1 “I walk around like everything’s fine, but deep down, inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off.”
👞

2 Greetings Everyone

Not first, but always quality contributions.....usually....

3 I'm just here checking for noncompliant yak content.

4 Yo WD!

5 Good evening morons e grazie wd

6 Chess bishop or butt plug? It's a fine line.

7 I nooded, as I believe that is in keeping with our usual practice.

8 Americana at it’s core

youtu.be/wDJfd9ufE84?si=b_DP5DCOBSpwRqim

9 Waffles Yum

10 I'll take a Lidl bit of those tiddies

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Well? How much did they weigh?

Inquiring minds and all that shit.

11 Would a dozen muscular Polynesian women falling on me and pummeling my arm be as helpful? Worth a try, I guess.

12 I am not a fan of waffles.

13 1 “I walk around like everything’s fine, but deep down, inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off.”
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Posted by: mindful webworker was there then
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Had one of those appointments today and decided not to wear those soft soled shoes and put on leather.
Felt good to walk in real shoes.

14 On my 2nd double scotch.

Everything is fine.

15 inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off.”

Sock? Winter's over.

16 Evenin'

17 I am not a fan of waffles."

This. Crunchy bread.

18 Waffle Crisp cereal seems to have been overlooked by the waffle curator.

19 The civil asset forfeiture case United States v. One Book Called Ulysses has me curious.

Why would an agent of the state confiscate it?

Unless maybe it was being used to smuggle $124,700...

20 Thanks for the awesome ONT WD!

21 I am not a fan of waffles.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 10:07 PM (Wnv9h)

I like waffles, but not waffles.

Stroopwafel for US Congress. More backbone than the GOPe.

22 I like waffles, but not wafflers.

Stroopwafel for US Congress. More backbone than the GOPe.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 27, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)

Stupid autocucumber!

23 Stroopwafel"

Aren't those the ones you set on top of your coffee cup so the steam warms it?

24 The civil asset forfeiture case United States v. One Book Called Ulysses has me curious.

Why would an agent of the state confiscate it?

Unless maybe it was being used to smuggle $124,700...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 10:11 PM

Those aren't all asset forfeiture cases.

25 I am not a fan of waffles.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 10:07 PM (Wnv9h)
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Would you like some toast?

26 I've had about 7 of those waffles. I would try a pandan waffle.

I like waffles.

Waffles are awesome.

27 Good evening good people.

28 Sorry I'm late, the paperboy launched my paper into the willow tree again.

29 Thank you for ONT WD

I had a minor triumph today. No, not a small British sportscar. Most days I watch Varney & Co on Fox Business. On Fridays they read viewer mail. This week I sent something in under my nic, 'ARIK' and they showed it on the air!!

Well....I thought it was pretty cool.......

30 Well? How much did they weigh?

Seriously, wth is she doing?

31 The civil asset forfeiture case United States v. One Book Called Ulysses has me curious.

Why would an agent of the state confiscate it?

Unless maybe it was being used to smuggle $124,700...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU)

IIRC, "Ulysses" was deemed to be obscene by the US Government, and was banned from being imported.

32 12 I am not a fan of waffles.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 10:07 PM (Wnv9h)

RMBS, you’re doing it wrong.
A waffle is an ideal tool for delivery of maple syrup and butter. A sponge, as it were.

33 At the end of last thread, the topic of D-Day training casualties came up. I was reminded off the invasion of Kisha, in the Aleutians, when US and Canadian troops took the island back from the Japanese. The allied forces suffered over 500 casualties during the operation.

Sadly they didn’t know that the Japanese had vacated the island two weeks previously.

34 The Stroopwafel were this close to taking Stalingrad.

35 Would you like some toast?
Posted by: Talkie Toaster at March 27, 2026 10:14 PM

*shoots toaster*

36 You almost never find used butt plugs at Flea Markets, but Estate Sales are different.

37 I am not a fan of waffles.

Then you aren't going to be happy about what happened in the Senate.

38 23 Stroopwafel"

Aren't those the ones you set on top of your coffee cup so the steam warms it?
Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 10:13 PM (XuXeR)

My son brought some back from Europe for us but I just couldn't get past the name......

39 Didn't Cook get killed by Polynesians in the Sandwich Islands?

40 I am that crying little girls...

41 Didn't Col Klink serve in the Stoopwaffle or something like that?

42 The Stroopwafel were this close to taking Stalingrad.

That was the Waffel SS.

43 LOL @ mindful #1.

I love that little girl crying in the snow. This is how I've felt all week/weak from virus.

I may ask/pay my five yr old insane granddaughter to be my personal trainer. We'll laugh a lot at any rate.

How quickly I am weakened by a baby's virus. Now I'm getting ticked off, which is a good sign.

I need to go to bed early and try to behave until this is past. THIS IS BS!

44 Thanks for the ONT.

Anise in a waffle.

Fucking Italians.

45 Pummeling? Had a catch in my neck for two years. Couldn't look over my left shoulder. A friend whose ex was a wrestler said she could fix it but I had to buy a specific lineament. OK.
She went to work on that shoulder, didn't know finger could reach so deep. And like Capt. Cook said it felt like blubber. Forty five minutes later I was a cured man.

46 3 I'm just here checking for noncompliant yak content.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 27, 2026 10:02 PM (nWPIJ)

Yakety YAK! Don't talk back!

47 Forty five minutes later I was a cured man.
_-_
And that IS a happy ending.

48 IIRC, "Ulysses" was deemed to be obscene by the US Government, and was banned from being imported.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 27, 2026 10:16 PM (dWhQJ)
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I looked up the case because I was curious. The end result was that Ulysses was deemed *not* obscene and therefore it could be imported, printed, and distributed within the boundaries of the United States after all was said and done.

I've never read it, but I can't imagine it's anything like the smut that's peddled to children nowadays in school libraries.

49 Good evening, friends.

50 That was the Waffel SS.
Posted by: Archimedes

I originally wanted to join the Waffen SS… but it turns out they were just the elite breakfast division. Their specialty? The Waffle SS — super crispy, with perfect syrup deployment.

51 Luftwaffels are lighter than air.

52 Recoil
=
Did y'all see where Youtube commenter "AlecBaldwinsFinger" was at a convention last week and got a picture with Adam Baldwin's finger?

He said it's because Alec's number one, so he was none the wiser.

53 Well? How much did they weigh?

Seriously, wth is she doing?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

Checking the weight of the yabbos?

54 99 Luftwaffels will fill you up pretty well though.

55 Did y'all see where Youtube commenter "AlecBaldwinsFinger" was at a convention last week and got a picture with Adam Baldwin's finger?

He said it's because Alec's number one, so he was none the wiser.
Posted by: Methos at March 27, 2026 10:22 PM (vSvIl)

He never misses.

56 Stroopwafels are shit. Just sugary hardtack. Just another symptom of the enshittification of everything, in this case air travel, which is where I first started seeing them instead of actual, you know, food.

57 Hey guys,

Launch early in the morning.

Rocket Lab - Electron - Daughter of the Stars
LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 28, 2026
Launch Time: 5:14 A.M. EDT (22:14 NZDT, 0914 UTC, 10:14 CET)

https://youtu.be/qJGdUrhxi6U

58 53 Well? How much did they weigh?

Seriously, wth is she doing?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

Checking the weight of the yabbos?

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In my yute I could guess the weight within a few ounces.

59 Belgian Waffles at the 1965 World's Fair. Whip cream and strawberries. Funny what you remember when you were too young to remember much of anything.

Funny stuff Dave.

60 Early '70s bermed houses were in competition with geodesic domes for homes of the future.

61

Always clean your produce. You never know which body parts people are weighing.

62 Well....I thought it was pretty cool.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)
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When is this guy going to stop stalking me??

63 The ridiculous names of civil asset forfeiture suits is a clue to how ridiculous the whole idea of civil asset forfeiture is.

64 49 Good evening, friends.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 10:21 PM (OoFl2)

There you are! How is your daughter tonight? I hope sleeping like a baby (head a bit elevated).

Once she's well can you fly out here and be my personal trainer for a few days? I'm a mess from a virus! A cold basically (RSV).

I feel normal, then, boom, tired again. I'd better not be like this forever. Have read to start slowly, like I'm too stupid to know that. Tomorrow's another day!

65 A cold front blew in this evening. It's super windy and the high tomorrow is only in the 60's but with the wind it will feel colder. I get to sit outside all day for the spawn's shooting competition. Yay...😩

66 A waffle peanut butter and jelly sammich is pretty darn good.

67 It went from 80 yesterday to supposed to get down to 30 tonight. Windy.

68 Anise in a waffle.

Fucking Italians.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I won't even put anise in my pizzelles. Nasty.

69 62 Well....I thought it was pretty cool.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)
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When is this guy going to stop stalking me??
Posted by: Stuart Varney at March 27, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

Laughs maniacally.......

70 The dad walking in and instantly assessing the situation..."Damn, I raised a retard."

71 Waffles need to be slightly crispy. And piping hot.

They are good with fried chicken too.

72 60 Early '70s bermed houses were in competition with geodesic domes for homes of the future.
_-_
I live in something like that, but built back into a hillside. Great thermal mass. Easy to heat in the winter, cool in summer.

73 We still use the waffle maker we got as a wedding gift. I haven't whined up any in a long time.

74 I won't even put anise in my pizzelles. Nasty.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)

*fistbump*

Licorice is of the debbil.

75
I won't even put anise in my pizzelles. Nasty.

You want to watch your anise and your pizelles when swimming in Candiru-infested waters.

76 She went to work on that shoulder, didn't know finger could reach so deep

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Ummm.... phrasing?

77 29 I had a minor triumph today. No, not a small British sportscar. Most days I watch Varney & Co on Fox Business. On Fridays they read viewer mail. This week I sent something in under my nic, 'ARIK' and they showed it on the air!!

Well....I thought it was pretty cool.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)

That is cool, and it confirms they read viewer mail and don't make it up.

78
39 Didn't Cook get killed by Polynesians in the Sandwich Islands?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 27, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

And of course Cook got cooked.

79
Didn't Cook get killed by Polynesians in the Sandwich Islands?
Posted by: gKWVE

He tried 13 women there.

80 Cook's big mistake was asking the Hawaiian ladies to "make me a sandwich"

81 Seriously does anyone have a clue about that pile of letters on the storefront?

82 The ridiculous names of civil asset forfeiture suits is a clue to how ridiculous the whole idea of civil asset forfeiture is.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 27, 2026 10:25 PM (vTZFs)

I'm waiting for the case of United States vs. Lidl woman's yabbos.

83 Now I know what happened to my clacker balls.

Damn feds.

