294
Seattle is fill with thousands of people shouting USA! The Seattle city council must be wetting their Marxist undies.
Posted by: Diogenes a

Fear not, city council! The Seattle Times is here to calm you down!

@seattletimes
·
22h
Some Seattle soccer fans have mixed feelings about patriotically backing the U.S. team during the FIFA Men's World Cup, given the actions of President Donald Trump

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:25 PM (Wmg4n)

295 "Has anyone been watching the clips of foreigners talking about how much they love the US, except for the heat that they were warned about but didn't take seriously."

Yes. Love it. Been watching reels on facebook.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:26 PM (mYCqF)

296 You want Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and horribly depressing in one?

Watch "The Road"

Miserable. Sucked the life out of me for the duration. Even the end was.... lacking.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 05:27 PM (jehhT)

297 247. Tell them to check out the Kennsington section of Philly. They'll get to see real live zombies (horse tranqs and fentanyl)
Posted by: Orson

Non-profits were wailing. Where do they go?!

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 05:27 PM (NFX2v)

298 "Thermodynamically unlikely to impossible. And how many corpses are in that short period between death and the point were tendons and muscles have rotted beyond use? It has to be much less than the original living population.
Posted by: Oldcat"

Seems to me you are picking this to pieces.
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM

If the zombies were merpeople, he'd be picking it to Pisces.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 05:28 PM (0sNs1)

299 My son wants to see "Young Frankenstein " on the big screen.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:22 PM (7RYym)
*
We already saw it for four years
Posted by: puuhh ih nna rizz! at June 19, 2026

***
The monster walked and danced better than Mushbrain did

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)

300 I love the story of the Scots draining Boston of all its beer. Okay, slight exaggeration, but not by much.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 19, 2026 05:28 PM (0aYVJ)

301 Nood! Blasphemous use of fiber filled foods! . Eeek! It’s the world in woke!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 05:28 PM (Wmg4n)

302 296 They are finally going to adapt his even more miserable and depressing book, Blood Meridian.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (YwEeS)

303 Thermodynamically unlikely to impossible. And how many corpses are in that short period between death and the point were tendons and muscles have rotted beyond use? It has to be much less than the original living population.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:20 PM (uhVAy)

These were SuperZombies.
Haven’t read the books but I’m sure it had some explanation for their speed and strength.

The zombie/vampires (not sure what they are) in I Am Legend were also quick & strong, and they also had some intelligence.

I guess writers need to spice things up for genres that have been around for decades.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

304 USA 2: Kangaroo 0

Ah, kickball. Well, we are talking about Shit or Garbage, I guess.
Posted by: far cry at June 19, 2026 05:07 PM (pBJ6M)

The kickball we played in elementary was baseball using those 4 square ball. The pitcher rolled it on the ground and the 'batter' kicked it. The runner was retired by hitting him with the kickball as he ran (as was originally true in baseball).

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

305 >>> WARSAW, Poland -- Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Friday he will strip Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Poland's highest state honor over the Ukraine leader's decision to name a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during World War II. (Zelenshy being a prick had nothing to do with it)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 05:12 PM (pMmVV)

I think a lot of nation states are no longer a single entity anymore Ukraine, Iran, soon to be Russia, man others. Various entities have different levers of control over different parts like a puppeteer controlling a corpse. But I don't think they are functionally a nation state anymore. Hopefully not this one.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (3uBP9)

306 Posted by: puuhh ih nna rizz! at June 19, 2026 05:24 PM (gKWV

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (7RYym)

307 I love the story of the Scots draining Boston of all its beer. Okay, slight exaggeration, but not by much.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

They might not have drained Boston, but they did drain all the pubs. Emergency calls went out for more beer. LOL. Barkeeps were saying they out drank the Irish by 3x.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:30 PM (mYCqF)

308 The zombie/vampires (not sure what they are) in I Am Legend were also quick & strong, and they also had some intelligence.

I guess writers need to spice things up for genres that have been around for decades.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

So do wolves and tigers, and if zombies didn't learn like they did to avoid people then they would be exterminated.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:31 PM (uhVAy)

309 NOOD

WEEK IN WOKE

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 05:31 PM (R+iUD)

310 "Haven’t read the books but I’m sure it had some explanation for their speed and strength."

Radiation.

Posted by: It's always radiation at June 19, 2026 05:32 PM (vFG9F)

311
279 John Ortiz is a weird casting choice for the whale but I'm sure they know what they're doing.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 05:23 PM (3uBP9)

I know, right?

Posted by: Zombie Brian Dennehy at June 19, 2026 05:32 PM (nuNhM)

312 The kickball we played in elementary was baseball using those 4 square ball. The pitcher rolled it on the ground and the 'batter' kicked it. The runner was retired by hitting him with the kickball as he ran (as was originally true in baseball).
Posted by: Oldcat

Actually the first class in physics. If you hit them hard enough from the shoulders to the head, you could knock them off their feet.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 05:32 PM (mYCqF)

313 >>> The zombie/vampires (not sure what they are) in I Am Legend were also quick & strong, and they also had some intelligence.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

They were also the good guys. Wow! Doesn't that totally blow your mind man! Like Wow!

Posted by: banana Dream - spoiler alert at June 19, 2026 05:32 PM (3uBP9)

314 In my fantasy stories, you have to have certain talents to be a magician, and it takes some prep and work for any given spell. And there can actually be inertia involved in certain enchantments!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)

In Larry Niven's "The Magic Goes Away" it is even a non renewable resource. You build your floaty castle, at some point the magic in the area is used up and it falls out of the sky. This even became a weapon, a dingus that burned magic quickly just to exhaust the magicians sources.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 05:34 PM (uhVAy)

315 "Has anyone been watching the clips of foreigners talking about how much they love the US, except for the heat that they were warned about but didn't take seriously."

--------

The local news has been showing clips of Brazilians heaping praise on Philly, saying how friendly and welcoming we've been. It's surreal, lol.

And they love cheesesteaks.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (xverI)

316 "Has anyone been watching the clips of foreigners talking about how much they love the US, except for the heat that they were warned about but didn't take seriously."

Yes. It makes me feel somewhat bad that they have to go home.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 19, 2026 05:37 PM (ysTZR)

317 Trump on Iran: 60 days, they have to make a deal… otherwise, we will do things that won't make them happy. I don't think it's going to get to that. If we do that then all of a sudden you're not going to have the oil flowing out of the strait…
--

Riggers bolting flanges together as fast as they can.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 05:40 PM (pMmVV)

318 Geep!

https://tinyurl.com/y2andtf7

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

319 I won't pay for anything coming out of hollywood. I feel as if we're getting the fight club treatment with cocks spliced into the film every couple of minutes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 06:04 PM (9SpJJ)

320 94 a film that chronicles the early life of a police officer who defended the U.S. capital on Jan. 6

I wonder if they'll show him capping an unarmed woman?

--------

Ashley Babbitt will be portrayed as a rabid maniac who was shooting at AOC and then was righteously put down by the selfless hero cop.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 19, 2026 06:23 PM (xverI)

321 He is, reportedly, quite knowledgeable about farming in Britain. He is, or was, personally involved with the farms in the Duchy of Cornwall while he was Prince of Wales.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

When you say 'personally involved with the farms' I hear 'that inbred r*tard regularly had intercourse with a multitude of barnyard animals.'

Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 06:49 PM (6+ehB)

322 Chris and Alan at Film Threat both recommend Citizen Vigilante

Posted by: Chuck Colson Montgomery at June 19, 2026 09:40 PM (5x6Pb)

Hunter Biden Challenges Don Jr. to a Cage Match; Jill Biden's Trash "Book" Flops Hard but the Fake NYT Bestseller List Has It, Somehow, At #1

A reality TV clown before actually being cast on a reality TV show:

A tough-talking Hunter Biden has challenged Donald Trump Jr. to a cage fight in a lengthy social media post about how the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House was offensive to him.
Former President Joe Biden's (D) son directed his comments to podcaster Joe Rogan on Thursday, writing, "Dear Joe, I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House."
"For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness," he continued.
However, Hunter said his "problem" with it was that "I believe some of our public spaces are sacred," adding, "The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for. This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People's House."

...
When it comes to Hunter's comment that "some of our public spaces are sacred," it is important to note that transgender activists bared their topless chests during a White House LGBTQ Pride Event his father hosted in 2023.
This was not the first time Hunter has advertised his readiness to fight President Donald Trump's sons. In April, he made it clear he was "100 percent in" on a cage match with Don Jr. and Eric Trump, Breitbart News reported.
It was unclear where Hunter, a convicted felon who is $17 million in debt, wanted to have the cage match with Don Jr. because he recently self-deported to South Africa, the outlet reported in April.
There are multiple layers of controversies surrounding Hunter, one of which Breitbart News highlighted in May.

Here's why Don Jr. should not accept Hunter Biden's offer to fight him in a UFC style cage match:

1, Don, Jr. has a career, unlike disgraced crackhead, gun felon, tax felon, whore-addict, and paternity-dodger Hunter Biden. Don Jr. can continue a career in politics or go back to working as an executive in the Trump businesses, while Hunter Biden's career path consists of a single track:

1, getting cast on increasingly sleazy and cheap "reality" TV shows as the Designated Heel,

2, gay porn where he only "gives,"

3, gay porn where he begins "taking,"

4, gay porn where he starts "taking" from six to eight men at one go,

and then

5, dying of AIDS-related complications.

This is the career path of failed influencers and internet-based whores such as Bonny Blue and is the best case scenario for the last squalid chapters of Hunter Biden's miserable life.

But Don Jr. is not on that track. Gratefully, most people are not.

The criminal Biden family still has some opportunities to grift left open to them.

Hunter Biden, $17 Million in Debt, Is Hired by 'Ultra-Luxury' Drug Rehab Clinic for 'High-Achieving' Professionals

The former first son appears to be leveraging his new visibility as an addiction recovery influencer to get work

It's as if he went to a career counselor, who asked him "What do you like doing?" and he said "Drugs and lots of them, and being paid for merely existing" and the counselor pulled out the contact information for this place.

This only works for the filthily degenerate sons of Democrat Crime Family Capos, of course.

An "ultra-luxury" drug and alcohol rehab center nestled in the Hollywood Hills has hired former first son Hunter Biden as an adviser and executive director of its charitable foundation, a new gig that could help the convicted felon whittle down millions of dollars in unpaid legal bills and other debts.
Peak Path Health announced Biden's hire this week, touting his "lived experience and professional insight" from his struggles with addiction to crack, alcohol, and other substances. "The announcement comes during a meaningful milestone in Hunter Biden's personal journey, as he celebrates seven years of sobriety this month," says Peak Path.
The Yale-educated attorney joins Peak Path, which launched last year, as he has positioned himself on social media and the podcast circuit as a ubiquitous recovery influencer, speaking openly about his lifelong struggle with sobriety, as well as taking pot shots at his family's detractors.
Biden's new job could be of interest to his many creditors. Biden has said he owes $17 million to attorneys who represented him in tax and gun felony cases, as well as various defamation lawsuits. Biden, who received a presidential pardon for the federal crimes from his father, claimed in recent legal filings that he is destitute, and unable to pay Winston & Strawn, the firm that represented him and is now suing him over unpaid bills, claiming he is "impecunious" and "does not have" enough money to conduct a professional search for emails sought in the lawsuit. In one filing, Biden's attorney said he was living abroad, and therefore unable to respond to Winston & Strawn's demands that he pay his bills. But Biden has been spotted in the United States multiple times in April and May--three times in wealthy areas of Southern California and once in Nashville, when he made an in-person appearance in the studio of the notorious antisemitic podcaster Candace Owens.

Read the whole thing from Chuck Ross. He points out that Hunter Biden keeps tweeting and speaking as if he is present in the US, which makes his court representations perjurious and jailable.

Allegedly. Allegedly.

It is unclear how much Peak Path will pay Biden, and whether his job requires him to work on-location at its treatment facilities or if he can work remotely from his supposed "overseas" home. Peak Path did not respond to requests for comment, and Biden's attorney declined to comment. Biden also says he has another Southern California gig, working as director of development at BASTA Universal, a tenants rights law firm in Los Angeles that had its nonprofit status revoked last year.

I think we'd all like to universally say Basta to Hunter Biden.

Meanwhile, Jill Biden's book failed to chart on Amazon's lists and has only sold 20,000 copies in two weeks but the corrupt communist propaganda rag The New York Times says it's #1.

BTW, the New York Times infamously admitted in court that its "besteller list" was rigged and entirely fictitious itself. An author sued them for not being included on the list despite having the actual, factual #1 bestseller, and the NYT's defense was that its "bestseller" list was not intended to be an actual list of books selling the best, but a holistic view of what middle-aged white Karens might want to pretend to read.

Jill Biden�s New Book FLOPPED Hard after Selling Just 20k Copies in 2 Weeks

Your husband got 81 million votes and you only manage to sell 20k copies.

Somehow, NYT ranks you #1 on bestseller list.

This perfectly encapsulates the Democrat Party today:

Whether it�s your� pic.twitter.com/bh86ETnncz
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 17, 2026

Interesting that Jill Biden's book is atop the New York Times Best-Seller List and yet shows up nowhere on Amazon's best-selling list.

On the other hand, JD Vance's new book is number 17 on Amazon's list and nowhere to be found on the NYT list.

The New York Times wouldn't be� pic.twitter.com/Sp9KXG6192
— Jeff Carlton (@JeffWCarlton) June 17, 2026

Joey Choo-Choo wandered off again, this time at the opening of the Ozymandias Presidential Center.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:12 PM

Comments

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1 Feeling gray?
Had a day?
Wash those awful vibes away!

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at June 19, 2026 03:12 PM (28xGL)

2 I gotta feeling this post and the comments won't be as fun as the last one ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

3 Goooooaaaaaalllllllll!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 19, 2026 03:13 PM (qwx/I)

4 4, gay porn where he starts "taking" from six to eight men at one go,

In baseball that's called rushing the dugout.

Posted by: I might have made that up... at June 19, 2026 03:14 PM (TbWk/)

5 I can see a possible 2028 Democrat Ticket: Biden/Biden. Not sure if Hunter or Jill is on top.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 03:14 PM (qx7Zg)

6 This is fine. We are getting tolled.

Posted by: Max Power at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (EeEgK)

7 It's awesome. We are cycling through every iteration of blog booboo today. Like a greatest hits album.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (3uBP9)

8 Cunter Biden

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (eZ5tL)

9 Ha ha! Own goal. Aussies are almost as stupid as Canadians.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (9SpJJ)

10 Why is Hunter fighting so bizarrely for relevance? The last thing he should want is attention.

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (EJWxb)

11 10 Why is Hunter fighting so bizarrely for relevance? The last thing he should want is attention.
Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (EJWxb)

He's gonna run for office.....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (FtULh)

12 Now we're gray!

I KNEW Ace was sending us a code!!!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (R+iUD)

13 Holy crow. Loose shit today.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (dK+Kv)

14 Centered
Bold
Gray

?????

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (R+iUD)

15 Lol. What a world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)

16 6 This is fine. We are getting tolled.
Posted by: Max Power at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (EeEgK)

Good thing I brought a shitload of dimes.

Posted by: Taggart henchman #3 at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (TbWk/)

17 14 Centered
Bold
Gray

?????
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (R+iU

Happy Juneteenth !

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (FtULh)

18 Now we're gray!

I KNEW Ace was sending us a code!!!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (R+iUD)

During pride month.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (dK+Kv)

19 Books are a Leftists money laundry

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (Ia/+0)

20 Some inside baseball here:

The NYT "best seller" list does not come from careful study of sales across the world, the USA, or even the state of NYC.

Its based on self-reporting by book stores that the NYT has carefully selected in New York City. It is a barely-hidden secret that you can buy your way to the list.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (UZCuZ)

21 Another USA forced own goal to start caused by a strong attack and dangerous pass across the mouth of the goal again putting defenders in an impossible position.

Gotta be a World Cup record….two own goals to start matches .

Posted by: NC Ref at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (ljkcu)

22 Hunter was offended with the UFC fights on the WH lawn? Believes some places, such as the WH, are sacred?

He's joking, right? How about all the whores, coke, and very shady business dealings you did, sport? Those are offensive - as in criminal offenses.

Posted by: Martha Stewart at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (N39Ws)

23 It's Formatting Fiasco Day.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (ndZc7)

24 Before the end of the day ace is going to ban himself again.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (3uBP9)

25 I like this. The high contrast is nice on dark mode.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (zZu0s)

26 >>> Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 03:14 PM (qx7Zg)

Almost as bad as an Ackbar link. NOT cool.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (R+iUD)

27 OK, now he's just fucking with us.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (3Jsk5)

28 *biden thought it was bath night, that's why he was looking for his granddaughter.

Really.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (jehhT)

29

Jill was fucking Biden, eww, I'm gonna to barf.

She wanted to rise in the political world.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (/QHx4)

30 23 It's Formatting Fiasco Day.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (ndZc7)

Points off for not going full alliteration with Formatting Fiasco Friday.

Posted by: Your instincts were good, kid at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (TbWk/)

31 How confusing it must have been to be in the WH during Biden's term. When you hear the term "blow" you have to ask yourself if they are talking about Kamala or Hunter. Sex act vs. booger sugar.

Posted by: Martha Stewart at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (N39Ws)

32 Before the end of the day ace is going to ban himself again.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (3uBP9)

*clasps hands awaiting the busty lesbian porn*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (dK+Kv)

33 Whatever happened to the notion of shame?

If Hunter Biden had even the tiniest shred of decency, he would withdraw from public life and never been seen or heard from again. It boggles the mind that this is not the case.

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 03:19 PM (s7uMu)

34 Books are a Leftists money laundry

Yeah its a loophole no one cares to close in campaign finance. Joey Bagadollars cannot give you more than a certain amount, but if you "write" a book, he can buy 192002 copies of your book and its not against the law.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:19 PM (UZCuZ)

35 >>> 29

Jill was fucking Biden, eww, I'm gonna to barf.

She wanted to rise in the political world.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (/QHx4)

I can help!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at June 19, 2026 03:19 PM (R+iUD)

36 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (2YhKe)

37 If Hunter Biden had even the tiniest shred of decency

Well there's your problem right there.

Posted by: Crack. Whores. Crack whores. at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (TbWk/)

38 Way to keep celebrating Juneteenth, Ace!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (2YhKe)

39 0 hours since the last formatting error

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (gKWVE)

40 clasps hands awaiting the busty lesbian porn

I was there that day. It was honestly disappointing. While the ladies were indeed quite busty and were at least pretending to be lesbian for the camera, they were not especially attractive. It did do a great job establishing that ACE in no way is a pedo though, these were grown up women who looked adult.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (UZCuZ)

41 We need an all red underlined link thread next.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (9SpJJ)

42 I blame the crows.

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (rj6Yv)

43 *clasps hands awaiting the busty lesbian porn*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (dK+Kv)

NO TEXT! None of us has time to read.

Actually, somehow copying and pasting clit lit into a thread WOULD be hilarious.

'Garret approached the tumescent ewok...'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

44

Shame?

That went out long ago.

Do whatever you feel is right.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (/QHx4)

45 Apparently the US team didn't just stand for the anthem, they sang along, too. Then they forced the Auusies to knock the ball in their own goal.