84 77 29 I had a minor triumph today. No, not a small British sportscar. Most days I watch Varney & Co on Fox Business. On Fridays they read viewer mail. This week I sent something in under my nic, 'ARIK' and they showed it on the air!!

Well....I thought it was pretty cool.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)

That is cool, and it confirms they read viewer mail and don't make it up.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 27, 2026 10:29 PM (y171U)

That's actually like the third or fourth one of mine they've read*, but the others were under my first name. This was the first time I used ARIK hoping to see if anyone saw it and recognized the nic.

*They mustn't have very many viewers who write in.....

85 RMBS, you’re doing it wrong.
A waffle is an ideal tool for delivery of maple syrup and butter. A sponge, as it were.
Posted by: RI Red

Indeed. Also suitable for ice cream. And various breakfasty fruits and syrups, even yogurt as long as there's enough syrup.

More than half a century ago, MiladyJo and I made our first domestic purchase together, a waffle iron from Montgomery Ward's. Tried to use it recently and discovered the heating element now cooked the counter it was sitting on more than the waffle. Sad.

Here's where I wander off a while and come back to a deluge of too many comments to catch up on.

zzzzzzzip

86 64 49 Good evening, friends.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 10:21 PM (OoFl2)

There you are! How is your daughter tonight? I hope sleeping like a baby (head a bit elevated).

Once she's well can you fly out here and be my personal trainer for a few days? I'm a mess from a virus! A cold basically (RSV).

I feel normal, then, boom, tired again. I'd better not be like this forever. Have read to start slowly, like I'm too stupid to know that. Tomorrow's another day!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27

Hey! Yes, she is asleep, but on the couch. The meds and everything from the day is making her dizzy when she stands up and she is worried if she has to use the restroom. Her bedroom is upstairs, she wanted to be sure I could hear her. She has oxycodone, but she is just so little, barely a hundred pounds, so it’s messing with her.

87 What’s “Civil” about government authorities confiscating cash?

I get it, they believe the currency is the product of illicit or illegal activities. But the Western legal theory is a presumption of innocence. They have to prove you’re guilty.

Except …. with “civil asset forfeiture”. So, the novel legal concept here - they charge the cash with a crime, not the person. Pretty slick, huh?

88 My dad went through an Anise Chicken phase so he had to drag me to six places in Chinatown to find the "right" anise. It was pretty good stuff, a little smokey a little sweet. But I was glad he moved on to some new obsession.

89
Stroopwaffels are gross.

90 73 We still use the waffle maker we got as a wedding gift. I haven't whined up any in a long time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)

74 I won't even put anise in my pizzelles. Nasty.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)

*fistbump*

Licorice is of the debbil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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There is great sadness in the world, for the three of you, tonight.

91 Piper, cut the oxy in half.

By tomorrow evening she should be on Tylenol/ibu and ice. I ace wrapped a couple bags of frozen peas to my boy’s jaw. Fed him pho broth and noodles I overcooked to make them almost
Mush.

What a trooper she is!

92 The American waffle has flour. All waffles have flour.

93 >>Except …. with “civil asset forfeiture”. So, the novel legal concept here - they charge the cash with a crime, not the person. Pretty slick, huh?
Posted by: Common Tate
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And you're not getting it back.

94 *They mustn't have very many viewers who write in.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 10:33 PM (QGaXH)
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I watch Varney all the time but I'm out the door by the time weekly letters get read.

95 NASA's recreation of Apollo 8, Artemis 2, is on the launch pad. The planned launch window begins on April Fools Day.

Is it just me, or does this somehow sound appropriate?

At least it isn't using the Boeing Star Edsel.

96 Some enchanted eeeeeveniiiiiing....

https://youtu.be/AQpGnRNKX1w?

Also, Stroopwaffels are delicious.

97 She has oxycodone, but she is just so little, barely a hundred pounds, so it’s messing with her.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 10:37 PM (Wmg4n)
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If it's a solid pill, maybe scored, you could cut it in half when she's not so dizzy. Or if pain hits later tonight or in the morning. She may not need it (hope not).

Ice packs for 24hrs kept our sons from any swelling, which prolongs healing and adds to discomfort. Soft ice packs to each jaw and tied with a wrap or dishcloth. They looked like loons (or bunnies) but cooperated.

Had them done on the same day. The younger was a pale, sleepy and groggy mess from anesthesia. Older guy was giddy and yappy and bled more (I told him this and he slept). Did pretty well after the first day. By HS they were both taller than me so my husband had to walk both to bed.

Ice really is awful at first but then numbs. My kids's baby sitter did not use ice and it showed, so that was what I reminded them about.

98 I watched a movie tonight, "Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway." If you put Philip K. Dick, Terry Gilliam, John Waters and the Firesign Theatre into a blender....

I found it fascinating but I can see where folks might find it annoying or irritating.

Recommended...I think? Maybe? Let me consider it a bit more.

99 Piper, when my youngest was 16, he had all his wisdom teeth removed. They gassed him pretty well, I think, because on the WAY HOME from the activity, he asked me when he would have his teeth pulled! He did OK afterward, but he was always trying to show his mom how tough he is.

100 Except …. with “civil asset forfeiture”. So, the novel legal concept here - they charge the cash with a crime, not the person. Pretty slick, huh?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 27, 2026 10:37 PM (sEgd
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It's the classic example of a 'wartime expedient' that becomes normalized for fun and profit. The drug trade was so lucrative that it was possible to bribe just about everyone involved using untraceable cash, so cash itself was made the crime, but once that happened, motivated prosecutors decided to just roll with it, any every Depression-era grannie who didn't trust a bank with her life savings became a criminal.

101 Search Assist

Acetaminophen is not poison when taken in the recommended doses, but it can be toxic and lead to serious health issues, including liver failure, if taken in excessive amounts. It is important to follow dosage guidelines to avoid acetaminophen toxicity.

Acetaminophen overdose can lead to severe liver failure and death. It is responsible for a significant number of emergency room visits and fatalities each year in the United States.

102
Stroopwafel"

Aren't those the ones you set on top of your coffee cup so the steam warms it?
Posted by: man

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Other way around. You're better off using them as coasters.

103 Well, I just discovered a Korean dub of Konya wa Hurricane made famous by Oomori Kinuko in the watershed OVA series Bubblegum Crisis.

Still has English words like Hurricane in it. Kowai ne?

104 I won't even put anise in my pizzelles"

Or the other way around?

105
*They mustn't have very many viewers who write in.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Do you watch Charles?

106 You're better off using them as coasters."

Yakity Yak

107 There is great sadness in the world, for the three of you, tonight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 10:41 PM (cPB/a)
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*gets on the cart*

108 Waffen Haus, where your pomme frits are gassed.

109 >>Seriously does anyone have a clue about that pile of letters on the storefront?

Judging by the boats that's not the US. Looks like northern Europe.

110 91 Piper, cut the oxy in half.

By tomorrow evening she should be on Tylenol/ibu and ice. I ace wrapped a couple bags of frozen peas to my boy’s jaw. Fed him pho broth and noodles I overcooked to make them almost
Mush.

What a trooper she is!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026

Okay, thank you. She woke up from the anesthesia and started crying because she couldn’t see me, and she was confused about where she was, she said she was trying to tell them she wanted her mom but the words didn’t come out. I am shocked she remembered all that!

111 Welp, I'm here earlier than usual, because we are on a mini-vacay to Anchorage to see Opera tomorrow night. Traveling version of Aida. Probably not great, but probably acceptable. And I don't have to go to San Fran or Chicago to see it, so there's that.

Also, staying at the Historic Anchorage Hotel, built in 1916 when Anchorage was a fart in the wind. Very nice room, built in bar, king bed, nice view of 4th avenue where the sled dogs run for Fur Rendezvous and Iditarod, and the mountains. Walking distance to the theater for tomorrow.

We don't leave Knik often, but when we do, we do it right.

112 >What a trooper she is!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 10:41 PM (A5RD0)

Meta Girl did was hilarious coming out out anesthesia when her wisdom teeth came out. She wanted Jello when we got home - after watching her stab herself in the forehead with a spoon, I fed her like a baby. Definitely a bonding moment.

113 I bought a cheap waffle iron for well under $10 when the kids were little, they're in their mid late 30s now. I still dig it out and make waffles every couple of months.

114 What a trooper she is!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 10:41 PM (A5RD0)

NURSE!

115 Okay, thank you. She woke up from the anesthesia and started crying because she couldn’t see me, and she was confused about where she was, she said she was trying to tell them she wanted her mom but the words didn’t come out. I am shocked she remembered all that!
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 10:52 PM (OoFl2)
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I'm sure that must have raised your heart rate a bit.

116 I think the Boeing Space Edsel will be put in the hanger as the Soviet space shuttle Pritchka.

117 I still dig it out and make waffles every couple of months.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 27, 2026 10:54 PM (sl73Y)

My dad made waffles every Sunday. When I moved out, he bought me a waffle iron. Apparently I'm not supposed to go without waffles more than one week.

118 Wouch Piper, hope she's not in a tizzy for long and bounces back quickly.

But to more important matters, how is Soup?

119 I am shocked she remembered all that!
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 10:52 PM (OoFl2)

Bless her! Hope she's much better tomorrow. At the time our boys had heard around school that Wendy's Freezy's were healing. Not a bit of nutrition, I told them, but they got one that night. No straws, I am sure you know. Forget for how long as it can dislodge the clot.

120 My dad made waffles every Sunday. When I moved out, he bought me a waffle iron. Apparently I'm not supposed to go without waffles more than one week.

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You do need waffles to keep regular.

121 I had my right side extracted and then the next week my left side extracted and my parents said no general anesthesia.

What fun we had!

122 I'm here to serve:

Seriously, what the hell is this place called?

"MUTED & INNATE MEN"

You're welcome,
Sincerely,
Someone who had done way too many puzzles

123 "MUTED & INNATE MEN"

Must be German then - Sitzundpisser.

124 We don't leave Knik often, but when we do, we do it right.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 10:53 PM (OhEuo)

Sounds wonderful! Have a lovely time!

Off to bed early to "recover" so I read. Also a 7mo old princess is visiting so the rest can ski. I probably won't notice I am tired as she is pure joy.

G'night, y'all.

125 105
*They mustn't have very many viewers who write in.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Do you watch Charles?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 10:50 PM (cPB/a)

Not usually. I dvr Varney and watch it throughout the morning as I work on the computer..

126 G'night Christy and get better

127 Maple Syrup under a microscope (for the waffles)

https://tinyurl.com/2hp7vpdz

128 Rolls cart to end of hall.
He'll quiet down in a couple of days.
_NHS

129 Why didn't I notice this before, in Super Dimensional Fortress Macross they had digital photo albums.

130 > 121 I had my right side extracted and then the next week my left side extracted and my parents said no general anesthesia.