Second match they've done that at the start of the game. "Stop hurting yourselves"

Posted by: Locarno at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (81T9C)

46 Meanwhile, Jill Biden's book failed to chart on Amazon's lists and has only sold 20,000 copies in two weeks
______________________________

Let's be honest...she likely sold under 500 legitimately. Some organization, independently wealthy individual, or corporation that owed a favor bought pallets of books to reach that 20,000.

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (dIske)

47 "People" according to Hunter were offended by the WH UFC fights ? No Huntie.... said "people" were jealous and angry at how successful it was...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (FtULh)

48 "I believe some of our public spaces are sacred," adding, "The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for. This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People's House."

Your dad had dudes flashing their big fake tits on the lawn, you methmouthed retard.

GFY.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (2YhKe)

49 I like this. The high contrast is nice on dark mode.

I do too, every time it happens, I am fine with the colors and prefer it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (UZCuZ)

50 It did do a great job establishing that ACE in no way is a pedo though, these were grown up women who looked adult.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (UZCuZ)

Angela white and Chloe B. Both australian for trial pursuit players.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:22 PM (zZu0s)

51 Feeling gray?
Had a day?
Wash those awful vibes away!
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart

Hah! Whenever the grey box covers the word "Comments" on the front page, you know we're all in grey boxes in the inside of the thread.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 03:22 PM (mYCqF)

52 Hunter Biden: "Leave no baggie behind. Trust me, I know what I'm talkin' about."

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 03:22 PM (rj6Yv)

53 Hey, I'm no longer centered!...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:22 PM (l3cgK)

54 "ultra-luxury" drug and alcohol rehab center

Don't drink, goto meetings and pray.

That'll be 5000$/day please.

Posted by: DaveA at June 19, 2026 03:22 PM (FhXTo)

55 39 0 hours since the last formatting error
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (gKWVE)

*sighs*
*erases the whiteboard*

Posted by: AoSHQ Shop Steward at June 19, 2026 03:23 PM (TbWk/)

56 What's funny, it should be gray, but my monitor makes it reddish-pink with it's eye-strain reducing setting...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)

57 0 hours since the last formatting error
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 03:20 PM (gKWVE)

*sighs*
*erases the whiteboard*
Posted by: AoSHQ Shop Steward at June 19, 2026 03:23 PM (TbWk/)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

58 BTW, the New York Times infamously admitted in court that its "besteller list" was rigged and entirely fictitious itself. An author sued them for not being included on the list despite having the actual, factual #1 bestseller, and the NYT's defense was that its "bestseller" list was not intended to be an actual list of books selling the best, but a holistic view of what middle-aged white Karens might want to pretend to read.

You think he's being facetious here. This is exactly what it is. It is a curated list of approved books by the white women and "male allies" at the NYT. They call it "best seller" because it sounds better than their first choice of "here is what you barely-human subcreatures should read"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:23 PM (UZCuZ)

59 >>> 48 "... The White House is the People's House."

==
Your dad had dudes flashing their big fake tits on the lawn, you methmouthed retard.

GFY.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (2YhKe)

But the Capitol isn't the People's House, *especially* on January 6th.

(and does anyone believe Hunter wrote this shit all by himself?)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:23 PM (R+iUD)

60 Oy, yer givin' me headaches.

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:24 PM (UjdFS)

61 What's funny, it should be gray, but my monitor makes it reddish-pink with it's eye-strain reducing setting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)

On my phone dark mode: the comment box background is black and there is a raised dark Grey border around all the comments.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

62 "Come to my woman’s breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murd’ring ministers,
Whatever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell"

Posted by: letter to the Obamas at June 19, 2026 03:24 PM (gKWVE)

63 Jr. can't fight Hunter. Hunter is brittle boned, dissipated and Jr. could easily kill him. There's no profit in fighting Hunter even if it would be a pleasure to watch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:24 PM (pMmVV)

64 60 Oy, yer givin' me headaches.

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:24 PM (UjdFS)

Better the head than the ass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:24 PM (l3cgK)

65 Good news, everyone! The Royal Family is finally taking sex assault seriously!

The Royal Family is touting its efforts to curb sexual violence in Africa and the Middle East. The comment section is nearing regicide.

https://tinyurl.com/35eyjcx4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:25 PM (ndZc7)

66 If Hunter follows the Narrow Path and dies of AIDS as you described, then he will just have to miraculously vote posthumously in three elections to qualify for canonization in the Democratic commūniō sānctōrum!

Posted by: 29Victor at June 19, 2026 03:25 PM (0MjtC)

67 Before the end of the day ace is going to ban himself again.

Posted by: banana Dream

That, or lock himself out of his laptop and forget the password.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 03:25 PM (mYCqF)

68 62 "Come to my woman’s breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murd’ring ministers,
Whatever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell"

Posted by: letter to the Obamas at June 19, 2026 03:24 PM (gKWVE)

I'd like a MacBeth meal with fries and a large drink, please...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:25 PM (l3cgK)

69 Let's be honest...she likely sold under 500 legitimately. Some organization, independently wealthy individual, or corporation that owed a favor bought pallets of books to reach that 20,000.

Every library buys these books, so do most of the "home decorating" and "house staging" types. Some buy one to carry around or prominently display at home or at the office to virtue signal.

Nobody reads them. Even book reviewers only read blubs and summaries, and now they use AI to give them a summary if not write the review for them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (UZCuZ)

70 Ace HTML fubars 3 posts in a row. This must be some kind of record.

Is busty lesbian porn in our near future?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)

71 >>> 65 Good news, everyone! The Royal Family is finally taking sex assault seriously!

The Royal Family is touting its efforts to curb sexual violence in Africa and the Middle East. The comment section is nearing regicide.

https://tinyurl.com/35eyjcx4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:25 PM (ndZc7)

Hmm, would it be a war crime to airdrop *them* into Tehran?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (R+iUD)

72

I don't care when Ace accidentally changes things.
He speaks the truth about things.

No one of us are perfect.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (/QHx4)

73
I'm kind of surprised that Hunter Biden isn't dead or visibly retarded from massive long-term drug use.

I'm also kind surprised at how much money the Biden family burned through, without any real prospect of getting more now. Must have been at least $100 million.

And let's see, Hunter's $17 million in debt. He probably spent three times that much, this is just the part he can't pay.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (mS8PE)

74 I KNEW Ace was sending us a code!!!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (R+iUD)

I cracked it with my Ace decoder ring: DRINK YOUR OVALTINE

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (V362x)

75 The nyt best selling book list is a fraud. If they filtered out purchases made by the author, family and friends and mandatory purchases made by schools and universities then maybe it would be relevant.

Until then, it is nothing more than a participation trophy.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (0N4FZ)

76 The White House is for stashing your Cocaine (as the Founders intended), not for prizefights.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM (ssz2a)

77 Is there even one person in the entire Biden clan who has the brain of an adult? Imma guess NO.

What a bunch of petulant, ignorant children.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM (bl07w)

78 hunter might just think he can get the old man's seat in the senate

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM (CWTWj)

79 >>> 73
I'm kind of surprised that Hunter Biden isn't dead or visibly retarded from massive long-term drug use.
==
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (mS8PE)

???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM (R+iUD)

80 67 Before the end of the day ace is going to ban himself again.

Posted by: banana Dream

That, or lock himself out of his laptop and forget the password.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 03:25 PM (mYCqF)

As long as he isn't trapped underneath some poorly installed shelving after it happens...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)

81 I like to imagine that Don Jr. does a Pussy Acknowledgement with his wife, like a "land acknowledgement" but harder.

"...and a moment of silence for Gavin Newsom, who, being something of a pussy himself, was too weak to keep this one. Okay, that's long enough."

Posted by: SciVo at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM (Sy6m/)

82 We need an all red underlined link thread next.

Now that would deflict my eyes. Please no.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM (UZCuZ)

83 Let's face it. The NYT is a complete bullshit rag.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB)

84 Don't forget the Jill inspired blasphemous tranny laden Christmas video in the White House as well.

F*ck you, Hunter. You're the poster child for a human piece of shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:28 PM (2YhKe)

85 And let's see, Hunter's $17 million in debt. He probably spent three times that much, this is just the part he can't pay.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM

I suspect he fled the country because the judge for his child support case was getting ready to toss him in jail for non payment. Daddy's pardon ain't gonna help him with that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 19, 2026 03:28 PM (0N4FZ)

86 Hunter still swears it wasn't his coke baggie.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 03:28 PM (gKWVE)

87 Who wouldn't want to know Dr. Jill's mindthoughts?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:28 PM (ndZc7)

88 Orange Slice Break!

In the words of Ayn Rand, fuck the Bidens in particular.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 19, 2026 03:29 PM (qwx/I)

89 84 Don't forget the Jill inspired blasphemous tranny laden Christmas video in the White House as well.

F*ck you, Hunter. You're the poster child for a human piece of shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:28 PM (2YhKe)

Hidey Ho! Don't associate me with THAT asshole! Ha!

Posted by: Mr. Hankey at June 19, 2026 03:29 PM (l3cgK)

90 Didn't Andrew Jackson have an open house and BBQ at the White House?

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 03:29 PM (s7uMu)

91 "with his wife"

fiancee, sorry

Posted by: SciVo at June 19, 2026 03:29 PM (Sy6m/)

92 Hunter still swears it wasn't his coke baggie.

The thing is? It might not be. Any one of fifty people working there are probably massive coke heads.

Its like the report that the people who clean up private jets for elites complain about all the Enzyte containers they find. These people are not living in the real world because they are constantly mind blasted by a fist full of chemicals.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:30 PM (UZCuZ)

93
https://tinyurl.com/35eyjcx4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:25 PM (ndZc7)

Jim Treacher is such an unmitigated dickhead......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:30 PM (2YhKe)

94 Fine with me the way it is. Like the border.

Gave up on bad font Brave. (keep it for no commercial tube)
Using FireFox.
If you have any eye strain etc. try FireFox, it has an excellent selection of font names and sizes. You will be pleased.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM (pMmVV)

95 And let's see, Hunter's $17 million in debt. He probably spent three times that much, this is just the part he can't pay.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM

I suspect he fled the country because the judge for his child support case was getting ready to toss him in jail for non payment. Daddy's pardon ain't gonna help him with that.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 19, 2026 03:28 PM (0N4FZ)

***

Probably has guys named Guiedo and Antonio carrying violin cases looking for him.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM (2WIwB)

96 The Royal Family is touting its efforts to curb sexual violence in Africa and the Middle East. The comment section is nearing regicide

The picture of Prince Andrew. Yikes. Looks like he's possessed.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM (gKWVE)

97
It's awesome. We are cycling through every iteration of blog booboo today. Like a greatest hits album.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (3uBP9)

What time is the busty lesbian porn going to show up?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM (iJfKG)

98 Hunter still swears it wasn't his coke baggie.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 03:28 PM (gKWVE)
==

Joe's son and heir: " ... and you have my word as a Biden!"

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM (rj6Yv)

99 I suspect he fled the country because the judge for his child support case was getting ready to toss him in jail for non payment.

The system does not bend on that. Its a huge money maker for the state. When you pay your 1000 in child support, the state gets a significant cut of that, before it goes to the mom. They aren't gonna give that up just because you have a big name.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM (UZCuZ)

100 It's Formatting Fiasco Day.

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence...

Posted by: Oddbob at June 19, 2026 03:32 PM (vTZFs)

101 But supposedly only family members are only ones not searched

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 03:32 PM (Ia/+0)

102 Didn't Andrew Jackson have an open house and BBQ at the White House?

Teddy Roosevelt has a boxing match.

I read a black guy on Twitter suggested that next black president (if ever) should have a huge blackity black backyard barbecue and I am all in on that idea.

But he'd have to be actually black not a somewhat dark-skinned soy homo.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:33 PM (UZCuZ)

103 The Royal Family is touting its efforts to curb sexual violence in Africa and the Middle East. The comment section is nearing regicide

The picture of Prince Andrew. Yikes. Looks like he's possessed.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM (gKWVE)

At this point, they are just rubbing the peasants nose in the rape of their daughters.

They should be hanged along with labor. Borrow a guillotine. Whatever.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:33 PM (zZu0s)

104 I have all my browsers in dark mode. Some sites are fubar'd because of it, but this one does well.

Also, the grey boxes makes it even better, honestly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:33 PM (2YhKe)

105
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence...
Posted by: Oddbob at June 19, 2026 03:32 PM (vTZFs)

Three times in a row, Ace is fasting again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)

106 Hunter Biden's personal journey, as he celebrates seven years of sobriety this month,"
.......

Yeah, and I'm the King of Spain.

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

107 But he'd have to be actually black not a somewhat dark-skinned soy homo.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:33 PM (UZCuZ)

I'll give you such a PINCH.

Posted by: Corey Booker at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM (gKWVE)

108 Why not agree to the fight? See if you can get the little weasel to fly out of Africa for it and then as soon as he lands, have the IRS or the FBI or just some Navy seals drag him into a van kicking and screaming toddler style and leak it to the internet. Even if you can't get a jury to convict the little stain, you can give a lot of us a little smile.

Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM (6+ehB)

109 I know most of what I do is repeat myself but I will reiterate my hypothesis that"Hunty" is specifically out in the public eye as part of the DNC plan to "take back masculinity".

Before feminizing it immediately once people are sufficiently fooled.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM (vE0+H)

110
79 >>> 73
I'm kind of surprised that Hunter Biden isn't dead or visibly retarded from massive long-term drug use.
==
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 19, 2026 03:26 PM (mS8PE)

???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:27 PM

-------

Chronic whining and pathological lying are not the same as severe cognitive impairment. For better or for worse, he's functional.

I didn't even mention the prospect of multiple V.D. infections. (A story about Errol Flynn's cadaver comes to mind.) Hunter's brain withstood it all, well enough that he's at least functional in middle age.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 19, 2026 03:35 PM (mS8PE)

111 Hitting all the formatting greatest hits today.

Also, the two #1s in the Don Jr list is a nice touch.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 19, 2026 03:35 PM (syz1S)

112 Hunter Biden's personal journey, as he celebrates seven years of sobriety this month,"
.......

Yeah, and I'm the King of Spain.
Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

So when are you going to speak out on the commies infesting YOUR country?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)

113 But he'd have to be actually black not a somewhat dark-skinned soy homo.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:33 PM (UZCuZ)

I'll give you such a PINCH.
Posted by: Corey Booker at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM (gKWVE)

YO!!!

Posted by: Hakeem Jeffries at June 19, 2026 03:35 PM (2YhKe)

114 clasps hands awaiting the busty lesbian porn*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (dK+Kv)

NO TEXT! None of us has time to read.

Actually, somehow copying and pasting clit lit into a thread WOULD be hilarious.

'Garret approached the tumescent ewok...'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

His heart was pounding with desire - and from the 800 wooden steps he'd had to climb to reach the tree borne village where his hirsute love lay waiting.

Posted by: Endor Beginnings at June 19, 2026 03:36 PM (TbWk/)

115 Robocows.

Russian company claims it has put computer chips in cows' brains to make them produce more milk

https://tinyurl.com/7t65fhp3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:36 PM (ndZc7)

116 Now that QE2 is gone, I want the rest exiled. Their continued existence at this point in British history is beyond absurd.

Bring on the next Cromwell.

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 03:36 PM (s7uMu)

117 97
It's awesome. We are cycling through every iteration of blog booboo today. Like a greatest hits album.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (3uBP9)

What time is the busty lesbian porn going to show up?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM (iJfKG)

You might not like what you see...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 03:36 PM (l3cgK)

118 Russian company claims it has put computer chips in cows' brains to make them produce more milk

This will be an Asylum Studio movie by the end of the month. Assuming it isn't already that is.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 19, 2026 03:38 PM (vTZFs)

119 These lefties like Bunter Biden have no shame or self awareness. The retarded chutzpah he has to complain about defacing the White House has to be the most clueless lack of self awareness ever .

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:38 PM (GseMx)

120 Why not agree to the fight? See if you can get the little weasel to fly out of Africa for it and then as soon as he lands, have the IRS or the FBI or just some Navy seals drag him into a van kicking and screaming toddler style and leak it to the internet. Even if you can't get a jury to convict the little stain, you can give a lot of us a little smile.
Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM (6+ehB)

My thought as well.

Have the fight in the Octagon that's already there. When Hunter shows and begins his walkup music and descends to the arena, have federal agents tackle his ass, cuff him and transport him to prison.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)

121 President Lincoln was, for a while, a professional wrestler.

And Cocaine Hunter has no room to talk.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at June 19, 2026 03:39 PM (WiGsv)

122 I notice he didn't challenge Joe Rogan.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:39 PM (GseMx)

123 Think Jackson had cock fights at the White House.

prolly both kinds

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:39 PM (pMmVV)

124 Chronic whining and pathological lying are not the same as severe cognitive impairment. For better or for worse, he's functional.

I am not convinced that he's writing any of that stuff.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:39 PM (UZCuZ)

125 Robocows.

Russian company claims it has put computer chips in cows' brains to make them produce more milk

https://tinyurl.com/7t65fhp3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:36 PM (ndZc7)
======

"Moo. Moo. Moo. MOOOOOOOOOOOOO! MOO! Moo. Moo."

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)

126

WTH hell is busty lesbian porn?

Seems to be sick if you are watching that stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:40 PM (/QHx4)

127
Don Jr. should respond thusly:

"You're an idiot."

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 03:40 PM (vE0+H)

128 Russian company claims it has put computer chips in cows' brains to make them produce more milk

I am always skeptical of these kind of claims but even if its true... this will not end well. Supercharging a body to produce something in excess will destroy it and you get less in the end.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:41 PM (UZCuZ)

129 It boggles the mind that this is not the case.
Posted by: Don Black at June

He needs money. He has never had a real job. He doesn’t know the first thing about a real job. He is clearly the person his father counted on the make the grift money based on connections. He is clearly much smarter than his father. But that door shut, and they have precious little to show for the previous amounts of grift this family has lived on. Hunter was right- he supported his entire family. It’s live a very sad mafia set up, almost.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 03:41 PM (OoFl2)

130 Russian company claims it has put computer chips in cows' brains to make them produce more milk

https://tinyurl.com/7t65fhp3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:36 PM (ndZc7)

EXTERMOONATE!!! EXTERMOONATE!!!

Posted by: Dawn of the Dairy Daleks at June 19, 2026 03:41 PM (TbWk/)

131 OK Portugal. Portugal is smaller which means less work.
I'm the King of Portugal.

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:41 PM (UjdFS)

132 WTH hell is busty lesbian porn?

Seems to be sick if you are watching that stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:40 PM (/QHx4

You know how know you're relatively new here?

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:41 PM (GseMx)

133 "he stimulator's electronic unit is attached to the back of the animal's head, with electrodes reaching deep into specific brain regions — including those responsible for reproductive functions."

Is this from "Morning Glory Milking Farm"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:41 PM (l3cgK)

134 WTH hell is busty lesbian porn?

Seems to be sick if you are watching that stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:40 PM (/QHx4)

Hey, don't blame us! Ace did it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

135 WTH hell is busty lesbian porn?

Once upon a time, a certain blogger accidentally posted images of a pair of women engaged in naughty things together on his blog. These women were endowed with very large breasts.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:42 PM (UZCuZ)

136 >>> 129 It boggles the mind that this is not the case.
Posted by: Don Black at June

He needs money. He has never had a real job. He doesn’t know the first thing about a real job. He is clearly the person his father counted on the make the grift money based on connections. He is clearly much smarter than his father. But that door shut, and they have precious little to show for the previous amounts of grift this family has lived on. Hunter was right- he supported his entire family. It’s live a very sad mafia set up, almost.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 03:41 PM (OoFl2)

That's like... 80% of the world population?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:42 PM (R+iUD)

137 Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence...
Posted by: Oddbob at June 19, 2026 03:32 PM (vTZFs)

Three times in a row, Ace is fasting again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:34 PM

There is an alternative explanation.

Posted by: Big Penguin at June 19, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

138 Russian company claims it has put computer chips in cows' brains to make them produce more milk
......

So what you're saying is their boobs get bigger?

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:42 PM (UjdFS)

139 Musk is leading the way in brain implants also. What futuristic endeavor is this guy not doing?

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:42 PM (GseMx)

140 Don Jr. should respond thusly:

"You're an idiot."
Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 03:40 PM (vE0+H)

"I wouldn't want to risk your baggie of coke disgracing the people's house again."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:43 PM (2YhKe)

141 138 Russian company claims it has put computer chips in cows' brains to make them produce more milk
......

So what you're saying is their boobs get bigger?

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:42 PM (UjdFS)

That is udderly the wrong term.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:44 PM (l3cgK)

142 busty lesbian porn?
Seems to be sick if you are watching that stuff.

I know, the very thought gives me hives.

Posted by: Corey Booker at June 19, 2026 03:44 PM (gKWVE)

143 Goooooollll

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 03:44 PM (VGFZk)

144 These lefties like Bunter Biden have no shame or self awareness. The retarded chutzpah he has to complain about defacing the White House has to be the most clueless lack of self awareness ever .

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:38 PM (GseMx)
======

H. Biden's extensive collection of self-portraits lends confirmation to this remark.

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 03:44 PM (rj6Yv)

145 These women were endowed with very large breasts.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:42 PM

Real, or artificially enhanced?

Asking for the blog.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)

146 He is clearly much smarter than his father. But that door shut, and they have precious little to show for the previous amounts of grift this family has lived on. Hunter was right- he supported his entire family. It’s live a very sad mafia set up, almost.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 03:41 PM (OoFl2)

Beau was supposed to carry the legacy of the Biden family.

Unfortunately, he did in Antietam.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (2YhKe)

147 Spent the entire day bash scripting.

I am now going to have the first of many Gimlets.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (XV/Pl)

148 Now, a death match between Hunter and Hesgeth, I'd pay to see that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

149
Here's another, worse one of the cool kids abandoning Biden:

https://x.com/BuzzPatterson/status/
2067814077095878886

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (XJ22o)

150 If we're taking bets on why Ace disappears for a while, I'm going with communing with the crows. The end goal is to get a number of birds to watch and crap on Mamdani.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (qx7Zg)

151 2-0 US

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 03:46 PM (O0L8i)

152 H. Biden's extensive collection of self-portraits lends confirmation to this remark.

Yeah um, it takes a high level of self regard to take pictures of yourself to that degree and in that kind of state but to do so many and in such a debauched condition?

I get sending a nudie to your spouse when you are apart for a couple weeks but dude. Nobody wants to see that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:46 PM (UZCuZ)

153 I'm surprised one of the Trump boys haven't done some mma training.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:47 PM (GseMx)

154
https://x.com/BuzzPatterson/status/
2067814077095878886
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (XJ22o)

Owebama playing air guitar is one of the more homo things I've seen in a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:47 PM (2YhKe)

155 "Moo. Moo. Moo. MOOOOOOOOOOOOO! MOO! Moo. Moo."
Posted by: mrp

Moo.

Posted by: Candy Crowley at June 19, 2026 03:47 PM (UjdFS)

156 Real, or artificially enhanced?

They looked real to me but to be honest I did not give the subject matter that much scrutiny.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:47 PM (UZCuZ)

157 150 If we're taking bets on why Ace disappears for a while, I'm going with communing with the crows. The end goal is to get a number of birds to watch and crap on Mamdani.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (qx7Zg)

Lesbian crow pron?
Making shelving for the crows?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:48 PM (l3cgK)

158
Moo.
Posted by: Candy Crowley at June 19, 2026 03:47 PM (UjdFS)

*hoofbump*

Posted by: Ana Navarro at June 19, 2026 03:49 PM (2YhKe)

159 I don't think Hunter wrote all that. He probably got help. It seems too well written ( although pompous) for his drug addled brain, and the President is supposed to be the servant of the people? His brain addled dad was a servant of the creepy cabal -not of the people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 03:49 PM (n3VHW)

160 Does life seem so grey, drab at the edges? It’s no different here!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 03:49 PM (g0EDW)

161 The Dems always lose their challenges. Cruz kicked Jimmy Kimmel's ass in a one on one basketball match and instead of being a good looser he whined like the perpetually crying baby he is.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:49 PM (GseMx)

162 Now, a death match between Hunter and Hesgeth, I'd pay to see that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)
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Well, some might call that a "death match". Others might see it as a "PPV execution". I'd watch it, for the Social Science.

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 03:50 PM (rj6Yv)

163 Real, or artificially enhanced?

Asking for the blog.
Posted by: J. Random Moron at June 19, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)

Both of them were/are natural, I believe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)

164 The Dems always lose their challenges. Cruz kicked Jimmy Kimmel's ass in a one on one basketball match and instead of being a good looser he whined like the perpetually crying baby he is.
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:49 PM (GseMx)

Kimmel is nothing but a bitch. Period. Dogs hump his leg because he's always in heat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

165 Hunter Biden is 10x the man that Trump and his corrupt sons are. The Trumps have made billions by illegally profiting from laws governing AI and energy.

Posted by: Sid at June 19, 2026 03:52 PM (55g7c)

166 Catfight!

Overton

@overton_news
Joy Behar gets ATTACKED by Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro for being too respectful to JD Vance — but she stood her ground.

They accused her of getting “disarmed” by his niceness on The View but Behar fired back with a defense that made them both look foolish.

BEHAR: “With JD, he was here the other day. I respect the office. I believe in reaching across the aisle. I do. This is why MAGA Republicans, they’re coming around.”

HOSTIN: “But I want to know… why were you so in love with JD Vance?”

BEHAR: “I wasn’t in love… look I’m not in love with him and I’m not in love with this administration. You are watching me on this show!”
NAVARRO: “He came in strategically prepared to disarm us with niceness… It worked on you. It didn’t work on me!”
HOSTIN: “It didn’t work on me either.”
BEHAR: “It DID NOT work on me, Ana!”
HOSTIN: “I think it did.”
BEHAR: “It did not! I respect the office. I’m a civilized human being. When someone comes on my show, then you treat them like a human being!”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:53 PM (ndZc7)

167 The Musk /Zuckerberg cage match never happened and I was happy it didn't.

Zuckerberg would have taken down Musk and submitted him in the first 30 seconds.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:53 PM (GseMx)

168 Trump unveiling new AF1. Looking forward to see the inside.

Posted by: WisRich at June 19, 2026 03:53 PM (G0vdT)

169 160 Does life seem so grey, drab at the edges? It’s no different here!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 03:49 PM (g0EDW)

Just the edges? Top to bottom, inside and out. That's just life.

Posted by: Ain't sunshine and roses that's for sure at June 19, 2026 03:54 PM (TbWk/)

170 Bullshit, retard. You're just dreaming about Hunter's cock up your ass.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:55 PM (R+iUD)

171 BEHAR: “It did not! I respect the office. I’m a civilized human being. When someone comes on my show, then you treat them like a human being!”

She's actually correct here.

The other heifers, not so much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

172 BEHAR: “It DID NOT work on me, Ana!”
HOSTIN: “I think it did.”
BEHAR: “It did not! I respect the office. I’m a civilized human being. When someone comes on my show, then you treat them like a human being!”

Since fucking when?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 03:55 PM (mYCqF)

173 Zuckerberg would have taken down Musk and submitted him in the first 30 seconds.

Well that's not fair, Zuckerberg is an android

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:55 PM (UZCuZ)

174 Posted by: Sid at June 19, 2026 03:52 PM (55g7c)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 19, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

175 Sid is a sock, yes? Because that's really dumb to actually be legitimate,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 03:55 PM (OYsYV)

176 >>> 171 BEHAR: “It did not! I respect the office. I’m a civilized human being. When someone comes on my show, then you treat them like a human being!”

She's actually correct here.

The other heifers, not so much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

"MOO!" -- my heifer, who objects to this comparison

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:56 PM (R+iUD)

177 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:53 PM (ndZc7)

The two bitches just admitted they weren't open to any discussion. Hate has a home at these Bints house.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:56 PM (GseMx)

178 Guy who snorted coke in the White House on the Fourth of July is offended by what Trump is doing.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 19, 2026 03:57 PM (aD4fx)

179 Left: we’re all about respect and diversity and treating people well. We’re also appalled at Trump saying mean things.

Also left: how dare that bitch treat JDVance with respect?

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 03:57 PM (VGFZk)

180 She's actually correct here.

The other heifers, not so much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Well, maybe not as wrong as the others.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 03:57 PM (ndZc7)

181 Trump unveiling new AF1. Looking forward to see the inside.
Posted by: WisRich

Front to back:
Cockpit. Trump's quarters. Meeting room. Media seating on rollers. C-130 style ramp.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 03:57 PM (mYCqF)

182 I KNEW Ace was sending us a code!!!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (R+iUD)

The crows have abducted him. This is an SOS.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:57 PM (dK+Kv)

183 It really saddens me how stupid Sid is.

Public education REALLY failed him.

I mean, the Trump's were billionaires BEFORE Donald became president.

It was the Biden's that sold themselves out for every f*cking dime they could.

And Hunter recorded himself threatening a hooker he smoked crack with........but he's 10x the man.....

What a maroon......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

184 Sid is just another clueless retarded lefty who has no concept of the truth or facts or history.

Take your medication dude.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 03:58 PM (GseMx)

185

So sometimes Ace doesn't post his comments in the way we expect.

I assume Ace had a family, not that I want to know what his family situation is.
He has things to do like the rest of us. Shopping etc.

How he does what he does everyday is amazing to me.

Ace rocks!!

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:59 PM (/QHx4)

186
"MOO!" -- my heifer, who objects to this comparison
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:56 PM (R+iUD)

No offense intended. LOL!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)

187 Hunter Biden is splitting his time between the U.S. and Cape Town, South Africa, traveling via standard commercial flights. His movement abroad is facilitated by his South African-born wife, Melissa Cohen Biden. He relies on standard border and immigration processes to enter and exit both countries.

Peak Path Health -
While specific coverage levels depend on your individual policy, Peak Path Health works with major commercial carriers, including: BCBS), Cigna, Humana, more. Typically does not accept public state insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.

Peak Path Health operates as a fully licensed residential treatment provider in the State of California. The facility holds active licensing and certification to provide 24-hour non-medical substance use disorder (SUD) recovery, detoxification, and mental health treatment services.

All medical and therapeutic care provided at the facility is administered by licensed professionals.

All easy to track.

Hunter & Jill pretend they know where the bodies are buried. The Obamas let them play....for now.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 04:00 PM (NFX2v)

188 Hunter just like his dad. Challenging people to his first fight.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 04:01 PM (GseMx)

189 >>>The crows have abducted him. This is an SOS.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

>The crows are celebrating Juneteenth with drank and blunts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 04:01 PM (9SpJJ)

190 Does anyone know how much Jill got for her book advance payment?

Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

191
JD Vance just wants to sleep with me.

Posted by: Joy Behar at June 19, 2026 04:02 PM (OkYzo)

192 JD Vance just wants to sleep with me.

Posted by: Joy Behar

Bi***, your own subconscious doesn't want to sleep with you.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)

193 Does anyone know how much Jill got for her book advance payment?
Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

Joe got $10m. Can't find what Jill got.

Joe won't be writing a f*cking thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:03 PM (2YhKe)

194 Rumors have Jill getting $30m for hers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:03 PM (2YhKe)

195 33 Whatever happened to the notion of shame?

If Hunter Biden had even the tiniest shred of decency, he would withdraw from public life and never been seen or heard from again. It boggles the mind that this is not the case.

For quite a while now, the single best skill to cultivate for worldly success is the ability to have zero shame or embarrassment about anything you say or do and just keep on going as if it never happened.

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 19, 2026 04:04 PM (3/XaG)

196 Dang, I think everyone's still hanging out on the prior thread...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 04:04 PM (OUMaO)

197 193 Does anyone know how much Jill got for her book advance payment?
Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

Joe got $10m. Can't find what Jill got.

two-fiddy

Posted by: anachronda at June 19, 2026 04:04 PM (qdr3M)

198 Ace rocks!!

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:59 PM (/QHx4)

Tears open envelope....

"What does Ace have in his head."

Posted by: Carnac The Magnificent at June 19, 2026 04:05 PM (vE0+H)

199 Crazy day. Maybe Ace is on-the-road.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 04:06 PM (NFX2v)

200

Jill whore was a babysitter for Biden and his first wife.

If she had any shame she would admit she was babysitting to wreck Biden's marriage to his first wife.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:06 PM (/QHx4)

201 Joe got $10m. Can't find what Jill got.

two-fiddy
Posted by: anachronda at June 19, 2026 04:04 PM (qdr3M)
=====

About $2.50 is what H. Biden gets for his latest artistic oeuvres.

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 04:07 PM (rj6Yv)

202 >>> 200

Jill whore was a babysitter for Biden and his first wife.

If she had any shame she would admit she was babysitting to wreck Biden's marriage to his first wife.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:06 PM (/QHx4)

If either of them did the first wife *might* still be alive.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 04:07 PM (R+iUD)

203 "... a holistic view of what middle-aged white Karens might want to pretend to read."

Heh, he's always good, but sometimes Ace is off the charts. He fired about half a dozen perfectly targeted darts in a short part of one sentence.

On another topic, IMHO, I get the concept, and absolutely no disrespect for the MMA folks or anyone else involved, but would have preferred something a little more traditional, conservative, whatever. No idea what.

It seems at some kind of ceremony years ago, some of the pop culture lefty entertainers refused to participate and he simply had one of the military bands play instead. A subtle FU.

Sometimes quiet strength sends a loud message.

Posted by: RM at June 19, 2026 04:07 PM (n/1Oj)

204 For her recent 2026 memoir, View from the East Wing, the exact financial terms of her deal with Gallery Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) remain undisclosed.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 04:07 PM (NFX2v)

205 Does anyone know how much Jill got for her book advance payment?

What is frustrating to me is that an "advance" for a book is like an advance on your paycheck. Its not a bonus, its the publisher paying you some of what they expect to make from your book, its an advance on your payment that you would have coming anyway.

I don't honesty know why they do it, and its not great for the author: you get it all at once and then nothing until you sell enough books to exceed that amount.

But this kind of thing? Ten million for another throwaway political bio ghost written by an unpopular president? Its just a big fat donation, they'll never make 10 million dollars from this book. They almost never make 10 million from ANY book, EVER, in total. ANd the pay you get from writing, after the publisher takes their cut? Like 30% of each book sale. And then your agent and manager and everyone else gets a piece of that before you get your 10-20%.

So for them to justify this book, they will have to have sold $300,000,000 worth of a book that might sell 100,000 copies in its entire print run.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:08 PM (UZCuZ)

206 Was Hunter doing stuff with prostitutes in Florida? A state isn't subject to presidential pardon and I'm sure DeSantis would have fun with that one

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 04:08 PM (L9YhZ)

207 Does anyone know how much Jill got for her book advance payment?
Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 04:08 PM (qx7Zg)

208 If "Dr." Jill wanted to really earn some book monies she'd write a tell all about the horseshit that went down with the Harris team and her demented husband being yanked off the ticket at the last minute.

I bet that whole episode, if revealed, would be worth a couple bucks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 04:09 PM (jehhT)

209
$20, same as in town.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 04:08 PM (qx7Zg)

Never not funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:09 PM (2YhKe)

210

Whatever Ace is doing today I hope he is enjoying himself.

Would any of you want to do what he does?

I would be more batshit crazy than I am now.

We are blessed to have Ace.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:09 PM (/QHx4)

211 185 So sometimes Ace doesn't post his comments in the way we expect.

I assume Ace had a family,

out: cat lady
in: crow bro

Posted by: anachronda at June 19, 2026 04:10 PM (qdr3M)

212
I bet that whole episode, if revealed, would be worth a couple bucks.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 04:09 PM (jehhT)

I really wanted Betty White to write a tell-all book. Her 70+ years in hollywood likely had her doing and experiencing a whole lot of sick shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:10 PM (2YhKe)

213 OT, but maybe on topic for Sid, rocket surgeons go visit the bison
youtu.be/jR9ZU-9mCzc

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 04:10 PM (gKWVE)

214 If "Dr." Jill wanted to really earn some book monies she'd write a tell all about the horseshit that went down with the Harris team and her demented husband being yanked off the ticket at the last minute.

I bet that whole episode, if revealed, would be worth a couple bucks.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I'd bet serious money that would get her whacked.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:10 PM (mYCqF)

215 WHAT!?!?!

It's FIXED!!!?????

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:11 PM (2YhKe)

216 So for them to justify this book, they will have to have sold $300,000,000 worth of a book that might sell 100,000 copies in its entire print run.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:08 PM (UZCuZ)

It's a payoff. The money comes from elsewhere.

Posted by: Carnac The Magnificent at June 19, 2026 04:11 PM (vE0+H)

217 Dr. Jill could sell millions of copies if she would do a full nude spread with Big Mike including penetration.

Posted by: Mandingo 2: Dr. Jill's Anal Boogaloo at June 19, 2026 04:11 PM (og9zY)

218
So for them to justify this book, they will have to have sold $300,000,000 worth of a book that might sell 100,000 copies in its entire print run.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:08 PM (UZCuZ)

____________

Oh, don't worry. There are plenty of buyers. It's quite possible that you're one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 04:12 PM (O0L8i)

219 215 WHAT!?!?!

It's FIXED!!!?????
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at

Was that CBD I saw running down the hall?

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 04:13 PM (OoFl2)

220 So for them to justify this book, they will have to have sold $300,000,000 worth of a book that might sell 100,000 copies in its entire print run.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:08 PM (UZCuZ)

It's a payoff. The money comes from elsewhere.
Posted by: Carnac The Magnificent

Used to come from USAID. Now it's probably coming from Soros.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 04:13 PM (mYCqF)

221

lmao Hadrian

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 04:13 PM (/QHx4)

222
Was that CBD I saw running down the hall?
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 04:13 PM (OoFl2)

Without a PASS!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:13 PM (2YhKe)

223 Used to come from USAID. Now it's probably coming from Soros.

I think its mostly coming from Muslim billionaires. I think that's why suddenly the Democrats are all against Jews, because they lost their usual funding and ran to the Saudis with a hand out.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (UZCuZ)

224 The Royal Family is touting its efforts to curb sexual violence in Africa and the Middle East. The comment section is nearing regicide

The picture of Prince Andrew. Yikes. Looks like he's possessed.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 03:31 PM

I suspect we are nearing the end of the monarchy in England. They are one or two generations away from having a complete and total non functioning idiot being "crowned" king.

Monty Python's Upper Class Twit of the Year skit was dead on.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (0N4FZ)

225 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (2YhKe)

226 Hollynood

Posted by: Kratwurst at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (v3uta)

227 I suspect there are some CA taxpayer dollars going to peak path.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (n5tGW)

228 203 On another topic, IMHO, I get the concept, and absolutely no disrespect for the MMA folks or anyone else involved, but would have preferred something a little more traditional

the colosseum was busy.