What fun we had!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

Ooff. I had mine removed in my late 20s. It was then I discovered my affection for bourbon.

131 Off to bed early to "recover" so I read. Also a 7mo old princess is visiting so the rest can ski. I probably won't notice I am tired as she is pure joy.

G'night, y'all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 11:01 PM (WONhk)

We had the 7 week old prince here last weekend. You really won't notice, at all. They are a total joy in every way.

132 Got all 4 wisdom teeth removed same day. (Dr. Demerol knocked me out) Good thing-- because they all broke during extraction.

No "good" drugs for at home, just Motrin (Rx at that time) 800mg every 4 to 6 hours. Worked well enough.

2 nights of bloody pillowcases, soft foods for a week. Done.

133 Feel better Christy

134 "Not Canadian

pic.twitter.com/RUbSYlBbfx
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) March 27, 2026 "

Newsflash: By this late in the year, that little dude accurately captures all Canadians' attitude towards snow, ice, sleet, slush, freezing rain, frosted windows, icicles, and anything else that winter has to offer.

We are more than done with this shit.

135 tcn!

How are you? How’s that BABY?!?!? Glad y’all get out and do fun stuff. It’s a beautiful and crazy time of year. Snow, rain, sun, wind, warm, FUCKING COLD, warm again.

Enjoy your time.

136 I was reading a book about something or other, and they were talking about planned launches of the Shuttle from some military base in California. Did they ever do that? I think all if them were in Florida, though they spent a gazillion dollars in anticipation there.

The schedule plan was, a steady 24 Shuttle launches a year. I don’t think they ever got close to that.

137 Johnny April, bassist for Staind, turned 61 today. Here's an example where his opening line sets the brooding tone, and he keeps the intensity simmering whenever the guitars back off to create space for more restrained vocals:

Staind - Mudshovel (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/FuAC9YIC2Bs

On Johnny's fourth birthday, Mariah Carey was born. While she may get overexposed every year for her Christmas songs, this is the earworm that I always hear in my head when I think of her:

Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love
https://youtu.be/tov22NtCMC4

138 The schedule plan was, a steady 24 Shuttle launches a year. I don’t think they ever got close to that.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 27, 2026 11:09 PM (4eslj)

No. Only 135 from 1981 to 2011.

No plan.

139 Vandenburg AFB in CA was supposed to launch Shuttles with military payloads, but it never happened.

Now must go look if the facilities still exist.

140 I'm lucky when it comes to dental and medical stuff. Things just go well for me. It's better to be lucky than good, they say. I had all four wisdom teeth out the same day too. In my thirties. I was dreading it. It was like nothing had happened.

141 136 I was reading a book about something or other, and they were talking about planned launches of the Shuttle from some military base in California. Did they ever do that? I think all if them were in Florida, though they spent a gazillion dollars in anticipation there.

The schedule plan was, a steady 24 Shuttle launches a year. I don’t think they ever got close to that.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 27, 2026 11:09 PM (4eslj)

They built a shuttle launch pad at Vandenberg but never used it.

142 Stroopwafels are delicious.

You can get then cookie-sized at the grocery store.

143 Most I see is 9 in 1985.

144 118 Wouch Piper, hope she's not in a tizzy for long and bounces back quickly.

But to more important matters, how is Soup?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 10:57

He is fine, he had a confusing day, his dad came home from travel, which made him very happy. But his kid is sick, and he is not sure what he is supposed to do about that, so he outsourced it to the cats. They are cuddling with her.

145 We had the 7 week old prince here last weekend. You really won't notice, at all. They are a total joy in every way.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 11:04 PM (OhEuo)
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How is he? It's so fun and wonderful! Glad you are getting him.

We have our girl about once a week. She gave me the cold, but it is worth it to be part of their lives. The cold did not faze her.

The older two consider this their second home. We are very lucky they are 10min away.

I'm also lucky that my dude loves babies and kids. He told me a week ago I was "hogging her" and demanded equal time. Never having girls (brothers and sons) it's interesting to see how they react to their Dad and grandfather. I think they flirt from infancy. Both girls tried to remove his moustache and grandson didn't notice.

She's the easiest baby I have ever known. Talks to herself and puts herself to sleep! I think due to being surrounded by love with her siblings she's happy always. A surprise for 2025 from God!

146 I am off to bed, thank you for the well wishes and prayers!

147 Vandenburg SLC-6 still exists but has been adapted and might be launching Falcon and such now.

148 I'll take a Lidl bit of those tiddies

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Well? How much did they weigh?

Inquiring minds and all that shit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 27, 2026 10:07 PM (nWPIJ)

Well this may help then. I knew a chick who did that. She had tits the size of your head, real ones, and she dropped them on a scale in the produce dept. 8 pounds+ they were. 8+ pounds of tits, can you imagine that?

149 133 Feel better Christy
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)

Thank you! I FEEL normal, just oddly weak. Haven't been sick in 3yrs so I guess I'm a bit surprised at what a mess I've been. I was not THAT sick, but have read this RSV is a bit rough.

Getting better daily but tire easily. It needs to stop because I am busy!

150 If we'd have had 24 shuttle launches a year we'd have been blowing up two a year. We'd have run out of astronauts.

151 Challenger blew up and put on hold an October mission from Vandenburg. Eventually all missions from SLC-6 were cancelled and the site put in mothballs.

152 139 Vandenburg AFB in CA was supposed to launch Shuttles with military payloads, but it never happened.

Now must go look if the facilities still exist.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)

Last time I was V'berg was 2023 - I don't recall if I saw the shuttle facility or if it was repurposed. I was busy driving around looking for where the Navy ships ran aground back in the early 1900's.

When I saw the effort unmanned launches took I doubted if space travel would become routine. Elon may be rewriting that book but he still has a way to go to a reusable vehicle.

153 Newsflash: By this late in the year, that little dude accurately captures all Canadians' attitude towards snow, ice, sleet, slush, freezing rain, frosted windows, icicles, and anything else that winter has to offer.

We are more than done with this shit.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 11:08 PM (O7YUW)

Thank you for the ONT WeirdDave. I'm sending a few to friends.

And Grumpy is right. It feels like -12 Celcius so I went downstairs and my friends cat Snowflake was by the door and wanted in. She's in the garage with cat litter, water and a blanket on a shelf.

I already slept 3 hours. Just crashed. I wonder if it was the dollar store chocolate and Ketchup chips.

154 150 If we'd have had 24 shuttle launches a year we'd have been blowing up two a year. We'd have run out of astronauts.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 27, 2026 11:17 PM (KKQKG)

Or they would have fixed the problem quick.

155 I was mistaken. There were 13 launches in 2011.

156 @sentdefender
1h
Strikes have been reported across Iran in the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Dezful, as Israeli and U.S. strikes target Iranian regime, IRGC, and other infrastructure throughout the nation.

157 Oh, the Honda Point grounding when the USN lost I think six Clemson destroyers at once because of poor navigation.

And the USN simply pulled more Clemson destroyers out of mothballs.

158 No plan.

Yes, really that was the plan. Morton-Thiokol was ecstatic about this, as one might imagine.

As sole source provider of the SRBs, they were a bit touchy anytime it was suggested that maybe other firms should be allowed to bid for booster production. This was a controversial issue, and “some say” a factor that led to NASA management having more leverage than they ought to have had over Morton-Thiokol, pressuring them to sign off on cold weather launch.

The Democrats wanted to blame Ronald Reagan. Really. I’m not making this up.

159 >>Strikes have been reported across Iran in the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Dezful, as Israeli and U.S. strikes target Iranian regime, IRGC, and other infrastructure throughout the nation

Probably a bad idea for Iran to hit an American air base in Saudi Arabia in the middle of peace talks. Terms are just going to get worse.

160 USAF should have been allowed to develop the X-20 DYNA-SOAR space plane. But it didn't have the fragile tiles of the Shuttle and it sat atop its Titan booster.

161 Black Women Bear Brunt Of Mass Layoffs With The Rise Of AI And The End Of DEI
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That's racist.

162 Couple things I didn’t know, but maybe should have - Morton-Thiokol at the time was the largest employer in Canada he state of Utah, i figured it was some niche product or whatever. And the “Morton” part, was the Salt people. “When it Rains It Pours”, with the little kid & umbrella. Corporations sure do weird things.

163 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

164 Well back to the models and listening to anime music.

Jya ne minna, kiokitsene

165 &@$ing auto “correct” my ass. Not Canada. Fuck Canada

166 >>Strikes have been reported across Iran in the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Dezful, as Israeli and U.S. strikes target Iranian regime, IRGC, and other infrastructure throughout the nation

Probably a bad idea for Iran to hit an American air base in Saudi Arabia in the middle of peace talks. Terms are just going to get worse.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 11:25 PM (viF8m)

The terms should be every place not filled with civilians becomes Dresden.

167 Lot of baby- sitting going on.

Enjoy!

Everyone have a great night and enjoy No Kings Day tomorrow! We won't enjoy another one for about 6 weeks. Oh, MS Now has all day coverage!!!

I've been slumming.

168 Oh, the Honda Point grounding when the USN lost I think six Clemson destroyers at once because of poor navigation.

And the USN simply pulled more Clemson destroyers out of mothballs.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:21 PM (2GVsD)

"Tragedy at Honda" by Charles A. Lockwood is available on Kindle. Bad as the disaster was, it could.have been much worse, with an even greater loss of life.

169 163 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 27, 2026 11:28 PM (SRRAx

Hello Teresa.
Good night Teresa.
And everyone.

170 147 Vandenburg SLC-6 still exists but has been adapted and might be launching Falcon and such now.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:14 PM (2GVsD)

Along with the pad you need a processing facility with high bay cleanrooms and s**t. I'm not sure if it was ever built or is still there but repurposed.

Living near Seal Beach and the former McDonnel-Douglas (now Boeing) rocket plant*, I've spotted a couple of buildings that I recognize as path-finders for similar facilities at the Cape...

*most of it's gone now.....same with the MCD airplane factory at Long Beach airport. From the 405 I used to be able to see MD-80's, etc in final stages of assembly waiting for their final paint parked alongside the runway.

171 She had tits the size of your head, real ones, and she dropped them on a scale in the produce dept. 8 pounds+ they were. 8+ pounds of tits, can you imagine that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

I knew I was going to the gym for a reason.

172 Somehow, malaise overtook NASA. The once bold giant of American exceptionalism was allowed (somebody sold it to them) to wilt into the dumbest idea, the Shuttle.
Oh, we're not going to the moon or mars or do anything brave, we're going to near outer space and tinker around.