Posted by: anachronda at June 19, 2026 04:15 PM (qdr3M)

229 Dems getting book advances is simply political payoffs.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 04:16 PM (L9YhZ)

230 206 Was Hunter doing stuff with prostitutes in Florida? A state isn't subject to presidential pardon and I'm sure DeSantis would have fun with that one

A: The same thing Epstein was doing with foreign national/assets with the approval of Brennan(emails disclosed previously, congressMonsters know and all this parallel construction is for nought: unless ALL (normal) PEOPLE truely are the Enemy)

It's hard to imagine regretting not settling for the lesser evil, ctHILLARY when faced with cTHIEL and ctKARP, but reality is under no obligation to justification of why is *is* precisely what it is -- but that's where we are today.

https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-OneNation
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TheWARonNormalPeople

Only OrangeManBad can change this.

Which is precisely why the Brennan/Indictment and subsequent ratting out of his fellows is the Turning Point(tm) of the 21stCentury.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhoRtheTargets
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ctHARRIS19takedown
Not One Battle after Another; One LIB after Another.

In the meantime, Hunter Biden in his gyrocopter continues to circle the minefield to way lay any traveler who's cooked yams he does not like....

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2026 04:17 PM (IW7UE)

231 NOOD

HOLLYWOOD

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 04:18 PM (R+iUD)

232 Marshawn is at the game.

Lots of NFL peeps, current and retired attending games all over the country.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 04:21 PM (VGFZk)

233 Used to come from USAID. Now it's probably coming from Soros.

I think its mostly coming from Muslim billionaires. I think that's why suddenly the Democrats are all against Jews, because they lost their usual funding and ran to the Saudis with a hand out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (UZCuZ)

Dems have always been all against the Jews. Nothing has changed here.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 19, 2026 04:30 PM (uhVAy)

234 https://youtu.be/MwMuEBhgNNE

Posted by: The Ballots at June 19, 2026 05:00 PM (jrgJz)

235 233 Used to come from USAID. Now it's probably coming from Soros.
...
I think its mostly coming from Muslim billionaires. I think that's why suddenly the Democrats are all against Jews, because they lost their usual funding and ran to the Saudis with a hand out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 04:14 PM (UZCuZ)
....
Dems have always been all against the Jews. Nothing has changed here.

The Pendulum Swings because it is pushed.
Right/Left/Up/Down all are their play things.

...there were those who prepared for the end, who measured the size and power of the enemy and faced the choices - stand and fight or bow to the will of a fearsome enemy. Or surrender, to yield and collaborate, to save themselves and stay their enemy's hand. Men who believed that victory was the absence of defeat and survival of the ultimate ideology, no matter what the sacrifice...

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2026 05:02 PM (IW7UE)

236 To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for. This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants.

Wow. They could show that projection on the moon.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 05:42 PM (kU0PQ)

237 Hunter couldn't take a punch. His teeth would fly out.

Posted by: Reforger at June 19, 2026 06:19 PM (wjnjX)

Players on the Minor League Team the York (PA) Revolution Refuse to Wear Their Rainbow Uniforms, So the Team Cancels the Game and Forfeits

But note, the team threw the players under the bus, claiming they're not "welcoming" and "supportive" of the LGBT "community."

Minor league baseball's York Revolution in Pennsylvania declined to play its Pride Night game Thursday after players refused to wear uniforms that featured a rainbow design, team officials said.
The Revolution's game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs was to have marked the team's 11th annual Pride Night, but players refused to don special jerseys that had rainbow sleeves.
Thursday night's game will go down as a forfeit, the Revolution said.
"This decision was not reached lightly," the team said in a statement.
President and GM Ben Shipley said his manager told him Tuesday that fewer than nine players on the 28-man roster -- the minimum needed to fill out a lineup card -- were willing to play in Thursday night's uniforms.

Love. It. I had no idea this was such a widespread rejection of the Gay Garb.

Shipley said the discussion led to an unprecedented team meeting at which he was unable to talk players into wearing the rainbow sleeves.
"I'm disappointed that we're at this point, and I recognize the players' plight and their unwillingness to cross their line. I also think tolerance is not acceptance," Shipley told NBC News on Thursday.
"I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."
The spirit of Pride Night would have been compromised had players been forced to wear uniforms that celebrated the community, the Revolution said.
"Unfortunately, several of our players have refused to wear the scheduled Pride Night jersey and the club decided that hosting the event is more important than forcing players to wear jerseys they are not comfortable with and playing the game," the team said.
...
Other Pride Night events are still set to go on as scheduled at the ballpark free of charge. They include music, fan batting practice and other on-the-field activities, Shipley said.
The team is set to return to action Friday against Southern Maryland.
Team officials criticized their own players for refusing to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
...
The incident in York unfolded less than a week after four players with the San Francisco Giants staged a silent protest against the team's Pride Night celebration by writing Bible references on their hats.
After the Giants incident, MLB warned players not to deface their uniforms.

As mentioned, the team itself -- the urban monoculture-captured corporation -- threw the players under the bus.

Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
Pennsylvania minor league baseball team the York Revolution forfeited their Pride Night game tonight against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs after their players refused to wear Pride-themed rainbow jerseys.
The team criticized its own players, calling the refusal "completely inconsistent" with their vision as the "Most Welcoming Place in York." They donated $10,000 to a local LGBTQIA+ group, the Rainbow Rose Center, for the 11th annual event.

If a team demanded that all the players wear Back the Blue shirts, or White Live Matters shirts, or MAGA Baby! shirts, would the left concede that perhaps there is a freedom of conscience issue here?

No of course not. "That's different," because a leftist Karen says so.

Rob Schneider -- yes, the "makin' copies" guy -- shows almost Justine-Bateman-levels of #Basedness.

Rob Schneider 🇺🇸
@RobSchneider

Pro Baseball players who signed a contract to play baseball and did NOT sign a contract to Promote Leftist Woke Agendas, forfeit game for not participating in Pride Night & refusing to wear ridiculous uniforms that they also did not sign up for.

Rob Schneider
@RobSchneider

Dear professional baseball players,
ANY player in ANY professional LEAGUE who is FINED by their league for refusing to be FORCED to participate in WOKE LEFTIST AGENDAS, who refuses to wear ridiculous uniforms (or cleats), @TPUSA and I will PAY any and ALL of your Fines!

You signed a contract to play baseball, you didn't sign a contract to go against your deeply held Christian religious beliefs.

Baseball is our National Pastime, not Drag queen story hour.

Sincerely yours,
Rob Schneider and Turning Point USA!

Gay activists are determined to force straight people to LARP as gay. Earlier this week I linked video of a teacher being fired for forcing female students to pretend to be lesbian and kiss each other -- with the teacher grading them according to how convincing the forced sexual roleplay was.

And then they wonder why support for gays and gay marriage is plummeting.

It's because you promised us that if we allowed gay marriage, "Nothing in your lives will change!"

But we now know that was just another Gay Race Communist lie -- gay marriage is the Trojan horse for the real agenda, which is to make gays feel "safe" and "included" by forcing straights to become gay, or at least gay a few days a year. In solidarity, you understand.

I implore the gay community to rebuke their most insane activists and turn away from this path. A tiny minority cannot bully a majority as if they were masters and the majority were slaves, and if they attempt to do so, the ultimate reckoning for this lunatic crusade will be terrible.

NEW: Professional baseball team 'York Revolution' turns on their players after they were forced to forfeit after the players refused to wear LGBT jerseys for 'Pride Night.'

The Pennsylvania team threw their players under the bus for refusing to put on the gay uniforms.

"To be� pic.twitter.com/xStfEYmx88
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2026

It reminds me of that U2 song, "Pride in the Name of Love."

I hate U2 and I hate that song especially. They're the Bruce Springsteen of Ireland.

Oh did you not know they were Irish? I can understand that, they never mention it.

Bonus:

INBOX: An announcer at a "family-friendly" Pride event in Columbus, Georgia, made inappropriate comments over the loudspeaker, which included phrases such as "if you see a bulge don't be mad" and "F*ck you and go f*ck yourself"

This is what they are saying in front of CHILDREN. pic.twitter.com/Gis5RuHKPx
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2026

Oh, and I also forgot (I think) to point out that the media claimed that the man arrested for pulling his pud in front of women was, in fact, a "woman" jerking off in front of women.

NEW MEDIA HOAX JUST DROPPED

This "woman" is a MAN who masturbated in front of nurses at a hospital in the UK. He has multiple previous sex crime convictions.

The media is covering up for a male sex predator https://t.co/caLj4XWp73 pic.twitter.com/c7KFACHvo7
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 16, 2026

"Nothing in your lives will change," they said.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM

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1 FIRSTY!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 19, 2026 02:12 PM (PJdmB)

3 One thing I haven't seen or heard about the "pride day" is whether anyone showed up once the game was forfeit. Was anyone let in for an orgy, or was that limited to the parking lot?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 02:13 PM (qx7Zg)

4 Woman ? I object...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 02:13 PM (FtULh)

5 In Florida they had to cancel a bunch of Gay Pride events because they were going to enforce the law on lewdess in front of minors

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (9865T)

6

How many queers are here in our country?

It's disgusting to me that we let perverts have any say in what people think and say.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (/QHx4)

7 Oh jou're goin to wear da ribbon!!

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (Fi81e)

8 Henry VI > Edward IV

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (zipEL)

9 "I'm disappointed that we're at this point, and I recognize the players' plight and their unwillingness to cross their line. I also think tolerance is not acceptance," Shipley told NBC News on Thursday.
=
The value of tolerance needs to be reconsidered.

Posted by: Methos at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (vSvIl)

10 Everyone knows the most healthy kind of pride is the kind you force on people.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (vE0+H)

11 BREAKING:

MLB now faces a DOJ investigation for religious discrimination after attacking players for writing Bible verses on their caps

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 19, 2026 02:15 PM (9865T)

12 York, PA.

Hometown for the Band, Live.

My VW Van broke down there the day Jerry Garcia Died. A random guy stopped on the highway and arranged a tow to a local VW shop for me.
Later that day, he invited my GF and I to a house party where Live was playing.
Spent 2-3 days there, waiting on parts and hanging out with some of the nicest people I have ever met.

All in all, your avg VW Road Trip experience.

Posted by: garrett at June 19, 2026 02:15 PM (An6iH)

13 I am a little excited to see the number of gay people on twitter calling all this out as ridiculous. But then the gay people on my twitter feed don’t wear being gay as their identity first and foremost.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 02:15 PM (OoFl2)

14 Rob Schneider has been based for some time.

It makes me wonder if Adam Sandler's all crew of regulars are mostly so as well.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:15 PM (sKqQm)

15
Hi there, sailor.

Posted by: 70s-80s Houston Astros at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (y9nCu)

16 "Earlier this week I linked video of a teacher being fired for forcing female students to pretend to be lesbian and kiss each other -- with the teacher grading them according to how convincing the forced sexual roleplay was."

Why didn't I think of this? Back when I was a baby lawyer, I gave lectures/classes to college students on law and legal career. Some real hotties in those classes. But The Blade is a gentleman!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

17 1930s Germany had a lot of pride.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (vE0+H)

18 I thought compelled political speech was a no-no legally speaking?

Just sayin', is all.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (OUMaO)

19 5 In Florida they had to cancel a bunch of Gay Pride events because they were going to enforce the law on lewdess in front of minors
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (9865T)

It is at times likes these I am exceptionally proud to be a Floridian.

Posted by: Oh Florida, we stand on guard for thee at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (TbWk/)

20 Here's the thing: if the majority (great majority) of baseball players who think the whole rainbow thing is gay both figuratively and literally would do this... they couldn't forfeit every game. They would have to cave and drop this crap.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (UZCuZ)

21 That is one ugly it staring at us in that last photo.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (ZVgZ4)

22 >> I also forgot (I think) to point out that the media claimed that the man arrested for pulling his pud in front of women was, in fact, a "woman" jerking off in front of women.

As women are want to do.

Posted by: garrett at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (An6iH)

23 And to think that the most mainstream part of "Pride" used to be called "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name", for shame.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (Fi81e)

24 gay marriage is the Trojan horse of old greek homos

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (Kt19C)

25 Can we just play sports and not give a shit who the players fuck or pray too?

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (MNCvZ)

26 So, what are the odds that the York's owners are butt-f'ing sodomites?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 19, 2026 02:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

27 I also think tolerance is not acceptance

Tolerance doesn't mean promotion either, asshat.

And coercion is not tolerance.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 02:17 PM (n5tGW)

28 Refuse to Wear Their Rainbow Uniforms like gladiator movies?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 02:17 PM (Kt19C)

29 It is at times likes these I am exceptionally proud to be a Floridian.
Posted by: Oh Florida, we stand on guard for thee at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (TbWk/)
---
And we in blue states are envious.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:18 PM (Fi81e)

30 The Live MTV Un-Plugged set is, imo, the Best MTV Un-Plugged set.

Fantastic stuff.

Posted by: garrett at June 19, 2026 02:18 PM (An6iH)

31 Who? Who does not want to wear the rib-bon?

Posted by: Street Tough #1 at June 19, 2026 02:18 PM (dK+Kv)

32 There is no slippery slope we were told.

Posted by: steevy at June 19, 2026 02:19 PM (YwEeS)

33 Gay activists are determined to force straight people to LARP as gay.

I noticed that as trannymania hit its peak under the Biden Junta that they started to argue that refusing to "date" as in have sex with a tranny should be a literal crime because it was discriminatory.

And this didn't come out of nowhere - I've read reddit threads where leftwing lesbians say they are down with the struggle for trans-rights but don't want a girlfriend with a penis. And the respond they get? If you were a real lesbian you'd have no problem with ladypenis and then call the original poster a vagina fetishist

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

34 Baseball, Apple Pie and Sodomy

Posted by: garrett at June 19, 2026 02:19 PM (An6iH)

35 The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name" else the jissom drips down its lips

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 02:19 PM (Kt19C)

36 DOJ Launches Investigation Into Major League Baseball for Targeting of Christians
https://t.co/gdYKhKZwsS

The Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into Major League Baseball after three San Francisco Giants players were targeted for their decision to wear Bible verses on their uniforms during a LGBT Pride event hosted by the team.
“The Civil Rights Act prohibits MLB and its franchises from unreasonably burdening the rights of players with religious objects to serving as the League’s vehicle for pro-Pride messages,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a letter to the sporting league. “Federal law is clear: employers must modify their uniform requirements to reasonably accommodate their employees’ exercise of religion.”

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at June 19, 2026 02:19 PM (9aVck)

37 27 I also think tolerance is not acceptance

Tolerance doesn't mean promotion either, asshat.

And coercion is not tolerance.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 02:17 PM (n5tGW)

It means whatever we say it means, no more and no less.

Posted by: LGBTQWERTY Mafia at June 19, 2026 02:19 PM (TbWk/)

38 4 Woman ? I object...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026

Apparently now all it takes to be a woman is to slap a really bad wig on. You don’t even have to shave your face stubble.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 02:20 PM (OoFl2)

39
There are some people who are actually okay with gay marriage who still don't want to be forced to wear Pride swag. But it seems like they always leave it up to the Christians to stick their necks out and protest the coercive shyt.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 02:20 PM (XJ22o)

40 I am looking forward to an enterprising Moron reworking 'Casey at the Bat' with this story in mind.

Posted by: garrett at June 19, 2026 02:20 PM (An6iH)

41 I implore the gay community to rebuke their most insane activists and turn away from this path.
===
*Laughs and Laughs and Laughs*

Posted by: Gaybe Malodorous at June 19, 2026 02:20 PM (anL5R)

42 We have to get rid of gay marriage.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 02:20 PM (ZVgZ4)

43 A lot of people's problems with libertine ideas was the prediction that suddenly a good bit of life would be predicated on "or else" threats. And we knew that whenever that happens, and general basic liberty is threatened as a consequence of libertine follies, the libertines would suddenly disappear.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 02:20 PM (3uBP9)

44 "I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."

Either you wear it or you don't. How does one "navigate" that?

The answer is that for them, the only acceptable solution would have been for the players to cave and give management the virtue signaling opportunity they wanted.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:21 PM (Riz8t)

45 1996: All we want is protection under the law you h8ters!

2006: All we want is the right to marry h8ters!

2016: All we want is for you to back that cake h8ters!

2026 (if we hadn't gotten Trump): All we want is the right to have sex with your kids h8ters!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)

46 The paradox of tolerance: being tolerant of people who do not define tolerance the way you do.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:21 PM (Fi81e)

47 "I also think tolerance is not acceptance"

Fuck this fag in particular. For one thing, what the team wanted wasn't "tolerance." What the team wanted was the players to actively promote a political agenda.

Tolerance would be the players not quitting over a gay player on their team. What the team wants was more like the players giving the homo a celebratory blowjob.

And for a second thing, in some circumstances tolerance is acceptance. If you tolerate dangerous and perverted behavior, you are effectively accepting it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

48 It means whatever we say it means, no more and no less.
Posted by: LGBTQWERTY Mafia at June 19, 2026 02:19 PM (TbWk/)

Oh no we always meant coercion

Posted by: LOLGBT at June 19, 2026 02:21 PM (vE0+H)

49 Transgender Barry Woman? Michelle? is that you?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 02:22 PM (n5tGW)

50 >>>"I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."

Bull. Fucking. Shit. You were.

Nobody is out there forcefully ripping dicks out of other men's assholes. Nobody is out there beating the sodomites up for their life choices.

That's tolerance.

Posted by: Street Tough #1 at June 19, 2026 02:22 PM (dK+Kv)

51
I am a little excited to see the number of gay people on twitter calling all this out as ridiculous. But then the gay people on my twitter feed don’t wear being gay as their identity first and foremost.
Posted by: Piper

==============

Actually, you're right, and counter to what I said at #39, they are sticking their necks out. Before Elon bought X, those people got canceled continually. Gays Against Groomers was one account that is now back. I think Zuck the Cuck was canceling virtually anyone who uttered the word "grooming."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 02:22 PM (XJ22o)

52 >>> Posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM Comments

>>> Posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM Comments

=====

It's "1:10pm" all day today!!

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 19, 2026 02:22 PM (Y2/Vj)

53 Afternoon.

Professional sports haven't been captured by leftists. Professional sports have been captured by the nerds that the athletes all treated like shit in high school. This is the revenge.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 19, 2026 02:22 PM (8XMGq)

54 The Gigolo is an underrated movie.

Posted by: garrett at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (An6iH)

55 You can't spell pride without derp

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (vE0+H)

56 I cheer for the York players. But attending one of their games would support an organization that sucks.

Posted by: Cosda at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (Q+3G7)

57 GM Ben Shipley.
Suck it up Shipley, be a man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (pMmVV)

58 "I was asking for tolerance"
No, you were attempting to compel acquiescence.

As the sour Soviet joke went: "Forcing us into paradise at the point of a bayonet."

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (bufu1)

59 A lot of people's problems with libertine ideas was the prediction that suddenly a good bit of life would be predicated on "or else"

I saw a thread somewhere where the question was, "Name something where the biggest mouthbreathing idiots you know where right about something big"

And the top answer was gay marriage, with one person saying, "Not a single one of the bible thumping morons I know could tell me why gay marriage would make my life worse. And yet here we are now and I have to drag my kids away from events so they don't have to see guys making out or trannies twerking in front of them"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)

60 It's not like they are the York C*cksuckers.

(Are they?)