173

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi terror group says it is ready to intervene militarily in the US-Israeli war with Iran under certain conditions, including if new allies join the US and Israel or if the Red Sea is used to launch attacks on Iran.

Military spokesperson Yahya Saree makes the remarks in a televised speech.

“We affirm that our fingers are on the trigger for direct military intervention,” he says.

174 8 pounds+ they were. 8+ pounds of tits, can you imagine that?

I have a big imagination. I can imagine a lot.

175 Seriously does anyone have a clue about that pile of letters on the storefront?

It looks like a Tony/LC Sign promo gone wrong.

176 170 *most of it's gone now.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 11:33 PM (QGaXH)

Now I'm making myself sad....

Time for a beer.....

177
Stroopwafels are delicious.

You can get then cookie-sized at the grocery store.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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Like I say, perfect for coasters.

178 Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi terror group says it is ready to intervene militarily in the US-Israeli war with Iran under certain conditions, including if new allies join the US and Israel or if the Red Sea is used to launch attacks on Iran.

Funny, I was just watching a YouTube A-10 BRRRT compilation yesterday that featured Houthis getting their 72 raisins.

179 Well this may help then. I knew a chick who did that. She had tits the size of your head, real ones, and she dropped them on a scale in the produce dept. 8 pounds+ they were. 8+ pounds of tits, can you imagine that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 11:14 PM (snZF9)

There’s a video floating around the web somewhere of some Hungarian woman smashing cans with her boobs. She’d pick them up and drop ‘em like they were a sledgehammer on those poor aluminum cans.

Don’t search for it though, I just tried, and well…. A whole bunch of other stuff comes up when you do. And when I say “stuff” I mean Stuff.

180 157 Oh, the Honda Point grounding when the USN lost I think six Clemson destroyers at once because of poor navigation.

And the USN simply pulled more Clemson destroyers out of mothballs.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:21 PM (2GVsD)

Yes! You can still see some rusty remnants from the bluff...

181 "Fan" tribute to Black Snape, in case anyone missed it:

https://tinyurl.com/3v3b79w9

182 164 Well back to the models and listening to anime music.

Jya ne minna, kiokitsene
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

Love how you can just highlight the text, right click and poof - English translation pops up!

183 My conspiracy theory, it’s a trope often repeated, that Americans “lost interest” in space soon after Apollo 11.

Well, if your intention long term is to cripple the US Space program, that’s exactly the kind of thing you’d want put out, (and what you would want the propaganda outlets to parrot). They lie about everything else, why would this be any different.

From a purely engineering standpoint, Apollo was a dead end. Admirably suited to accomplishing JFKs mandate to land on the Moon before the decade was out, it was not well positioned to do much else.

They could have made use of the heavy lift capacity of the Saturn V however. The early plans were for over 100 launches, that’s why the VAB has 4 huge doors and 4 bays, they had the capability to really crank them out. Only 12 were built, something like that.

184 172 Somehow, malaise overtook NASA. The once bold giant of American exceptionalism was allowed (somebody sold it to them) to wilt into the dumbest idea, the Shuttle.
Oh, we're not going to the moon or mars or do anything brave, we're going to near outer space and tinker around.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 11:33 PM (cPB/a)

The politicians - particularly the democrats - got involved. I remember the debate over funding the space station - 'we can't afford four billion for a space station.'

Yeah - but we can afford 40 Trillion of other s***.....

185 >>The terms should be every place not filled with civilians becomes Dresden.

One of the downsides of our enemies clowning Trump is that they have convinced themselves he is an unserious person. He's obviously very intelligent and his ego will not allow him to lose. And he truly hates seeing Americans, in our out of the military, hurt.

He's just going to hit them harder and increase the terms.

186 Among other It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time aircraft, check out the “Brewster Buffalo” sometime. One lucky combat survivor said commanders who plan missions with it should consider the pilots dead before they even get off the ground. Not exactly a glowing endorsement.

187 I saw Uncut Gems tonight and was not expecting that ending.

Another Adam Sandler serious film where he is *good* in it. And it is odd because you expect him to be the stupid goofy character he plays in most movies.

I liked Spaceman better, but this was good as well

188
I wouldn't say the Saturn V (still the greatest rocket ever flown -- Starship may claim that title, but not yet) was a dead end. They had all sorts of plans to build on it.

But as mentioned above, all the funding got cancelled and they went with the stupid Shuttle, dicking around in LEO.

Had things gone as they were envisioning, we'd have long had a Moon base, there would've have been manned landings on Mars, and right now, we be having manned mission to the Jovian system.

189 Military spokesperson Yahya Saree makes the remarks in a televised speech.

“We affirm that our fingers are on the trigger for direct military intervention,” he says.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2026 11:33 PM (Cqx++)
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Yahya Saree has the distinction of having a $5 Million bounty on his head. It's placed there by Saudi Arabia, so don't expect him to be around much longer.

190 There’s a video floating around the web somewhere of some Hungarian woman smashing cans with her boobs.
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I’m intrigued. This capability is not necessarily restricted only to Hungarian women is it?

191 Somehow, malaise overtook NASA.
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I seem to recall that Obama made 'muslim outreach' a priority for NASA.

192 Welfare funding crowded out space funding.

But probably the biggest problem is we never found a great way to monetize space.

European colonization took off because there was gold, spices, fish, etc, etc to be had venturing into the unknown. Space, at least to the moon and maybe even to Mars/Venus has nothing really that valuable.

I do wonder though if we should have built our largest particle colliders in orbit or the moon. Yes the risk of a bad outcome was always small but not zero...

193 We had a near miss at our local airport - United 737 on final into John Wayne almost hit a Blackhawk helicopter (probably on his way to Los Alamitos).

Hits a little close to home - literally....

194 I Trump is being targeted. He needs to watch his 6.

195
Artemis 2 is a repeat of Apollo 8 (but not as much, because they aren't going into lunar orbit -- as it is, the SLS doesn't have the capacity to put Orion in low lunar orbit -- not enough fuel reserve margin).

Now, Artemis 3 was supposed to the landing. But Isaacman, trying to get this thing actually viable and not the boondoggle it's becoming, has retooled Artemis 3 to be, you guessed it, a repeat of Apollo 9. They will test the lunar lander (a modified Starship which hopefully Elon will have ready in time) in LEO.

The landing will have to wait til Artemis 4. Unless they decide to make that a repeat of Apollo 10, which they might well ought to.

196 "Its an older code but it checks out" always amused me.

The reason you change codes is you expect the enemy will get access to them eventually...

197 How are you? How’s that BABY?!?!? Glad y’all get out and do fun stuff. It’s a beautiful and crazy time of year. Snow, rain, sun, wind, warm, FUCKING COLD, warm again.

Enjoy your time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 11:08 PM (A5RD0)

That baby is the bomb. He cannot be an easier kid. Lets us know what is wrong and once that's fixed, he's a happy guy.

We get to see him again tomorrow. I'm over the moon.

198 I wouldn't say the Saturn V was a dead end.
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I wouldn’t either. I said Apollo. The idea of course was to get there (and back) before the Soviets. There was some debate on the best way to do this, about 1962 it was finally determined that lunar orbit rendezvous was the way to go.

199 check out the “Brewster Buffalo” sometime. One lucky combat survivor said commanders who plan missions with it should consider the pilots dead before they even get off the ground.

You know it's bad when it's in the Wiki page for "Flying coffin". Yikes.

200 173

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi terror group says it is ready to intervene militarily in the US-Israeli war with Iran under certain conditions, including if new allies join the US and Israel or if the Red Sea is used to launch attacks on Iran.
Military spokesperson Yahya Saree makes the remarks in a televised speech.
“We affirm that our fingers are on the trigger for direct military intervention,” he says.

Absolutely the reason Kharg must be taken by neutron detonation as the promise of things to come. Just like the Japanese, and no-so-much the Third Reich IRAN will fight to the last person and use their own populace as shields, and the rest of us as hostage. No longer a WAR, and existential Statement. Too long we have stayed our hands, NO MORE.

the remaining 30 subs squashed by by the ASW which upon success will guarantee Tawain's safety for the next 50 years. China CANNOT attach without Iran's oil and the straits mined -- which is why they're paying accute attention to what happens in Hormuz.

Zelensky is toast, but that's his own fault.

LIB's/NO KINGs/all the Protesters/are these guys even cognizent as to what it takes to run a nation, let alone the world?

forWAR'd !!!

201 Just Shut up and DANCE!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS

202 They would say things like “we shouldn’t be spending all that money on the Moon when there are hungry people on Earth”.

Stupid bastards. They never spent a dime on the Moon, all of it was spent here on Earth. 400,000 people directly employed at the time, countless others indirectly employed.

203 Is that really how modern Doctor Who looks? I see better made Warhammer or Marvel fan made stuff on a regular basis

204

A columnist for the Los Angeles Times named Steve Lopez is promising that if a Republican wins the race for governor in California that an effort to recall that person will begin immediately.

205 Anonymous Rogue, I didn't realize the Honda Point incident was on Vandenberg reservation, and didn't know any remnants of the ships remained.

I visited Vandenberg on a work trip in the late 80s. The hook, in fact, was the alternative Shuttle launch facility, plus SDI stuff. Our first meeting was with the base commander.

After about 15 minutes of enthusiastic, detailed descriptions of the site's incredible ecology and wildlife (all true), I started to think - is this the Air Force, or the National Park Service? Afterwards we all had the same joking thought. He did eventually did get to the SLC, Minuteman testing, and SDI stuff.

Have only been back once - riding the Solvang Century event, had a serious muscle problem going up the yuuuge grade on the base, and dropped out at mile 60. Oh - and several dinners at Hitching Post #1 in Casmalia, which is on the reservation, near the golf course. Highly recommended, for anyone passing through that gorgeous part of the CA coast.

206 MANFRED sounds like he's gotten into Hunter Biden's cabinet.

207 11 Would a dozen muscular Polynesian women falling on me and pummeling my arm be as helpful? Worth a try, I guess.
Posted by: mindful webworker looking for muscular Polynesian women, intentions honorable at March 27, 2026 10:07 PM (jrd4M)

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These women were probably topless, so yes, this would definitely help with alleviating this malady.

208 The ERRB ("neutron bomb") is not in the inventory and is totally inappropriate for Kharg. Plus that island is irrelevant opening the Strait of America, for that Larak, the Tunbs, Abu Musa, and the others down south need to be controlled and used for recon/interception, or neutralized.

For those who missed it, Jen Griffin Fox News Pentagon reporter, appeared to liken Kharg to ..... Iwo Jima (!), in discussing the impending arrival (today) of the Marine amphibious group from the Pacific. Unless it was an incredibly sloppy mistake, it sort of bids fair to be the most ridiculous comparison in defense reporting, evah - a very, very high bar to be sure.

209 White house staffers say President Trump is bored with the Iran war and wants Cuba instead.

210 >> I wouldn’t either. I said Apollo.

Gotcha. In my mind, they just go together.

There's an interesting story about Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. The other options were Direct Ascent (while shebang goes to the Moon and lands directly) and Earth Orbit Rendezvous (at least two launches to LEO, Moonship is assembled in LEO to land on Moon).

The NASA top brass favored Direct Ascent mostly, and wasn't too keen on LOR at all. One of the engineers went out on a limb and bypassed the chain of command to advocate for LOR. He realized that was the only way we could do it before 1970. Direct Ascent was going to required a much bigger rocket (Saturn C-8 config at least, if you want to look the history of that. Another big one was the Nova class rocket idea).

Do you want to go to the Moon or not? That was the question that settled on LOR.

211 I love how trolls always have Sekrit Info about what Trump is thinking.

212 A near miss at John Wayne?? I will never understand what can only be called a stupid or lazy lack of prudence in separating civilian/military traffic at several airports. The margins/buffers are not nearly conservative enough. Obviously Washington National - unbelievable. Didn't even know John Wayne had Los Alamitos traffic near it.

213 The sign reads "Immense & Inattendu" which is French for "Immense and Unexpected." The White letters and Yellow letters make up the 2 different words.

It's the sign on the "Cine Manivel" in Redon, France.

214 @211 not secret white house staffers talking to reporters. Get your trolling right.

215 I am a white house staffer, honest.

216
Yo mamma is calling you.

Where are you shithead?

217 Yes, John Houbalt iirc. He was “passionate” as the kids say, about LOR.

Nobody thought this was a good idea. He wasn’t the first to suggest it, but he made it happen. They had to talk Wehrner and his re-formulated Peenemunde working group there down in Huntsville on the deal, too. Eventually, they gave something like a two hour briefing on how their idea was better, but ….we’ve decided to go along with LOR.

What amazes me, is at some point somebody has to “freeze” designs, and say “this is it”, because prototypes have to be built, contractors have to know what they are building, how will it fit to the other parts?, etc.

218 my uncle who works in nintendo says 'exodus 21:22-25' is a doodyhead whose head is full of doody

219 The reason you change codes is you expect the enemy will get access to them eventually...

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Say what?

220 208 The ERRB ("neutron bomb") is not in the inventory and is totally inappropriate for Kharg. Plus that island is irrelevant opening the Strait of America, for that Larak, the Tunbs, Abu Musa, and the others down south need to be controlled and used for recon/interception, or neutralized.”

I’m relieved that somebody else can look at a map and see where the actual strategic points are located. Kharg is economically important, but you don’t want fight inside a refinery, you’d just be begging for casualties. It can be neutralized without seizing it.

I think all this talk about Kharg is intentional misdirection by Trump to get the Iranians focused there.

221 Apparently jamming stations being hit in Tehran, allegedly some Iranians already report being able to receive foreign broadcasts again. Not clear on the signal coverage in that area but we'll know soon enough if this is accurate. Of course it would be amusing and helpful.

222
39 Didn't Cook get killed by Polynesians in the Sandwich Islands?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 27, 2026 10:17 P

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They had bread, but no meat.

223 "United States Vs. One Book Called Ulyssus"
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$10 on the book. I like the odds.

224 Tehran have lost the bleeps, they've lost the sweeps, and they've lost the creeps!

225 she said she was trying to tell them she wanted her mom but the words didn’t come out. I am shocked she remembered all that!

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 10:52 PM (OoFl2)

Something the nurses taught my 8-year-old self right before I got wheeled into surgery:

1. My name is [insert name here].
2. I love my parents very much.
3. Take me to see them RIGHT NOW!

(It worked!)

226 The IJA had several codes, I don't think we ever penetrated any of them completely, and they did change them. I should remember but don't, the "Purple" or diplomatic code - broken before the war - either wasn't changed or was weak anyway, and we harvested that stuff to great benefit up til the surrender.

227 206 MANFRED sounds like he's gotten into Hunter Biden's cabinet.

Release, indeed, FREE AND SPONSOR! the HUNTER BIDEN's, the NICK REINER's, the ever now, and future present Epstein's, Clinton's, Soros', the John Walker/American Taliban's, the James Fergie Chambers (Cox Heir and professional revolutionaries) who will proudly do unto their own people PRECISELY what they forbid us to do to our Adversaries.


https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-OBAMA-theBirdie
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrueFaceOfLIBTerrorism
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250

forWAR'd: MORE!

228 Iranian oil is best interdicted via the Venezuela model - intercepted at sea, safe distance from Iran, $$$ proceeds redirected to an escrow account. World supply is helped, mullahs see no revenue. Escrow accounts for sanctioned oil and other stuff intercepted at sea in fact already exist.

Presumably soon enough they'll stop loading at Kharg (or Jask) once it's clear they'll not see any $$$ from it.

No need to take Kharg, or damage its oil facilities.

229 Houthis just can't help themselves. Missile launched at Israel (and intercepted).

Pro tip: don't be hanging around any places frequented by Houthi leadership for a few weeks.

230
I just got to looking at Direct Ascent and the Nova/Saturn C-8 rocket notions. Here's one of many little simulations of direct ascent:

https://is.gd/fVfOkb

These guys get the C-8 and Nova all mixed up. They were two different drawing board families entirely.

Anyway, first stage would've been about 8 F-1s, and second 8 J-2s. Third stage could've been one or two J-2s. The spacecraft would've had a landing stage -- vertical landing of the Apollo capsule, SM and so forth on the Moon.

231 228 Iranian oil is best interdicted via the Venezuela model - intercepted at sea, safe distance from Iran, $$$ proceeds redirected to an escrow account. World supply is helped, mullahs see no revenue. Escrow accounts for sanctioned oil and other stuff intercepted at sea in fact already exist.
...
Presumably soon enough they'll stop loading at Kharg (or Jask) once it's clear they'll not see any $$$ from it....
No need to take Kharg, or damage its oil facilities.

Unless they've already rigged it Mad Max/RoadWarrior Style. Why wouldn't they?

nb. how quickly on-topic parodies of culpable politico's get the 502 gateway-error.

232 Maybe not a waffle, but there is a light and crispy pastry thing, that’s pressed thin between two forms and baked. I forget the name, it’s Italian maybe and served around Christmas. It comes out of the forms in pretty star patterns. It isn’t puffy like a waffle but all thin.

233 Unless they've already rigged it Mad Max/RoadWarrior Style. Why wouldn't they?
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I assume the owner and crews of the tankers would object. And not return to Iran once word got out that they were doing it.

234 122 I'm here to serve:

Seriously, what the hell is this place called?

"MUTED & INNATE MEN"

You're welcome,
Sincerely,
Someone who had done way too many puzzles

Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 10:58 PM (dIske)

I got UNSTEAMED TIME & INN. For when your tired of being steamed all the time.

235 Maybe not a waffle, but there is a light and crispy pastry thing, that’s pressed thin between two forms and baked. I forget the name, it’s Italian maybe and served around Christmas. It comes out of the forms in pretty star patterns. It isn’t puffy like a waffle but all thin.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 28, 2026 12:48 AM (l5dSG)

Pizzelle.

236
Everyone have a great night and enjoy No Kings Day tomorrow!

What, no Martin Luther, Rodney, or Don? Sounds raciss

237 They broke enough of their codes to know (for example) Yamamoto was going to visit the troops in the Solomon islands near Bougainville or whatever.

He was known to be very punctual, so they planned everything to the gnat’s ass with loitering aircraft, and he did his part by showing up on time, and they shot his plane down.

238 Evening, WD, and ONT Horde! Holed up in a motel in Burns, OR tonight. Got off the road early tonight, because I had a crazy long day yesterday.

239 They broke enough of their codes to know (for example) Yamamoto was going to visit the troops in the Solomon islands near Bougainville or whatever.

He was known to be very punctual, so they planned everything to the gnat’s ass with loitering aircraft, and he did his part by showing up on time, and they shot his plane down.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 28, 2026 12:53 AM (j92eC)

I thought I remember reading something about the pilot who flamed him was just checking his guns and nailed him.

240 Mullahs en Spase @mullerplotz 14m

Anonymous but totally reliable secret sources inside the Drumpth administration have confirmed that Iran has won the war and Marco Rubio and VP Vance are invoking the 25th Amendment to oust the Presendent and install Supreme Itsmaam Moohoomood Hussein van Turban as the new head of the United World of Alleyoop.

https://dotfic.com/zDyk
Click on this link to install the Rewrite Amerikkka ap on your computer to pay your jizzyeah tax and order your lace prayer rugs today.

Thank you for your attachment to this mattress.

241 Didn't Cook get killed by Polynesians in the Sandwich Islands?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 27, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

He asked the Kings wife to make him a sandwich, and by golly, she did, Well-cooked, too.

242
AOP,

Rest well.

243 Who cares about Cuba?
The Iran mess needs to be settled, the sooner the better.
Let's get on with what we have to do and get the f*ck out of there. Cuba is back burner stuff.

244 >>> What amazes me, is at some point somebody has to “freeze” designs, and say “this is it”, because prototypes have to be built, contractors have to know what they are building, how will it fit to the other parts?, etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 28, 2026 12:25 AM (j92eC)


There are design loops. Initial preliminary sizing goes into design of long lead castings/forgings and the like. Then you iterate on everything else in loops. Mass properties, structures, aero, systems, manufacturing, all converge on reality. The closer you are to reality at the later design loops the more expensive the changes. So you make big changes early and tiny changes at the end managing margins as you go. Or you miss something and a big change at the end kills the whole program and maybe the entire company.

245 >>> Pizzelle.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 28, 2026 12:52 AM (snZF9)


Oh yeah that’s it. And I see it was already on their list. A lady at church used to always make them as gifts for people around Christmas time.

246 I'll have you know that my tinfoil hat is quite fashionable. Who really controls the Epstein files ...
tiny.cc/12z0101

247 AOP, I am glad that you are getting closer to home, how much more travel until you get there?

Happy Friday Horde!

My neighbor uses his Nonna's recipe for pizzelles and they are oh so good. He'll be making a batch for Easter.

248 Who cares about Cuba?
The Iran mess needs to be settled, the sooner the better.
Let's get on with what we have to do and get the f*ck out of there. Cuba is back burner stuff.