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (ItpVy)

61 >> the real agenda, which is to make gays feel "safe" and "included" by forcing straights to become gay, or at least gay a few days a year. In solidarity, you understand.

No, it is much worse than that. I have been is a couple companies where they were described as the "gay mafia" and they acted just as the name describes.

They want to be superior to normal people. They want us all to treat them as special. When they gain control of a department or position, they use that power to only promote from within their community. They act like a tribe, and if you are not in the tribe you are treated as inferior. They want retribution for the accusation of child rape and grooming and spreading all kinds of nasty diseases (which of course they are guilty of). As it is human nature to demand apologies loudest for accusations which are true.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (3Jsk5)

62 I thought compelled political speech was a no-no legally speaking?

Just sayin', is all.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (OUMaO)

Because to them, this is just decency. And once someone protests, they will do everything in their power to destroy them. Just like the bakers. No one is allowed to deviate from their orthodoxy. Because they are a threat to their power structure.

And Piper is right as well, not all gays are like this. But she is also wrong. Because many do absolutely nothing to try to rein in the more zealous of their cohorts- just like Islam. They won't get their hands dirty, but they acquiesce to the more zealous who do.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (zZu0s)

63 There are some people who are actually okay with gay marriage who still don't want to be forced to wear Pride swag.

I'm one of them. I've never worn it and never will. The problem is that the Gay Pride movement has been hijacked by the most radical among them (and among the general pop).

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

64 TRANSformer Edition: DARE TO BE ST001D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tc6UbEYI4M

Open letter to Donald -- don't be stupid(and your not, but the others need to know what's at stake)

The Deep State offer they're giving you of an honorable exit for installing JD/Juris-Designee, cTHIELian accolite for a blanket pardon and an offer you can't refuse, that should be.

If it looks too good to be true, it always is, regardless.
deceit, Denial and DECEPTION is like breathing for them.

littleMarco has some tough choices to make, to save himself, to become Region of Freeport/Cuba or President if he really wants to carry on your fight.

You were Right. After they finish with you, they're coming for the rest, because when the Truth Becomes a Liability -- ALL (normal) PEOPLE become the Enemy.

Indict Brennan, Depose Dimon, and you can be forever free from loser/Epstein and they will train their guns on each other to be crowned Eminent Monster last one standing, because they know Brennan will rat them out.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhoRtheTargets
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ctHARRIS19takedown
Not One Battle after Another; One LIB after Another.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2026 02:24 PM (IW7UE)

65 The Chicago BEARS are a team of short, stocky, hairy homosexuals.

Sincerely,
A Packers Fan

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 02:24 PM (dIske)

66 I hope they all realize it was the trannies, blm, and (other) extreme leftists that ruined "tolerance" for everybody. Of course those people are doing everything they can to blame it on the normies.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 19, 2026 02:24 PM (qivay)

67 Both Phoenix and Tucson Pride were forced into bankruptcy and they all have the sadz because there is no money to advertise and assemble to do shit in front of kids.

Posted by: DBCooper at June 19, 2026 02:25 PM (lU1Z3)

68 Tolerance for homosexuals at a ball game would be...allowing them to attend.

But of course gay people could ALWAYS go to a ball game. They couldn't make out with other gay people but...so what? I can't say I've ever kissed a woman at a ball game anyway.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

69 Baseball may re-emerge as America's game, the #1 most watched and appreciated. It looks like the concept of being a man is catching on.

Big daddy, Trump effect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:25 PM (pMmVV)

70 Gettin' a little tired of yer shit, Moon Moon.

Why do homosexuals think they just discovered sex, and why do they have to constantly remind us of that "fact?"

Most men figure out how to control their own dick to the extent that most other people never have to know anything about it, but not the homosexual perverts. Everything is about their dicks, and what they do with them, all while knowing they are perverts and all while demanding I applaud them for having one.

No fuckin' way.

Sidenote: This is the reason why leftists routinely reduce women to their girly bits. It is all they have ever cared about. Nauseating.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:25 PM (bl07w)

71 The Blade is a gentleman!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026

In today’s episode of “Does this meet the (very) high bar of sexual harassment” we will be acting out a few scenarios where you follow these scripts, dear students, and I will then rate whether it would sexual harassment or not. ACTION!

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 02:25 PM (OoFl2)

72 They wanted to kill you for not wearing a mask.

They also want to kill you for not supporting the Bug Partiers.

Posted by: garrett at June 19, 2026 02:26 PM (An6iH)

73
"I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."

===============

Navigate. Another one of those newly redefined words like "journey" and "divergent" and " involved" and "story" that rejects normalcy as bad in and of itself.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 02:26 PM (XJ22o)

74 I remember in this very forum, explaining that the lack of necessary forcers for things to get ridiculous is no guard against them.

But of course the answer was "What bad things are you implying about gay people?!"

Gay marriage was the push over point. People conceded to "be nice" not because there was irresistible logic behind it. But because it was "popular" and the new wave with the kids coming up--thus "with the times" and "modern".

Once they could embarrass you about being a "stick in the mud", things became unstuck all the faster.

And of all things, I didn't have an emotional stake in whether gays got married or not, my point was mainly self-rule. But that was solved by the 1 Man, the equivalent of 35 million votes rule. AKA the "Them rule" or SCOTUS rule.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:26 PM (Fi81e)

75 The gay thing was to beat down Christianity no more no less. The Left doesn't give a shit about gays, they just know Christians are the only thing between them and the hell on earth they desire.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 02:27 PM (vE0+H)

76 65 The Chicago BEARS are a team of short, stocky, hairy homosexuals.

Sincerely,
A Packers Fan
Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 02:24 PM (dIske)

DH applauds this sentiment and wholeheartedly approves.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:27 PM (bl07w)

77

If you are queer you are a pervert. I'm old school.

What I hate is that shit is being pushed on us.

Sick of the shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 02:27 PM (/QHx4)

78 I'm one of them. I've never worn it and never will. The problem is that the Gay Pride movement has been hijacked by the most radical among them (and among the general pop).
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

And that was ALWAYS going to happen. If it wasn't, then civil unions and equal benefits for spouses would have been enough. It wasnt, they wanted the symbol. That is exactly how they looked at it which means this was always where we would end up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

79 There is no justified reason to allow gay marriage. Legal marriage is to protect the children that come from heterosexual union. There is no other reason for it. If you allow gay marriage, you get monkeypox-infected adopted “sons”. It is an abomination.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 02:27 PM (ZVgZ4)

80 I work at a big company so I know all about "being in the closet"

If I came to work wearing a Trump hat and taking to people about MAGA they'd fire me.

Somehow I've managed to survive without having to push my political views on others though...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:28 PM (sKqQm)

81 All biological females are bisexual. Scientifically proven.

Posted by: Sid at June 19, 2026 02:28 PM (55g7c)

82 Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 19, 2026 02:22 PM (8XMGq)

Professional sports, like so many other things, has been captured by HR (gays and women.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

83 "I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."

How tolerant of you.

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 02:29 PM (EJWxb)

84
In Florida they had to cancel a bunch of Gay Pride events because they were going to enforce the law on lewdess in front of minors
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (9865T)

About 20 years ago, Santa Barbara had their Solstice Parade, and one of the groups/floats had a serious Leather/Satanism/BDSM theme. The couple who organized their group marched in the parade wearing nothing but black body paint and skimpy G-string bottoms. The limousine liberal commie cocksuckers watching the parade were scandalized because they'd brought their kids to the parade. Didn't the marchers know that they were only supposed to flash their dicks and boobies in front of religious people??? How dare they!

So the powers that be at City Hall had the cops investigate the shit out of the couple. Turns out they were running a VERY high-end brothel and escort service out of their home. Idiots.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 19, 2026 02:29 PM (y9nCu)

85 "I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."

If you were only "asking" you wouldn't have forfeited, you lying cocksucking POS.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 02:29 PM (R+iUD)

86 I remember in this very forum, explaining that the lack of necessary forcers for things to get ridiculous is no guard against them.

Back in the day a certain cob wanted to kick everyone off the forum that didn't endorse gay marriage...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm)

87 In today’s episode of “Does this meet the (very) high bar of sexual harassment” we will be acting out a few scenarios where you follow these scripts, dear students, and I will then rate whether it would sexual harassment or not. ACTION!
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 02:25 PM (OoFl2)

"Good morning, Piper, you look nice today."
"Now class, was this sexual harassment?"
*hands go up*
"Yes, miss, you over there."
"Absolutely 100% sexual harassment."
"Correct, and why is that?"
"Cause he's like medium ugly."
"Correct! Very good!"

Posted by: Sexual harassment in the 21st century at June 19, 2026 02:29 PM (TbWk/)

88 York Revolution plays in the Atlantic League, an independent minor league. The players are guys trying to get another shot in the minors or majors, or weren't ever drafted
Takes some guts for guts barely hanging on in pro ball to take such a stand

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 02:29 PM (L9YhZ)

89 I thought compelled political speech was a no-no legally speaking?

Just sayin', is all.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 02:16 PM (OUMaO)
---
Guess what?

They've never been truthful about any slogan.

Sooner or later they'll find a condition in which they actually want that thing that they told you no one should ever do.

My entire life progs have been unambiguously against vigilantes. But that's only when you're defending yourself against harmless street criminals and not the sidewalk execution of a vicious CEO.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)

90 I'm one of them. I've never worn it and never will. The problem is that the Gay Pride movement has been hijacked by the most radical among them (and among the general pop).
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

And that was ALWAYS going to happen. If it wasn't, then civil unions and equal benefits for spouses would have been enough. It wasnt, they wanted the symbol. That is exactly how they looked at it which means this was always where we would end up.

As with every such movement, the radicals come to dominate, but eventually the normies push back. We then find a new, middle ground acceptable to most. That's what's going to happen here. Gay marriage is not going away, and most people now are okay with it. The people pushing the ridiculous extreme positions are starting to get shut down, and that's how it should be.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:30 PM (Riz8t)

91 So baseball is fagz game? Who knew?

Posted by: Pudinhead at June 19, 2026 02:30 PM (1D2Ie)

92 Tolerate = don't beat them up for acting/being gay.

Acceptance and Approval = We will never say we disagree with your perverted lifestyle choices (and will instead suppress our Christian beliefs).

Posted by: illiniwek at June 19, 2026 02:30 PM (vbXSk)

93 I had some fool on X yellng about how what if they had the team wear Christian stuff, would you have a problem with that? HUH? HUH?

Yeah I would. When I go see baseball I want to see BASEBALL. The only uniform changes I want to see are home and away, and throwback. Period. Not patriotic, not Jackie Robinson Day, not a black armband, just play the freaking game.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (UZCuZ)

94
I wonder if the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs were supposed to wear Pride jerseys, too.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)

95 All biological females are bisexual. Scientifically proven.
Posted by: Sid at June 19, 2026 02:28 PM (55g7c)
___

You must've pulled that from the Journal of Sid's Crappings.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (Rln0i)

96 I have Pride in that tram.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (DoBxX)

97 I remember in this very forum, explaining that the lack of necessary forcers for things to get ridiculous is no guard against them.

Back in the day a certain cob wanted to kick everyone off the forum that didn't endorse gay marriage...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm)

As I recall, he was also one of the main protectors of "friend of the blog, The (Gay Butt Pirate) Rick Wilson."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (dK+Kv)

98 71 The Blade is a gentleman!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026
____________________

LMAO...every time you post, I replay the Seinfeld episode with "Jimmy" who always refers to himself in third person.

https://tinyurl.com/4m2ftyw4

Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (dIske)

99 My entire life progs have been unambiguously against vigilantes. But that's only when you're defending yourself against harmless street criminals and not the sidewalk execution of a vicious CEO./i]

With Luigi's insanity defense we are going to hear all three of these arguments at the same time:

He didn't do it, he was framed
He did it because he is an righteous avenging angel
He was obviously crazy so you can't punish him

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (sKqQm)

100 >>>They want to be superior to normal people. They want us all to treat them as special. When they gain control of a department or position, they use that power to only promote from within their community. They act like a tribe, and if you are not in the tribe you are treated as inferior. They want retribution for the accusation of child rape and grooming and spreading all kinds of nasty diseases (which of course they are guilty of). As it is human nature to demand apologies loudest for accusations which are true.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
---

YES.

And just like our politicians this is ginned up, promoted, contrived and sponsored by the fifth column - the CCP, Soros acolytes, anti-American corruptocrats.

These office monsters and street demonstrators are bought and paid for tools for American destruction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (pMmVV)

101 Nobody is out there beating the sodomites up for their life choices.

That's tolerance.
Posted by: Street Tough #1 at June 19, 2026 02:22 PM (dK+Kv)

Well, not yet. If they keep pushing this horseshit...

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (bl07w)

102 I can't say I've ever kissed a woman at a ball game anyway."

Morgana waves...

Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (XuXeR)

103 Sid has seen his mom after she's had two margaritas at the local Applebees...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

104 Other Pride Night events are still set to go on as scheduled at the ballpark free of charge. They include music, fan batting practice and other on-the-field activities, Shipley said.

Don't forget the hot dog swallowing contest!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 02:32 PM (guGkK)

105 Remember, if AoSHQ is slow, this might be happening on the server:

https://youtu.be/1gMt-Xi3n1s

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 02:32 PM (qx7Zg)

106 Once they could embarrass you about being a "stick in the mud",

Gay - stick in the mud

ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:33 PM (mYCqF)

107 LGBT

Bi? You like men and little boys?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 02:33 PM (Kt19C)

108 Tolerance is allowing something to continue.

They don't want tolerance, they are trying to force celebration.

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 02:33 PM (mP0Kj)

109 I also think tolerance is not acceptance," Shipley told NBC News on Thursday.

Did they use their baseball bats on you? That's admirable tolerance.

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 02:33 PM (EJWxb)

110 I may have told this story earlier, but my college had this gay day thing where you were supposed to where jeans/denim for show "support" for homos. Called "Jeans Day" or something.

We of course avoided wearing anything denim on that day. Except for one of us. Italian kid, pretty conservative. He forgets what day it is and shows up in class decked out in denim.

We start laughing. He's like "guys, wtf?" Then he gets it. His faces turns white with horror. He literally RUNS out of class back to the dorm to change.

The Blade is a live-and-let-live kinda guy. I don't tell people how to live their life and I don't want them to tell me how to live mine. I don't give a rat's ass what anyone does behind closed doors or who they do it with (assuming consenting adults). But this "forced acceptance" of homosexuality is a bridge too far. Fuck them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

111 MLB, like many captured organizations, apparently doesn't care about their product or their success. They have brought it down to the 4th most popular sport or maybe 5th if you count NASCAR. But they will continue annoying and insulting their fans. Yes the other sports do this homo promotion too, but baseball has done everything to reduce their fan base as much as possible.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 19, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

112 There is no justified reason to allow gay marriage. Legal marriage is to protect the children that come from heterosexual union. There is no other reason for it. If you allow gay marriage, you get monkeypox-infected adopted “sons”. It is an abomination.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 02:27 PM (ZVgZ4)
---
But you see, a judge in New Mexico clearly stated that because we allow childless couples to stay married, marriage has nothing to do with bearing and raising children.

Directly in the face of the case they cited: Loving v. Virginia.

But this is the "Them rule" of the elites, not the self-rule of the Constitution. So, judges can fix all founding concepts of the Law.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:33 PM (Fi81e)

113 >>> 59 A lot of people's problems with libertine ideas was the prediction that suddenly a good bit of life would be predicated on "or else"
==
I saw a thread somewhere where the question was, "Name something where the biggest mouthbreathing idiots you know where right about something big"

And the top answer was gay marriage, with one person saying, "Not a single one of the bible thumping morons I know could tell me why gay marriage would make my life worse. And yet here we are now and I have to drag my kids away from events so they don't have to see guys making out or trannies twerking in front of them"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)

Shorter answer: commies gotta commie. And commies fuck *everything* up.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 02:34 PM (R+iUD)

114 Other Pride Night events are still set to go on as scheduled at the ballpark free of charge. They include music, fan batting practice and other on-the-field activities, Shipley said.

Don't forget the hot dog swallowing contest!
Posted by: Cicero

Take your bat & hit some balls.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:34 PM (mYCqF)

115 70 Everything is about their dicks, and what they do with them,
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:25 PM (bl07w)

-------------

This whole comment hits.

It is not enough to be accepted, they want to be worshiped. For something most people keep private.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 02:34 PM (3Jsk5)

116 All women are bisexual when confronted with "men" like our pansy trolls. They'd choose another women over limp dick losers.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 19, 2026 02:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

117 Don't forget the hot dog swallowing contest!

The weenie bite at motorcycle campouts

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 02:34 PM (Kt19C)

118 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:35 PM (2YhKe)

119 According to Grok, York Revolution has a roster of 28 players. If they couldn't field Pride supporters, that is at least 20 of 28 who refused. Over 70%. That is not "a few."

York PA is where some of my dad's family settled. I've been to an extended family reunion there.

Yes, I will take partial credit for this.

God's people.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 19, 2026 02:35 PM (w6EFb)

120 The fired "kissing" teacher Ace mentioned is even worse than I thought. From the Daily Mail:
----------------------------

The independent review also found that Honka inappropriately shared details of her personal life with students during her class.

On one occasion, when the students were drawing their family trees, she told the class that her son, who is now 14, was conceived using her uncle's sperm.

The uncle was her aunt's husband and not related to Honka by blood.

Posted by: beckster at June 19, 2026 02:35 PM (kX27y)

121
I remember in this very forum, explaining that the lack of necessary forcers for things to get ridiculous is no guard against them.

Back in the day a certain cob wanted to kick everyone off the forum that didn't endorse gay marriage...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm)

As I recall, he was also one of the main protectors of "friend of the blog, The (Gay Butt Pirate) Rick Wilson."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (dK+Kv)

I was more annoyed with how he'd push his favorite twink garage/pop/punk bands and claim that these no-name poofter bands were the Next Big Thing.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 19, 2026 02:35 PM (y9nCu)

122 And on Juneteenf Eve no less.

So Much H8.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (VGFZk)

123 But note, the team threw the players under the bus, claiming they're not "welcoming" and "supportive" of the LGBT "community."

F*ck right off with this noise.

You're asking them to celebrate blasphemy. They have every right to say no.

ESAD, assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (2YhKe)

124 LGBT

Bi? You like men and little boys?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Liquor
Guns
Boobies
Tits

Yeah. I said tits twice. Sue me. I like tits.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (mYCqF)

125 I saw a comedian who had a skit where she said she got tired of dating guys because men just think so differently from women so she decided to try dating another woman.

And things were great with her new girlfriend, they liked the same things, had the same perspectives, and had a lot of fun together until the girlfriend got naked with her the first time and at that point the comedienne realized she was 100% straight...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)

126 The Blade is a gentleman!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026

In today’s episode of “Does this meet the (very) high bar of sexual harassment” we will be acting out a few scenarios where you follow these scripts, dear students, and I will then rate whether it would sexual harassment or not. ACTION!
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 02:25 PM (OoFl2)
______

That's also a good idea.

There are two rules for sexual harassment:

Rule No 1: Be attractive
Rule No 2: Don't be unattractive

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

127 Sid has seen his mom after she's had two margaritas at the local Applebees..."

"Tequila makes her clothes fall off..."

Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (XuXeR)

128 Other Pride Night events are still set to go on as scheduled at the ballpark free of charge. They include music, fan batting practice and other on-the-field activities, Shipley said.

Don't forget the hot dog swallowing contest!
Posted by: Cicero

And the ever popular Rimjob Relay along the first base line!

Posted by: Golden showers in left field! at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (TbWk/)

129 The people pushing the ridiculous extreme positions are starting to get shut down, and that's how it should be

There's nothing extreme about saying "two dudes cannot get married" LOL

This is just another one of those ratchet issues, no matter how bad it is for society it never goes back.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:37 PM (UZCuZ)

130 Hey batter, batter, batter, schwing!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 02:37 PM (9SpJJ)

131 https://is.gd/am0Mc8

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 02:37 PM (Kt19C)

132 On Twitter women have started using the hashtag NotOurCrime in response to these trans assaults. People in the future are going to be very confused by the sudden increase in sexual assaults by women in the legal records of the 2020s.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (aTmna)

133 Remember, if AoSHQ is slow, this might be happening on the server:

https://youtu.be/1gMt-Xi3n1s
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 02:32 PM (qx7Zg)

PS: This is safe for work, and unrelated to the post topic.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (qx7Zg)

134 On one occasion, when the students were drawing their family trees, she told the class that her son, who is now 14, was conceived using her uncle's sperm.

The uncle was her aunt's husband and not related to Honka by blood.
Posted by: beckster

So his family tree is a stick?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (mYCqF)

135
If a team demanded that all the players wear Back the Blue shirts, or White Live Matters shirts, or MAGA Baby! shirts, would the left concede that perhaps there is a freedom of conscience issue here?

I guarantee the team wouldn't allow the players to wear orange jerseys to celebrate Orange Man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)

136 "Ben Shipley"?

It's "bendover"

Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (XuXeR)

137 I'm tolerant.

Victim Of Changes

https://youtu.be/swiKkmcHxHY

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (dK+Kv)

138 They won't get their hands dirty, but they acquiesce to the more zealous who do.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026

But there are definitely those out there who do! Gays against Groomers, Becky Weiss, Jillian Michaels, Scott Pressler, jeffree Starr, Ric Grenell, Scott Bissent, The Gay Republican who now goes by his real name except I can’t remember it,Oops. AtC. Just off the top of my head.

Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (OoFl2)

139 You must've pulled that from the Journal of Sid's Crappings.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (Rln0i)

His jersey drawer more like.

Just until graduation, Sid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)

140 "Other Pride Night events are still set to go on as scheduled at the ballpark free of charge. They include music, fan batting practice and other on-the-field activities, Shipley said."
_____________

"What about jerking off in porta-potties? Asking for a friend."

-- Graham Rattner

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

141 PS: This is safe for work, and unrelated to the post topic"

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (XuXeR)

142 I guarantee the team wouldn't allow the players to wear orange jerseys to celebrate Orange Man.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)

Then what is Syracuse going to do on game day? Or the Vols?

Posted by: Orange jerseys BAD at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (TbWk/)

143 In today’s episode of “Does this meet the (very) high bar of sexual harassment” we will be acting out a few scenarios where you follow these scripts, dear students, and I will then rate whether it would sexual harassment or not. ACTION!

I have watched the cartoon play out in real life where two guys had the exact same approach and one was screamed at for harassment and abuse and the other was welcomed with open arms (and legs).

Its not that there is no such thing as sexual harassment, and all attraction is subjective, its that the concept has been horribly abused to cross the line between "unwelcome" and "immoral."

Its not WRONG that the unwelcome guy hit on you, its just something you prefer not to have happen. Its not illegal, its not actionable. Its just not preferable.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (UZCuZ)

144 >>> 95
___

You must've pulled that from the Journal of Sid's Crappings.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 19, 2026 02:31 PM (Rln0i

It's SCIENCE!tifically proven that Sid is a retard.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (R+iUD)

145 "We just want you to advertise our sexual perversions on your shirt. What's wrong with that?"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (guGkK)

146 116 All women are bisexual when confronted with "men" like our pansy trolls. They'd choose another women over limp dick losers.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 19, 2026 02:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

Actually, adult women are perfectly capable of going without sex if their only option is "pansy trolls." The best advice most people can get is to "keep it in your pants."

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (bl07w)

147 There are two rules for sexual harassment:

Rule No 1: Be attractive
Rule No 2: Don't be unattractive

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (dK+Kv)

148 The final strew was when the league demanded that the positions of "Pitcher" and "Catcher" be renamed to "Top" and "Bottom."

Posted by: zombie at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (Av6i5)

149 PS: This is safe for work, and unrelated to the post topic"

Yeah, sure.
Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (XuXeR)

The Hamsters were Kung Fu Fighting!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (qx7Zg)

150 PS: This is safe for work, and unrelated to the post topic"

Yeah, sure.
Posted by: man

Yeah. That's sounds exactly like what a rickroller would say.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (mYCqF)

151 I implore the gay community to rebuke their most insane activists and turn away from this path. A tiny minority cannot bully a majority as if they were masters and the majority were slaves, and if they attempt to do so, the ultimate reckoning for this lunatic crusade will be terrible.

Narrator: Let's substitute Democrat for gay and see if anyone notices.

"I implore the Democrat community to rebuke their most insane activists and turn away from this path. A tiny minority cannot bully a majority as if they were masters and the majority were slaves, and if they attempt to do so, the ultimate reckoning for this lunatic crusade will be terrible."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)

152 One more reason I quit watching sports

Posted by: Billythesquid at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (pUTfs)

153
"To be clear, this action by the players is completely inconsistent with our vision as the Most Welcoming Place in York," the team said in a statement.

To be clear, no one said the homosexuals weren't allowed in the stadium.

The players just chose to not f*cking CELBRATE and condone their blasphemy by wearing their mafia colors.

GFY.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)

154 People in the future are going to be very confused by the sudden increase in sexual assaults by women"

That's nothing. Wait till they read about women's prostate cancer stats...

Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (XuXeR)

155 Actually, adult women are perfectly capable of going without sex . . . .

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (bl07w)

Obligatory: It's called marriage.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (dK+Kv)

156 There are two rules for sexual harassment:

Rule No 1: Be attractive
Rule No 2: Don't be unattractive

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

A/k/a the "Tom Brady Rule"

Posted by: SNL got that one right at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (TbWk/)

157 The final strew was when the league demanded that the positions of "Pitcher" and "Catcher" be renamed to "Top" and "Bottom."

Mind if we borrow that?

Posted by: Hello Fresh at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (guGkK)

158 Earlier this week I linked video of a teacher being fired for forcing female students to pretend to be lesbian and kiss each other -- with the teacher grading them according to how convincing the forced sexual roleplay was.

Sorry, but the students should've rose up and beat the shit out of that teacher.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (2YhKe)

159 There are two rules for sexual harassment:

Rule No 1: Be attractive
Rule No 2: Don't be unattractive

Posted by: Elric The Blade

1. Have an 8" peen.
2. Barring that, have an 8" thick wallet.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (mYCqF)

160 The design for self-rule was supposed to tolerate disagreements.

That's why we struggled to make disagreements about one of the most important subjects of that age a tolerable difference: what you believed about God.

If you have a doctrine by which you have to construe, then who cares what the majority thinks? What is right by doctrine matters, not what the largest cross section of everybody thinks.

Moderns have given us that doctrine. Thus there is no more need for a majority decision.

You're not supposed to get your opinions from a worldview if your worldview is religious . You're opinion/vote should count nothing.

Which has over the course of time brought judge-rule into being.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (Fi81e)

161 I saw an older lesbian activist put together a video where she apologized and said if she knew what gay rights would become she never would have joined the movement back in the day.

Unfortunately she's in a distinct minority and I would love to ask what she is doing politically now to fix her mistake?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

162 @libsoftiktok
DRAG QUEEN LGBTQ ACTIVIST SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ARRESTED FOR CHILD SEX CRIMES

Travis Longo, a drag queen and the Vice President of the @CazenoviaCSD school board in NY, was arrested after he allegedly engaged in sexually explicit communications with a child under the age of 12.

--
He was a featured speaker at the 2024 dem caucus

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (fb0M4)

163 Oops. AtC. Just off the top of my head.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (OoFl2)

AND AtC has shunned us because we dare to make jokes about her gays too much or paint with too broad a brush. We do it about literally everything- but that is a bridge too far for her.

And I LIKE AtC, but this subject is her Rock. The one sensitive issue where someone is a blue eyed zealot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)

164 The weekend is here

Saw that thread below. Iwould put a 45 acp through that bastards head

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (Ia/+0)

165
Wow, the jump from "just leave us alone" to "submit or be punished" was kinda quick.

Posted by: Auspex at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (Y8DZL)

166 "Other Pride Night events are still set to go on"

Like public buttfucking?

What a bunch of perverts.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (ufFY8)

167 Tell us when it's okay to stop clapping.

Posted by: The Normies at June 19, 2026 02:43 PM (guGkK)

168 Actually, adult women are perfectly capable of going without sex . . . .

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (bl07w)

Obligatory: It's called marriage.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (dK+Kv)

Marriage, the sacred covenant bond established by God in which a man gets to not have sex with the same woman for the rest of his days.

Posted by: What a deal! at June 19, 2026 02:43 PM (TbWk/)

169 The final strew was when the league demanded that the positions of "Pitcher" and "Catcher" be renamed to "Top" and "Bottom."

Posted by: zombie at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (Av6i5)

"Screwballs are mandated."

"But I'm an outfielder."

"Rules are rules, bigot."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:43 PM (dK+Kv)

170 Earlier this week I linked video of a teacher being fired for forcing female students to pretend to be lesbian and kiss each other -- with the teacher grading them according to how convincing the forced sexual roleplay was.

This is three of the left's favorite things together:

Forcing people to do things they don't want to
Gay stuff
Sex with kids

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm)

171
So I guess the York team management already ordered these crappy jerseys for a single game. Waste of money, and they'll probably turn up on the local homeless?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 02:43 PM (XJ22o)

172 "we just wanna get married"

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at June 19, 2026 02:44 PM (Til4L)

173 And I LIKE AtC, but this subject is her Rock. The one sensitive issue where someone is a blue eyed zealot.

IIRC, she was angry because people conflated pedophilia with gayness.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

174 and they'll probably turn up on the local homeless?"

Africa. Home of every losing team's jerseys...

Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:44 PM (XuXeR)

175 "Rule 17: Shorstops must wear ass-less chaps.
Rule 18: The gap between the right fielder and the center fielder will henceforth be known as "The Glory Hole."
Rule 19: Upon striking the ball, batters must address the pitcher as "Daddy," and request permission to run toward first base.
Rule 20: If a runner strays too far from the base in attempt to steal, the basemen must say to him,
"Oh, be-HAVE."

Posted by: zombie at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (Av6i5)

176 Actually, adult women are perfectly capable of going without sex . . . .

Posted by: tcn in AK

Obligatory: It's called marriage.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

With a number of men finding out that their kid isn't their kid, the wife isn't going without sex. She is just going without sex with them.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (mYCqF)

177 Marriage, the sacred covenant bond established by God in which a man gets to not have sex with the same woman for the rest of his days.

*****************************

Women have consistently shown men the boinky boinks and rompy romps all stop after wedding night, and then wonder why men never want to get married

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (Til4L)

178 Several people mention non-agenda gays and why they don't speak out more.

I don't know, but it seems there is heavy pressure from their community to conform. Not going along with the all-things-must-exalt-the-gays agenda would lead them to be ostracized: "why don't you wear the ribbon!"

And face it, being in the gay tribe has advantages because most normal people do not discriminate against gays, but gays absolutely do discriminate against non-gays.

Same with the black, and the muzzies, and all the tribes that have infected our land.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (3Jsk5)

179 Marriage, the sacred covenant bond established by God in which a man gets to not have sex with the same woman for the rest of his days./i]

Glenn Reynold's wife who is a political pundit herself noted that as a wife your husband is generally going to be hornier then you and so you should sometimes have sex with him when he is in the mood even if you aren't.

And...oh the ire dumped on her from the feminist left was incredible.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)

180 I hate U2 and I hate that song especially. They're the Bruce Springsteen of Ireland.

Oh did you not know they were Irish? I can understand that, they never mention it.

I love it.

Oh, and they also moved their recording studios OUT of Ireland because the billionaire band REFUSED to pay the insanely high taxes the country charges.

Hypocrites, the lot of 'em.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)

181 Hallelujah! The Philadelphia ballplayers are part of a growing grassroots revolution against the deluded elites running this country.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (ix4PP)

182 > lore the gay community to rebuke their most insane activists and turn away from this path. A tiny minority cannot bully a majority as if they were masters and the majority were slaves, and if they attempt to do so, the ultimate reckoning for this lunatic crusade will be terrible.
--------------
The transgenders are an even smaller demographic, and look at how much pull they've got thanks to Democrats who champion them as pillars of society.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (jehhT)

183 There's nothing extreme about saying "two dudes cannot get married" LOL

This is just another one of those ratchet issues, no matter how bad it is for society it never goes back.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:37 PM (UZCuZ)

the real problem going forward, is that the Supremes somehow made getting a License, a Right.

Which diluted the very definition of a Right, which then lowered the threshold needed to limit our other rights.

It's like voting. Voting is NOT a Right, it is a legal power. It is man made and totally depends on your form of Government... but when they redefined this 'power' as a Right, while already limiting that new Right (by age and such), then they set the ongoing precedent we see with that they are much more empowered to diminish all our other rights.

Right to property? gone due to Property taxes. Right to privacy? gone. Hell they even limited Right to practice religion and right to assemble during Covid... and no Court intervened... at all... even now that we know that most of the Covid hysteria was crap.

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (mP0Kj)

184 Rule No 1: Be attractive
Rule No 2: Don't be unattractive

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

Lol. The thing of it is. The jackass is not wrong. It is solely in the mind of the woman.

Also why Trump was absolutely right. A woman who is interested in you will put up/actively enjoy shit that your mom would slap the shit out of you for doing in a casual manner.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

185 And I LIKE AtC, but this subject is her Rock. The one sensitive issue where someone is a blue eyed zealot.

I think we all have blind spots like that in our lives, and its really hard to see them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:46 PM (UZCuZ)

186 Actually, adult women are perfectly capable of going without sex . . . .

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:40 PM (bl07w)
---
To be perfectly pedantic: women are a sex.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:46 PM (Fi81e)

187 I was more annoyed with how he'd push his favorite twink garage/pop/punk bands and claim that these no-name poofter bands were the Next Big Thing.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 19, 2026 02:35 PM

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: U2 & Rush at June 19, 2026 02:46 PM (0sNs1)

188 Is that Greta all grown up?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 02:46 PM (Cqx++)

189 5 In Florida they had to cancel a bunch of Gay Pride events because they were going to enforce the law on lewdess in front of minors
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 19, 2026 02:14 PM (9865T)

This is the way. They rarely have the electoral supermajorities necessary to actually change the law, so their subversions can usually be shut down by just enforcing existing law.

Of course, the Audacity Strategy works when they have "amenable authorities" willing to act by executive and judicial fiat, or the increasingly unpopular "prosecutorial discretion" {spits}. It is probably just a matter of time until conservative states (and even centrist ones like PA) place very strict guardrails around local DAs, and they will only have their Davosoise colleagues to blame.

Posted by: SciVo at June 19, 2026 02:46 PM (Sy6m/)

190 Jack Osbourne released a video trashing the leftist retards for attempting to cancel him for attending the UFC fight at the White House.

It's quite 'fire,' as the kids would say.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:46 PM (2YhKe)

191 Oops. AtC. Just off the top of my head.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 02:38 PM (OoFl2)

AND AtC has shunned us because we dare to make jokes about her gays too much or paint with too broad a brush. We do it about literally everything- but that is a bridge too far for her.

And I LIKE AtC, but this subject is her Rock. The one sensitive issue where someone is a blue eyed zealot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)
______

Part of the issue is that this is how guys talk to each other when nobody else is around. The ladies here are seeing first-hand what goes on when they aren't around.

Guys calling each other "gay" or "homo" or "faggot" are just goofs and "yo mama so fat" schoolyard talk. It's not bigotry against gays or that we think the men we are saying this to are gay.

Not many women understand this, though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

192 IIRC, she was angry because people conflated pedophilia with gayness.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

... AND?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

193 And I LIKE AtC, but this subject is her Rock. The one sensitive issue where someone is a blue eyed zealot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)

And she's never apologized for shitting on us the way she did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:47 PM (2YhKe)

194 So, why do women smile after they get married?

/ it's an old joke

Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:47 PM (XuXeR)

195 The transgenders are an even smaller demographic, and look at how much pull they've got thanks to Democrats who champion them as pillars of society.

But again, that seems to be changing. Many in the gay community regret their alliance with the Ts. Even very liberal feminists are sick of their nonsense. See J.K. Rowling.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

196 With a number of men finding out that their kid isn't their kid, the wife isn't going without sex. She is just going without sex with them.

"My wife decided she likes to talk to me during sex. Last week she called me from a motel room."

Posted by: Rodney Dangerfield at June 19, 2026 02:48 PM (guGkK)

197 Cattering to the mentally unstable is not helping anyone

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 02:48 PM (Ia/+0)

198 You're not supposed to get your opinions from a worldview if your worldview is religious . You're opinion/vote should count nothing.

Which has over the course of time brought judge-rule into being.
Posted by: Axeman

We're going to need a SCOTUS ruling that declares DEI/ESG a religious movement to stop it. Not sure how that works in a formal argument, but it needs to be done.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 19, 2026 02:48 PM (diia5)

199 Not many women understand this, though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

We are doing a public service, 'ettes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)

200 Not many women understand this, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

What a homo thing to say, gayboy....

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 19, 2026 02:48 PM (ufFY8)

201 It's like voting. Voting is NOT a Right, it is a legal power. It is man made and totally depends on your form of Government... but when they redefined this 'power' as a Right, while already limiting that new Right (by age and such), then they set the ongoing precedent we see with that they are much more empowered to diminish all our other rights.

Well put, this has long annoyed me. You do not have the right to vote, you have the right to hold your position in the governing of your people.

Right to property? gone due to Property taxes. Right to privacy? gone. Hell they even limited Right to practice religion and right to assemble during Covid... and no Court intervened... at all... even now that we know that most of the Covid hysteria was crap.

Property rights were destroyed by that jackass Thomas Jefferson slipping in "pursuit of happiness" to make his French buddies happy in the Declaration of Independence instead of property.

Governments hate the right to property, it is the one most limiting to their power and ambitions.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:48 PM (UZCuZ)

202 Ill step that back just a little, I don't think all gays are pedophiles- but they know them. They often tolerate them at exactly the same proportion as I discussed about with Piper about zealots vs non zealots.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

203
With a number of men finding out that their kid isn't their kid, the wife isn't going without sex. She is just going without sex with them.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (mYCqF)

There's a story of a man who made a grave mistake after pissing off his wife enough to say "THAT'S IT! You're cut off!"

"You can't cut me off. You don't know where I'm getting it from!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:49 PM (2YhKe)

204 Part of the issue is that this is how guys talk to each other when nobody else is around. The ladies here are seeing first-hand what goes on when they aren't around.

Guys calling each other "gay" or "homo" or "faggot" are just goofs and "yo mama so fat" schoolyard talk. It's not bigotry against gays or that we think the men we are saying this to are gay.

Not many women understand this, though.