Posted by: Case at March 28, 2026 12:59 AM (pvf3X)

yeah I don't know wtf is going on. Every time I turn around I hear about another fast boat, another sub, another ship, another base, etc. Wtf is going on over there. Do they just have that much stuff? If they do have that much stuff then yeah by all means keep hunting it, because you can't have a death cult like that existing with that much stuff. It really hasn't been that long though when you think about it. The battle of the bulge was 41 days.

249 Be careful of the hippies and antifa up there in nu nu land. Heard that Oregon is a den of whores, theives and pirates.

250 OK grandkids are here. Going surfing tomorrow.

251 Oh yeah that’s it. And I see it was already on their list. A lady at church used to always make them as gifts for people around Christmas time.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 28, 2026 01:07 AM (l5dSG)

She must be italian. I know italian woman that make and give away those things around the holidays like they're trying to cure a world famine. My aunts also make them. I Mrs B has made them too once or twice. Hard to remember, we get buried in them every year.

252 Who cares about Cuba?
The Iran mess needs to be settled, the sooner the better.
Let's get on with what we have to do and get the f*ck out of there. Cuba is back burner stuff.

Posted by: Case at March 28, 2026 12:59 AM (pvf3X)

We don't care about Cu-ba, no no,
We don't care about Cubaaaaaa......

253 Well this may help then. I knew a chick who did that. She had tits the size of your head, real ones, and she dropped them on a scale in the produce dept. 8 pounds+ they were. 8+ pounds of tits, can you imagine that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 11:14 PM (snZF9)

Except they will always be at least partially supported by the woman's chest wall. Might be more valid to fill a bucket exactly brim-full with water, weigh it, then fully immerse a boob, displacing a volume of water equal to the volume of the boob, and then remove the boob, and weigh the bucket again. Water weight lost = weight of boob. In the interest of science, use cold water.

254 Apparently a No Kinks protest is planned for tomorrow here in Smallville. Tempted to go with our own protest signs, like
No Elvis! No Albert!
This is a sign!
End road work!
Down with Upstarts!
but most likely I'll sleep in and miss the whole thing.

https://youtu.be/IldLFriimek

🕛CDST -radio Webworks signing off for the night.

255 An Israeli-American targeted critical IRGC infrastructure in Shiraz, Iran.

Clip: the photographer and his girl/wife are laughing and giggling joyful that IRGC is being blown up.

https://tinyurl.com/v24dupz9

256 Off to bed soon. Going hiking in the morning; gonna see if I can make any contacts with fellow radio nerds. Be well, Hordelings.

257 Someone needs to send this to the Gun Thread:

https://youtu.be/mYmYL_IcxQ4

258 She has oxycodone, but she is just so little, barely a hundred pounds, so it’s messing with her.
Posted by: Piper

When I had my wisdom teeth cut/chiseled out, late 1980s, they gave me morphine to deal with the pain.

It worked..... I felt no pain in my jaw.

But I had a headache that felt like someone drilled a hole 4" deep into my frontal cortex, and emptied a bottle labeled "pure liquid pain, 199 proof" into the hole.

I didn't take a second morphine pill. Tylenol was enough after that shit. * curls up in fetal position, crying like a newborn *

259 @211 not secret white house staffers talking to reporters. Get your trolling right.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at March 28, 2026 12:21 AM (OW+zn)

Naw, you pulled it out of your ass, where it was placed by a muzzie dick.

260 Yak it up, you meme wisenheimers.

261 Cuba's part of the Western Hemisphere
Cuba's only 60 miles from Key West.
Cuba's actually part of the Florida chain.

262 yeah I don't know wtf is going on. Every time I turn around I hear about another fast boat, another sub, another ship, another base, etc. Wtf is going on over there. Do they just have that much stuff? If they do have that much stuff then yeah by all means keep hunting it, because you can't have a death cult like that existing with that much stuff. It really hasn't been that long though when you think about it. The battle of the bulge was 41 days.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Never underestimate your enemy. I don't think Trump has but I also don't think the American public has full grasp of who we are dealing with. Iran has been preparing for decades, Hamas on steroids. Pull up your bootstraps and buckle in. This isn't going to be over for awhile. That said this was too long in coming. If Trump had waited I would wager that we were close to waking up to JJ letting us know that Iran had just tested a nuclear weapon. The scenarios that accompany that are only limited by your imagination.

263 An Israeli-American targeted critical IRGC infrastructure in Shiraz, Iran.

Clip: the photographer and his girl/wife are laughing and giggling joyful that IRGC is being blown up.

https://tinyurl.com/v24dupz9

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 01:14 AM (cPB/a)

Kinda reminds me of the movie the longest day when the John has a long a mooostach french dude is a giggling hysterically as his house is shaking from the bombing and eventually comes out with champagne for the troops.

264 Never underestimate your enemy. I don't think Trump has but I also don't think the American public has full grasp of who we are dealing with. Iran has been preparing for decades, Hamas on steroids. Pull up your bootstraps and buckle in. This isn't going to be over for awhile. That said this was too long in coming. If Trump had waited I would wager that we were close to waking up to JJ letting us know that Iran had just tested a nuclear weapon. The scenarios that accompany that are only limited by your imagination.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at March 28, 2026 01:24 AM (404p+)

I don't give a shit if we pound them for 10 years. We got 47 years to make up for not to mention all the Americans they killed. I don't care if we erase their DNA off the fucking planet. I know they have been stockpiling shit for years.

265 AOP, I am glad that you are getting closer to home, how much more travel until you get there?

Happy Friday Horde!

My neighbor uses his Nonna's recipe for pizzelles and they are oh so good. He'll be making a batch for Easter.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 28, 2026 01:09 AM (0nHVk)

Not going directly home. Hope to reach Seattle tomorrow evening, visit with Nurse R, then onward to Victoria, BC, and up-Island for an event on Apr, 1. Then wend my way home to Alberta.

266 I didn't take a second morphine pill. Tylenol was enough after that shit. * curls up in fetal position, crying like a newborn *
Posted by: mikeski has warned every doctor since
---------

Yeah, I had to warn about sensitivity to narcotics, too. They gave me something in the IV to prevent hurling, and then Motrin instead of Tylenol 3.

267 That said this was too long in coming.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at March 28, 2026 01:24 AM (404p+)

youtu.be/D2lSwosw9xY

It's been a long time since I rock and rolled...

268 Seriously, what the hell is this place called?
"MUTED & INNATE MEN"
You're welcome,
Sincerely,
Someone who had done way too many puzzles
Posted by: Orson

I got UNSTEAMED TIME & INN. For when your tired of being steamed all the time.
Posted by: SciVo

Anagrams assuming the word "Inn" is involved:

Enmity & Steamed Inn
Dynamites & Teem Inn
Dynamites & Meet Inn
Dynamites & Mete Inn
Dynamite & Meets Inn
Dynamite & Metes Inn
Dynamite & Teems Inn
Sediment & Meaty Inn
Sediment & Matey Inn

.....yeah, someone needs to buy a vowel. And a couple more consonants.

269 I don't give a shit if we pound them for 10 years. We got 47 years to make up for not to mention all the Americans they killed. I don't care if we erase their DNA off the fucking planet. I know they have been stockpiling shit for years.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Hoorah!

270 It's been a long time since I rock and rolled...
Posted by: pookysgirl

You speak the language of my tribe.

271 Happy Friday to you, Debby!

Hope things went smoothly yesterday. Missed ya!

272 Had a real good view of the sunset sky as I was driving west towards Burns on OR 78, did not see Mercury. Must be too close to the Sun?

273 right now, we be having manned mission to the Jovian system.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Somebody broke into Miley's stash.

274 Hey JQ, are the flowers popping up down in your neck of the woods?

275 >> did not see Mercury. Must be too close to the Sun?

Mercury is a speedy little bugger. Max eastern elongation was in Feb, and inferior conjunction was Mar 7.

Mercury is now on the *morning side* and max western elongation will be April 8. It won't get too high above the eastern horizon this morning cycle, though, that varies seasonally in a complex way. Gets low in the north hemisphere, but high in the south and stuff like that.

276 Hi, Sock Monkey! Yes, the early bulbs have been blooming since early this month!

Got hyacinth, daffodil, early tulips.. bunnies ate the crocuses, but they came up a long time ago..

Forsythia are brilliant now. Cherry, plum and crabapple are all blooming. Dogwood buds are swelling.

277 Well at least the weekend is here. I thought I would be home today, but I had to go in last minute and to play around with a 73 year old carburetor today. Good old M-74 Linkert from a 1953 panhead. Frigging brass body carburetor. Hideous thing that looks like it should be on a lawn mower.

278 Just looked in up, yesterday was the max morning altitude for Mercury at 40N, and only 10 degrees. At 35S, it will be 28 degrees on April 4.

Next sunset window will be in early June, and it will be a decent 18 degrees maximum altitude.

279 Okay, Charles C. W. Cooke, The Limey Elitist Twat who pretends that he actually gets America after 20 years in the papyrus tower of publication, and long pauses with a high end accent and education.

Before he got his citizenship I _Appreciated Him_ as he spoke of the grandeur of America, because, Well, FUCKING DUH! in the same way I appreciated, probably the best series of lines ever spoken before congress by Tony Blaire. I APPRECIATE it, but now?

Dude? You had one good moment. NOW, you can fuck off. David Frum is banking STILL off of 2/3 of a line in a far grander speech, meanwhile he's clearly an idiot. Peggy Noonan, thinks she's a deep thinker because she had one good series of phrases delivered by the best communicator in ALL of American history, at one point of history that only happened once, meanwhile these self centered fucksticks think that they are the philosopher kings of American existence?

NO FUCKERS! You hit one good note at the right time, and that time has passed, you know how I know? I ain't broke a bitch in DECADES, but a lot of you remember that line, and that would be like me being the arbiter of what makes a good commenter on AOS. NOT FUCKING

280 Hey JQ, a double if you please, yesterday was a court appearance, lawyer meeting, nursing home meeting and assisted living facility meeting. Green light to move forward and he is moving in on Monday. My daughter and I are meeting at his apartment in the morning and packing up the stuff that he will need. Sunday we are borrowing my neighbor's truck and moving that stuff to his new home. I had a conversation with my brother about this today, I am not sure how much he understands at this point, but it was a pleasant conversation. In the meantime, taxes are almost done.

281 Yes, the early bulbs have been blooming since early this month!

Heh, it's 30 on the porch right now. Still, the 60 degree days have been nice. Have to get working on the new lawn next week. I planted last fall but it needs some work and I need to reseed. Its been two years since I've had a lawn to enjoy. I'm also thinking I might get more serious about gardening this year. That's still in committee with the squirrel panel.

282 Didn't Cook get killed by Polynesians in the Sandwich Islands?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 27, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

He asked the Kings wife to make him a sandwich, and by golly, she did, Well-cooked, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Overnight in the imu pit and the meat will be fall off the bone tender. A little sea salt and that is all you need.
Best BBQ evah

283 HAPPENING, this is ACES Place, and behind Ace there are now . . . well fuck, damn near a hundred people who have contributed more than I ever have, but Those previously named egoists think that they TRULY understand the conservative American mind? NO! Now, I will admit, that Longbows, might have had a little more longevity, and have found it referenced in other places with the same shit stirring attitude that we have for 20 years(It's been 20 fucking years since Longbows. Way back when Ace was just coming up on 29 years old, for the first time) and it's OBVIOUS that they might not reference us, or know the reference, it's because of us.

284 Hideous thing that looks like it should be on a lawn mower.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Take care making derogatory comments about us old Ffers.

285 Oh my gosh AOP, it sounds like a very good remainder of the trip for you. I am sure that you will have a blast with nurse.

286 But EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE Individuals in the Northern Territory looking for to See You there, will fall back on that one moment of glory and demand that you respect their gravitas with their long winded, low verbal, patronizing, over enunciating, unnecessary multi-syllabic word usage while referencing poetry, or philosophers who didn't matter then,and don't matter now, because BITCH! The normal guy don't fucking care.

Did I read the same books as them? Mostly, but you know what I don't do, what Ace doesn't do, unless it's specific to the point?

REFERENCE THEM! BECAUSE THEY FUCKING SUCK!

287 Of course, Debby... *double Chivas for you*

Bless you for taking good care of your brother!

288 Donal Trimp an his pee-pe hookers yucked my bed, and now it soggy when I sleeps.

289 Well at least the weekend is here. I thought I would be home today, but I had to go in last minute and to play around with a 73 year old carburetor today. Good old M-74 Linkert from a 1953 panhead. Frigging brass body carburetor. Hideous thing that looks like it should be on a lawn mower.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 28, 2026 01:54 AM (snZF9)

Had to look that one up. Would look right at home on a Model T Ford, LOL. You know, that Hobbit-dick intake manifold can't be doing much for low-end torque. Not enough of an air column for inertia to develop. Look at a VW Beetle engine; there is at least a foot of manifold runner between the carb flange and any intake port. Really helps with low-speed operation. Has anyone ever tried tuned intake tracts on Harley V-twins?

290 THEY FUCKING SUCK! They are practices in language to demonstrate their vocabulary and literary intertwining of meanings to the point that they sound profound while not saying a goddamn thing.

Peggy can mention her "boys of Pointe Du Hoc" all she wants, but you know what people really remember? Not her reference, and infantilization of the US military at a moment of heroism that saved the western world. It was the solid MidWestern, no bullshit phrase, "TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" THAT is what changed the world back then, and inspired a song that makes me mysty, "right here right now" (get over it bitches, I grew up with the threat of REAL nuclear annihilation every day for almost 20 fucking years. If you think it's hyperbole, FUCK YOU, grow up in the 80's. Why you think EVERY fucking movie was about killing commies?)

291 Sock Monkey-- had to laugh at your 'squirrel panel' comment!

I unwrapped the riding mower & did the inaugural deed for '26 last weekend... but first! Had to fire up the lil compressor & blow out all the damned walnut shells and dust, before I could even THINK about replacing the air filter!

Fkn tree rats.. grumble grumble..

292 .....yeah, someone needs to buy a vowel. And a couple more consonants.
Posted by: mikeski wants a hint about what language it should be at March 28, 2026 01:36 AM (VHUov)

My final guess:

MEAT IS DUN & EMINENT

293 Had to look that one up. Would look right at home on a Model T Ford, LOL. You know, that Hobbit-dick intake manifold can't be doing much for low-end torque. Not enough of an air column for inertia to develop. Look at a VW Beetle engine; there is at least a foot of manifold runner between the carb flange and any intake port. Really helps with low-speed operation. Has anyone ever tried tuned intake tracts on Harley V-twins?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2026 02:07 AM (dWhQJ)

Yeah they do almost look like it came from a model T, or model A. Well, the panhead was the last engine with the stupid short T-shape intake manifold. Every engine after that is more of a Y shape with relocated intake ports, way better flow.

294 Sweet dreams Horde, I have got a couple of busy days, see you tomorrow.

295 'Night, Debby.

Remember to take care of yourself, too!

296 So these people who spent 4 years getting degree's in their NATIVE FUCKING LANGUAGE, spend sentences and paragraphs and pages, and in the case of Henry Miller (don't get me started on that fucking pretentious faggot) a full fucking chapter, about their fucking philosophy, which isn't a philosophy because it's hollow and without result.

Meanwhile, you grab a guy from chicago who has heard about what an asshole Wickedpinto is and some of the shit he's posted in comments will say, "FUCK THAT GUY!" and EVERYONE will know what he means.

I know, because I was at a meet up and only the hosts and Mesa knew my moniker at first, and we arrived early, and one of the first things that everyone, or at least the women, asked after greeting our hosts, and identifying who they could among us, was "Is Wicked making it?" and Mesa, this is the first time in Ohio, started to introduce me, and I cut him off and I said? "Wicked? FUCK THAT GUY! He Can't shut up!"

At first it was funny, but it got old.

FUCK WICKED, FUCK that guy.

And FUCK Charles C. W. Cooke,
Fuck Peggy
Fuck Frum
Fuck Goldberg
Fuck Blair,
Fuck Carlson
FUCK THEM ALL!

See what they say now, and now they say nothing.

297 Once you notice that what they are saying now amounts to nothing, you realize that. . .really? They never really said anything but words that sounded nice.

I'm from Chicago, and was a Marine at one time (I don't know if I ever mentioned that) so I don't pull that shit.

FUCK YOU! FUCK THOSE GUYS!

(probably first actual WP rant in a long time, like a LONG time.)

298 Trump told us we would be out of Iran in a few weeks, he needs to keep his word. Nobody said anything about 10 years.
The Republicans will be a non party if we get stuck in a long protracted war. This country will be under the socialist Democrats forever. You have to think with your head not your emotions. And Cuba isn't going anywhere, if we have to we can send the Vermont national guard down there to keep Cuba in line.

299 Yeah they do almost look like it came from a model T, or model A. Well, the panhead was the last engine with the stupid short T-shape intake manifold. Every engine after that is more of a Y shape with relocated intake ports, way better flow.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 28, 2026 02:14 AM (snZF9)

Possible custom intake for Panhead: get two variable-choke carbs like Amal or Mikuni. One sits on the left side of each cylinder. "S" shaped intake tubes connect front carb to rear cylinder, and rear carb to front cylinder. Pipes brazed together where they cross between cylinders, with maybe a 1/4" passage between them to balance cylinder vacuum.

300 Wickedpinto... legendary...

Righteous rant!

I am humbled in your presence (because I'm an uneducated person) I've lurked here for many years and recognize your nic.

*steps aside*

301 Damn, a wickedpinto sighting. Not sure why I decided to hit the thread in the wee hours of the morning but glad I did. Welcome back, amigo.

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The Week in Woke

Remember when Biden assigned Trump a bunch of fat 5'1" housefraus as his Secret Service "protection" detail during a very heated presidential campaign?

Remember how we all thought, "When Trump wins, I hope he assigns the Bidens the same D-List Dregs"?

Well... Promise Made, Promise Kept.

A U.S. Secret Service agent accidentally shot himself Friday morning while on duty during a security detail for former first lady Jill Biden at Philadelphia International Airport, according to officials and local reports.

The incident unfolded around 8:30 a.m. as agents were assisting with movement through the airport, a heavily trafficked hub at that hour. Authorities said the agent's service weapon discharged while he was handling it, striking him in the leg. The injury was described as non-life-threatening, and the agent was transported to a nearby hospital where he is reported to be in stable condition.

A spokesperson for the United States Secret Service characterized the shooting as a "negligent discharge," indicating the weapon fired unintentionally. Officials emphasized that there was no disruption to the protectee's schedule and that Jill Biden was not present at the time the weapon went off.

Woke Cereal: Cheerios now features "Eat Pray Love" style affirmations on the box because everything is Fake and Gay.

And feminized to absolute death.

Transphobic cops brutalize another out-and-proud transgender "woman."

From last week, but the Hamsters failed me:

Trans woman dressed up like Blues Brothers allegedly murdered millionaire developer in LA

A transgender woman dressed up like a Blues Brother allegedly murdered a millionaire developer in his Los Angeles home before having an hours-long standoff with a SWAT team, authorities said.

Eleanor Beaulieu, 39, was charged Sunday in the killing of Demetrius Doukoullos and is being housed in Los Angeles County's Men's Central Jail, according to inmate records.

Cops responded to check on Doukoullos, 92, at his Hermosa Beach home around 12:30 p.m. Saturday after his realtor hadn't heard from him for about a week, police said.

"It began as a routine welfare check and escalated to a suspected homicide," Hermosa Beach Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Keagan Dadigan said on Monday.

Neighbors reported a foul odor coming from the home and sightings of a suspicious person, according to Easy Reader News.

Suspicious person?

SUSPICIOUS PERSON?!

What was so "suspicious"? Her COURAGE?! Her TRANS JOY?!!

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When police arrived, Beaulieu told them he was armed, Dadigan said, leading to a tense seven-hour standoff.

"That subject made statements about being armed and dangerous and then barricaded themselves inside the residence," authorities said, KTLA5 reported.

Why are you bigots so prejudiced against transgender murderers with guns?

Eventually, an officer warned Beaulieu through a bullhorn that they would force their way in.

"Eleanor, come out with your hands up. This has been going on long enough," the officer yelled repeatedly, the Daily Mail reported.

Law enforcement sources told NBC4 that Doukoullos' body was partially decomposed with signs of trauma.

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Beaulieu has been charged with homicide. His bail has been set to $2 million.

The New York Post had previously Respecced the Pronouns but it admirably calls this Trans Hero of Bravery "he" and "him" throughout the account.

Why do Utah politicians need to be told to honor the detainer of a Mexican illegal alien who slit a woman's throat?!

Federal authorities have confirmed that a suspect charged with attempted murder for slashing a woman's throat and leaving her to die in Utah is an illegal alien from Mexico.

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Ramirez-Padilla reportedly told authorities he and the woman smoked meth together and admitted he "had been having thoughts of killing someone, and today, he decided that he was going to kill (the woman)."

"Jesus said he strangled (the woman) from behind while they were both standing until (she) became unconscious and fell to the ground. Once on the ground, Jesus placed his hands around (her) neck and continued (choking her)."