Dickhead says what?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)

205 This "woman" is a MAN who masturbated in front of nurses at a hospital in the UK.
......

Cute.

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (UjdFS)

206
So his family tree is a stick?
Posted by: rickb223

flagpole

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (P7vXf)

207 Tell us when it's okay to stop clapping.
Posted by: The Normies at June 19, 2026 02:43 PM

Don't look at me.

Posted by: Jeb! at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (0sNs1)

208 IIRC, she was angry because people conflated pedophilia with gayness.

I think that came from a misunderstanding of the argument, which probably was not delivered with enough care and nuance.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (UZCuZ)

209
I'm one of them. I've never worn it and never will. The problem is that the Gay Pride movement has been hijacked by the most radical among them (and among the general pop).
Posted by: Archimedes

==============

That's it! The left's big project is to hijack EVERYTHING. The civil rights movement was legit at one point. Leftists pounced on it and gave us the SPLC. I could go on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (XJ22o)

210 So, why do women smile after they get married?

/ it's an old joke
Posted by: man

Because they know they've given their last blow job.

Ever.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (mYCqF)

211 With a number of men finding out that their kid isn't their kid, the wife isn't going without sex. She is just going without sex with them.

Was it France that just banned paternity tests?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)

212 The realists were the ones who, faced with the gay marriage training hurtling down the tracks at traditional marriage, concluded that the state should have no role in marriage at all.

Posted by: $XOM Shareholder at June 19, 2026 02:51 PM (2ap+5)

213 "I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."

Bulls**t. You were asking them to endorse the concept and the activity. They were unwilling to endorse your hedonistic practice and beliefs.

Good on those players.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 02:51 PM (kU0PQ)

214
IIRC, she was angry because people conflated pedophilia with gayness.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

Completely missing the fact that child molestation is higher in the homo communities and the most recent monkeypox spread included dogs and young children.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:51 PM (2YhKe)

215 Part of the issue is that this is how guys talk to each other when nobody else is around. The ladies here are seeing first-hand what goes on when they aren't around.

Guys calling each other "gay" or "homo" or "faggot" are just goofs and "yo mama so fat" schoolyard talk. It's not bigotry against gays or that we think the men we are saying this to are gay.

Not many women understand this, though.

Dickhead says what?
Posted by: Archimedes

*snort

Ya perv.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (mYCqF)

216 IIRC, she was angry because people conflated pedophilia with gayness.

I think that came from a misunderstanding of the argument, which probably was not delivered with enough care and nuance.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (UZCuZ)

Care and nuance are for homos.

. . .

Oh. Oh.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (dK+Kv)

217 Ill step that back just a little, I don't think all gays are pedophiles- but they know them

******************

There's a segment of gays that want everything to stop after the B in LGBT and be left the fuck alone. They are sick of this shit

problem is they are a minority and endlessly harassed by the gay mafia

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (Til4L)

218 Mike Myers says there is going to be an Austin Powers 4.
Probably be as good as Kingdom of the Chrystal Skull or Dial to f Destiny

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (L9YhZ)

219 213 "I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me.

You can ask them to tolerate them but that's not what you did.. You asked them to celebrate them...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (FtULh)

220 119 According to Grok, York Revolution has a roster of 28 players. If they couldn't field Pride supporters, that is at least 20 of 28 who refused. Over 70%. That is not "a few."

York PA is where some of my dad's family settled. I've been to an extended family reunion there.

Yes, I will take partial credit for this.

God's people.
Posted by: Miley,

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This is interesting - York used to be a main final assembly for Harley (I think they got the plant there when they were bought by the bowling alley company) so the town was very harley-fied.

But now Harley has that e shit and I guess they have gone gay too. (I don't really follow this, as I am in Japan, but I used to party in York at biker gatherings. years and years ago.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (3Jsk5)

221 Ill step that back just a little, I don't think all gays are pedophiles- but they know them. They often tolerate them at exactly the same proportion as I discussed about with Piper about zealots vs non zealots.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

But a helluvalotta pedos are gay. And never forget that the proto gay rights crowd used to literally march shoulder to shoulder with NAMBLA until they realized it was a bridge too far for the time

Posted by: Hidden but not gone at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (TbWk/)

222
Because they know they've given their last blow job.

Ever.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (mYCqF)

Unless they get divorced........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (2YhKe)

223 I am looking forward to an enterprising Moron reworking 'Casey at the Bat' with this story in mind.
Posted by: garrett
........

Brucie at the Bat

Sorry, that's all I got.

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (UjdFS)

224
Not many women understand this, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

Men bond by making fun of each other and women bond with gossip.

The not all is implied.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 19, 2026 02:53 PM (gndy8)

225 Guys calling each other "gay" or "homo" or "faggot" are just goofs and "yo mama so fat" schoolyard talk. It's not bigotry against gays or that we think the men we are saying this to are gay.

This used to be true about racist comments as well. Guys would call each other all kinds of racist crap like "want some watermelon with that?" or "he's Irish, he drank ALL of it." What was understood was that this was just "ball busting" for lack of a better term; perfectly illustrated in Gran Tourino when Clint took that young Hmong kid to show him how men talk to each other.

There's no real animosity here, and you can cross the line and go too far, but its just guys ribbing other guys for fun and everyone gets a laugh.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:53 PM (UZCuZ)

226 Ill step that back just a little, I don't think all gays are pedophiles- but they know them. They often tolerate them at exactly the same proportion as I discussed about with Piper about zealots vs non zealots.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

"Not all muslhams are terrorists......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

227 There's nothing extreme about saying "two dudes cannot get married" LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:37 PM (UZCuZ)
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I'll do you one better. There is nothing extreme about saying two dudes cannot get a public license that recognizes their "marriage".
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This is just another one of those ratchet issues, no matter how bad it is for society it never goes back.
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Cause they pushed us over. Conservatives lost leverage of principle when they caved in to "being nice" and "not judgy". Actually that was more M-O-R people who are somewhat dreading it now.

I'll say it again and again:

The Law not discriminating on the basis of race or ethnicity is a great idea.

Not discriminating on the basis of sex is mixed, as it promotes the absurdity of not discriminating sex (yes, those two words can butt up against each other just like that).

Not discriminating on the basis of sexual preference, while reasonable in some places, just doubles down on the bad idea that of construing sex like ethnicity.

One works, the other two are paths to increased mass stupidity. Because there are only some reasons for the bridge concept.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)

228 Some homosexuals are speaking out against the forced rainbow. They've noticed what everyone here has noted, that public sentiment is turning against the whole thing.
Also Andrew Sullivan threw TQ+ under the bus on his substack, but... well, Sullivan.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 02:53 PM (gKWVE)

229 All in all, your avg VW Road Trip experience.
Posted by: garrett at June 19, 2026 02:15 PM (An6iH)

I thought the average VW van road trip was rolled up carpets, duct tape, trash bags and getting hit with a broom handle and told to shut up when we were at traffic lights.

Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 02:53 PM (6+ehB)

230 Completely missing the fact that child molestation is higher in the homo communities and the most recent monkeypox spread included dogs and young children.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Probably because there's not too many straight guys screwing little boys.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:53 PM (mYCqF)

231 213 "I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."

Bulls**t. You were asking them to endorse the concept and the activity. They were unwilling to endorse your hedonistic practice and beliefs.

Good on those players.
Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 02:51 PM (kU0PQ)

Tolerance is not actively opposing something...

Wearing the emblem would constitute endorsement of it...

Two different things.

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 02:54 PM (mP0Kj)

232 Probably because there's not too many straight guys screwing little boys.

Lincoln Project members excluded.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 02:54 PM (guGkK)

233 Completely missing the fact that child molestation is higher in the homo communities and the most recent monkeypox spread included dogs and young children

Yeah but as I recall that wasn't the argument. The argument was bout "yes, some people are born with it" and how that doesn't necessarily make it okay.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:54 PM (UZCuZ)

234 Brucie at the Bat

Sorry, that's all I got.
Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (UjdFS)

Pat at the Bat

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 19, 2026 02:54 PM (ufFY8)

235 iMike Myers says there is going to be an Austin Powers 4.
Probably be as good as Kingdom of the Chrystal Skull or Dial to f Destiny
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (L9YhZ)

I guess that's why he and the insufferable Seth Green are doing Verizon commercials now........

I await with bated breath to not see it when it comes out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (2YhKe)

236 Norm MacDonald on Pride Month " I don't get it. You're bragging about your son, yeah he's going to be a partner in the firm. Proud of him. Oh yeah and he loves cock"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (L9YhZ)

237 Brucie at the Bat

Sorry, that's all I got.
Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (UjdFS)

Pat at the Bat

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 19, 2026 02:54 PM (ufFY

Who's in first?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (dK+Kv)

238
I will get flamed for this.
A lot of this shit started decades ago when people were living together without marriage.

Whatever happened to commitment?

Trying it on to see if it works? You should have figured that out before you started living in sin.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (/QHx4)

239 Probably because there's not too many straight guys screwing little boys.

If a man has had relationships with women and then molests a boy the FNM will claim he is "straight"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

240 If a team demanded that all the players wear Back the Blue shirts, or White Live Matters shirts, or MAGA Baby! shirts, would the left concede that perhaps there is a freedom of conscience issue here?

Or, how about "God is great!"? Or the shema? (Pixy doesn't like the Hebrew.) Or, even "Genesis 9:8-17"?

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (kU0PQ)

241 >>> 234 Brucie at the Bat

Sorry, that's all I got.
Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (UjdFS)

Pat at the Bat

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 19, 2026 02:54 PM (ufFY

Does Pat Have a Bat? Let's Find Out!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (R+iUD)

242
"I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."

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That's a lie. You demand approval. You want to shove it down our throats. People are realizing that you're lying, and there is no end to your demands. They are putting an end to this endless game of Simon Says.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 19, 2026 02:56 PM (2qhzn)

243 222
Because they know they've given their last blow job.

Ever.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:50 PM (mYCqF)

Unless they get divorced........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:52 PM (2YhKe)

or not until their next affair...

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 02:56 PM (mP0Kj)

244 There's no real animosity here, and you can cross the line and go too far, but its just guys ribbing other guys for fun and everyone gets a laugh.

**************

I remember my high school days and calling my black friends every racist word I could think of while they called me cracker and creamy oreo cookie or (white guy pretending to be black) or liberace or some other crazy shit

it was hilarious and I got a lot of good memories out of it

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at June 19, 2026 02:57 PM (Til4L)

245 A lot of this shit started decades ago when people were living together without marriage.

Whatever happened to commitment?

Agree completely. But it has become so completely mainstreamed that its normal in a lot of churches now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:57 PM (UZCuZ)

246 AND AtC has shunned us because we dare to make jokes about her gays too much or paint with too broad a brush. We do it about literally everything- but that is a bridge too far for her.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

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AtC shuns us because she is an attention whore and she was not getting enough from us as some people got sick of her me me me shit.

All those promises of boob photos and "enough talk about the post, let's talk about me."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 02:57 PM (3Jsk5)

247 I will get flamed for this.
A lot of this shit started decades ago when people were living together without marriage.

Whatever happened to commitment?

Trying it on to see if it works? You should have figured that out before you started living in sin.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (/QHx4)

What is the connection between unmarried heterosexual cohabitation and gay pride?

Posted by: Not quite getting it at June 19, 2026 02:57 PM (TbWk/)

248 With a number of men finding out that their kid isn't their kid, the wife isn't going without sex. She is just going without sex with them.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:45 PM (mYCqF)
______

The number of paternity tests in divorce cases that come back showing the husband isn't the father are staggering. Like 25-30%. Granted, these are already troubled marriages, and the overall rate for all fathers, is surely much lower. But still.

I've long believed that some women can be just as scumbaggy, predatory, and abusive as some men. Society openly acknowledged that men can be this way. But for millenia, this fact was swept under the rug for women. There was a benefit to society that women be thought of as "the fairer sex."

I think that facade is slipping.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

249 Probably because there's not too many straight guys screwing little boys.

Lincoln Project members excluded.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 02:54 PM (guGkK)

No, he's still right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (zZu0s)

250 Obligatory: It's called marriage.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (dK+Kv)

Marriage, the sacred covenant bond established by God in which a man gets to not have sex with the same woman for the rest of his days.
Posted by: What a deal! at June 19, 2026 02:43 PM (TbWk/)

Oh FFS. In a Catholic marriage, one cannot refuse to have sex except for a serious or grave reason. "I don't feel like it" isn't acceptable. Using sex as a weapon is a mortal sin. Why do you suppose so many conservative Catholic families have multiple children? Those are some happy marriages.

The notion that you "married" your "buddy" and don't have sex is ludicrous. That's not a marriage.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (bl07w)

251 Probably because there's not too many straight guys screwing little boys.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 02:53 PM

Well, in your kaffir culture, perhaps.

Posted by: Afghany McAfghanface at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (0sNs1)

252

allow gay marriage, you get monkeypox-infected adopted “sons”. It is an abomination.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (pMmVV)

253 We're going to need a SCOTUS ruling that declares DEI/ESG a religious movement to stop it. Not sure how that works in a formal argument, but it needs to be done.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 19, 2026 02:48 PM (diia5)
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I sussed that as James Lindsay's original target. It's practical, but misguided that has gradually gotten him to "Everybody I Disagree With is a Gnostic" territory.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)

254 AtC shuns us because she is an attention whore and she was not getting enough from us as some people got sick of her me me me shit.

Yeah but even if that was the case, and I think you're overstating it at minimum, I liked what she had to say. She had great insights, she's very smart and I learned a lot from her. I would rather she be here and say stuff I don't care for than not be.

I mean, I know for a fact at least some of you really are annoyed with me. I try not to be annoying :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:59 PM (UZCuZ)

255 >>> 249 Probably because there's not too many straight guys screwing little boys.

Lincoln Project members excluded.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 02:54 PM (guGkK)

No, he's still right.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (zZu0s)

Comment of the week.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 02:59 PM (R+iUD)

256 247 I will get flamed for this.
A lot of this shit started decades ago when people were living together without marriage.

Whatever happened to commitment?

Trying it on to see if it works? You should have figured that out before you started living in sin.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 02:55 PM (/QHx4)

What is the connection between unmarried heterosexual cohabitation and gay pride?
Posted by: Not quite getting it at June 19, 2026 02:57 PM (TbWk/)

Living with a Woman has saved me 2 divorce settlements...

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 02:59 PM (mP0Kj)

257 I hate U2 and I hate that song especially. They're the Bruce Springsteen of Ireland.
......

But Bono and Brucie were at the Barry Library opening ceremony yesterday, Ace. Which I heard was awesome.

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 02:59 PM (UjdFS)

258 The notion that you "married" your "buddy" and don't have sex is ludicrous. That's not a marriage.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (bl07w)

ALL OF THIS!!!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at June 19, 2026 02:59 PM (2YhKe)

259 Pride Mlnth, but Baseball llayers putting Bible verses on hats wasn't Pride it was against their Pride Game

So much for their diversity

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 02:59 PM (Ia/+0)

260 "Nothing in your lives will change," they said.

There's a reason Jews were not told not to marry "foreign women" and Christians told to not be "unequally yoked." Marrying those who worship foreign gods is really bad for your own beliefs. It works the same as a metaphor on a societal level.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 03:00 PM (kU0PQ)

261 I think that facade is slipping.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

Women... tend not to look at cheating the way guys do. O the other hand, there are hounds who act the same way, but I think the wetware/brain wiring is still different.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:00 PM (zZu0s)

262 They just didn't want to get the Crabs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Cqx++)

263 202 Ill step that back just a little, I don't think all gays are pedophiles- but they know them. They often tolerate them at exactly the same proportion as I discussed about with Piper about zealots vs non zealots.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Back in the early '70s, when the "normalize pedophilia" movement was at its apex, there were gay philosopher, academics and "thought-leaders" who said this:

The Big Lie we tell the public is that "gayness" is homosexuality. The secret truth is that gayness is the worship of youth, not of other adult men. Adult-adult homosexual attraction is actually quite rare, and is merely what most of us do as a substitute for what we really want, which is adult-youth sexuality. We seek out those adults who look as young as possible, or make themselves out to appear young. "Gay" means attracted to ubescent or adolescent boys, and it;'s time we come out in the open and admit that, and try to normalize it."

This went on for just a few years, say, ca. 1971-74-ish, before they realized it wasn't going to work and went back in the closet.

I discovered all this when researching stuff for some long-ago zmbietime reports.

Posted by: zombie at June 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Av6i5)

264
But Bono and Brucie were at the Barry Library opening ceremony yesterday, Ace. Which I heard was awesome.
Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 02:59 PM (UjdFS)

Did they blow him? Because he LOVES getting head from fat white guys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)

265 238
I will get flamed for this.
A lot of this shit started decades ago when people were living together without marriage.

Whatever happened to commitment?

Trying it on to see if it works? You should have figured that out before you started living in sin.

Posted by: four seasons

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No flame. You speak truth.

Also people do not accept limitations or sacrifice for a greater good. We have become a libertine, narcissist society.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 03:00 PM (3Jsk5)

266 It is far better to have a bat than a penguin.

Posted by: Pat at June 19, 2026 03:01 PM (0sNs1)

267 I mean, I know for a fact at least some of you really are annoyed with me. I try not to be annoying :/

******************

dont take it personally, I just have this animosity towards people who make a point of adding a middle initial to their name like they some kind of royalty

: - )

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at June 19, 2026 03:01 PM (Til4L)

268 A lot of this shit started decades ago when people were living together without marriage.

Whatever happened to commitment?

Agree completely. But it has become so completely mainstreamed that its normal in a lot of churches now.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 02:57 PM (UZCuZ)

So has no-fault divorce. You should see the mainstream pastors and "Christian" relationship books that not only support women who get divorced for non-Biblical reasons, but encourage women to use the threat of divorce as a tool to manipulate their husbands into doing what they want

Posted by: Not doing their at June 19, 2026 03:02 PM (TbWk/)

269 I also think tolerance is not acceptance

It didn't used to be. But then it was made into exactly that.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 03:02 PM (kU0PQ)

270 It is far better to have a bat than a penguin.
Posted by: Pat at June 19, 2026 03:01 PM (0sNs1)

Sounds like something you'd find in a fortune cookie in a Chinese restaurant in Gotham City

Posted by: Josephistan at June 19, 2026 03:02 PM (y9ksN)

271 I'm old enough to remember when they said homos were created by young boys getting molested by old Uncle Sid on summer vacation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

272 >>> 267 I mean, I know for a fact at least some of you really are annoyed with me. I try not to be annoying :/

******************

dont take it personally, I just have this animosity towards people who make a point of adding a middle initial to their name like they some kind of royalty

: - )
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at June 19, 2026 03:01 PM (Til4L)

I think he wants to distinuguish himself from that no-talent assclown Christopher S. Taylor.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:03 PM (R+iUD)

273 I still can't believe "sweet mysteries of the night" is an actual phrase in a Supreme Court decision.

Like those retarded fuckers fancy themselves amateur poets alongside their legal wisdoms.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 03:03 PM (73/SM)

274 AtC shuns us because she is an attention whore and she was not getting enough from us as some people got sick of her me me me shit.