"Jesus said he wanted to take (the woman) out of her misery and then used a blade to cut her throat two or three times. Jesus told detectives he intended to kill (the woman). Jesus told detectives his state of mind was altered from ingesting drugs," an arrest affidavit stated.

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In a statement provided exclusively to Border Hawk, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that Ramirez-Padilla is an illegal alien from Mexico who entered the U.S. at an unknown location and date.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer against Ramirez-Padilla and is urging local authorities to not release him back into the community.

"Jesus Alejandro Ramirez-Padilla is a dangerous criminal illegal alien who violently strangled and slit a woman's throat multiple times," said DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.

"We are calling on politicians to not release this barbaric criminal from jail and into American neighborhoods. This criminal illegal alien has no place in American communities."

Can we revoke statehood? Asking for a friend.

The Atlantic cries: Why aren't campus radicals occupying buildings, living illegally in tent cities, and bullying Jews like in the good old days of 2023-2024?

You know who the authoress blames?

That's right, Frank Stallone.

No but really she blames Trump.

Where Are All the Campus Protests?
Two years ago, students occupied buildings and colonized the quad. Now the same places are strangely silent.

The events of the past three months seem almost perfectly engineered to spark campus unrest. In January, mass-deportation operations led to the brazen killing of U.S. citizens at the hands of masked immigration agents. In February, the Environmental Protection Agency declared that it would no longer regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. A few weeks later, the Trump administration joined forces with Israel to launch an attack on Iran without congressional approval. One might expect left-leaning college students to have practically started a revolution.

But campuses across the country--places where, just two years ago, students occupied buildings and colonized the quad to protest Israel's war against Hamas--are strangely silent. These days, those same students mostly head to class. The extent of the change is jarring. David Sengthay, a Stanford senior and the head of the undergraduate-student senate, told me that protests typified the university's history, up to and including his first two years in Palo Alto. But by the time he returned as a junior, in fall 2024, something was different. "My class is the last class to really witness what happened at Stanford during its peak organizing," he said. "People come to Stanford, these young students, and they don't have access to what was promised to them. I know we're not UC Berkeley, but, I mean, we still protested the Vietnam War."

This might seem like an abrupt and mysterious reversal in campus culture. In fact, it's a sign that student protest was never a fact of nature, but rather an administrative choice. Universities chose to let campus demonstrations get out of control; now they're choosing to suppress them. This is why, even as legal challenges have blocked the Trump administration from enacting much of its higher-education agenda, the president has clearly achieved his aim of ending the protest movement. He has been able to do so largely because university leaders, tired of the chaos they had allowed to thrive, were quietly on board.

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But the protests soon spun out of control... That winter and spring, elite-university presidents were hauled in front of Congress to testify about protesters' conduct and their response to instances of anti-Semitism at the demonstrations. The presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Columbia, and Northwestern subsequently resigned, unable to justify their decisions either to Congress or to their own outraged board members and donors.

The hearings marked a turning point. Universities began taking more aggressive action against protesters. According to Ted Mitchell, the president of the American Council on Education, the sector's largest trade group, the angry backlash from Congress gave some administrators political cover to do what they privately had already wanted to do....

Once Donald Trump assumed office, shutting down disruptive protests took on even more urgency. Almost immediately, the president signed executive orders promising to investigate and discipline protesters for anti-Semitism. Universities began taking action against their own students before Trump could do so. At Yale, about 200 students began forming an encampment to protest Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaking at an event near campus. Administrators told students to disperse, disciplined repeat offenders, and ended Yale's association with a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. At Columbia, when students occupied a library room ahead of finals week, the university immediately called in the police. "Colleges are doing what they can to try to stay out of the spotlight," Robert Kelchen, a professor of education policy at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, told me. At the same time, some academics think that the students themselves are different: Whether because of concerns about the worsening job market or a cultural shift rightward, they seem less interested in raising hell on campus.

What's clear is that the cost of doing so has gone up. Last March, the Trump administration detained and attempted to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate student who had led many of the anti-Israel protests. Later that month, federal agents detained Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student who had written an opinion piece supporting Palestine. Other students had their active immigration status revoked for activism around Palestine

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"Students don't even know: Am I waiting to get in trouble by the dean, or am I waiting to get in trouble by, like, DHS?" Amanda Nordstrom, who leads the Campus Rights Advocacy department for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, told me.

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Sengthay said that he and other Stanford students had envisioned college as a "playground for free speech and democracy" before the greater responsibilities and pressures of adult life. They've since discovered that the rules of the game have changed.

O what dark delights this reporter is showing me!

Candace Owens has been scanning Erika Kirk's history, going back to her tweenage years, to find something to accuse her of. She's also investigating Erika Kirk's mother. Now some other people are now "just asking questions" about serial litigant and scofflaw Candace Owens and her own Strange Relations.

Via Beege Wellborn, aggressive colonizers demand that the UK "decolonize" Shakespeare's home because it's White Supremacy that the greatest writer of the all-white-until-thirty-years-ago British Isles was white.

And the UK is, of course, complying with their conquerors' demands.

[Daily Mail:] William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the 'greatest' playwright 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'.

...It wants to 'create a more inclusive museum experience' and announced it will move away from Western perspectives after concerns were raised that Shakespeare's ideas were used to advance 'white supremacy' ideas.

The trust also said that some of its items could contain language or depictions that are racist, sexist, or homophobic.

It comes amid an ongoing backlash against the writer. Some productions of his works have been slapped with trigger warnings for misogyny, racism and 'problematic radicalised dynamics' that link whiteness to beauty.

The more I read this, the more I realize how it is utterly illiterate.

How exactly do you decolonize someone’s birthplace? He lived there. No one came in and conquered his house. It’s just a house of a man that exists.

These people are exhausting

🙄 pic.twitter.com/EpW9oay8ke

— Joshua D Phillips (@JoshPhillipsPhD) March 19, 2026

A transgender lawyer -- woman jacked up on male hormones -- keeps interrupting a judge and is repeatedly told to stop interrupting or else she'll be held in contempt. But those superphysiological levels of testosterone give her roid rage. She plays the "I'm a transgender lawyer" card and claims that the judge is a transphobe.

Eventually the judge calls for her to be arrested and, of course, the steroid-addled woman resists arrest.

Oh, and then she goes through the entire BLM/antifa/transgender playbook, saying "Do not hurt me," "I can't breathe," "I can't see," "Call 911," and "call a female police officer." Oh -- right. See, when this "man" is arrested by male officers, suddenly she's a woman again and demands a female police officer.

Unhinged transgender attorney, a woman pretending to be a man, was arrested for contempt of court after she continuously screamed at the judge

She then yelled, "I can't breathe," while getting tossed to the ground, and demanded a female officer.

FAFOpic.twitter.com/xpDjpVjmuX

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 26, 2026

The trans lunatics are all moaning that this roided-up testosterone jockey was arrested for "daring to exist" in a trans body.

Remember when we used to think that lawyers are smart?

Well, maybe only some of us did. But it was a widely-believed myth.

In a high-profile murder appeal before the Georgia Supreme Court, the "lawyer" -- an Assistant DA, and I imagine a DEI hire -- used ChatGTP to do her "research," and the AI invented a bunch of fake cases which she cited in her motion without even bothering to look them up to see if they even existed.

The judge did check to see if they existed:

So before you sit down, there's one more thing I need to ask you about, unfortunately. In reviewing the trial court's order denying the motion for new trial, there are at least five citations to cases that don't exist. And there's at least five more citations to cases that do not support the proposition for which they're cited, including three quotations that don't exist. My understanding is that you prepared the order for new trial -- uh, the denial order -- for the trial court. Were those citations in the version of the order that you submitted to the trial court?

The judge asked if the fake cases were used in the state's brief to deny the woman a new trial. At first, Clayton County Assistant District Attorney Chantel Leslie said, "No, your honor, I do not believe so." But the judge fixed her with a dead stare and intoned, "So those those non-existent cases were cited in your initial brief opposing the motion for new trial."

She replied, "Your honor, I'm not aware of that, but I would be glad to research that and provide the court with a supplement."

That's OK, dipstick lady prosecutor, the wonderful legal site, The Volokh Conspiracy, did your job for you. The website found that, yes, both the initial and revised orders cited the bogus cases.

"DEI is a cancer upon the body politic, but not overly so." -- Stuff Jefferson Said, volume 4, revised and expanded edition

Another Karen, who is also skilled in the Art of Defeating the Male Gaze, blatantly lies to judge as the judge tells her she's obviously lying.

The spring breaker who "twerked" while atop a speeding Jeep, and who was then thrown from the vehicle, has died of his injuries.

A 22-year-old spring breaker who was caught on viral video half-naked and twerking on top of a speeding SUV has died after he was flung from the Jeep in a drunken crash.

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The deadly spring break saga unfolded March 14 when a shirtless Brown was filmed dancing suggestively on the Jeep's roof as it sped down Highway 361, cops said.

Brown was thrown from the vehicle when the alleged drunk driver of the SUV, Riley Rhoades, smashed into a Tesla during the chaotic joyride.

Separate footage taken by horrified witnesses in the aftermath showed first responders treating Brown in the middle of the highway as the driver and fellow passengers -- all clad in swimsuits -- watched.

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The Jeep's driver was arrested for DWI at the scene after failing a breathalyzer test, police said.

Video here. It shows this idiot twerking, but not the part where he's thrown from the vehicle, though the clip does end with post-incident video of people standing around looking at his body. There is, supposedly, blurry video from the camera in the Tesla showing his body flipping end over end towards the road, but I won't link that.

Apparently twerking while hanging outside speeding vehicle is a trend for the young and deeply brain-damaged. I'll just link this clip, as it results in some good Justice for the Stupid, but completely non-lethal Justice for the Stupid.

WOW🚨: This Gen Z girl thought twerking in a moving carwash with the door wide open was a brilliant idea 😭🚗💦

Spoiler: The car came out looking ROUGH on the other side... pic.twitter.com/42oBgHD9bd

— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) March 21, 2026

As Steve Inman would say, she's paying 39% APR financing for her now doorless ride.

Hellraiser Pinhead GIFfrom Hellraiser GIFs

Your stupidity is ambrosia for my damned soul

ICE agents laugh in the face of liberal at the airport screeching about fascism pic.twitter.com/XCHSmzbGut

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 27, 2026

Applause line at protest in Philly: "For every US soldier who comes back in casket, we cheer!"
pic.twitter.com/Kloa4Poodu

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 25, 2026

A very nasty sissy says that he "fuckin' hates you" and then overturns a pro-lifer's literature table while lisping about fasssscistssss.