All those promises of boob photos and "enough talk about the post, let's talk about me."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 02:57 PM (3Jsk5)

I asked very early here why she wears her sexual preferences on her sleeve and got roundly reprimanded. I think your take is more apt.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:03 PM (dK+Kv)

275 What is the connection between unmarried heterosexual cohabitation and gay pride?

A societal abandonment of basic civilizational structures and mores that guide our culture and understanding of how to behave.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:03 PM (UZCuZ)

276 The notion that you "married" your "buddy" and don't have sex is ludicrous. That's not a marriage.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (bl07w)
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And definitely not a necessary development, I'm happy to say.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)

277 214
IIRC, she was angry because people conflated pedophilia with gayness.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

Completely missing the fact that child molestation is higher in the homo communities and the most recent monkeypox spread included dogs and young children.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 02:51 PM (2YhKe)

How do you suppose homosexuals became homosexual? How many 8 year old boys have you met that think they would like to take one in the pooper?

Milo may be an idiot, but he spoke the truth about that one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 03:04 PM (bl07w)

278
Living together in sin is disgusting.

What are we teaching our children?

Oh, this one didn't work so I'm moving on to the next one.

I'm old school but we really need to go back to a lot of old school beliefs.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 03:04 PM (/QHx4)

279 It still offends me greatly that they hijacked the rainbow for their bullshit blasphemous sex cult.

You want to be homo? Fine. I don't care. Just don't ask me to celebrate you for doing it. And stop stealing my religious symbols and language to ruin it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:04 PM (2YhKe)

280 Yeah but even if that was the case, and I think you're overstating it at minimum, I liked what she had to say. She had great insights, she's very smart and I learned a lot from her. I would rather she be here and say stuff I don't care for than not be.

I mean, I know for a fact at least some of you really are annoyed with me. I try not to be annoying :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor a

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1. I too liked her insights. I liked having her around even when she wanted us to talk about her.

2. I can not imagine anyone being annoyed at you. I guess I missed those threads. You are the most agreeable and nicest commenter here. I wish I could be so nice.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 03:05 PM (3Jsk5)

281 I think that facade is slipping.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

Women... tend not to look at cheating the way guys do. O the other hand, there are hounds who act the same way, but I think the wetware/brain wiring is still different.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:00 PM (zZu0s)
______

True, but I'm not just talking about cheating. I'm talking about all kinds of social and sexual pathology.

We all know some male teachers groom and sexually prey on their students. Well, it turns out that some female teachers do the same. Hell, almost all the "teacher having sex with students" stories recently in the news are about lady teachers. That reality was not openly discussed or even considered until recently.

And just look at all those "Section 8 Cruise" videos of insanely violent and chaotic ladies.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)

282 dont take it personally, I just have this animosity towards people who make a point of adding a middle initial to their name like they some kind of royalty

I know it looks pretentious but its on purpose for a reason.

For nearly 20 years, the most popular name for boys was "Christopher". I would go to school, and if you said "hey Chris" ten guys would turn around. Taylor is a very common name a well. If you do a search for Christopher Taylor online, you find 1239182058125 guys.

So as an author, its a branding thing: I am trying to set myself apart from all those other dudes. And I try to do it everywhere so I am consistent with it and can be traced wherever I go.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:05 PM (UZCuZ)

283 273 I still can't believe "sweet mysteries of the night" is an actual phrase in a Supreme Court decision.

Like those retarded fuckers fancy themselves amateur poets alongside their legal wisdoms.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 03:03 PM (73/SM)

If it's still a mystery, yer doing it wrong.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 03:05 PM (bl07w)

284 How do you suppose homosexuals became homosexual? How many 8 year old boys have you met that think they would like to take one in the pooper?

Milo may be an idiot, but he spoke the truth about that one.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 03:04 PM (bl07w)

But but but.......they're BORN that way.....God got it WRONG, you see......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:05 PM (2YhKe)

285 "sweet mysteries of the night"

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 19, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)

286 I seem to remember being told gay marriage was not a slippery slope. But that must be a false memory, right?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 19, 2026 03:06 PM (BZ6zy)

287 Posted by: zombie at June 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Av6i5)

yikes.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 03:06 PM (3Jsk5)

288 Oh FFS.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (bl07w)

It was a joke.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (dK+Kv)

289 I have strong feelings on this subject

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (s7uMu)

290 I think he wants to distinuguish himself from that no-talent assclown Christopher S. Taylor.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:03 PM (R+iUD)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (2YhKe)

291 So as an author, its a branding thing: I am trying to set myself apart from all those other dudes. And I try to do it everywhere so I am consistent with it and can be traced wherever I go.

***************

That's a definitely a better approach than changing your name to Ivana Tinkle

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (Til4L)

292 I don't know who AtC is other than she's here occasionally and her X is linked sometimes. She's a lawyer, I think? Her posts are generally intelligent and I usually agree with her. I had no idea she was a lesbian. Nor do I care.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

293 WHO! Who won't wear the rainbow?

Posted by: Sid and Bob at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (iHb8G)

294 "What about jerking off in porta-potties? Asking for a friend."

-- Graham Rattner
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

Hey, don't rank drop Herr OberOysterFuhrer. Spent a lot of hours dominating his enemies in chemical toilets to achieve that designation and we should all use it.

Posted by: Nelly at June 19, 2026 03:08 PM (6+ehB)

295
"sweet mysteries of the night"

I hear that in Bela Lugosi's voice.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 03:08 PM (Cqx++)

296
I mean, I know for a fact at least some of you really are annoyed with me. I try not to be annoying :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
--

She owes me an apology.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:08 PM (pMmVV)

297 Ah yes Gabe and Drew swore, swore they just wanted to get married...

Posted by: sven at June 19, 2026 03:08 PM (Int1s)

298 I had no idea she was a lesbian. Nor do I care.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

She left about the time you coincidentally showed up.

Hmmm.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 03:09 PM (dK+Kv)

299 It is far better to have a bat than a penguin.
Posted by: Pat

Sounds like something you'd find in a fortune cookie in a Chinese restaurant in Gotham City
Posted by: Josephistan

Sounds like something the Ambiguously Gay Duo would say.

We need Father Guido Sarducci to chime in.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 03:09 PM (mYCqF)

300 I need to put a unique identifier in the url field

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 03:09 PM (s7uMu)

301 CRT -- and intelligent. I left off that. your comments are always worth reading, as are many others, but you say intelligent things nicely.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 19, 2026 03:09 PM (3Jsk5)

302 The Big Lie we tell the public is that "gayness" is homosexuality. The secret truth is that gayness is the worship of youth, not of other adult men

I think there is something to that, but its a bit off target. They don't like boys because they are yong, they like boys because they appear more effeminate. Smoother skin, slighter muscles, less body hair, higher voice, etc. I think they are inherently attracted to women, but want male bits on them.

Just like women are inherently attracted to men but want female bits on them (strap ons, dildos, etc). You want the parts, many of you want a guy-substitute butch woman, you just want them to not have male dangly bits.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:09 PM (UZCuZ)

303 I think he wants to distinuguish himself from that no-talent assclown Christopher S. Taylor.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:03

Is this about me?

Posted by: Winston S. Churchill, Pulitzer Prize winner and not that other hack Winston Churchill at June 19, 2026 03:09 PM (y9ksN)

304 It's not surprising that there are so many homo child molesters. They get off on literally anything that normal people don't like. Even fags who don't molest children are gleeful that it's going on out there somewhere.

Posted by: Ken at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (a4uVn)

305 43 Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 02:20 PM (3uBP9)

They demanded the chalk to establish what "normal" was....and people act shocked people whose carnal preferences incur rectal bleeding as hello chose oddly.

Posted by: sven at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (Int1s)

306 I don't know who AtC is other than she's here occasionally and her X is linked sometimes. She's a lawyer, I think? Her posts are generally intelligent and I usually agree with her. I had no idea she was a lesbian. Nor do I care.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

She's a borderline midget with tremendously big boobs. Don't think she's a lesbian, just has lots of homo friends and didn't like the way we talked about them and flounced.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (2YhKe)

307 252

allow gay marriage, you get monkeypox-infected adopted “sons”. It is an abomination.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:58 PM (pMmVV)

Or, murdered babies, like the one in England those two fags tortured to death.

There is a reason why sexual sin is considered worse than other sins.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (bl07w)

308 That reality was not openly discussed or even considered until recently.

And just look at all those "Section 8 Cruise" videos of insanely violent and chaotic ladies.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)

Because I think if women... if women have had a rough social life. Multiple partners or abusive ones, they start seeking out 'innocence' or blank slates that they can mold and control. They set the terms (even though a lot of women already do in a healthy relationship- their experience has not been healthy.)

This ALSO touches on what zombie said above.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (zZu0s)

309 I had no idea she was a lesbian. Nor do I care.

Posted by: Elric The Blade
--

Just don't say anything that she can contrive as allusion that she wears 10 yr old bras.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (pMmVV)

310 the ultimate reckoning for this lunatic crusade will be terrible.

The cost of Interior Decoration will skyrocket?

Posted by: DaveA at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (FhXTo)

311 Hell, almost all the "teacher having sex with students" stories recently in the news are about lady teachers. That reality was not openly discussed or even considered until recently.
......

Yeah, where was this shit when I was in Junior High?
*stomps away mad*

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (UjdFS)

312 I seem to remember being told gay marriage was not a slippery slope. But that must be a false memory, right?
--
As has been retold, Gabe Malor, on this very blog, was super bitchy and mad at us stupids who didn't have a big legal brain like him and we were wrong about any sort of slippery slope 'cause the law would prevent all that.

He really stamped his feet and maybe even banned folks?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (73/SM)

313 I don't recall AtC "shitting" on anyone . I just recall her being here and then being gone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (n3VHW)

314 That's nothing. Wait till they read about women's prostate cancer stats...
Posted by: man at June 19, 2026 02:41 PM (XuXeR)

This too.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (aTmna)

315 They don’t acceptance, they want us to bend over.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

316 306 I don't know who AtC is other than she's here occasionally and her X is linked sometimes. She's a lawyer, I think? Her posts are generally intelligent and I usually agree with her. I had no idea she was a lesbian. Nor do I care.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

She's a borderline midget with tremendously big boobs. Don't think she's a lesbian, just has lots of homo friends and didn't like the way we talked about them and flounced.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (2YhKe)

Self-described bisexual.

Posted by: I'm more buy sexual myself at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (TbWk/)

317 CRT -- and intelligent. I left off that

Oh stop, there are at least 50 people here very much smarter than I am. I might have a richer vocabulary than some because of my work but I am dumber every day.

One of the reasons I keep coming back here is how much I learn from people here and things I had never considered are brought up and examined.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:12 PM (UZCuZ)

318 New one:

Hunter Biden Challenges Don Jr. to a Cage Match; Jill Biden's Trash "Book" Flops Hard but the Fake NYT Bestseller List Has It, Somehow, At #1

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t)

319 I also think tolerance is not acceptance

It didn't used to be. But then it was made into exactly that.
Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 03:02 PM (kU0PQ)
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Because it's a subtle move to make tolerance less tolerant, and have more of a dogma.

It also gave them a reason to walk out on Karl Popper's "Paradox of Tolerance" limb, to the point of the doctrine that tolerance of "intolerance" is really "intolerance".

In case people don't know this Popper got some things right about Philosophy of Science, but he was one of the original proponents of the "Open Society" thing with Soros.

When you don't leave tolerance as an action, but you make it policy, the finer it cuts the more actually intolerant it is (So, think about that paradox, Popper!)

The law is not "tolerant" of jaywalkers. Cops may be in incidence; prosecutors and judges may be, but the law is not. Unless a city lacks a law against jaywalking.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

320 As has been retold, Gabe Malor, on this very blog, was super bitchy and mad at us stupids who didn't have a big legal brain like him and we were wrong about any sort of slippery slope 'cause the law would prevent all that.

He really stamped his feet and maybe even banned folks?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (73/SM)

He typed like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

321 !

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:13 PM (R+iUD)

322 Goal!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 03:13 PM (2WIwB)

323
Self-described bisexual.
Posted by: I'm more buy sexual myself at June 19, 2026 03:11 PM (TbWk/)

Huh.

Guess I missed that in all her rantings. That explains things a bit.

Still. Meh. Site's been fine without her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

324 306 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (2YhKe)

There is a lot of complicated horde dynamics on the topic, I could not care less what people do in their bedrooms involving consenting adults...I care very deeply they want a never ending gunpoint enforced GLEE! Bacchanal with parades and marching bands celebrating their carnal hangups.

Posted by: sven at June 19, 2026 03:13 PM (Int1s)

325 >>> 318 New one:

Hunter Biden Challenges Don Jr. to a Cage Match; Jill Biden's Trash "Book" Flops Hard but the Fake NYT Bestseller List Has It, Somehow, At #1
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t)

Maybe Don Jr. should accept the challenge, and show up in a neon-yellow outfit.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:14 PM (R+iUD)

326 That last image is the stuff of nightmares and horror flicks.

Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 03:14 PM (rj6Yv)

327 She's a borderline midget with tremendously big boobs. Don't think she's a lesbian, just has lots of homo friends and didn't like the way we talked about them and flounced.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (2YhKe)

My BFF in school moved to San Diego and became a fag hag. No idea how that happened. She isn't the same person she was, and that's her choice, but she decided I just don't fit with her current outlook.

What is it with women attracted to gay men? I guess she decided she's "nonsexual" or some damned thing. I can't imagine she gets much out of any of those relationships.

She's going to die alone.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 03:14 PM (bl07w)

328 320 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

He shrieks and flounces still on X.....and as I said then "I am still here, and I am still republican (warily.) He is neither.

Posted by: sven at June 19, 2026 03:14 PM (Int1s)

329 Jill Biden's Trash "Book" Flops Hard but the Fake NYT Bestseller List Has It, Somehow, At #1
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t)

Libraries always buy enough copies of those books to make them "bestsellers"

Posted by: Josephistan at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (y9ksN)

330 oh, you meant

NOOD

NO YELLOW!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (R+iUD)

331 He really stamped his feet and maybe even banned folks?

Yeah, he did ban people. They were soon restored. The problem was, up until that point he was reasonably stable and interesting, well-educated. His input on law was almost as good as guys like Whig.

But when the homosexual "marriage" thing came up, it flipped the same crazed switch like what happened with Andrew Sullivan and he went full retard.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (UZCuZ)

332 So as an author, its a branding thing: I am trying to set myself apart from all those other dudes.

Ahhhhh. Like James Wesley, Rawles.

Yeah. Have had his explanation of the comma. Don't buy it.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 03:15 PM (mYCqF)

333 279 It still offends me greatly that they hijacked the rainbow for their bullshit blasphemous sex cult.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:04 PM (2YhKe)
_______________________

Aye, Laddie. I used to put me pot'o'gold at the end of the rainbow. Twas tradition. You get there in time, the gold twas yours. Now the pot'o'gold is filled up to the brim with butt plugs, chardonay, and parachute pants. Is a right dilemma when I take the thing on flights and TSA want a gander into me pot.

Posted by: A Disgruntled Leprechaun at June 19, 2026 03:16 PM (dIske)

334 AtC and I weren't likely to agree on everything, but I always tried to make any interaction with her positive.

I think she added to the conversation here, but I try not to compromise the discussion of principle for social comfort.

Posted by: Axeman at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)

335 >>>
Just like women are inherently attracted to men but want female bits on them (strap ons, dildos, etc). You want the parts, many of you want a guy-substitute butch woman, you just want them to not have male dangly bits.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
---

This is social construct, contrivance, association created by the porn industry. Before that all this crap was de minimis.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:17 PM (pMmVV)

336 Just don't say anything that she can contrive as allusion that she wears 10 yr old bras.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:10 PM (pMmVV)

What was the deal with posting photos of her brassieres? I saw at least two of those, and I still don't know why.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (bl07w)

337 If the players were Muslim they wouldn't say a damn thing about them not wanting to wear gsy pride uniforms.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 19, 2026 03:18 PM (JjwPo)

338 She's a borderline midget with tremendously big boobs.
......

Sounds like those AI pics that have been popping up on my computer for some reason.

Posted by: wth at June 19, 2026 03:19 PM (UjdFS)

339
She's going to die alone.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 19, 2026 03:14 PM (bl07w)

First Lady has a former friend, bestie from high school, who went lesbian first, then later 'transitioned' and changed her name. Lobbed her tits off and everything.

Everyone was shocked by it, including her incredibly religious family.

First Lady said if she ever speaks to her again, she will call her by her birthname, no matter what.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)

340 I saw Borderline Midget open for Tall Dwarves, The Continental, Buffalo, 1986

Posted by: Delurker at June 19, 2026 03:19 PM (gtcuf)

341 333 279 It still offends me greatly that they hijacked the rainbow for their bullshit blasphemous sex cult.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---

THey hijacked it from Jesse Jackson's Rainbow coalition.
Surprised he didn't bitch. Possibly they paid him for it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:19 PM (pMmVV)

342 Victory Tits

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (pMmVV)

343
I'm told there's a "backlash" against these "homophobic" players and that baseball may never recover.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 03:24 PM (O0L8i)

344 Democrats "writing" books has always been a money laundering operation.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at June 19, 2026 03:43 PM (GTw+O)

345 Sexual harassment and sexually hostile work environment: let the baseball lawsuits begin.

Posted by: Tar Bae at June 19, 2026 03:58 PM (uR4Tu)

346 342 Victory Tits
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:21 PM (pMmVV)

Yep, like a female version of the pudding dip.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 19, 2026 03:59 PM (qivay)

347 You jokers know we're 200 comments deep into another thread already, right?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 04:05 PM (OUMaO)

348 GM Shipley: "I was just asking for tolerance from the team."

Liar.

He was demanding approval, which is a near opposite to tolerance.

It doesn't take any tolerance to "tolerate" things you approve of.

Demanding approval is an extreme opposite of liberty. It is dictating thoughts.

Posted by: Alec Rawls at June 19, 2026 04:09 PM (YwWCT)

349 Fvck the gay mafia.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 19, 2026 04:26 PM (Q/FnY)

350 Well, I live in York (PA) county and the folks I spoke to are quite proud of the Revolution. They express no hate on gays, etc., just hate the coercion to have to endorse and affirm that lifestyle. We're primitive people here, who are stuck on being tolerant, but lack all enthusiasm for bowing down to woke.
It looks like the team earned their name.

Posted by: kraki at June 19, 2026 04:34 PM (fdOsf)

351 17 US players play in either EPL, Germany, La Liga or Serie A which are considered the 4 best leagues in the world.

We have a decent team.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 05:29 PM (tpjlM)

352 No offense to the men at Top Gear/Grand Tour, but the last man pictured makes me think James May would be a very ugly fake woman.
How safe is eye bleach?

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 19, 2026 07:09 PM (Skc+N)

353 So we can say "gay marriage doesn't exist." It doesn't affect your life if we say it so what are you complaining about?

Posted by: ChrisW at June 19, 2026 07:24 PM (rLfcT)

354
"Family-friendly pride event?" Yeah, anyone with a couple of synapses to rub together knows that's an oxymoron.

Posted by: Tommy Shanks at June 20, 2026 01:43 AM (KDpmu)

355 350 Well, I live in York (PA) county and the folks I spoke to are quite proud of the Revolution. They express no hate on gays, etc., just hate the coercion to have to endorse and affirm that lifestyle. We're primitive people here, who are stuck on being tolerant, but lack all enthusiasm for bowing down to woke.
It looks like the team earned their name.
Posted by: kraki at June 19, 2026 04:34 PM (fdOsf)

Yep, that describes just about any town in America. But the coastals brook no dissent.

Posted by: Tommy Shanks at June 20, 2026 01:45 AM (KDpmu)

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